Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1945 — Page 1

Xllll. No. 283.

100,000 MORE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCHARGE

■agement ■or Parley ■Concluded Hydy Achievements K Conference On Kjystnal Strife n*''" l ' *''' ' *ll' SB , y stud ■■ HB.. ’ '■ '' '" ,I, "' r . .. . Wlil help .11.1 SB. . ; ; . ~-l ..fl lU'UI'■B.. * :..i..»r L-wis l; ■ :i.|' report by . ■ i.-ioti Io PlesiMB>. ' 1 ess of .... .-nd'd a la" null' HK -. vi. ws on BK . • — has a.cotnp .. important |||K *' I !!!!!-! O L'.•.a ■•:■•!• Ad |K.--.■■ - m 'ho house ■B. : • ■ trying to stall |^B .<.- .. legislation ' ’*>.• pl.-si til.- result' ■■- and humiliate r:r idisputes. raH., • . i ■ .- session HH j| 4 a. management's ■. -iifi-i.-d only g^B ; - - ■ ainitut, sin, •« “I ■ a>: instead of the raKtrn-n-< aiiria <i by labor. t orn president I*l. i'nit.-d .Min.Mi- • , -t-ion of all la organization ]■ If. assert that a u In- 1 step has been !:dll-t!lal s'lif.will > Olli m II ' ■ 'I I' ■ 'll'' < onfllrt I <■- . '"! .11. I management |M . .: • p..i from thr ■■•■ ' * .■ • ould not ago ■■- '' disagreement &■'--- now knows' pi mi which la- ’ '-nt an- divided |Mr • ont.-r. in ■»• had ap SB'- i-iint program sub a ti.. .«... utivf. commit -ahi ommittv.-H. iy 1 for a continuing . 1.-.- to create |B .:.'i.-i.- .adiou between la - -oat. i:-. in. nt. and urged ■ • qualify of economic f.ii al] person*. Use of umpire system for of grievances arising an <-x.«-nig lontract. vyiun trsitiotlnn to settle disputes nut (J f negotiations for a and strengthening ■**■ f ~*l'-r;il conciliation service 'iirifl.-atinn c.f labor and

views on wages -‘Surins: ;i two-hour parliastruggle 'luring which conference rejected wage submitted l.y presiUj Philip Murray of the con Mj* »f in<li;.<iial organizations. Ciw n of the American of labor and Ira MoshBB 1 ' the national association of M£*tattireri. ■** r -*y and Green demanded V conference endorse high ■ Murray claimed work H’ aa ' ! Mffered a loaa of 2.1 per K -n their lake-home pay since <’ f war and said that S|S — - ..t J HianaiCemriit Oi ■ -cannot he justified K’* murt of public opinion." BL m”?’ * !lf 23 Portent drop wartime wages would I'Kg.- Column T» Ministers Meet Monday K ministerial associaK ( .‘ mw, l Monday morning at KZ ~ <M ‘ i ‘P t-he parlor of the Kfc /t?* 01 ' 1 al ani * Reformed Ks for the meeting K- iii * Rw «rning Service n ’ en,bm are uwd to I nlSlal, TH *RMOMKTER Ito. ature readings is to w 30 h, m 30 I ’ ••__-"••■■ •• 30 It. WEAT HER tfc'M * ith cha "a« •” Br- €iou "y and warmer Iku., e *"* r * 1 and Cloudy with ■to. ••••»« rain extreme

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Four Children Die As Home Is Burned Fox Hlver Grove. 111. Hee | tl'l’t Four children of servicemen were burned to death today when flames swept through a frame cottage. The victims w.-re Frederick Lynn Ertmann. Jr, 6; Jan-t. 5; llh-harl, 4, and Judith, 2. Mis Milder Ertmann, 27. the mother, was s.-rloimiy burned jn trying to reMcue the ehlldten after a heating stove expl ded. engulfing the small building in flaimvi. <> GM Proposes Partial Return Os Operations Provides Reopening Os Operations For Other Manufacturers By United Press General Motors Corp, officials today waited for the t'nited Automobile workers (CIO» to make the next move in the coast-to-,oast walkout which has shut down 93 plants and kept 225.000 GM work J era from their jobs. Following th- first renewal of negotiations in the 11 day-old strike, the company last night proposed a partial resumption of operations for the benefit of other automobile manufacturers. A union reply was exp-cted momentarily. The proposal, as outlined in a letter to I’AW president 11. J. Thomas fiom C. E Wilson, head of 'he giant General Motors firm, provided for the reop ning of G.M parts and accessories divisions to work exclusively on material for other auto manufacturers. Wilson's statement that the G.M tie-up had cut off the flow of parts to oth'-r manufacturers was in line witli repeated industry warnings that the strike, if continued long, eventually would close down the plants of all but one major auto producer. Meanwhile, CIO demands for mor pay were reflected In a nationwide strike vote taken yesterday by members of the Packinghouse workers union. The national labor relations board reported that early returns showed members nearly 25 to I in favor of a strike. In other labor developments, AFL lumber work rs moved toward settlement of a nin -week work stoppage on the west coast, and Montgomery Ward and Co. employes a<toss the nation prepared to end a weeklong "demonstration'' walkout at the close of

I (Turn i<» Column O — — - -()- — ! Former Pastor Will • Join College Staff Capt. Ralph Graham 1 To Simpson College Capt. Ralph W. Graham, army chaplain at Ft. Des Moines since 1912. will be religious life counsel- ’ ler at Simpson college. Indianola. ' lowa. Pres. E. E. Voigt announced. , He will join the Simps' n staff us »>on as he is released from the . army. Chaplain Graham Is a former pastor of the F'irvt Methodist church in this city. He had his liachelor'a degree from Dei’atiw university in 1921. He did his theological work in Harvard and Boston universities, receiving his <li- ' rlnity degree from Bost, n In 192.1 He subsequently won th:- master of ' arta degree from Butler university 1 In 1934. Al! of his ministerial experience has been in the northern part of ' Indiana, where he held the pastorates of several churches. He served on the hoard of trustees of DePauw and was granted the honorary degree of doctor of divinity In 1940. He haa been actlv In youth work in northern Indiana; served as dean of the Epworth league in •tlUite; at ou« time was a member of tba national council of Ep worth league deans and counsellors; was active in community welfare and religious vrganiution and (Turn To Pago «. Column 4)

Purple Hearts, Battle Stars Join Picket Lines VI -w ... W —► ' " • ■ ' IL - “ - - ■ — --TT- " < I 4 'v,. ■ • . > ' MfJ| ’V■ . M || \ y ' ■fak i HFrWKBBv TWENTY SEVEN PICKETS at the Diesel Electromotive plant in lat Grange. 11l . are wearing uniforms they had laid away after becoming civilians again The nten assembling at I nion hall, march, above, to thr plant, led by former Sgt Hoy I. Hose, carrying an American flag, and First Sgt. William Flick, toting a CIO banner. In the ranks are soldiers and sailors wearing purple hearts, battle stats ami insignias of all the war fronts

Express Concern On Delay In Decoding Pearl Harbor Probe To Resume Monday Washington. Dec. 1 (t'Pi The Pearl Harbor Investigating committee is determined to nail down the reason Cor t#- delay In decoding and translating Japanese messages intercepted b< fore the De, 7, IS4I. attack The committee took a week end trees* today but expects t > plunge back into the question when hear-j ings ttrtume Monday Maj. <><■!;. Sherman Miles, who was head of army Intelligence at the tint", will return toite witness chair. Evidence Itefore the committee shows that some Japanese messages on -hip movements and defense installation at t't-arl Harbor wen- Intercepted before the attack but n>t decoded and trans lated until days aftei ward. Miles sought to explain some of the delay to the committee yesterday He explained that the interc<ptions were taken at various points and relayed to Washington for decoding and traualation. Pome interception statims had direct teletype contact with Washington. Other.i used air mail It t<a,k special equipment and specially trained pewonnel to decode Japanese messages betalist-

of language difficulties. Cie said. Sometimes they weren't adequate to handle the flood of traffic. There were "security" limitation* which restricted the number of .Japanese - .'peaking pe pie that < ould be hired Mlles declared that there was no way fie d.-- I'Htig A r- - sages should la- given a priority for decoding and translation. The only exception was when they Were expecting a specific message such an the instruction.* to Japanese diplomats in Washington to break off negotiations. Despite his explanation committee members expressed "concern over the delay. They asked for "work sheets" in the War Department which might Htiow exactly the time a mesaage was Intercopted. when it was forwarded to Washington, translated and distributed to the high c mmaud. Their question also brought out the fact that Brig Gen. Carter Clarke of army intelligence made (Turn T.> I’ag* .1. Column 3> Robert Hanna Dies Friday Afternoon Robert B. Hanna. 77, consultant to the city planning commission and a former Fort Wayne postmaster. died Friday afternoon at the Lutheran hospital in that city. He was well known in Decatur, having appeared in this city on many occasions. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the real-' deme. 604 Meyer avenue, with the Ven. James McNeal Wheatley officiating Burial will be in Lin- < denwood cemetery. *i

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 1, 1945.

No Damage Is Caused By Fire This Morning The Decatur fire d<nartment was called to the Wayne Novelty company shortly before s o'clock this morning when sawdust on the floor and near the Imiler became ignited. The blaze was extinguished by firemen before any damage was caused. Miss Effie Pation Resigns As Teacher Veteran Teacher To Wed Goshen Pastor Miss Fffie Patton, one of th'.best loved teacher,! in the city st h ols. hat tendered her resignation as firstrut tor of the second grade at the Lincoln a hoot, effective December 21, to Supt Waite' J Krick. Miss Patton is completing 30 yearn a« a public school teacher, 31 of which have been nerved In Decatur. During that period site taught 21 year* at the old South Ward building and in 1!t39. when the ward buildings wen combined, she was transferred - » the primary grades at the Lincoln «■ hool. Popular among her many pupils all through her years < f teat hing. Miss Pqtton is also highly respected by the faculty ami dohuot authorities for her acvonipliahments an educator ami friend of the «hil dreti. Mr. Krick remarked Miss Patton is a graduate < t De catur high school. She fttrihert-d her education al Tri State'College. Angola, and for the flrat five yearof her teaching career taught Hireyearn in Preble ami two years in Monroe town-hip. Miss Patton will be married to the Hev. Herman H Cateon, pastor of Hu- First Meth di-t church in Goshen, and a former pastor of the First Methodist chert h in this city, on Christinas day The wedding will lake place at the bride's home on Line etreet. Following a short wedding trip the couple will reaid* lit the Me tbodist parsonage in G.j*hen. The Hev. Mr. Carson, wh > served three years as pastor of the Decatur church, is well known here and throughout the Indiana Methodist conference, where-he has been active in spiritual and civic life In connection with the ministerial dutieu. Moose Christmas Party Scheduled Dec. 19 The annual Christmas party of the Moose lodge will be held at the Catholic sqbool auditorium Wednesday evening. December lit. lodge officials stated Imlay The party will be for all children of Mm>se members. It was also announced that there will- be no lodge meeting here Tuesday ao the degree and patrol team will Im- at Portland that night to give initiatory work. The M r,te Legionnaires (2nd degreel will attend a tfieeting at Fort Wayne Sunday, with several candidates from the Decatur lodge to receive the work.

Ask Farmers Reduce Production Os Food Cutbacks Outlined For Nation's Crops Washington, Dec I (I’P The government today handed farmers a blueprint for 194fi production outlining cutbacks from high wartime levels for most fisHl crops, livestock and livestock products Secretary of agri, ultur Clinton P Anderson, in announcing national farm production goals for next year, urged fanners to plant 356.244.000 acres in crops This would be 5.500.000 acres more than were cultivated this ■ y<ar. but boosts in corn and cotton production make it|> most of the Increase The goals for poultry, milk and eggs clearly set for a reconversion pattern for farmers in 194(5 Theywer>- asked to produce 2,500.000.000 pounds less milk. 670.000.000 dozen f wer eggs, 17 percent fewer chickens and jo percent fewer turkeys. It was urged that cattle herds, considered too large for pr- sent feed reserves and potential meat demand, be reduced by anoth -r 1.600.000 head by the end of 1946. Only for sugar, still the nation's wor*f food shortage, was a large Increase recommend d Ptodmers were asked to increase sugar beet production by 31 percent and sugar cane output by S. On th- whole, however, the goals I i program follows a "middle-of-the : road" policy. No drastic reductions were sought in the first postwar year It was apparent, though, that in the government's view the record-br aklng food production of wartime years will be undesirable -fm—pea,- -etfttw- -dema mk Anderson reported that he was seeking "continuing high prtMluctlon" because the war's end has not brought an end to the "almost , unlimited need for American food ” He said that meeting the sug- , g-st«-d goals will give civilians i greater supplies of most major commodities than dining the war. i "At the same time." h<- added. "we are not forgetting our allies < who now far - hunger because war 1 destroyed or damaged their noun- i al food production.*’ | He said the department's program recognizes the m- d for , "restoring a b-tter balance" be- i tween soil-depleting and soilwon-1; serving crops. Increaaes were urgtTtirn T« Page .1, t'otumn SI Ruhr Steel Industry Officials Arrested Britkrh Headquarters. Iserlohn. Huhr. Dec. 1 H'l’i Brltlah field I security detachments arrested 6<t t to 70 directors of the Huhr steel I industry in sudden raids on their f homes early today. I The arrested men were members of one of the biggest arma I ment cartels In Europe including the Krupps The arrosto followed ? Bril Hi action of three weeks ago when Hugo Stlnne- and other t >p t officials in the German <oal Indus- > try were arrested. I

New Points Scores Will Release 15,000 Doctors; Demand Draft Be Ended

Public Hearings To Air Hurley Charges Former Ambassador To China To Appear Wushinglon. !>«•« 1 IfPt (’ongreMsionnl pressure today virtually ussure-d a public airing of charge* that *tate departni'-nt representative* have been acting contrary to I' S. policy, partiru larly in China. Chairman Tom Connally. I». Tex. of the senate foreign rela thins committee revealed lie would ask tlte committee to admit the public and the press on Wednesday when it hears file story of Patrick J Hurley, who resigned as ambassador to China Hurley charged procommunist and pro imperialist foreign service iepre sentativc-s undermined his diplomatic work in China Tin- foreign relations committee will vote Monday on whether to follow Connally’s lead and tints order the first open meeting of lite committee at this session of congress. Hurley also was invited to testify before the house 11(1 American activities committee, which want ed his testimony on "any tin American activity going on any where." Chairman John S. Wood. D. Ga . said Hurley could appear Friday or "at some other early date convenient to him," and that the hearing would be open to press and public 'if lien Hurley has no objection. Hurley was ready and eager to appear before- both committees, but forth- time b< ng felt he should testify before .h<- foreign relations group first He too re quested that the hearing be open Congressional criticism of the state- department, which broke out openly several weeks ago over the confirmation of Ih-an Acheson as undersecretary of state, was growing almost hourly Sen Haymond E Willis, It. Ind . accused the state department of "devious diplomacy" and called for a general housecleaning "in the coming months," He asked (Turn T-i l’a«<- I’olumtc •;» () To Mail Checks For Tax Distribution Send Checks To Tax Units In Few Days Checks to the various taxing ~u-|'irrt —r—Ab-■ , I ■■! ' V - I. her melon will be mailed n--v week, Mrs. Truman I Drew, deputy c nnty auditor, annoulic' d to day. State approval of the di-tribii lion of (244,579 412 to state c ounty township, sc ioo|. civil town ami library governments lias already bee n received The townships will a-.i-iv-- :!ic following amount' Him- Cr< «-k. (5.9414.57; Fr.-mh. (1.5*1 5s Hart ford. (7.4197.59; Jeff.isoii. (I:;o; Kirkland, (5,929 33; M-Uiroe. 113. 511.1 s; Preble. (n;i:32. Hoot, j (9.469.45; St. Mary’s. (9.319 7s. I I'nion, $ 4,77* 77: Wabash. (12. 7lti 3ti. Wa-iingi.cn. (7.535.511 Berne: schoo'ri. (15,3 49.37. libra ry (I,tm9t>9. civil town. *11259 71. Decatur: schooM. (31.552.12. library, 12,902. Hi; civil town. (12,232. Geneva, civil town. (1,616.39. Monroe, civil town. (2-‘l3 92. Slate of Indiana: stale tax (1.103.96; ata'e school. (10.139.66; teacher’s retirement. (4,529.62: heard of agriculture. (173.33: state foreatry. (405 ns; Indi ina Wolfe lake. 71 cents Adams county, gem ral budget. (41,922 76 County welfare department. (17.573 32 Thia county is one of the first to complete the distribution of the ' November lax*vc. the state luiard 1 indicated.

Hess Planned To Lure King To Peace Talk War Tribunal Rules Hess Is Mentally Capable Os Trial Nuernberg, Dec I ill*' Hu dolf Hess sh-W Io Britain to lure King George- VI bac I. to G.-rm.iliv for a of* re in > with Adolf Hiller, the lulled Press b-ailled todav as tin- war crime- tribunal iiihd ths.t lle-ss was mentally rap abb- of standing trial In ,i statement d-- c riblng his flight. Hess revealed that Hitler knew nothing of his sc In im H< -■< wrote a letter to Hitler In forehaving Germany in which he described his plans, it was learned H<-ss parachuted CB’o tin- Duke of Hamilton's eitafo in Scotland on May |o. It'll. oftf..' a I- w week before llilb-t attae’e’ed llU'-ia laird Justice- Sir Geoffrey Law rem e. British pr.-idlm- jinti- e, attnottm »-d when c ourt opened to day that the tribunal e-onslde-fed Ih-ss sane after his melodramaticstatement yesterday omts-ir, that he- had fake*d hi* io -of memory Hess asked that he be permitted to continue ip the trial, and the tribunal agreed to hi* reqiic-*f Hess rose- unexpectedly 1.-'.l day after hearing more than two hours' argument about hi rm n',. condition alld confess'd to the startled e imrirooiii that Im li id been faking his loss of memory lb said that he accepted full responsibility for. everything hhas done or signeel He asked tor permission to remain l>- -Id.- Id--19 comrades and b- jml ■-,| -.xith them Unknown To Hitler By Ann Stringer Nuernberg, Im, I tipi Ifu dolf Hess parachuted into Britain in 191! to hi,ng King G.oig. VI back to Germany for a p--a< con fc-lc-IK e- be fore- Adolf Hiller open eel his attack on Itussia, tin- I'nit e-d press learned exclusively to day Hitler kii<-w nothing of hi* deputy fuehrer’s si h> urn until he i read a b-ltc-l Hess left behind, it I i Turn T-i I’.4tf»- ’»*!*. t • i o Demands Early End To Yamashita Trial Minor Sensation Is Caused By Defense Manila. Dec. I cl’pi Mai Gen K It lleynolds. president of the| military tribunal trying Gen To moyuki Yuma-liltn demand d to day that both sides coniplete rebuttal testimony quickly It was Indicated a verdict might he- reached within a week. ■ The d- f<-nsi- caused aminor 1 sensation at the- opening of the session by charging th- prosecut ton was keeping from it a radio gram of important beating mt the case Nature of th-- radiogram was not disclosed but lleynolds order ed It brought to e emi t Yamashita. who explained mi c roHsa-xa m I nation yesterday that he was so busy lighting superior American fore « that he did not know his troops slaughtered lin.thio Filipinos, ajipeared more at ease today. He sat upright, with his shaven head held high, looking over the spectators and there was a twinkle in his eyes In rebuttal, the- prosn-nllon at templed to show by witnesses that the Japanese seized all th food destined for M.ctiy.i Cross-examin-ation brought out that provincial (Turn To Page 5, Column 6>

Plica Four Centi.

Earlier Announced Reductions To Free 783,000 More Men In Army Service W.c .lili.-l-'U. De' ' Mm-- than *i-«i.»»<’»addit oii.i! .c Bi/ p.- some I. In- t-ling m- irly 4" mm rnemlee is of t'c- m<-die.-. • m p-. •»< • came- clig bl- so diseli ige today ,1. c ollg.: -new- : theic * I.i.cml. fm an Imm- d at- - id ••£ tin- draft Th-- W.i li-pc.ini- ’ i- I *’ n*aht aniioum • d n- .' point - ere-* »'liic'h Ail; let mt! 15.0- O do to <-■ ’-.mm driiti*tl ti--I 1 -ci edmin *truitive- i -tp-» of:!** *. ’* y-’i'itii*"* .’Lptists. 3"o diet - i us ”.5o sanitary flciirps and I"" veter.ua > " ->fII fi< <■> * \t t n- sum- ticti. to li '-i*.' an* noun. ■ I -nt.- iu - it -‘ - a-g- and '• ti .. ■ I- 't n m-ni el- ( f.- Hie today nail aliothe 7'3.- . cimi ar:n offi- - and e’cli'led men , ami w .;ic. :i . li.-l d.- sot imm- dial.' . disc h I geTin ii ivy -Ho-un- «-d ' cat ' 469.mm a in;- did mu-, p ini- w<-r» !;m-!fi !> n l ,i< \t la ' l'a- ifli‘ . ..nd t ma If cm i Iml th- ate 4 I ‘ lirougii Nov h -' ■' aitny ip. aontie i a.- t in " 'ii’ -tio.i ' j,0.1| I • t -1- ■ -I" lei II I'-C* h If mil Europe y tic.- . >d lir-.-emb.-i or iii - < y January and • ha 1 ad p< t oleic--’, nt; < .u-< Burl n i India thegtei • - - t »•» . be- ‘-v.ii nut- I uy (pill. I9|e> , I In < >l|g . •. m- al| A i i*-. >e-11. fj 4 ’hapn.in hen uh . B v\ Va .-v -m- m!i.-i <cf lie- S.-ii.it - Miihai v At.H.il ■ . ua.ilitt. - all Ki.n'.ii) en111I II -tm- -it - -cinn ■' :1£ ' 'hat a. ' I th- i-I -cl' i’ te.-de H--sa d M."9| n< n enlj.i I In the* , army duri ig tin t '■* 'll '■ November a'mi -i -• :« 1 Pr-. idenr I . . | ,1 | It Al • 11- • --H l’ t i draft mily 5 .m." in- a .nmith ■ o preiant any tit- ' with I Cl-- elm II of u fe-l 111- ,- o-n ’• > c ■t’-- ■:: - v -uppo t • e-d by Sell* w ’!'• E Ge lt D . Ga . 801 -it ' I aft it <I . all-1 I Midmi It 4 mins. It I' H- aid !iis lesoiuiion to .nd d ailing <'t f.ith- i imi I a, ' I,- .i up ‘ lit-l .Ma t I Vs H: - ‘ ocii iti' • UeeI day .nd tal afte- t ...' !ii- c anailtli :r n-ed- . ;• .-.-■al te» .-nd th- draft The aelmiu i-cl i<m so fa hti 4 opposed ending th.- draft. «I,liming that the 4rmy and Navy canno,' 1..- .eriain ..I nie.-ting their occupation Illd service- so .es fl<- d-4 without it. i In tie - i iciinei Imi both tin- Army and Naiy a:d today they would tint alt- their disclla'g. policie-S sis a ti-siih of the- new l-.-iiv.. Sei l ice- request to lo.nl draft boards to defer students l-a- h‘-r-> o research work- r* in the fields of eliglliee; ing and the' Ml ie'llces Draft nth. ial- said iii.-u now in ..'lie- armed torn-, who could qct iii- :'. ~ ' - ■ ■■"STT; " r ' might apply fm disc barge to go mi with th'-ir stud! * or work It they ohtaim-d the consent of their imnuiand.' * A war de pa rim. nt. jMike-tn.in 'ahi how»-vi-.. that th« army will emitinm- its policy of r- • fusing blank'd di.-o hai g. - outsido the point system for any spec ial < I 'll il I' ■ 1' i-g • ‘‘Hum:- n.l Dick Heller Rejoins Daily Democrat Staff Mr. ami Mrs Dick il.'ller amt son-. Hic k. Jr . and Jack at riled here, today I "tn For W iyiie and will tesile with Mr and M * J. II Heller forth- pre .-nt They h.iv.- j»u:< 'i. d ill-- lohn Schur residem e- on S illh Third str<-e-t and will o uiiy il in the early spring DI k will loin I’.- 'eportoria', fore of tin- l»< y I' -tnocral He was a I h Hie paper from j !925 tn 1933, s-n-e- which time- IO i Ii is s.-rve-d as se-eretai to Governor Towns, ml. wan with 4»P4 in Washington a year and u half and the past two years ha- been with war preslucH m planM in Fort W.iym- 801 l Shraluka !«« also expected home within the next few w>-ek< and his* desk ready for him. adding to t.he Daily Democrat's ability to .over the local field.