Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1945 — Page 2

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Local Lady's Sister Dies In Arizona Nib. I A, Be>'n«tein litis reeived word of tho death of her winter, Mrs. Fl ox Klein, who died of a heart attack Monday at her home in Tuscon. Ariz. IMI4. Klein was w 11 known in Decatur, having viai'eti here on numerous occasions. 0 — Closed Thurs., Fri. & Sailor redecorating. Open Monday, April 2.—Corner Grill.

Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulsion relieves promptly be-; cause it goes right to the seat of the i trouble to help loosen and expel : germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw. tender, inflamed bronchial mucous mem-| branes. Tell your druggist to sell you ■ a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis i

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«■«■a■■■■.a■■ ■ ■ ■ '■ ■ ■ A ■ ■ * ’ SEED POTATOES ’ a Cobbler $3.00 per 100 IKs. B size. Katahdin $3.25 per 100 lbs. B size. ’ Chippewas $3.00 per 100 lbs. B sUe.,, , >tl ® This is all from last year's certified seed. a R Will sell by truck loads. | H Eating potatoes $2.50 up. < s 13 At Gottschalk Supply Co., Phone 240. Berne, Ind., I H and at my storage at I Ann Grave. „ EZRA HABEGGER ! j| Phone R-535 a.a ia*a aa a ■ aaflia aaaaaaaaitoiafcaaaail Fl i £ ’ I " IN observance of 1 n g a GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 30 | E I • This Bank will i : CldSfeFHday j ■ at 12 Nfcdfi I ■ I arid will ir eHiri iri I ii ctbsteb Hit Tttfc I « BALANCfe OF fttE ™ bAY. < ■ I " r.ESERVBCJ* I I | : First State Bank | M«hbcr F. 11 I.C. Established * S& — — —. -mi aa.. an M-'flai aa M aa vaa

Foresee Stiff Nazi Fight In Ruhr Area Important Fart Os Forces Committed Washington. Mar. 28. — (VP) , Military observers believed today I I hat the Gentians would put up a ' stiff tight tor the Ruhr deapite the i apparent demoralization elsewhere I on the western from. The enemy appears to have comI mitted an important part of his | forces to defend this industrially- | rich area ami Allied gains have i been notably smallest there. Observers here believed that Germa’,i i forces in the Ruhr could maintain ; cohesion and continue resistance i even though tile rest of the western ' front fell to pieces. Even if the Allies do not make I great progress into the area, howi ever, advances on either side eventually will make the Nazi position i untenable. ! Gen. Dwight 1). Eisenhower, in I his statement on the status of the i war, eugftested that the Germans I might be able to organize tor a new stand when the Allies are forced to stop because of supply limitations. Three possible north-south defense lines are available to the Germans. One extends along the Eins river and through the Harz mountains; the second along the .Weser ami through the Harz mountains; anti tlie third along the Elbe. If the Germans make the maximum use of their capabilities, resistance might be prolonged a matter of weeks or months, though, they would be forced to give way when- ' ever the Allies assembled strength. Q_ YANKEE FORCES (Continued From Page One) ’b" 16th century from a poisoned arrow. It is only 75 miles from , Qrnioc on American-held Leyte and approximately 350 miles southeast of Manila. Admiral Russell Barkey com mantled the task force which supported the landing and Capt William Sprague commanded the amphibious attack force. On Luzon, the first cavalry division and the 11th airborne division were nearing a junction as i they edged the Japanese into the southeastern tail of the island. ■ The cavalrymen, pushing south of Laguna bay seized Malvar I airfield, seven miles north of the ! road huh of Lipa, under attack by i the airborne forces. Liberator bombers of the fifth air force raided the airdrome and port facilities of Legaspi, near th- extreme southeastern tip of i Luzon, again Sunday with 80 tons of bombs. Oilier fifth air force liberators the same day hit Formosa, bombing and strafing an alcohol factory and a power plant at Okayama.

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TOKYO jtEPbRfT" (Continued From Page Ono) daylight raid on Kyushu southerumovt of the Japanese home islands,, with a aecoud attack lasting from 10:30 p. tn. to last midnight. Residential sections around Kokina aud Mojl, important industrial towns on the northern tip O' Kyushu, were damaged, Tokyo saW. but important war plants and other facilities wero unharmed. Miyazaki, on the southeast coast, and Kumamoto, on the west coast, also Were said to have been hit. The Tokyo home radio said American reinforcements landed qn 4ka. in the Kerama group. 22 miles west of southwest Okinawa, Monday morning -some 24 hours after tlie original force of 2,000 American iropps went ashore on that and neighboring islands. Tlie broadcast said American nulls which landed on Tokashika. three miles east of Aka, had been, “successfully repulsed," but did not claim that their bridgehead had been wiped out. "Savage battles are raging at the present time in the Kerama group," Tokyo said. REtt drive to (Continued From Page One) trained marine battalions, including many boys and elderly men. It was estimated that the Red army had captured about 100,000 prisoners in the past week's fighting, principally around Koenigsberg and in northwestern Hungary. To the south, the Soviets drove, to within 20 miles of Austria and 58 of Vienna as a fourth Ukrainian army group joined an offensive crumbling Germany's southern defenses along a 350-mile front. Still another army group to the northeast battled through the streets of tbe twin Baltic , ports of Danzig and Gdynia and their liberation appeared near. The Russians had reached the center of ancient Danzig. , A Get man infantry general speaking over the Berlin radio said Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov Os tbe first White Russian army group was assembling huge armored and infan-' try forces in the Oder bridgehead beyond Kuestrin. 38 miles east of Berlin. An,imminent attack against high ground on both sides of Seelow, on the Kiiestrin-Berlin super-highway > and railway 32 miles east of Berlin, was anticipated, he said. Though the Red army announced the capture of Kuestrin March 12. a German transocean broadcast today said that the remnants of the German garrison, refused a Soviet surrender demand only yesterday. Transocean said Soviet troops attacked Neubleyen and Bienenhof. one mile west and southwest respectively of Kuestrin. Unofficial military observers in London for some time have expected the Russians to open their offensive against Berlin in coordination with the Allied advance beyond the Rhine in the west. Marshal Feodor J. Tolbukhin's third Ukrainian army group ’drove to within 20 miles of the Austrian border and 58 miles southeast of Vienna with the. capture of tbe Hungarian town of Morichida, 15 miles southwest of Gyoer.

U. S. PLANES ATTACK (Continued From Page One) vancing American and British armies. A German DNB dispatch broadcast just after the raid announced that arrangements had been made to evacuate Berliners, particularly women and children, to less-expos-ed areas because of the “air terror." RAF Mosquitos—Nazi broadcasts said a 75-tpile procession of them —had hit Berlin less than 12 hours previously for the 36th straight night. They dropped two-ton block busters and showers of Are bombs. Little more than a smoking shell remained of the Berlin that once was the world’s fourth largest city. Jt has been the target of a greater weight of bombs than any other city in the world. Fires of various sizes have burned almost ceaselessly In Berlin since the RAF began its current scries of nightly Mosquito raids supplemented by occasional American daylight attacks. togahsport Workers Continue Strike 'Logansport. Ind., . March 24 , — (UP)—Striking employee of the Redinger .manufacturing company continued their wovk stoppage today. The 85 war workem baited prodwetion .yesterday jd a strike that was unauthorised by, the United Auto, workers local turion (AFI.) Until Sprontbert. presideot of the' Union, Said. ~ fiproufbert eaid that (hr? ,WQrk stoppage was tquxrhed oft when plant, superintendent Richard Epigel refused to permit three ? m " ployes who had gcue to attend a union meeting to re-eatpi; the plant monday night. The. principal cause of the. Atrihq- #oy«yer. v-’as the rejection of a Uniop bargaining committfee from the plant last Friday night, Strombert added.

Activities Os “The Den' 9 Are Described By Center Members

(ktlitbr's note: Following is auother article prepared by the publicity committee of “The Den”, Decatur's youth center). The following hours will be in effect during the Easter vacation; Thursday. 2 to 5 and 7 to 11 p. in ; Friday, 7 to it p. ru. only; Saturday. < to 11 p. m. only; Sunday. 2 to 5 p. in. The checker tournament has started under the direction of Fritz Fanrote, Several first round matches have been playejl, with Arthur and Faurote each winning two. First round participants are requested to complete matches before, Monday in order that the tournament may be kept moving. Several of the art-inclined "Den” members have begun work on their entries in the art contest. The drawings must be done in ink, chalk, or pencil and must be submitted before April 15. The judges will be selected

F bi. AfitSSEfiATE iContinued From Page One) fairly handling the manpower situation squarely with the executive branch of the government.” ... The president said the compromise was "not all that was recom.mgnded" by himself. Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, and Adm, Ernest J. King, commander, in chief of the U. S. fleet. They had asked universal service; r'However," he added, "in a controversial matter of this kind, legislation can lie enacted only as a result of compromise.” “Failure to enact this legislation,” the president said, "will make the successful conduct of the war even more difficult." Ironically, in view of the presi dent’s stand, several leading new de|l senators are heading the fight against the measure. —The house passed the bill yesterday by a vote of 167 to 160. Sens. Joseph C. O'Mahoney. D.. Wyo., and Harley M. Kilgore, D., W. Va.. led the fight against.it in the senate. They wired for support from the 61 senators who joined them in passing the senate's original "voluntary" mampower bill. The compromise hill would vest virtually unlimited power in war mabilizer James F. Byrnes, under its terms he might impose labor ceilings on any industry, freeze workers in any industry, and regulate the hiring and re Hiring of workers wherever he chose.

SALE CALENDAR MAR. 31—Alvin Gerig, Gralrill, Ind., Fine 7 room home and 5 city lots. J. F. Sanmann, Auct. APR. 7—lvan Lentz, Fairgrounds, Hicksville, O. 35 Head Saddle Horses Buggy.% Harness and Riding equipment. 6:00 p. m. J. F. Sanmann, ,Auct, . , APR. 7—Lantz’s Restaurant. Hicksville, Ohio. A (ine going business and all equipment, 2:30 p. nt. J. F. Sanmann, Auctioneer. APR. 9 —Earl B. Adams, Farm located . 7 miles South of Huntington, Ind., on Highway No. 9. improved 290 acre farm. J. F. Sanmahn, auctioneer. APR. 11 —Ferd L. Litterer, Commissioner. Touuellier Improved LOO Allies, 1\ miles Northwest of Decatur.. Indiana on the Winchester Road, then *4 mile West. J. F. Sanmann, auct.

Self-WateringSeed Box Helps (Set fcarly Start

Amateur gardeners who start Victory garden seeds indoors will find success easier if they make use of tbe latest device for watering—wick feeding-. You bore a hole in. the bottom of a shallow box (seedsmen sell them knocked down); insert a w<ck..preferably of fibre alass, about .4 inches long. A lamp stuck, qr even.a.lpiec* of cotton clothesline wßlierVe quite .well. The box is elevated cm two pieces otwood, so that the.lower end of the,wick can be immvned, in .water in a saucer, pan, or you. .iTsis simple devic» -solves the md>st (difficult prpblenvof a seed box, wmckis watering. Keep the -reservoir, Ailed, and the soil in the box will remain at just the right state of dampness, without dripping •r drying. , To start the action., soil is first nqturAted by. lowering,th* box in>a tub of water; k and after-it has stopped, dripping, it- is Weed in a dark place until the seeds germinate. , v , ’ ~.r .• , Sphagnum moss oan be used, sf deqired, 4q prevent, damping-off. which is a fungtis disease that frequently attacks seedlipgs. Rub the Ptass through a cohrsi sieve er epllandor and place a layer of thia rijredded moss, over the soil in the flat, to the depth bt 14 to % inch. Firm and saturate soil and moss. Drop the seeds on the- moss, and cover very lightly with a thin layer sphagnum. Proceed, from this point on as with sojl culture. . Seedlings may, b* » Bwn *P this need starter In rows, broadcast or fn plant bands. When sown in rows or broadcast, more seedlings can he grown; but either they should be transplanted once indoors to another starter in which the plant bands are used: or they should be •own late enough to permit of transplanting to the open garden before they get 100 large. For- -sowing in rows, mark rows two inches apart’ by pressing liriitV jn -the sell the. edge of a riuSr.' then drsp the seeds evenly aleng ' the row thus ■ marked and c»v*r lightly with fine soil or sand. Firm

by the Woman's club and the contest will be governed by the rules posted on the bulletin board in "The Den " With the improvements being carried out on the lot where the North Ward school formerly stood, recreation facilities provid ed for Decatur younger people have increased substantially. A pair of basketball goals have been erected and among further improvements is the resurfacing of the entire field, which would provide for a smoother basketball court, and if the demand is great enough, the erection of several tennis courts. A capacity crowd has been present almost every hour that school is not in session. "The Den” members, especially the boys, extend their appreciation to the street department and Phil Sauer for their efforts to provide a safe outdoor recreational spot.

; , Backing him up would be i 110,000 fines, a year in jail, or both for any worker or employer who violated any regulation he might hand down at any time between now and June 30. 1946.. , ——; —O- : . SOFT COAL MINERS (Continued From Page One); which were almost certain to. be rejected by the UMW. The UMW tradition has been I'no contract, no work.” But the miners were known to be willing to continue work in ease of government seizure pending settlement of the dispute with the producers. Fuel administrator Harold L. j Ickes again warned that the war I effort required uninterrupted coal ' production. By Saturday midnight, i he said, stockpiles will be at the ■ lowest level since Pearl Harbor. Thompson Resigns As Kraft Plant Manager .Robert Thompson, former inanI ager of the Kraft Cheese company's ; plant in this city, has accepted a I position a« production manager of t Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., Hunting'.oiv a aulwidiary of National Dairy Products Corp. Mr. Thompson and family will move as soon I a.s they can find a hou-e in Hunt- | ington. IMr. Thompson has been identij fied with the dairy businerss for nearly a score of years and was J named manager of th: local plant more than a year ago. His sueces- ; sor has not yet been announced by the Kraft company.

i ' ■ J Top Cat-Wick is-poshed throagt hola-in bottom of flat, frayed toj is embedded in soil. Lower Cut—Lower end of wick it immersed in water in dish below 1 flat, Wick keeps soil moist. lhe soil by pressing lightly with | block of wood. To broadcast, shake seed frorr packet so that it falls as evenly a; ! possible over the entire flat; ther cover lightly with a .fine, soil. o> sand .and. firm by pressing lightlj with a block of wood. j ~. Immediately sprouts sppest place the box in the sunnles* «in : flow you own. A kitshen window b food, because humidity U always . greater there.

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“GRIM” IS THE WORD, used by Washington authorities in a recent statement, to describe the immediate future of civilian passenger car transportation. Tire trouble and tire shortages : : : motor trouble and parts shortages': ;: are forcing so many cars off U. S. streets and highways every day, that the nation is rapidly approaching the low point in cars needed to keep our country’s civilian economy at an efficient operating-level. It’s danger all the way, because every mile you drive places extra hazards and added burdens

on your already over-age car. So in our country’s interest, and in your own, be thrifty with your dwindling stock of car and tire miles. Care For Your Car For Your Country to help prevent the threatened crisis in home-front transportation. Get the patriotic cooperation of your Phillips 66 Service Man in making your car and tires

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I -M':, ■' ■ < ■■ ' ' ' ' v I ! i. O' ■ ■ ' ME...- .. j POURING FROM HANGARS and other buildings along the water front at Omura on Kyushu, one of th* Japanese home islands, is smoke from fires started by U. S. Navy carrier-based planes in their attack on the important Nip industrial center. Joining the carried-based planes have been the niigluy B-29a from tho Marianas to strike a two-way blow in Tokyo's backyard. fJnternatiowDi

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WEDNESDAY, MARCHg,

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in your car and tires. You need to stretch the life of your personal essential transportation. So visit your Phillips 66 Service Man at least once a week and he will gladly share both responsibilities with you ; : ; at the Orange and Black 66 Shield . . . the sign of famous Phillips 66 Gasoline and Phillips 66 Motor Oil.

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