Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1944 — Page 2

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Correspondent Tells Os French In Action French Soldiers Charge Heights With French Tank De*troyen* in i the Rapldo Valley. Feh 2. —(l’Pl United Pi i‘S. corre.pundent Ilana Adam* «ay» the Naxia are throw Ing everything In the hook at th* advancing French. Schmidt ix up front with the ad van< Ing French on the Gustav line He cable* that the German*. In a desperate attempt to bold up the Allied drive xerox* the itapido river, blew up a vita! bridge and then | built a dam around It. Thu* the Rapldo wax diverted flooding mile* t of orchard* and held* and road* and leaving them in mud ankle deep. One or our newest advances re-1 suited in the capture ot a heavily def nued height French tank de xtroyer men left their tanka xiid j charged up the mountainside while American-staffed Sherman tank* poured giintiie against the Null pox it I U 8 On. ot the American officer* in ' action was Lieutenant Robert Paulfiryinau ot St Joseph Mo. He told , the Utrßed Press vorraapondent. "I! am i eally bushed. I wish 1 was hack in St. Joe." P.iulfreym.iti continued: "Yesterday south of San Marino, i a German p pp< d out of a foxhole ■ and *hoi my tank out from under | me with an anti-tank rifle, actually Beware Coughs from common coMs That Hang On Creomuhion relieve* promptly because it goes right to the seat ot the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw. tender, inflamed bronchial mucous membrane* Tell your druggist to sell you ft bottle of Creomul ion with the understanding you must Uke the way it quickly allay.-, the cough or you are . to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs. Chest Colds. Bronchitis

$ uH w TleJm "’ A ‘ 16 f &Q| WW fjWr wA JewjMqßt“ t ■ - : ifIML liKpHßf A DUICTIO JAP CfIC'JCHIS CSFOtt HIS CAPTOM At Changtah In the •Tice bowl" region of Hunan province, China, where he waa captured when the Chinese defeated and drove out invading Japan*** forces. Photograph from China News Service. (JnterMftarai SouadpkotoJ

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1 he only destroyed part of the track and I got him at the same time. It I *u my flrat action." Paulfreymgn ho id that before dawn Monday, be took bi* outfit ' through a barbed wire and mine I field barrier ironing it out fcr the , French attack. He cxplain-d: "Then we laid down a barrage on the inoußtainxide and the French , moved In behind or ’’ He added "I wish I could speak French and talk it over with these fellow*:" Draft Board Orders Officer To Report Newly-Commissioned Officer 'Drafted' I Champaign 111.. Fel. 2— (I’l’l—- — Army rank mean? very ll'tla to the t'hvmtraign Urbana dr»(t Ixiard The board in»latr on get- | •hit, it* Mil. whether or no Tak- the case of Home, Mat A 'Jam*. He I* a former tni»tee of the University of llitnoi* and * t. . tin-:- p esident of the National Young Democratic club*. Adam* was ordered to report for a pre-induct ion examination yesterday. The catch is I hat he was recently commissioned a lieu-tenant-colonel and named administrative officer for phychologlcal warfare in the Mediterranean sea. But th» Champaign draft board do. -.n’t believe in hearsay It hasn’t been notified of Adams' c-oinmis.-ioii. So the officials say as far a» they're concerned the order still stand* The lientenantcoionel is fust another potential | ptlva’c (<■ them. Used Drugs Washington, Feb 2 tUPI — Eighteen Washington men are cha.ged with seeking to evade* th. draft by using drugs to induce higi* bl Mid pre satire. Among those arrested I* Everett M "Washle" Bratcher 28. Hotel Washington orchestra leader and director of the "All States Club" FBI director Hoover say* several month* of investigation disclosed widespread attempt* on the I ait of -electee* ill the Washington area to obtain draft rejections on ’h< basis of high blood pres-

Sub-Contract Work For Manufacturers Asked To Contact District Office Manufacturers of automotive parte in the 10 < oanty Fort Wayne district having additional capacity are urgently requeiied by the government to contact the dlatrict office of smaller war plan* corporation at Fort Wayne. according to Roman Nejelskl. dlatrict manager. Thia Include* all throe interested in Adam*. Allen. DeKalb, Huntington. Miami, Noble. Steuben. Wahawh. Well* and Whitley coantiea "There I* an urgent need for thousand* ot part* for trucks, tractor*. and various mobile equipmeat,’’ he said "Bearing*, oil seals, gear*, gaskets, cam shaft*, crank •haft- tiprings, and a myriad of other Items make up a list of urgent war good*. "Plant* having facilitiM for heat treating, forging, and grinding are especially needed”. Nejelskl said. Another program Involving >5. OOO.OjQ or more of sab-contract work available in Indiana reqairea some assembly work. There are machining operation* for hand screw machine*. single and mtltlple spindle automatic screw machine*, lathe* turret lathes, grinders, thread mill* and horixontal and vertical mill*. Some of this work ean be done tn home work-xhopa having a wellrounded group ot machine*. The tolerances are extremely close. Ration Calendar (War Price and Ration Board office, corner First and Monroe St*., closed Tue»d»y and Thum day i Processed Foeds Green stamps G. H and J now good through Feb. 20. K, L. and M became valid Feb. 1: expire March 20. Meat* Brown stamps V and W. good through February 26 Sugar Stamp 30 in book Four good now for 6 pound* through March 31. Sheet Stamp 18 in book 1 "airplane'' stamp in Book 3 good for 1 pair each until further notice. Gasoline

Stamp Alt good (or 3 gallons through March 21. Bl and C-l good now for 2 gallons each until further notice. B-2 and C-2 stamps good for 6 gallons until further notice. T good for 5 gallons; E good for 1 gallon; R good for 5 gallon; all usable until further notice. A. B, C and D coupons are not valid until they have been endorsed in Ink with the automobile regialra lion number aad state Other coupons must carry certain additional information. Motorists who have bought 1*44 plates should write new number on book and on coupons. Line should be drawn through old number cn (took, but not on old number of coupons. Tires Next inspections due: A book vehicles by March 21; B and C’a by Feb. 29. commercial vehicles every • months or every t.ow miles, whichever Is ftrst. Fu a l Oil Period 2 coupons good through Feb. 7; period 3 coupons good through March 11; and have the following values: 1 unit, 10 gallons; S units, to valkms; 25 units. Ito gallons All change-making coupons and reserve coupons are now good. Consumers should have need not mere than 54% of their rations as of January 21, 1*44. Moves All hew heating, eoekhig aad combination heating and cooking stoves, designed for use In the household. for installation on or above the floor and for the use of coal. wood. oil. kerosene, gaeollwe or gas. are rationed Certlflcatce must be obtained from local board. 94,000 KILLED IN tContlnued From Pass 1> lowest since 1925 Accidents in the borne li»crea-ed about 2.5W* over 1*42. POWERFUL YANK <Continued From Pass t) Japan's New Britain Island base of Rabeul Twenty-three more enemy plane a were shot down and four Japanese -hip* were bit ((round action, also has picked up In the Southwest Pacific Army forces, la an Infantry and tank assault. have rt tended their beachhead oa Bougainville bland. HF Ing the enemy seat of Torektwa river, they knocked out 24 pit I hoses and killed to of the •memr (•round action also has picked Os- »w Onrma British soldiers, estng tanka for the first time ia the Murmeso Jungles. have drtv* the Japs from several strong MHMaH smuMU»« l nmmwuMHUMimuuswmm aura tasducod bj drags taken shortly before reporting Cor iodott lea rooter pbyJcsi sMsnlaaHooa. FB' tahamtory caamumtran oi blood specimen of the mru arrest ed showed evidoaoo of the drag.

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Sy HARRISON CARROU. ■tag Fratarn SywMsate Writ** HOLLYWOOD.— Wedding plana ars out for the duration but Joyce Reynolds. 19-year-old Warner starlet, admit* that Lieut. Robert Lewi*, young Texas flyer, car■jßragMtfOrff ned her heart ® AriMflkd with him over1 He’s the « ! first boy Joyce h *« been serious W about. ' n,r lwo g , - ; met while the S ' lieutenant wa* ■B stationed at the w. Swnta Anna ait WSKmI Im-«e Joy-e also ,?s.£•■ SSfflOTl 1* from Texas LoAk * M ,f " h * MarHtow Carroll ***lll rifft*R V by the Lone Star state, too. Warners h*-a given her a star-making role m "Janie.* Believe X. T. Steven* is the only prominent Hollywood actreae still Uvtaff in the bouae where aha was born. K. T. resides with her parent*. th* Sam Woods, in an oidfaahtaned place in the Wilahire district. Toe might argue about K. T being ao important but ahe will be after the releaae « "Addreee Unknown." The friendship ot Joan Btondeß and Mr. and Mn. Mike Todd retnahte undiaturbed. They all went together to the opening of Mike's new play.

Marilyn Maxwell, chosen as score keeper for the Bob Hope-Btng Crosby goU match, was going around the course with the boys in rehearsal for ths big event. Soma women, playing ahead, were very slow. Finally Hope approached one of them and auid: "Pardon me, madam, but do you mind If we pas* through? I've just gotten news that my wife is terribly sick.” John Wayne has written his kids from the Kangaroo country that he's just killed hi* first water buffWo. . . . Bela Lugosi up to more horror stuff in "One Body Too Many." but did you know that bo point* In wentern r.nrnia, Japan'* propagandl*t*. meanwhile. are to *qnlrm out from tinder the charge* of atroehir* against American prisoner» of war A Jap *pok<**inan say* the American report i* "a formidable propaganda lie." The Jap* claim they have always followed international law in treating Allied prisoner*. Boone County First In State Over Top indlaltapull*. Feb. 2 (UP) The Indiana war finance committee reveal* that Boone county w the first Hoosier <ounty to exceed it* fourth war loan quota. The Central-lnd-lana county ha* *old more than ll.ooa.tnwt in bonda. The qquota was slightly more than 3*99.00*. For the state as a whole. 43 percent of the 8223.000.00 D goal ha* been reached —- —<fr— ———— Two Denaturalization Trials Are Planned . Fort Wayne. Ind-. Feb. t— (UP! -The government wifi open It* denaturalisation ea«e agalM< Eageui Ehaneidel on February 16 in Fort Wayne, and action in a similar suit against Frank Arth will begin la

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te president of th* National nui*. garian-Amencan Council for Democracy? . . . Jimmy Dunn and Edna Ruah making the round* together. Still remember how swell he wan in "Bad Girt.” - - • The next Otaer. and Johnson picture. ’’High Spirit*.” will be something new. For the first time on the screen, they'll play characters instead of themselves. Bound to be a stir over Selznick’s announcement that Ingrid Bergman will do the story of .Marsh Bernhardt. Garbo always had a yen for thl* pert. Hope Seisnick isn’t serious about the title "Ingrid Bergman a* Sarah Bernhardt." It would stick his and Ingrid * neck out THAT fur. Fifty phonograph records from the "Higher and Higher" score, autographed by Sinatra, sold >150,200 worth of War Bond* at the Victory House. That’s more than 83,000 per record. While Sonny Tufts wa* In a Beverly Kllto drug store a group of bobbysox fan* got into his car and lifted Sonny's copy ot the "Bring on the Girt*’’ script. It contained a tot of annotation* and he says plea** to ask them to return it. He’ll gladly supply another copy at the script, an autographed picture or some other souvenir, HOLLYWOOD HI-JlNKS—Bet-ty Rowland, the burlesque beauty who once sued Sam Goldwyn, is opening her own Hollywood night club. To be called "Betty Rowland’s Ball ot Fire Club.” Will he at the location of the old Blaritx. . . . Group of teen-ag. girl* in Raleigh, N. C, are telephoning Lucille Ball all over the east try* ing to get her to dedicate their new clubhouse. . . . Ema Rubenstein, the violinist, was the girt with Producer-Writer George Bruee at Ethal Waters' Cover Club opening. ~. Gloria De Haven with Leonard Sue* and Ann Jeffreys with George Jesael at the Florentine Gardens, where Willte Howard is packing them in. . . . Smiley Burnette getting a terrific weleome from fana on his p. a. trip. Tour is being extended to March 10, , court a* *oon a* Ein*<-ldei’u trial is ended. The government seek* to revoke the citlxenshlp of th* two defendants They are charged with having mental reservations of faith for Germany ami Aa«tna when taking their oath of allegiance to the United Stale*. United State* attorney Alex Campbell *ay* he expect* to use tex'iniony of former natioaal German American bund leader* in the Ar lie case.

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-■ as I : I « MB a NAZI BOMIS fIOOMED HARMIfSSLY during an attack on Allied ships in the Tyrrhenian IJScl Mtiohar bor, Italy. This U. S. Army Signal Corps photo shows two enemy bomb, that q. their target* and dropped into the sea, sending up huge geyser* of water. (latttßatioaal Sntifa

To Put Shipyards On 40-Hour Week Competitive Bid Basis Is Likely Milwaukee. Wi».. Feb 2 — (UP) — The vlce-chairma.t of the .Maritime cotnmiaslon—Rear Admiral Howard Vickery—believe* the nation * •hipbuildins industry wil be plated on a competitive bid ba*i» thia year. Vickery »ay* the transition einphaul* from volume to economy and quality of production will be made a* xouu a* i* practical. ■He nay* all shipyard* will be placed on a 40-hour week to eliminate overtime, a* part of a coat-con-trol prostatn for 1941. Sunday work alread yha* been eliminated. Vickery reveal* that th* maritime commlwion ha* »et a tentative goal of ISAOO.Ofi tons of ships for thia year. He «ay» »hipyard* now in operation are capable of producing 2.‘».<Wki,ono ton* ot shipping a year if necessary, although they turned out only IS.ono.fOO tons last year. —■ ■ —o COMPROMISE ON (Continued From Page 11 hor legislation, the civilian population learn* it I* going to eat more eg go this year. The war food administration n*y* that, on the averaae.Clvllian* will get four more egg* this year (han last. But there will be less eheroe At a meeting of men from the ft ah tndtißtry today, neeretary Ickes said this war has been exceedingly comfortable to ra great many people. Ickro said some element* of indiwtry are making too muck profit out ot the war. Congress I* delaying final ac tion on the >2,oOo.oOe.<HH» tax bill. Final action wil srki-duled for today. Now congressional leaders say a final vote probably wilt be delayed anti! Monday. The other income drive —the War loan drive—ha* entered Ils 16th day. with 14 more day* to go. and l> ha* reached one-third of it* goal. GROUP LEAVES FOR <Cantl**W From Pac* 1) Men iu today'* group were: William Howard Hell, Fred Albert B<-heiman. Hamid Jniimi Guyot. Stanley Theodore Callcw. John f’hristener. Jr. Henry William Nchug. Glenn Dale MeDonald, Robert Dnnlel L'riefc. John Edward Meyer. Robert Abner Pairinh. Weldon Leroy Zehr, Nelson Leroy Billington. Lloyd Dale Reef and ixmald Wayne Tn-pie. ail volunteer*. Dale Berne 11 Keith Jerome Hmltley. Rchert Joseph Holt homie. Donald James Bpranser. Otho Delmar Franklin. Gilbert Arthur Hieux. Sylvan Werner Znercber. Truman Dal" Gottschalk. Richard August Rlckord. Brie* Franklin Rrelner. Nile Eugene Lougk. Harold Edgar Myer*. Two men »rheduled to leave with today * group have been transferred to the Jurisdiction of other board*. They are: Edgar Patil Sprunser. to CNcagc: and Unaclo Peuute Alvarado, to Della*. Texas LONG-RANGE PUBLIC (Conliadsd From Psge 1) quest of President Roosevelt. And under thl* program, the flrst projects probably will be given to ares* which have no industrial plant* to absorb their tine*ployed. Colonel William Carry, chief eugineer ct the federal work* agency, told the meeting that many public official* who < xpect outright federal groat* for .public wort* WIN be di*appoiated Bcrousr. he prodhtr only a -msll xatnber of corn moult le* who catmst. huaace the cout 1 o( draw lag np wort pteu* w* be given federal asstotaace.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAty;

[U. $. ACTION IN~WpaS c Fac/F/c ... , . i -» ’ - xuw u » I . ■ “>- • .. \ v <-. aS • \ nN•»*« *• 'tek • |muvt v i| — ---—•’ft : Irjs! *w« (S g • ~ . “’“jS’jgis- JOHSH4U ’ Me t * I BCa "• - *■•> aorta ' wiaa , 'ng —aura HB, s nn THI AMERICAN DRIVE in the central Pacific, which la aimed*l Marshall island*, spreads to Wake Island, which was captundij Japanese after a gallant but futile stand by U. 8 Marina I early stage* ot the war. Th* raid ut Wake island rahtl since Oct. fl when warships and planes bit Japanese inMM with more than 1,000 tuna of explortves. (htetuat

Stassen Backers Bid For Wisconsin Vote Run In Wisconsin Primary In April Madison. Wto* Fab. 2 —fUP>— Backers of Lieutenant Commander Harold NiaMen for the Republican pr«Mid<*ntlai noinina'loii are making a bid for Wisionain* votes at the G. O. I*. national convention. The Wisconsin leader of the I HtMMti forreu says a full «late of 2x »taw*Mt pledged coaveutiou del*sa'ro will run for election in the state'* primary in April. If F L. Gulllekann. former J Mate G. O P. chairman who tat now 1 leading the Btasaen campaign in ‘ WiseoMia. say* he ha* been arenr- j *d that the former Minnroota gov- 1 ernor will accept ihe Repc’dtcan ! presidential nomination if it I* of-, feted to him. GuliieMon add* that th« gtassen 1 slate of convention delegate will be announced »jon and that Wmcousin «i*Men-<or preaMun- cam-

Time silos bv when using the telephone. Please remember to make no unnecessary calls and to limit all calls to a minimum length of time. Your neighbor mav be trying to place an emergency call

; paign headquarters wfS *4 liaiinl in Madison ties: 'td Stusen has the WpM d cousin s governor Walts-GM He has named Stamen mWI choice for the presidential ■ atlon. with Wendell W.lltoeh C. OF C. DIRECTM (Oeetlnuea Prv j, sewer system Plans for been made by Ralph R*fl engineer, and are on 2k • the proposed plan a shaße*• sewer would be laid «4» ! M' to take off the surface n* sanitary sew- r». which *M left as they ate. would n«M overloaded, it is believed The sewer proje<t more labor than materia! W j reason it is hr rit pr ■ i WPA or a nimil.' s iF”* set up. However. n<« I group of citizens has p!» *' ’ stamp of approval <* '* ■ I project, aud city oft' bl’'»* would not proceed furrheuntil they get some etpt** the people. - I Trade in * n, >od T"*n ~