Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1945 — Page 3

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• <y of victory E ( ®ON GROUP MEETS K K <>f Victory discussion '‘veiling at the home Steignieyer. fl* Am <n - Mil,er ’ f ' ,ialrman ’ meeiing with prayer. Ir oons topics were disEiKv which a short bustg‘'Bin" was held. Members I 6 K l{ attend the district 22 in Monroeville. K l ‘“B )ri ,. Xess'wald and 31re. .Miller were guests at iuKin- at the next meeting. BSiott c!ia,,el w - M - A will afternoon at one E..Boek at the home of Mrs. »^^B hia - of the St. Jude’s |'K scliediiled tor Wednesiue been postponed - ———• BMtinpy Homemilkers clulb E| Thursday evening at sevAtfoX at the home of Mrs. Jane K.'Bln'r. 31 in Iters are asked Kwlit Coppess’ corner. BAtietiean Legion auxiliary Be* a business meeting Frieight o’clock at the class will Ute Kjti the meeting of the Zion Walther L'-agtie WednesKBiitx at seven thirty o’clock Women’s society will ■wKnisday afternoon at two gfe-Hclock at llle 1101110 o£ Mrs - E.H Kruse on South First Mrs. Hilda Murray as Mrs. Gerald RumBMb'U' the leader. ffifMnrolhnent for the Decatur ■ Hwi'l iake place Wednesday Mfe at three thirty o’clock in mA? at the junior-senior high

We Need Your Help!! To bring our Honor Roll up to date and make it complete we must obtain the names of every one entering service from Adams County. We already have the majority of those in service on our Honor Roll hut there are still a number missing. 1 We especially want the names of those who have enlisted in the various services without going through selective service. Those entering service through selective service since April 1941 vze will obtain from the board. We ask you to please look over our Honor Roll and if a person you know is in service and is not recorded thereon, please fill out the coupon below and mail to us. American Legion, Adams Post No. 43, Honor Roll Committee, Recatur, Ind. ' Name Street City Branch of Service Date Entered Signature of Sender Address American Legion Adams Post No. 43, Decatur, Indiana

ANNUAL SPRING MUSICALE IS GIVEN AT FINAL MEfETING ‘"The Year’s at the Spring” was the theme of the program presented last evening by the Music department at the final meeting of the Decatur Woman’s club. Miss Helen Haulbold was chairman of the program, assisted by 'Mrs. Dan Tyndall, Mns. Clyde Butler, (Mrs, Harold Grant and Mrs. Ediward Engeler. ‘The spring musicale was opened with an organ selection, ’’Kamen-noi-Ostrow,” Ru'benstein, iby Mrs. O. H. iHauibold, followed by the chorus, “Nocturne,” Fiibich, “Silent Strings,” Bantock, women’s chorus; solo, “In the Garden of Tomorrow,” Deppen. Mrs. Clyde Butler; organ, “In Summer,” Stebbins, Mrs, F. H. Willard; trio, “'Mistress Margarita,” Penn, Mrs. Harry Thompson, Mrs. Louis A. Holthouse, Miss Helen Haubold; vilbra-harp, “To A Wild Rose,” MacDowell, “To a Water Lily,” MaciDowell, Mrs. James Kocher, Jr.; organ, “In a Monastery Garden,” Ketekbey, Mrs. J. Fred Fruchte; chorus, “I Bring You Heartsease,” Branscombe, “The Year’s at the Spring,” Cain, women’s chorus. The choruses were directed iby Miss Helen Haubold, with Mns. Carrie Haubold as accompanist. Preceding the ceremony, a short business meeting was conducted i>y the president, Mrs. Gerald R.Durkin, at which time the annual reports were given by the fines secretary, financial secretary and the guest secretary. o ♦ # \ Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted: Mrs. Floyd Roth, route 2; Mrs. Phillip Nussbaum, route 1, Monroe; Miss Dorothy iMazelin, Berne route 1. Admitted and dismissed: Mins. Emma Kneuss, Geneva; Ralph Roth, Prelble; Norris Blocker, 1127 Patterson street. 'Dismissed: Mrs. John Baumann, 916 Mercer avenue; Miss Delores Lengerich, Decatur.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 1000 — 1001 Tuesday Delta Theta Tau, Elks home, 8 p. m. Dorcus class of First Evangelical church, Mis. Martin Zimmerman, 7:30 p. m. Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows hall, 7:30 p. m. Civic section, City Hall, 7 p. m. Wednesday Red Cross Sewing Center, Legion, 1 p. m. Women’s guild of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, church parions, 8 p. m. Business and Professional Woman’s club, K. of P„ 6:30 p. m. Church Mothers study cluh, Methodist church, 2 p. m. Presbyterian World Friendship guild, Mns. Betty Heiser. 7:45 p. in. St. Jude’s study chib, postponed. Zion Lutheran Walter League, church hall, 7:30 p. m. Thursday Men’s Union Prayer Service, ground floor public library, 7:30 p. m. So Cha Rea, Mrs. R. C. Ehinger, 7:30 p. m. W. S. C. S. General Meeting, Methodist Church, 12:30 p. m. Zion Lutheran missionary society, church parlors, all day. Presbyterian missionary society, church parlots, 2:30 p m. Mt. 'Pleasant W. iS. C. S„ Mrs. Milton Fuhrman, 2:30 p. m Union Chapel W. M. A., Mie. Glen Roughia, 1:30 p. m. 'Happy Homemakers clulb, Mrs. Jane Bollenbacher, 7 p. m. Baptist Women’s society, Mrs. Norman Kruse, 2:30 p. m. Friday Adams County Federation of Chilis, Mrs. E. W. Busche, 1 p. m. Red Cross Knitting Center, Red Cross headquarters, 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Ladies aid and midweek service of Calvary church, Mrs. James Darr, 7:30 p. m. American Legion auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p. m. Sunday Union Chapel Otterbein guild, Veda and Frieda Williamson, 1 p.m. Our Lady of Victory study dub, Miss Rose Steiganeyer, 7:30 p. m. Monday

Lincoln P. T. A., Lincoln school, 7:30 p. m.

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1 ear,- • lr»-— • n nTHn ujliTWnnnHHn Tn 1 | WNCEE IWBii 'Pvt. Robert Beery, 709 North Third street, son of iMr. and Mrs. Clyde Beery, is a member of the 57th Signal Battalion, which was recently cited by Lt. Co). Arthur C. Hili, for “skilPand energy” in maintaining communications for the <U. S. Seventh Army in General Jacob L. Dever’s 6th army group. The 57th 'Signal Bn., began overseas service in February. 1943, at Oran, North Africa and participated in the Salerno, Anzio and Southern France invasions. The men laid 554 miles of telephone cable. 597 miles of field wire and took over 2,145 miles of French communication wires. The address of Pfc. Wm. L. Fritzinger has been changed to Btry. B„ iH. D. of P„ Fort Barrancas, Fla. ISgt. Gerald N. Bixler has arrived safely in France, according to .word received Iby his wife, Mrs. Geraldine Bixler. Sgt. Bixler recently spent a few days with his wife and daughter, enroute from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo„ where he was stationed as a cooking instructor. His brother, 'Pfc. Leo H. Bixler, is also stationed in France. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. lEli Bixler of Monroe. Word has been received from Chaplain George O. Walton that although official P. O. E. cards were mailed with overseas address, the unit was detained due to the operations in the European theater of war. His temporary address is McQuire general hospital, Richmond Va. Chaplain Walton stated that this hospital is a new establishment. and that he participated in the dedication services of the chapel Sunday. Promoted to Corporal With the First Cavalry Division on Luzon —'Bryce W. Burger, son of Mts. Bertha Burger of Route 5, Decatur, Ind., was promoted, in the field of battle, to the rank of corporal, it was announced by Colonel Charles, E. Brady, commanding the Eight Cavalry regiment. The promotion was made for outstanding initiative, leadership and ability durin gthe Leyte and Luzon campaigns. Cpl. Burger is also a veteran of .has iheen oyer- 1 .seas .since May 1043$ y L.f '■ ■ ■' - In The Marines According to an announcement by commissioned warrant oficer Anthony Morello, officer in charge of marine corps induction and recruiting in Indiana, the following men from Decatur were inducted into the U. S. marine corps through the selective service system, and are now receiving basic training at the Marine Corps Base, Parris Island, S. C. They are Lewis Edwin Beery, husband of Mrs. Maxine Beery, 1222 Master Drive; and Arthur James Hurst, husband of Mrs, Anna M. Hunst, rural -route 3. Misses’ Dirndl 9417 WWJF W SIZES jiBBMiF 12-20 WW® 30- 40/%'f /ww /fa j WjS w 'f-.j --InR M W rj T IP C■ fM J ic®. <6 -jT.o JtLn ‘ft A|| //'l' A ,o to ’•/'h ° /I I' A / 1A

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C. A. Stapleton, manager of the Northern 'lndiana Public Service company for Decatur, is able to be down lown a couple of hours a day after a six months Illness. Mrs. John W. Shirk of West Palm Beach, Fla., is in Washington, D. C. to visit her daughter. Miss Martha Macy who is a patient in Bethesda hospital. A number from here visited the Chalfant-Perry funeral parlor at Fort Wayne last evening to pay their respects to the late Christian Egly, who was killed in an automobile accident near iSouth Whitley, Saturday afternoon. Miss Jane Krick returned home Monday from Wichita Falls. Tex., where she spent the past several months. Mrs. Burl Gibson and 'baby son were removed from the Adams county hospital Monday to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodson Ogg. Boy Scout Norris Blocker, who fell from a city truck last Saturday during the waste paper drive, was taken to the hospital yesterday for an x-ray of his injuries. The lad may hftve suffered a slight concussion, it was stated. E. D. Engeler and Paul Edwahls visited at Hamilton Lake Monday. Former Governor M. Clifford Townsend, of Hartford City, will give the commencement address at Willshire. 0., on the evening of May 24 at 8 o’clock. • Bluffton is enforcing the parking ordinance. Eight car owners were fined in one day and during the past week a score have been arrested. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller left this morning on their return trip to their home at Fordyce, Ark., after attending the funeral of Mr. Miller’s mother, Mrs. Martin Mil ler. Elmer, an electrician, is now engaged in constructing a large government project at Camden, Ark. MiTs A baby boy was born March 29 at 8:'25 p. m. to Mr. and Mis. Merle (Ellenberger of Jackson, O. The baby weighed 9 pounds and has been named John Dale. Mrs. Ellenberger is the former Miss Amy Schenck. MASJDNIC < .fetjared rhedtiijg, April 10, at7:3<r p. nt. Fred P. Handier, W\M.

L - 1 |jjl —** —ZZl ■ 1 I Panne” g e^en ' I ®7^S7 d em darf es einC ” 1 SSsS-ksS©® :“S&S3’S?i£ I esss&SS" & --- - S“A«» “” d il ' , ’’7 ”‘o«d yet - THERE MUST BE NO "LET- UP” I M SH E' ns ? ,n £\t\. o pnnichti l berdaszug „Z-vl E N RE iC " 1 All sources of danger threatening to damage or destroy railway in- MIS m®*den' ’* 8 o cl oEUtS'' 11 siall.uoni and rolling stock must be eliminated. SSS U I L f D E *‘ It is the duty of every freight employee to prevent damage to 'fojggj •* * freight cars thr-u'*i "arelen loading. I 11 <-..*IrULLY THI BOUOWINOi 11 Avoid one-sided distribution of weight in freight cars! Do not load V VIMH ¥rW-» II In the Inter-German freight system cars can and should be IIHI lIK I *ll r * A II loaded 1000 kilograms above the stated capacity. ■w WF *■** y V * •• • ■■ Loading capacity and axle pressure for the prescribed distance ■ I should not be exceeded! THIS Nazi newspaper advertisement was mailed to the Kt All necessary safety measures should be taken especially in the Erie Railroad by an Erie employee now serving overseas. N p < ,fTcor«ctly f ,arg,r fr * 1 * 1 ”' Fasten loaded aoods carefully and The headline reads: “And yet—there must be no let-up!" Grim U Follow carefully all safety instructions pertaining to goods determination, this ... the kind that’s making our road to ■ which can only be shipped if such instructions are carried out. ■ Every freight car brought to a standstill for repair weakens the victory a long and bitter one. ■ defensive power and the life strength of the German people! That’s why it’s so important for every American at home to 1 every CJU u essential continue his all out effort... \ hilp mi osrman railway and you hilp yoursilpi TO — STAY ON THE JOB • DONATE BLOOD • SHUN BLACK MARKETS • BUY AND KEEP W'AR BONDS And that’s why your railroads are pledged to keep ’em rolling ““ Erie Railroad <®> JONE OF AMERICA’S RAI (.ROADS-AU. UNITED FOR VICTORY . >f^:saL-...

No Decision Reached On Disposal Os Gold Washington. April 10. — (UP) - There has heen no decision yet on what to do with the art treasures and gold found by the U. S. armies in the German salt mine, It was learned today. The United Nations have promised that they will try to return to the rightful owners all art treasures recovered in Germany. Most of them were stolen from the occupied countries by the Nazis. As for the gold, it will be held in custody by the U. S. army until the Allied Nations participating in the European war set up a policy for its disposition. o — Apple Tree Doubles Up Homer, La. (UP)—l944 was a year of oddities. C. O. Phillips of the Harris community here came up with one of them. An apple tree on his farm produced the usual fruit last June as expected. But a second crop came through following the long Louisiana summer, and the tree bore another load of apples. As late as November there were still blooms on

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Beverage Commission Secretary Resigns Indianapolis, April 10 — UP) — The resignation of John F. Noonan as secretary of the alcoholic beverage commission, effective May 1, was before the commission today. Secretary of the ABC for eight years, Noonan quit to become Indiana representatives of the continental distillers’ corporation of Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Burrel Diefendorf, (hairman of the commission, said no successor had been named. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Former Hitler Aide Is Killed In Action 'London, April in--(UP)—A German DNB dispatch said today that Col. Henrich Borgmann, former aide de camp to Adolf Hitler, had been killed on the western front. Borgmann was standing beside Hitler when a ibomlb exploded in the Fuehrer's headquarters in the abortive attempt on his life last summer. Seriously injured, Borgmann was given command of a division on his recovery. He was 33.

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