Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1944 — Page 1

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Beds Within ■Miles Os ■lrian Soil Armies Fight Breaches I In Nazi Defenses ii 111 hi f'uiit today ||K nd w hill the wen--niilh M it ! i til Lake Bala || . ~ lilies Were i ell file \ \ is . li ye-ieiday mi lie . tie- tenth whinY M.i'inoi-ky - ' Sgß ,; I: ami all hut • *i ]■)■ ' ~ . -.pinion stronghold Ill's '■■ -, 1 '- .llagi- ami i-x ' I'Li'mail mi tMlm Itallllbe l"l . HM*. -'ii nt ’he Hu --1 lawfully iniskeil. , ■ tided 111 • lk< I < Wile. 1 hi- I ii join Malinovsky in mi Budapest Il . . e!y morning i male an if tret t mention ol Jill II".- w-*t of I'eirl. blit Me, lite mile gain south of tinwon tile village of old ami e. Soviet* abreast of the Mr, nv>- - north bank on an 1' front ■iry Association ■mes Stanley Arnold Ailam. i minty ilany Ih-kI tatioh met >!>l ■ teil Stanley Amold. |(<iy pine, vice presi I- '■ It Lehman. se< rotary •*«m Homer Arnold ami Hmi EE Mazei;!; ,|ir, ( tors The pro I num..'tee was set Up an fill 1: Prue chairman. Henry ■ii-in.in and James Lybarger hearing a talk by <1 A ■limn- . xteiiHion dairyman of Mtilui th. following 111 calf < lub WaH Sl-t U p. r ,.p r ,. H ent dutrno.y. Stanley Arnold ami Lybarger; Jersey, Roy ■ " anti David Mower; Ayrshire. Br.ry A«hleman anti Verl Lantz •tfiK-r Holstein. Benj D B»"llli and Hen Gerke. The asso endorsed the idea of hav Ba tattle show in the coming Butner ami urged that enrollBid be taken tn both heifer ami Bl dairy calf dub projects. Bermans Continue ►tacks In Italy iKome. Dpc. |_ ( vp)—a GerRn attack launched against the l!1 army front south of Bologna •“'«! into itw second tlay today 1 extremely heavy" fighting «*>rted aouth of Mount Castell- ’ *hlidi the Nagin captured h ’*rday. |o mile* southeast of •» city. I’’*tlng the night the German* I a small attack, supported by rtillery and mortars. In the ' >»Hy of Mount Belmonte but I 1 'Th repulsed, headquarter* said t «MRERATURE READING OtMOCRA’ THERMOMETER 1:00 •• «. Z 23 ’® ; 00 a. m . 2 3 Nhu 24 100 P- m 25 WEATHER »#r and cold sxcspt occasional * flurrls, twtr , m , north tonight, lowaat ttmpora.r ’ 10 u 1® abova tare; fair MntinudE cold Saturday.

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Grand Jury Recesses Until Tuesday Morning The Adams county ); rand jury ' which convened yesterday, ad journal at noon today until ; ;m oclm k Tuesday morning Prose t ilting attorney y;d \ b„ss.. and Kemy llierly. w|m will b.-com.-prose, utor on January 1 mewith the grand jurm ~i t|„. „| lir n I Illg session | Request Funds For Assisting Veterans I County Council To > Study $2,500 Fund I t Th- Adams cminfj council will t be asked to appropriate ,'.o.i for' the veterans a-ivi.. comniissimi, i i which hope- to he futicf ioninc by ( the fit -t of the y< a I i The reque-t for that amount ha- ’ I Hidered by the county cmill.dlmeli I at a special s* -aioli on D*-- "tnlo-r b I Hecently. th., nil, I. 11, of a veter-< ; ah’- service mganizai oti w,.s -.-i [ up in the county with Jam. * I.J ! Ellierson a- the county chairman , It is proposed to open an office here and < tnploy a secretaiy forth.- purpose of aiding returning war vetcrane to obtain job- or in tiling for benefits lllldei th.- (1 I bill The county L in need of am h an orgiinlzation and a-ide from the Bed (‘rows and local po-t of the , Aim-rican Legion and Auxiliary, no . mgunizatimi has I established . here for the all Important task of helping th.- veteran to find a job and assisting him In taking his< I rightful place in the community, j Other requests for appropriations I I ami transfer of fund*, totaling about 13.000, will be considered by - ■ the cotinclltneti at their session i Mi Elherson am) Hie genera! county commilte.- tiled th.- requewt for the Veteiali s office fund — o Jenkins Assumes Cose Jurisdiction Judge Byron Jenkins of the Jay circuit court, has aaiiuined jurisdiction as special judge In the Samuel Barger estate, which has been pending in lhe Adams <mui court for more than four years o Teacher Institute Here On Saturday J. Raymond Schutz Principal Speaker ■ Dr .1 Haymond Schutz, foim'-r president of Mim hosier college, will be the principal speaker at a teacher's Institute to be held here Saturday at the Lincoln school building. Lyman L Hann, county superintendent of school*, annotinc j ed today Th.- township teachers are ex- i pected to attend. Mr. Hann said, and an Invitation has been < xtemle<| to all teachers in Decatur ami Berne to hear the lecture and enjoy the mimical program Rev. E <» K< gerreis. pastor of the Monroe Methodist chut ell, will i give a devotional talk at th.- morning sewsion. which sill convene at 9:IS o'clock. Mrs Dorothy Owens, music teacher at Geneva, will favor the audience with a vocal number at the morning program The Monmouth high e< hool girl s glee club will slug at th.- afternoon program, which will start at 1 la o'clock. Mr Hann will be chairman of the program. Duisburg Is Pounded By British Bombers London. Dec. 1 — (l'P> —RAE heavy bombers poured hundreds lof tons of explosives and fire i bombs into the Rhtn. -Ruhr transportation center of Duisburg last night, rounding out a week of punishing, non-stop bombardment against lhe German army's for ward lines of supply. A smaller, diversionary forte slabbed at Hamburg, while RAE night lighters and intruder formations supported tne big bombers and carried out a number of harassing attacks on Nazi fighter stations Itt western Germany At least two German planes were shot down. Four British planes Were lost.

Another Jap Convoy Wiped Out By Planes 5,000 Jap Troops Perish In Seventh Blasting In Month I Alli, d Headquartt r.s. Philippines. .H < I tl pi Alm-fit all planes earthed Philippines waters for ! more victims Delay after wiping out their seventh convoy in a monih bound for Osinot- with reinforcements ami supplies for the dei im.-it.il em-my garrison. i A Tokyo broadcast, hinting at -I new American surface raid on l shipping in tn time harbor, Haiti Japanese phtm-H -auk two torpeil > j boats ami damaged four others In i li<- h.iY’tor Wednesday night ami ! Thursday Tokyo also claiiiietl that Japanese planes sang iwo AmerI lean transports ami damagtd an I other off th i-ast coast of |>-yte | Sunday Still another tiatwport wasaid to have been sunk in L'-yte gulf Wednesday i Lightning. Thunderbolt, ami Warhawk fighters sank four transports —a n.miit-toiinei- anil three small freighters ami set lire to a 5.1100ion freighter and a destroyer in tin- latest atlack off the w- st . oast of Leyte late Wi-dne- lay ami early Thursday | All six vessel* were wrecked beI fore they could reach the enemy I stronghold of Ormoc on the west I coast of L«-yte anil at least 5.000 Japanese troops were believed ilrownetl <>r killed. Th altai k boosted etieiny losses In seven attempts io reinforce Leyte by Mt-a to 2(1.000 m.-n. 2H transports totalling lo3.“5o tons and 1* t- .ort v>- rtel-. A small percentage of reinforcements reached Ormoc before their vessels were sunk, however, and the number of troop- t present on the embattled island was placet! at 45,000 to 50,000. Heavy rains continued to Malemate fighting on the ground front on L.yte, but American troops ringing tin- enemy's Ormoc corridor maintallied patrol Initiative Artillery poun It d Japanese positions on a i 21 hotir-a-day < In-dub-Japanese air at iivlty slacken* <1 | further, but patrolling American i fighters shot down six em-my air- ' craft American Liberators drovi" I ! tons of bornite on two airdrome, on j Negros ami also bombt-tl two airI th-.-I- al Davao on Mindanao Wed- ■ nesday, destroying tour planes i pat ki ll In dispersal areas. El.tewhere in the Philippines am! East Indies waters. American plan e sank a freighter ami five barges, probably sank another freighter ami damaged a third. I. " Flood Control Bill Passed By Senate Bill Goes Back To House Conference Washington, Dec 1 — tl'Pi — The senate totlay approved by voice vote am) sent back to the nous** tor conference a billion dollar fiootl control bill uutlioriz mg hundreds of postwar flood control, power, anil irrigation projects. The bill was passed over the opposition of Hen Janies E Mur ray, !».. Mont., who sponsored an amendment providing for a Missouri Valley Authority to supervise the development of the Missouri basin. President Roosevelt has announced his support of an MVA. The proposal will be considered further in the next session. Only after two weeks of debate dhl the floor manager of the bill. Sen. John II Overton, D., La. agree to accept amendments In the present measure which give the bureau of reclamation authority to construct Irrigation and reclamation works In the upper Missouri basin. The senate authorized floo.oiHi.ooo for the multipurpose lievelopelllellt of this river basin. H also authorized 130.000,000 for flood control works du the Connecticut river basin.

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Decatur, Indiana Friday, December 1, 1944.

So The Prexy Went To Sch<M>l r *1 W L i - L ■■ £ H' Jr l ' K MiißmiGmßsii ■— . ._. DR. FRANKLIN BLISS SNYDER, president of Northw- lern uiiiv. r ally, soli! his services for one day to the highest bidder in a student war bond rally, agreeing to meet any demands ■ within reason Rosalyn Kei-shin. daughter of the head of a Chicago trucking concern, purchased the presidt-tit’s services with a hid of 13.500 in bonds. He hail io "pay off' l>y attending classes with her. beginning at 10 a m Ili-ii- I* Snyder with Miss Keeshin in class.

Bonk Mails Christmas Club Checks Today ’ Check- to approximately son members of the PHI Christmas chili are being mailed today by the I First Slate Bank. Will lame. Jr. i manager of Lie club, stated today A record wax made by the dub member* this year, who will receive approximately $40,000. in tli.it more than percent of the number enrolled completed their payments. There were about Hilo accounts, with Mm individual memliei s Tile , 1915 chili will open December -I Albert B. Fall Dies In Texas Hospital Key Teapot Dome Figure Is Dead El Paso, Tex Die 1 H’Pi Al I bort I! Fall, former secretary <>t , the Interim, died yesterday, old and almost penuries- Inn contld--tii to the end that history w mid mm day dear his name of the part he i played in the notorious 'Teapot Dome and Elk Hill- oil m andal that rocked President Harding's admin istiation His body was found last night by l Bisters at the Catholic liosp tal whole he had -pent the last two years. Fall, who was x. 3 years old laet Sunday, had been under treat . men' for arthritis which had crippled him until he could no longer walk. Fall virtually disappear* d ft om the public eye ill 1929 when he was convicted of bribery in connection with the leasing of the Elk Hills oil I reserve to Edward L Doh< ny. 1 wealthy California oil man and one- ! time prospector friend The conviction followed a long i court battle which had started live i years previously with th- Invest! gation into the Tehpot Dome and ! Elk Hills oil reserves to Harty Sin--1 c latr and Doheny. Il< served one year hi the N> w .Mexico state prison at Santa F>spending the entire period in the i prison hospital und> r constant care. Fall had serveu eight years as a senator from New .Mexico when President Harding appointed him secretary to the Interior in 1921 : Two years later he handed in his ‘resignation, saying that he dis- ' agreed with the government h policy on Alaska, and the whole "con nervation policy" with regard to national resources. Several months later the scandal in connection with the leasing of the oil reserves broke and Fall was summoned to Washington tn testify In the investigation. For some unexplained reason. Fall had acepted lioo.mm from Doheny and it was charged that he took it for a bribe for leasing the lands to the oil magnate. Doheny said it was a loan He was Indicted on two counts, conspiracy to defraud the government and bribery. The conspiracy charge wax In connection with the leasing of the Teapot Dome reserve In Wyoming 'to Hindalr and the (Turn Tv Pag* *, Column if

Waste Paper Drive Here On Saturday Decatur Lumber Co. To Sponsor Drive The Decatur Lumber company Is sponsoring the current month’s wash- paper and prepar. d tin <an drive, which will be staged Satnr- . day, under the direction of Phil Sauer, city street commissioner, arntxted by the Boy Scouts The city trucks will start mt the city-wide canvass at * o'clock. Mr Sauer -.lift Boy Scouts will help . in gathering the bundles of paper ' from the curb or front poryhes Citizens are asked to lie their old newspap. rs and magazines In bundle- and place the prepared tine ill bundles so lliey call be picked Up Mr. Sauer further added tli.it the "goal is -till l<» tons of piper, al though we got only tire tons in < >< tober." — o Wc-man Is Sentenced For Child Neqlect Isoganxport, Ind. pec I it Pi — Mrs Mary Mulb-tt. 29. was on <|f r sentence today to serve five months in the Indiana women a prison for child neglect site was sentenced tn Cass circuit court in connection with the death of tier 3 year old son in a | fire which destroyed their home I recently, while Mis Mllllett and lier sister. Mrs Grace Huntei. 2H. were away Tin- dead child was one of to children of the two women who were left in the < are of a 12 year old girl Mrs Hunter faces similar charges Memorial Held For Lt. James Christen War Hero Honored By K. Os P. Lodge Memorial servicer* Were held Thursday night by the Kntgats of Pythias lodge for Lt James B Christen. Decatur youth who lost his life when Ills p'ltle crashed over Sicily in July of 1943. Lt. Christen, son of Mi • Alice Christen, was an active member of the K. of P lodge ami the fli.st member of the organization to lose his life in the present world < inflict. The lieutenant wax a transport pilot in the I'nitc I Stat's ait: , forces Tile mi mortal service, held at the j regular lodge meeting, was con ducted by John It Parrish, asxis ■ ed by W Guy Brown and John B Siults Tribute was also paid to other members of the order, who are serving In the armed forces. A class of candidates, which is now being formed, will be called I the James B Christen class, in honor the war hero Hauk of page was conferred at last night'a minting.

Violent Battle Rages; Entire South Wing Os Nazi Forces Bent Back

Seven Die In ; Plane Crash In California Airliner Bound For New York Crashes At Airport In Burbank l.o< Aligi-li . 11> ■ 1 il'l'i A Ti nisi <>nrin<-ntal and ' Westi-iu I Airlines phin<- lioiind sot N«-w ' York plunged in • arth today a- , it glided in fm a landing at the i Burbank airport, killing sewn of | tin- 23 jias • ngi-r and crew Among the psiss-ngets were | Mayor Harley Knox of San Diego, i who was mu hurt seriously, ami ! Walter W I'onpi r San Dii-go city I manager, who died a short time after the c|a.-!i Knox said tin- plain- appeared tn I lie headed lor a normal landing > about 3 a m w hen it suddenly I went mln a dive. Th-- mayor sava-d himself from more s.-rimis injury by grabbing a pillow ami Holding it In front nt his face John Dillard, seaman I c. another pa-si-ng<-r. said In- awoke with a start, feeling that the planwas skimming over water I guess We were pulling over tile tops of trees." he said Then we slammed down in llu I i Opell field." Tin- big plain wa. i-nriiuti- to New York from Sin I'ranci-io Tin- giant, silver w inged craft plunged tn tin- ground a few mm Illes before H was scheduled to land at the air terminal on a Hight from San Erain two Tin- crash occurred in fin- Van Nuys area, only a hurt dn-talice Irnln the old lae Angele- l-nllo politan airport Those kllb-d Were John \ I'r.iiiki nth,if. addrunknown Billie .l.n k l'i vei - I S navy. HI leave and 1,-pol-ledA -111011(1to Joplin. Mo Waller W I'nopi-r city man.ii-et iTurn To Pass 1. Column f> Mrs. Oren Brunner Dies This Morning Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mt Amy <'leo i 'ln k Hi iinm-i I*, wife ul Ori n T Brunner, died suddenly nt a heart altai k shortly In-line ti oilm k Hie morning Siu had bei-ii a pati -nt al tin ho-pital lor the past Week but her di-ath wa- Ulli-xpei toil Sin- was born in-.ii Bi-rm- No • Frank ami M.ilga.it Thompson Click Sin Wa:- limirn-d Io lli-li Brunner Nov.-mb i 11*11. pud had lived 111 D*-i attll lor lhe past 2o years She was a meinli*-! of tin Eirst Baptist church in tin city Surviving in addition to tin hits hand at* tin- fat hit: two dough tcis. Mrs Elwin Gr*-*-n of Eorl Wayne and Ellen at hotm-. two suns. Frank at home, and Sylvan Hriinner, of Fort Wayin- ami j the following brothers and sisters Mrs Ira Bodie and Mr- Hu- e|| Wi-ldy, both of Decatur. Harv--and Gordon Click of Foil Wayin. Mrs. William Frederh ks of Day ton. <>, Pvt Charles fink id Camp Chaff* >■. Aik Mrs John j Switzer of New Corydon, and Mr William Grimes of Scranion. I’a One daughter, Norma, otu-brolhi-r and on*- sister are de- ! l eased. Funeral servic*-s will be held at 1:30 p. m Sunday at the hom*- on Mouth Lun- street, and at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist church, with itev Carey H Moser officiating Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery The body Will be removed from the Zwuk funeral home to the residence, where friends may call after 2 p in Saturday

Relief From Cold Promised Sunday Storms Subside On Eastern Seaboard By I 'nlted l‘i I - Storms subsided on tin- eastern seaboard today a- tin- w- atlu : tn.in pi om.-i-l relief by Sunday li nn tin--I.h im'* first geini.il io’il wave E S II i-iliui fi i|i-ia| wi-atliei forecaster at Chicago, -aid subzer i temperatures still p i-vaih-d I in tin Dakota - N-in a-ka M mi*- ’ -ut.i and western and mittherlll | low a Bemidji. Minn, r-ported the) i nation'* lowe-t temperature of 17 I degrees In low Z*-l o ; Moving in from central Canada | , Wi-Im-sday. tin- cold w av*- went a- | far aouth a- Birmingham. Ala . ! wlii-te the mercury dropped to 23' I di-gr- •-.*. F zing temp talutii wen- re|ioi t.-d in noi tlu-.n Florid.i |and gulf stau- temperatures Wi-r-- | in the low 2"» Slightly higher t*-inp<-.atm< - ! | wi .- ii-p<irt<d m i-asterii Molilalia bit! th*- for-cast called tor i out till | ed ■ old in tin- lake* ri glon until t warmer air begins to move ,u to--. the an-a Sunday Storm warning* were posted ■ along tin- eastern coael last night | from Block Island to Hatteras, and ! in tin irufHilitan New York 57-inlle ! an-hour wind disrupted railroad J I feiry and air travel Near Sandwich Ma *, a woman.! five men, a dog and a cat w- n- n* ■ lied from two disabled coal barges during the height of yi-sti rday -i gab-, the coast guard disclosed I Snowfall ranging from one to eight no hi*- prevailed nv.-i tin- en tire north portion of Ihi country | from the northern Rockie- to New England Heaviest fall was in up j pet- Michigan s -now belt ami Syra i use N Y whin- 1.7 itn In- ol snow snarled traffic and lommunl ■ cation- -y-tem i i-vai uat*-d tivldeni <>u tin Nan- | In N w Eliv.alid iia tguaidsineii 1 tUcket Sound tietih of t'ap<- foil | from Falmouth to Chatham agab-- lashed the -« a into in-ai r- <• J or I tide* At N-w Bedford Mass. i floods i rippled -i-ve,.c imlu-ti i*--and I'rovim etowti reported 11 foot tides inland, tin- WUI ' 111 I" y-a. Vote Senaie Probe Os Slate Election Probe Irregularities Charged In Indiana Washington. Ih-c I il pi The s* null- i ampaign expenditure* committee Voted today to conduit .a full investigation into charge* l ■if iriegiilant..-* in ioiin>-< Hun i '•villi voter- registration tm th< ! Novt-inber ilii'tlon 111 Indiana Chairman Tht*odore Francis Green. I*. R I appointed Sens lorn Slewart. D. Tenn, and Jo* -ph H Hall, it Minn. to make the investigation He said they, probably will hold hearings in | Indianapolis after congress takes its Christmas re ( - -- Green said tm- cotnmittei- already has com!u< ted a "spot - heck In Indiana amt found that "Various questions of fact and law” an- involved in the com plaint It arose, he explained, from an opinion by the attorney general of Indiana that voters whose Hames falb-d to appeal mt th" registration lists at Hu polls when they went to vote would have to obtain special certificates from the appropriate county clerk Opponents of that ruling contended that under Indiana law the voter should be allowed to cast a ballot merely upop signing an affidavit and presentation of a reals tratlon ccrtlfleato •'Cndonbtedly thousand* were prevented from voting by aetion of the authorities," Green com- , nvented "Whether that was the result of conspiracy or the fault iTuru Ta Page 1, Cviluma *j

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Three Ally Annies Locked In Bitter Fight With Nazis On Western Front Paus, Dei | tl |’> American first army troops slugged eastwind 100 yards on a four mile front southwest of Duren today, bending back tin- entire south wing oi Hu German forces defending tin- Rhineland In perhaps the most violent battle of th- war Lt Gen Courtney II Hodges' dougiiboys set the slow pace for tbt'ii- Allied armies locked in two of the toughest struggles ol Gen Dwight D Eisenhowers grand ofli-nsivi- Tin- ai niies expanded their toehold* on tin- sh -II plowed banks of Hu- rlv*-rs Rm-i and Saar in preparation for a knockout blow at Germany Wainiakillg mlglit Veteran first army assault forces broke Hu- stalemate on the rim of the Hurlgen forest and battered forward to within 1 mm yards of Gey. tour inili-s southwest of Dur-i-n ami Ii s than a mile from Brandi-liberg. four mil. below Gey I tilled Press war correspondent Jack Frankish reported from the , first army tc-.mt that the Yanks w.-re lighting against the stiffest i.-Islam •-. including mines and | roadblocks formed by felled pine . tree*. Fighter liombers flew about 25# j sorties again-t tin- Hermans sac j itig the first army They smashed i -it German tank and troop posi ' turns dire< fly behind the battle litu- and shot up strong points | farllu r to Hu- i.-at Hodges troops again captured Latin l-'liifl wesl of Duren. fol I flu- second lime in 21 hours In I 'he battli in ch ar out Hu- hide river defense- We I of till Roer. Front dispatches -aid Hie ninth army on tin first s left had won nearly a lumile hold on the west bant ol th- Ito- while tin- third army to th- south held an eightmill -Il tell of tile West bank Ilf ! >li<- Saar ti'rm.ii, l,r-.ul< ..-i- .nlmiiied Lt. iien G.-orgi S I’: lion's third irmy was ih.sn..' in irr. -istibly upon Saarlnutern. a k< y Saar mt-iian six mil. - Inside the Reith, from tnrei *|<|< and Patton's fores now In-Id ii-arly on<- half the I Saar ar--a Three vs Patton's i rack division* Ou l<*lh armored, tin- Huth, and 'i.'ith infantry, shouldon-d forward a mile t<> a mile ami a half . to form a solid front on the river ■ Saar from just moth of Merzig i which Is sotithw.st of th- corner where Hu Saar loins Luxembourg to a point southwest of Saarlaut- . i-rn. The !**th infantry was only two mile- w. • of Saarlautern's coal nul i ok- tndnstrles within easy I artiiii rv rant wtth li already was ’■•■hi vi d to bi robbing many of | the Saar industrial town* of their I war making capai Ity The 3rd army overran a series ■if small Sam town.*, including Fremesborf and Ilmen midway beiwe.-n Merzig ami S.iarlautern, Hilbrhigen. Fitten. and Itallern. , ill just west iif Merzig Fighting ■ also was going forward inside liatteri-d Itzhach. four miles northwi -t of Saarlautern The N~jC|b expressed concern about Patton's plan* for a breakthrough just south of the Saar where tlu-y reported Increasing pressure on German "bolt positions between Saar I'nmn which lies at the south end of the Indus- ■ Turn To P»«» • i- , <> Plan Agricultural Census In Indiana Indianapolis, Dei 1— tl'Pi The I' S bureau of the census today began preparations for the HHS agricultural census in Indiana, the first since 1910. Several hundred enumerators Will be employed In the six census districts at Gary. Indianapols, Kokomo Brazil. Columbus, and Jefferspnvllli- ai-i'ordlng to Grover C Parr, supervisor for the fourth census district with headquarters here