Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1944 — Page 1

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Vol. XUt No. 49

GREAT ALLIED AERIAL RAIDS CONTINUE

Four Teams Left In Running For Sectional Title

Two becotur Teams, Flootont Mills And To Battle In Semi-Final Contests """"'I" 1 *■' VM DMMS; Yellow J.n hots vs pleasant fill-* "I I* ■» These fO ll ' teams will battle it iji® l *"‘ Decatur ' gym mine which two quinteU Will at * o’clock tonight for the jfctlona! championship The IMn mentioned iltove w.m their semifinal* of th'* weiioeal before two pack.-d tBffMM Fr |l! ifteinoon and eveww> T1» ■tentur Commodores dimfoeted tho Kirkland Kangaroo.- in ■wo. Mto 22; the Berne Bears defeated the Geneva Cardinals, rounty dk*;. ion 55 to 38 in the hets outscored the UtrlforxßG 'i lias. 51 to 41. In the grjt night game, and the 1 PieMtfft ' the ' ' Eagles in the final ■ Rally To Win TMflße-'ur Commodores, tiaillag by gtx points at the half 15 to », went on a scoring spree in the to fogd at the <-nd of the period. BUintaMlig their margin through oe: the ffn il quarter to eliminate the held | first quarter The -coring I ,(, ' , , l" loim'nig eight | ?■ -ev.-n .not Gill..S^Spk | a'"l also spill Its scoi hading wi’h seven .| Berne Wine Ttaßk- '- Hear- taking a four potjßKhl iii the first quarter al 11 to I margin throughout the rent of the (tliflf In I'ag' 4. Column 1) Ijß* . 0 Heavy Damage Done i As Trucks Sideswipe Occurs In Rbovy Rain And Fog H*My -property damage was MWlKtut laith drivers escaped intwo trucks sid>wwi|H-d heavy rain Friday nigltt on I'. S Berne. Ttoga involved in the accident «r» fclw-r- l.isii. 44. of Bluffton a Bellmont Trucking comHHBri'i Tony Passalacqua. 20. of l> . driver forth - Capital ■ company of city truck w.w badly although Lath escaped .f|| Cleveland truck was loaded -I tons of flat ‘‘tty > >. - damage wa* caused was investigated by of the Indiana ißerson Factory Wiker Is Killed - blast In Anderson yester the life of Joseph Jenkin* fflMdry worker He guttered fatal the explosion. Joseph Folsom of died in another accident Wd youngster. the son of Mr and ■■fork Fobtom wa> s'rangled home by a belt with which playing. WMPERATURE READING ■foOCRAT THERMOMETER "• fco a. m .. 54 «*oo a. m ._. .. .. 5« a. m. 80 WEATHER , w » lauHw and iinaaffEAßlhl V today, becoming fair and tasinht wnrt InmAerfYw I IVrtlßiTVw-

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Russians Launch New Drive In Ukraine Area Fierce Fighting Is Raging On War Front In White Russia By United Press The Russians are reported starting a new drive in the southern Ukraine. Today's German communique say* Red army forces have struck at the Nagi lines near Krivoi Rog The Russians are said 'o have attacked repeatedly with the support of tanks and the famous Stormovik assault planes. The Nazi communique characteristically report-1 that the Soviet attack! on the road Io Bessarabia have Iteeu repulsed. There is no confirmation of this new push from Russian sources. Rut Moscow and Berlin agree that fierce lighting Is raging in White Russia. There the Red army has opened a hide in the outer defenses leading to *he White Russian capital of Minsk The Naxis can’t deem to be able to make up ’heir minds about VUgbsk. Yesterday. two German news agencies flatly said Nasi troops bad evacuated the Important base in northern Russia. Now one of the news agencies hedges and reports that the evacuation began hut that later some posttions were retaken In a counterattack. Moscow has never claimed the capture of Vitebsk. Farther north, other Russian forces are on the advance. They are pushing closer to the strategic Nazi base of Pskov on au so-mile front. On the diplomatic front, a neutral source In London reports the Russians have invited Finland to send a peace mission to the Kremlin. This source claims the Finns have also been givfn a broad outline of Russian armistice terms However, ft's reported that Moscow has emphasized that ’he Finn* must not help Germany during the proposed peace negotiations. According to the London source the Finns already have informed Germany that they would like to quit the war If the peace 'erm* are found to be acceptable. The London source adds that the biggest question Is how to keep Germany from "doing something which might alter the entirw situa•ion.“ ■ — ■■■ — Heaviest Rainfall Os Winter Recorded Supply Os Cistern Water Replenished Dry cistern* again became reservoirs and city streets were washed for the first time thia year with the rainfall which slsrted yesterday afternoon and continued tn a drizzle during the night, with • heavy shower. early this morning. The ralnfo.il was recorded at .81 of an inch by the Merman Meyer rain gauge north ot the city. This ia the heavlwst rain recorded this winter. The shower this motnlng cleared the gtreets of what remained from the snow and ice storm of a week ago Mr Meyer said that on F«4>ruary 22 the moisture recorded was n of an Inch and on Feb. 2». it waa 15 of an inch. The river stood at » 42 feet today. Mr. Meyer said. Decatur people were thankful for the rain aa it replenished cistern water, a scarce commodity for the past three months. The heavy snow of two weeks ago and the rainfall of last night and tbto morning, also were badly needed on farm fields. The snow protected the wheat and improved Its condition, firmera said.

Roosevelt Asks For Review Os Job Deferments Says Government Is Too Lenient, Mostly To Younger Groups Washingion, F<-b. 28 — tl'Pi President Roosevelt has called for a review of all occupational draft deferment*. Hl* purpose ia t® make nemonnvl needed by the armed force.* readily available. Mr. Roosevelt in a m«-moran-dum to manpower commissioner McNutt and selective eervice director Ib-nehey say* the government ha* been too lenient in granthid deferment* particularly to young men. Some 5,000,000 men now hold such deferment*. The President say* men over draft age. the physically disqualified. returned soldlens and women must he used more effectively to re- [ place able-lxxlied men now in vital Imlustry and agriculture. The chief executive add* that the crucial campaigno this yea- will dedertnine both the length of the war and It* price In men and goods. He reports that the natlou is well equipped in food and munitions, but that production aha* drawn over-heavily on manpower. Mr. Roosevelt points out that the selective service system has failed to deliver the quantity of men originally expei ted. lb- -ay* tin-short-age began to develop last September and reached a total of SO.ooo on December 31. lb- goes on to »ay that for this reason the army was forced to emasculate college course* and trained divisions. He add* th.it the army will not reach Its planned January strength until April or maybe later. -- —o Sen. McNary Dies Friday In Florida Veteran Republican Senate Leader Dies Washington. Feb. 2'l •— tl'P) — The body of Senator Charles L. McNary will ibe sent to his home in Salem. Ore, for funeral services and burial. The US-yearold senate Republican leader died yesterday at Port Isiuderdale. Fla He was recuperating from a brain operation and appeared well on the road to recovery. But he suffered a relapse two weeks ago. Senate and house m<-mber* and other prominent Washington leader* are paying tribute to the Oregon Senator as a statesman trigger than party—a great American. Said Senator Arthur 11. Vandenburg of Michigan "He was one of the soundest, wisest and ablest statemen In the public life of hi* generation. Though quiet, modest and totally unaasuminc. he exercised a major influence on the legislative history of thio quarter century.” The senate will adjourn a* soon a* it re-convene* Tueaday in retpeel to McNary's memory Speculate On Suscepts? Portland, Ore. Fob 28—(I'PI — A* the nation mourn* the death of U. S. Senator Charles McNary, •peculation i» mounting on whom governor Karl Snell of Oregon will aP point to the vacancy. The Oregon state 'nduatrial union ha* suggested that Snetl appoint Republa an ex governor Char(Turn To Psgs •- Column g> o Mrs. Al Schneider Heads Award Winners Mrw Al Schneider of this city, head* the list of suggestion winners at the Decatur General Electric plant for the current week She won an award of |l2O for an Idea for improvement* in »<>ldering opera'ion*, which teducea the scrap loss on certain bruah asaemblies. Other local winners were Mary Reed. ITS for a suggest lon tc wedge armatures aa they are wound. Winners of awards from 15 to I2u were: Hugh C. Holthouse. Arthur COri URlch. Russell LeFever. Mary M Barger. Deloyd V. Ganwood. Mel vin L. Baamgar ner. Gayle Aloofortk. Ralph E Stager. Naomi Zur cker. Edna E Kimaey. Willard A. Spool*

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 26, 1944

In, Out In Argentina k Pedro Ramirez Oen. Edelmiro Farrell President Pedro Ramirez of Argentina ha* stepped 0111 id office, •'feeling very tired and needing a long rest " and ha* delegated hi* power* to the Vico president. Gen Edelmiro Farrell, according tn a government bulletin Ramirez did not resign the pre-ldciuy which left way poen for hi* return. It was announced

Report More Urgent Need For Chaplains Seek Chaplains In Fifth Service Area Columbus. (» . Feb. 26 Nearly 400 clergymen who arc* qualified to serve* a* army chaplain* arcbeing sought from more than a score of denomination* in th** fifth service* command, which include* Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky and West Virginia, the chaplain's branch of the service command announced today. These additional opening* In the expanding chaplain corp* were* created recently through the au'horization of a 35 percent increase in denominational quota* for chaplain*. Approximately 6»o clergymen from the fifth service* com mand area already are serving a* army chaplains and a Niilxtantial number of these are on duty with troop* oversea*. Chaplain H’olonell Claude S Harkey, chief of 'he chaplain* branch of the- *c*rvlco command, pointed out that qualified candidates for commission* in the chaplain's corp* could expe-ct early appointment due to the increasing need for chaplain*. Applicant* must be fully-ordain-ed clergymen between the ages of 24 and 49 and should have acceptable ecclesiastical indorsement. They must meet prescribed educational requirements and have a (Turn To ?■<• •. Column 4) o —— Four Allen County Youths Charged With Setting Fatal Fire Fort Waytie, Ind. Feb. 26 H'l’t- Four Allen county youths face possible manslaughter charges le-cause a practical joke backfl red. Fort Wayne detective John Taylor say* the l>oy» decided to give truck driver Wilmer Roberson of Auburn a liot-fool" when they touted him asleep in a Transit company'* basement. Th«-y stuffed paper Into a sack and bull* a fire under the beuch where Role er»on sh*pt Then, they left the scene. The man was taken to the St Joseph's hospital with nearly all hi* clothe* burned off. He died about midnight last night. Police are holding Donald Brennan of New Haven and Rober- t»ng of Fort Wayne both 16 years old They expect to pick up the other two today

LENTEN MEDITATION (Ret liwtght L. Patterson. I'uion Chapel C H ("hurchi “Friend of pubbean and sinner."—Matthew 11:19 There i» ho group of people on earth who receive le*» thank* and more criticism than the group who try to *erv< these two egtremitle* ol human soviet) The Publican* were ta* gatherer* and to most people a despised lot They wore the up and out These (Inner* were the beggarly da*« of people from down on the other aidt ol hr track* No one gave them much attention They were the ‘down and out ' There's no ethical bridge that will span thl* gap save the one built on Christ Jean- and Hla lo»e. The eery tact that the “corn mon people heard Him gladly" automatically eliminated that large group of eels righteousne** meddler* whn would atop long envugb to criHciw then pull theli cloak about them and pas* b, on th. other aide It ha* alwava been that way and will continu» *o If you would be known an friend thia I* one of the price* that mu*t be paid When one consider* the dividend* for being a friend the price is never 100 high

Local Lady's Mother Is Taken By Death Mr*. Sarah E Gibson. 77. mother of Mr*. Rrtliert l*an»- of this city, du d Friday at the hoi a daughter, Mr*. Esther Adam* at Sydney. (>. Her husband died a year ago Other survivor* are thr<-. daughter*. Mrs. I.'da laiy and Mrs. Jew Schiswver, IhiHi "t near l , i>rtlan<l. and Mr*. Wilma (lerringer of Fort Wayne, and "he son. Earl Gibson of Chicago. Funeral service* will be held at I o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Winchester I B. church it ar Portland. with burial at Mi Zton ceme- ’ tery. al«« »•*"' Portland . (I • — — Hearing Held Today On 1898 Will Case Meaning Os Stacey Will Is Questioned A hearing was held in a partition i suit today in the Adam* circuit court l**fore Judge J Fred Frucht'*,' in which the meaning of the will of. . Henry Stacey probated September | ; 29. I*9B. wa* Jn question. The suit wa* brought by Bciija- ■ min R Smith against Nellie Ray ! and other*, and involved property ■ which had not been divld'-d since it wa* willed away 45 year* ago In the meantime, many grandchildren i ilaim in in* heir*. Paragraph five in the will wa* the point in question Tin- paragraph gave the pioperty to the wi dow and to a diuKht.-r tsrth the sta'ement that at t|ie tiin*- of their death it ahould be divided among ! the "then living h<-ir* " It wa* the contestation of the plaintiff and part of the defendant*, that any i grandchildren torn after the death of the widow and daughter should ■ not be permitfed to enjoy a division of the estate The *-emaind*-r of the • grandchildren claimed they had an • equal right regardle** of the date ’ of their birth Paragraph seven of the will prevented the widow and daughter ■ from mortgaging or encunrletring i the property, which the plaintiff al- ■ leged wa* the same as making thi* 1 a life estate. Judge Frucht* ordered the attorney* to submit brief* and stared he i would take the manor under ad I visement. Hutn-r M DeVoM reprwntod the f plaintiff. Ferd Litterer represented ! the group of defendant* in agreement with the plaintiff G Remy ■ Blerly represented the rest o( the defendants.

641 German Planes Shot Down By American Fliers In Six Days Os Attacks

r Growing U. S. Power Smashes Hard Al Japs 135 Jap Planes Arc Bagged In Marianas; Japanese Worried B> I’lllted Pre* The Japanese are feeling thweight us America's growing pnw e. in tin I’.uifii Here's the pattern of destruction 135 Jap plane* have been destroyed In the Mariana* Guam ha* Im-i-ii raided for the fir*' time enemy base In the (‘aridities and th«« Marshalls have been plastered again and 2"" mine ton* of bombs have fallen mi Jap instil latimis in 'he southwest Pacific Topping all hi*. Kwajabdn atoll I Is being whipped into -hape as a I strong American base And Admits! Nimitz has some good news about Japan's sea power. Nimitz says 'he Japanese fleet I* unbalanced And he -ay* the Japs now have an anile shortage of merchant shipping. Nimitz believes these two t.u-ior* are among the reasons for failure to di-b-nd Ils hard-hit garrison- in 11"' I'entrai Pacific In a speech at Pearl Harbor's submarine base. Admiral Niml'z had high praise for America's under water m.ii nidi i - IB- ' the subs de-erve much of the credit for whittling down Japan naval strength Rpeaklng of the Jap navy. It* I wheri-abmils still is a tnynery. A | cmninunlqiii from Admiral Nimitz j plane* didn't find ‘he enemy fleet , din-lose* that American hipsand when Hu-y attacked the Mariana i Island* "1* Tuesday ' But mu task force found other i gisid targe's anyway. They de I stroyeil *7 Jap planes mi the ground And they knoi-k'-d 4 s others nut of the air The Jap* defended their Island chain wi h heavy anti-aircraft finund with attack after attaik i>>"' tighter* and torpedo plane* But none of our ships was lost m dam aged And we hist just six plains Tin* same la k force lashed out against Guam island for tin- first Hme In this war A» you rec.ill ■ Guam Is an American outpost which the Jap* took in the first ( ■ ■ I " 1 111 ' " 1 " (Turn To Page 1. Column 6> License Bureau Is Experiencing Rush Federal Collector Is Also Kept Busy The an'" license lune iu and the federal income tax branch in the court house are doing a booming busines th'-* • day* Auto owners and driver* came by the «cure to get their plates and card* liefore the deadline next Tuesday. The work was expedited In cases where the individual fill rd out the blank and signed them, leaving the stamping and Issuing of the driver'* llcen»i- and plate* to the legist ration clerk* The rush at the bureau h»» Im-cii | on for several day- and it is eg-| pected that oy next Tue-day most car owner* will have obtalaed their new black and white plate*. Itriver* must also have their oporalor'* licen*e by the first ot the month Federal Income taxpayer- de»ir Ing to get their reports filled oat and di»po-ed of liefore March 15. wait in line for Craven Kin-hwil) er. deputy eaUector. with oFice* on the second floor of the court house, to assist them in tiling their return* for IM3 income Mr Em-hwilier I* In hi* office part time and hi* client* are numerou* It is likely that after the ffr»t of the month he will ae* up a night schedule for the con vemeuce o< taxpayers

Bond Purchases May Reach $1,600,000 Individual Sales Reported Growing Total sales in the fmir'h war h'lii diive will probably climb to the ll.lilHMMMi lll.ilk Earl Caston vi< c chairm.iii of tin- county war finance committee, .ninmincei! to day as he released the latest tabul.lliol’ o' sale Bales now tolal 41.573.865. compared '<■ the 11.221 quoin. Although no large -ale* have been made dining the week, a steady sticain of buyers ha* been invest Ing In the E series of bond Mt Caston said. Pb-dge* and cmiiinitinent* by individuals nre being redeemed and it is exp.-i led lhal when the books are closeil for the month, the tolal Will exceed the coillify'* quota by nearly |4"".0»". the larg e-t yet made In any bond drive A break down of sale made al the v.llioll* Issuing point* ill the county and ilo- _ sepaiatloii of sale* Io lndividii.il and corporation*, will be made at the coiiciu-ioii of Iho drive No quota ha yet been received for March and it i* likely that none will be set for ill** state. Ihiii'l officials similised — o — - To Elect Directors Os Community Fund Public Invited To Monday's Meeting Per-one interested in th- administration of th<- !»•-• .Bin f'onwniinity fund, oven though they did no- receive a c ard a* liead of a group oi organization, are invited tn Mon day night* niec-tiiu at tin- Fir*: ; Stat*- Bank.' when a board of dire, or* will be- elected and by law* sub miff'd to the adiieory council foi \ approval or ameudment An enthu*i.'»tlc response is ‘‘Xpeeled from civic minded person - ! who are aiixiou l" get a program j eiarlecf here in the intensrt ot I youth Fund* frcin the Is-catm Community Fund will finance proj*fi* or uudert eking* which cihere for the entertain - 1 melit or rec rea ion of high school ' j boy* and girl* Although the nucleus of the I'l- - CcMitmunity Fund was laid only l.cei year when 42.2"" was raised in connection with the* nation.c! war fund, for the Boy and Girl j Scout* and the Salvation army, a i surplus exist* ov< and above committments and this can be- used to help finance a teen canteen youth center or other activity, organized to c-opi- -with youth's d'-sire Io have a gathering place up own The by-law* provide Hm' a Isiard , of nine dire«-tors shall h - named | and Ralph (> Genti*. president of the present «hoard. which wae nam . • law and obtain a charter for th*Decatat Community Fund ha* appointed a n niinating committee to ! present a elate at Monday's meet- , mg. Donor* to the fund laa* fall are 'Turn T« Pag* • Column 4) Monthly Salvage Drive Held Today <*ity truck* under the direction of Phil Sauer, street commissioner and chairman of the salvage drive, and fk>y Scout* were engaged today in picking Ui» old newspapers, magazine* and prepared tin can* in the mon'hly salvage drive. A city wide canvas* was being made for the material, so badly i n*-*-d*-d by manufacturer* as the •outre of supply in furnishing the I army and navy with It* paper and carton requirements Household* '* were asked to tie' - then old newspapers in bundle* and put the flattened tins iu boxes or containers along the curb in front ot tbotr bouse so the Buy . tkouts could p.ch it up. ■

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Bombing Raids Are Aimed At Knocking Out German Plants Producing Airplanes By Cnited Pre Ani'-rican fliers have* shot down •111 German plan*-- in six day* <>f the Allied .iii- ic-»aiilt now- raging against Germany One hundred and 42 of the*'*f..jl yesterday knocked out by Ani'-iieati plane* b.i-ed 111 Britain and Italy in attack on four German plane plodilelng c ities Th<* Italian-based flier* accounted for ft "f the •-ii'-my aircraft Fortress and liberator gunner* bagged I'2 <>f th*- >■ and escorting tighter* aec-oiiirted for only one. of the remainder. 23 German piano were d.- itoyed by British-ba-ed Ymerican boinlxT*. and 2'l fell to tie* giiti* of fighter* from tin* eighth and ninth air force* The Allied aiinouiic-*-iin-nt revealing tin- American 101 l doe* not say how many enemy plane* w*-r.-destroyed by British fliers in the -aim- period of line Nor <|.o-» it say how many more German aircraft were knocked out on th'* ground l.a-t night th.- RAF pnsln-d the air off< nslv*' into Its seventh straight day with a twin smash at Augsburg Augsburg *»* one- of th*- four German citn - raid*-d yes•erday by the Americans Nearly ' i imhi Bntl-ii night r uder* made | th.* attack following the (ires set by the Americans over the* last miles to their olcjc Clive. The British deluged Augsburg with 2 2o" ton* of bomb* This late*' load bling* the Iola! weight dumped on Germany in on** week of bombing io marly 17.""" tonDuring the night, oilier Briti*>i plane* mostly !iio*i|iiito<** hanimeied other target* in *outb I we*terii Germany Fraiu e, Bel I giiini and the Sethei land* From ail tin* opeta'ion 27 ItAF plane* failed to return Tn Italy ih>- \im-rn ins holding the light flank of he Anzhi . beachhead have thrown liq< k ■"•' ' other German feeb-i allm k The* I enemy thru-t Wa* only one of | many light attaik- sent against I pearly all »e<-lor» of the 15mil** beachhc-ad pc-rlni'-t'-r Front obi server* say thi- < *-a-ele** probing with small force* i- the German (Turn Tn Pag* 4. Column <i o - Indianapolis Driver In Fined At Berne E*t.c \ Hill, of Indianapulie. wi» fined 41 and costs in the court ot C H Muselman, justice <4 peace at Berne on a charge of di-r-ganllnv , a atop and go light at the intersection of I' S 27 and state road 116 Thursday noon, with the result hi* truck hit a car driven by Mi«« Dorothy laltue of Geneva Miss latßue was knocked from th*- .iut<nm»b:b. which *>• very badly damaged She received only minor cut* and hrui*e* The accid- . en' » •* investigated hy Harryl'atntnon. marehal Os G*-neva. cud J. C. Mendetihai. state police officer. Six Men Are Killed As Bomber Crashes Four Others Injured At Louisiana Field Alexandria. La.. Fob 28 -H P' — Sil men were kRb-d an-1 four other* injured when an Alexandria arvny air field flying f®rtre*s crashed near a field runway. The plane was coming in for a landing at the time of the accideat yesterday. The four survivors are at the field *tati<>u hospital where their condi'ion i* said to be serious Three of the injured are Western men They are first lieutenant J T. Britton of Vtsta. Calif. *et--»nd li*«tensn- Forest Haylor ot Bradford. 11l and second llewtenan' Arland i Vakarcs* of Brtabsm City. Utah. Two of the men who lost their lives in the crash were M*.-oad !iea> tenant Thomas Etowell <rf DrcaZar. - 111. and sergeant Henry Retormal I •* Uar>, lai.