Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1944 — Page 6

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' U. I. NAVY CAMERAMAN RISKED HIS LIFE to record this spectacular action during one ot the attacks on the Marshall islands, Jap base* in the mid-l’acific. A Jap torpedo bomber camo zipping in at low

Suicide Requests Probe Os Gambling Took Own Life To Start 'Crusade' Toledo, O Jan 6—(UPt- A Former Detroit advertising executive who claimed he gambled away |3b,000 has taken his own life purNow Mans Wear FALSE TEETH With More Comfort FA3TEETII. a pleasant alkaline <non-a< :<1) |> >w l<-r. holds false teeth more firmly T-. eat and talk In more comfort, Ju»t sprinkle a HtthFASTEST!! on your plate*. No gum- . my. gooey, pasty t .at.- or feeling . Che- k« 'plat.- ...lor' (denture I breath), (let PARTKETH at any | dr)

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| portedly to start a crusade against I gambling racketeers. .Managing editor Kenneth T oill of the Toledo Blade. sheriff Charles llennesey and police captain Arthur Kaufman received letters from th. suicide victim. George l» Wil-1 cox yesterday Wilcox’s letter to editor Toolll 1 said. ‘'l'ni giving my life today for I a cause worthy if your attention and a relentless campaign against gambling racketeers who have preyed upon the weaknesses of. such persons as myself." The letter continu'd. "I hate to die branded a coward and a weakling. but I can only think of the good I am doing for others." Sheriff Hennessy is studying the suicide 1 ttens and documents to see If they warrant calling a spec- j i tai grand Jury. Hennessy says that ' ; Wilcox included in his letter a deI tailed report on th- period between ' April 2. 1940. and December 3, 1911. - ■— ■

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I level over the flight deck of on aircraft carrier, forcing the men to hug the deck. Anti-aircraft guns hit the plane and it plunges to a flcry death in the sea just off the carrier. (International)

In which he claimed he lost more' than 130,000. Wilcox was found dead in a Toledo hotel room. An empty bottle | marked "pots n” stood on a table ; beside the bed. JAPS RUSHING (Continued V'mn rags t) P-40s in the dark days of 1941. And. an a Flying Tiger. Boyington , destroyed six Japs. He got to the South Pacific a year ago. But a broken leg kept him out of action for seven months. Then he organized a so-called black sheep squadron of men nobody else wanted because they lacked experience. And he turned that squadron into on of the best , in the South Pacific. He went to town himself too. In I on.- day. he knocked down five enemy planes over Vella Levclla. And the day before Christmas, he

got four Japs over Rabaul. It was lover the base that he got bis 26th Jap—on .Monday. Gross Income Field Agent Here Jan. 12 ■ Carl 11. Pease, field agent of the ' Indiana gross Income tax division, will be at the auto license bureau in Decatur Wednesday. January I 12. from 2 to 4 p. in., to assist taxpayers in filing the annual gross income tax return, Cal F. Peterson, license branch manager, announced today. The annual gross Income tax return for IM3 must be filed and paid on or before January 31 or it will go delinquent. The annual return must include the taxpayer's entire gross income from January 1 to December 31. even though quarterly returns have been made. Dthougha

Eight Parachute To Safety From Bomber Reported Stranded On Mountain Top Lus Vegas. Nev.. Jan. ®— <1 Pl A lofty mountain plateau near Las Vegas may be the refuge of eight airmen who parachuted from a crippled army bomber yesterday. State police say the eight survivors of the crash are reported huddled together on the almost inaccessible, wind-swept mountain! top. I Wreckage of the piaufi. which apparently carried five other crew members to their death, has not been located. Searching parties are still combing the area for traces of the huge flying fortress. Rescue parties are being formed to attempt th perilous Job of contacting the fliers marooned on the ll.ttoo foot elevation. And aviat- 1 or* in a sister ship of the missing! , bomber reportedly dropped fleecelined suits and food supplies to ( their stranded companions earlier this morning , All but two survivors of another fortress crash near Cedar City, Nev., have been found. Posses located the loth crew member six I miles north of Calinte, Nev., late yesterday. He suffered a broken leg in his parachute Jump. Other crewmen of the B-17 bomber dropped to safety alnng a 100-mile route from Cedar City to Pioche. I Nev. O , Auto Dealer Cited For OPA Violation Indianapolis, Jan. C — (UP) — The office of price administration has cited an Indianapolis automobile defter for alleged violation of an OPA regulation. President Roy Hickman of an au'o agency bearing his name ischarged with loaning new 1941 I and 1942 model automobiles to I four men for their own use. The I OPA says Hickman has violated I auto and gasoline rationing rules. I o . , I Decatur Elks Will j Meet This Evening j The regular meeting of the De- | catur I! P. O Eiks will be held at. I the lodge home on North Second' I street at 8 o'clock thia evening. All 11 members are requested to be pre- I sent. I o I Average life expectancy for a I male infant today Is 60.0 years, as I compared to a ratio of 48.2 years I prevailing in 1900. I

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Blood Donors Return For Second Donation Indianapolis, Jan. 6.— (VP)—Th® Indianapolis Red Cross blood donor center reveals that ”0 percent of the persons contributing blood during 1943 returned for a second donation. And the center exceeded its 100.000 pint quota by some 6.000 pints. At the same time, it is announced that 345 persons have contributed sufficient bicod to become members of the Indianapolis gallon club. • o Appeal To German People Quit War New York. Jan. 6 —(VP)-A Brithh broadcast today appealed to the German people to surrender unconditionally. The broadcast quoted the News Chronicle to the effect that Germany is do:med and faces either capitulation or—as Herr Goebbels puts it —"a fight to the bitter end." The German people — said the broadcast—have a better way out. All they have to do is overthrow their leaders and cry out, "end the war."

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Retired Farmer Dies At Home In Geneva Pontius Funeral Friday Afternoon ■Charles Pontius, 81. retired farmer. and life long resident of Geneva and (’(immunity, died Wednesday at his home in that town. Death was caused by complications. He was born In Adams county July 15, 1842, the son of George and Krnly Shoemaker-Pontlua. He wax married to Irene Pyie September 2. 1894, and she died March 30. 1930. Surviving are two sons, Ellis C. Pontius of Fort Wayne and Panl Pontius of Woodvllls, O.; and two brothers. Frank and Clint Pontius, both of Geneva. Five brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the i United Brethren church in Geneva. | with Rev. E. C. Lusk officiating. The body will be returned to the residence this afternoon from the Wells and Hardy funeral home.

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