Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1938 — Page 1

XXXVI. No. 299.

lltSl MUSIC) 1" TO SELL ||K TO CHINA Hderal Mun Turn Ip Htideiire <>* Effort To H Sell Guns Y I’■ U.P)‘ 1'• ‘I up ■■. today ,luU -McKesson A C , In, was involved in ■ML !■> mH - """ |H| " outmoded Sff,.-., -O tile Chinese army tuned down by (hn.-i.i! Chiang Kai-Shek. dis, ;..sure came as tie attotm y general, in a pubfflUbHi'n. produced testimony . Musiea. as F. Donald pr.-id.-nt of the UC.-yetll firm «as an autocratic ' ,L decisions s, quests d Othel officers. Sli.: "as tho dost large supply of I.ee l-aifPdit rifles which Coster umb i fl- deliver was revealed K, r .| I’awley of Shanghai, one witnesses before the grand jury. k \Vingersky. vice pi.-si ■ and g. neral counsel of Mi witness. had testified at the :: ...’ g.ueral's healing y-'iflo-Co ci drew up contracts K May to supply 100.00" cities foreign buyer and 1 '.mo.mm - ordered and paid for. lbnever was gEciyo "ho committed sui. ide Friday after his exposill - Musiea, master swindle d a fu (itious ••crude drugs to conceal illicit aid aim-running activities. said, building it on uiitii represented sl s . tli- company's sti.mm.mm |Hh«by said he had learned the army wanted 2.000,000 KfFnt". that Ben Simon, a New broke', could get th;'.' many then discovered, he sa d ■ individuals could not get to export rifles but that a could. into the picture, federal said, but the details were divulged. of the guns, of which V. S. government reportedly ■i 2,200,(100 on hand, were sent Kai-Shek. I’awley said, disapproved them Thereitpthe deal. I’awley said, was H o — ■ a Good Fellows Club a total S24S.mI Klepper and Family 0"" ■it and Mrs. Chas. Brothers 1.00 Long 1.00 County Hospital Personnel 5 46 Diem Club 2." 1 * ■ Total . $2G3.82 ■ Tlx l Lee Hardware Co. has doB*tal a quantity of toys. H — o ■torches Planning I Special Services ■ fr- F. E. Fribley, superintendent ■ the Fort Wayne M. E. district. M Bl preach at the Salem M. E. ■arch Wednesday evening at 7:39 ■lock. M Ti - annual Christmas program ■ llie Pleasant Mills M. E. church ■® be presented Thursday evena t 7 o’clock. K — o —- Benights Os Pythias ■ Invited To Bluffton invitation to attend a meettot the'Bluffton Knights of Py'hthis evening at 7:30 o clock at P Bluffton lodge home was made 1 Decatur lodge members today. Lc lass of 12 candidates will be giv “lecond rank initiatory work.

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Mayor Accused M -ii ft Mayor Norville W. Brickley An hour after he had surrendered I in St. Louis on a federal warrant charging him with making false entries in the ledger of the Citizens hank of Festus, Mo. Mayor Norville W. Brickley of Festus was charged with embezzlement of $12.00(1 from the Festus school district treasury in another warrant. Brickley formerly was the president of the Festus bank FILE CONTEMPTCHARGE ANSWER Tod Whipple Files Answer To Contempt Os Court Charge In an answer to contempt charges, Tod Whipple, former attorney for the petitioners in the famous Wabash ditch case, added another unusual twist to the case which has wound through the litigation in the Adams circuit and the state surpenie courts for 27 , 27 years. Last week Mr. Whipple was cited for contempt and ordered to defend himself before Special Judge Henry F. Kister January 5. . He was also dismissed as attorney for the superintendent of construction Homer Teeters. This came after Mr. Whipple had . tiled a petition with the Jay county commissioners, asking that body to join the Adams county commissioners in a tight to prevent the issuing of bonds in what is claimed to be an excess of $30,000 over the amount required. Mr. Whipple stated in his answer that Homer Teeters is un-. qualified to serve as commissioner of drainage due to the fact he has not legally terminated the case in which he held funds in public trust in drainage proceedings be-1 gun during his term as surveyor of Jay county. The attorney cited six cases in which final epoits had been ordered by the Jay county court and had not been made. He said that according to the state constitution no other office of public trust could be held while the officer has not yet made an accounting in his preceding office. Therefore, he alleges, all proceed.jONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) _—o— — START CHURCH TOWER PROGRAM First Broadcast F r o m Zion Reformed Tower Heard Monday The regular dally programs ot 'Christmas music from the tower j of the Decatur Zion Reformed iu«h win continue week each evening, the Rev. Chai ”, M P»». elu,re» »• heard from all sides. Tne ' Ved i e c ß k B the Rev P’ugh announc-| 7 C 0n Wednesday the young Peoed ' ,°’ i. will sing a number of pies < ' acc ompanied by Christmas carois, : the organ. combined On Friday evening the cc m i royer.

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HITLER SEEKING TEST OF SOVIET UNION'S POWER Nazi Fuehrer Is Encouraging Agitation In Ukrainia By Joe Alex Morris i (Copyright 193 S by United Press) | Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler is groping cautiously toward a soln-1 Hon of the world’s most perplexing post-war mystery — the strength of the Soviet Union. j The German Fuehrer is breaking ground for the test in the[ fertile fields of the Ukraine.! The-e, Nazi-encouraged agitation is spreading for the creation of a new nation to lie called Greater Ukrainia Poland, Rumania, Czechoslovakia and Russia would lose sovereignty over an area as big as Texas and Kansas combined and with a population as large as that of France if the agitation achieves Its goal But the real spearhead Is aimed at Soviet Russia and it is there that danger arises of a tremendous explosion. A head-on collision between Nazi Get many and Soviet Russia would mean a tight to the finish between Fascist and Communist philosophies. It would mean an opportunity for Japan to strike at the Soviets' Siberian frontiers to 2nd communist opposition to her plans for dominance over China, it would mean a war which the rest of the world could escape only by a miracle. But Hitler is not likely to rush blindly into a direct test with the Soviets. For a decade and a halt the , soviets have been developing their armed forces for the war they expect eventually — possibly egainst enemies on fronts separated by more than 3.500 miles. There have been impressive displays of military strength. But there have been purges of army (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o BEN MAZELIN IS CHAIRMAN Re-Elected Chairman Os County Crop Improvement Association Members of the 5-acre Corn , club held a meeting in the county agent's office Monday for the purpose of electing officers for the Adams County Crop Improvement Association, reviewing the past year's activities, and to make plans for 1939. Benjamin D. Mazelin was re-i elected chairman, Otto Hoile, vicepresident; John E. Heiman, secre-tary-treasurer; Dan Habegger and Leon Neuenschwander. directors. At the close of the meeting the officers and directors set up premium awards to be made to the fiacre members who checked on their yields this fall. These awards will be presented at the 14th annual farmers' banquet and were ~l ade possible by contributions from the following firms in Adams I county: Otto Hoile. Berne Equity Exchange Co., Berne Review, Berne Witness Co., Sprunger-Lehman & i Co., Stengel & Craig Drug Co., Community Exchange, First State Bank. Schafer Ctore, Decatur Daily Democrat, Central Sugar Co., Inc., Burk Elevator Co., Decatur; Mutschler Packing Op.. First State Bank of Berne, Bank of Geneva, Geneva Milling and Grain Co., Geneva Equity Exchange, Berne Light Co.. Habegger Furniture, inc.. Preble Oil Co., Farmers’ State Bank, Preble. j R. A. Stuckey, Ed Boknecht, I. A. Kuhn Chev. Co., W. H. Zwick & Son, A. D. Suttles, Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., Monroe Grain; Co., Doc's Place, Lee Hardware Com Reifsteck Bros., Herman ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) t Buys Health Bond The Historical Club has vot-

ed purchase of a $5 health bond, 1 W. Guy Brown,; 1 chairman of the 1 Christmas Seal drive, announced ' today. Proceeds ' from the health 1 bond fund are us- 1 ed to aid in the I fight against tu- 1 berculosis and to provide milk sor w i unde r nourished ’ children. i <

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 20, 1938.

Prizes Awarded At Variety Show The German Bund, composed of Robert Gent la. Richard Buckley, Ralph Scott, John Gerber and Gerald Light, was awarded first prize of $2 at the final variety show Monday night, jointly sponsored by the Delta Thetu Tan sorority and the \t PA recreation department for the benefit of the Good Fellows club. Other prizes of $1 each were presented to Betty Young, violin soloist; Reginald Clifton, piano soloist; Mildred and Alice Geimer, piano duet. COUNTY BOARD STUDIES BIDS Commissioners Study Highway Bids; Let Printing Contract The Adams county commissioners. meeting in continued session today to open bids and listen to explanations of salesmen, did not expect to award contracts for highway maintenance materials for 1939, until late this afternoon or Wednesday morning. Under the plan in operation, no purchases are made on the contracts, which are in the form of options given the commissioners to make purchases at given rates for 1939. This is due to the fact; that no accurate estimate can be given this month on the quantities of materials to be used next year. The contractors are making offers to furnish materials at either a set rate or at a certain figure above or below the market price at the time of the purchase. Bids on some materials are made less and with transportation charges to certain points in the county, giving the commissioners an opportunity to select the best price at the time of the purchase. Monday afternoon, the commissioners awarded the county printing contracts for 1939 to the Fort Wayne Printing company. The contracts are awarded on the to-1 tals for prices on average quantities of printing. The total contracts, therefore, do not mean the county will buy the amount ot printing included in the contracts. There are five classes of county printing, all of which went to the Fort Wayne Printing company. This year the business was divided among the Fort Wayne Printing company and the Mulhaupt Printing Company. Inc., both of I Fort Wayne. Bidders on the county printing were: Empire Press, New Haven; William B. Burford Company, Indianapolis; Fort Wayne Printing Company, Wayne Paper Box and Printing Company and the Mulhaupt Printing Company, Inc., all of Fort Wayne. During the present special session of the commissioners, all claims against the county for 1938 are being allowed. This is under a state law which does not permit the carrying over of bills from one year to the next. As a “Christmas present,” therefore, county employees receive a double pay check this but will not receive pay in January. In all other months, checks are written at the first of Hie month for the preceding month. o — Former Teacher Held On Charge Os Arson Rochester, Ind., Dec. 20 —(UP) — Harold Blackburn. 30. of Akron, a former school teacher, was held today on charges of attempted ar-1 son filed in circuit court by William Kindle, deputy state fire shal. Kindle alleged that Blackhurn on Dec. 11 attempted to burn a house in Akron owned by William Yeagley by tossing flaming newspapers through a window ho had broken. Blackburn was at liberty under bond from Kosciusko circuit court on charges of attempted rape.

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With only four days remaining until Christmas, requests for aid are pouring into the Good Fellows club for food, clothing, toys and candy for the less fortunate of Deca-j tur. The Good Fellows club, Decatur's only organized group making a concerted effort to spread Christmas cheer and happiness among the city's needy, today issued an urgent plea for immediate, additional contributions to the fund. Buying of articles for the needy is made doubly hard wh£n the amount of funds available is uncer-l tain and all these articles must be 1

HUNDREDS DIE IN GOLD WAVE Millions Throughout Europe And England In Suffering London, Dee. 20 (U.R) A cold wave Increasingly more severe us it continued, caused suffering (o millions and death to hundreds today over all Europe. Temperatures ranging down to 40 degrees below zero were reI corded and it was reported that the worst was to come. Snow | storms swept some areas. Reports from all over the continent, i and from towns in the British ‘ Isles, told of the danger of terrible fires because hose lines froze and firemen were unable to do anything but wuteh fires. Ships were frozen in ice at numerous ports. Ravenous wolves made desperate by the rigorous weather raided the outskirts of villages In the Carpathian mountains, seeking sheep. Heavy damage to winter crops was feared because the snows wnieh finally fell came only after the ground was frozen , hard. Casualty reports were fragmentary but they indicated the toll which must have been exacted. Twenty-five deaths In Great Britain were attributed to the ; cold; it was reported from the Lodz area of Poland that 70 persons had been frozen to death Ten deaths had been recorded among Jewish refugees on the Polish-German frontier. Rumania reported 11 known dead. Hungary two. This was the coldest December morning in London for 47 years, at 23 degrees above zero. in France temperatures ranged down to zero and the Paris meteorological station forecast that belore the cold wave broke the weather would be colder than in *GI year°. Berlin reported the coldest December day tn 80 years. In western Europe, temperatures though they caused suffering, were comparatively mild. i(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — CURTIS WHITE HEADS SENATE Edward Stein Heads Lower House At State Democrat Caucus Indianapolis, Dec. 20 — (U.R) — Senator E. Curtis White of Indianapolis and Rep. Edward Stein of Bloomfield today headed the Democratic fore.-s in the senate and house of the impending 1939 legislative session as a result of the party's caucuses in a closed session here yesterday afternoon. White was chosen president pro tern of the state senate, a position which he occupied during the special session of the legislature last summer. He was elected on the first ballot in the senate caucus over Senators Fred Eichhorn of Gary. Claud B. Mcßride of Jeffersonville and Charles Bedwell of Sullivan. The senate is controlled by the Democrats, 34 to 16. Eichhorn was elected senate caucus chairman and Senator Larry Brandon of Auburn was chosen caucus secretary. Democrats do not control the house, however, by two votes and Republicans are expected to (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) oC. Os C. Directors To Meet Wednesday Night The board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will meet at the office of the president, John L. DeVoss, Wednesday even- | ing at 7:30 o’clock. All directors are urged to be present, as plans will be launched for the annual banI quet and election of directors.

sorted and boxed by members of the Delta Theta Tau sorority, sponsor of the Good Fellows club, before the distribution is made. The various boxes will he distributed to the needy families Saturday, Christmas Eve, by the sorority members, who will deliver the articles to the homes which they investigated. • Don’t disappoint Decatur’s kidj dies, whose only hopes for a measure of holiday cheer and happiness depend on the generosity of the more fortunate citizens of the city. 1 Give, and give NOW!

EX-GOVERNOR McCRAY DIES MONDAY NIGHT Former Governor Os Indiana Dies Os Sudden Heart Attack Kentland, Ind., Dee. 20.--(U.R) Former Governor Warren T. Mc- , Cray, who came back to Indiana ■ 12 years ago in a prison-made suit with $5 in his ockets, died last night at his beloved Orchard Lake farm, one of two things he regained from a shattered life. The other was respect. The 73-year-old cpttle king and politician died of a heart, attack at the dinner table a few minutes after he came from the stock barns where he had done his usual day’s work. With him when lie collapsed were his wife. Mrs. Ella Ade McCray, sister of the Hoosier humorist George Ade; Miss Marion McCray, a daughter, and George Mci Clay, a son. They said he had been in poor health several months. Funeral services for the former governor will be held at 1:30 Thursday afternoon at the Kentland Presbyterian church. Another daughter, Mrs. W. P. Evans, of Indianapolis, and a sister, Mrs. Fannie Coparet of Kentland. also survive. McCray, a Republican, served as governor from 1921 to 1924, his i term cut short by a federal conviction for using the mails to defraud. As he left for Atlanta, Ga„ penitentiary, he promised to return to the state he once governed, rebuild his career, and pay off millions of dollars of liabilities in the huge financial wreckage he caused. McCray blamed the agricultural depression which followed the J World War for the collapse of the , fortune he made in farm and cat- ; tie holdings. Federal attorneys accused, and convicted him of indorsing and selling thousands of . dollars in notes in the name of land and cattle companies that never existed. The weary Tittle man, paroled as-; ter three and a third years of a ' i 10-year term, retuned to his native I state but never made good his promises. However, he did re- ' gain his standing as an honorable citizen. A day or two before Christmas in 1930 President Herbert Hoover ; granted him a full pardon for his crime and restored his civil rights. Final acclaim came during the ,' 1931 legislature when he appear- . ed on the rostrum of both the 11 house and senate. Resounding ’!cheers greeted him. Since then he lived on his 3,000acre tract upon which he continu- > ed raising prize Hereford cattle. ■ Death came a few days before he . j intended to retire. His personal ; property was to have been auct- ; ioned at a public sale Jan. 9. Men ■ already were working farm lands i he had rented. McCray’s first success was in ’ •the grocery business but he soon i left it to form a chain of grain ‘ elevators in northwestern Indiana , (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) JAMES BURK IS DUKE GRADUATE Decatur Young Mar Receives M.D. Degree At Duke U. James (Burk, son of Mr. and Mrs. . Avon Burk of North Fourth street, ; has been graduated from Duke University, Durham, N. C-, with an M D. degree. Mr. Burk is home for the Christmas holidays for a visit with his j parents and grandparents, Judge and Mrs. James T. Merryman, and Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Burk. After the first of the year he will go to ChicaI go to enter Illinois Central hospital as an interne. ; Mr. Burk has been studying for the medical profession since his graduation from the Decatur high ’: school. He took preparatory work at Indiana university and four ■ years study at Duke university. • His interneship will be two years, ’ following which he will begin the ■ practice of medicine and sutgery. ■ Mr. Burk was an outstanding student in the local high school and • was graduated with high honors.' • He was active in Boy Scout work • and in 1929 was one of the Eagle I scouts from the Anthony Wayne ar- . ea to be selected for the jamboree I to England.

American Groups i By Fe Unaware of Identity J . /'I * Mrs. George Dietrich Although wed for 17 years, Mrs. George Dietrich, wife of George Dietrtch. official of the McKesson & Robbins Drug company, was unaware that her husband really was George Musiea. brother of the self-slain Philip Musiea, alias F. Donald Coster, late president of the $87,000,000 drug company now in the news. Dietrich is held In SIOO,OOO bail while authorities investigate the financial structure of the drug firm. Mrs. Dietrich lives in Fairfield. Conn. CHURCH LISTS XMAS PROGRAM Junior Church Christmas Program At M.E. Church Wednesday The annual Christmas program of the church school of the First M. E church will be presented Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. The program will be in two parts, with the opening part a series of recitations and musical numbers. The second part will be a pageant, "The Christmas Story." The opening program, under the direction of Mrs. O. G. Baughman, is as follows: Recitation. “Heart Welcome," Bobby Barber. Song, exercise. “The Baby Jesua." Beginners. Recitation, “The Reason Why," Sally Smith. Mucic—Patsy Edwards. Recitation, "Secret of Happiness,” Ruth Ann White. Exercise —Primary class Recitation—Mary Jo Butler. Exercise — "Little Candles," Gladvs Miller's class. Pageant The pageant. "The Christmas Story,” as told in St. Luke and St. Matthew, will be under the direction of Mrs. Bryce Thomas, chairman; Mrs. Walter Krick, Mrs. Robert Mills and Mrs. Habegger. The cast of characters follow: Herold, the narrator — Lois Baughman. Mary—Mary Habegger. Joseph—Ray Mann. Shepherds — Medford Smith, Jim Pollock, David Pollock. i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —o Mrs. Deßolt Condition Is Reported Unchanged The condition of Mrs. Lloyd DeBolt, who was critically injured a week ago Monday night in an auto-| train collision was reported unchanged today. Her husband, also badly hurt in the crash, was reported a little improved. Both are confined at the Adams county memorial hospital. — o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 28 10:00 a. m •— 30 Noon - 34 2:00 p. tn - 36 3:00 p. m 36 WEATHER Cloudy becoming fair In west portion, possibly a little rain or snow in east portion, colder in west portion tonight; Wednes- ( day generally fair and coldsr.

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Medical Indicted deral Jury Dr. Morris Fishbein And Other Physicians Named For Alleged Violation Os Anti-Trust Laws. HIGH OFFICIALS Washington, Dec. 20 — (U.R) — A federrl grand jury today returned criminal indictments charging violation of antitrust laws against the American Medical association, three affiliated medical grouns and 21 individuals. Five of the 21 individuals named tn the indictments were from Chicago. including Mr. Morris Fishbelli, editor of the American Medical association’s journal and outstanding spokesman for conservative elements of the medical profession. The remaining indicted individuals are from the District ot Columbia. The indicted individuals are high officials of the AMA or ot its affiliate, the District of Columbia Meuical society. They include: Olin West, AMA secretary and general manager; William C. Woodward, director of the Aina s bureau of legal medicine and legislation; William Dick Cutter, secretary of the AMA council on medical education and hospitals; and Roscoe G. Leland, director of ’he AMA’s bureau of medical economics. All are of Chicago. The indicted Washington physicians were active in the District of Columbia group, headed by Thomas Edwin Neill, former president of the District of Columbia Medical society, and Coursen B. Conklin, its secretary-treasurer. Culminating more than two months of investigation by the grand jury, the indictments were I based on the charge that the defendants combined to block cooperative medical moves. Specifically, the government's case was based upon opposition that developeo in the medical profession against Group Health Inc., a cooperative pioneer medical cooperative in the District of Columbia. In announcing the case lust August, assistant attorney general Thurman Arnold, in charge of the justice department's antitrust division, explained that the AMA, dominant organization in the medical profession had been accused of using its prestige and power coercively to block development of cooperative medical groups. Cooperative groups such as Group Health, Inc., on which the anti-trust case hinged, have contended that the burden of high medical costs lias fallen most heavily on that portion of the population least able to finance such care. Burdens of medical treatment, they argued, are out of proportion for that segment ot the population between the indigent who have access to free clinics and the well-to-do who can afford the best of care. In announcing the decision of the government to press for criminal indictments. Arnold explained that such procedure seemed the (CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) LIST PROGRAM OF XMAS PARTY Annual Christmas Party Os Moose Lodge Friday Evening | The program for the annual | Christmas party, sponsored by tha Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose, was announced today. The party will be held at the Catholic school auditorium Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The Women of the Moose will give away a quilt during the evening's program. All members of the Moose and their families are invited to attend. The complete program follows: Christmas Carols—Congregation. Recltaion —Roger Johnson. Piano solo—Joan Lichtensteiger. Music—Strahin family. Music — Honolulu Conservatory ot Music. Recreation —Kenneth Roop. Piano solo—Colleen Edgell. Music —Brite family. Tap dance —Donnabelle Roop. Music —Geel's family. Men's quartet