Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1943 — Page 1

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G THREE PLANS CRUSHING OF GERMANY

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

“BI<; THREE" PICTURED AT GREATEST ALLIED CONFERENCE OF WAR aWW at |l -Trwßmt S S ' : -9 7 yp..' Stacss - ■ .* • HIFf * ‘tnai9Dl9Hßi ™ " I 1/ ww be life 4 'i The Allied ' big three." left to right. Premier Joaet Stalin. Preaident Rooaevelt and Prllne Minister Wlnaton Churchill, are pictured above at |» 4 W e ,* y *" T,,h, ’ ra| L “« they met in the moat momentoua conference of World War 11. Churchill la wearing the uniform of an IL A J air marahal. This meeting followed a atmilai conference by the Anglo-American leader* with President Chiang Kai-Shek in North Africa. Official U. S Army Air Force* phgto.

Contingent Leaves For Physical Exam 32 In Contingent Leaving Here Today Thirty-two Adams county men. forming the first of two draft contingents. for Doeoabor, left here early this morning to take final examlnatio;:* for entrance into the U. N armed forces. Included In the group are several father*. One of these, Clyde O. T/outner. county clerk, served as leader of the contingent. Those in the group, with their respective order numbers preceding their names: 42. Alden Leroy Babcock; 55. John David Hfmerman: 101. Glen W. Fooi; 120, Archie Jay Grice; 126. Gerald Floyd Elxey; 136. Chester Forest DeBolt; 16*. Clair Edgar Kelsey; 23*. Herman Martin Bittner; 246. Ro!>ert Kenneth Johnson. 253, Gordon M. Augshurger; 259. Homer Alvin Keppert; 2*l. Chaimer Thurman Werst; 316. Clyde Orley Troutner; 35f». William Earl Rtader; 342. Cloyce Robert Wolfe; 38*. Loris Icarus Minger; 391, Lawrence Ray Slmth; 409. I«ee Kenady Fleming; 43*. Carl Marion Daniels. 747, Robert Joseph Holt Louse; 1021, Richard Wayne Engle; 1150, Carl Harry Fhtly; 8-1271. Charles William Andrews; V-1634. Harold Roscoe McDonald. V-1815. Norman Lee Noack; 206 U. Robert C. Board man; 10*6*. Gilbert Oswald Hoffman. 11991. Russell Wsyno Birch; (Turn To Ppg* 5- Column 1) Q Four Decatur Scouts Are Awarded Medals Medals Awarded By Bishop Noll Sunday Four Deeatur Boy Seou'a are among • group rrom the Fort Wayne diocese awarded the Ad Altare Dei medal •by the Most Rev. 81-hop Noll in ceremonies at the Ht. VlncentS Villa in Fort Wayne Bun day afternoon. The Bconts are: Hubert Schmitt. Jr.. Richard Wemhotf. Robert Mey era and Joe Dnnfals. all of the Deentnr Rotary troop 41. Boy Scouts of America. The Bconts were accompanied to Fort Wayne by Itarold Daniela. Daniela, troop ScoutmaMer. The medal was conferred upon the lads for their outstanding service In religioua activities and for demonstrating a workiag knowledge of their Cntholic faith. R A. Vaa Horn, area Hrem ex •entire; Rev. J. J Henna . Rev Thomas L. Durkin sad Keith Howe of the Scoat arsa committee, were | other* who took part in the pro-| gram

Local Lad Pictured In Film Showing Here Mr. and Mrs. Janie* B. Kitchen of thia city were watching the tworevl technicolor film. "Tas* Force" at the Adams theater Sunday night. The picture depicts the work of the <oa-t guard in convoying troops. Suddenly, among the sailors learning over the rail of one ship appeared the likeness of their son. James Burwell Kitchen, a radio operator and bomlmrdfar in the navy air force. Others i--< , ognized lhe fad. al-o Incidentally, the Kitchens are going buk to the show again tonight. ■— -o e ■' ■ Mrs. George Harding Dies This Morning Funeral Services To Be Held Wednesday Mrs Lauda Mae Harding. 44. wife of George T. Harding, and well known Decatur woman. <li«-<l at 3:15 o'clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was eauted by uremia. Sho has been in failing health for some time, hut her condition became critical only a few day* ago. She was born in Upshur township. West Virginia. June I. 1 *99. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Thorpe. She was married October 5. 1924. and had lived tn Decatur for (he past 15 years. She was a member of the Easterg Star, American Legion auxiliary. Carpe Diem cluh. the womens society of' Chrsltlan service and the Wesley class of the Methodist church. , Surviving In addition to th» husband are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Phyllis Scheerhooveit of Holland, Mich.; Mrs. Glyde Laudin of Park. West Va.; Mrs. Alta Bond of Morgansvlllr. West Va : Mr*. Mura Howes of Kent. O.; Mrs. Effie Howes of Adrian. West Va.: J. G. Bunner of Toledo. O.; H. N. Bunner and W M Thorpe, faith of Adrian. West Va. One sou. Uoyd Nell Harding, and one sister preceded her in death Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Zwh-k funeral home and at 2:30 o'clock at the First Methodist church. Dr. M O. Mster will officiate, assisted by Rev. H. R. Carson, former pastor of the local church. Burial will he In the I) -cstur cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 7 o'clock ibis evening Lockheed Company Is Facing Strike Las Angele*. Dec •—(UP)—The Lockheed aircraft company In California faced a po-tible tlenp. The company'a AFL mscbiaisU have voted In favor of a strike ballot under provltlona of th? Smith Connally act. The machinist- are aaklag a wage facreaae.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 6,1943.

Eli W. Hendricks - Dies This Morning Retired Farmer Dies At Home Near Monroe Ell William Hendrick-. 82. retired Monroe owimhlp farmer, died suddenly al fi:3o o'clo<*k this morning at his home, one and one-half miles south of Monroe. Although he had been in falling health for several month*, death«wa 4 unexpected, following a heart attack. He wa*i itorn in Adams county January 11. IM4I, the son of William ana Mary Hendricks. His wife, formerly Mary Ellen Reffey, precede him in death. He had iiuufe his home for several year< with hbi daughter. Mm Lulu Johnson. He was a member of the Monroe Methodist church Surviving in addition to the daughter are two sone; Noah Hendricks of Decatur and Roy Hendricks of Bluffton; one brother. J. A. Hendricks of Flint. Mich., and a sister. Mrs. Eleanor Smith of Petoskey. Mich. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wedne-day afternoon at the Monroe Methodist church, with (Turn To Pass I. Column 4) Q . — . . War Training Class Opens Here Tonight The war training class In D. C. and A. C. electricity will open at room 205. Decatur junior-senior high school, at 7:30 o'clock thia evening. Registration wilt be taken yet this evening. Preliminary reglsration will also be hell tonight for a courses in e’ementary mathematics and elementary drafting.

Tuesday Is Second Anniversary Os Jap Attack On Pearl Harbor

Washington. Dec. • — H'Pi — Two years ago tomorrow the Japanese war lords delivered the ‘liackhagded blow that rocked our nevy to ita foundations — and stunned the civilised world. While our fighting men at Pearl Harbor reeled under the attack, the Japanese were announcing that they soon would be dictating peace terms In Washington Today the picture is entirely changed. United Press correspondent Sandor 8. Klein has outlined this country's achievements since that day. which President Roosevelt has labelled the most Infamous in history. Workers and producer* instantly ■prang to the defense of their country. And hero are some of tho results: In the first month of the war, plans production totalled 2 500 aircraft Coujbst plane* turned out thia month are expected to exceed MM. Our pre-war fleet numbered

Commissioners In Monthly Session The county commissioners late thfa afternoon were to accept bids for county printing before the dose of the first day of their two-day se-slon. Meeting with auditor Thurman I Drew, the board opened its meeting by allowing 4>:ll« this luuriiing. Turaday. the hoard will, among other things, accept bide for furnishing of highway material* and appoint two men to appraise livestock. etc., at the county infirmary. ■ o — Bowles Cites Need Oi Price Controls Warns Os Pressure To Crack Program Washington, Dec. 6 — (UPi — The complex pattern for the homo front ha* been completed after two years of war. And now. says price administrator Chester Bowles, the main job is to simplify the tnea-ures and get the public to help support enforcemen;. In a statement prepared for the United Press. Bowles strongly warns against pressures to crack the price control program. These pressures, he says, are greater than ever now Bowles now Is leading a fight against tho move to han government food suhsildea and raise prices. Another high administration official—war food administrator Marvin Jones — threw hi* weight against the subsidy opposition to(Turn To Psgs 4. Column Si

. some 3*5 combat craft. Including I seven aircraft carriers. Today our fighting fleet include* more than *ou combat ships—and thfa does not include destroyer escorts or auxiliary carriers. As for the Japanese fleet, a United Pre** compilation shows combat and notwomliat ship losses totalling 881 sunk. 47 probably sank, and *62 damaged More than one-third of the enemy's merchant fleet Is estimated to fa- lying on the floor of the Pacific. Our armed forces now : umber nearly l«.50e.000 officers and men —more than five limes the total on December 7. 1941. And what these forces are doing In the field hardly needs to be recounted Our men In the Pacific have retaken Attn and Klska in the Aleutians; driven the Japanese otr of most of the Solomons; and have taken powerfully-fortified base* tn the mid Pacific. And all this while other powerful blows have been struck on battlefields in Africa and Europe

Plan Three-Way Assault To Smash Nazi-MapPeace To Last For Generations

Allied Airmen Pound Far Flung Japanese Bases Keep Up Offensive Against Heavily Pounded Positions By United Pre** Allied air power in delivering the good* againnt the »prawling Pai’fiic I»**••» of Japan from the Marnhall ialand* to New Britain. On a 1.100 mile front. Allied warplane* are singling out fresh target* and keeping up their offensive against already bauered enemy position*. Here's a new lint of their accomplishments: In the mid Pacific, giant liberator* dropperl 50 ton* of bombs on Mill Atoll In lhe Marshall island*. After the Iromb* fell, fires sprouted up on the tiny island formation, and an enemy bomber was destroyed on the ground LiberStors also got the task of Irotnblng the enemy base at Nauru, between the Holomon Island* and our newly-won strongholds in the Gilliert*. Explosives hit an oil (lump and it burst into flame*. The twin raid* cost our forces exactly nothing In plane losses. A single liberator bomber ranged far out over the Pacific to strike nt enemy positions on Greenwich Island. That's about halfway Intween tile Idg Jap liases at Truk and Raliaul. The flight marks the deepest penetration American planes have made into enemy waters between the two stronghold*. In the southwest Pacific, Allied bombers are clearing thp way for a possible Invasion of New Britain. .The road to Rabaul the Jap bastion on New flrltain Island — Is lielng hit and hit hard In just two day* of Allied air bombardment, the western coast of New Britain has received Initnb load* totalling more than 2W ton*. In the newest raid, liberators and billy mitchells plastered a 50 mile stretch of New Brilahi coastline with t',3 tons of explo*lves. American planes are helping to prepare another path toward Ilahaul. In the northern Solomons, our filers dropped 130 tons of bnrnbs on enemy positions on Bougainville, where our troops have a firm beachhead. Allied flier* are also busy In (Turn To Pace 1 Coloms I) Townships To Elect AAA Committeemen To Hold Election Thursday Evening Winfred L. Gerke. chairman of the Adam* ccunty AAA committee, announced today that meeting* will be held in all township* of the county Thursday evening, for the puriMMe of electing community committeemen for the PHI AAA program and delegates to the county convention, which will be held Friday morning at tb-catur. Mr. Gerke announced the following meeting places: Blue Creek. Kimsey school; French. Election school; Hartford. Hartford high school; Jefferson. Jefferson high school. Kirkland. Kirkland high sch ol; Monroe, Election school No S. Preble, Preble school; Root. Monmouth high school; Ht Mary's. Pleasant Mills hfch school; Union. Luckey school; Wabash. Geneva blga school; Washington, city ball. Decatur All meeting* will begin at 7:10 o'clock. Mr Gerke urged all farmers Io attend the meeting In their township to asskrt In electing the community committeemen for the coming year as these committeemen are fundamental In making the farm program effective during thia critical period

Baffle Os Rome Is Reporfed As Rising In Fury Report Germans Are Rushing Troops To Border Os Turkey tßy United Press! The battle for Rome is rising in fury In the mountains of western Italy. And the outcome of the struggle for the doorway to the Italian capital hang* in the balance Allied fifth army troop* have *torm> d three more height* In the inaKS t peaks overlooking the ViaCa*i|!n*. the inland gateway road to the Eternal t'lty. But the Nazis are fighting bitterly. And the strong enemy stand indicate* that a showdown fight will not long be delayed. The fifth army troop* are battling in terrain so rugged that supplies to troops on Mount Maggiore cculd be provided only T>y parachute. But General Elsenhower's new communique «*ay» the advance Is continuing on both ends of the front d-spite the stronger Nazi resistance. In eastern Italy, the British eighth army continues to push north and ha* reached the narrow Moro river, ill miles beyond the Sangro l iver and ahi tit 15 miles below the big port of Pescara the new eastern anchor of the Nazi line tlad weather generally held down (Turn To Page 3. Column <) - -■ — o —• Lawrence Heiman 1$ Ordained Sunday To Celebrate First Mass At St. Mary's Rev Lawrence Heiman, son of Mi. and Mr*. John E Heiman, who was ordained to the priesthood yesterday In the order of the Society of the Precious Blood at St. Charles seminary, Carthagena. Ohio, will «ay hi* first solemn mass at St. Mary'* Catholic church next Bunday. Fa'her Heiman will celebrate bls mass at 10:15 in the morning and the program of services fa being prepared, to be followed by a reception in his honor A number of priests and family guests will Im- present. Three years ago. hi* brother. Rev. Ambrose Heiman, was ordained to the priesthood. He is now stationed at Carthagena. Father Hetman has not yet received hl* assignment. His orders will come from the Very Rev Joseph .M Marling. C. I’P.rf. Ph B. provincial of the H<n iety of the Precious Bh-od. Th<- order ha* 34 priests serving as chaplains in the armed f<»rces. • Rev. Heiman attended the St. Joseph schools, followed by two years at Brunnerdale seminary. Canton. Ohio: four years at Ht. Joseph a college. Ren«»elaer. Ind . and <fix years at Ht. Charles seminary His parents attended hl* ordination

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Historic Conference Draws Blueprint For Victory Over Hitler; Peace For Universe By United Pres* The blue print for the final defeat of Germany ha* been drawn up. Although It I* not yet known what the specific plans are. there can be no doubt that PresMetit Roosevelt. Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Htalin have put the finishing touche* on a plan to finish Hiller Their decision* are outlined in an historic declaration Issued following 100 hours of conference* in Tehran. The declaration says: "Wo have reached complete understanding a* to the scope and timing of operations which will he undertaken from the cast, ths west and the south." Presumably, this indicates an Invasion of western Europe and possibly one through the Balkans as well lioth to Im- timed with a giant Red army offensive in the east. The declaration add*: e "No power on earth can prevent our destroying the German armies l>y land, their U-boats by sea. and their war plant* from the air." The big three also mapped a peace that should — to use their word* — "last for many generations " The declaration stated "We recognise fully the responsibility resting upon u* and all the United Nations to make a peace which will, banish the scourge and terror of war for many genera! lons." And it added, regarding the nations that will participate in that peace: "We will welcome all nations, large and small, whose people* in heart and in mind are dedicated to the elimination of tyranny and slavery, oppression and lutoler a nee." The Iran meeting followed swift ly on the heel* of the Cairo war council among Roosevelt, Church--11l and Generalissimo Chiang KaiHhek. And with the results of the two meetings, the Allies have completed a gigantic blue-print of the war In both the Atlantic and the Pacific. A subsidiary statement Issued after the Tehran conference deal* with Iran'* part in the war. The statement promised Iran or Persia—all economic assistance possible during and after the war. And th' three leaders expressed their hope for maintaining what they caller! "the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iran." The conference was Weld In an old Persian palace which now serves as the Hoviet embassy And the big social event on the calendar was a party celebrating Churchills 6f»th hirthday on No(Turn To P*S» 4. Columa 4) Local Lady Enlists Here In Air-Wacs ' Miss Quintilia Fry Is First To Enlist Miss Qulntilla Fry. daughter of Mrs William U-munyon of Hillsdale. Mich., and an employe of the local General Electric company, la the first Decatur lady to enter the Alr-Wac'a. Mias Fry enlisted in the Air* Wac'a during the campaign here last week, under the direction of Baer Field offleiafa and Mayor John B Stulls. She was sent to Indianapolis, where she successfully passed examination and was returned hero to await call to active service with the new women’s army unit. Mayor Stuite. local chairman of the campaign, received oMdal notification of her acceptance this morning in a fatter from Lt Kathryn Nannoa. who supervised the local <ampaign Mis* Fry baa been employed at the local factory sinco 1»M.