Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1945 — Page 1
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ROJO, TOP JAP CRIMINAL, SHOOTS SELF
'■aliening Os |heese To End jit Midnight »■ Lower Beef Grades Ration-Free Before 3 First Os October * r, H —— MHwai’hington, Sept. 11—(UP) values on chee-;e will be re- ■ ;o zero at midnight tonight. Office <>f Price Administration today. Administrator Chester jfl lialt , s said thus action could be I Us" because the agriculture lias removed all conon cheese. [jules eaid elimination of e point value will “make Ktailabl'' a small increase in the of meat and butter people jfl'.n buy with their red points.” 7 Americans have been f about two percent of their jHii points for cheese, he said. a s-i-ra! factors entered into the 7 Blew decision. The U. S. army corps, for example, reported that military forces of Cheddar cheese are so large that lome can be used to meet foreign requirements. This gave the agriculture department opportunity to the 40 percent Cheddar sc.-aside for government for September. The department has lifted a remi the manufacture of type cheese to permit volume of Cheddar cheese ( I ■■ Both ai-'ions were retroactive to , Bsept. 3 ii was also learned from agriBiiHure department sources that Bliwer grades of beef will become ‘fl ration free before Oct. 1. That is fl. date on which the United Bites was told all meat rationing B will end. I These sources said the departfl meat is carefully watching the of cattle and that the flrml of meat rationing will depend fl largely on the number of cattle shipped to market in the next few weeks. fl fin- department of agriculture fl~-l die office of price administruB l“»n have denied officially that Nfl there is enough meat available fl Sli "' to lift rationing entirely at 'his time. flw However an OPA spokesman lhe meat supply is rapidly f ’broaching the supply on hand fl iD May, 1944, when meat points fl * we v '*ry low. According to the ■ department of agriculture meat ■ rationing can be ended when the supply is enough to give civilians HO pound:, per capita annually. A department survey shows that fl pounds p er ca pit a W ju | )e nfl available during the last three JB ttiontlis of this year. fl It was thought possible the offifl fla ' denial might refer specifically scarce this winter although there W| H he plenty of other meats. ■ However, pork soon will be in r making again in large quant ibes, and so will bourbon whiskey, fl 1 the forecast of a bumper corn fl crop this year proves to be accurfl ate. fl Ute agriculture department prefl 'cted that this year’s corn profl l . Ul ' tion W ‘H exceed all expectafl 10119 'o reach 3,069.000.000 ■ uttshels. fl Immediately officials promised fl 1 fill'll T<> Page 2. Column 8) I To Receive Bids For ■ Minting Post Office 1«/'. ,masler Leo Kirsch announces ,oUa y 'hat sealed bids from fl ° ntrac tors for the repainting of off" ° Xtei *° r Uecatur post fl ti/ Pe Wou 'H be received at his ofB l ' (, ri"* ) Un il 2 ocl ' ocl< 011 SeptemB bidd- eC,fiCation3, drawings and fl papers ma y be obtained fl bn i r ' Klrsoh - T be work must I tontr 0 ” 6 60 days after the I hivitAd 1 ' S let ' Local P a ‘nter.s were fl tr °Posals° ' nvestlgate an d submit I °rru CR * T THERMOMETER I 8-™ ERATure reading B 10; 00 a m fl . N °on fl P- m. 04 I Clear weather S "‘sd'a-A? Coo ‘ ton 'B ht ; WedV / air and a little warmer.
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Three Os Quadruplets Given 'Fair Cha’nce' Dunnville. Ont., Sept. 11 — (UP) —Three of the quadruplets born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Smith of Caistor, Ont., yesterday have a "fairly good chance of living," their attending doctor, E. I. Mclnnis, said today. One of the four babies, a hoy, died last night. The remaining three, two bbys atid a girl, were in an incubator at the memorial uospilal here. o Committee Approves Standard Time Bill Would Change Time Effective Sept. 30 Washington, Sept. 11—(UP) — The Hottite Interstate Commerce committee today approved a bill to turn the nation’s clocks back an hour to prewar standard time. Under terms of the measure, introduced by Rep. Lyle 11. Boren. D., Okla., war time would be abolished at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30. War time —one hour later than standard time —has been in effect since early February, 1942. Acting chairman Alfred L. Buiwinkle, D., N. C., said he will try o have the House act on the Boren bill tomorrow. He said he expects opeedy passage. War time was initiated as a daylight saving devices during the emergency. Ever since it began, however, it has arou ed widespread criticism, especially in farm areas. More than 5" bills have been introduced in the present congress to abolieh it. Terre Haute Woman Is Shocked Fatally Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 11 -(U. P.) —Mrs. Ida Mae McDonald, 38, wan shocked fatally yesterday when he attempted to turn on an electric light while sitting in the bathtub at her home. Allis Chalmers Plant Plans Construction La Porte, Ind., Sept. 11 —(UP) — A $6,000,.00 construction and remodeling progratn was planned today at the La Porte plant of the Allis Chalmers manuacturing company. A contract for the work was awarded to the South Bend architectural firm of Charles W. Cole and son. Cole said work on the project would begin Wednesday. o William Foreman Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon William L. Foreman, 74, of Willshire, 0., died late Monday afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was attributed to carcinoma. He had been critically ill for the past eight weeks. He was born in Blue Creek township March 22, 1871, the son of Andrew and Nancy McElhaneyForeman. The family liveS in Blue Creek township until eight years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Foreman celebrated their golden wedding anniversary November 11, 1944. He was a member of the Bethel Brethren church, seven miles southeast of Berne. Surviving are the wife, formerly Callie Bebout; two daughters, Mrs. Bryson Fetters of Berne and Mrs. Amos Wall of New Corydon, and two sons, Earl Foreman of Willshire and Miles of Detroit. Two sons, one daughter, three sisters and two brothers preceded him in death. Five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the home and at 2 o’clock at the church, with the Rev. W. F. Johnston officiating, assisted by the Rev. Lawrence Lawlar. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be removed from the Black funeral home Wednesday noon and friends may call after 2 p. m.
Decalur Tax Rate $2.50 Next Year No Changes Made By Adjustment Board Decatur’s Rate $2.50 | The total tax rate payable j | next year on taxable property | in Decatur is $2.50 on each | | SIOO. The tax levies of the various government units in the county will be certified to the state board of tax commissioners,' fol lowing approval of all budgets and rates by the Adams county tax adjustment board late yesterday. Not a single change was made in any of the proposed levies by the tax adjusters. Each budget was read aloud by Charles Burdg, chairman of the board, and a vote of approval was given by the seven member board. In a couple of the township budgets, a question was raised about the legality of making an appropriation for the “sinkingfund,” other than for bonds and interest. Also questioned, but not acted upon, was the levying for the per diem salary of township assessors in a few of the townships. Under the new law the county must levy and pay the township assessors out of the general budget. A few of the trustees included the cost in their budgets. The per diem is $6. with a maximum of $325 for the assessing work. No compilation of the total rates payable in the government subdivisions was made, as it is not known what action the state board will take on the proposed levies. Under the law the total levies in townships shall not exceed $1.25 and in incorporated cities and towns. $2 on each SIOO of assessed valuation, exclusive of levies for the bond and welfare funds. County auditor Thurman I. Drew will certify the levies and action of the local tax adjusters to the state tax board. As provided by law, a hearing will then be held here, at which the taxing officials will appear. The action of the state board is final in fix’ing of the tax rates. o Sgt. Beitler Died In Jap Prison Camp I * Former Local Man On Bataan Death March
Sgt. Francie E. Beitler, a nephew of Mrs. Jack Smith, 426 N. Fourth street, and a former resident of tin- city, died in Camp O'Donnell, a Jap prison hell hole, following the death march from Bataan, it has been learned by relatives. Sgt. Beitler’s missing in action and subsequent death was reported by the war department to the father, C. F. Beitler of Flora, 111. He had been a member of the regular army and served on Bataan. A buddy of hiu, Rommie McDonald, who was liberated by American roops last February, relayed the information to the deal sergeant’s widow, who lives at Cairo, 111. Sgt. Beitler was well known in Decatur. He was a graduate of Kirkland high school and entered the army from this city. The letter to hits wife reads: ‘The last time I saw him (Sgt. Beitler) waa April 9, 1942, the day after Bataan surrendered. He was at the hospital with what was left of our outfit, Hdq-s. Sqdn., 27th Bomber group. Everything was in turmoil and everyone was milling around. Then the Nips took all the able bodied men to Camp O’Donnel (the death march) and I never saw your husband again. However, I was able to uneak notes into camp and kept in touch with my friends. “We crippled men were Bent to Bilidid prison in Manila and I stayed there until I was freed. Feb. 4, 1945. Sgt. Bqjtler died in Camp O’Donnel on May 31, 1942 of malaria, yellow jaundice and dysentery.” Sgt. Beitler .sailed from San Francisco and landed in Manila on Nov. 20. 1941.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY
Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 11,1945.
A Hero Goes Back To School i \ ■ » 1 MmLnJI ' / Y \ if /yIIK Hl CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER. Pfc. Gino Merli. 21. Peckville, Pa., returns to Blakely High school to complete his senior year while he undergoes periodical treatment at England General hospital in Atlantic City, Ga. He is shown at a desk trying to concentrate on the history he has been making, as starry-eyed lassies gaze in admiration.
• Petitions Ask For New Hospital Unil Ask Election For Vote On Bond issue ' Petitions are being circulated in 1 Berne asking the county commissioners to take the necessary steps 1 to call a especial election for the purpose of voting on a bond issue ’ to build an additional unit of the Adams county memorial hospital in Wabash township. Before the petition is presented to the board, it must be signed by ’ at lea. t 250 freeholders, 5~ of ! whom must live in Wabaeh town- , ship. The si’e fcr the propped ’ building will be donated, it was stated. Recently steps were taken by citizens and doctors in the south half of the county to bring the mat'er of a hospital addition before the public. A meeting was held in Berne and the matter was dfecusised. The group asked Ferd L. Lltterer, county attorney, to prepare a petition and copies of it have been placed in several of the s'ores and offices in Berne and Geneva. The group contends that the local hospital is overcrowded and that an additional unit built in Wabash township would better erve the residents of the south half of the county. Berne Rotary Club Plans Charter Night Program Is Planned Friday, October 5 Charter night of the Berne Rotary club will be held on Friday October 5, in the community building there, it was announced today. Allen D. Albert, noted world traveler, a past president of Rotary International, and a delegate to the world peace conference in San Francisco, will be the principal speaker. District Rotary governor Carl J. Klepper, of Huntington, will attend and appear on the program. Other prominent Rotarians from over the district are expected. The official charter will be issued to the club, which was organized by about 25 leading business and professional men in Berne last June. E. M. Webb, superintendent of schools, is serving ' as the first president of the club. A banquet will be served in the 1 Berne Community building and the, wives and sweethearts of Rotarians will be guests. It is expected that several hundred persons will attend. Mr. Albert, wlo is one of the best known on the American p'.at(Tuiu Tu Fag® Z, Column 4)
Eichhorn Funeral Is Delayed To Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Phyllis Eichhorn, who died Saturday night, will be held at 9 o’clock Thursday morning at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, with the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be in the Cai tholic cemetery. Services, originally scheduled for 3 Wednesday, were delayed to , Thur day to enable Mrs. Eich- . horn’o husband, Glen E. Eichhorn, > and her brother, Fred Coffee, both I of whom are in the United States | navy, to arrive in time for the fuJneral. Both are enroute home. Legion Commander 1 Lists Committees Post Organization Completed Monday ( Permanent committees of Adams Foist 43; American Legion, were ' appointed by Floyd B. Hunter, com- . mander, at a regular meeting of the organization Monday night. The meeting was opened by the introduction of six visiting servicemen. A motion was passed to admit all servicemen to Legion membership on payment of $2.35 each. Par--1 'iits or other persons interested were urged to give membership', o, their ons, daughters or friends in service. When giving this membership, the Legion requests the ■omplete name of person a.id his serial number. The post also voted lo hold a dance Saturday night lor ali Legionnaires, auxiliary members, tier.'icemen and servicewomen. The complete list of the commander's appointments follows: Service officer—Ed Bauer and J. Henry Fan rote. Chaplain—J. Henry Faurote. Historian—J. C. Laurent. Sergeant at arms Russell Weidy. ..mericanism committee — Leo , Gillig. R. C. Hunit, Frank Liniger. Athletic committee—Hubert Cochran, Bob Andrews, Carl Mio?. Boys’ state—H. V. Aurand, Rue Strayer, Ed Jaberg. Child welfare —Emma Lankenau. Employment commit’ee— Dallas Brown. Harve Rei. en, Gilbert Buckey, Carl Gattschall, Henry Bromer, L. V. Baker, Norbert Holtuouse. Membership—T. C. Smith, J. K. Staley, Frank Hower, Frank Schumacher, Tony Schumacher, J. Henry Faurote. National defense—-V. J. Bormann. James Borders, Leo Gillig. , Oratorical contest—Ed Jaberg, E. M. Webb, C. E. Striker. Postwar planning—A. J. Baker. Eriu.it Stengel, Chaiho Morgan, Clarence Stevens, Joe Burnett, Gc ?rge Harding. T. C. Smith. Publicity-George Maiding. (Turn To Page 4, Column 7),
Master Mind Os Attack On Pearl Harbor Tries Suicide Before Arrest
General Shakeup In State Police Force Personnel Changes Effective Saturday Indianapolis, Sept. 11 — (UP) — Twenty eight personnel changes in the Indiana state police department, effective Sept. 15, were announced today by Col. Austin R. Killian, state police superintendent. Fifteen promotions, five transfers and eight demotions were included in the general shakeup, Killian said. At Ihe same time, Killian announced that a campaign to reduce drunken driving would be launched immediately. The war on drinking motorists followed completion of a drunkometer school where 25 troopers were trained in the scientific identification of intoxicated persons. Major demotion in the personnel sjiakeup was the removal of Roy J. Hinkle, Indianapolis, as captain of detectives. He was demoted to detective at the Putnamville post. Killian explained that the shakeup was designed to make the best use of available personnel. “We have a big job ahead of us and it is necessary to make the most effective use of our manpower,” the superintendent said. He pointed out that the changes were made on a basis of competitiva mental examination, service record with the department and other qualifications required by law. Among those promoted were Robert A. O’Neal, speedway, from Indianapolis post detective to captain in charge of the investigation division; Albert R. Stiles. Vincennes, from Jasper post first sergeant to lieutenant of Seymour Post; Cloyd B. France. Petersburg, from detective to first sergeant at Jasper post; Edward Raholin, Elkhart, from Corporal to first sergeant at Ligonier post; Robot J. Stewart. Pendleton, from Pendleton post trooper to Indianapolis post detective. (Turn To Page 4, Column '<> Frederick Ray Named As Service Officer Position Offered By Commissioners The coun’y commissioners in special session last evening offeied the poet of county service officer to Frederick Ray, 26, a former member of the U. S. navy, who recently was discharged from the service, after serving from March to September. Mr. Ray was the first applicant to apply for the appointment. Dale D. Moses, president of the board, announced. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Forreot Ray of Monroe and is a graduate of the Monroehigh chool. Prior to joining the | navy, he served with the merchant marine. The commissioners also prepared a budget for the service office, which they will submit to the couny council at a special meeting to be held on September 22 or the allowing week. The salary of the county service officer was fixed at $175 per month. Other itenw listed for the balance of the calendar year are: postage, sls; telephone S2O; traveling expen es, $75; stationery sls; typewriter, $125; filing cabinet, $25; other office equipment, $lO. The $75 traveling expense item will cover the expense of Mr. Ray attending the school of instruction in Indianapolis, September 24 to October 12. During this short course, the county service officers will be instructed as to their duties and acquainted with the program designed to aid the ex-ser-tluru ik, Uuiuuiu t>)
Promotions Os Army Officers Bring Proles! Congress Already Stewing Over Slow Demobilization Pace Washington, Sept. 11 —(UP) — The nomination of 23 army officers to higher temporary rank threatened to cause a violent eruption today in a congress already stewing over the slow pace ' of demobilization. I There have been mutterings in congress about taking over th? | whole demobilization job from , the armed services due to dis- ! satisfaction with the speed and I method of mustering out the I nation's soldiers and sailors. Then yesterday President Truman sent to the senate the nominations of six brigadier generals I to be temporary major generals j and 17 colonels to be brigadier generals. ■ Ridiculous." snorted Sen. Ed- , win C. Johnson, D.. Colo., ranking Democrat on the senate military ' affairs committee which will consider the nominations. "We ought to be demoting instead of promoting army officers ,at this stage of the game. This I would indicate that the army in I tends to keep its strength up to ( 8,000,000 men instead of demobi - lizing as fast as it can." Other committee members agreed. They felt it was useless ito expect speedy demobilization ' as long as top ranks in the arm were being increased. The military affairs commuteis scheduled to bold ils first , meeting today since the Japanessurrender. The purpose of the meeting was to consider a bill passed yesterday by the house to replace the present three man i surplus property board with a i single administrator. i if that bill didn't take too much time < h.iirmaii Elbert D. Thomas, I)., Utah, wanted to take up a bill to make permanent the five star rank now held by thre< generals and two admirals. But this program was jeopardized by senatorial dissatisfaction (Turn To Page 2 Column 3) County Ministers Select Officers Geneva Pastor Heads Ministerial Group The Rev. F. H. Willard, pastor of the First Evangelical church was elected vice-president a)’,d the Rev. John W. McPheeters, Jr., ■ pastor of the First Presbyterian church, was named secretaryI treasurer of the Adams county ministerial association, at the annual meeting held in Berne yesterday. The Rev. J. 11. Richardson, pastor of the Geneva Methodist church, was elected president. He succeeds the Rev. E. O. Keggereis of the Monroe Methodist church. Decatur ministers were also appointed on the standing committees of the association. These committees and members follow: Program—The Rev. E. O. Kegerreis, Monroe Methodist, chairman; the Reu- C. H. Wiederkehr, First Missionary, Berne; the Rev. J. T. Trueax, Decatur Nazarene. Membership — The Rev. C. A. Schmid, Cross Evangelical Reformed, Berne, chairman; the Rev. W. C. Feller. Decatur Evangelical Reformed and the Rev. Glen E. Marshall, Decatur Church of God. Fellowship — The Rev. C. P. Maas, Trinity Evangelical, Berne, chairman; the Rev. John Michael, (Turn Tu Pago X, Column S/
Price Four Cents.
Former Jap Premier, Who Plunged Half Os World Into War, In Critical Condition Tokyo, Sept. 11 —(UP)—Farmer Premier Hideki Tojo. master mind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, shot himself below tlie heart today anj late tonight his life flickered low as he was taken to a U. S. army hospital in Yokohama. Tojo, admitting responsibility for the Pacific war. tried to kill h..itself by firing a bullet clean through his body when the U. S. army sent a detail to his villa in surbtirban Tokyo to arrest him as Japan’s top war criminal. Sustained by plasma injections and semli-conscious. 'the little brown man who plunged more than half the population of the world into war was loaded into an American ambulance and taken by way of a first aid station near the Meiji shrine to the 98th evacuation hospital at Yokohama. Tojo arrived by ambulance at the hospital at 10:20 p. m. (8:20 a. m. CWT). His condition was reported unchanged. (Mutual hi’badcasting correspondent Jack Mahon reported that Tojo said to doctors, “don’t go to any trouble for me. and I am going to die anyway.") The Japanese foreign office asked that Tojo not be remove J from his residence because of the gravity of his condition. But a U. S. army doctor gave him a chanco to survive, and the ambulance carted him away. Hours after the shoeing at 4:21 p. in. (2:21 a. m. CWT) it was .earned that Tojo had made elaborate preparations for his death. The Japanese code virtually demanded that he kill himself when emperor Hirohito issued his rescript ending the war. Capt. James Johnson, U. S. army doctor who stitched up Tojo’s gaping wound and saiti he had a chance to live, said he believed it was a ,32-caliber bullet that ripped through his body while American troops waited to arrest him. Tojo shot himself in a room bedecked with swords, a crystal cigaret holder, various gee-gaws of his harsh military career, and a bound copy of the emperor's rescript proclaiming Japan's defeat. On the first leg of his trip to the Yokohama hospital Tojo was taken to the first medical squadron's first aid station near the Maiji shrine. As the ambulance pulled into the station, corpsmen were preparing plasma for his second injection to buck up the dwindling strength drained from his body by the gush of blood both front and back. Stretcher bearers who had taken him from the house where he was living in retirement as a country squire carried him into a tent lighted only be searchlights. The stretcher was placed on a table under an operating lamp. The lamp would not work. T/4 Richard Weddington of Mount Aida, Ark., began administering the plasma by flashlight. He was assisted by Staf Sgt. Donald Hawk of Dover, Md„ and T/3 'Ernest Roblesky of Westfield, Mass. His pulse at 8:10 p. m. was 108. At 8:15 p. m„ with the plasma still entering ins veins from a bottle suspended overhead. Tojo was reloaded into the ambulance. A group of photographers and reporters arrived. For seven minutes the ambulance doors were held open while flash bulbs popped. Then the doors were closed and a few minutes later the ambulance backed out into the road and headed for the hospital. Tojo shot hiineself only four hours after Gen Douglas MacArthur, moving swiftly to smash Japanese militarism, had ordered his arrest as the start of a general roundup of Japanese war criminals. The American occupation army, now more than 100,00(1 strong, rapidly was taking over all of the main Japanese home island of Honshu. Advance units entered Fukushi(Turn Tu Bago Z, Column 3)
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