Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1943 — Page 9

SECTION TWO

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 23,1943.

CHRISTMAS | EDITION