Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1945 — Page 2

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Road To Berlin By United Preas The nearest distances to Beilin from advanced Allied lint* today: Eastern front: 31 miles (from Zaeckerick). Western trout: 270 miles (from east of Linz). Italy: 524 miles (from I’o pi Eliraaro river). ' <> | The predecessor of the roller bearing appeared first in 1100 H.C. 1 A picture painted on a rock at El Bersheb in that year shows work-j era placing cylinders of wood m the patli of a great slub of stone gs other men pall it forward.

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JAPANESE NAVAL (Continued From Page One) Japanese homeland. Kobe. 160 miles east of Kur-*. still was digging out from the i smouldering debris left by a 2,300ton B-29 Superfortress raid 48 hours earlier when the swarms of carrier planes struck yesterday. Kobe is Japan* biggest port. Other objectives in and around the island sea also were attacked, the Pacific fleet communique said. Tile inland sett is bounded by I northeast Kyushu, northern Sink-] oku and southwest Honshu. ,

Report On Damage From Ohio Floods Red Cross Aiding Affected Families Cincinnati, 1). Marell 20—(UP) (More than 22.400 families were evacuated from their homes and almost 24.000 lljuildiugs damaged or I destroy d in the Ohio river’s reI cent flood, initial talbulations from ■ tlte flooded area disclosed today. 1 Joseph L. Carter, director of the I central headquarters of tlte Anit-ri--1 can Red Cross Ohio valley relief I operations, said that r >halbilitation j of more than 32,400 families was in progress wlu-re tile overflow wa- | teig had receded. ■Actually, some 47.611 families I were affected by the flood. Carter .said alt'hough lees than half that number were forced to flee their] homes. On the basis of .preliminary ta.lt-. illations, the director announced I that 58 home. 60 barns and 801 other buildings were completely | destroyed in the area’s worst flood ] in eight years. A total of 2 .709 additional homes 607 barns and 2.639 other buildings w re damaged .he said, exclusive of unaccounted losses tn still inun- ' dated areas. Carter said that 13,369 persons | were housed in 125 Red Cross shel-1 ter? during the flood whil • 17.419 1 were fed in 75 emergency canteens set up by the organization. ‘Meinbiis of the 'Red Cross medical staff as well as 135 Red Cross nurses have remained on duty in

lur.'p)- nave rHinaineti nn uuiy in ueiiiucrai whih. un hcouk - -A : DAMAGED when the plane flying above it in formation was hit by Jap anti-aircraft fire and fell on top of it, this TBF, numbered 113, came home with the "prayer" on one wing. In the collision, 113 lose her port wing tip and had her fuselage cracked just forward of the tail, but the pilot, by holding the stick with both hands and legs, managed to fly 100 miles from the point of collision near Chichi Jima to its surface group. As the plane neared the surface group, the tail broke off, but it landed and a destroyer rescued the crew. This is an official U. S. Navy photo. (International Soundphoto)

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! devastated areas, aiding local ' health department officiate to fight I dig.nee and pcwsilble epidemics, | Carter reported. SENATE VOTES (Continued From Page One) posted that the investigators look Into "the extent to 'which meat is being stockpiled by other nations at the expense of citizens of the I United States.' . War food administrator Marvin Jones acknowledged in a radio address ('Blue network) last night 1 that many important food items were in short supply. But other items, he said, are plentiful and if properly distributed ‘will assure the people a “good wholesome diet." du both the house and senate, resolutions gaining favor were ■sponsored by Democrats, but generally the drive for congressional ] action <was spearheaded by Repub1 Beams. In a series of one-minute speechI es in the house yesterday Repulbli- | can speakers the adminiI 3 nation of "interfering with, harassing and hopping on out fa ( rmI ens.” | There were charges that the ad- ] mintetration “has done everything I possible to discourage food producers, io drive him out of bueiiies<s and create a food shortage.” — 0 —— I One hundred years ago. when ! the Mutual Benefit Life insurance I Co. of Newark. N. J., was founded, it was customary to cancel a policy if the holder joined the Army or Navy without the consent of the i < ompany. Q Democrat Want Ads Get Results

Phelps Dodge Plans Fort Wayne Factory Plan Big Addition To Plant Facilities New York, Mar. 20—(UP)— Phelps Dodge Copper Products corporation today announced plans for the construction of a $4,500,000 wire aml cable plant at Fort Wayne, Ind., which will expand the company’s permanent production facilities. The new plant, which will be built by the corporation without government assistance, will be fully equipped for copper rod rolling and for wire drawing, stranding and insulating on a tonnage basis. The company already has acquired 31 acres for the project and has started operations preliminary to actual construction. “The engineering work is practically finished,” Wylie Brown, president, said, "and building will begin just as soon as government restrictions allow. When completed. the plant, we believe, will be the most modern in the country and will employ about 4,000 persons al full production." Brown emphasized that the new mill is not primarily for increased production of war materials but will be a permanent addition to (he nationwide manufacturing facilities of the company. It will uot be an addition to Ihe present

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Mild-Life Restoration The apportionment of $806,50fi among the states for the restoration and development of their wildlife resources during 1945, under the terms of the Pittman-Robertson act, is the smallest since the act became effective in 1938.

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