Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1944 — Page 1

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;XLII. No. 13.

BRUNSWICK BLASTED BY RAF BOMBERS

lerican Air rce Taking II Os Japs 19 Japanese Planes eported Destroyed i Last Two Months By United Preus t seventh United B'ate* air “"•(to chalking up a big score South Pacific air war. General Willis 11. Hale men hare destroyed 119 eee planes In the past two is. and probably destroyed ten. • air force commander re--1 that hundreds of tons of \ have been dropped on the tall islands in the ante I. a result, two major aii fields e Marshalls are partly out ■mmlssion, and three others adly damaged. e says id* men have the est assignment of any war . They make the longest »- 2.500 miles on each raid • comparable to a flight from _>n to Africa and bac k again. f2y face constant ba.l weath"lf forced to bail out. It's ly over water. And they fly orted to tackle strong formaof Japanese fighter planes. > seventh air force has workt‘. a system of rotation for Ing crews which gives the better than a 60 5n chance ’lng through the war. PerMgl looses are gntimated at | percent per mtoalon Iny planes met no fighter reIke In the totes’ raid over A toll in the Murshalls. A W Harbor communique says I J Atoll was attacked for tin- ' A »t might day • was there interception in —ent sweep over Habaul th« Jap base on New Britain, enemy planes were destroy- • "■ the ground. And six barges '• strafed In the Mrboi a , er. heavy bombers from the urns poured 40 tons of bomb* .k Rabaul's Tobera airdrome, out of 40 Intercept :-, were Mdown. P the western end of NewUn, the battling marin-r have W 5.000 Jape. And they are uJily pressing forward against ■6(t pn the Borgen bey front, -ose the Dampfer Strait—on in To Fag* I, Column I) ■ • . Myron Haggard funded In Action Monroe Youth Is rVounded In Italy "* . Myron Haggard 20. son of —'nd Mrs. Jacob Haggard, whose adjoins the oontbeast corner <e town of Monroe, I* among %|ine Indiana men whose name* ■ released today by the war delent as having been injured ctton In the Mediterranean aaA aunt, Mrs. B. T. Jones, of six. Decatur. Mid today that bad been officially noti»y the gorernmen- on Decern- , / 3. In accordance -with the pol-ft-f tellng the relatives flint, the Injury was susf October 23. on tho Italian ' I Previously they had receiv- ' lletu - from the borne man stat- ’ ,e had spent his 2oth birthday Ms front line In Italy. October Sattvas have received eeveial Ss from the boy now in a Wi Africa hospital but censorrules b»ve preven’-d his tell- ’ 'be aeriossueee of the wound. •I, rote that bo bad been Injured M e ne-t IMFIRATURI READING MOCRAT TNSRMOMCTBR *‘ k ' 09 a. m. 20 00 a. m. — 25 00 a. m. w.... ......... 27 WtATHER OaasnirafoO mg**d fAMAV. _«■ twntjni • i;.*l light rein or snow in ■three’ portion tonight, enow rrios in extreme north perre VUmwTTwW| vv'w*' I In north portion.

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Urges Nation Mark Brotherhood Week N- w York. Jan. 15 (UP)- President ItouMCVelt urges all Americans to celebrate Brotherhood week from February 20 to 2#. The president says: "Th® present is a gcod time to pledge renewed devotion to the fundamental* upon whi< h this nation has been built.” Mr. Roosevelt's message was released in New York by president Everett Cllnchy of the national conference of Christians and Jews. President Roosevelt believes that We must choose between brotherhood or chaos. And. says the president, “brotherhood must prevail.” Five Fire Calls In City In Three Days Truck And Hay Stack Destroyed By Fires Th<- fifth fire in thre- days did only minor damage to the roof of the T L. Becket home on 515 West Adams afreet this morning at about 9 o'clock. It was extinguished by the city tin- departtmnt. At 5:30 o'clock Friday evening, while the department was still fighting a big grass and hay fire across from the country club, a truck owned by the Meyers Dry Cleaning company caught lire near the old “Sugar Bowl" restaurant in front of the McMillen plants < n North Second street. The interior and motcr of tho truck were completely gutted by th., blaxe. which burned fiercely for about 15 minutes before the lire department was called. The contents were saved without damage. It is believed the fire was caused by a faulty ignition system. The tfrtto were saved A grass Are in a field aross U. S. highway 33 from the Decatur country club, beginning early In the afternoon. destroyed a large stack of hay owned by Cal Yost. The finis believed to have been caused by a spark from a train on the other aide of the held and quickly spread over a wide area. Tho fire department wan called at 3:30 o'clock, but the blaze had spread to such an extent. It was difttc ult to get It under control. Mr. Yost estimated the amount at hay In the' stack at about M tens and placed its value at between ffioo and |750. A gras* fire was extinguished earlier in the afternoon at the old Hoop Mill grounds and a similar call was made to the corner of Sixteenth and Madison streets late Thursday afternoon by the department. There was no damage in either case.

■ o — Resume Production At Steel Company San Francisco. Jan. 15.—(UP)— Production was resumed thia morning at the Bethlehem Steel company's South Ran Francisco mills. Six hundred employes returned to their job* afte ra Ihree-day work atoppag- caused by a dispute over Job clasaifications and pay given two men doing the same work. Company officials and a committee of the CIO United Steel Workers union have agreed to submit their difference* to some government agency- probably the regional war labor board—for aetUement. City Pays Tribute To Prominent Men Funeral Services Held Here Today Funeral service* Were held for two prominent Decatur men today and a number of stores were closed during the aervices. Service* for Joe Lose were held at 9 o'clock thi* morning at St. Mary's church, with Rev Joseph J. Selmett. pastor. »< celebrant of the requiem high mass. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery. At 2 O'clock, this afterntsm services were scheduled for A. V. "Ott" Yoat at the Zion Evangel! cal and Reformed church. Rev. William Feller, parior. officiating Burial will bo In the Decatur cemetery, Mr. Lose wo* proprietor of the Lose rer'aurant and Mr. Yost was a partner with his brother In the Yost Bros., contrecting firm.

Property Tax Bill Near Half Million Levies Are Lower In Most Taxing Units (Tax table on page 4) Property taxes to bo collected In 1944 from all taxing units in Adame county will be just below the 3500,000 mark, according to an abstract of levies and valuation* prepared today by county auditor Thurman Drew. With delinquent taxes and pen-a-’.ti.-s due the tax bill from Adamn county citizens will Im- more than 3500.0000. The- total tax is 3495.763.44. to which is added delinquent taxes and penalties, making a total of 3511.157.76. An a whole, tax rates in most c-ommunltiM are lower due to a drop in relief rales a« compared to a few yearn past. A few townships have sufficient unexpended funds in relief budget* to eliminated a poor levy. AM the other townships, with tho exception of Wabash, which has an eight cent rate, have rates of one- or two cents. County's Valuation The rates arc- levied on a total valuation for the county of 327.931.469. Decatur-Washington, with a valuation of 35.139,655, U the largest taxing unit In the county. Decatur-Root han a net valuation of 3970.950. The net valuation of Bente Is 32.056.765. while- the net valuation of Washington township is 32.479,049. Geneva hate a net valuation of 3530.925 and Monroe-Monroe a valuation of 3179.590, Monroe-Wash-ington hre the lowest valuation in the county of 324.300. The- highest tax rate in the- county will be in Geneva next year, which will he 32.39. Decatur-Washington will have a tax rate of 32 20 and Decatur-Root of 32.27. The rate in MonroesMonroe will be 32 <l6 and that of Mon-roe-Washington, 31.46. The lowest tax rate in the county next year wIM be that of Preble township, which to 3104 Washington township's rate will Im- |1.06 the next lowest The highest township rate will Im- Wabash at 31-99. followed by Jefferson at >1.96. ———. —o Chicago Gambling Leader Is Slain Boss Gambler Killed By Unidentified Man Chicago Jan. 15-(l’P»-Benja-min Zuckerman, the boss of Chicago's west side- gambling, was ehot to death on the steps of hie home last night by an unidentified man. Two small t-oya. who were the only witnesses to the Mlaylng. say that the krtler fired three shots and then fled in a car in which two other men were waiting. Half an hour after Zuckerman's death, hie lieut-nant. 62year-old Ben Glaser, wae told of the killing and dropped dead from a heart attack The relaying came as the Cook county grand jury is continuing an investigation into gambling conditio* in Chicago Zuckerman -operated a gambling den and restaurant in the Fillmore police district. Recently captain latuie Klatxoo was suspended from command of that district because of gambling conditions Zuckerman had been arrested several times recently in raids on two hand-books which police said he operated. He is as shot and seriously wounded once during prohibition and was picked up for questioning in connection with the shooting of a Northwestern Vnlvereity student in 1929. Police say there are no immediate clues to the killing. o — Engineer 1$ Killed In Train Collision Darien. Conn. Jan IS—<PP>— An empty New York. New Haven and Hartford passenger train crashed into the rear of a local train stopped at the Darien. Connecticut, station last night. The engineer of the dead-bend train was killed However, none of the passenger* was injured seriously Two of the four main tracks of the railroad wore blocked as a result of the crash and train schedules were disrupted.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 15, 1944.

Well. look Who's Here! Mm '•‘WreMfais.. . y * z La rw' -.w ; Ji WHEN MARINE FIGHTER PILOT First Licit- Inn- - B William Jr. brought hl* Corsait down f-n the first tim- ou th-' n--* llghtei strip at Empress Auguitu Bay. Bougainville, the fir»i man to ' him was hl* brothei, I’fc. Henry S William*, a Marine l!.ii<l- r Th-- hoy are narive* of Orang-burg. S ('. I' S M. ('. photo

Reports On Notes In Barger Estate Notes Are Valued At More Than $24,000 Theodore Graliker was reletrsesl today a* a special administrator In the (-state of Samuel Barger, after filing a report showing the value of notes in the estate to be 324.076.59. He was appointed general admlnistratot Mr Barger, a prominent Adams' county farmer living we*' of De-1 catur. died April 27, 194« t. leaving an estate estimated at |s6.tt<m. | Including the real estate. TT lias I hcen In litigation since that time. Tho notes were turned over to Mr. Graliker for collection. Ills report show* there is now dm- on the notes, many of which are not yet due. the sum of 329.456 61. He col le< led on the principal tlie stun of 33.494.91. Errors in the chargeon the note* added an additional 3125.07 due, making a to'al of 324.076 59. us the value of the notes mid of collections made by Mr. Graliker, He also show* In- collected 3774.92 for interest on notes. The report lists a< uncoiledable, more than half of the notes! or a sum equalling 311.356 56 The report was filed before Judge John F. De<kcr. of Wells coun'y. in the Adams circuit court The report was approved and Mr. Graliker was dismissed. The estate will now' Ih- settled by Mr. Gtaliker as general administrator.

Opposes Removal Os Pork From Rationing Politics Assailed By Packing Head Otturna. la.. Jan. 15. — tl’P) — President Henry Foster of the John Morrell Packing company opposes removal of pork from the ration list. Foster assails demand* cf certain congre».«m-n tor ration-free pork He terms thro-- demands "unwarranted and dangerous meddling with the established rationing program." The packer says removal of ration restriction on potk would not increas- preduttion. He explains that meat packers now are processing all the livestock they possibly can with available manpower and equipment. The demands that the rationing restrictions be lifted are described by Foster as an "attempt of certain ill-ndvised and uninformed politicians to make political capital of the situation existing because of the glut cf hogs at certain market*.”

No One Injured As Two Autos Collide N.» < tic was injured In the collision of two ;iul«* at 9:20 o'clock Friday night at tlie intersection ot Monroe and Fifth street#. The cars were driven by Margaret Rum setting. 27. of Decatur route 6. and Frank G. Christen. 67. ol Tills city Officers Robert Hill and Roy Chile te. who Investigated, said that ('listen was enroute -outli on Fifth str-et and Miss Rtimschlag was enroute west on Monroe street. Damage was estimated at 3325. —— o- - Three Explosives Plants Shut Down Producers Better Anticipated Needs Washington. Jan. 15 (I'Pt High speed production I* leading to another cit’ In our output of wa ■ materials. We have caught up with our need for high explosives and three of the country's Important explosives plant* will shut down this wiekeml Tin- tut ill operation* follow- similar receqt closing* of live siii.dl arm- and ammuiil'ion* plants. Producers of explosive* have morn than In-ttercd anticipated needs And their lethal product* now have Joined tanks, rifles, muchino guns. liayonet- and artillery ill the do* li» |H pt still Um curve The plants tw-ing closed are* thtWeldon Springs Ordnance Works in S' lamls. the Pennsylvania Ordnance Work* near William port, and the Keystone Ordnane*Works near Geneva. Pa. However, officials point out that war production still is on th*- up grade- in other categeirie- and theover all output this year will 'op deliveries in 1913 Turning to peace time- production. the f*-deial housing administration has t-sueel an Impressive estimate of expected spending during the first year after wartime restrict tons are lifted. Fit A officials lielieve We will spend 93.099.(Mio ihmi during ilia' period to improve and modentixe our hoinra. (Turn To Pag* 3. Column 4) — —- - o Aircraft Employe Is Given SI,BOO Award Downey. Calif. Jan 15 (Vpi An employe of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft in Downey. Kennrth Baer, lias wvn an SI.M9 award for his production-improving suggestion It's just a simple notch in a plastic sheet But it virtually eliminate* error in making buffer P»<’* for Liberator bomber* And Vultee official* figure that to date it has raved almost 55,ta(» man hours and • nough fabric for sta planes.

Home Os Messerschmitt Fighter Plane Pounded By Furious RAF Attack

Germans Report Two New Soviet Drives Underway Violent Offensives Reported By Germans On Far North Front B» I'llited I’l I <* The German- report two violent n--w Rns*iati offenalve* in the far north west of la-ningnid, and above Lak« Ilmen. There* n-> official confirmation from Soviet *onr<* . Ini' the German' frequently have been the fit t to announce new Soviet drives. And If the enemy report I* true.ait mean* th:il th.- whole I 2<M> mile easlt-rii front. from Leningrad : > 'he Crimea, now I* aflalil’* Aecoi ding to 'lie German high (-omniaiid the llu**lan* have Ingun a strong attack near Oranienbaum That', a ie»orl town on the Gulf of Finland 19 mile* west of Leningrad. Tile Nazis also ray a *tr->ng Red army offensive ha* been mounted north of l*ike llm.-n presumably in the Novgoi'wl area dire, 'ly below the old czarl-t capital. The enemy communique fail* to make any mention of how the •tattle I* going And that may he -iKiiificant For tho German* seldom give such detail* when 'hey aie sulferltig reverse*. The Geirqan r.-port .il*o i- rignlfiiaii- in another respect. For the first time. It lo<ate* the fighting ft out around Leningrad a* 19 mil.-- west of the city Y>-t only a few week* ago. the Kti*iaii* had reported that Gerni.ui gun were shelling th. city Th.- Nazi communique I* the lit*' indication that the German* have been pu»b ed Im. k from the *iil>ttil>« of Leningrad. whi.lt at one time was under II -lege lii the .-enter of the long eastern bat tiefront he Red army In Whitt- Rtlwsi i I* racing westward along the northern fringe of the Pripei tnarshe* inward Pinsk -on a direct lln<- to Brest Lltovsk and Warsaw This is the route 'he Russians t all the short-cut to Berlin Ahead of them the Rus slans arc herding a broken force of Nazis stumbling for their live* thropgh the desolate swamplands. Moscow dispat.'i.-s report another ferocious battle I* ragliyc on the approaches to the Rumanian frontier below Vinnitsa. In tha* ar.-a. according to the dispatches, th.- German- hive thrown in tank ami infantry reserve* in a wild attempt to block the Soviet ad rance toward the rail line running from < til.--*a to Warsaw (Turn To Page J. Column «> o — Logansport Youths Killed In Accident Three Are Killed By Train This Morning ixrgan-port. lnd 4 Jan. IS (f'Pl —Three young persons from l*>g ansport have been killed in an automobile train accident The car in which they were riding was struck by an ea«tl>ouiid Pennsylvania railroad passenger tisin. carried down the tracks and •hen thrown in front of a we-t---bound freigh. Th- vic’li.r- were John Henry Cobre, th.- 16 year old son of Mr. and Mis. Alh-n Cohn-. Robert Bell, also 16. the son of .Mr. and Mrs. Thoma- Dell, and Joan Patesell. the 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mr* Richard Palesell. The act.d-nt happened this morning and It was believed the three were rtnrntag home from ice skating The cro*-ing on 'he west edge of the city—ls not protected by flashers and the parttime watchman was no* on dnty.

Admiral Assails Soldier Vote Plan Absentee System No Use To Servicemen Washington. Jan 15 tl'P) Vivc-Admiral Henry K. H.-witt says the absentee ballot system as it) now -tati.lr i* of n<> use to gervici-, men and women outside the continental I'nit.-d States And (lie admiral should know he command* our naval forces In th-- not’ihw.nt Wrlcan area. In a letter to hi* I<m-.il county clerk in Bergen county. N J Hew itt *ugg.«ts tile use of air mall for transmitting (.allots, and an extension of voting time, t'nlese these ie< ommend.ilione ate carried out. Hewitt *<I)V. th.- men on the fighting front* never will have >i chance to vote. Perhaps these suggestion* from the batle area Will -lie given gome consideration when tin- house election* committee measure come* up for floor .legate Tin- bill put* J supervision of oversea*! voting almoot entirely in the hand* of the of th.- various state* However, congr.-wsional sentiment i* growing for government supervision. And several compromise bill* calling for a federal ballot probahly will Im- called IIP before the issue finally I* settled Th.- senate today is holding a special Saturday session in a drive to clean up work on the new 32.250.0.(0 tux bill. Debate today will center on the provision requiring laboi union*, and oth.-i non-profit organization* to file financial return- with the treasury department. o Blood Offered To Aid Stricken Boy Offers Pour in From All Over Country Dalia*. Tex . Jan 15 (CPI The public lia*f opened it* heart to font - I year-old Billy * th.- Texas i hoy whose lite depend- upon bloo.t transfusions Th. Baylor. T.-x bl ih! bank had given Billy a pint of plasma Sun day hi* 22Sth find then refused further transfusion* becaug.- Its plasma supply was running low Billy * life then was left in the hands of the public. Would they contribute their bl****l to keep Billy alive? Th.-y would and they are More than 200 soldier* and Wars al i Chanute Field tn Illinois volunteered bio d tor the hrown-eyed Iniy An unidentified gource in l.oui-1 ana offer-d 3(*» pints New York, the Great laikes training station. Goodfellow Vield in Texas. Bridgeport and Waterbury. Conn . Gaine* ville. Fla offer* poured in from ait over the country. Billy * ni.ther. who has kept a constant vigil since the transfusion* were stopped, -mlled wearily last night and gaw her thanks. Becausr- the hospital doesn't accept bloiwl after it in 24 hours old she added "If their blood can’t reach Billy. I hop.- the |N-opl.- who offered it will give it to the Bed Cress for the armed forces." Universal Military Training Favored Cleveland. Jan Is~(t’Pi—Secretary of the navy Knox ha* recommended universal military training for American youth He say* compulsory training is needed to correct a glaring weakness dlscloaed by the war physical unreadlneg- and In many cases, physical unfitness. The secretary declare* that one year of military training for boy* 17 and 1* years old would help to preserve our future liberty In addition, he snyu. It would serve to build up an army io replace troop* stationed abroad when the war ends.

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2,200 Tons Os Bombs Dropped On Big War Center; Mosquito Bombers Hit Berlin (By I'nit.-d Pres ) Th.- home of Ihe Nazi Messersclimi.t lighter plane Brunswick—has turned up on th.- RAF's list for .-bliteration bombing L..*t n.gln. himdi.-tlss-uL Butain - I biggest bomhere heaped 2.2<Mt ton* i of blockbuster* and other explosives on th- Idg war (enter Brunswbk was rak.d from end to end by cue of the greatest c Ilcentrations of bomb* ever landed on a German city It's estimated that in la«t night's raid alone. 2<» pounds of bomb* were drop|w-d for every on. of Brun-wick’s 2<iit<KHt inhabitant*. Tile city i* no stranger to air attack. only last Tuesday. Brunswick was ant' ng tin- target* of the big American daylight ait assault. In that laid, our Fortresses and Lfb.-ralors pin pointed their target. They were after only on.- thing • til.- aicraft factories and they got. them. Hut last night, the RAF was out. to blow the whole city to (lust it* housing. It* communications, ware)i n-o-s ami all the subsidiary Industries. And if they didn't do it. in a single raid, th-y got a good atari. The air ministry announce* that huge fires sprang up all over the city Once again a* they've done ill previous lilih blunder assaults the British feinted towards Berlin. Swarms of Mosquito bomb-rs rodo along with the blrckhusters in what appealed to be another crushing laid on Berlin Bin suddenly, the four-motored craft dropped off I’.’ii mile* shot t of Berlin, and let loose their cargoes on Brunswick Til- Mosqtlltues kept close to draw off Nazi tighter* and then tin- Mosquitoes al-o split into two gionps <>iu- raced straight tor tho Nazi capital and dropped it* load, apparently on the southern snliurlM But the otli.-r group veered southward and en<l<d up < ver M.idgeburg to glv- that city .t .hat p drubbing From all tin- a-saults, which included sweeps over northern I France and mine laying operations, I 39 British plane- failed to return In Italy. General Jnin'a Fr-n-li 'force* with the Allied fifth army make the headline* Tile Freli. It hav,- scored their biggest victory since joining the campaign, by < aptin lug Ai quafotidata. a stubbornlyb- Id German strongpoint -ix mlb-s n- it beast of Cassino. Juiti's men now ate in a p-s-ttiou to strike along the lateral highway from A< qitafondata. which feed* into the road between Cassino and Atioa. dm- north Then they It i have outflanked Cassino on th--north and split the Nazi defense Bite In tin- air war. lialian-bas«-<l American Fortresses and Liberators (Turn To Pag- 4. Column 4) Annual K. C. Rabbit Supper Monday Night Postponed Event To Be Held Here Monday The annual rabbit supper of th--Decatur Knights of Columbus will In* held at the K. of C hall Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock The -upper was originally scheduled for December 13, but wa* postponed at that tone because of the epidemic of influeuxa prevalent in th-- community. All member* of the organizati »n, and their wives or sweetheart* at« invited to attend A special invitation is being extended this year ti* the wive- or •wee'heart* of men in the nation * armed forces to be present ass guests of the council Rev Frank Gartland. C S. C, chaplain of Victory Noll catechists <rf Huntington will be ’be speaker of the evening Fred Baker, Sr , Is chairman of the entertainment committee in charge of the batiqna’.