Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1938 — Page 1

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M STARTED IftOMMITTEE [fR PATENTS sLAnI i iist Hness fj|L-til'y Before I B’oinmittee g~ St,. , ..minin' - today i, . in thi ■, A '.,. <■ * :iiu> 1,1 . ... ii,Hinn's ■9K U dnslry. FK':.;y >li I nut pay "Erie ' 1111 ,he uaP "* on ftvrineD spokesman .nnimitt— "> |r.'ii all -r assist - ■ to t'-i’nl Thurman W EtfM,. .1 11. pat. nt phase nt ■ . tln> asset lion that ■3 '1 be K w , ..bslacles tn full End In.l he believed “patents .. and that for Hi his company mainrticy of encouraging inalso encouraging coma that way?” Arnold K iwSre so.” said Ford. it exEIW Sori i "1"" Arnold asked, patents. Erd Iti'i l:i~ 1 otnpany grant. Efflt s n “anyone who He said the ■E|»n« I.::.'■ collected royalties Jppafen' Hl 11'11. but no royalWs JK have been collected. Ml <Eliiiii"l that Ford stalled (H. infringement since then has not KaMlved in such action. Ford Motor Iked Hugh B. (’ox. spec nt to the attorney genrequently,” said Ford, en sued 60 times since i we've been threatened I 346 times. Thirteen lending.” it,” Cox said, “your s not Interested in makthrough an aggressive gation policy?” quite correct,” Ford ir to a question by Sen. Utah, Ford said his refused to use patents 1 by inventors when i were placed upon their 1 employes, he said, tiventions, develop them iny time, and assign ford company without on. 1 they should be well hey are,” he said, addemployes apparently lied. I. Farley, Ford patent who testified concuri lack of patent protecbe “quite a detriment" iventors, and that capibe deterred from instruggling companies end on their invention tJED ON PAGE FIVE) dams County Dies Saturday Bricker. 90, died nigh: at 9 o’clock at her ■■Jefferson township Death to dropsy and infirm|*d been blind for several he was born in Jefferson » June 5, 1848. Her husR. Bricker, preceded her in fhter, Mrs. Mary A. McColleneva, is the only survivrelative. Funeral services d today at the Apple Grove n Jefferson township. Burin the Bunker Hill cemePfCHRISTMAS SEALS

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A BUSY STORK * With less than a month to go ' j before the end of the year, the | stork seems determined to shat- i j ter all previous birth records J | at the Adams county memorial I ' j hospital. Five more babies were born l | at the hospital over the week- j || end, bringing the total for the | month to six. | In births over the weekend, ! | the fair sex predominated slightly, with three girls and | | two boys being added to the | : population. Thus far 138 births | have been recorded at the hos- | I | pital, while only 111 were born i | during all of 1937. CORN SEALING ROLES LISTED Corn To Be Sealed Must Have Been Produced Under Allotment Corn to be sealed under the federal loan program must have oeen produced on a farm upon which the 1938 corn acreage did not exceed the allotment established foi the farm, and may be sealed only by the person who produced the corn as tenant or owner, or who purchased the corn on a farm to which he is moving in 1939, according to Winfred L. Gerke, local county conservation chairman. It is pointed out by Mr. Gerke that there is no limit on purchasing corn for use on the farm but this corn is not to be sealed. Corn acreage allotments were assigned each farm in Adams county by members of the county committee, in cooperation with the committees elected in respective townships, and were mailed to producers before corn planting time last spring. Planting within allotments was not compulsory, but enabled a farmer to secure maximum pay under the agricultural conservation program as well as to secure a corn loan. Figures represqming average yields pet acre have been assigned each farm for the purpose of computing the conservation payment. but will not be used in de-1 termining the amount of corn i which may be sealed, as a producer may seal his share of the corn produced on any farm in which he has an interest, if planting has been within the allotment. Cribs Described Cribs in which corn may be stored fcr sealing under the federal loan program were described today by Homer W. Arnold. who| is assisting in sealing and in-, specting cribs in Adams county as a part of the corn loan program. Cribs are to provide adequate ventilation to condition corn properly and be so located and of such substantial construction as is necessary to afford protection against damage, and are to be. completely and securely enclosed. in such a manner as to require a forceful breaking to make entry I into them. Farmers should not attempt to seal corn in cribs of poor construction where they may be danger of failure of the building, or spoilage of the corn due to poor roofs, inadequate walls or poor floors. Mr. Arnold estimates that most of the cribs in Adams county will (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) BOARD HOLDS REGULAR MEET County Commissioners Open Monthly Session Today The county commissioners in their regular session this morning, began the allowing of claims, but due to the additional number on account of the election, required fore time than usual. The commissioners stated that nearly every board had filed foi more pay than can be allowed ac- j cording to the law which prevents payment for two days services when they were required to wotk past midnight on election day. They pointed out the law whic states: "election board memlbera shall be paid for services while attending such elections petforming the duties of their offices whether rendered before, on th dav of or after the election as follows: Inspectors, 18; judges an clerks. $5. and sheriff’s $3. The commissioners stated that only the legal amount had been set out in the budget and there would not be funds to allow additional amounts.

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WORKERS VOTE I TO END STRIKE ATSTOCKYARDS Two-Weeks Strike At Chicago Stockyards Is Ended Today Chicago, Dec. S.— AJJOh The Chicago live stock exchange resumed normal operations today under terms of a temporary agreement reached yesterday by yard officials and striking handlers affiliated with the congress for industrial organizations. The strike had paralyzed the exchange since Nov. 21. Cattle, sheep and hogs from farms within a 100-mile radius of Chicago began moving into yards last night after the strikers, numbering about 350, voted almost unanimously to return to work. Leaders of the union, the live stock handlers’ local 567, immediately sent a skeleton force of men to the pens to feed and water the stock. The remainder returned to work early today. The agreement, put in writing by the union stock yards and transit company after meeting with union leaders under supervision of federal and city conciliators, contained three provisions: The company agreed to recognixe the union as exclusive bargaining agents for the 600 workers in the yards; the company will continue negotiations on hours, wages and working conditions; and the company will put the agreements made in negotiations in writing. The strikers voted to reserve the right to strike again unless a con- ! tract is signed within 10 days but arbitrators believed they would have little difficulty in obtaining a reasonable extension if negotiators are unable to draw up a contract in that time. The union, besides the written (CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) YEGGS FAIL TO GAIN ANY LOOT Al D. Schmitt Office Is Ransacked Early This Morning Yeggs who broke into the Al D. Schmitt Motor iSlales early this morning were frightened away before they accomplished the purpose i of their visit. It is thought that the arrival of Eddie Anderson, company employe, who stopped at the building to fire the furnace, frightened them away. The thief or thieves had broken a small window on the east side to gain entrance to the building, had , ransacked the office and moved a | small safe trom the office to rear room. When Mr. Anderson arrived, he noticed the ransacked office and missing safe, immediately called authorities. Tools and an acytelene torch lying near the overturned safe gave evidence that the yeggs had been heightened away just as they were preparing to cut open the safe. A check by company officials this morning revealed nothing was missing. Tire tracks disclosed that a car had pulblled around to the rear of the building, and it. is thought that the car was used by the thieves. The break-in was first noticed about 1 a. m. by Mr. Anderson. Night Officer Roy Chilcote was summoned. This morning Chief Sepbus Melchi, Sheriff Dallas Brown and other autorities were aiding in the investigation. — — Moose Will Hold Dance Wednesday The Decatur lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose will hold a dance at the home on North Second street ’ Wednesday night, starting at 8 o - | clock, for members, their wives and ' friends. Bob Rice and his orchestra will provide the music for the , dance. ————— temperature readings democrat thermometer 8:00 a.m4o 2:00 p.m44 10:00 a.m4l 3:00 p.m43 N00n44 WEATHER Cloudy and somewhat colder, light rain or snow in east and north portions tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy, rising temperature in west portion in afternoon.

Decatur, Indiana, Mon day, December 5, 1938.

Sally and George Are Wed

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Shown outside Emmanuel Church, Boston, Mass., where they were wed. are Mr. and Mrs. George Xavier McLanahan, following their brilliant society nuptials. The bride, 18 years old, is the former Sally Clark, sister of Ann Clark Roosevelt, who married the President s youngest son. John.

HUGE SHORTAGE IS DISCOVERED Arrests Expected To Follow Floyd County Shortage New Albany, Ind., Dec. S—4U.R) —Warrants for the arrests of six . persons indicted in connection | with a shortage of $127,768.50 in j the Floyd county treasurer’s office wete expected to be issued today. When the Floyd county grand fury returned six secret indictments Nov. 26 it stated they would be disclosed after the state board of accounts finished its audit of county funds. The board reported the deficit Saturday night. Four field examiners had examined the books since the suicide last Sept. 14 of Robert A. Leist, deputy treasurer who served as treasurer from 1932 to 1936. Although Frank A. Hoppenjon succeeded Leist as treasurer in 1936. the board said Leist was responsible for the entire shortage. Hoppenjon resigned Sept. 30 when the county commissioners raised his bond requirement to SIOO,OOO, which he was unable to obtain. William Cosgrove, chief examiner for the board, said the report will be certified immediately to the attorney general for action. It was believed $48,374.60 might lie recovered from three bonding companies. The total shortage consisted of $67,283.61 during Leist’s term; $59,921.73 while Hoppenjon was treasurer, and $463.16 in fees collected during both terms. The two officers were bonded (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD Annual Memorial Services Are Held Sunday Afternoon A large crowd of members of the B. P. O. Elks and their invited guests attended the annual Elks’ memorial services Sunday at the lodge home, and heard Rev. Joseph J. Semietz, pastor of the St. Mary’s Catholic church, deliver the memorial address. The Rev. Seimetz, in his address, urged the exemplification of the four cardinal principals of the Elks, charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity Be cited various instances throughout the world where countries and men were at sword’s points all because they failed to exercise these four principles. Special music was furnished by Paul Saurer, Walter J. Boc.kman,, Mrs. Emma Goldner nad Mrs. L. A.; Holthouse as a quartet. Mr. Saurer I also presented a vocal soio. Miss Lulu Gerber accompanied at the piano. Herman Conter, of this city, first exalted ruler of the lodge, presided over the ritulistic memorial services of the lodge. He was assisted by August Heimann. R. C. Ehinger, Severin Schurger, Burt Colchin, Harry Fritzinger ■ and Herman Yager. The roll call of deceased mem-: bers was read and tribute paid, them. I

To Write Applications For Beet Payments Winfred Gerke, chairman of the Adams County conservation committee, states that the conservation office has just completed the sugar beet list sheet and will soon be ready to write applications for sugar beet payments. He further stated that no farmer woukl be permitted to sign an application if a claim for labor adjustment was i made and remained unsettled. Up j to date, no labor claims have been I received at the conservation office in the federal building at Decatur. It is up to laborers to make claims if settlement with them has not been made according to the labor contract. LICENSE PLATE SALE DEC. 12 Truck Weight Tax Tags Will Not Be Placed On Sale — Truck weight tax tags will not go i on sale at the local license bureau here next Monday when the regular license plates are to be sold for the first time, bureau attaches reported this morning. The weight tags for trucks will not be sold pending the decision of the Indiana supreme court, la which the constitutionality of the law requiring trucks to have the weight ( tags is being attacked. In event the law is repealed at the next session of the legislature,! it is stated that money .paid by truck owners to purchase 1938 tags will be refunded. In event it is held constitutional, back tag taxes will have to be paid by truck owners for 1938. All weight tax funds have been impounded, at least temporarily, pending the outcome of the case. The application forms for pur-: chasing plates were mailed out from ■ Indianapolis today. Plates go on sale for the first time next Monday. Car owners are asked to fill out the application blanks before applying at the bureau for the plates. The plates this year are blue and gold, the colors of Notre Dame university. They have arrived and are being held at the bureau awaiting sale. — —o- — * Men’s Brotherhood Will Meet Tuesday The men’s brotherhood of the Baptist church will nfeet at the church Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock. A rabbit dinner will be served by ladies of the church. Roy Johnson, newly-elected president, will preside. William H. Bell of this city, state police commissioner, will have I charge of the program and two J members of the state police force will speak. All men of the church ! are invited. . o- • Jay County Farmer Is Killed In Fall Portland, Ind., Dec. S—(UP5 —(UP) — Funeral services were planned today for Lon D. Reedy, 56, farmer, who fell off a ladder in his barn and I was killed instantly when his head 1 struck the concrete floor. He is survived by the widow, one daughter, [ on sister and four brothers.

Daladier Asserts France To Defend All Os Possessions; Economic Sanctions Studied

Leading U. S. Officials Studying Two Methods Making Imposition Os Sanctions Available. ACTS ARE CITED By Julius C. Edelstein (Copyright 1938 by United Press) Washington, Dec. 5 — (U.R) — High administration officials studied today a confidential report proposing two methods available under existing statutes by which President Roosevelt could impose economic sanctions on Japan and Germany. The report, drafted by administrative legal experts, cites the Hawley-Smoot tariff act of 1930 and* the federal code, as amended in 1943, as laws by which the president could clamp down on trade wiih any nation in retaliation for "discriminatory practices.” Under section 338 of the tariff act. the report said: “The president has very broad powers and he is free to exercise »hem without the recommendation, consent or approval of any other agency of the government. “The law provides that whenever the president finds that the public interest will be served thereby, he shall proclaim new or additional tariff duties upon 'mports from products of any foreign country which, according to his finding, discriminates against the commerce of the United Slates, either directly or Indirectly. “If after the issuance of such a proclamation the foreign country maintains or increases the discrimination, the president is authorized ‘to issue a further proclamation directing that such products of said country or such article Imported in its vessels . .

shall be excluded from importation into the United States.” Administration experts said that this provision enables the president to declare an embargo on goods from countries, such as Germany, which are not on the I “most-favored nation” list of the United States by virtue of dis- ' criminatory trade practices. Germany has developed an extensive trade with Latin American countries, becoming the United States’ chief competitor in the Latin American market, through export subsidies, barter deals, and artificial exchange restrictions which, according to United States officials, constitute discriminate ry trade practices. The report also said that “under I section 181 of the United States code the president is authorized to direct the exclusion of any or all articles from any foreign country whenever he is ‘satisfied’ that such country unjustly discriminates against the importa(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 MRS. MAULLER NAMED TRUSTEE Mrs. Howard Mauller Succeeds Husband In Union Twp. Mrs. Howard Mauller, widow of the late Howard Mauller, trustee of Union township, who died last week i was appointed trustee for the remainder of the term, by the county i commissioners, this afternoon. Less than a month of Mr Manner’s four-year term yet remains. On January 1, 1939, Gerhard Reinking, Democrat, elected last Nov- ' ember, wil .begin his four-year term. The appointment was made this i afternoon by the board of county commissioners after consult'ng both Mrs. Mauller and Mr. Reinking. Mr. 1 Reinking did not apply for the position. ’Bl Mrs. Mauller becomes the second woman in Adams county to serve as a township trustee. Mrs. Susan Bowen, of St. Mary’s township, held the office after the death of her husband several years ago. The state accountants now making an autlt of the books of all taxing units in the county will check out the late Mr. Mauller’s books as a matter of routine this month. Mrs. Mauller made arrangements for giving her bond and taking her oath of office immediately after the appointment by the eommlssion- | ers.

ADAMS TRIAL RESET TODAY Jay County Man To Be Tried Dec. 12 On Driving Charges The trial of George Adams, of Jay county, on charges of reckless driving and driving while license was under suspension, was reset in Adams circuit court this morning. The case was to have been heard ! today by Judge Huber M. DeVoss. It was reset for next Monday, Dec-1 ember 12. Adams at .present is out under bond after entering pleas of not guilty to the charges. The charges were filed by Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewedo upon he affidavits of State Police Officer Truman Bierie. In the affidavits, Adams is charged with driving recklessly on federal road 27 south of Decatur cn August 20. He is also charged with driving without a license at the same time. He was arrested .by Officers Bierie and Earl Warnock that night and lodged in the jail here until arraigned. —o Auto Is Slightly Damaged By Fire The local fire department was call called to the James Ritter home on Studebaker street Saturday afternoon when an auto ibelonging to Mr. Ritter caught fire standing in the driveway. Little damage resulted. o TRUSTEES HOLD FINAL MEETING Township Trustees Hold Final Regular Meeting Os Year The township trustees of Adams county met this morning in the offices of C. E. Striker, county school superintendent and in the couri. rooms of the courthouse. Both incumbent and incoming trutees were present at the meeting with but a few absentees marked. The new trustees at the meeting were: Earl Martin of Kirkland, William Patterson of Blue Creek, John H. Duff of Hartford, Daniel Wagner of Wabash. Rev. Frank Johnson and Loren Heller of French were the new trustees that did not attend. Howard Mauller, deceased, was the only absentee among the incumlbents. The board voted the drawing up of a resolution in honor of the deceased trustee. A copy is to be published, one sent to the deceased trustee's family and one filed in the minutes. Vaugh Wise of the state board of accounts spoke to the trustees relative to the closing of books. This was the last meeting of the year and the final meeting for outgoing trustees. —o * Church Asks Return Os Rev. Thompson Rev. Harry W. Thompson of this' city, who has been serving as .pas-1 tor of the Central Church of Christ in Fort Wayne, was as'ked to return for another year at the election of church officers Sunday. o — f Good Fellows Club The first contributions to the Good Fellows club was reported today. The Delta Theta Tau, sponsors of the annual club contributed SSO the Eta Tau Sigma sorority $5. $1 from Betty and Mary Jo Graliker, . .6,20 from last week’s variety show, with two small contributions brought today’s total. The Burk Elevator company also contributed two half tons of coal. Delta Theta Tau $50.00’ Eta Tau Sigma 5.00 WPA Show 6-20 Betty and Mary Jo Graliker 1.00 A friend Good Friend 25 Today’s Total --$62.48

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Citizens Os Corsica And Tunis Proclaim Loyalty To France; Demonstrations Are Staged. STRIKES FEARED Taris, Dec. 5 (U.R) —Premier Edouard Daladier replied to Italian agitation for possession of French Tunis in Northern Africa and the Island of Corsica with a statement today declaring that France will defend the integrity of all her possessions. Daladier said in a communique that he had received thousands of telegr tins of loyalty from Corsica and Tunis. Yesterday's demonstrations against Italy in Corsica and Tunis were the best reply to Italian manifestations and proved that the French are ready to hold their possessions wherever the tricolor floats, the communique said. The demonstrations were evoked by a clamorous demand by members of the Italian chamber of deputies last Wednesday for -ession to Italy of Tunis, Corsica, Savoy ai.d Nice. Daladier, saying that the Italian government had virtually disavowed the demonstration by the deputies, asked the Corsicans and Tunisians to refrain from further manifestations. Groups of people numbering from scores to 30,000 gathered yesterday to show their resentment of the Italian demonstration, and to pledge themselves never to accept Italian domination. Not only in Corsica Itself but in Tunisia and In French cities, Corsicans, led yesterday’s demonstrations. At Ajaccio, the chief town of Corsica, 30,000 persons led by the mayoi and members of the municipal council marched through the city, singing the French national anthem, the Marseillaise, and shouting: “Long live France! Long live Corsica! To the firing post with Mussolini.” Strikes Threatened Paris, Dec. S—(U.R)—A new outbreak of strikes was threatened today as the government prepared to welcome Joachim Vln Ribbentrop, German foreign minister, due here tomorrow to sign a French-German peace declaration. Efforts of Premier Edouard Daladier and his cabinet colleagues failed to end a maritime strike winch Immobilized 33 ships, Including the crack liners Normandie, He De France and Paris, at Le Havre and Boulogne. Dock workers threatened today to start a sympathetic strike to support the seamer, who struck in protest against the dismissal of some of their fellows, and then were dismissed themselves. The government dispatched labor inspectors to industrial cities all over the country to order employers to reopen factories which were closed as the result of the abortive one day general strike last Wednesday. Many plants were expected to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o WILLSHIRE LADY TAKES OWN LIFE Mrs. Walter Avery Commits Suicide In River Late Saturday Funeral services were held this afternoon in Willshire, Ohio, lor Mrs. Walter Avery, of that town, who committed suicide late Saturday evening. Mrs. Avery’s body was found ill the St. Mary’s river shortly after she was noticed missing from her home. The Ohio county coroner indicated that he would return a verdict of suicide by drowning. Mrs. Avery, who had been confined in a Toledo, Ohio sanitarium, was reutrned home Friday evening. Surviving besides the husband, are five children; Robert of Fort Wayne, Richard of Rockford, Ohio; Mrs. Roman Huffman of Willshire; Joseph and Veler.a at home. The mother, Mrs. A. Lomiller of near Monroeville, also survives. 11l health was given as the cause. She had recently undergone an operation in the Adams county memorial hospital. ■ Funeral services were held at the home and burial was made In the Willshire cemetery.