Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1945 — Page 3

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baker to ;VW N i£L A. BYERLY Mrs. Harve Baker, 131 Bird street, announce the ; Brr marriage of their only Alyce Kathryn, to DaS 't 3»erly. son of Mr. and Mrs. of 128 South Third ■tiding’will be solemnized September 2, " lock in Hie First Me.thowith Dr. M. O. LesT Mrs - Frank Kri(k- , Dwight Grubb of Silver ,;a be the couple’s only atinvitation is extended jilWmbers of Delta Theta Tan HBfrkland home economics tib ,npet Tuesday afternoon | on( Miirty o’clock at the high -11 club girls will ena tea and will have the program. Mothers of L girls are also invitito Sk :i<k Har®T. Harlow, general pas-|lgßL-nt of the Erie Railroad from Chicago, visited kre Mterday and called on loL[ who use the Erie for passenger service.

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rjIAN WERT COUNTY FAIR I September 3,4, 5,6, 7,1945 H s DAYS—S nights » I ' «♦ MONDAY, LABOR DAY ~ ;: | September 3rd 11 I Sammoth Midway IP. M.-Flag Raising and Initiation of Can- „^ olnol ” | didates into American Legion by the Ine greatest I 3 > lenty of Bands famous Ritual team from Post 47, Fort nrrwr-im 1 ’ I HE Wayne. Ind. racing program | S Increased LABOR DAY will feature Derby Day at the „; VO n nt ” Van Wert County Fair. Seven (7) Running e ' er M'en at I ■Premiums and Races that go Rain or Shine. Starting Gate _ _. •• I used to start horses out of same as is used * ‘* u ” vll - . Purses at the large tracks. ■ ’ J MONDAY NIGHT— Hoaglan's Hippodrome ♦♦ J J | and Circus Acts. This is a very colorful | show with plenty of acts. J J I «» t wl- — ■ —' ' ' I I TUESDAY. Sept. 4th THURSDAY, Sept. 6th IIK The afternoon racing program calls for GRAND PARADE OF LIX ESTOCK, ~ t ■ ix (6) Running Races, Two (2) Pony headed by 4-H Clubs, at 10:30 A. M. <> | Baces and a County Run. Nine exciting AFTERNOON RACING PROGRAM — , ( I (:es - Rain or Shine. County Horse Shoe 2:14 Trot; 2-Year-Old Pace; 3-X ear-old <■ I ■itching Contest. Judging starts in most Pace; 2:26 Trot - " | Bl departments. THURSDAY NIGHT — “Welcome BudI M TUESDAY NlGHT—Saddle Horse Show dies Revue.” Another colorful Stage Show ■ > | y front of Grandstand. with change of Acts, Scenery, etc. ~ I ~ !■ - ■WEDNESDAY, Sept sth FRIDAY, Sept.' 7th [ I Free-for-all Horse Shoe Pitching Contest <> Judging completed in all Departments. AFTERNOON RACING PROGRAM —3- ] [ I■ , rnoon racin S fcrogram: 2:20 Trot; Year-Old Trot; 2:14 Pace; Free-for-all <> |O : “ 6 Pace; 2-Year-Old Trot; 2:20 Pace. Pace ; Free-for-all Trot. £!■ WEDNESDAY NlGHT—“Revue Victor- FRIDAY NIGHT—WLW Boone County JI | This is a gorgeous Stage Show with' Jamboree. All New! All Different! You ve j> Band, Lights, Scenery and plenty of heard them on the Air! See them in Per- ~ I Big Acts. son! Don't Miss This Show! < > I Plan to attend each day and night of this 89th Annual Fair. <, I Admission, only 40c, including tax |B W. Gilbert, President N - E - Stuckey, Secretary j | in | ++++++++*++**4

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phones 100 G—lool Friday American Legion Auxiliary, Legion home, 8 p.m. Baptist Philo class, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lehman, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Kirkland home economics chib, high school, 1:30 p.m. Thursday Women of the Moose, Moose home, 7:30 p.m. COURTHOUSE A suit for partition of real estate has been filed by Mariam Wittgenfeld vs. William B. Trout, John A. Trout and Milo Trout, the latter a non-resident of the state of Indiana. Inlets and outlets in the city of Decatur and two tracts of real estate in Washington township, comprising four acres and 80 acres ! respectively, are envolved in the; suit. Notice of publication was ord-1 ered, returnable Oct. 24. __________ North Fourth street, is a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital as the result of a fall in which her leg was broken.

SR|i || IMil i First Lt. Robert Hunter will leave thiis evening for Santa Anna, Calif, after spending a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hunter. Pfc. Dean M. Reber, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Reber, 309 N. Bth St., is now a patient at Wakeman hospital center at Camp Atterbury. Pfc. Reber served in Fiance with the 442nd troop carrier group. Father Receives Medals The silver star and bronze star medals which have been posthumously awarded Staff Sergeant Thomas L. Sudehoff, infantry, were presented to his father, Carl J. Suedhoff, 1922 Forest Park Blvd., Fort Wayne, at an in- | formal ceremony in the post com- | mander’s office at Fort Benjamin I Harrison. The medals were presented by Major Walton Shepherd, | post judge advocate. The silver star was for gallantry action on May 30, 1944 in Italy. Sgt. Suedhoff, a mortar squad leader, volunteered to lead a patrol to reconnoiter enemy positions. Taking his mortar and a rifle squad, he led the patrol through wooded terrain towards an enemy strong point. Coming under intense small arms fire, the patrol was halted, Sgt. Suedhoff immediately put his mortar in action. At the | same time he directed by radio, the fire of two mortars located the company’s position. His great courage and skill in directing this fire, resulted in the death of nine Germans and the destruction of a large ammunition dump. Sgt. Sued- | hoff died of wounds received in a later engagement. The bronze star medal was awarded for meritorious service in direct support of combat operaI tions from December IG, 1943 to J December 28, 1943 in Italy. -—— Paul G. Krick of Adams county, a staff sergeant, was one of the Indiana soldiers aboard the S. S. Fayetteville, which landed in New York yesterday. The men had'all served with credit in the European theaters. Playground Closed At Worthman Field Today was the final day for playground activities at Worthman field, which has been open five days weekly for the entire sumyoungsters. The playground was closed today for the season to make preparations for the opening of school September 4.

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O O Adams County Memorial Hospital o o Admitted: James B. Bauman, route 1; Miss Lois Hougk, Hoagland: Ml-s Sharon Kay Smitley, route 2; Mrs. Rachel Fritzinger, 21G North Fourth street; Mrs. Mary Buckey, Geneva; Herbert Myers, Bryant; Mrs. Joseph C. Mills, 503 Adams street. Admitted and dismissed: Miss i Connie Poling, Ohio City, 0., route 2; Miss Mary Louise Kable, Celina, O.; Glenn Kable, Celina; Larry Gene Moses, route 1« Morris Colter. route 3. Dismissed: Miss Nora Jacobs, rt. G; Mrs. Henry Wagley and baby girl, Berne route 2; Mrs. Kenneth Williams, Bryant route 2; Mrs. Grace Williams, Rockford route 2; Miss Tressa Reardon, Fort Wayne; John K. Evans, Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Call, 110 East Grant street, are the parents of a baby girl, born this morning at 6:55 a.m. at the Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed 9 pounds, S’/2 ounces and has not been named. A baby boy was born this morning at 5:55 a.m. at the Adams county memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Robert High, 935 Harrison street. He weighed 5 pounds, 8% dunces and has not been named. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Lehman of Berne are the parents qf a baby girl, born at 11:05 p.m. last night at the Adams county memorial hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and has not been named. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poindexter of Geneva route 2, are the parents of a baby boy, born at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday at the Adams county memorial hospital. He weighed 6 pounds. 12 hi ounces and has not been named. frtaJJJtAI.S Harry Essex is passing out state road maps. These are the first the highway department has issued for several years. The will of the late George L. Bobilya was read in toe office of B. F. Roller, attorney for the estate, Van Wert. It bequeaths the east 80 acres of a 180 farm near Willshire to C. F. Bobilya, a son; •the west 100 acres to Mrs. John Johnson of Fortville, a daughter. Miss Pearl Bobilya, a daughter, Bloomington, received sl,ooo'and two residential properties in For| Wayne. Two grandchildren each received SIOO. The farm land was appraised at slls per acre. John ('Hub) Evans, who suffered a stroke a week ago was able to be down street last evening. He is much improved but has'to use a . cane. Kay Sharon Farrar of Huntington, a former resident of this city, ‘ is spending the week with Shirley 1 Lou Berling. i Mrs. Erastus Fritzinger, 216 Today’s Pattern i A/ J A 1/ /' / 19082 / / / 9 SIZES NV > / / 9 14-20 W?/ / / g 32-41 // /■ / / ; J I/ fl Marian Martin I This slip, Pattern 9082, is ex- ’ pertly designed to fit your figure, yet it’s simple to make. Transfer ’ pattern for flower motif included. Pattern 9082 is available in > sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 32, 34, 36, 38, ; 40 and 42. Size 16, slip, requires i 2 yards 39-inch material. Send TWENTY CENTS in coins for this pattern to Decatur Daily Democrat, Pattern Dept., 155 N. 1 Jefferson St., Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. JUST OUTI The .Marian Martin ; Summer Pattern Book, a collectlon of all that’s new and smart ; in wearing apparel for the family. FREE Nightgown Pattern printed ’ in book. Send Fifteen Cents tor , your copy. w

Henry Busche and family of Anu Arbor, Mich., are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Busche and other relatives and friends. They are enroute to Jacksonville, 111., where Mr. Busche will begin his duties us instructor in music at McMurray College. — Additional Victims Os Polio Epidemic Two More Youths Die At Rockford Rockford, 111., Aug. 24—(VP) — Two more deaths in the polio-stric-ken Rockford area today brought to 22 the number of fatalities since an outbreak of infantile paralysis first struck nearly two months •ago. The vic time, a nine-year-old boy from the St. Vincent’s orphanage in Freeport and a seven-year-old Rockford boy, died late yesterday as medical authorities expressed the belief that the epidemic was on the decline. Only two new cases were recorded in the county yesterday, as compared with an average of five or six daily for the past few weeks. A total of 168 cases has been listed for the county since July 1, together with an additional 13 in adjacent counties which have been brought here for treatment. A corps of physiotherapists from Northwestern University, headed by Dr. Emil Hauser, arrived in Rockford yesterday to aid in the ibattle against the virus disease. An additional two tons of DDT insecticide also was rushed to the city for use in spraying the breeding places of flies, identified as carriers. Meanwhile, attention turned to nearby Pecatonica township where eeven cases have been reported. Pecatonica citizens initiated drastic measures to prevent the spread of the disease, banning the sale of raw milk and boarding up theaters and swimming pools in the community. Heemstra Is Speaker At Rotary Meeting Cy Heemstra, district representative for the Socony Vacuum Oil Co., was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Problems of the nation and world in establishing peace were discussed by the speaker. Wilbur Petrie was chairman of the program. Auto Is Undamaged By Fire Last Night A small blaze started in the automobile owned by Miss Mildred Lengerich of Fort Wayne, at 8:30 last evening whey it wms parked in front of the Robert Gage home, 728 N. Fifth street. A short circuit of an electric wire leading to a spot light caused the blaze, which was noticed before it did any damage to the car. The fire department was called. More Paper Products Promised To Public Washington, Aug. 24 — (UP) — The War Production Board promised today that increased supplies of toilet paper, facial tissue, paper towels, napkins, drinking straws and wax paper will soon be forthcoming. Other paper products which should appear on the market in greater supplies, WPB said, are Venetian blinds, window shades, draperies, paper carpets and rugs and retail packages of wrapping paper. Ival Newhard Named Schoo! Principal Ival Newhard, graduate of the Decatur high «jchool. has been appointed principal at the Colfax school in South Bend. Following graduation here in 1932, Newhard attended Ball State and Northwestern. lie has been in the South Bend school system since 1934. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orie Newhard of Griffith, former residents of Preble. Five New Red Stamps Become Valid Sept. 1 Washington, Aug. 24—(Up) — Five new red ration stamps—'Ll, Ml, Nl, Pl, and QI —become valid on Sept.. 1 for purchase of meats and fats, the OPA announced today. The stamps are worth 10 points each. Housewives will find that their red points will go much further beginning with the September ration period since lower ration values for most meats go into* effect Sept. 2. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur L». c. -u *-• i .». . . .*• .« .»• _

Hiroshima Houses Crushed By A-Bomb Tokyo Paints Grisly Picture Os Effects San Francisco, Aug. 24—(UP) — i Japanese broadcasts eaid today ; the world’s first atomic bomb “in- | stantly crushed” 90 percent of the I bouses in Hiroshima Aug. 6. Tokyo painted a grisly picture of a city where "the spectre of death” still stalked nearly three weeks later . Broadcasts recorded by United Prers said the bomb killed or wounded 80 percent of Hiroshima’s 25n,000 population and that "radio activity caused by the fission of uranium ... is taking a toll in mounting deaths and moreover is causing persons engaged in work in Hiroshima to suffer from various sicknesses and ill health.” Servicemen working on reconstruction a week after the bombing apparently lost up to one half of the blood's normal quota of white corpuscles, a Domei dispatch asserted. “Although the war has ended, the spectre of deaths continues over the remaining citizens of devastated Hiroshima,” the broadcast said. “To send scientists to investigate damage caused by the atomic bomb would be silicide.” Three days after the bomb exploded above a point about 300 yards south of a Hiroshima "patriotic shrine” the death toll was estimated at 30,000 with 170,000 wounded, Domei said, adding: "Two weeks afterward the death toll had mounted to 60,000 and is continuing to rise.” A - correspondent for the Tokyo newspaper, Asahi, said the total number of dead “is estimated at present at 70,000 to 80,000.” The correspondent in a propaganda dispatch added that "most ot' these patients are conscious of ‘ pain until they die. They are I shouting: ‘please kill me quick.’ In- ) deed, it is very painful to see their I suffering faces." Annual Summer School i Session Ended Today , i The 12-weeks session of the anj nual summer school a: the DecaL ! tur junior-senior high school was I concluded today. There were 31 ' students registered for the school, I which met six days weekly. Os the ! total number of students, six were ! fron> Decatur Catholic high school, ohe from Kirkland, and 24 i from the'junior-senior high school. Ickes To Remain “As' Member Os Cabinet i Washington, Aug. 24—(UP) — • The pink slip that a lot of people expected secretary of Interior Har- ; old L. Ickes to get from President , Truman turned out to be a green I light. ! The President yesterday ended once and for all the reports that Ickes, the only one of the late President Roosevelt’s cabinet members still on the job, was on the way out. Mr. Ickes can remain in the cabinet as long as he pleases, Mr. Truman said. And, he added, the secretary apparently is satis- • tied to stay. o : PEARL HARBOR STORY (Continued From Page One) i F. Byrnes conferred with the II president at the White House. ! Roberts headed a special presi- , dential board of inquiry which i first investigated the Pearl Har- ; bor attack and reported to late President Roosevelt early in 1942. Mr. Truman disclosed yesterday that he and Byrnes were attempting to get Roberts’ consent to | take a new "international assign-1 ment.” He gave no hint of the nature of the post, but it possibly ! concerns prosecution of Pacific • war criminals. Mr. Truman said : Roberts had tentatively refused : the assignment, but that he and Byrnes hoped to make him • change his mind. The Roberts Pearl Harbor : board found that there had been ■ dereliction of duty on the part of ■ Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, army and navy commanders at the Pacific base when the attack came. Army and navy investigating boards said later in separate reports that they found nothing to , warrant court martial proceedings I against Kimmel and Short, but i the secretaries of war and navy • said they were continuing the probe. The army board did find i that certain field officers — none of them named —had been “lack- • ing in judgment and skill” but not • enough to warrant "disciplinary • or other action.” Short and Kimmel were reliev- : ed of duty soon after the sneak attack and placed on the inactive list. Short, the older of the two, r was subsequently retired.

RAILRAODJS TAKEN (Continued From Page One) rials that the men would remain on the job. The strike, if carried out, would have affected approximately 1,800 locomotive firemen, hostlers and hostler helpers on the !.(’. and its subsidiary, the Yazoo and Mississippi valley railroad. W. F. Kirk, western railway director of the Office of Defense Transportation and a former official of the Missouri Pacific railroad. was named by ODT Director J. Monroe Johnson as federal manager of the I.C. system. Kirk was authorized to request the secretary of war to furnish protection for persons employed, or seeking employment, with the railroad and to furnish equipment, I manpower and other facilities to carry out the provisions of the order. The strike bad been ordered last week by the grievance committee of ’the union’s executive Itoard which unanimotmly rejected findings made July 24 by the emergency board. Previously, union members had voted to strike if the’dispute were j not settled to their satisfaction. , The dispute arose over whether the laws of the locomotive enginemen and firemen or the brother-1 hood of locomotive engineers should govern seniority of firemen | promoted to locomotive engineers. MOTHER GRAY’S SWEET POWDERS j Thousand* of parent* have round Mother Gray 9 Simtt Poutlier9 a pleaaWLing laxative for children. And equally K good for themselves —to relieve the distress of occasional constipation. Keep on hand for times of need. Package of 16 ea*y-to-take powders. 35c. Sold by all druggist*.

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The locomotive firemen and enginemen threatened strike action when the board granted jurisdiction to ’the other union. They took exception to the board's ruling, contending they always had had a voice in such decisions, and charged the board and the I.C. management with attempting to "deny the right of the brotherhood to represent its workers.” The first American Bowling Congress was held in Chicago for prize money totaling $1,200. In 1940, at Detroit, 30,000 individuals set an all-time entry list and bowled for $250,000. XlSw r .Jell RU* "m «ini • A DELIGHTFUL DRINK A HEALTHFUL PICK-UP Bottled By Steury Bottling Co. Bluffton, Ind.