Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1943 — Page 2

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Republican Heads Predict Victory Kentucky Election Hailed By Leaders i Ry t'nlted Press) Republican leaders are pointing to a congressional election fn Kentucky as a direct indication that the nation's yoters will repudiate the Ro «evelt administration next year The fourth district In Keniuck) normally Democratic has elect ed a Republican to the house of representatives lie la Chester Carrier, who polled a plurality at i 12.500 votes hi November, a GOP candidate > won the Kentucky election for gov« i-rifr RepttWicaii national committee chairman Harrison Spangle, sees the elections a sign that the people of Kentucky have repudiated the new deal. Another Republican leader Al-, (red M laindon predicts certain | victory forth- GOP presidential | candidate next year In a speech , before Republican congressmen last night, laindon side-stepped a , direct attack on Wendell Willkit' But he did hit al Willkie s candidacy by warning against a united stand with the Democrats n for eign policy. In Georgia. Seminole county has held the first preferential primary for the presidency It chose Mi ; Roosevelt Returns from three out of five . districts in the county give the president *77 votes 'or a fourth , term Fifty f ir ballon were count- . cl against the chief executive. u Ration Calendar Gasoline A'< coupons are good through! January 21 Fi el Oil I'erwwf I eoupjna are good ■ through January 3 Peri d 2 cou- j pon > became e ><«d November 30. Sugar Stamp No 29 la book four Is ■ good fcr 5 pounds through January : 15. 1944 Shoes Stamp No lx In l> >k one. good for mu' pah Stamp No. lon the ! “Airplane" sheet in book three, i go al for 1 pair Meats. Fats Brown stamps G. H. J and K. I "0.l through December I Brown atimfs L and M. ro d through | January 1. 1944 Brown stamp N I becomes good December 5 and remains good through January !.| 1914 Processed foods: Green otamps I A. B. and C in book four, good ! tin ugh Dec. mbe; 30. Green ' stamps D. K and F in book four be- ! < ome good De. ember 1 and remain gocJ through January 2” —— O — ■" — AIR-WAC (Contlnead From Pag* 1) tainfng our rapidly expanding air lorce They receive the sam< pay and privileges as the enlisted men and officers and may receive all the promotions to nun-< .mmissioned rating*, and apply for officer candidate schools from which they graduate with a lommlssfoti fn the nnny of the United States. AL’-Wars are trained for their Jobs, which for the most part are related to the work they did In civilian life, and are eligible to attend the varimr specialised ppi j /f| • QUICK* CALL THS PLVMIER/ A call to us about Water Damage Insurance now may save you a lot of money letter, ii you should have to call the ylember. The Suttles-Edwardfl Co. Apoets D.MWC I"d NMW S»oes Otao liuiAniil

schools available to men in the airforces All clothing and equipment are furnished by the government, exactly as it is in the case of men. o— RECREATION NEEDS .Continue-) Prow F»S» i> being expanded, he said, upon the realization .fa greater tied. Mr. Dorwin. in addition to his duties as a teacher, serve* as a recreation supervisor at the school and at Worthmat) Field during the summer months, iaist night's program was in charge of John M. Doan. ARTICLES MADE (Continued Frotr rag. . Mid. The women have been dl.igently working at the aMignment the past two months. Afte>’ th, good is cut. the women either meet a’ the Legion home for a sewing bee or take the patent* home ..nd put them together. Today, the women me' at the l.cgion homo an I did mending of bed room linens end garments for th.- hiopttal. They meet on the first Wedne day of every rnon’h for this purpose. Mr* Bauer said.

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Warns County Agents Keep From Politics Annual Convention Is Held In Chicago Chlrago. !>••<• 1 II I’) ITml-l <lrn James <> Patfon «f the Nat-, ' Ions) Farmers Union ihargru lhat many county agricultural agents have dlgresxixl troin their educa-l tionil (unctions ami are delving into pclltlrs. ration told the na’i nal county • agrlc tliural agent.' convention this, morning that some agenta are par-, tldpatlng in political movements I by minority gr ups which oppose certain government axeiici.s lie asserted that, in many instances, the American faun bureau federation hat ioinlnr d county agents.. In .nine cases, he went on. agents! have, acted for the farm tenrenti , Patton urged that the agents limit , th. ir tdivitl-s to those functions I for which the extension program! was treated. Tile head of the National Farm 1 era I nt n also t ailed for a stream- I lining of all agricultu.a) education- ! al progratth- He said it's time to

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Vs h W IBTMV sad VMMO f M Nests'hMfib llff W X4KF/H ! TURN IT INr y i integrate such programs to pro- > vide (atm know'idge to all farm ! people without discrimination. Another speaker, M. L. Wilson, told the agents that the succ?ss of next year's agricultural prjgram tl< pends largely upon the practical 1 application of science to the farm. : The director of • Xtenslon for the ! I S department of agriculture aid county agents can help farm-1 < r:> solve many wartime problems. ! Wilson added that, with favorable '.ondltl ns. 1941 production may I rem it 13n percent or more of the I average annual production from 1 1935 to 1939

Silver Slars Given To Crew Os Bomber Entire Crew Cited For Brilliant Feat Allied Headquarter*. Southwest ' Pacific. De< 1 tl'l’l Silver stars I hive been awarded to the crew mnn!»*rs of a liberator bomber—and with good reaeon. For. beside, taking part in a oneplane offensive, this crew eet a new endurance record They participated in the war's longest flight from | Australia. The flight covered 2.W0 milM and la-ted 16 hours through August 15 and 16 The bomber set out on photogtiphic reconnaissance after a Yank air attack on a Japanese oil producing center in Borneo. But, It carried boinhs. too. and when not taking pictures it plastered the harbor area Refining and atvtage Installations were destroyed Then, with three bombs left, the plane scored two dstnaging nearin's es on a 6.000-ton enemy vi*sel. which photographs later ohowed to be sinking Four of nine attacking Jap

fighter pianos were shot down and others pots ihly damaged In a battle which lasted almost two hours. The return flight was mad* with an engine shdT out and with one of the three remaining engines leaking oil. o — PRISONER EXCHANGE (ContlaueJ From Fags 1) Relatives and friends were ad vised not to go to the pier Fcr It Is expected that the government's “panelling" of the new arrivals will take all of today and possibly tomorrow. CHINESE SCORE (CostiaeM Fima »*ags »> cover up these spreading losses - has again resorted to Its old standby story. Radio Tokyo claims the Japansse have again sunk the American Pacific fleet. It s pretty much the same story Tokyo gave out four weeks ago when we Invaded Bougainville. But there is one variation This lime the Japr claim to have done their sinkings off the Gilbert Islands. With a straight face, they say they've sunk two more of our altcraff carriers and set fire to a largo cruiser According t<> Japanese figures.

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this raises the totalled Gilbert! sinkings to seven carriers, three' cruisers, a destroyer and two! transports —to say nothing of the] 125 planes Tokyo says were destroyed. And all this loot. Tokyo says, coat Japan just 27 planes. At Pearl Harbor admiral Nlrnitz has returned from an Inspection trip to the (liilrerts. And he Indicated the Invasion lesson-, learned there will be put to Immediate use Incidentally, we have Just received a dispatch from Cha'les Arnot, who was almard the lovaslon fleet. The story, dated November 27. says the huge task force didn't fire a single defensive ehot in daylight. And the big guns of the warships bent off every enemy night attack Damage, says Arnot, was negligible. He adds that hundreds of planes from onr carriers policed the skies with only token opposition. The young filers from Arnot's carrier shot down the only two enemy fighters they saw. Lieutenant commander Butch O'Hare of St. Louis was an officer aboard Arnot's ship. O'Hare, who holds the congressional medal, Is an air group commander Here's a report from Japanese premier Tojo on the progress of the war. Keep In mind that we, have Just won the Gilberts Tojo

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