Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 64, Number 28, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 12 February 1942 — Page 1

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RESUME OF THE PAST WEEK ON THE WAR FRONT Report of Progress from All Departments Shown in Official Commynication. (Office ol Government ReDortal President Roosevelt told his press conference Pacific councils coordinating the. war effort of the United States in the southwest Pacific have been operating for about a month. The military command in the ABDA area itself, the President said, is in the hands of Gen. Archibald Wavell, but strategical problems are referred to Washington and London. The joint military and ' naval staffs sit in Washington. The Senate passed and sent to the White House a joint authorization for a $500,000,000 loan to China. President Roosevelt said the money will make it possible for the Chinese to purchase numerous war materials, both in China and other countries. He said the loan would be a definite relief for the Chinese financial structure strained by the long war with the Japanese. The White House announced the U. S. through the RAF has dropped a 'second pamphlet over several occupied French seaports in the “biggest pamphlet bombing job ever done.” The first pamphlet, announced a month ago, stressed the traditional friendship between this country and France the second told of the rapidly-expanding U. S. war production. 9 Air A Navy aviation training program designed to develop 30,000 of the toughest pilots in the world annually for the Navy and Marine Corps will be put into operation by May 1, Navy Secretary Knox announced. Applications for training are now being accepted. Mr. Knox asked U- S. high school youth to aid the Navy by producing 500,000 aircraft models of 50 different types of fighting planes to be used in* aircraft recognition and range estimation in gunnery practice and for training civilians in aircraft recognition. The Office of Civilian Defense invited college flyers and aviation enthusiasts to participate in the Civilan Air Patrol which is seeking to enlist 90,000 civilian ,pilots. Sixteen years is the minimum age for enrollment for ground service, iand 18 for flight duty.,. The Civil Aeronautics Administration reported a 60 percent increase in private flying during 1941. The War Front Gen. MacArthur’s troops in the Philippines repulsed continuous attacks by the enemy throughout the week. Enemy losses during the week included 11 planes plus an undetermined number destroyed in the air and on the ground in an attack on Japaneseoccupied Marshall and Gilbert Islands, many fleet auxiliaries, two transports and “probably” a third, and an enemy warship torpedoed. U. S. losses were 13 planes, two tankers and two freighters. The Navy and Marine Corps reported 1,294 officers and men* missing or prisoners of war. The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to continue the pay of persons in the armed forces and civilian employees of the War and Navy son- a year; after reported missing, captured or interned. Navy Congress passed the largest appropriation bill in history of nearly $24,000,000,000 in direct ] cash appropriations and $4,000,-’ 000,000 in contract authorizations' for the Navy. The Navy said, 100,000 men have enlisted since l the attack on Pearl Harbor, and! the Marine Corps has passed the! 100,000-man mark in officers and I men, both reserves and regulars. Three destroyers and one battleship were launched and two more destroyers and one cruiser will be launched Lincoln’s. birthday. Selective Service Selective Service Director Hershey asked local draft boards to aid deferment of apprentices in essential war production trades because there is a mounting demand sots skilled workers. Gen. Hershey said a plan has been proposed for allowances and allotments to release for induction many registrants now deferred on grounds of dependency. In World War I, he said payments up to SSO a month were made. He said no figures will be issued on the number of men who register February 16. Shipping President Roosevelt told his press conference emergency shipping schedules make it almost impossible to utilize full cargo capacity of American merchant vessels because war. developments often make it necessary for the ships to sail without advance notice. The Maritime Commission said through cooperative action with American ship oper(Continued on Page 8, Col. 4)

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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne

United Nations Rush Reinforcements To Far East Battle Fronts in Effort To Check Spreading of Jap Attacks; Nazis Again Take Offensive in Africa

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Somewhere in the Pacific ocean, this dramatic picture taken of a U. S. navy offensive patrol plane carrier being circled by a navy dive bomber as it begins its anti-submarine duties. Note in the picture that on both the side and underpart of the plane there have been deletions of certain parts and insignia which might give information to the enemy. Also on the top rigging of the carrier you will notic? further dclcticrs for the same reason.

LUZON: Epic Battle Hailed as an epic of warfare that would live in all history, the defense of Bataan peninsula and of the fortresses holding the entrance to Manila bay had been diverting large Jap forces needed elsewhere than in the Philippines. The adding to MacArthur’s embattled and smoke-begrimed army of a battalion of bluejackets and marines was welcome news and showed that perhaps not all of the ! men of Cavite and Olongapo had been withdrawn, but that they had been given a post of honor with the defenders. Up on the Mariveles mountains they were entrenched, and no matter what strength the Japs hurled against them they were holding firm. On one moonlit night a whole regiment of sjnall boats moved down the coast, using the same tactics that had hurled the British back on Malaya. The effort was to get in on MacArthur’s flank and confuse the defenders, at the same time signalling for an offensive on the central front. But the shore defenders and ar ; tillery opened up on the Jap invaders, left scores of them struggling in the water, and the few that made shore were quickly mopped up by the Filipinos. There was apparently at least one Japanese warship which managed to run through the eight-mile strip of water between the fortresses at the ! entrance of Manila bay. One of the United States’ intrepid torpedo boat skippers, piloting his tiny craft at close to 80 miles an hour, swept down on her in the moonlight, and launched two torpedoes which struck the ship. She is believed to have been sunk. The attack was carried out directly i into the glare of the warship’s searchlights, and under the full (Continued on Page 6, Col. 4) BOY SCOUTS GIVE A DEMONSTRATION OF ABILITY IN CASE OF CRISIS Six buys from the Scouts of *kappanee demonstrated their | ability to perform as messehger boys in an emergency before the Kiwanis club at the noonday luncheon on Monday. These Scouts, Dick Stoops, Bill Henley, Dewey Eppley, Dick Schuler, Charles Doyle and Bob Lloyd, Jr., were each given messages to be delivered to business and professional men about the city. These messages were read to them, following which each boy left to deliver his message and then returning gave the answer received in each case. In every instance the answer was complete in detail, the boys transmitting both messages to and from club members to the outside and back without error. To close the demonstration a ngessage was sent by flashlight by Dick Schuler and received by the other Scouts and read aloud. The boys were guests of the service club at dinner, this demon-' stration being a part of the Scout Week plans of the organization. Dr. W. A; MacKenzie and Dr. R. F. Ferling,'scout leaders, were also guests of the club, T. A. Kleckner, president of the Bremen c(ub and G. A. Birkey, immediate past president, came to Nappanee and took dinner on Monday.

GEORGE LANDIS TO REPORT AT FORT BRAGG ON NEXT MONDAY George Landis, shop foreman in charge of the enamel department at the Vitreous Steel Products company, has been ordered to report for army service to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on

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CAPT. GEORGE LANDIS next Monday. His orders are to report to the commanding officer for assignment of duties. George joined the reserve force in OctobeV, 1931. He was first commissioned in Feb., 1932, after taking training at Purdue university. George continued his studies by a correspondence course and attendance at training camps and attained the rank of captain, under which rank he enters service: He has been employed at the Vitreous Steel Products company for the past twelve years. Mrs. Landis expects to make her home with her parents in Ohio, at least for a time or until Capt. Landis is definitely located. SERVICE CLUBS TO G#E PATRIOTIC HOUR AT HIGH SCHOOL A patriotic hour will be observed next Wednesday morning at 8:25 a. m., .at the Nappanee high school when the American Legion, the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis club will join hands in putting on a program. Mintle Hostetter, of the American Legion will act as chairman, Joe Kindig represents the JCC and Roy Ruckman the Kiwanis club. The program will be as follows: Star Spangled Banner. Salute to the Flag, led by Boy Scouts. Gettysburg address, by a student, Introduced by Joe Kindig. Battle Hymn of the Republic. Washington-Lincoln- talk by a student, introduced by Joe Kindig. Citizenship, Roy Ruckman. God Bless America. SUIT FOR DIVORCE FILED IN SUPERIOR COURT AT ELKHART Suit for divorce has been filed in the Elkhart superior 'court by Mrs. Cleo Overlease, of Nappanee against Herben Overlease. According to the complaint they were married Jan. 23, 1928. A temporary hearing has been set for Feb. 20. Non-support is the charge. 4

NAPPANEE, IND., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1942

REGISTRATION TO TAKE PLACE NEXT MONDAY Places of Registration are Named by County Selective Board. REGISTER AT LEGION HOME All men, 20 to 45 years of age not already registered for selective service, in Locke and Union township will register at the Legion Home in Nappanee between the hours of 7 o’clock in the morning and 9 o’clock in the evening. The responsibility for registration rests entirely upon each individual and no one can claim exception through a lack of information. Go to the Legion Home prepared to give a pretty complete picture of yourself to the registrants, answer all questions truthfully and all will be well. Registration does not mean service jn the army but it does mean the government will know' its man power and what use can be made of it if it comes to an emergency. Those volunteering to become registrars on Monday already named by Chairman Edward Strope are as follows: Russell Hartman, Melvin Hahn, J. A. Abell, Warren Shively, Paul Stump, Stahly Weldy, Robert McAndrew, William Fervida, Dave Coppes and Harry Sechrist. Mrs. Bertha Uline, Mrs. Vivian Kline, Mrs. Wilma Pippenger, Mrs. Ethel Calbeck, Mrs. Verda Lemna, Mrs. Lois Culp, Mrs. Vera Silberg, Miss Mabel Sloat, Miss Evelyn Strope. „ , These workers will hold a short instructional course Thursday (tonight) at the Legion Home at 7:00 o’clock. The workers will be on duty next Monday on a schedule as worked out tonight so *that there will be an ample number of registrars on hand at all times .Monday, it probably being necessary to have more during the evening hours than ’ at any time throughout the day. J. S. Yoder, chairman of the Elkhart County Local Board 2, together with R. G. Beck and Fred Cluen, members of the board, have completed the following plans for registration. The following places and Chief Registrars have been provided for registration: In the City of Goshen and vicinity: 1. The Circuit Court room in the Court. House, J. W. Davis; 2. Wesley Hall, Ist door north of the M. E. Church, corner of sth and Jefferson streets, Dart Bemenderfer. In the city of Nappanee and vicinity: Nappanee Post American Legion Home on W. Lincoln St.. Nappanee. Ed. Strope. In New Paris and vicinity: New Paris high school. Charles Cobb. In the town of Wakarusa and vicinity: Town hall at Wakarusa, Harry B. Holderman. _ In Benton township and vicinity: . ' / Town Hall at Benton, Walter Hire. In Clinton Township: The High School building at Millersburg, Lloyd M. Hart-, zough. All male persons not previously registered, who attained their twentieth birthday on or before December 31. 1941, and who have not attained their forty-fifth birthday on or before February 16. 1942, must register between 7:00 A. M., and 9:00 P. M. on February 16. In other words, ■ all unregistered men who were born between February 17, 1897, and December 31, 1921, must register. Men between 21 and 36 years of age who registered 'in 1940 and 1941 are not required to register again, Mr. Yoder stated. While any one who is unavoidably away from his home on February 16 may register at the registration place most convenient on that day, Mr. Yoder said, he urged all Elkhart County registrants to make every effort to register with their own local* boards to avoid possible confusion in the future. Any person who must register while away from his home, he warned, should be careful to specify his home j address, so that his registration card may be forwarded promptly to his own local board, and to insure that he will be included in its potential manpower to fill calls for quotas. The only persons exempt from registration under the law, are: Commissioned officers, warrant officers, pay clerks, and enlisted men of the Regular Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Public Health Service, the federally recognized active National Guard, the Officers’ Reserve Corps, the Regular Army Reserve: the Enlisted Reserve Corps, the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve;

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A view of the American submarine S-26 which the Navy announced over the weekend sank off Panama the night of January 24 after a collision. Only three crew members were saved.

cadets, United States Coast Guard Academy; men who have been accepted for admittance (commencing with the academic year next succeeding such acceptance) to the United States Military Academy as cadets, to the United States Naval Academy as midshipmen, or to the United States Coast Guard academy as cadets, but only during the continuance of such acceptance; cadets of the advanced course, senior division, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and diplomatic representatives, technical attaches of foreign embassies and legations,' consuls general, consuls, vice consuls, and consular agents of foreign countries, and persons in other categories to be specified by the President, residing in the United States, who are not citizens of the United States, and who have not declared their intention to become citizens of the United States. Special registrars also will be provided to register men who cannot appear at a designated registration place because of illness or other incapacity. Every man subject to registration who is an inmate of an asylum, jail, penitentiary, reformatory, or similar institution on February 16, is required to register on the day he leaves the institution. FRANK SMITH RESIGNS AS COUNTY CHAIRMAN OF REPUBLICAN PARTY # Frank Smith, Republican coun-! ty chairman, resigned his office 1 last Thursday and is expected to; leave for Fort “Benjamin Harrison; on Tuesday, Feb. 17 as a volun-| teer selectee for army training. j Following his resignation he left; for a visit with his mother atj Akron, Ind., expecting to remain I there until he reports for entraining for camp. A meeting of precinct committeemen has been called for Friday night of this week by vicej chairman; Mrs. Margaret Day,] for the purpose of naming anew! chairman. Vice committeemen; are also eligible to attend this! session. First it will be neces-1 sary to act on the resignation ofj Mr. Smith* then name his suc-i cessor. The meeting will be! held in the circuit court room at the court house. George Pepple, Goshen attorney and son of Mr. and Mrs. James Pepple, of Nappanee, has thej support of the committeemen j from this section of the; county as Smith’s successor. George has been active in party work for years and deserves this recognition. George graduated from the Indiana university in June, 1931 and immediately became associated with Howard Inebnit in the practice of law at Goshen. Much experience was gained by Mr. Pepple under Mr. Inebnit when the latter served as county chairman and during every campaign Mr. Pepple has been a very active worker. He announced he definitely was r ndidate to succeed Mr. Smith Uday and his friends here are pulling for his election on Friday night. NEW PHOTO SHOP TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK During the past couple of weeks Virginia Gray, of Indianapolis, has been busy preparing the building at 160 East Market street, the first door west of the Price hospital, for the opening of a photo shop and now all is in readiness. Announcement Is made of the opening on Saturday of this week. Special eight hour service on the developing of films is featured in the announcement advertisement which will be found elsewhere In this paper. The shop is known as the Lynn Photo Shop.

SUBMARINE S-26 SINKS AFTER COLLISION

ASSESSORS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS AT DISTRICT MEETING A district meeting of township as well as county assessors was held last week at North Liberty. Six counties were represented, Lake, Porter, Laporte, St. Joseph, Marshall and Elkhart county*. Three representatives from the state tax board gave instructions on assessing this year and set up values to be placed on some taxables. Stocks and' grains came in for a majdr part of the session and in comparison the assessors were told values to be placed. It seems the state men believe ! quite an increase- should be made over last year as those present were advised to assess: Horses ranging from S3O for poorer classes to as high as $125 as against assessments of last year of $25 to SIOO. Cattle are to be rated at S6O to $l5O, as against S4O to SIOO last year. Hogs common to registered brood sows, $35 to SSO as against S2O to S3O in 1941. Grains will be assessed at 75% of the market price as against an 80% assessment last year. •Those attending the meeting from Elkhart county were County Assessor James Pepple, William Fervida of Union township, Harry Holderman of Olive township and Wilson Hess of Harrison township. All enjoyed dinner which was served in the North ; Liberty First Brethren church. ! About seventy-five attended the | meeting. PLEADS GUILTY I OF RECKLESSLY DRIVING BUS ] . j Erastus O’Neill, 50, of New ! Paris, Jackson 'township school bus driver, who was arrested on Dec. 3 for reckless driving of a school bus, pleaded guilty last Thursday in Elkhart circuit court i and was fined $5 and costs by I Judge Aldo J. Simpson. O’Neill i pleaded guilty when arraigned ;on Dec. 5, and had been at lib- ! erty on a S3OO bond since that j time. j Since the charge was filed | O’Neill has disposed of his school j bus route and it was upon condition that he refrain from driving any public passenger vehicle that Simpson imposed a minimum fine. O’Neill was charged with failj ing to stop for the B&O railroad j crossing in Gravelton on Nov. 27 of last year although flasher signals were showing and a section worker attempted to stop the bus, according to reports received by the sheriff. Several children were in the bus at the time of the crossing. ROBERT BEARDSLEY TRANSFERRED TO MILK PLANT IN CALIFORNIA Robert T. Beardsley, manager at the Libby, McNeill & Libby canning plant in Nappanee for the past year, has been transferred to California where he will be in charge of a milk plant for the company. F. E. Williams, of Houston, Delaware has taken over the management of the local kraut factory and is now on the job. He expects to bring his wife here as soon as he gets his new job yvell under wayTHIEF GETS TWO PIGS AND SEVEN DOZENS OF EGGS South Bend, Feb. 12— James Shumaker, of Nappanee, Ind., came to South Bend late Saturday with an automobile full of farm produce but while his auto was parked in the 400 block South ChaDin street, seven dozen eggs and two pigs were stolen. Mr. Shumaker told police that the pigs might have wandered away, but not the eggs.

KOCHER-KNOBEL WEDDING TODAY AT GREENCASTLE, INDIANA “———— e Mr. and Mrs. William F. Kocher of Greencastle, Indiana, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Mary Louise, to Karl William Knobel, son of Mrs. Carl Knobel, of Nappanee. The wedding will take place on Thursday, February 12th at the Presbyian church in Greencastle, the Rev. Victor L. Raphael conducting the single ring ceremony before a candle lighted altar in thepresence of relatives and close friends of the couple. The bride, who will be given in marriage by her father, will wear a powder blue suit with navy accessories. After the wedding an informal reception will be held at the home of tjv; hide’s parents. m The bride-elect is a graduate of DePauw University and the State University of lowa and is employed as a teacher in Geneseo, 111. Mr. Knobel also attended DePauw University and is employed by the Mutschler Bros, company in Nappanee. SEVEN MEN CALLED FROM AREA NO. 2 INTO SERVICE TUESDAY Seven men will be sent from area No. 2 in the call into selective service on Tuesday, Feb. 17th. Only two of this number are from Nappanee, being Maxwell Clouse and Robert Sharp, Others from the area are Hugh Bowman, now of Laporte; Earl Canen, Earl McDonald, Goshen; Commodore Wogoman, Elkhart and Porter Rhodes, Jr., Rochester, Ind. Seventy men were taken to Ft. Wayne for physical examination on Monday of this week. 39 were placed in the first class and subject to call, 15 were given ratings for limited duty and 14 were rejected. Two were returned to the local board for further examination and will then again go before the army examining board with another contingent of men. WALTER R. MILLER RESIGNS AS NAPPANEE G. O. P. CHAIRMAN Walter R. Miller, appointed as vice chairman of the Elkhart County Republican Central committee by Frank Smith, who resigned last week to enter upon army service, Tuesday night sent his resignation to this office to the county central committee. It is not likely a successor will be appointed until following the meeting at Goshen Friday night when a county chairman will be appointed by the precinct committeemen and vice committeemen. Walter has served faithfully as chairman in frappanee for the past several campaigns and it will be hard to find a successor to him that will give it the time and study he gave to it. MEETING OF ASSESSORS AT GOSHEN CALLED FOR 25TH OF FEBRUARY A meeting of all assessors and deputies of Elkhart county has been called by County Assessor James Pepple, to be held in the commissioners room at the court house, Goshen, on Feb. 25th, beginning at 9 a. m. Representatives from the state tax board will be present and give values on assessments, supplies will be given out and all will be in readiness for the men to begin the annual job of assessing on March Ist. Phillip Fox of Bremen spent the week end here with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Abell.

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STATE POLICE TO TAKE PACT IN POBLIC DEFENSE I In a recent message to the Indiana Civilian Defense Council, Don F. Stiver, Superintendent of State Police, described his department’s plans for meeting any emergencies in rural area that may arise' around munitions plants and defense industries. He pointed out that * the trained troopers in Indiana constitute one of the first lines of home defense and urged additional men to apDly for the 50 appointments to be made on July 1. Only eighteen days remain before the March 1 deadline for application at the State House in Indianapolis. Mr. Stiver explained that plans for dealing with rural disasters resulting from sabotage or other causes included the mobilization of all police, fire and first-aid resources, the blockading of roads surrounding these areas to keep out unnecessary traffic, and making available an emergency vehicle to be dispatched, from Indianapolis containing gas masks, extensive first aid equipment, steel helmets, ropes and other devices useful in a catastrophe. The state police radio network, including a number of two-way radio cars, can mobilize these resources in quick time at any point where danger threatens. Every factory in Indiana has received detailed information as to how to contact state police and hundreds have collaborated with state police in detailed plans for use of troopers inside and immediately surrounding their plants and areas. In issuing a last call for applicants, Mr. Stiver emphasized that the war emergency has vastly increased the duties of the department and that the 50 additional men would scarcely absorb the added responsibilities, but were needed in view of increasing defense activities in the state. Qualifications for applicants include age from 21 to 35 years, residency in Indiana for one year, American citizenship as testified by birth certificate, a high school graduation diploma, height above 5’ 9”, weight over 150 pounds, and 3A classification in Selective Service. DONALD RUPLE NOW STATIONED NEAR BATON ROUGE, LA. Wjfrd has been received here by friends and relatives of Donald Ruple that he is now stationed near Baton Rouge, La. His address is Pvt. Donald Ruple, Harding Field, 58th Air Corps Squardon, Int. Control, Baton Rouge, La. * Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ruple and Mrs. Donald Ruple are planning to leave on Thursday evening to spend several days in Louisiana visiting with him. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Abell received word on Monday that Capt. and Mrs. JqUan Abell of Portland, Ore., were the parents of a son, Feb. Bth. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Martin, , a daughter, Mary, Saturday, Jan. 7th. '

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Reedsport, Oregon—Spl. CFI photo to Advance-News by Fred M. Wright—Because of a shortage of wood in Japan, their deep sea fishermen have had to use glass balls, like the one in the photo, for net floats instead of wooden ones. These glass balls, which are hollow and in various sizes, were attached to the nets. Evidently the balls were not fastened securely, for thousands of them have been picked up along the beaches of the Oregon coast. They must have broken from the nets and been carried thousands of miles through the Pacific Ocean by the Japanese Current, which flows past the Oregon and Washington shores. The large one shown in photo was found on the shores of Winchester Bay at the mouth of the Umpqua river in Oregon.