Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1944 — Page 2

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rallies On Home front Exceed War's Amozmg Figures Listed By Council Chi<*a< Jan 2 1 ’ Th, nalii-naf ifety < am :1 iw* made public • amazing ligure* regarding cuxiiantT on the i"’"*" front It say* that since l’<-ar! Hnbo;- tiles (usual’les have exceeded tin- total C S <ai toll by mon- than ”'"*. OOP. The council. using <*WI tigllies. reveals that more th in 139 .<Km I 8 noldUrt have been killed. * Hind- • I. c-aptund eported mf*»:tte AT FIRST • SIOHOFA USE 660 €66 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS

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; since our entrance Into the war During this same per! d. the connI try’s accidents have numbered ' i!,o.ooo killed and over 15.000,000 injured. Thi« coinpalrlson, the council ..,>*. does not minimize the danger >t lighting on the battle front*. It 1 s offered only t show how tre mt ndoiia is the waste of manpower resulting Horn accidents Tiif council point* <>nt. as an example of thin waste, that more th.T: I’*.'•"■> heavy bombers could I hav< been produced during the sou tiim.iui'i man day lewt because ' accid'n'.s to war workers alone The IWI v* these accidentslor at l< st nine tenths of them could have been prevented At curding t - the tiv.'l, four fifths of ill Industrial att tuenl.- ar. due to h.uian failure careles* workers an ! Ct;Pless employers Bei 0• of that < 1 t iessues*. i>- tin <>\Vl. ton times as mm It ah- nt,-. I*lll has been < aimed by latiidents a by strikes <> — Mmi > ipnllth s m New Itimpsliire .1 ■ I'lioiized o ( spend money to . v,- p iidu are*. Ils 10 men 1,-av ..1. f . 111. armed services

Warns America Plan For Peace Os Plenty Warning Is Issued By Speaker Rayburn Chicago, Jan 2" tl'Pt America I- warned to guard agalimt possible post-war farteinn by planning now for .1 peace of plenty H .line speaker Sam Rayburn, in an addre-s to the conference of Mayors, said this noon: "If we allow the apectre of depletion to rise once more, the people 1 ventuaily will turn to a strong centralized government." Rayburn said the bouse is taking steps to thwart any such pueslbilin Already, a .-special hottee committee has been formed which will devote itself to poat*war fait finding Rayburn -aid the committee will si rv< ae a peoph ’<■ planning board. I will draw into .« I omuion pool vital facts oil convemion. re-cm-pi >ym< :it. alloration of materials, pub: Work*, foreign Hade, and post-war value of existing laws. According to Rayburn, the prole 1. .(.« () f t .morrow consist of three comp.men parts men. materials! and tools. "If *.■ can bring these three parts together at precisely the 1 giit moment." he -aid. The backlog of civilian mid* and public v. k requirement* will do the rie. " ——— o — - ———— RUSSIA SCORES i<’..titinu< d From I’gge ft Minister Churchill may contact P inter Stalin to try to solve the dispute. Rus-la his - uggested that Poland p.ie* up its < laim to its eastern provinci s and take, instead, large chunk- of Germany Today, ’he new paper published by the union of Polish patriots in Russia told h w much of G rmany Poland would like to have It demanded tor fio-t-wai Poland the German provinces 01 Silisia. Pomerania and East Prussia. a> well aw the free city of Danzig — o - EYEWITNESS !«' ntiniK I From Page It a mile from the dock*, we saw yellow 'lime spread out and then a (loud of -moke p tur upward. Its undersldt tlngwl with red.” H . adds Without wanting, ‘hat w.ia Idol led oU by it terrific explosion. The whole sky seeme.l to b« filled with a dull reddish flame." Ju«t then, a -all ir turned to Fishi • and wh spend • My God. they got the ammunfMen, Women! Old or Young! Need Pep? Want New Vim and Vitality? TXc iwMs nt M M M SO fwl w.U WMM-MV riusuaws. ruaSeva. oM iMtlaa la pap vim. ve isllfi ►>!»!» bx-suw Sod/i, aJn-wra in ina II nut ■ »our ::<n,Ma (r, < .trv, T»sle Taois!* tea •>r ir "ivsaasof iroa innvMn anown us ane-wS to t~l i»up'»r. t*nn tn.itfftt, ana uoa taolltr hupfiivs -vol M«uio,l a Has of Iron 11 TlMgg ■lotnua 4ui, ouwttioaal reotavM.oni' SHo vtia. ano H. twice u,inio>um dull aotmioaal r» at all drug »t..rt- gggry wMre—ln Ixvatur. at Ktnlth Drug Htorg,

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tlon ship" The correspondeiF says there followetl a few seconds of deadly silence. Then a wind, caused by the ex (dos lon. whipped through the city like* a tornado. He continued: There was a continuous crunch of breaking glass, punctuated by the heavier sound of doors, window frame- and Venetian blinds being ripped out.” Hu adds: "Scores were wounded iiy flying glass. They walked about as If • tunned, their faces like maps drawn with lines of blood.” The ammunPlon ship explosion touched off fire* in several other vessels, borne sank swiftly, but others burned all night. The next m irning Fisher counted nine ships partly sunk or burning so fiercely they never could be saved. Fisher says the navy has been criticized for "putting so many eggs in one basket." Rut he explains hat Bari and Taranto probably were the only ports at the tim ■ capable of handling the huge Allied war traf’ic. Literally hundreds of ships had f-i-sed through Bari In a few in titths. and the Germans apparently w.;re reluctant to at ack. When they did attack, they made a good jaL of it. Even so. Fisher says, only 17 v» ssels were destroyed out of sev»nl hundred which had been safely berthed and unloaded in the iiarho; Miss Florence McCannell. R. N. i.* spending several weeks in Miami. Fla . viditiag with Mfrs Betty Vickery (*. O. France and daughter. Mrs. Hazel McDonald of Gary, attended the funeral of H L. Comer here this morning Mi*. Dan Augenbaugh of Fort Wayne vigited In Decatur this morning Mis. Robert Sirickler spent ’ho weekend in Indianapolis at the home of Mr. and Mrs Ri.-hard Mohan and also at Fort Benjamin liarr!*oii with her husband Mm. Frank Hchinitz and Mns. G. Remy Blerly left yesterday for Texas Mrs. Schmitz will visit her sou, Lieut. Paul B. Schmitz and family stationed st ChildreM. Tex.. while Mm Blerly wil visit her daughters, Ensign Florence Marie and Fern, who are stationed at Corpus Christi naval air station at Corpus Christi. Dr. and Mr*. Glen .Neptune of Lima. Ohio, visited here over nigh: with Mr and Mr*. Harry Knapp and attended the t’onter fun -rsl today. David D. Halwgifer of Blue Creek town tip and Mrs. Lavina Burke of Hartford township were married by Rev. Keggeria at .Mooroe Tuesday evening Mr. Habegger vm former trust,- ■ of b*ii township and Is well known over :he county. Mies Devons Berber of ruult* f mr has lie, n returned from the Clinic hccpital at Bluffton where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. Dave Dubach, wlio served as marshal at Berne for H years and resigned lawt fall to take a pusiRoller Skating Every Friday N ight. — Sun-Set.

tlon with the Central Soya company here, will return to his police job aa soon aa hh release can be obtained Berne ha* been without a marshal alnre his retirement. •Mr. and Mrs. Cash of Indianapolis attended the funeral services for Mr. Confer here today. Mrs. Cash, who was formerly Miao Frances Ward, made her home with the Comers so ra number of years. Mr. and Mrs. William Bell arc In Indianapolto today where Mr. Bell I* attending to busineim affaitw. Three War Workers Killed In Collision Martinsville. Ind.. Jan. 20—(UP* --Funeral service* are being ar:«jg*d for three war workem who died in an automobile-truck colli* slm. Reid Blackburn and Clarence Nunn, lurth of Martinsville, were killed instantly, and John Lipscomb of Bloomington died enroute to a hospital yesterday afternoon, after their car collided with a heavy truck near Martinsville. Four others in the car. and a companion of the truck driver were injured Police said the two vehichw met head-on.

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Herderhorst Funeral Saturday Afternoon Allen County Farmer Is Taken By Death Funeral zervlce* for " illiam i Herderhorat, SS. who dl<-d W.-dm * day afternoon at the Lattherau hospital. Fort Wayn . of pneumonia. will be held at 2 o'< ! •< k Saturday afternoon at St. John» Lutheran church. Flalrock. Alien county. Burial will be made in the church ctnn'erj ,M Herderhorat *a« a well known farmer of Madiaon town whip. Allen county, living one-half mile eaat of St. John'* church He lived hi» entire lif< In the town .-hip. He had been in ill health th, pant thre, year*. Surviving are the child, n. KI win, Mr* Nichols* Hoffman. Lawrence and Mi»* Ftieda. al! of Mon-: roevllle; Cpl. I’.iul llerd,-rhi»r*t with the V 8 army In England Bro’heia and *i»ter* who ai*o survive art Mr* Henry Franke of

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20,

I Monroeville: Krnrnt of Forti I Wavne He was married to Lliza Is« hueller in ISH3. who died 10 | years HR 1 ’ The laxly will be moved from I Bn. y.w ck funeral home to the ili-rdet.ioret iwaidenco thi* evening where it may be viewed by friend* t: 'U »•"*« f " r th,> f “ n<,ral Short aervijc* will be held at the home at ’:3t' o'clock Rev W H. Hartenberger, pastor, will be ' ir charge. SERIOUS SHORTAGE H'.ntinued From !'*«* » mg io a minimum 111 (.(*<•* of flagrant violation* of regulations by operator* of Muttons. the OPA ha* the right to lake them over Three Btationa in Ohio, wh contribuTed to the black mark t sab *, have been ocized by Ol’A, he told the dealer*. Following Mr. FriMugera talk, a ’ conference was held and (|ue*lions asked Gm- of the question* was .(bout the signing of licence number* Mr. Frisinger said that the 1943 number uiiould be put on the coupon* if the*,- were the plates now being used. Ho* ver. it the

i new number, ] could be proved u . ' n*l«“We to use (h . numbers. k i Tax receipt, from'7?' erage. ro»e to J2.r n,., ,7 a* compared with B«< * 194", a gain of -HUD COMFORT Aliy • It', so easy to w,.„ you, , larly—all day -when place by thu ‘‘comfQrtJJ dentist'a formula. on ’M| LDr.Wenwt'iPowder leu you MIJ „ y I nolid food, —*vovj , embarraawnent of |.. 8 ~* 11 l«>*e plate*, ibip* . I prevent sore gum,. drbtoS ». Largest selling —-iX* AHdrvwMfc-JOd. AtMeyXiij