Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1938 — Page 1

EHflins Collide, |Vi n e Are Dead, 40 Are Injured

■ (.Hide Head-On ■California Ea rI y k Mornina; I aultv gßtfh Blamed-■)NE-Missl>i(i |W , w . injur'd in a ■ ~f ,h ‘' passenger’ ■ pt. >: i,f ■ ,[■„> was <!!!e “ K- h.n-.. total. ■ IBert ’’■lm'- traln ’ ■ta 11-- ' " liS3inf: ■ ,J i'.-Py injured. of a mail A ■■Jli had in’' f, ’ und K . . ■ - <’>iil<»nian. ■ ,; lr ,-h.rtg". and th'’ Argo- . . ■rid three «f th- 'lead ■.'.■•.a.. ■Aiwnaut. ■ Pa:s,-;.-. <'* th, ‘ ■ _ struck Mty switch and ran onto a s! nas!i"d head-on Mj,.. raliformar. which was H’ swit h waiting for to pass. The wreck ■rd at about 2 a m PST ■ »'i charge of the rescue Hisd i-oilman porters aided coaches in oi l tiered at the hamneat th'' Californiastate lit:- Doctors and were sent from Yuma. Mei! El C-ntro and Niland. Hr laid some of the injured, Kpn> were sent to Yuma | ■ the undamaged cars of ■ties of the Californian ■ had not been derailed were] Bin the other direction with ■ injured passengers and the ■of the dead, he said. Here seems to lie about forty ■d. some.ot them not hurt so ■ however," said Dyer. B i H Foster of Brawley, ■aid three of the dead were ■Hand identified two of them Bn. G. A. Ball and Mrs. EmBall. Loma Linda. Cal. Both ■ decapitated. ■ rid the third dead woman Brom New York. He did not ■ her name ■ was terrible,” Dr. Foster ■ "It was the worst thing I ■ saw It was a big jam-up ■aflroad cars, with people Bd inside. One elderly woBwas caught there, uninjured ■tiling for help. They had to ■cetylene torches to cut her fcred passengers pinned InBtlie coaches were screaming. yCrs were using acetylene B> to cut the steel of the ■“id free them.” ■ Foster said the two injured [ l^er * ts were found when fbTINttED OV PAGE TWO) MITE FOR ■IISCHOOLS pal Institute For Rai School Teachers Here Saturday f anil tial institute for teachers P.,.' “ ,aI schools of Adams coun- |!" le held Saturday morning at l D «atur high school it was anFM today. L,J e,,10M of th e Institute will L, 8 ' in the school auditorium p « 9 a. m. L teacl,ers in the rural schools k ™ g those in the high schools f ®r«on. Geneva. Monroe, Hartr masant Mills and Monmouth F school will attend. ’ ' Strik er county superintendscuoois, will be in charge of nsthute. Mr. Striker is negoL, , the services of several kltute 11 s i )ea ' !er s to address the 9choo! teacher?’ instlthc m‘ e ? each year ln addition ( J‘“ tuie for both rural and of th teachers at the beginn--01 th6 school term.

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ASSERT EFFORT TO FORGE U. S. IN WAR CRISIS Opinion Expressed Foreign Effort Made To Involve U. S. By Lyle C. Wilson (Copyright 1938 by United Press) Washington, Sept. 20— (UP)— The opinion was expressed in high places today that a foreign effort was being made to force the United states to "pull Europe's caestnuta out of the fire” and that the Roosevelt administration wouldn't do it. That opinion reached the United Press from a source so friendly | to the Administration that it would appear to represent what New Deal policy makers are thinking today. To illustrate his conception of the Roosevelt-Hull attitude in this crisis in which European powers are juggling the fate of Czechoslovakia, the United Press informant recalled events during the Harding administration and remarked, in substance: There is now an effort being made to make the United States pull Europe’s Chestnuts out of the fire. President Roosevelt, however, is not going to be another Charles Evans Hughes and hold the bag as Mr. Hughes did after the Washington arms conference. That reference was to the conference summoned in 1921 which attempted to deal by treaty with Pacific problems and before which Hughes startled the world with a proposal that naval powers disarm. Some persona, including An insider or two. long have believed that naval disarmament was suggested [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WILL DISCUSS BORER CONTROL Low Corn Cutting Demon stration Near Monroeville Thursday Farmers report a tremendous increase in the number of corn borers this year, together with reports of the first commercial damage that they have seen from this pest. Interest in control measures has increased accordingly. Therefore, in answer to this demand, a demonstration in the low cutting of corn anti the use of the Purdue plow trash shields will be held at the Leßoy Koehlinger farm,, two miles west of Monroeville on the paved road one-half mile north of tne Snyder road at 1 p. m. central standard time, Thursday. Low cutting of corn does not leave any borers in the root stalks and if the corn fodder is put in the ; silo run through a shredder with a well-tightened roller or is tramped into the manure lot, the borers are destroyed. On the other hand, if the corn left standing is turned under completely, the borer is also destroyed. The trash shields developed for the plow by Purdue University -Jo an excellent job of complete coverage of trash of all kinds and bury the material deeply enough that it is not brought up by subsequent tillage work. The specialists present will be glad to answer questions at this meeting. —oRev. William Aker Dies At Hospital Rev. William Aker, 48, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church at Flat Rock, near Monroeville, died Monday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne of peritonitis following an operation. Funeral services will be held at the church at 9:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. Burial will be made at Cincinnati. oPublic Library Will Extend Open Hours Commencing this evening the Decatur public library will remain i open until 9 o'clock. The library I opens at 12:15 noon.

They Agreed to Ask Czechs to Cede Areas ' w Im Neville Chamberlain, Georges Bonnet and Edouard Daladier

Following a 12-hour parley in London, Britain and France, through the diplomats shown above, apparently decided to drop resistance to all or part of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler’s demands in Czechoslovakia. Strong rebuff was expected from Czechoslovakia, which has indicated that it will refuse a

INDIANA PLANT STRIKE SETTLED Agreement Is Reached By Company And Union Officials Newcastle, Ind., Sept. 20 —(U.R) — The Chrysler Motor company plant re-opened this morning after a day-old strike called by local i 371 of the United Automobile! Workers was settled peacefully! (ate l»«t night. Approximately 2.000 employes—--1.800 of them union members — 1 trooped through the factory gates today satisfied that their long: list of 35 grievances would be handled satisfactorily by com-: pany officials. Sherman Welch, factory manager ,and other factory officials, j conferred with a UAW A executive committee for nearly 12 hours before reaching an agreement, j Both siues said they were satis-1 tied with its terms. The company promised favorable action on 32 of the grievances and said they would further consider the others. Outside the building more than 1,500 local and outside pickets were posted. As soon as the decision was reached the committee called members of the local union to a nearby garage for a reading j of the terms and a vote. The union voted unanimously to accept the committee's action and return to work at 6:30 a. m., (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) SCHOOL PUPILS NAME OFFICERS Monroe And Berne High School Classes Select Officers The officers of the four classes of the Monroe high school have been announced by Rolland Sprung- j er, high school principal, following the annual class elections. The officers of the classes: Freshmen: Max Winteregg, president; Richard Burkhart, vice-presi-; dent; Verna Gene Steiner, secretary; Paul Schug. treasurer. Sophomores: Carl Zuercher, president; j Berniece Nussbaum, vice-preisdent; Lorraine Lehman, secretary; Loris Rich, treasurer. j Juniors: Arveda Mazelin, presi-, dent; Fern Stuckey, vice-president; Esther Sprunger, secretary and Howard Flueckiger, treausrer. Seniors: Harold Schwartz, president; Lester Laughrey. vice-presl-, dent; Dorothy Williams, secretary land Valier Flueckiger, treasurer. ’ Berne Elects Junior and senior classes of the! Berne high school have also elected officers. The officers of the senior class: Max Sprunger, president; James Baumgartner vice-pre-j sident; Louise Sprunger, secretary, and Juanita Sprunger, treasurer. Junior: Howard Luginblll, president; Harold Lehman, vicepresident; Phyllis Zehr, secretary; and Junior Burry, treasurer. |

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 20, 1038.

Funeral Is Held For Call Infant — Funeral services were held this 1 afternoon for Kenneth Duane Call. I three-weeks-old son of Mr. and Mrs. i I Emery Call, east of Tocsin, who | died Sunday at the Riley hospital !in Indianapolis. The infant had, been a patient at the hospital for, two weeks. Services were held at the Pleasant Valley M. E. church, with Rev. A. S. Elzey of Ossian officiating, i ■ Burial was made in the Shady cem- j j etery. Surviving besides the par-' . ents are four brothers, a sister. I and the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. [ Joseph Call of Craigville and Mr. I and Mrs. B. H. Morningstar of Geneva. o ACTIVITIES OF K. C. PLANNED Knights Os Columbus Plan Fall And Winter Activities Plans for the approaching fall and winter season of activities were opened last night by the members of the Decatur Council No. 864. Knights of Columbus, in the regular 1 semi monthly- meeting at the lodge , hall. Joe Lose, lecturer of the council, ; announced that on October 3 the ! council will hold its second annual 'German lunch, following the regular meeting on that night. The menu will consist of spareribs. sauer kraut, pig knuckles and jthe trimmings The program of (speaking has not been completed. Invitations will be extended to the Fort Wayne and Huntington council members. It will be open to i council members only. Short talks were given at the meetI mg last night by Jared Reed and the Rev. Joseph J. Seimetz. Father I Seimetz extended his thanks to the ! members of the council for their ! cooperation in the staging of the St. Mary's church Centennial recently. He also announced that the Centennial Mission of the church will i start October 16, and will continue ■ for three weeks. Two Precious Blood misslonaires v>il lhave charge ; of the mission, he stated. Committees were also anpointed by Grand Knight Charles Miller for I the season and these committees I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — Aged Berne Woman Is Critically 11l Mrs. Mary Moser, 81, of Berne, ■ is critically ill at the home of her i daughter, Mrs. Albert Llechty, of that town. Mrs. Moser suffered a I stroke Thursday night. Dr. Cordier To Speak To Lions Dr. Andrew W. Cordier, professor |of history at Manchester college, will speak tonight to the members l of the Decatur Lions club in the weekly meeting at the Rico hotel, j Cordier will speak on the Czech[German situation.

plebiscite and the shearing off of Sudeten areas. This picture, a radiophoto from London, shows British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, left; French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, and French Premier Edouard Daladier, three of the key men in th" current crisis.

RAIL PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED President Confers With Railway Labor And Management Washington. Sept. 20. — ,<U.R> — President Roosevelt confers joint;ly today with representatives of railway management and labor j whose dispute over a $250,000,000 i wage cut threatens a nationwide strike of railroad workers. Although it previously had been expected that the chief executive would see only representatives of rail labor today, the White House disclosed that three representatives of management also would participate in today's conference. The White House said, however. I that the conference will center on railroad rehabilitation rather than on an attempt to settle the dispute over a proposed wage cut out of which has grown the threat of a strike. Participating in the 2 p. m. conference will be Carl Gray, former: president of the Union Pacific; M. W. Clements, president of the Pennsylvania, and Ernest C. Norris. president of the Southern. Labor will be represented by George H. Harrison, chairman of the railway labor executives association; 1 B. M. Jewell, president of the A. F. of L., railway employes' depart- i ment and D. B. Robertson. The White House announcement I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DEMOCRATS TO OPEN QUARTERS Smoker To Open Democratic Headquarters Here Saturday Night The Adams county Democratic campaign will be traditionally opened Saturday night at 7 o’clock when a stag smoker will be held in the neadquarters opened todav over the Decatur Democrat office County Chairman Nathan C. Nelson, announced today. J. Fred Fruchte, Democratic candidate for judge of the Adams cir- : cuit court, will be the chief speak- | er. Other county, township, and 10I cal candidates will be called on to ■ speak or be introduced during the ! smoker. Mr. Nelson said today the headquarters will be open for the balance of the week and one girl will be there part of the time. The phone number will be 108. Two girls. Ruth Nelson of Geneva land Ellen Fuelling, of Root township, have been employed by the 1 central committee to handle thecorrespondence during the campaign They will keep the headquarters open full time during the remainder of the campaign after Monday. All precinct committeemen are expected to attend the smoker Saturday night and an invitation to the general public to attend has been 'issued.

Czechs Stall Oft Surrender To Hitler Demands; Hungary And Poland Demand Territory

Leaders Os Hungary And Poland Confer With Hitler; Russia Turns Down Appeal. HITLER TO ACT Berchtesgaden. Sept. 20 (U.R) i, - Hungary and Poland laid lieforoJ Fuehrer Adolf Hitler today their case for taking over the Magyar and Silesian regions of Czechoslovakia In the partition of the Czech republic. Premier Bela Imredy and Foreign Minister Koloman De Kanya presented Hungary's views and Ambassador Joseph Lipski those of Poland. (in Warsaw, a foreign office i spokesman announced Poland's outright demand for annexation. : of the Teschen region of Silesia.) I Demands Cession Warsaw. Sept. 29—<U.R) Poland ! demanded cession of the Polish, area of Czechoslovakia today. “Poland will not recognize any Czech solution which does not give Teschen to Poland.” an offi-1 , cial spokesman of ■ the foreign office declared. i “Poland rejects all Cantonal or autonomy projects," the spokes- j man said in revealing that War- ■ saw wants nothing less than outright annexation of the Silesian ( aretT in which about 82.009 Poles reside. Demonstrations were held in | ] South Poland. Several districts i demanded that the government formally seize the area across the . border in Czechoslovakia where - Poles live, if no other means can he found. Polish troops were concentrated ■ along the Czech border. It was I indicated Poland is ready for quick military action in case of : trouble. Refuse Appeal , Geneva. Sept. 29 — (U.R) —The ' possibility of Soviet Russia alone ! i going to the aid of Czechoslovakia | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MDNEI MATTERS CAUSE OF ACT Note Left By Beet Worker Reveals Cause Os Suicide Further investigation Into the death of Charles Rooms, 55-year-old ; Belgian beet worker Monday, by Deputy Coroner Robert Freeby and Sheriff Dallas Brown has revealed that despondency over money matters caused him to take his own life, 1 it was revealed today. A suicide note found in the dead man's pocket gave the cause. Rooms body was found by Joe DeJoegher. a fellow worker who had been staying with him in two small frame buildings on the farm, one j mile east of Jeffeson high school. I DeJoegher had last seen him Saturday night at 5 o’clock. His body was found Monday morning at 191 i o’lcock. the top of his head ripped I off by the force of a shotgun charge. I The body was found in a clump of I high weeds, leaning against ace- ■ ment block. Delay Burial Burial was delayed today when ■ word was received from a sister, living in Chicago. Coroner Zwick had phoned the (Belgian consulate | office there and asked them to contact two sisters, who are said to survive the dead man. Tri Kappa Girl Scouts To Meet The Tri Kappa Girl Scout troop will meet Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in room 190 of the Decatur high school. All Girl Scouts are urged to attend and to bring t books and ropes. , O— — Johns Funeral Rites Thursday Funeral services will be held at the St. Mary's? Catholic church at 9 a. m. Thursday for Frank J. " Johns, who died suddenly of a heart attack Monday afternoon. Rev. J. J. Seimetz, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. The body 1 will be returned to the residence, 422 Adams street, from the Black funeral home this afternoon anil ■ may be viewed after 7 o'clock this | evening.

COMMITTEE IS ORGANIZED TO MAKE CANVASS Theodore Graliker Named Chairman Os KrickTyndall Committee Solicitation for the SB,OOO em-ployment-mdustry fund to assure the rebuilding of the Krick-Tyn-dall tile factory will be launched Monday, Octobers, Rev. Ralph W. Graham, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, and chairmna of the general publicity committee announced today. A meeting of the general committee was held last night at the First State Bank and an organization completed. Theodore Graliker, president of the First State Bank, was named chairman and treasurer of the committee. Frederic Schafer, secretary of the Schafer company, was elected secretary ftnd Rev. Graham was appointed publicity chairman. Other members of the general committee are, Harold W. McMillen, vice-president of the Central Sugar company; E. W. Lankenau, superintendent of the General Electric company; Ferd L. bitterer, attorney; Henry Schulte, clothing store proprietor. John L. DeVoss. president of the Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the aid employment and industry drive, is a member of the committee by virtue of his office. The commitwas in session until midnight. The committee prepared a list of 49 names tor the build industryhelp employment soliciting teams. : Contact with these men was being made today by Rev. Graham and their acceptance will make it i possible to go ahead with the organization. It is proposed to have 20 teams of two men each to solicit for the SB,OOO fund. A special gifts committee 'which will call on industries will be named. Rev. Graham stated. A tentative draft of a prospective donors list was prepared. The committee worked until midnight and announced today that another meeting would be held Thursday to complete the compilation of expected donations from individuals, I firms and industries. The general committee is optimistic over prospects of raising the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Remodeling Work At Local Bakery The Hon E. Krust (formerly the Decatur Bakery) is being remodel■ed and re-decorated. The front i has been re-painted. The sales j room has been completely re-decor-ated and new show cases installed. f Hardwood floors have been laid in the baking rooms, which are to be I re-painted. New equipment, in- ' eluding a wrapping machine; is to : be installed. PURDUE PLANS FOR SWINE DAY 18th Annual Swine Day At Purdue University Friday The eighteenth annual Purdue swine day will be held at West Lafayette Friday. Inspection of the experimental hogs in the feed lots and pastures will start at 19:00 A. M. at the experimental swine farm three miles north of West Lafayette, on the county farm road. Home-mixed protein supplements are on the trial again. The verdict was in their favor last year, but will they repeat in 1938? Some new mixtures are being tested. More than 409 hogs are included in the experiments with these and other feeds. The feeding results will be discussi ed at this meeting. t The afternoon program will be ■ held in the livestock pavilion at the , i University farm, starting at 1:15 ;! o’clock. The hog outlook and other I topics will be discussed. i Adams county hog raisers are cordially invited to attend.

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Czech Government Fears Surrender May Brinj? End To Individuality As A Nation. GRAVE INCIDENTS Prague, Sept. 20 —(UP)--The Czech reply to Adolf Hitler'* Sudeten demand was delivered to the British and French tonight. The nature of the reply was not revealed. By Joe Alex Morris (Copyright 1938 by United Press) Czechoslovakia stalled off final surrender to Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler today, fearful that capitulation meant dismemberment and that twe grave frontier clashes might lead to premature warfare. Poland with n minority of nearly 199.999 in Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, with 709,090. echoed the German demand for partition of Prague’s post-war domain. Both nations made representations to Great Britain and France, it was understood, and the Hungarian regent. Admiral Nicholas Horthy, conferred with Nazi Field Marshal Hermann Goering. The Czechoslovak population includes: 9,688,000 Czechoslovaks, 549,000 Russians. 186.000 Jews, and 49.636 others in addition to the Poles and Hungarians. In London, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain prepared to return to Germany, probably Wednesday, to meet with Hitler again at Godesberg. Chamberlain, defying the threat of powerful opposition at home, expects to tell Hitler of acceptance of virtually all of his demands and that it is now time for action on a broader scale to stabilize European peace generally for years to come. In Berlin, it was said that Hitler had no intention of permitting the Czechs to stall — and two garve frontier incidents in which Czechs, Germans and Sudeten refugees were involved indicated the need for speed in order to prevent an xpiosiou. The border fighting included an attack (reported by the German semi-offi-cial news agency) by several hundred men in Czech uniforms on the German town of Seidenberg, where 18 persons were reported wounded, and an attack by Sudetens on a Czech customs house, where an official was killed and two prisoners taken. The hope of the Czech government that some of the great powers might yet come to its aid was reflected in diplomatic gestures to determine the attitude of France and Soviet Russia in event Prague decides to fight rather than surrender. In Moscow, however, there was no indication that the Soviets would seek to block liy military measures the surrender of the Sudetenland. In Paris, the government appeared able to hold off political opposition to the international I deal on the grounds that it was the only way to avoid another world war. At the same time, it appeared that France was giving up her once-famous “cordon sanitaire” which was created after the world war by a series of central European alliances intended to surround Germany and prevent her future expansion as a great power. At Prague, where there was sharp resentment against the I British and French for their socalled “betrayal” of the republic, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Recovers From • Electric Shock Richard Odle, an electrician em* * ployed by the Central Sugar company is recovering from the effects of being nearly electrocuted early Sunday morning. ’ Odle was engaged in splicing 1 wires when he was suddenly shocked by a heavily loaded wire. He was burned about the face and suf--1 tered greatly from shock. He was ' unocnscions for some time. o TEMPERATURE READINGS i DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a.m 52 2:00p.m 65 19:00 a.m 54 3:00 p.m 67 Noon 58 » ’! WEATHER Gsnerally fair tonight and Wednesday; slightly cooler tonight ! in north portion, somewhat warmer Wednesday.