Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1938 — Page 1

17«v\\ I. No. 271.

bale Tax Board [Makes Reductions ■ In County Rates

Reductions In j f( l h \nd Township BRatf' Are Ordered By I State Board. 1 ColM' v AT 35 . A . budgets th.' |Mj, ... Vidius county and ■the lAtes. ■Uh :’v Auditor John word th.' , hospital. ■s <Kts 0 -'■ .id of 48 cents as ,iir pur. base of right th" tax board reKLL... ,| "' s ‘' funds should Km« :i Hi.- gas tax monKgd tl >h.' general fund. Kb i f h>. al taxation Ke Bari - A "'i the county w.-l-Hi It cents to 11 cents. board cut the S 1 requested approit <enta. The state tax KiX|. statement: ”(.’oun■abeyince ’ ■he to'.c tax rate as apKred b state tax board is 5n of 16 cents front ■ ,>ie r.i’" asked. Os this 13 Ets «a the county gen- ■ cents from the ■ next compares to a ■Ju this year for the levy. She fleit. tit d>-i of the report of tax board is: <<>u:ity: appropriations - commissioners, personal fluted S2OO and recthat ’lm reduction be apB" * itimr operating expense $""-i recommend the ■■■- ~ WE RALLY |IS HELD HERE ■lO persons .Attend EpI Wth League Rally I Tuesday the district Epworth B*^* [rally at the Decatur M. E. B“rch,| Tuesday night. . s ficin the churches ilult of Allen county |^^B'"' : '"y alld Wells county ■fWbW” - the dinner served in ■JW 1 ' 1 ' 1 ■' ■‘-ympositiin was li"ir ■■■th*- leading questions ii” consideration members. |Hm"! -t (hj, discus von union of the three bra.ith.' M. thodist church. ■jß’-' divisions made dur t'ivil War period |^^Bi s t Church North. Metho mßtir.-li South and Metlni'Jls’ Church] talking over the reasons division, the advantages Blfiftfefits of the union of tne ■HK'hurches April 26. 1939, at conference in Fl Bpß|wi'r,. discussed. The lead d.'Ciission were Threr and Omar Kenyon. I^H 0 " Wayne, and Russel! Bluffton. M tii>‘ speaking progrim B*B Dr p - E. Frihley. Fort BSI p - district sup<"'n ii:i <l the Rev. Dona.d Pastor of the LaFou.uain ■kF 11 niusi( ’ was presented by University male qtr,> |eS: y Edwards and the Ic. ,1 ■B^' H - If READINGS IjBoCRAT THERMOMETER BH a "' 30 2:00 p.m 49 a ,| i36 3:00 p.mso ■ WEATHER l n | ® re or le ss cloudiness to- !■” a " :l Thursday; warmer I 3u ht and in ea st and north IBi Thur *day.

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DECATUR'S TAX RATES CUT BY STATE ACTION City’s Total Rate Slashed 20 Cents Under Proposed Levy Taxpayers in the city of Decatur will enjoy a 20-cent reduction in the total levy asked by all units, whose rates affect the city, as the result of slashes made by the state tax board. The state board made no changes in the civil city rate, which has remained at 40 cents for the last four years. However, a reduction of 13 cents in the county general levy, three cents in the county public welfare levy, and four cents in the Washington township civil levies will result in the lowering of the rate payable in 1939 as set by the county tax adjustment board at $2.89 to $2.69. Because of a huge slash made in the Washington township school budgets, which do not affect Decatur. residents of Washington township outside of the city will enjoy a 31-cent rate reduction. A compilation of the 1939 and 1938 tax rates today indicates that seven taxing units will have lower taxes next year than this, while the remaining units will be higher. Those which will have reductions are: Blue Creek. Hartford, Jefferson, Kirkland, Washington townships, Geneva and Monroe-Wash-ington. The comparison of the 1939 rates approved by the county tax adjustment board, rates for 1939 as re--duced by the state tax board and the rates in effect this year is as follows: Ask- ReceivUnit ed ed 1938 Blue Creek $1.60 $1.41 $1.57 French 1.75 1.59 1.08 Hartford 1.94 1.73 1.91 Jefferson 1.74 1.47 1.80 Kirkland 1-52 1.30 1.39 Monroe 1.61 1.44 1.24 Preble 117 101 .86 Root 1.77 1.60 1.13 St. Mary’s 2.34 2.15 1.75 Union 1.51 1.35 1.31 Wabash 2.14 1.95 1.93 1 Washington 1.66 1.32 1.44 Berne 3.01 2.83 2.74 Decatur —Root ... 2.74 2.58 2.24 Decatur —Wash. 2.89 2.69 2.46 Geneva 3.21 2.61 3.13 Monroe —Monroe 2.01 1.84 1.64 Monroe —Wash... 2.06 1.72 1.84 0 Accident Victim Is Reported Improving The condition of Mrs. Stafford Sprague, of Hudson, Ohio, wno was injured Sunday in an auto accident on federal road 224, west of the city was described as “very good” today by hospital attaches. She is reported improving daily. « oUNION SERVICE THANKSGIVING Union Protestant Thanksgiving Service At Christian Church The program for tire union Protestant Thanksgiving service was announced today by the Decatur ministerial association, sponsors of the service. The annual service will be held at the First Christian church on South Second street, Thursday morning, November 24, at 8 o’clock. The service will open with scripture reading by Rev. R. W. Graham pastor of the First M. E. church. This will be followed with prayer by Rev. Glen W. Marshall, pastor of the Church of God. The Thanksgiving proclamation will be read by Rev. C. M. Prugn, pastor of the Zion Reformed church Rev. Paul Brandyberry, pastor of the church of the Nazarene, will deliver the Thanksgiving sermon. Benediction will be offered by Rev. Homer J. Aspy. pastor of the Firs. Baptist church. Special music for the service Is being arranged by the ministers association.

GREAT BRITAIN RELATIONS WITH ITALY‘NORMAL’ Formally Recognizes Italian Conquest Os Ethiopia Rome, Nov. 16 — (U.R) — Great Britain and Italy, who almost went to war over Ethiopia three years ago, made “peace" today. Relatii ns. strained by Italy's conquest of Ethiopia and participation in the Spanish civil war, returned to normal with two formal ceremonies at Chigi palace. The first was Britain’s recognition of Ethiopia as part of the Italian empire and the second put into effect the long-delayed Brit ish-Italian mutual agreement. At 11:05 a. m. the Earl of Perth, British ambassador to Italy, presented to Count Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister, new credentials accrediting him to Victor Emmanuel both as King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia. His new letters replaced those of the late King George V which accredited him only to the king of Italy. In recognizing Ethiopia as Italian, the friendly relations the two nations had long before the Ethiopian war were restored. At one 1 point during the war, Britain con-, centrated more than 600,000 tons of warships in the Mediterranean. The recognition came just two days before the third anniversary of the league of nations sanctions against Italy, observed in Italy! annually as a sort of national holiday. This afternoon Lord Perth re turned to the foreign office and he and Count Ciano signed .a declaration announcing the ’mmediate enforcement of the Br’t-ish-Italian agreement which had been determined last April 16 nut never implemented because of Italy's continued participation in the Spanish war. By PcrUl’s two acts, the British government restores normal, uieudly ralaXluus with Italy bus (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O SCHOOL WALKS NEARLY DONE Second WPA Work Period Os November Opens Next Monday The ’72-hour work period of the WPA closed today and the men will not return to the jobs until next Monday. The second work period is 48 hours, a total of 120 for the month. The walks and curb around the new high school building are practically completed. Six-foot walks have been built on Third, Fourth and Jefferson streets streets and 14-foot walks have been run from the street to the entrances of the building. New curb was constructed on Third street. WPA projects will be continued to the end of the year and there will be sufficient funds left to carry the sidewalk and street crews up until next March or April from the projects filed by the present city administration. Every effort will be made by Mayor A. R. Holthouse, the city council and city officials to continue the work projects to the end of the year and since the WPA funds will not be exhausted by January, the employment program will run into the new year. The water line on Grant street has been laid and the extension on Fifteenth street is practically done. The next extension will be made on Schirmeyer street. The water department has about a carload of pipe on hand and this will be used in completing the jobs. The cost of the pipe enters into the water line extensions, the pipe costing around a dollar a foot, entailing quite an expenditure when a few thousand feet are included in the water main program. About 70 men are employed in the city on WPA work porjects. —o District Deputy To Inspect Elks Lodge Harry D. Forney, Warsaw, district deputy grand exalted ruler of the B. P. O. Elks, will make the annual district deputy’s inspection of the Decatur lodge at tonight’s meeting. All members are urged to attend the meeting, which will open at 8 o clock. Free lunch will b: served following the meeting.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 16, 1938.

F. I). R. Enrolled in Red Cross

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President Roosevelt and Norman H. Davis Chairman Norman H. Davis of the American Red Cross enrolls President Roosevelt into the membership as the national drive gets under way in Washington.

STATE G. 0. P. CUTSCOUNTTO FIVE COUNTIES Republicans Not To Demand Recount In Sullivan County Indianapolis. Nov. 16 — (U.R) — A recount of votes in the Nov. 8 election will be demanded in only Live Indiana counties instead of, six Arch N. Bobbitt, state chair-' man, announced today. No recount will be demanded in Sullivan county, as formerly planned, because a preliminary investigation failed to disclose any irregularities in the balloting there. Bobbitt said. Plans were moving forward, however, for contesting the vote in Marion, Vigo, Lake. Vandeiburgh, and Vermillion counties with prospect that the G. O. P. would file recount petitions on Friday in the circuit courts of these counties. Meanwhile, the vote of all but five counties had been officially tabulated by the secretary of state and every Democratic state candidate from Sen. Frederick Van Nuys on down the list was still leading. With the votes from DeKalb, Grant, Marshall, Ripley, and Wabash county still to be reported, Van Nuys held a lead of 11,147 over his Republican opponent, Raytnond E. Willis. This margin is expected to be whittled considerably by returns from the re(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O DEATH CLAIMS MRS. GINTER Mrs. Homer Ginter Dies Tuesday After Extended Illness Mrs. Aldine Klopfenstein-Ginter, 43, wife of Homer Ginter, died Tuesday afternoon at her home in Kirkland township after a several years’ illness of complications. The deceased was born in Adams county August 16, 1895, the daughter of Peter and Mary Klopfenstein. She marled Homer Ginter December 14, 1918. he was a member of the Antioch church. Surviving besides the husband are the following children: Miriam, Terveer, Marcella, Dolores, Jerome, Vernon and Noland, all at home; and the following brothers and sisters: Henry Klopfenstein, Mrs. Ida Egley and Mrs. Tillie Ehrsam, all of Monroe; Noah Klopfenstein, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Emma Malloney, Decatur; Mrs. Mary Mertz, Bluffton. Two sons are deceased, Funeral services will be held at the home at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon and at 1:30 o’clock at the An-11 tioch church, with the Rev. O. L. I Flesher officiating. Burial in the An-1 tioch cemetery. ]; The body will be removed to the residence from the Lobenstein fun- : eral parlors this evening. i

Invite Local Moose To Bluffton Meeting Members of Adams lodge 1311. Loyal Order of Moose in this city have been invited to take part In a district meeting of the order, which ] will be held Saturday evening, November 19 in Bluffton. The meeting will start at 8 p. m. A short business session will be followed by a dance and other entertainment. Lodges expected to be represented, in addition to Decatur and the host group, are: Auburn, Fort Wayne, Huntington, Wabash Peru, Hartford City. Montpelier and Port- , land. CITY PLANS TO TRANSFERFONOS City Council Holds Regular Meeting Tuesday Evening Steps for the transference of funds from appropriations in which there will be a balance, to those in which there are deficiencies at the end of the year, were taken at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night. The council takes this action every year in order that certain appropriations are not exceeded while balances remain in others. Notice was ordered given by the city clerk-treasurer. Hearing will be held Nov. 28. A petition from Roy Lehman and others for the erection of a light on North Fifteenth street was referred to the board of public works and safety with power to act. Forrest Elzey, chairman of the park board, reported that shrubbery which had died at the Homesteads, is being replaced as per | the agreement with the nursery. He also reported NYA boys are j progressing with the erection of a shelter house at Hanna-Nutt-man park. A $225 claim by Edwin L. May, engineer at • the city light and power plant, for a bruise sustained on April 10, 1935, was approved on motion. It was reported that his injury did not become serious until too late to file an insurance claim. The $225 did not include hospital bills, only doctor bills. Mr. May assumed the other costs and gave the city a release from any further claims from himself. o Women Os Moose To District Meet The women of the Moose will hold a district meeting at Wabash, Sunday, Nov. 20, and several members of the local organization are planning to attend. The meeting will be held at the Moose home. The afternoon business session will open at 2 o’clock and the initiatory work will be held in the evening, beginning at 7 o’clock. Local women who are planning to attendcanmakearrangementsatthe attened can make arrangements at the regular meeting of the organization to be held Thursday evening at the Moose home in this city.

President Roosevelt Assails German Persecution Os Jews; To Discuss Relief Measures

Roosevelt Denunciation Os Persecution Brings Favorable Comment From Many Nations. SEIZE WEALTH by Joe Alex Morirs (Copyright, 1938; by United Press) President Roosevelt’s denunciation of Nazi persecution of Jews and his call for improved defense of the Americas resounded 'round the world today amid mingled expressions of approval and disdain. “U. S. A. move to split witn Germany.” commented the Daily Mirror in London, where it was indicated that a five power conference — among the United State, Britain, France, Holand and Brazil —would be called soon to consider the Jewish refuge .problem. “President Roosevelt sheds tears for the Jews,” remarked the newspaper Tevere in Rome., where the long-delayed freindship treaty between fascist Italy and Great Britain was put into effect as ’he keystone of Europe's program—now threatened with indefinite delayer general appeasement. “Declarations by Mr. Roosevelt in the matter of solidarity of all the countries of the continent could be subscribed to by any of the 21 American republics,” said foreign minister Carlos Concha of Peru. | The recently increased anger of the German press was missing as the Reich today suspended business in order to observe “Buzztag”— the repentence day. But Nazi pressure on Jews continued unabated. The German minister of economics Walther Funk revealed that $800,000,000 of Jewish holdings already had been seized. This is one third of the Jewish wealth in Germany. At Dusseldorf, the Nazi party made a martyr of Ernst Von Rath. German diplomat slain by a Jewish boy in Paris. Von Rath’s body was carried through the streets in a procession to the huge Rhinehalle, where it lay in state beside a wreath from Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and a pillow on which rested the slain man's Nazi cap and "dagger of honor.” Hitler may deliver an important speech at the funeral Thursday. Mr. Roosevelt's plans for defense of the western world against any threat of aggression were received with approval in the big South American republics. The reaction of government leaders and newspapers in such nations as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico was friendly but careful. The smaller nations warmly approv-. ed the President's declaration. Canadian newspapers applauded Mr. Roosevelt’s “fight for the democracies.” The chief importance of President Roosevelt’s statement appeared to be in connection with next month s Pan-American conference at Lima, Peru, where the United States dele(CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) RED CROSS ON MEMBER DRIVE Adams County Red Cross Opens Annual Roll Call Drive The annual Red Cross roll call drive in Adams county is intensively underway. Launching of the 1938 call to membership campaign was done at Monroe last night, where nearly 50 Red Cross leaders, enthusiasts and departmental heads attended a dinner at the M. E. church. Wai Wemhoff, chairman of the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross, opened the meeting with a short address, relative 1 to the opening of the campaign and its purposes. The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. E. W. Busche, Monroe: chairman, who also spoke briefly regarding the drive. Mrs. Busche reported that leaders of home economics clubs throughout the county have reported almost a complete canvass among their respective clubs. The main address of the meeting was given by A. G. Hendricks, of Indianapolis, field representative of the Red Cross. Mr. Hendricks cited the various (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) '

U.S., ENGLAND TO SIGN TRADE PACTTHURSDAY Recriprocal Trade Agreement To Be Signed Tomorrow Washington, Nov. 16. —(U.R) —The state department announced today that the long-awaited Anglo-Amer-ican reciprocal trade agreement will be signed in the east room of the White House at 4 p. in. tomorrow. The Anglo-American treaty in- , eludes reciprocal trade arrange--1 ments with the Dominion of Canada, the United Kingdom, northern Ireland, and the colonial empire. It was announced that further details of the agreements will be released after the treaty is signed. Secretary of State Hull will sign 1 the treaty in behalf of this country. Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambassador to the United States, will sign in behalf of the United Kingdom. Arnold E. Overton, second i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Red Men Expect Large Crowd At Meet Tonight A large crowd of visiting Red Men are expected to attend the district meeting of the Improved Order of Red Men at the local lodge hall tonight. The meeting will open at S p. m. Degree work will be conferred and officers for the coming year will be nominated. AVIATOR TALKS TO BROTHERHOOD Capt. Cornish Speaks To Baptist Men’s Brother hood A bright future for aviation in I Decatur was predicted by Captain C. F. Cornish, manager of the Fort Wayne municipal airport, at a meeting of the Baptist church men's brotherhood. Tuesday night in the Baptist church. j Preceding the meeting a dinner was served by the ladies of the I Philathea class. I Following the talk by Captain I Cornish, new officers were elected. Roy Johnson is to be president, succeeding Harold Baughn, who was elected vice-president. Lester Johnson was named secre-tary-treasurer. Chairmen of committees, which were elected at the meeting are: Ira Bodie, membership; Rev. Homer J. Aspy, program, and Cal Peterson, publicity. Captain Cornish was introduced by the pastor. Rev. Aspy, who had on exhibit a number of enlarged photographs taken at the Fort Wayne airport and which were displayed in leading Fort Wayne department stores lyCaptain Cornish began his talk with a brief history of aviati >i. He said the Chinese claim in 1,20 J B. C. they had developed a light.r than air craft, and they have navigation instruments to sul»stantiate their claim. Late in the 18th century, he said, two Frenchmen built a balloon and managed to sail over Paris. In 1903 the Wright brothers made their famous flight which officially launched aviation. Aviation made tremendous advancements during the World I War from a military standpoint, he said, but it was not until after i the World War that civil aviaI tion became a reality in the Unit- ! ed States through the use of old army planes on commercial mail (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O J. Leo Childs To Speak To Rotarians J. Leo Childs, secretary-treasurer of the Hancock Bricke & Tile Co. of Findlay, Ohio, will be the speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. R. E. Glendening will be chairman I of the program.

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United States Protests Actions Os Japanese And Italians; Discuss Defense. CALLS COMMITTEE Washington, Nov. 16 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt today circled the Western hemisphere with a boldly drawn deadline against fascism and turned his attention to the problem of refugees of the Nazi German persecution. He called his advisory committee on international refugees to the White House as London reported a rapidly developing plan whereby Great Britain would provide colonial haven for GermanJewish refugees and the United States and other nations would finance the huge project. The White House first announced that Myron C. Taylor, chairman of the international refugee committee, would meet with Mr. Roosevelt. Later, however, the advisory committee on refugees replaced Taylor on the White House appointment schedule. This committee comprises James G. McDonald, Hamilton F. Armstrong, George L. Warren and under secretary of state Sumner Welles. Committee members declined to comment on their discussion. This action came as the White House pointed out President Roosevelt’s criticism of Nazi persecution was designed to outrages against Catholics as well as Jews. Secretary of State Hull declared he had no official report of American representations in Berlin against offenses against U. S. citizens and properties but pointed out that U. S. diplomatic agents have standing orders to make protests when necessary. "Continental defense,” he made clear, has supersc ’ed "national defense" in American policy. He coupled his defense announcement with tense and blistering comment on German persecution of Jews. It followed shortly the United States’ protest against “unwarranted” Japanese' violation" of American property and personal rights in China, and warnings to Italy to respect rights of American Jewish nationals. This establishment of United States defense on a “continental basis" in partnership with the 21 peoples who occupy the western hemisphere with us, spotlights the forthcoming Pan-American coherence in Lima. Peru, as a meeting to bulwark the new world agiimt flood-tides running riot in Europe and Asia. Secretary of State Cordell Hull will sail Nov. 25 as head of the American delegation to Lima. The conference will begi.i Dec. 9. There is no excitement but a steady pressure for speed he-e ns the United States prepares to live in a newly troubled world. War department officials ta’k of basic equipment for a ft-ld army of 1,000,000 men and they want it quick — within eight (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O TED APPELMAN IS IMPROVED Decatur Young Man, Injured In Wreck Tuesday, Is Improved The condition of Theodore Appelman, young grocery clerk, who was severely hurt Tuesday in an auto accident at the intersection of Seventh and Monroe streets, was reported as improved today. Young Appelman regained consciousness about 8 o’clock this morning, after having been in an unconscious or semi-conscious state since the time of the accident about 24 hours previously. Doctors first advised against moving him from his home to the hospital, fearing for his life if the transfer were made. After he regained consciousness, it was decided to keep him at home. While his condition was reported as improved, he is expected to be confined in bed for at least several days. He is suffering from a brain concussion, sustained when his head struck a part of his auto, probably (he steering wheel or windshield, when his car and one driven by Jack Myers collided.