Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1944 — Page 5

DECEMBER 26, 1944

feel Reports , report of local MARKETS MURRAY A CO. {3 ,11 Und* of llveetock at ■* , Befne. Crslgvllle. Wlllehlre receded svsry day . ho con.iuission V' fhoUe 301. Kr ■ mH 11 "'* ■. 1 MM 11 ”' |B Lino IS 1025 Bl fi "” SI. i,i ''" Mr 13.60 Mr 3.50 ... - SrhC'E» 4 uh EGG ANO Sk.ITPV QUOTATIONt M Furnithed by Biw* tuß ’Roouce cc. ■ Phone ISO HB Coi. 1 ' ’’ i ■••■ c. BSF *>7« > 1 fry n ;:<<• KijnW: |Kici>r« .>'. 1 s’Ags —l4 c M, ■ tOCAL GRAIN MARKU M|UP* Pl FVATOP CO BH Cori''l'd IR’*’ 26 H Ihu lubject to change H during day. delivered al elevator H; Red \\ ... .14! 6., Milled W .. 1 'll i n. :i 1 ..o Hf ' —• ' M)i: 2 a 11-..ns 2o< Mjl: : s-.y lb ana 1 ■>•' ■ B Ki-: M_ .._ ioo ■tn t 03 p»r bushel less. ■ Cm: 04 p»r 100 less. ■ so b. farm BtRT WAYNE LIVESTOCK Bl'■■ Wayne. Jud , Dv< 26 k -.. i»■ Hteady to 1> B■*’ '•• '" 1 1,1 1 1 • r, 5 15" B&' ■'■-'- HO to lf,o n> Bh 140 to 1I I lbs. 12 75; 1.0 B> tti- I.* ]oo io 120 It. Bv h - stage l«» 75. malMilo i; iamb* 11.0 fW< « Bda*.apoi IS LIVESTOCK Bl ~ Livestock: Bp' u "" n»s. 2" Bhfiei iih.br I<>O U.S sit-adv B1I»‘| foi too to 4<hi lbs.; low BP Ito 13 25 to 13.50; sou* • B* l,u ik good and choit <• all Bti* 13 75 to 14.00; choice ■tariuhi' 14.05. I •*'*"' calves 500. st. • 1 ■* • n ' l 'w** mostly 25 hign ■ U<: iioud 11 ;o n, H te. rs 15 75 DIM', light ulcers 15 50. »,■>< n B and good 13.n0 to B vontnon and medium !'" 1 y&i, load good mid ch-tit > ILM; part load 15.25; ■ l’k to 11.00; medium am! B "**i- l".oo to 12.50, cuner ■ roamon ?no to 9.75; cami'is ■ lot;.’, vealera very uneven; B^**I*'" 1 *'" *eak to 50 lower; later B* extreme top 50 extreme top 18.00. ■ ■ ■* 'lambs mostly f F ’l’-di’y considered. hull. B 1 " l“* 'lmiee H 25 to 1175. B*® !<• low good mostly II o.j ■ Hm I CHICAGO LIVESTOCK bee. 26 — tl'l’i B* 1 — Livestock: B*’: 10,000. Market < losing f' *llh complete cleutam . , BNlly *5 cents liigh' i P Imlay « average on burrow s E. 111)11: steady on sows; vlrPj all good and choice hogs r ” al 1175 celling; lew good P'ltolce latl to ISO n.s 1125 to F*' most cows at 14.00 ceilint F ''it*” l P"l* 14,000. Calves: l.'t"" I trail,. w yearlings, including F'M heifers fully steady; hut Pttin weight and weighty steers L. **ak; largely stere run; r* - * ,a rltngs up Io 17.75 bulk gN 1.100 to le.&O; best f.'.l P r ‘ ■■’•7s; bulk 1140 to 15 Ito r 4 10 25 cents higher scan■<■ P ,,r X active; bulla l« to 15 F* tip: Vealera steady al 15 5", Flf U.ihi down. L 6000. ,\|| classes op.li I r ° # X. three decks good ami F" »round »4 lbs. fed wool. <1 C" others held to L/‘ ■’•■ls; several sales m-d EL»M ro.m| laml.s 13 75 to L "»ad just good yearliiig L ’■• <5. three loads gms! F 'ho|< ( . around 12k lbs. fed f" n owes carrying u small K 725 , M |-;1... loti 1 40 d medium mixed • «< ■ •■<* Atraighl

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♦ — LOCAL classified advertising rates I Minimum for frat lna«rtl O n 30« Ona Tima, Ptr Word i. /a< Additional Inaertlona | Par Word. Par Day Every other day inaertlona, ‘ double the rate (per word) 3« | Card of Thanka | Obltuarlea, Veraea. Re. I t'ona t1 I Mer.ua, run menu etyle . 41 I Notices, Cap Heads, Spt body i Ml Pica* deep, one column) ♦ Insertion Deadline Copy must be tn oil ice by II a. m. Monday through bnday. {Saturday deadline in If a. rn. FillUSALir roll SALE Hoy l, , ) - Ev lent condition. Phon, 7.;i p J FOR SALE ( . 1.,, ~ i~wir I tng (uppllas and flxtursa I hnes i Bros Phone 369 404. ELECTRICAL SPPPMES Regardlean of your ne.di in the line of electrical supplies, large or email, we can supply you. jm ludtug wire, beating elements, awiti hes. futures etc. Arnold « Klenk 226 ts FOR SALE Shallow w. , 1 sure cistern pump . No pis ilty needed. Arnold a- Klenk .’Mt: I FOR KALE 5 .Jay ltM) i 1 wt» 'i . .pm. ! 613 < FOR ,-\l Eds ..s . , . f , 1.,, w;.i.y l.ii:. y M. .1 sp. ,u.--, u . .r- ! and wii. •1- 5 I(i f u • , ■' 1 ■' ' 'in ' .•until. 3 nil.. w., . in ~| , l'< .at u A II . .:n. , ■...., ~ , ~,||, ■ >t.:u Foil SAM - 331 South Thu.| ~ti. . .... p m Phone 1 ,"H3x \o |I. I <>| s«I | i.| III: v I l.s i vi i W (!!. W . ■ | W I t ■ -■ v :. | U . ;rs .• til Ht. k \ M ; ■ O • If' ? P ( i(f | a?l \. H • ■: '■ ■ 411 I ■ 4II<I tb • tj|j. 4. - ! • <l.llO 111 A'Lt ! * • ? I . - Wis N ! i I • i ■n» • f« t • .%• ■lts>4 I* 1' . I ' » I X ; lx.: c r v. \ ' ■ ‘A .*. ' ■ ■ tana A u xx\ \ !>.*' e t . it. j . - A' ' X h’ 14 1; I : 4 -r. . ! N H JI L !•< | I U | J' X' -■ , '• ‘ ; I; I 11:. Pi Xi.l, xm 4 - • - : x 1: i: ■ ■ A < fi’v r f i- ‘ f« : n 1 A and * • ' • ■•, ?•••' U| - II a » : * Ai*o. •' ■-■• ■ ■ f» t-( U • <’ *’f ’ |4H X :• I ■■ I AI• \ M--i ■ • nout it Itti . t * ♦ t. ! *' tllFil* .« - f ' ’ f* et t » ’h* ’■ • tr« «*t ' ' .. Ing. IIW ImtH.K ' V .<1 ■ hn’luilli.g ■ w, _ ir; ■'■ ■ ?•■;■ soli . I H ■■ '• '■ ■ ex.-i:i’t r . J . , t o .'.■■••’• ~. to 1 • -f’ l ' j4l. t ■ W 1 x .... f-. I ’ I ’ threof ... S,|,| s.te w- ■ , , | . tl v* , If s.«vi 1 ; ■‘.j . tia\ to <1 • hi t»l »■ I’ 1 lau ‘“-kPiene. nt YVOS Admn ’• ; *'[. , of HU YV Sli.rl It. t.m'*”- ... >is «l «l ll' I s 1 'l * t » " ' ,X , . . . <• .l.ivi ‘ ■ ‘ ~ . Z tt • .VI ■ • • .I I ‘ .1 Ito ■■ I w 1 . ..nut- » . 11 c-<|. 11l hi H- ■>•• ’ | th r. 11 I , "10. II Z . ' 1 mihwm •■ 1 INSURANCE Leo “Dutch” Ehinjrer FIRE — W )ND ~l UT °- 7il 720 N. 3rd St. Phone .>e» N. \. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST HOURS: 0.30 to 41tW ’2 W‘ a * M Saturdays g;o ° * mTelephone 13S fcya. EsammeM Gta»>»» >"«»■»

WANTED | SEWING MACHINE IIEPAIRTKq All makes. Needles, oil. belta, raru. Boardman’s, 445 South First. 2H4-25U WE MAKE i wv. r . ii bucklea. covered buttons, do hemstitching and 1- tic- butfbnhoiea. Mrs. Buardman, ‘I-. South First. 284 25tx WANTED Radios to repair. Uh-rt'-k Bros MUf WANTEIi ro RENT — For res'arch chemist good modern Home. Guaranteed rent. No com’.oh. Hob Heller, A Good Realty Service. Phone 870. 284ktf WANTED To buy auto from '37 ’» I-’ Phone 502 b 301-tit WANTED I/ians on farms. Eaat•rn money. Ix>w rates. Very liberal terms. See me so rabslracta of -e. t ench Quinn. 33 T-T-ts MISCELLANEOUS I lll'.h lor routing, gidin,; and John Manville rock wool . in 'dit.mi. Saves fuel, spells com- . !'■ . Io with, security. Boardman. 1 Phon. 411. 214-25 t iDVEHTISING Future business ■1 i- rds on Today's advertising. ll>\ 1.1 l I ISE WITH - calendars, II" ■ ! '• : "'elf les When it's ad- < all phone 95 G Monroe, Ind Phil Nu . b.iutn. 2&4tt FARMERS ArTENTIOSrmove dead horses, cows, hogs, etc. Drcatur phone 2000. We pay all I phone charxes. The Stadler Proiucu Co. is-tt XnW HATCHING Order bioiler m l,- 11 .v. Hatches eai Ii Tilesliv .ini, TliUi day of i-aeli week :■ • n bloodl'-l' d pan nt stock Li ■ d. maud for broilers, order I re- book on how to l.iixe 'll ill \\ ■ Il 1 plenty of I d M" : . Ila •In s > Monro' . 11l- ■ Xi i pt 'Al.ill., s plioili- -I 3"1 Illi Feb 28 MONEY TO lAJAN Cash loans of 410 to |3oO made to women or i'll Ik .cur Loan and Discount r > ath .» \uto License Bureau. T laOST AND FOUND l.t’Sl 1.1 11 Illi bilfftdil between 1 itlioiii and .liiliioi'Senior high 1 i'U-dIX ■ d M s. l.ulie Kit - —..— . I, .1— FOR RENT 1 < 4 Uh?.!' I min wrl’ tvilur. • P .. <>f ei.iiui ii, 4 Jiii kcnb j- I I ’ - ion J i'iii.iiy 1 I L •.< IK 301-45! Mil H I <»l 11% tl. Ml I I |.HL% I 1 I * I I« I Mi. 3W|3 • • ' • .1 I • 1 .i« • re - I I t l-.is . I I i.Jith .It.. .4j.ps .4 HI Ihr ' ‘ JU, i|4-b| It IN.'HP 1 if. 4 13th U.IJ ol • 4 ■ ID I .1 »U I'lllHo | • • I -al ."•»-Ilk iiiriil A‘ - • 1 .4 halil 4e I I; ! L -»| p- JtVt-tl. ,»ti as» • lf|4<l I" |l|«|| 4!i«l ii. tk« pr «. f < * n«4; *hip, .tn 'I ■ ■ b , i IS 4 H >.• I. . ii.iii, AdmhiiMraloi 1 ■ I.’ . lull . fl »l >i«r I iijjtti, Mt trnr> In j»i Jun. - Markets at a Glance By I'nited Press r. i n ly luaer and 1 I: .id In*- . I ; > st k< irregularly lower. < -a k irn gular'.v higher 1 .-'.in < id, V. ’ i»a . iyn,., -urn and bary firm. < 1 >• > k II siring 1 1 •• fully , ii idy. sheep strong. o CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE May 41 64-41 114',. July 41 55'i- Sept . |l.s4>i-‘- l 1 11 JMay ii H'» inly >1 !••'■»; s. i»t 4i '•!'•'« oil-. May, 66' a : July. .61 'j: S. pi s'. \ bid FEDERAL Tax Estimates l arnteis and others not -uliied lo withholding. ( all lor appointment. L. A. Cowens Phone H2I Decatur, Ind. Concentrates— Complete Feeds (■RINDING mixinc; SHELLING (a>h foal, Feed & Supply MUNROE at 1 lull 111 Phone 32 IL. A. Holthouse Harold W. Gram

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New, Heavier Blows ' Pledged By Nimilz * i Jap Stronghold In Volcanos Blasted 1 Pearl Harbor, Dee. 20—(UP)— •'N- w and more powerful blows” ■ against Japan In 1*45 wrn promised • by Admiral Chester W. Nlmitx fol--1 lowing another three-ply naval-air ■ bombardment of the enemy strongI hold of Iwo in the Volcano islands, . 600 miles aouth of Tokyo. 1 Nimltx's pledge of an early In- . ten silication of the war agalnat I Japan was contained in a Christman day message to his forces. He r said the new attacks "will bring us . closer to victory and peace.” Pacific fleet unit* steamed up to Iwo Saturday and loosed broadside after broadcsidv at shipping in its ’ harbor and coastal defenses. ; At least three Japanese ships, a ' destroyer escort, a patrol craft and a medium lauding craft were sunk by gunfire. Tokyo said more than 10 cruisers aud destroyers participated iu the assault, which last two and a half hours American B-2S SuperfortraaaM 1 i«dii.-d the offensive with a medium ■ raid on Iwo s airfield*, which serve ■ Asa base for attacks on the B-2* • base on Saipan and for Interception • of Tokyo-bound Superfortresses. ! IA Japanese Domei broadcast • said Japanese fdaites touched off • llres and explosions at seven points ■ in an attack Monday on Saipan. - Th.- broadcast admitted the loss of • two planes. o— Hirshey Funeral Is ; Held This Afternoon t Charles Hirshey f Is Taken By Death [ Funeral services were held this afternoon at th- Gillig a Doan [i fuiwral home for Charles Hirshey, . 56. Decatur laborer, who died Sunday morning at tin- Adams comity memorial hospital after a 30-day illness of coinplii atlona. 1 H w i born in Adams county 1 Nov I". I***, lb* son "f Mr. and . Mrs August Hirshey. and was a - lifelong resident of this community He was a member of the I lilted Brethren church. Surviving are a former wife and s three children, now living in Fort Wayne, and an uncle. Henry Hlrt shey of Adams county Rev. IL It. Wilson officiated at r the services and burial was in the - Spring Hill ciinetery, northeast of ‘ Berne t ——_o — COURT HOUSE Real Estate Tranafera W Guy Brown ct ux to Claude S. 7ooim it ux pt. Dutlot 39 iii Decatr for II Nathan C. Nelson, Comm., to Artur Blakey et ux 40 acres in Un>ll Township for 44000. laiuise laimont latnde et al to Irzin C. Mauller et ux 100 .urea in tool township for |7,0"0. LoiiMe larmont et al to Alien i.M Mauller et ux 100 acres in loot township for 17.000. Anna M McCabe nt al to Robert •- Hoffman et ux lot 264 iu Geneva or >1 S.tm Num haunt et ux to Floyd M '.eliinaii i-i ux lots 726-772 in Herne for >l. Hilda Tn-ple et al to Ci’y of De-

11 IIU<I VI * • THIMBLE THEATER Now Showing-“ACKNOWLEDGED CELEBRITIES!” . - sZ^ r n i'. '/.s.v'X' ''■' -— (GONE ORF J x)f ' /" ~ZX again j xA «*^**** , !»♦• I* . 1 I I l~£——/ ,z 1 BLONDIE BLA C K SH E E I*! By Chic Young ;; CBLONDIB/M goodness/ come>| FT ’ [ TTI f7€;< ' UH *• _ > / P*7L r l'/ lw y to think. Elmer was \ U s:' ’#- rMI C ONJLSS \ IN THE BASEMENT WHEN) _ I. II J iV'if TiSEB? 6 J THE MAN DEUVERED < l' l I "vss/ lOlb'Wi; -4WII ... it k-~ > U>O| „ iMr»r J JM hr*. *■ ? > - t

catur 40 acres in Wasbinx'on and Root townships for >4.000. Eva J. Acker to Leatrt Tumbleaou et ux 73.68 acres in St Mary's towuabip for 11 Floyd Smitiey at ux iu Roy W. Nidellnger et ux 40 acres iu Washington towuship for 11. o The California Fruit Growers Ex ciutuge estimates the present season's crop of apples, peaches and pears—all strong competitors of Callfornla-Arlxona citrus fruits—al less than 154 million bushels compared to last year's 225 million bushel crop. _p January Tires For Civilians Reduced 10 Percent Below Total In December Washington. Dec. 26. — <UFj — The general tightening up of the nation's war effort was reflected today in an office of price administration announcement that January tire quotas for civilian use would be 10 percent below the December total. Passenger car drivers will get 1.*OO.OOO new Urea — 200.000 fewer than tile 2.000,000 they received in December Small trucks and btiMw Were cut from 280.tm0 to 216.""'' and heavy trucks from llo.idm to 100.000 This reduction was iu line with a recent war production board announcement that production of passenger tires would be <lll i.65'>.000 in the first quarter of 1045 from the number produced in the first i quarter of 1944. O|*A rationing chief Max Mi-tlul-' lough called on truckers and motor Isis (or imreased use of rucapped tires and more use of ear pools ID- raid the quota cut would In, felt most by heavy truck and bus operate! .«. It won't bother "A” card holder They can t get new tires anyway . —— <) Former Local Man Is Taken By Death Bvron Dent Dies Saturday Evening Byron A. Dent. 83. a native of Decatur. died Saturday night al the home of a daughter. Mrs. C-harle* Long, in Fort Wayne. He was born m this city but had resided in Fort Wayne for the pas' 47 years. He was a retired Nickel Plate railroad conductor He was a mentlber of Precious Blood Catholic church. Order of Railway Condortons and Old Veterans of the Nickel Plate.. Ills father, Byron H !>• Ut. was the secund mayor of Decatur and a (ormer Adams county clerk 'Survivois include the wife, Sophia; t'W<> daughters, Mrs. Long and Mrs. Desora Morrow of Fort Wayne; two som. Thomas of Fort Wayne and John D»'tit of Toledo O . six grandchildren aud one greatgrandchild. Funeral service- will he held a< 9:3ft a in Wednesday at the Ash-ley-Wilson funeral home in Fort Wayne, with Rev. Aloys Dirkseii officiating Burial will be in the D 1 atur cemetery. “noticeT See Me for All Kinds of GENERAL INSURANCE Representing Old Line Companies Kenneth Runyon lO7'/ 2 N. Second Phone 385

ALLIED AIRMEN K'octiuuci From Pug-i 1, Karl Brandt of Newport, Pa , said thunderbolts In attacks on 30 German held Belgian villages hud left all in Hames "Fires were burning in practically every town in the battle area,” he said Meanwhile marauder medium bomber* plastered two bridges on the Moselle river and four communication centers immediately behind the front, continuing the campaign to isolate the German spearhead from supplies and reinforcements. Other pilots reported that their big 72 hours over the battle area already had changed the course of the conflict They reported German armored convoy* and supply columns for the first time were taking to secondary roads, just as they did in the Normandy aerial maasacres, in an attempt to avoid the skv-borne destruction. Luftwaffe strength over the battle area continued to dwindle as it has dully since the air phase of the bnttb- b» Kan — oTrade In « Good T-iwo n... .•

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NAZI SPEARHEAD IConlinuad From I'ag* 1) L.ege. .Lt least two of the- aPtnie* committed to ibe German drive were! Identified a» the fifth panzer army and the seventh infantry srvny By Sheaf account, the idg push from the Belgian-Luxembourg frontier z.iiii< and ite origin and development in Hitler's rnlnd iu the last t.hree months while his engrossment was covered up with rumors of hi- rug-imowing, an operation tor a critical throat ailment, and a flight to Japan, among others. The rumors reached flood tide

SAI.E CALENDAR JAN B—Loren M. Adam*. 2% miles Northeut of Silver latke. Indiana, so acre farm, modern home, and all personal property. J. F. Banm*nn, Auctioneer. JAN 4—T. R. Ketcham, miles, north of Rockford. Ohio on road 118, then % mile west and then 4 mile north. Closing out sale. Roy Johnson, auctioneer. JAN. 9—Mr*. Allen Oorsey. J mile* Southasst of Hicksville, Ohio, on No. 37 then 1 mile south, All Personal Property. J. F. San* msnn. Auctioneer. JAN 10—John Hinck. 3 miles West and 4 mile North of Decatur, lad. Complete Close Out Hale. J. F. Ssnmsnn, auctioneer. JAN 12 Oscar Reeb, 2 miles East and 3 mile* North of Antwerp, Ohio. Livestock and personal property. J. F. Ssnmsnn, auct.

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1 when Hitler Uiled to speak on tho aunivereary of the Munich beer cellar putsch, a eotn of ' holy ttay” in Nazidom ■« ■ 9 ■»—>—> Decatur Man Given Discharge From Army Robert Rutnschlag ha* boon honorably discharged from the army. He entered the service last spring and wee recently stationed at Fort Sill. Okla. He arrived home in time to be with hi* family on ChrhCmaa. Mr Rums<*tilag formerly operated Bob's place. o —