Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 3 January 1944 — Page 1

Win the War. All Else Is Chores?

/oI.XLII. No. Two.

AMERICAN DESTROYER EXPLODES AND SINKS OFF NEW YORK HARBOR TODAY

Russian Armies Closer To Polish Border

Stalin Announces Fail Os Important Rail Junction To Advancing Troops (By I'nlted Piessi Premi r Stalin of Russia has isted a special order of the <lny to mor a frenh victory by the Red ■my. Stalin reveal* that Ritorian tank* id too -oldler* have seized Novo--ad Volynski on the road to Polid. Th Soviet premier deacribe* io city "as an important rail Juneon md an Important defense too of the German*.” And Stalin aa «r<i- red the 121 victory canoat ©‘ Moscow to thnndyr forth tth 12 great salvos of celebration. The atronKpoint Is 20 mil*-* twin 10 old Polish border. Os course, 10 Kg-- an* are even cl ter titan lot b< their smashing drive toardsMild Poland Bnt the import- , nee of Novograd Volynski Iles in tie ter that It Is the last major ' termor base east of the Itorder loflffTthat flaming tl2-mile front icing old Poland. The Hitsaians arc crashing ahead n lha battlefrint. They are now , «a Ul. 12 mil* s from the obi Pol- : •*> Krib r And there's a good haoce that the border Itself will e CR> sed by right fa 11. For. as . ou kt. >w. the Russian* advanced 2 mlb s yesterday. And. if they an duplicate that achievement toay. lit" Red army will be fighting n oM Poland. The Soviets are aleo threatening stror : Nazi has. at the southern ornar if the growing Kiev salient, md other Russian forces within the KI- v salient are pushing southtart towards the enemy's rail lines o Odeai*- out of the Dnieper bend. The Germans apparently realize Muror. mis il seriousness of the irefiffb- military crisis. For aMi »• •vK-oadi ast claim* Adolf Hitler's terdßlal chief of staff and the head if the Nazi general staff have I ush■d Iff the headquarters of Marshall •'on Mannstein. the German comnaad* In the Kiev salient. And he ]■' I'hast adds that Hitler has i rived his personal chief of staff irastl powero. The Russians are driving against bdlld Pillsh border along a <2nil* front. But that sector Is but . tarts-r a giant 200 mile front in the JhWi •. And In that battleground, bd It Hsians are radiating out In hree direction* northwest, directFjtast and southwest. ■rhaps the most menacing of hide sweeping movements of en-Mttt-m.nt Is the offensive to the i 40WV treat. For there the Red army IffSrikiiig ~,war<* ,h ‘ - ra ** " f ' md||> out of the Dnieper bend - •s«|>e routes for thousands of Geiififfff soldiers. bl White Russia, tar to the rtrth. it's believed the fall of the Nail base of Vitebsk te imminent, dispatches siy Soviet vangtar Is are rolling so fast that the MB* left meats untouched In their 3 Page >. Column II WKMPffRATURt RCAOINQ 1 tRMOCRATTHCRMOMETCR Koo a. m. w:00 a. m. 3t I Ken 32 | B ; 00 p. m. ««gero__WEATHER 9mir in north portion, clearing j i||douth portion, foggy and colder Tuesday fair; slightly I U®mer in southwest portion. ■ 1 Buys Health Bond The Decatur Lions <Tut> voted purchase of a health bond, official* of the Chrls-mas seal camI palgn In Adams county ■ announced today Officials I today asked all persons have forgotten to send in ) returns for Christmas seals Miu so at once.

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Two Soldiers Face Possible Charges Involved In Theft, Wrecking Os Auto Two soldiers from Baer Field. Fort Wayne, are facing possible serious charges following an auto accident one mile east of Decatur on F. S. highway 221, at io: 10 P m. Saturday. The grand jury at Van Wert. (».. today Is reported studying their case, which involves the alleged theft of an automobile at Middlebury, (t. shortly before the car was overturned near this city. The accident was reported to J Mendenhall. Indiana state po Hee officer, who, on investigation found no one at the scene of th. accident, although the car was nearly demolished. The two soldiers were picked up near the scene of the wreck but were released after short questioning. The report of the stolen car was received later Saturday night, and officer Men denhall. accompanied by sheriff Roy Shaffer of Van Wert county. ().. spent several hours at Baer Field Sunday, questioning tho soldiers picked up here The officers report that the soldiers under severe questioning. admitted the theft and subsequent wrecking of the auto, which was owned by Mrs. Emma Beer of Berne, route 2. The car had Iceen parked at Middlebury by Mrs. Beer's son. Eli Beer The saddlers, who escaped Injury. are scheduled to be tried by a military court at Baer Field. One of the soldiers was reported to have been absent from the base without a pass. Acquitted Elmer K. Si hwart. of Berne, was acquitted of a charge of reckless driving when tried in the court of W J Buckman. justice of the peace, this morning The charge was filed by Earl Troxel, of Cincinnati. 0.. following a minor accident eight miles south of Decatur on I*. S 27. Earl Erwin, of Berne, pleaded guilty to public intoxication, and was fined 125 anil costs by Justice Bockman this morning Erwin's driver's license was also suspended for so days Richard Thompson pleaded not guilty to a charge of leaving the (Turn To Paas 4. Column t) British Fleet Back After Big Victory Scharnhorst Sinkers Are Back In Port New York. Jan. 3—fl’PJ- Nine victorioaa warships of th British home fleet, which trapped and sank the German battleship Scharnhorst, are tack at an English port. A Umdon broadcast recorded by the f'nited Prana «ay* the battleship Duke of York led seven destroyers and a cruiser Into their home berth But the Duke of York wore the scar of battle. Shell splinters from the Scharnhorst had ripped both her masts Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser -commander of the ships during the artic tattles said so many bits were made on the Sotarnhorat that it was impossible to say which ship fired the fatal ahot. Fraser especially praised the Duke of York's crew who. he said, were under fire from the Nazi sea giant for 9-i-minute* He revealed that his daatroyers thrust their way to within less than a mile of the Scharnhorst to fire their torpedoes

Berlin Pasted Again By RAF Heavy Bombers Hitler Chancellery Reported Hit; RAF Drops 1,000 Tons By I'nlted Press The RAF'* Berlin wrecking crow trade it two in a row today with a pre-dawn raid which is eaid to have s'ruck Hitler's chancellery. For the second i-ong.-eutive morning, the RAF sent its biggest bombers out over tin- Nazi capital with a cargo of bloi-k-buuters. Swedish dispatchiM report that Hitler'* headquarters were hit and virtually demolished. They do not speculate on whether the fuehrer might have been Inside at the time. On** thousand tone of explosives were showered on the half-wrecked city. And reports from France say th*- German government has ordered the evaluation of another 1.mo.mm women, children and old people. Twenty-seven tamfliers were Inert in the attack and in subsidiary Mosquito raiiM on Western Germany and the French Invasion coast. But the air ministry says the atack boosted to 14,000 the tonnage hopped on Berlin since November 18. As for the 'Mediterranean air offensive. Allied headquarters re-•-•■al*-d that the north Afi'ican atraegle air force flew on 3.70 ti missions ui 1913. It diwtroyed 6.572 enemy planes at a coat of 819 of ,ts own aircraft. Blizzard In Italy A terrific blizzard hast grounded Allied heavy bombers in that area .'or th*- present, However, medium (Turn To Page I. Column l> Mrs. Dessie Dolch Dies This Morning Dies Enroute To Illinois Hospital Mrs. Dessie Dolch. widow of the late I.- wls Dol< h of this city, and a prominent Decatur family, died in a diabetic coma enroute from her sister's home t* a hospital in Mt Prospect. 111. at I o'clock this morning. Mrs Dolch had been visiting with her sister. Mrs John Nicholson, forth.- past sis weeks. According to word received by relatives here she took ill at midnight. A physician was called and he advised that she be removed to th- Prospect hospital, death occurring enroute. She had long been a victim of diabetes. The body will be returned here and taken to the Zwick funeral home, where services will be held Funeral arrangements will not be completed until later, pending the arrival of the daughters Mrs. Dolch was born in Decatur. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrw. Henry Krick, both deceased. Her father was pr mlnent here for half a century, being one of the founders of the Kri< k Tyndall tile company The d* ceased was a graduate of the Decatur high school, of which her brother. Walter J Krick, is now superintendent. She attended business college In Indianapolis ami for s* veral yeans was a bookkeeper in her father's tile mill < fllee She was married to U-wia Dolch. who died in 1931 She was a member of the First Methodist church and the woman's society of the Christian service. Surviving are the two daughters. Mre. Glen Beavers of Toledo, and Mrs. Edward lawe. who is residing with her husband. Tech 5-c I' I army at McCook Field. Neb Also surviving are four sisters. Mrs. John Parrish of this city; Mrs. D E Butler of Fort Wayne; Mrs Nicholson, and Miss Agnes Krick. Detroit; four brother*. Frank. George. Virgil and Walter J. Krick all of this city The body is not expected lure until tomorrow.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 3,1944.

Decatur Resumes Normal Activity The Decatur public and Catholic si hoolo ristumi-d this morning, fallowing the Christmas vacation. Retail store* and office* were opened for bu-ine-a, again, following Saturday * closing in observance of New Years day. Public offli-M were also opened for busime* and formal activities were underway after th-.- double holiday over the New Years. War plants and other factories did not done Saturday, regular operation* going on a* usual. —_— -.. —o Rail Union Leaders Protest On Attack Union Heads Term Attack 'Cowardly' Washington, Jan. 3 — il Pl The chiefs of three railway union* are putting their heads together today to consider what a -poke.man calls "a cowardly attack pn them. Tho spokesman refers to a weekend statement by what was calb-d "an informed source” that labor disputes were slowing down the war. and that threatened rail and steel strikes had been it big i-niouragemeiit for the Axis. The union spokesman -ays the meeting today between the heads of three operating unions also will consider a sugggestioll that the Truman committee be asked to Investigate the report. But the Truman group already has voted against conducting such an invest!gat ion White House secretary Stephen Early said this morning that Pres ident Roosevelt and the informed source seemed to lo* 'thinking along the same lines. ' The president, whose mild case of grippe kepi him in bed agnin oday. has appointed a three man special committee. It will invest!gat** racial di-criminatlon ihatges lodged against Hl southern rail lines and several unions by Unfair employment practice commit tee. Also on the labor front, hearing* opened today on a demand by the (’IO I’nlted Automobile Worker* for a I# percent wage boost for its *50,u00 workers. Th» hearing is IH-ing held in Detroit before a special fact riding panel composed of union and company representatives Fosnough Funeral Tuesday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. George Foanaugh. whose death occurred New Year* day. will lw held Tu«day afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home, four mile* southwest of Decatur, and at 2 o'clock at tin* Evangelical church. Linn Grove Burial will lie in the Linn Grove cemetery. ■— o ——- • ’ • Equity Dairy Store Is Robbed 01 $216 Entrance Is Gained At Rear Os Store Loot of |2I« in cash was obtained In a breakin at the F>|Uity Ilelry store on North S*«ond afreet in this city this morning, police chief Ed Miller reported today Entrance to the store was gained W prying loose a ba over a window at the rear of the store, then opening tho window Os the total loot. 32.1 wa- taken from the cash register, and 'he balance of 8191 was taken from a hiding place in the More The theft occurred between 1:30 a. m.. when the store was closed, and 8:30 thl* morning, when the store was reo|»-ned. The thief or thieves left the store through the tack door Tira Stolen James Murphy. Jr. manager of tho Western Union office, reported to police that a *pare lire was stolen from hi* auto sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning. from its parking place on Madison street

Japs' Base At Madang Facing Allied Squeeze Surprise Landing By Yankee Troops Peril* Thousands Os Japs Bv I'nited Press The Yanks struck a possible three way d'-atii blow at the Japane-*> yesterday wlt.it they invaded Saidor on northern N*-w Britain. In the first place, General Mai Arthur say* the surprise conquest means that thousands of Japs face death or surrender in the jungle* east of th.* beachlit ad The sixth army landing* pin th*- enemy in the jaw- of an Australian Ami-i ii .nt phtcers between Saidor and Nuzen some 7.1 miles southeast which the Aussie* took Saturday. Secondly, th** new landing* *et the stage for a two pronged drive on Madang. keystone of .l.ipam-s--defenses. .1.1 mile- norihw.-t nf Saidor. Another \usirallan ml umn Is moving on Madang front th.* interior smith of tin- stronghold. And last, bitt not l*-ast. the conquest of Saidor opens tin- way for a full scale American naval thrust Info the Bismarck si-a The best part of the Saidor victory is that It was accomplished without the loss of Olli- soldi* Tin* invasion came as a mmpb-te . urprise In fol. Mi- '(-thins men sf.iiiisl at once :■> ex-.-nd lliei’ b.-a* lihead And it la-t r* ports they still had nt'" no ui>position from the JapAt the same time, th** marines (Turn To Purs 5. Column 2) — n Oliver P. Everett Dies Sunday Morning Native Os County Is Taken By Death Oliver P Everett. .13 funner Adams county resident di*.l i 2 3'» o’l-lm-k Sunday morning a the Mi-thmlist hospital in Fort Wayne after a three months ill-lle-s Ilf tuberculosl* He wa- nort s m Adams « nutty Siqitemb-r 21. I'9". the son of Gabriel anir Amy Samantha Everett 11.- |.red in Adam* minify mi'll 1916. when he movtd t*> Fort Way n* His wife prm-eded hint in death. Surviving are the following timi'i er« and sisters Mrs M.-n ie S'ei I of Mcf’lure (I Frank E»* ett of Whit.- Pigeon, Mil h : Barney Ev .-rett of Jones. Mnh Mik*- Ever ett of White Plg.-on. Mil h David W Everett of New Castle. James Everett of Pleasant Mill- John Everett of Atidi-r-on and Ti-te Everett us Daleville title -Ist." is deceased Funeral services Will be held at 1:3" o'clock Tuesday afterniton at the Gillig a- Doan funeral hum** in this <-ity. with Rev. Glen Marshall officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body may he viewed at -he futietal home until time of th<- »ervic«-s - — - o Bu// Jumps Out Os Trailer, Reward Is Offered By Owner Everybody knows the eld nursery rhyme of the "cow jumping over the moon ' latten (’. Bulkhead. well known farmer of M >nroe, could write a new di"y alsmt the bull jumping over the trailer. laM' evening Mr Burkhead w« hauling a s<>o-pound Gue nsey alonc I'. S. road 27 fiom Monroe to Decatur, intending to deliver it to th*- Blue Creek Dairy Plant to Is* butchered The null jumped over the high make trailer and 'hr mystery of the whole affair is that he can't find ttee bull Mr BurkharaJ ofera a reward for information leading to the return of the tall.

Tremendous Blast Rips Destroyer; 163 Os Crew Are Reported As Saved

Navy Aircraft Carrier Fleet Is Now Over 50 Strongest Armada Os Floating Air Fields In World's History \V.i -liingt iii I-in -”* 11 i't The li.ivy I- piling Up pow* so , its major rol*- in the victory tb.it ha-, be.-H pi**dirt*d fol I'*ll Tin* aircraft i-arrii-r sh-i-t h |. .-iun ited i.* to'.il mm* than .Io < .nr!*- -of all types S* i* i>y us • i- navy Fi.mk K a h-h'ii- i disclosed that mot*, than I" mi 11, i s wet*- delivei. d to the n ivv during th— first 11 months *.f 1913 An*l il - l»-lliv.d lli-'t ;i» bit In in*ii* w.- turned out in D* «.-tills* i Add.-d to tin- -.iii viving fl.it top *>f Olli pn- w.ir sou I . th.ship* mak** up the most fmind lid*- arntad.i of floating an ts* !-.! In In-t.ny There is a good chance thn! th<-'i- si-.i going -ii *1 "tn* ■ will blast dii.-.tly a th** J.<p.-«-i---homeland during h** loming y* ir. \\ ii. -ii the n.n y <ot i • .1 :• it • full strength in the Pai fi< .ifti - . the European ph of til. » ' t-lldi'd these i-.niers Will In |l||. . to hull mote Ilian 1 """ |>la- - 1 i I lime against 111- J.lpane-e In Washington, offh-ials a • i»" i i-'iied with 1.-ilh* f pr.ihb hl th. i st, >-| and r iilt.irl inil't- <■« trover - -•■ iii bn'lt It.-ld t ill a- I awaiting final - t;|. i-":i V *ll tn any uni o-d. el. • ■ at.- |»:<-du 1 1 ilia- th.- solution to th. di put. I will d.inaiid a change in 'lt.- ad | minist * aeon's wartime l.iltor pol | icy perhaps a r. ad 111-' ii* ;r ot I the little St. .1 flit mil! ■ Am.ttl.-I prolib-111 ..a-iving a' tellll >ll II the lip || ’■ ‘ ilhiiil lb*- it-i nliv. t «i*>n of wa plan to p. ,*i *■ 'an.- |>t "I't* ' - Sei-.-rtaiy **t coiinti- *•■ J- -•• Jon. - -ay- -mall a w. .! a- Idg , biisine-s must la-gin making plan* now tor shifting ba* k to ihe manti factiiie -if p.-o elite., pmdn* In | an arli.le written for hi- depart tn. lit - puidi. a'ion. Io warn-* that the ptobh-in mu-' be given : consideration particularly by small l»ti-ii|. -s men The tnatipowa- shortage will continue to bes.-f home front prodiictian during tin* new yea A sti) vey shows that indu-'ry (Turn T<> Psge , »> o Local Men’s Father Is Taken By Death Frederick Affolder Funeral On Tuesday Fr .lvro k Affolder. " father o: * W. I -iii and ClUtrle* Ass dd. both of D . atu*. died Saturday night at 'he Edwin Bixler hom> ' in Wali.i-h township following an! I eXtea.i-at 1 i III*-*-Surviving are fire * her on- : Martin Affolder of i hafan •>g i i i» Hi-ti.y of Wolcottville Edwin! of ii, a. It n< Tillman and Elnu-r! Affuid ■ -I n* ;• <'• .• r > ( Idaitglite. M Edwin Bixler one fu-ter daugh* r. Mr* Y let or I S. haad- I lia-tan.siga <> lilt. • I sisters. 3" KI atldehiidl •il and live] I great grandchildren Funeral *• v .••* will be h* Id a'l 12 o'che k Tuesday as .-iniHUi at I | 'he Yas*-; fun.-a! home in Her i. I | with R-v <' \ Schmid nffici.it-1 ;mg Burial will be in the MRE ' I c* tnetery a- Ih-rne The body may he vi« wed at the I funeral tame until time of tho sent ire*.

Flying Fort’s Crew Is Killed In Crash Fortress Crashes On California Field Sai lam.-nf". t'a'if Jan 3 il'Pi An army board of inquiry hopes to di-iovvl What made a flying (.Hires* lit.-ially di-int-- | giat< in mid all killing 13 or 11 I i r.-w nieinbei s. Tin- fori i- basi-d at Kingman Field \riz . i-n.- out of fin- over ‘ md is i 'i.-d on M. t'l.-llali I Field mar Sai rami-nto y. >t<-iday | Hull'll.l.4* of army p. s.inin-1 ami in-1 l.y i. 'iil.-nis -aw the giant plan, -pin toward the fold I in Gann * -i atlering bit* of w !..l> 1..-** -a * 1.1 mill-->l.i)o- .I hii* W Wi-rgeti of California w.i tin only survivor 11--pararllUt.-d Io the ll* <1 W.-rgeli -:il.k Illi- rom.i-ti* riliiw.iy -a hard h«- stiff.-n-d tour lii"k.-n 1.-. ih ami a po-s'lde hip fracturi I H'lh <■ ■ -.1 I tilt fill fie-- wI . -m p. wiv to 1.0- Uigel. s amt w.i m» *t in-dul.-d to land a M Cl.-!lan Fl.-Id Army authorities also are n v* I■ • itm. a ■ ■ .in.l plan, i t h - it' Calftionia A a it, . tie n> <1 army transport J -h.aii-d off Hi.- roof of a house Illi lilt* -lllllllb of I,o* Angelis |||! •n car md killed the car'' driver, j th* -ii must into tiaim - when |t (Turn Ta Pag* 3, Column C> Heavy Run Os Hogs In Midwest Markets Chicago's Receipts Heaviest Since 1934 Chi. .Un 3 il l’i The hi-avii st imi ot hones »hue I!*2'» w.i - .a|h-i I' m * >1 at major i-ornb.-lt mark*' - today Chn.ii r. > . pt» .Hmm w. Illi.- heaviest .im-e l‘i'!l And at tlin.ihn th.-i. was ,i i ion! run <*l turn * than 3i; mm f .-s|i hues CariyoVvl us ilisold hug* at most us th.- mark.-tr ar** the heaviest In years Thl* made it fie.* say t*i hog makes Ing i-oniliiit I tees to emphasize again th.- la. i that hog [e .wlm ers sb ni l contact then al.-- agem i» before iuadltlg bogs tor market I' mime .ire warm *I by th. bog marketing mintni'fe. n t to ship Imi- to Chicago Wiiere alHiltt half 'ln* rm will g unsold without fitst loiiiaiting ili'ii sel'ing agency And at (Imulia. the nog marketing ioii.init'.-. »ay» carryover will Im* all that |i.e k.-rs .an bamll- tomorrow are asked Hut to send any hog* tommiow since they would imt -> sold 'inti! W.-d lllrsday r lati-i Record Slaughter Chicago lan :t Il'Pi Th.- Am I •-! jean im-.i' institute says the i slaughter of bugs last month rem tied u* all Him high nf -om- 7.6'*" • , '•»« head T dal elaughte in December wa* ilhi. e p. .n' above 'ha' for No- | vemher and II p* rc*-nt over D*{i • info- of 1942 Slaughter of c«t(Turn To Pass t. Column 4) o White Funeral Rites Wednesday Afternoon M Martha Ann Whi'e. s*. died I of pui-umonia Sunday at th*- tamu iof a son. Gh nn White, in Blue Creek township Survivors include fiv. s >ns and four daughter* Funeral eervices will b*- held |at I To p m. Wri|n**Hia> al 'he Friend* church with Bev Elvin Thornburg and Rev Seth Painter officiating Burial w-l he at WJ* liamaburg.

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Unnamed Destroyer Sinks Shortly After Explosion; Cause Os Blast Is Unannounced Washington. Jan. 3.—(UP) — The navy announces that an American destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic on Christmas eve The destroyer was not identified because the ne«t of kin of the casualties aboard it have not yet been notified. By Cui-.-d I’r.'-* \ 11 .-m.-iidoii- < xplo- ion ha* i I torn apart m Ammirim di‘*froyi r louteid.* N>-» York bay lj Soon after the i-xplo*ioil Hhot , througli Hi - mm.iimd d. -lroy.-f I i-arly fir* m<i-''iilii' the hip .ink I, Tin* ii, ny -.iv - .limlll H'.! of her Il .W 111.-mlu - have 11.-ell -llV.'ll. I i tally I I S de.rioy.-r carrier a er.-w nimiiu-i mi- i.mw.-eti 2"" ( and 23< men T .■ ivy .dd -li.it I"' of '!>•’ , * -mviv.ii- hive Ih-»-ii injured some iriti. ally Ami al of the-, men t ar., -nfi.-iilig from third degreo I burn- i'oili • •|. irf li ii four Ih.ili. * have h* "Il r<-i OVe ei| The flrst Inkling of the tragedy | came li'.i tiy after *1 0.-hiek th’* ( morning when thousand* of people | m the N.-w York h.irlmr an-.v i were ll.lken 'V 'he tor. e of 111 eXpl-.-ioii SmiH- ih .iigh’ that th** gi. it i a-'al d. f* ii*.- gun* nearby | wete piacticing ig.iili But they j didn't know i • n-.il mry iiniil th.- navy I a short it im nt It *■ in -Ii in tii. Now th.- i. ivy h.i iel.-asc*l «« inn. ii of the '.il.- i i-m at I that the :| fat* *1 ship Sit getting [ ii-.uly * move on* when ih.-r v w.i m • vpl..-i.m ll* >li. navy- d.-.'i pt lon | <*f w li.i i ii*|u .*■*l *’ * ■ imiiim- . i- .. -i. li p a■ ■ *li-iup:* ed Hl. im-t -..ppled Ttio I. idg< '.ni kled .md i .iilap*. d. | Ihi.- man •*v - be iw sh- ii i: f. t mi! th- to* w.* d tiv• Im h -: i > I w Ii 1 ’: h_- • a .mgli ill.- i.. \n-l I many m* t w.-: bluwn ,iv tlwn I *by th. bla -' Hu’ sh. navy -.v - Hi. wi- > Id-iiid.-i Fire fighting par'!..* w. i*- .>: gatiiz.-d And they fought mi though th*, ship Wi abl.iZ.l* forward ami in -In* In idgM on. *i v. ■i! < ii,-i«i go.i d | let.i’- -io-mI by One of ih.-m courage.i isly no-, d into the »ld«* <>f tho übip .md r.m line alniard. Tin vessel and other ioi*t guard Imai* took -u-vivois ahoaiil I util tiv. mii u'i - .iff. i 7 thn (Turn To Pane 5. Column 3) Commissioners Pay Bounties For Foxes Allow Claims For Eight Red Foxes Vd.i-n . >.r*• y .o r v >•*. •r* today allowed bi>utiti*« for <■ gilt i.-d foxes killed In VlaltM liti-y in ’h "p.-noig of .1 dr:v*» t.i id th-* fannw of rtn- p. : w n *t ha« In-en killing poultry .m l nth*--* • -mill farm anmial- a- w*!l a«s -I gam. bird* and anim.iV* •1 Five dollars each - , I f .!• fox.e caught an I killed in th** . ounty They must finst I*. p .-- -n-* .-d to county udt'oi Ttiurni.ni Dr.*w who U required *o iut out their tonsure prevent "i-ir lie* I I.' ■. ' o'h.-r county (>*her* who i'i me fir tauntirs were allowed today at.- Morton Railing Waatiington town*bip. Glen l*ch. Monroe route one Ranxa * Wolfe. I*"- atur. G*-ne H md. rou’o two Berne and Paul M Haumga-d* 1 ner. rout* four. Bluffton Only other hu* ne»» on th* csl* lendary for the «o-nttiisatonri* to. i (lain Te Fa*n 5, Cvlumn 3)