Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1938 — Page 1

XXXVI. No. 294.

Hndition Os ■M VICTIM Kill i SERIOUS B||o\<l Deßolt Still ■'ritical; Husband S Serious that the auto ... • High strec \ , ki-l Plate railroa I / .unild claim attaches repotted no iu condition ol Mrs. K .. BoC. 1". of Third street. .. , Adams county inW .■ she was the crash. . ■■. d mil this !i "Ci- - . ■ ■ ■■ - . -m>s Stic has b.'-'l 'r.<l Mond.iy Hik o'clock. . ■ ■K,. ~ ~ .ssilde skull fracture. £■.. .... :.ition on the : IMjn..! a laceration on top of !(.-:■ condition has not taking of X-rays. ■■ Husband Still Serious i,'tai lies reported that SKusbaml Lloyd Deßol* 24. w a > accident. , < hang" had in his condition. I it ■ .-istaitied 1 concnstight leg. Ji. driver not expect f the hospital for ruishe bruises. MQ Beer Rites Thursday rit for Miss Agnes Baer, .; .lecatur girl who died to 'he hospital following |Kr. will he held Thur., s-’-v >-s will be held ar tn home at 1:30 o'clock and at - tni-d church at 2 o'Rev. Charles M. Prugh, asMd by Rev. C. A. Schmid, of will iate. Burial M. R. E. cemetery near ■I ARRESTS I PSil US SPIES ■o Los Angeles Men Arrested On EspiS onage Charges Angeles, Dec. 14—(U.R> ■ teder.ii d-partment of .in-'t held 'wo men. one the of'it. Soviet Union IntoiirM it re. the other a natural- ■ citizen. g mm were Mikhail Got'.' |Ha soviet citizen directing the • triivel agency, and Hafi' r k. 35. reported to have Ikh |B“k«it of the United States intelligence unit. was reported to have talk■>>7 t'-h phone three times wit it ires Constantin" inikv o’ the soviet embassy in since the arrests night. The final call was io have lasted 15 ininiii's federal agents would say ths' Salich was accused of Gorin with conf.'.' to ial defense plans and naval u concerning Japanese in this country. p specific charge was viola°f title 50, section 32. of the ,a ‘ code, by communicating transmitting to agents of a government documents. PAGE five*

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Christmas Program At Rotary Meet Thursday A program of special Christmas music will be presented at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Members of the high school glee club, under the direction of Miss Helen Hanbold, music supervisor, will furnish the selections. Roy Johnson will be chairman of the program. The club will not hold a meeting Thursday, December 22, because of Christmas week activities. JOINT DINNER HELD TUESDAY Lions Club, Purdue Alumni Society Meet Tuesday Night A joint dinner of the Decatur Lions club and the Purdue University agricultural alumni society was held at the Rice hotel Tuesday evening with W. 0. Mills, field representative of Purdue university as the speaker. Roy Price, county Purdue university agricultural advisor, was chairman of the meeting. During the meeting, preliminary plans were made for the Christmas party to be given for boys Tuesday, December 20, at the Knights of Pythias home. W. F. Beery, general chairman of the party, announced the committees. Mr. Mills told the club that during his 14 years contacting Purdue university agricultural graduates, he had learned that their work falls into three general divisions of agriculture: production, educational and commercially related fields. He said there ware approximately 20 divisions of production including general agriculture, production of livestock of various kinds, crops of various kinds, seed production, orchards, fruits and poultry. In the educational fields there are between 45 and 50 divisions, including agricultural teachers, county agents, field men for the agricultural schools and research workers. In the commercially related fields, he said, there are approximately 30 classifications including meat packers, food processors of many kinds, feed and fertilizer manufacturers, marketing experts and other handlers of agricultural products. He closed by pointing out the many opportunities for agricultural graduates. One of the fields, he said, at the present having the greatest demand is that of poultrymen. Three years ago, he said, Purdue university had nine times the demand for poultry experts as there were graduates. o — Men’s Brotherhood To Meet Thursday The Men's Brotherhood of the Christian church will meet at the James Kitchen home on 428 Me Barns street. Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to attend. — —o—Italy To Spend Huge Sum For Armaments Rome, Dec. 14 —(UP) The Cabinet has decided to spend 10,000,OOC.OOO (B) lire ($526,250,000) on armaments. it was announced today. It was explained that the expenditure was approved because of “The urgent necessity of further developing and strengthening armaments in view of the general situation.” —o ——■ ——— ~~~ BUS INSPECTION BY STATE COPS State Police To Inspect All School Busses Here Friday All school busses of Adams county will undergo an inspection day morning and afternoon by the Indiana state policePrivate cars used as busses wH! be exempt from the The bussses from Union, Root. Preble Kirkland. Washington, and S Mary's townships will be in- ” T Those i c ree k Wabash and XTon wiil be inspected Friday

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AGREEMENTTO LOWER TARIFF BARRIER ASKED Agreement Mould Bind All Republics Os America Limn. Peru. Dec. 14 — (U.R) — United States delegates are circulating in the eighth Pan-American conference a draft agreement which would bind all American republics to do all they cau to lower taritf barriers, it was understood today. It was intended, if the draft met with support, to submit it formally to the conference. Secretary of States Cordell Hull believes that removal of restrictions against trade is one of the best remedies for the ills from which the world is suffering. United States delegates have been so favorably impressed with the text of an Argentine draft declaration on continental solidarily against foreign attack that they may not even present a draft of their own, it was understood. The Argentine proposal goes much farther than United States delegates had hoped would be possible. It was expected to provide foi consultation among the 21 Americar. republics in the event that the safety, the sovereignty of the instil utions of any American nation were threatened by outside force. From the Un’ted States viewpoint the principal omission from the Argentine diaft was a proposal for regular consultation among foreign ministers of American republics. Instead, Argentina proposes special consultations under existing peace machinery. United States delegates have been . withholding their draft declaration pending the submission of a Brazilian draft which (CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) o PASTOR HEADS CAMERA CLUB Rev. Homer J. Aspy Named President Os New Club Rev. Homer Judson Aspy, pastor of the First Baptist church, was elected president of a camera club, organized Tuesday night at a meeting held in the junior-senior high school building. Other officers elAted were: Janies Borders, vice-president in charge of “still" photoraphy; Rev. George O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, vice-president in charge of “movie” photography, and Dr. N. A. Bixler, secretarytreasurer. The club voted to take in the members of the high school photography club as associate and nonpaying members with privileges of attending all meetings and programs. In the advent the club acquired equipment it was determined to make arrangements at a future date for those of the junior club who wished to use the equipment. A number of committees were appointed by the new president to further the organization. These are: By-laws: Dr. N. A. Bixler, chairman; Bob Heller and Don Gage. Program: Mrs. Palmer Eicher, chairman; Cecil Melchi and James Borders. Location of headquarters: Cyril Heiman, chairman; Forrest Baker and Margaret Melchi. The next meeting will be held Tuesday evening, December 27. Final organization plans will be made, including the name of the club, the amount of dues, the constitution and by-laws and other details. o Initiatory Work At K. Os P. Thursday Two candidates will receive third rank initiatory work at the Knights of Pythias home Thursday evening. The lodge will open at 7:30' o’clock. All members of the lodge and especially those of the initiatory team are requested to attend. —o — ; . f Good Fellows Club L - Previous total $133.02 WPA variety show 13.50 Total $146.52 Yesterday's $lO contribution should have read American Legion Auxiliary instead of American Legion.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 14, 1938.

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George Burns, left, and Attorney Carl Newton In a surprise appearance in New York federal court, George Burns, of the famous radio team of Burns and Allen, pleads guilty to smuggling jewels. As a result, Burns faces possible maximum penalties of 18 years in prison and fines totaling $45,000 under the nine counts in two indictments against him . A government attorney asked that consideration for Burns be made because he aided the federal agents in a broad investigation of smuggling. On behalf of Hurns, his attorneys. including Carl Newton, right, issued a statement that he had bought the jewelry in question and had had “no purpose or intent to offend against the laws."

ANNUAL PARTY BY CLOVERLEAF Annual Christmas Party At Catholic School December 20 The annual Shristmas party of 'he Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., will ‘ bo held at the Catholic school audi- | iorium in this city next Tuesday ! evening, December 20. at 7 o'clock. The party will be for employes of plants in Decatur, Huntington. ( Fort Wayne and Warsaw, and their . taanilleß and friends. Approximately ' 400 persons are expected to attend [ this annual party. Carl Klepper, manager of the | Huntington branch, will preside as master of ceremonies. Christmas greetings to those in attendance will be extended by W. A. Kiepper, general manager of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. The features of the evening's pro- ! gram will be the appearance of SanI ta Claus with a treat for all the children. An attractive program is being a, ranged by the committee in i charge and will consist of musical numbers and special novelty features.. Refreshments will also be served. At the conclusion of the program an orchestra will provide music for j a dance. I The chairmen of the various com- ' mlttees in charge of the annual 1 party are as follows: Decorations — Bud Wertzberger; children’s gift— Arthur Hooton; reception —Arthur Farrar; program George A. Thoms; refreshments —V. J. Bormann. <i France Will Not Accede To Italy Paris, Dec. 14—(UP)— Foreign minister George Bonnet told the chamber of deputies foreign affairs committee today that “even if it means war, the Italian government will never obtain an inch of Tunis ian, Jiboutu, Corsica or any other pari of the French empire.” Coincident with Bonnet’s statement, usually well informed sources said that Fritz Weidemann, personal adjutant to Fuehrer Adolf Hither, had arrived in Paris with Hit- ■ ier’s answer to French demands, ' had as to whether Germany would support Italy in event of a Mediterranean conflict.

Christmas Day Drawing Near, Give To Good Fellows Club

Christmas is only little more than a week away. Cnee again the Good Fellows club pleads with each and every one of i you to cooperate in making this I Christmas a happy one for the less ! fortunate of Decatur. For*many years the Good Fellows club, sponsored by the Delta Theta Tau sorority, has conducted a drive to help the needy of the city at Christmas time. The period in which to make your contributions is rapidly drawing to a close. In the few days left, there I is a tremendous amount of work j to be done, yet there is ample time

Local Notre Dame Man Named To Committees William and Fred Voglewede, both of this city, are on committees in charge of the annual Christmas dance to be held at the Catholic Community Center in Fort Wayne Tuesday, December 27. Both of the young men are enrolled as students of Notre Dame University. The Fort Wayne Notre Dame club is sponsoring the event. o ROBERTo ARSON DIES SUDDENLY Former Local Young Man Dies On West Coast, May Be Suicide Word was received here today of the death of Robert Carson, 21, son of Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Carson, former Decatur residents. The word stated that young Carson died early Tuesday in the Los Angeles county genera! hospital. Los Angeles, California, presumably a suicide. No details were given and no cause for taking his own life could be advanced by his parents, now living at Anderson, Indiana. It was reported that this was this third attempt at suicide. His parents had received a letter about 10 days before his death, stating that he was working in Los Angeles and had received a raise in salary. He had planned to enter the University of California at Los Angeles. Young Carson was born in Gilead. Indiana. He came to this city with his parents, when Rev. Carson accepted the pastorate of the First M. E. church. He moved to Anderson with his (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) . —o—— Decorating School In Christmas Spirit Another touch of the holiday spirit has been added to the new Decatur junior-senior high school by the setting up of a large Christmas tree in front of the structure. The tree, which has been placed between the two entrances to the school, is to be decorated by the members of the senior class. Various decorations throughout the building in the classrooms are also adding to the Christmas color scheme.

i for the more fortunate to lessen the suffering and disappointment for those in need on Christmas Day. Do you realize what it will mean to those youngsters to be warmly properly clothed, not to mention the toys, games and candy which would bring joy to these kiddies. Last year, the fund was double the amount contributed at the present time. Also, the number of families to be aided this year is considerably larger than in previous years. We cannot hope to fulfill the needs and wants in any measure unless the funds are increased.

POLICE GUARD PLACED AROUND NAZI EMBASSY British-German Relations Strained After Speech Boycott London, Dec. 14. -4U.R)-A strong police guard was placed over the , German embassy today os BrltisliGerman relations took a sharp turn for the worse because nuzis boycotted a banquet at which Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was the speaker. Three policemen patroled before the embassy. Others watched discreetly from nearby vantage points to guard against any hostile demonstrations by people who had seen the screaming headlines with which newspapers reported what they interpreted as an affront to the British government. It was indicated that the banquet incident was but a chance manifestation of a new diplomatic situation in which Great Britain and France might again find themselves aligned against the totaltarlan powers. Germany and Italy. Not only German newspaper men but Dr. Herbert Von Dircksen, German ambassador, and Gottfried Aschnian, special envoy of Adolf Hitler, boycotted the banquet because Chamberlain, in his speech, criticized the “vituperation" of German newspapers against Earl Baldwin, “most respected of our statemen,” and other British public men. There was reason to believe that a special report of Chamberlain's speech, taken by shorthand reporters at the German embassy by radio, had been forwarded to Hitler today. The speech as broadcast was checked for minor departures which the prime minister made from the text —the text which, distributed in confidence and in advance to newspaper correspondents, caused the boycott. Ostensibly, it was criticism of German newspapers alone which impelled the Germans to remain away from the banquet, given by the foreign press association. But there were reports that the nazi government was equally annoyed by a reference which Chamberlain made to the transitory nature of such regimes as that of the nazis. Hitler and his men have made a point of impressing on Germans that nazism will never die and that its buildings are constructed so as to live for thousands of years. Usually well informed sources reported that Hitler himself ordered the boycott, after having been advised of what Chamberlain intended saying. Under the unhappy augury of the banquet boycott, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, head of the German Reichbank and world authority on finance, arrived today to negotiate with Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, and to discuss financial matters of urgent importance. Schacht intended to talk over the possibility of an international agreement for emigration of German Jews under a plan that would permit Jews to take a fragment of their possessions with them (CONTINI’Fn GN PAGE PO’ » 0 OVER SI,OOO TO RED CROSS Total Cash Collections In Annual Drive Over SI,OOO Mark Total cash collections reported to the Adams county chapter of the American Red Cross now amount to $1,Wi6.16, according to a report made today by Miss Anna Winnes. secretary of the chapter. The collections were made as follows: northern half of Adams county. $837.68, Berne, $127.58; Geneva. $110.90. and total collected $1,076.16. Miss Winnes asked that if any solicitors have nob yet reported that they do so at once in ordethat the final settlement may be made with the American Red Cross. The goal set for the county this year is I,ooo' members. Although the total amount so far reported is above SI,OOO, the roll ci, 1 has not quite reached its goal, due to the fact that some of the members paid more than the customary $1 memtership fee. In all cases, the county ■chapter sends 50 cents from each membership to the national Red Cross for emergency work, the remainder staying in this county for the help of underprivileged children i and families.

Wren Band, Chorus To Give Program Sunday The Wren school hand and chorus will give their annual sacred concert next Sunday evening. Dec. Ik at « p. m. in the school auditorium. The program is given iu cooperation with the churches of the community and since there is to be no evening service at most churches the public is urged to ati tend. The program is free. START PROGRAM MONDAY NIGHT First Christmas Carol, Chimes Program To Be Given Monday The first program of Cb'lstmas carols and chimes to be sent out from the Zion Reformed church tower will be provided next Monday and continuing through until New Year's Eve. Miss Lulu Gerber, organist of the church, will be at the console of the egan during these programs. Special programs of choir music are being prepared for Wednesday evening, and for Christmas Eve at 9 p. m. These will feature the young people’s choir of the church, and the senior choir, both under the direction of Mrs. L. A. Holthouse. Miss Kathryn Schroyer, harpist, will present several numbers on the Christmas Eve program. Another new feature this year will lie the broadcasting of the entire Sunday morning worship service on Christmas Day. beginning at 9 A. M. The combined choirs of the church will sing the "Halleujah Chorus" from Handel's "Mes- 1 siah.” Rev. C. M. Prugh will de- 1 liver the sermon on the theme "A Saviour, Who Is Christ, The Lord.” The final program will be presented on Ne>w Year’s Eve at 11:30 P. M. o ESSAY WINNER IS ANNOUNCED Lores Habegger Wins Tuition To Purdue Short Course Lores Habegger won first prize in an essay contest sponsored by Hie Adams county Purdue agricultural alumni society, it was announced at a meeting of the society Held at the Rice hotel last night. The essay entitles Mr. Habegger a free tuition during the Purdue eight weeks short course to be begun next January. The tuition, costing $lO, is paid by the board of trustees of Purdue university. Mr. Habegger has his choice of four courses of study, general agriculture, animal husbandry, dairy production or dairy manufacture. Other winners announceJ by Rov Price, county advisor last night were: Evan Yake, Kirkland town*, ship, second; Boyd Stepler. Kirkland township, third; Robert Brown Kirkland township, fourth; Loren Hudson, Decatur, fifth and Arthur Small, Decatur, sixth. W. O. Mills, field representative of Purdue university agricultural i school, spoke during the meeting i and suggested that meetings be j held during the year. A tentative draft of a series of meetings was outlined. Republicans To Hold Narrow House Margin LaPorte, Ind., Dec. 14—(UP)— ' Republicans definitely will control . the house of the next legislature. 1 51 to 49. it was assured today when Martin T Krueger, defeated Demo:atic candidate for state represen- . tative failed to win a recount against Walter F. Danielson, victorious Republican candidate. Danielson won by either 20 or 21 votes, one ballot still being in dispute among the recount judges. They will confer this afternoon on the final official today. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 1 i 8:00 a.m 28 2:00 p.m 36 - 10:00 a.m 30 3:00 p.m 34 i ■ Noon 34 I WEATHER 1 Fair tonight and Thuraday; I colder tonight and in extreme southeast portion Thursday, • rising temperature in extreme i northwest portion Thursday afternoon.

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MIDDLE CLASS ATTACKED BY NAZI PAPERS German Organ For Storm Troopers Opens New Drive Berlin. Dee. 14- (U.R>-The publication Das Schwarze Korps. organ of the picked “SB” Nazi storm troops, opened a drive today against elements which it called “White Jews” and defined as “Aryans with the same lust for profits, the same cunning, the same unscrupulousness in choice of his means as black Jews." Explaining its drive, the publication said: "W.-. have not gone through years of struggle and endured nressure and war agitation to enable these evil vultures to sit down at the table which Jews have just been forced to vacate.” This article coincided with a drive In Fascist Italy against Bourgeois elements as part of which every effort was made to nake middle class persons appear is the opposite of everything for which fascism stands. Premier Benito Mussolini's newspaper Popolo D'ltalla of Milan said, for instance: “to let the Bourgeois I’ve is equivalent to letting the proletariat survive.” The “SS" organ's article coinI cided also with an official Nazi radio broadcast which assured German housewives that, there was no food shortage. It was ' specified that plenty of cabbage and turnips were available. As regards the cakes which housewiv s are preparing to bake 1 for Christmas, the broadcast suggested that housewives take flour "which it is felt sure they have stored” and to add saccharine and marmalade to it. Because housewives have found . it difficult to plan meals, due to a shortage of various kinds of food, they have been advised frequently, by radio and in newsi papers, to use those foodstuffs which arc plentiful, namely, fish. ' turnips and cabbage. Sugar may be obtained without difficulty. The advice to use saccharine was i suggested because saccharine is I cheap. Marmalade was suggested ! instead nf butter. The present butter radon is 200 grains (seven j ounces) a week .in some areas, 150 (5.S ounces) in others. Lard is scarce, and obtainable only at rare intervals. Pork and veal are ‘ There is a shortage of fresh fruits, especially apples. Oranges, normally the favorite fruit at this season, are not obtainable at present. Along with the "white Jew” irive of the “SB" troop organ, the cair.naign against which it ■ailed “Black Jews' continued. The government forbade Jews 'o keep homing pigeons and the hies Nazi anti Jewish publicsion, Dr Stuenner. demanded that Jews guilty of 'race pollution’ be castrated instead of sent to Jail. There was na explanation of o homing pigeon decree. Der Stuermer, demanding casatlon as the penalty for sexual tercourse between Jewish men id “Aryan” women, said: "Jews never Improve. Jews I can not be punished in the ordin- ■ y sense. They can and must bo rde harmless. The final and ost effective measure for Jewish , aco pollution is castration.” LION SCOUTERS MEET TUESDAY R. L. Van Horn Addresses Leaders Os Lions Scout Troop A Lions’ Boy Scout executive meeting was held last night at tlio home of Lloyd Cowens, district ,; commissioner. L Executive R. L. Van Horn of Fort Wayne attended the meeting and , supervised the planning of a thorough Souting program for the coming year. Lowell Smith, Scoutmaster of the Lions troop, gave a review of thd <past year's work of the troop and announced plans for the coming year. D. Burdette Custer, of this city, was named council executive for advancing Scouts; Clyde Butler was named head of transportation r.nd camping; Dr. Haiold Zwick, financing. Dr. E. P. Fields, chairman of the Lions troop, is making arrangements for a monthly meeting the second day of each month, to be I he’d at the offices of Dr. Zwick.