Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1943 — Page 1

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WAC C. 0. rmiihtgSM ‘ Hr J ' - -—>*«* COMMANDER ol the only permit j nent tent encampment of \VACB. on the North African roast, I* ■ (’apt. Klizahcth G Taylor, above, fotmer principal m Mwaliislinro. (Ja.. high school. Wm. Delma Elzey Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Friday Afternoon | William Delma Kliey. 71, for the ! past 15 year, a janitor at the Deicatur high school, died at 12 20 | o'clock this afternoon at bis home, j 321 North Tenth tree!, lieath wa* attributed to coronary thrombosis and followed an Illness of two months. He was (torn In Adams conniy May 16. 1*72. th»* eon of Alexander and Mary Haker-Elzey. upd waa lifelong resident of the county.; lie was a member of the Kim? j I'nlted Brethren church, 'he Red M<*n lodfe. and was a <liart'*t' ittctn* lier of Adams lode • 1311. l-.yal Or* der of Moot? Surviving *r«* C*»* widow. ly lllanchc Itaxte; ; on-* soil Adrian 1» Kliey of Kort Wayne , oue daughter. MU* Glennie Kliey. leather In the Decatur schools; -'ll-' brother. O K. Kliey of \k on. t>, and a sinter. Mrs. Charles Reinhart of Klkhart, tine arm. on-* brother and on* ieter preceded him in detili. Funeral servit *< *IH •**- Held at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the horn** and at 2 o'-'lock at the Firs' I nl'-d Hrethren church, wllh Rev I! K. Wilson offlcistin* liuriai will he in the Decatur cemetery. Ibe laidy will In- removed from the Itlack funeral home to the residence Wed uesday afternoon and may Im* view-, ied after 7pm Wednmday _»— o — Higgins Says Landing Boats Badly Handled Offers Traininq To Landinq Operators Washlngt, n. Be* ** ** *** The man who builds the fammi* Higgins landing boat, charges that bad handling of the b<«it. wa* partly responsible for hesvy ma rine casualties In H»e ln« ,i,,n Tarawa „ „ Andrew J. Higgins the New Or leans shipyard owner, contends the boat - have to be guid'd into shore at full speed UfawrthUu*. HlgljM assert * newsreels of ibe invasion Indicate Ibe Tarawa b 0... were, taken into ahore .lowly. Many of the Dnding craft at Tarawa. Hlggln. **!>• ed b, . oral reef, and .be mar nes had to wade ashore under »*r» machine ... «re Vet Hissthat on the testing cMt*. k lllcgius boat* are driven at »r «t,~l i- ®* “nr- ... And the .hlphu.'der sdd. “We'vo never kao-ked th • m out of u boat yet He raveal* that he has oferad ...» S*w plant ABd ke hope, the na»g •' ll | accept the o#*-r

Strikes, Other Labor Problems Concern Nation Senate Committee Hopes To Report Tax Bill Thursday Washington, Dec 11 (I'Pt Strike* .uni -tiber labor problems again are a vital concern of home front officials. \ sign of po slide laltor unreal that may d*-velop once war production taper* off W seen in a strike at the McKeesport, IVnnsylvatiia, id.mt of tin- national tube company. On*- of tin* first -trikes to result from a cut ill war orders has closed four departments at the plant. < Company and union offleials. warning that such n*adjustment-* will become increaainly necessary, have asked tin* government to allow limited production of civilian goods to soften the effect of a decline in war order*, CIO president Murray already ha- asked war production chief Nelson to remove ail restrictions on tile use of steel for civilian pur* ; po es. Murray will be very much In the lalmr picture today. In a conference at Pittsburgh lie will present a formal demand for a 17*cent tut hour wage Increase for steel workers Tile request will lie presented ] •o representative* of five I'nited States steel subsidiaries. Kveutuai* I ly, the case is expected to Wind up j before tie* war labor board. In current ruling , the iHiard has ordered two group, of *t r !kers to return to work. Southeastern truckmen and employes of two Pennsylvania power plants have lieen warned that their case will be referred to Pie (dent Roosevelt unless the strike* are called off. laibor unrest also is reported in Canada. Negotiations have broken down between the City of Montreal and municipal employe*. Members (Turn To P“g« •* Column •) David Gerber Dies Early This Morning Former County Clerk Is Taken By Death David Oerber. *2 prominently known Adams county livestock dealer and former county cleik. died this morning at l;3o o'clock at the Adams county memorial i hospital. Ilis death was attributed to a heart ailment, following an IDnes. of oin- month Mr. Gerber was born In Berne on March I. IMI- " on o( Christian and Kliiabeth 7-mutt-Gerber. Karlier In *ife be operated a atone quarry and was ell gaged ia exporting horse*. From ltb.4 t“ he served as county clerk, after being elected on the Democratic ticket He moved to thi- city ftom Dennis years ago Mis wife. Racak MeshbergerGerber, preceded him in death on October 11. IM2 He Was a mem* l».r of the Zion Kvangellcal and Reformed church here Surviving are a daughter. J Fred Friichte. and a son. Edgar G«: her. both of Decatur; six grandchildren and dve great grandchildren. A son a daugh Icr. one brother, one sl.ter. three nal.' brother, and one half slater preceded him In death. Funeral service* will be -eld Thursday afternoon at I o'clock lt tbe Zwlck funeral home and »:3o o'clock at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, with r,v William C. Feller* official* „,g Burial will be In tbe Decatur cemetery The body may be viewed at the Zwtrk funeral home after i o'clock tonight until time for the j services. _ Buys Health Bond tThe Research club ha. voted purchase of a IS health bond official, of the Christmas seal cam paign in Adams connjy announced today. All proceed* from the annual i rhrlatma. seal sales are used In , h. fight on tnberculoal* aad to purchase milk for undernourished ' children

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Decotur, Indiona, Tuesday, December 14,1943

Escourted Tour Jfip ’ HHflßr * - j S H In s 1 B fr AMp THERE'S NO DEARTH of willing escort* for a pretty American girl sight seeing in Naples, there naturally being a dint shortage of such lit Italy., lads Herney of Fallon. Nev.. formerly secrelary to Harry Hopkins and now a Red Cross workei. find, her way around with the aid of two paratrooper*. Pvt. Walter Hankins, left, of Handy. Va.. and Pvt. Nathan Schuster of lamg Reach, Cal. Relates Sinking Os Baby Flat Top Survivors Tell Os Many Heroic Acts Pearl Harbor. Dec. 14. — tl'Pl — The little American scort carrier was covered with flames. Then torpedoes, Itninhe and gasoline roared out a Altai salute and the I'. 8.8. Llscome Hay sank quickly. The Llscome Hay died gallantly during the invasion of the Gilbert islands And h<-r men behaved with quiet heroism. The senior surviving officer of tbe baby flat top — Captain John Crommelln lias several stories of bravery to tell. There was Lieutenant Commander "Hun" CgfToll —the damage control officer who hurried from place to place on tbe blazing ship to shew the men how to get safely Into the sea. "Hull" Carroll did that even though he was badly injured Finally be made an impulsive dive off the ship In order to prevent a younger officer from giving bint a lifejacket. Carroll died In the arms of the ship’s flight surgeon. who attempted vainly to give him artifleial resplratlcn as they were In the water. Tli-n then- wa* chief Yeoman Henjatnin Hat h. He saved a lieutenant who had been knocked out (Turn To Pa*» *. Columa It O Kathryn Massonne Dies Monday Night Funeral Services Thursday Morning Mrs. Kathryn Massonne, 71. widow of the late George Ma.sonne. died at *:»*S o'clock Monday night at her home. 323 Hast Oak street, after a week'. Illnea. of pneumonia Bhe waw born in Michigan City November 11. I*«S. 'he daughter of Charlea and Mary Klntile Her huaband died In 1131 She wa* a member of the Bt. Mary'a Catholic church. Surviving are two aona. George and Charlea Mai»onne. both of Decatur. two daughter*. Mtaae* Catherine and Anna Maaa. line, both at home; one brother. Andrew Kinti'e. and one Bister. Mr. Julia Pah». both of Michigan City. «>"e daugh ter. two alater. and three brother* preceded ber In death Funeral service, will be held at 9 o'clock Thursday morning at the 8t Mary a Catholic .hurch. with Rev. J. J Helmet* officiating Bur Ini will be In the Catholic cemetery The body will be removed frem tbe Black funera Ihome to the Charlea MMaoone residence. *37 Mercer uvenue, and may be viewed after a-oa Wednesday

Further Temperature Drop Is Predicted 10 Deqree Drop Is Seen By Morning (Ry I'nlted Prc*s) Temperatures in the midwest arc! expected to drop to u Hew low to- ] night. The weatherman warn* the Great' laik-s region that no relief is in sight for the next two days. Ami temperatures will he 10 degrees lower before morning Tile weather bureau explains that a bitterly cold air mate; is moving across the northeastern quarter of the nation from the Arctic circle la>w temperature* are recorded from the Dakotas. lowa and Nebraska to the eastern seaboard latwest temperature, in the coun-! try are reported in Minnesota. At Kossean. the mercury hit 21 degrees* below zero, and is expei ted to dip to around 3U It-low by nightfall. Duluth report* a low of 21 below. Hemidji 1H belt w. and MlnlieaiKilht in below. Wisconsin's low is reported at Madison, where thermometers fell to live below. Caribou. Me., is tincast's coldest spot with a low of nine bekw zero. Temperatutew of minus five to 10 are predicted for Chicago and virinity tonight The heaviest death 101 l reported so fat Is In the New Knglund stst-s. where 13 persons perished because of the cold. Five men still are missing on Isike Michigan. Their fishing Mchooner crashed into a pier in tin- j face cf a A5-inile-au-hoiir gale. Warn Shippers Indianapolis. Dec. 14 (I'P) — Weather bureau officials at Indfanapolls waru shippers to protect their cargoes against severe cold expected tonight. The official* suy the temperature may drop to as low us five below Zero 111 north and west Indiana. Meanwhile, highway crewmen (Turn To Paws t. Column I) 0 Three Suggestions Made For Infirmary Recommendations By Indiana Inspector F. R. Fainam. Institutional Inspector for the department of pule lie welfare. makM three recommendations In connection with the o|M-r---.ation of the new Adams county In- ' flroiary. which ii<- inspected with Frank Kltson. superintendent, on October B*. The recommendation* follow 1. That all admls-lons 'o the county home Im- made only in strict accord with present infirmary etatube. 2. That management detail* include maintenance of day activities of Inmatre wherever po-slide in Iwst'nient day rooms, as originally plann.-d. 3 That general (onditiotie on this county home farm Im- improved step (Turn Te Pa*# 4. Column 41 o Entire Bomber Crew Is Killed In Crash Valentine. Neb.. Dec. 14 ifl'i —An army bomber from the Rapid City. 8 D.. air base crashed last night, hilling all the men aboard. Hherlff Art Jrne* say* the plane was so badly burned and the wreck age no scattered that It wan im pronfhle to determine the number of men killed The plane cranked tour miles north of Rosebud S D It started a prairie ire which wa* put out by employe, of the J and O. Cattle company ranch . i — » —- -— Fort Wayne Airman On Missing Bomber Westover Field. Mas*. Dec 14 <!*P4—An army heavy bomber and Ha eight man crew — melnding an Indiana acldler Mil! are mlaning from Westover Field The public relations office at 'he base report* that an intensive search by air and grouni has been made for the ahlp. which disappear ed about M hours ago But naj truce of it tun been found The Indians member of the crew in Sergeant Bernard Storkley of Fort Wayne

Reports To Commons On Confabs; Speculation On Balkan Invasion Growing

— Knox Declares Allies Ready To Smash Japanese Secretary Os Navy Says Allies Grow Stronger Each Day illy I'nitcd Preset Navy Secrelary Knox says th«Allied heavyweight of war now I* climbing through tin- hope* for tlnmain event in the Pacific. Tin- preliminaries, say* Kn *. are j over. And noon, onr foree* will be I in there handing out the big blow* ] that will t-lid ill a lain) kolii of lh<Jap* The navy aecretary eay* we are getting stronger and strong- r in | tin- pacific theater that the'opet 1 at ions of onr < - mhim-d sea. all and ■ land force* have been going for- : ward In n very satisfactory way. And then lo- add*: "We now have the equipment ; and trained men to do a complete Job" Knox explains tin- strategy behind the preliminary moves were been muking in the South Pacific "P is perfectly uhvlrua now." say* the secretary, “that what j seemed to In- only nibbling, whs cart lt d on with tin- purpose of pro I gressively decimating the enemy's air and surface strength Then Knox points out a rath-r tiniHual angle that the J.ip* to • tualy have been helping us carry out our strategy by preliminary attrition. Instead of sending really | powerful force* against Us, the en j emy has sent small task f re**. | one by one. these enemy forces have been overwhelmed. Thus. KilOX say*, the Allies have It-Wt ; able to nip off every important elements of Tne Japanese fleet piecemeal Incidentally, th. Jap* have slidI Turn To Pago 4 Column 41 Eleven War Workers Killed In Collision 1 Bath. N V. Dec It tl'Pl 1 Eleven war workers have been ! killed lit the crash of a bus with a trailer truck halt way between Rath and Corning. N V The Inis overturned and caught fire, and the victims were trapped, tn th- [laming wreckage. At least j eight other person* set*' taken to ho»pitala suffering Injitrie* The ] Inis wa* making a dally passenger nm with the war worker* when the accident m'curred o Pound Os Butter A Month To Civilians — To Maintain Level Os Pre-War Years ' Chicago. Dec. It H I*' ' ** r food administration spokswman •my one pound of bit ter a month will lie available to each civilian during D*44 '] Tom HtPts. chief of. the WFA'e dairy and pouPry branch made i ' that statement this morning before the American better luetitute In I Chicago He said the level of but- j ]ter production will be maintained at j the level of the immediate pre-war ] year* -that 4*. more than tUUd.UUU.-; ! on pounds a year. Kussia will receive the largest j share of butter ae; aside under »h»food dr tributto-i admlnistra'ion program, he said. Hut none will he sen' ro Britain The arm -d forces] have a-cked for a little more butter than they received this year, beraiMe of their Ini reusing strength and greater range of activity. To meet the e needs Htltt* said, j se*-aside quota* will he reinstated after April 1. He said the government has enough hatter on hand to j meet Its requirement* through Marrh.

Need More Workers For Farms In 1944 287,000 Needed To Meet Year's Output Washington. Dei 14 tl’Pl War tool administrator Marvin j Jon—i estimate* that American 1 | farms will need 247.00)1 more agii ! cultural worker* to meet the nation's P>ll war f ml production. goals. lie ha* urged the house appro- j piiutinn* committee to approve an appropriation to Inert-use sttbstan- 1 Hally the la-iil army width served j to till- the farmer through the liM'l: secson. The i oinmlttee. however, ha- re- j (ilincil t a sub-committee lor i'- | vision a bill nppropiiatlim fund fm the 1044 farm labor prn iam Tie- full committee was tmabh- to agree oil a pio|M—ul In 111 measnr* width would have removed all] juriMlh Hon over the lan I army j i t nih-r ilila proposal, the land army | - w chi have been placed In the hand- ot the stale agriculture -x ! ten -lon service*. l-i testimony released today by j i tin- emitilltttie, Jones said I.lMMlntitl worker* have left the tarme sine-| pi in. To meet this growing prole ] lent, he raid the farm labor pro | gram during 1»43 made g.Sooniai i placement* Involving I.Sisi.qfto . workers an I I.Oim.iMHi farther*. r iloui-t Philip Unit n. director of the program, said the WFA ! plane to a-• less than 117.11011 for 1 ,-ign worker* next yea I some .Toon |e.«- than tills ye.it He explained ill.il the difference will he made lip (Turn Tn Paws t. OaiumO *• o Influenza Spreads To East And West Epidemic Reported Waninq In Midwest ||y I’nlted Pres* The wave of Influents and cold* - is -preiidtilg io the e.i-t and *,--( hut appear* !<> have p.)«*ed i'» peak In the midw «tertl -lateHealth authorities pieilii'l that colder weathei will help check ! the i oiitaglou ] The disease I' reaching cpi i demic proportion* t« eastern , tnd «n . n*l )te# i-' 1 1 growing absenteeism In school--1 ,|IMI pluw?* l A VV.i fifiißfon, I> C. t*» estimates that 2« percent of the congiessmen have contracted Influenza or * respiratory virus in* feel toil Soule 100 -Mt i a **-. are I recorded In th" city and four jd-ath- have /—uPe<l Xle-llt 2" p**H'ettt of Philadeli phia'e population I* suffering I from ih<- flu, ami health authortj iie» have recommendeit cancella I tion of all public gatherings In M***achu*ett». four private j -eh-Mils dosed a w--i*k eaily for : ('hustmas holiday* because of the ! pievalellce )«f flu Hirmingham. Ala official* est irii.it*- that 3o percent *»f the i ,-|iy s adult populatlffP ha- had the, flu during the present setge K-gh' iM-rcent of the -chool chll-j I drew are absent j In the west, motion picture pro-j duc'ioii ha» slowed to a standstill, as Hollywood's star*, director* iTurn Tn Pass *• Poluiwa 41 9f/tofW#e Mxrafr ' h” 1 j

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Foreiqn Secretary Reiterates Plcdqe Os British Aid In Defeating Japanese 7ty I'nlted Pres lit Pish foieign secretary Anthony K)leti ha- dropped a broad hint that more im|Nirtaut Allied i oiiferent e* are coming in the ; Mediterranean theater. In fact, - ihey may already Im- underway Kden adilressed the Hriiish house of common< ill laiudon today. He said Prime Minister ] Churchill'* work — which started with the Tehran and Cairo con- ! feri-nce- —i* not ye: lillishisl Kdeti told commons that the Tehran confurence has Insured Hie shortening of the war. MoreI over, he added, the conference I also laid plan* for maintaining th* world's progress In the peace to follow. The Tehran conference, ' Is the one where Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt i talked with Premier Stalin The foreign secretary also re- ] iterated Britain'- pledge that her i toll war resource* will lie Ihrown against J.i|sau as soon as Germany is defeated The Tehran ami Cairo conferences, Kileii said. have j brought to completion the plan* for tile prosecution of the war against both those enemies Kdeti apologized for the absence of Prime Minister Churchill Hut. he told commons, "then- still remains important work for him to jdo lit the sphere where he now 1 I* '' Then Kdeti. fresh from the recent Allied conference*, told commons; Britain will throw all her resource- against Japan after Germany* defeat and plan* forth« ! overthrow of both are complete Till- Roosevelt Churchill talk* wish Turkey's president were wh.ii Men term* "encouraging Britain hi- -m a military misi -ion to the Jugoslav partisan* and I is doing everything po- slide to supply ami siippoti them There is Millie hope of uniting ■ p.ili’lolle Greek \tt-l the Allle- - are doing their utmost to tiring | together the Jugoslav partisan* and the fhetnik of General Mikhailov itch. And finally, the socatled big three” sick only to free the occupied countries of Kttrope amt have no intention -«r imimslng their will oil them In the Italian ground lighting, ill, British eighth army uintinue* to move up the Adriatic i-m*!. lunging toward Oftomi from commanding heights only two miles away Deeper inland other eighth army forces have broadened their positions south and southw.- of Ot folia But -111 the West I Tarn T« P»#s *. Column 7) (V Aiding Discharged Soldiers Find Jobs Midwestern States Take Lead In Help Chicago. De< 14—tl'Pl—A re. port on th** rehabilitation of world war 'wo veteran- reveals tha! most ..f th-’ mid western states. N«*W York Oklahoma blah-*. Ohm and Texa* I are taking the Ina-I in returning disj charged soldiers tr civilian life |Ui time, approxinu' > :<«) • immi ervh'emen have received Honorable discharges from the armed force* These men are finding their places In business, mdu try and education through state depart* ments and the American Legion One notable organization ts 14* Disabled Per tins Aasocta'nm of America, a non-profit selective placement bureau with headquarter* tn Chicago H C Church preefdent of the asaociation says th* group t- composed ot disabled peri sou* who remain *d at home during iHe war. and who now ar* aide to help »l»e veterans Church say* I rnaay servicemen already have found Job* And he add* that the I a social tow It plsnalag to open '.hapter* at Detroit In itanapoli*. | vTwrw Ts PM* *. Colama •» *