Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1938 — Page 1

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■post roper lg QUIT HIS ■mbinetpost S) (l rb Vsert Secretary ■, Commerce To ReB sign Soon rgtcn. Dec. 15 (U.R)-— w ... t e House revealed the |Bg^' cn of Daniel C ’ Roper ’ of commerce, as of poncuncement was made |c , n a brief exchange of Hfr, between President and Roper. ■BE | y Sandor S. Klein . by United Press' Dec. 15 (U.R) |HZ.. ,4 Commerce Daniel C resign from Hie |K.,. H the near future, pos||K , after the first of the £■ .|, United Press was rollinformed today. „. !il months Hop' r Ims |K fl.itly that his resignatiei ;; ;; admg. Today he det lin on the subject It he ■■,• :• nds he coni’ mplat. : a' the end of Mr. Roos'W s first term, but that the . :.!■ tailed upon him ,i. oil es Roper’S somimlav. R Coker. wealthy seed er , two weeks ago. made Roper unwill . sider his decision to M ev-n if asked to do so by ■ r... The personal re .- business enterprises great that Roper heli I ’’.e that he leave the service. :rd -i-stood that his let,. . has not been hut that the president is of Ins desire to be relieved Mjis dm: s as soon as poss.blr. signation will second vacancy in the cab A'to'.iiey General Cummings has resigned effeitlve . tt '■ :.c, sm c -ssor lias yet. Secretary of the Inpoliticians to resign ■ for mayor of that city. He ■ eipec.d to make known his shortly. cabinet changes have ■ rumored. At the time of resignation a high adofficial said that a was Impending but deto reveal in what departi have been reports, howthat Secretary of War Wood would resign and that Secreot ; ' a ' - y Swanson’s Illness force him to relinquish his Postmaster General has been seeking a job outgovernment for more than a Roper leaves the cabinet, ■ Intends to travel and rest. He will return to his home in Carolina and direct, in his behalf, the large estate by her husband. last denial by Roper that contemplated resigning came By a few weeks ago. There rumors then that Works ■ogress Administrator Hopkins ■old succeed him. Although is lacking, it was reir. government circles that ■pper had indicated to the White that he would not resign if were named his succes■Last May there were reports. ■CONTINUED ON PAGE? SEVEN) KI —— o ■arson Funeral I Service Sunday ■Funeral services for Robert Car- ■“• son of the former M. E. pastor ■’’*• win be held Sunday afternoon B Anderson. Carson died Tuesday B Los Angeles. services will be held at 2 Block at the home and 2:30 o'clock B the Noble Street M. E. church B Anderson, with burial in that ■y. ■ The services were arranged with B e expectation that the body would B ri '’e there Friday night from Los ■ngeles. If |*UY CHRISTMAS SEALS

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Youth Kills Patient And Wounds Officer San Francisco, Dec. 15 (UP)--' A youth forced his way into San Francisco hospital today, shot and killed Morris Cornpropst, 24 a patient, and critically wounded a po--I.reman guarding Cornpropst. An orderly overpowered tile youth and held him and a woman companion for police. The youth said he was a brother of Cornpropst’* wife. HAROLD ICKES FAVORS THIRD F. D. R. TERM Secretary Os Interior Refuses To Run For Mayor Os Chicago Washington. Dec. 15 — (U.R) — Secretary of Interior Ickes, declining to run for mayor of Chicago, said today he believed President Roosevelt can be re-nominated and re-elected for a third term. His third term comment, he said, was on the basis of reports i from many sections of the country which convinced him that "the reaactlonarles in his (the president's- own party are likely to make his reealection inevitable." “If the new deal is to go for-1 ward In *he service of the people of good will," Ickes said, "it is my belief that in 1940 it must nominate and elect a liberal candidate for president and give him a man date upon a liberal plattorm. “No reactionary nor still-stand-er even >f claimed by that deceptive description ‘middle of the roader' can satisfy either the immediate demand or the ultimate aspirations of the American I people.” The interior secretary, explaining his refusal to run for mayor was based on a presidential request, asserted that a reactionary Democrat, if elected in 1940, could •eai down the structure of liberal government reared by Mr. Roosevelt Using almost identical language witn that employed by President Roosevelt s Nov. 4 speech for Gov. Herbert Lehman of New York and othei Democrats. Ickes pointed to the speed with which "Taft liquidated the square deal of Theodore Roosevelt.” Ickes had a White House ap--1 pointment with President Roosevelt immediately after his thirdterm pronouncement. Ickes dismissed the “third term tradition” as a process of rationalization and expressed serious I doubt that “George Washington was conscious of establishing a sacred tradition" when he declined a third presidency. Ickes pointed out that many i liberal reswpapers and organizaI tions wl.ich supported Theodore Roosevelt when he sought a third I term in 1916 were now "hollering' their heads off regarding a 'third ■ term tradition'.” Not A Candidate Chicago, Dec. 15— (U.R) — Head quaiters of the "draft Ickes foi Mayor" club of Chicago announced today Secretary of the Interior I Harold L. Ickes has declined to 1 become a candidate in the 1939 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) I 0 — SCHOOLS PLAN FOR VACATION Christmas Vacation In City Schools To Open December 23 Plans for the Christmas vacation in the city of Decatur schools were announced today by Walter j Krick, city school superintendeschools Will be dismissed Friday afternoon, December 23 for the annual Christmas vacation. Mi. Krick stated. The students will not be required to return to their classes until Tuesday, January 3, neariy two weeks later, he stated. This win, afford the students a vacation of 10 The y decision to wait until Tuesj Tsnuarv 3 before resuming officially commemorated on MondUMoSn of 'The schools will stage Christmas day programs ° Friday I afternoon, just prior to the dis missal for the vacation. Schools throughout the county b nractically the same will observe practica x _ davs In planning their holidays. . E Striker, county school supermi tendent, announced today.

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UNITED STATES SUBMITS DRAFT TO CONFERENCE Proposal To Pan-Amcr-ican Conference On Defense Plans By A. L. ©radford (Copyright 1938 by United Press) Lima, Peru, Dec. 15—(UP)— A final draft of the United States project for a United American defense front against foreign political or military invasion— revised to meet the objections of Argentina—was submitted privately today to a 21 delegations at the eight Pan-Ameri-can conference. The revised draft, which Is almost certain to present the final declaration by the conference, disclosed changes in the original document prepared by U. S. secretary of state Cordell Hull as a basis for discussion. The changes were designed to: — I—Meet Argentina's opposition to any accord that might be interpreted as a treaty or alliance. Thus the project will be a declaration by the conference instead of a binding accord. 2. —Avoid language that might be considered a direct affront to any European power. The final draft was worked out by delegates assigned to revise the Hull suggestions and, after meetng the requirements of Argentine foreign policy, the authots began submitting it to the various delegations for final agreement. Authorities said a few changes might be made before final adoption of the project but It was generally believed the draft would be virtually the same as the final declaration to be acted upon by the conference. The new text gives a solemn warning to the world that the American nations will resist as one any foreign aggression or interference in their affairs, but at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE tsliVBN) INJURED GIRL STILL CRITICAL Mrs. Lloyd Deßolt’s Condition Remains Critical Today — Late this afternoon, nearly three complete days after the car driven by Dale Bedwell crashed into the side of a Nickel Plate freight engine at the High street crossing, Mrs. i Lloyd Deßolt, 17, of Decatur an occupant of the car, remained at the Adams county memorial hospital in a critical condition. The attending physician stated shortly after noon today that she had shown but slight improvement and that she had still failed to regain consciousness, although she ; rallied occasionally, only to lapse back into a coma. The physician stated that she had a chance to recover, but that J she had to be kept absolutely quiet. Her condition has not permitted the 1 taking of X-rays. She is thought to be suffering from a concussion, a possible skull fracture, right leg and right arm fractures and lacer1 a tions. The physician attending her husband. Lloyd Deißolt. stated that his condition was improving but that he, was still serious. Young Deßolt has! entirely regained consciousness. Dale Bedwell, driver of the car, (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) i —o —— Decatur Man Is Held For Drunken Driving Harvey Lewis, of High street, was taken into custody on Adams street about 5 o’clock Wednesday evening by officer Ed P. Miller, fol-’ ; lowing an accident on South Third i street. Lewis is alleged to have struck an auto and trailer owned by George Squier, inflicting heavy damage to the trailer. Officer Miller stated that charges of operating a 1 motor vehicle while under the influence of Intoxicating liquor will be filed against Lewis. Mark Twain Play To Be Given At Geneva On Tuesday evening, January 10 tne senior class of the Geneva high school will present “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” a dramatization of Mark Twain's book of the same name. The play will be presented in the school auditorium.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 15, 1938.

Speakers At School Dedication Bn A ■aaftaiHMk*. .»«. ■**. KiKr Floyd I. McMurray Arthur R. Holthouse Decatur's new quarter-million dollar junior-senior high school building will be formally dedicated Thursday night. December 22, school officials announced today. Floyd 1 McMurray, state superintendent of public instruction, and Arthur R. Holthouse, mayor of Decatur, will appear on the speaking program.

republicans™ CONTROL HOUSE G. O. P. To Hold 51-49 Majority In Lower House O£ Assembly Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 15 —(UP) —With Republican control of the house ot the legislature definitely established today, the 1939 general assembly is expected to reek with with political jockeying in which I arty lines must be shattered hefore any constructive- legislation can be passed. With the final elimination of Martin T. Krueger, Democratic representative from La Porte County, in a recount of the November election vote. Republicans will organize the bouse with a two vote majority over the Democrats 51 to 49. But the Senate 34 to 16. ,With a tremendous program ot 1 cnclal legislation facing the assentUy, H appear* UxM final pacsago U any controversial measure will be accomplished only after numerous compromises between the Repub. I lican house and Democratic Senate. The only hope for the state administration is to hold its house Democrats firmly in line and to lure a couple of independent Republicans | to their side in votes on major Is ( sues. Possible effects of this division ! of the legislative chambers between i the two parties in the impending session include: 1. Republicans will control all i bouse committees and will have a republican speaker ruling on points of order. Thus every Democratic measure can be at least raked over the coals in committee. Potentially most of the Democratic acts of the last six years can he “investigated” by Republican - controlled committees under the pretext of consideiing new legislation. 2. Both party leaderships will I have a delicate problem in maintaining harmony and preventing spe(CONTINUED ON PAGE' SEVEN) ■ 0 OHIO CITY MAN FATALLY HURT Ed Roberts Killed Instantly When Crushed By Truck Bed Van Wert, 0., Dec. 15.—Ed Roberts, 43, of Ohio City, met almost instant death Wednesday afternoon, when he was crushed between the bed and frame of a stone truck. The accident occurred about three miles northwest of Ohio City in Liberty township. Roberts, who had been employed for three years to haul stone . and do work on Liberty township roads, had stopped his truck, and made ready to unload stone by elevating the truck bed. Roberts then walked to the rear of the truck and In some unknown manner the bed fell. The full force of the heavy bed caught him across the head and jaws. Gerald Sutton, who was ap-1 proachlng in an automobile, observed the tragedy. He was unable to release Roberts and it was I necessary for him to summon help to extricate the body. : Roberts had been a resident of Ohio City for a number of years. He is survived by his widow and four children, Martha, Lucille, and Russel at home, and Darrell of Boise, Idaho. The body was removed to the Cowan & Son funeral home in Ohio City, pending funeral ■ i arrangements. !

Police Hold Mattson Kidnaping Suspect La Salle, ill., Dec. 13 —(UP)— Peter Magori, 33, a transient, was held on a disorderly conduct charge today while G-Men investigated his background to determine whether to hold him as a suspect in tbe kidnap slaying of Charles Mattson. 10, at Tacoma, Wash., two ycr.rs ago. An agent of the federal bureau of investigation questioned him yesterday after police chief John Wailoch noticed that he resembled an artist's sketch of the kidnaper. After the questioning, Magori was sentenced to 42 days in the La Salle county jail and his finger prints were sent to Washington for a check by FBI experts. Police said he had admitted that he was in Tacoma at the time of the kidnaping. When questioned by the G. Man he repudiated the admission. o FRENCH STUDY LARGE BULGE! Premier Daladier Submits Huge Budget For Armaments Paris, Dec. 15—(UP) — Premier Edouard Daladier, his foreign polI icy as regards Italian demands drawn on firm lines, submitted to parliament today a budget which envisages expenditures for more than $1,000,000,000 (B) on armaments. As a preliminary to submission of the budget to the chamber of deputies, foreign minister George Bonnet had announced (1) that even if it meant war Italy would obtain not an Inch of sod of the French empire and (2) (bat all i French land, air and sea forces would aid Great Britain in event of an unprovoked attack. Late last night Bonnet on the' recommendation of the Chamber Finance committee asserted that the government would delay ratification of the Syrian independence treaty. This ostensibly simple declaration meant, it was understood, that France under its league mandate (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) O County Clerk’s Father Dies Wednesday Night Frederick Bierly, Sr., father of G. Remy Bierly, Adams county clerk, died Wednesday evening at 1 5 o’clock of heart disease at Eliza--1 beth. He had suffered a heart attack earlier in the week and the family had been summoned to his bedside. Mr. and Mrs. Bierly drove to Elizabeth Wednesday and arrived before his death. Mr, Bierly was a retired farmer, living neaa Elizabeth in Harrison county, of which he was a native. His wife preceded him in death about two years ago. He is survived by three daughters and three sons. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Peter’s Catholic church near Elizabeth, of which he was a member. o Mt. Tabor Church Planning Revival Revival services will be held at ' the Mt. Tabor M. E. church at Bobo, starting Sunday evening and continuing until January 1. Services will be held each evening at 17 o’clock. Rev. James Bell, pastor of the Auburn M. E. circuit, and a student at Taylor University, will conduct i the services.

WILL DEDICATE NEWBUILDING NEXT THURSDAY New School Building To Be Formally Dedicated December 22 Months of arduous labor and weeks of intensive planning will be culminated here Thursday night, December 22, when the city's new $250,000 junior-senior high school will be formally dedicated. The dedication date was announced today by Walter .1. Krick, city school superintendent. Dedii-ation of the magnificent new structure on Jefferson street was delayed until the installation of the new curtains and backdrops on the stage of the huge auditor-ium-gymnasium had been completed. The curtain, a deep maroon color witli a gold emblem and monogram in its center drop, has been installed and is in working order. It was decided to hold the dedication prior to the Christmas school vacation, in order to permit the public to formally view the building at the earliest possible date. McMurray To Speak Floyd I. McMurray, state superintendent of public instruction, will be the principal speaker at the dedication program, which will begin Thursday night in the audi-torium-gymnasium at 8 p. m., Mr. Krick stated. Mr. McMurray will also bring two representatives of the state -chool department at Indianapolis to the city to make short addresses during the program. These reresentatlves will be announced later in the week or early next week, Mr. Krick stated. Mayor On Program Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse, in ! behalf of the city, will also appear on the speaker's program, as will various school leaders and enthusiasts. The program proper will be approximately one hour in duration and will be followed by escorted tours rhrrmtffa'ont tfiW he# biiiWhK. I Guides, familiar with the new structure, will be stationed throughout the building and classrooms to aid visitors on the tour and explain features of the building. The Decatur school band and the high school glee clubs will furnish the musical parts of the program. Completed in October The new structure was completed in October 'at a total cost ot $250,045. Os this amount, $140,000 was furnished through a bond issue of $50,000 by the civil city and $90,000 by the school city. The WPA grant toward the construction of the building was $110,045. The school stands on the site formerly occupied by the old Central school building, which in recent years had been used as a higher elementary institution of j learning. According to the terms l of the PWA grant, the Central school, the West Ward and the North Ward buildings were vacated and razed to make way for the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) I o — GUERILLA UNITS i BATTLING JAPS Japs Fight Against Chinese Guerillas In Three Areas Shanghai, Dec. 15. —(U.R) —A Japanese army spokesman admitted today that the Japanese army, navy and air force were fighting Chinese guerilla units in the i Shanghai, Nanking and Hankow areas, all nominally under complete Japanese domination. For two days, the spokesman said, Japanese units had been "mopping up" a unit of 6,000 men of the new fourth Chinese army, operating south of the Yangtse in the Shanghai area. The fourth army men were believed to be part of the famous eighth route army, the former com munist army, which entered Chinese history first by inarching | thousands of miles from South 1 China to the northwest, battling the Chinese government army as it retreated. Since the beginning of the war, the communist army converted Itself into the eighth route army, to fight Japan. It has been operating in Shansi and adjacent provinces in the nothwest, and now some of its men are southeast of Shanghai. Chinese sources asserted that the headquarters of the new fourth I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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SUGAR COMPANY MAKES PAYMENT Central Sugar Co., Makes First Payment To Growers Sugar beet checks totaling more thn.i a half million dollars 1 are being received by farmers in 10 northeastern Indiana and southwestern Ohio counties today from the Central Sugar company of this city The checks were mailed Wednesday n’ght and represent the ! guarantee of $5 a ton on the beets delivered by the growers and which, by terms of the contract, is due today. Slightly more than 103,000 ions of biets were pro- , cessed by the plant this year. On the basis of the 50-50 con 'racts between the growers and the company, in which each chares eqtuilly in the proceeds of 'he sale of Sparkling Crystal White sugar, and its by-products, nolasses and beet pulp, two other aymente are due growers from he company. The second ment is to be made on or before March 1. The final payment is to le made when all of the productsire sold, but in the advent the re not all sold before July I, i final payment is to be mad growers on the basis of the in enloried value of the products remaining. In addition to the checks from 1 he company, the majority of the rowers are eligible to receive gar beet benefit payments from the government. These are esti aled at approximately $1 75 a (CONTINUED ON PAGE BEVEN) o DEMANBS FULL LEGAL PENALR FBI Head Urges Prosecutors To Demand Full Penalties Indianapolis, Dec. 15. —(U.R) —Harold’ H. Reinecke, head of the Indianapolis office of the federal bureau of Investigation, last night urged Indiana prosecuting attorneys to seek the full legal penalties for habitual criminals and attacked the practice of reducing criminal charges to obtain guilty pleas. To prove his point, Reinecek cited the case of one unnamed felon. This man, he said, was convicted of crime five times — four times in Indiana — escaped from prison once, but never was tried as a habitual criminal which would have brought a life sentence. Finally, Reinecke, said, this criminal was caught and sentenced to 15 years for bank robbery and will be taken to Alcatraz. In the meantime, one of this criminal's pals killed a department of justice agent, Reinecke revealed. Reinecke urged careful preparation of cases brought to trial and elimination of all possible legal delays in bringing to trial persons accused of crime. Lieut. Frank Kreml, traffic safe- ; ty expert of Northwestern univerj sity who has worked with the Indiana state police, said that "Ticketfixing” by police, courts and public i officials can wreck any safety pro- 1 gram no matter how well conceived it is. Kreml praised the progress of the Indiana state police and said that today it is one of the outstanding departments in the United States. Hut. he added, its “effeiTTvenesH will he determined by the prosecutors and the courts.” The prosecutors met here yesterday in their annual convention at the call of the attorney-general Omer Stokes Jackson. 0 TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. 18 10:00 a. m 23 Noon 32 2:00 p. 36 3:00 p. - 33 WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday; not so cold in Central and North portions tonight; rising temperature Friday

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| Pay Hundred Million On Fine Levied For Murder Os Young Nazi Worker In Paris. FIRMER POLICY — Berlin, Dec. 15—(U.R>-Tens of thousands of German Jews today handed over to the Nazi government a $100,000,000 instalment of the $400,t)00,000 fine levied on them because of the assassination of Ernst Vom Rath, secretary in the German embassy at Paris, by a 17 year old Jew. It was a gigantic bookkeeping operation, essentially, which gave German bunks one of their busiest days. Shares of the fine were levied on those Jews whose total possessions were more than 5,000 marks ($2,000.) The operation proved principally to he a transfer of huge amounts of Jewish deposits from ordinary banks to the Piussian state bank which was designated to receive today's instalment. There was very little direct transference of money or stocks. Banks e-nerally did the main woik by notifying the central bank that specified sums were to be transferred to its account. Banking experts said that Jews ’or several davs had been in- > •ructlng their banks to prepare he transiers. in cases where stocks and bonds vere transferred, early preparation was not possible because banks in big cities received inductions only this morning that the value of stocks and bonds must be calculated on the basis of tuotations for Nov. 30. These luotations happened to be approximately the same as those today. However, most provincial banks had not even received these instructions. which were forewarded by ordinary mail yesterday. Even if Jews had desired, they would not have been able to take stocks and shares to the Nazi authorities direct. They had been instructed to deposit sums assessed against them in banks, and the | banks were instructed not to return any such deposits to the depositors. Recent edicts made it possible for Jews to transfer securities, land titles, mine royalties and other assets to satisfy today's Intalment. < The newest anti-“non Arvan" move was made today by Hlenrich Himmler, secret police chief. He ordered his men to combat the gypsy plague.” Policemen were ordered to refuse entry into Germany of foreign gypsies and to expel foreign gypsies found in Germany, to break up gypsy bands and force their members to travel as individuals, to refuse arms permits to gypsies and to restrict gypsy camping permits. Demand Firm Policy London. Dec. 15— (U.R) —Earl Baldwin, regarded as the most influential conservative figure in Great Britain, is backing Anthony Eden’s demands for a firmer foreign policy, ft was announced today. Baldwin was Neville Chamberlain’s ptedecessor as prime minister. It was he who handled the abdication crisis, he was caused a world sensation when, as na(CONTTNUED ON PAGE SEVBNr o ZION REFORMED LISTS LEADERS — T. L. Becker Named Superintendent; Cletus Miller, Assistant The Zion Reformed church school selected oflcers for 1939 at a meeting held in the local church Wednesday night. T. L. Becker was elected superintendent and Cletus Miller was named asistant superintendent. Miss Esther Fisher was elected secretary and David Adams was named as treasurer ot the church school. ! Mrs. Dallas Goldner was re-elect--1 ed superintnedent of the children’s ’ department and Miss Matilda Sel- ; lemeyer was also renamed as her I assistant in this division. i The pianist will be Miss Marjorie Miller and the chorister, Miss Mildred Worthman. The ushers tor the coming year will be A. R. Ashbaucher. Mrs. Walter Deitsch, Mrs. Francis Andrews and Earl Bromer.