Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1939 — Page 5

JEMKHDS PROBE f INTO PARTIES Rep. Ffeh Asserts Government Boat Used By i Officials I Washing ton. Jan. 1 (U.R) Hep. Hamilton, Fish, R . N. Y.. demand ed a congr< mat investigation today of private parties abrrard the govertimfmt boat Eala tn which former ijecrMary of Commerce Daniel cjltoper and other officials were alleged to have participated. I Fteh aaid that if Roller or any offlclal Kent public money for non-publie purposes, "he should be 1 forced to reimburse the government. Actin* comptroller General Rich- > art N. Mi" It charged in his an 4 nual report to congress yesterday that in tt3i and 1935, soda water, flowers, dinars and cigarets “were . vouebered as paint, provisions or supplies” (for the Eala. He estimated that the boat, which belongs to the Steamboat Inspection Service of the department of commerce, cAts S3BO a week to operate, and [that in the six months period oU which he reported. |9,- ** 596 was f spent 'which was not T authorised under the appropriation providing: for inspection service.” Rep. Job Taber, R. N. Y., contended t>a> Republican members , members Fof the house appropriK lati«is ■fcninlttee “exposed" the private rpni ’ies aboard the Eala two or thr» • years ago. Fish said ct |that tha‘Small Republican minor,tty had math it impossible to take i action tien. but predicted that | this yearns doubled G. O. P. house ;a j membership, together with “honUest minded Democrats, would force an Investigation. A Elliott 1 promised a special re port on th> Eala. He offered as lid part of his annual report excerpts I ill from the' ship’s log. They indicated that the boat was used for trips from Washing*"lloo down the Potomac to Colonial q Beach, Va , during July and August, 1934. Among [those listed as having □ used thefboat for parties were Roper, Assistant Secretary John ■J Dickinson, Chester H. McCall, asiiJ sistant to the secretary, Margie G. Renn.Fßoper’s secretary, Mrs Roper, Richard F. Roper, John Roper, and Assistant Secretary jEwiag YiMitchell. __ o PLAN REVISION (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) mit can Lappeal to the Marion county superior court. The wholesalers also would collect the tax on out-of-state beer. h The senators also considered reS peal of t(je truck tire tax and re- ■ vision ofitho state election laws with new provisions for recountSting the (totes and acentral sysliltem for counting primary votes. S Republican house members already ha»e agreed on four bills - land wiR (confine itself mainly to organization efforts tonight. The a four hills are: revision of the re-i yj Organisation act to permit elect-; *ed alate Officials to name their ra*wn Malts? make the office of at-torney-geheral elective again in--11 stead of appointive by the gover- '<■ nor: permit the secretary of state sto name the state securities com-j mlssionerF and repeal the act ex-, empting the Democratic “two percent club” from the corrupt practires act. James M Tucker. Republican £ secretary of state, will gavel the house to brder tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock and preside until a speaker is elected. Lieut.-Gov. Henry F., Schricker will call the

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' senate to order. Janies M. Knapp, Richmond Republican. is expected to be chosen speaker of the house and E. Cur- ' tia White of Indianapolis probably i will be named president pro tern of the senate. ' o— U. S. MINISTER (CONTINITED FROM PAGE ONE) Minister Neville Chamberlain is to arrive here with Viscount Halifax. British foreign secretary, for a moss, important official visit to Mussolini. It has been geserally assumed that, during this visit, Mussolini will seek to discuss Italian asplr- | ations for concessions In the Medli terranean. These concessions would come ' largely from France—a change in 1 the status of Italians resident in ■ French ( Tunisla, a reduction of rates in the Suez Canal and conj cession to Italy of a share in the ' canal's control, a change in status lin the French port of Djibouti, Somaliland, which would permit [ Italy a free flow of goods to Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, on the Dji-bouti-Addis Aahaba railroad which is French owned. o COUNCIL TALKS (CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE) water superintendent; James Borders. chief of police; Frank Burns, chief engineer; Ed Hurst, tire chief: Joe Kortenber, Jack Friedt and Roy Steele, regular firemen: Drs. R. E. Daniels and Harold F. Zwick and Mrs. Paul Graham, members of the city board of ; health. Certificates of election and oaths ■of office were placed on record. I Newly-elected City Clerk-Treasur-er Vernon Aurand acted as clerk of the council meeting, attended by the mayor and all councilmen. A majority of the new appointees were also in attendance at the ■ meeting. o SOLONS LOOK TO (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Bobbitt and other G. O. P. strategists are attempting to use the legislative session for two purposes: 1. To strive for a good party : record with which to enter the 1940 i campaign; and 2. to use it also as j the first rallying point for Repub- | lican political reorganization right j down to the precincts with a view' toward the next election. Hence ! Bobbitt’s recent public appeal tor I an end to factionalism and a unlti ed pul toward “victory in 1940.” The Republicans believe they are hot upon the scenet of a complete triumph next year. They have control of the house of the legislature, they won a majority of Hoosier congressmen and they elected a secretary of slate. Now, | they think, the time is ripe to lay the victory cornerstone in the general assembly. Politically, this will probably be attempted in two ways: 1. A sincere program of legislaI tion to which they can'point with pride” whether or not it is passed ior defeated by the Democratici controlled senate. 2. A substantial program of 1 heckling the Democrats by proj longed debate on every Democratic ; measure in the house and by | pestiferous investigations either | by regular or special house com- | mittees. 1 Attacks Grandma I Maple Helton After a hearing for 12-year-old Maple Helton at Williamsburg, Ky., Acting Judge Joe Feathers reserved decision as to what will be done with the little girl who has* .ieen held in jail since’ her grandmother was badly beaten. At the time of her arrest Maple was quoted by County Attorney I Walter Smith as saying she attacked her grandmother with the hammer because she said Maple's father “ain’t no good.’’

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German Actress in News Glare r-— —— ■• ■ : r v WWMr Lida Baarova Here is beautiful Lida Baarova. actress-wife of Gustav Froelich, German film player, who is in hiding following reports that friends of Froelich beat German Propaganda Minister Paul Goebbels because he allegedly paid a great deal of attention to Froelich’s wife. A German announcement said Goebbels was sick with the grippe. FEEDING THE BIRDS IS PXRT OF INDIANA’S CONSERVATION PLAN I iWII I ' ii HI luM'i l—.l 111 11 IU - EIU .J iKD. .tSkFifcfi’dliS i- >

More than ten thousand Indiana conservationists are engaged in a i state-wide pogram for the emergency feeding of birds an.' wildlife during the winter months, Virgil M Simmons, Commissioner of the Department of Conservation, said today. Tons of screenings, grain and other suitable feed have been collected for the feeding programs sponsored by the more than eight hundred and fifty conservation clubs and thousands of feeding shelters have been constructed. This is ali 3 part of Indiana's conservation program and one of the major wiuI ter activities of the conservation < lubs. The emergency feeding of birds ! and wildlife by the members of the j conservation clubs receives wide support in the local communities

Coincidence? More Like Miracle f f I* -■' ■ . »' *. • .k' J < ■"W " I "t'.. Hauling wreckage of passenger car Occupants of this flaming automobile were really lucky to escape with minor injuries after a series of events which befell it. The car left the road near Springfield, L. 1., crashed into an electric light pole which promptly toppled on the auto roof. A broken tension vire fell on the gas tank and the explosion which followed enveloped he car in flames. When the light pole fell, it set off a police alarm ystem which summoned the police who saved the occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew jCummings and John C. Wright.

from Boy Scouts, Future Farmer) and 4-H Club members, from rural ' mail carriers, highway workers and bakery and milk route drivers. While the screenings are donat-1 ed by feed companies and elevators where they are a by-product, clubs spend hundreds of dollars in purchasing grain and other supplies for use during the winter months when the ground is coveted with snow or ice and the normal food supply is hidden. Members of clubs in rural communities usually collect their own feed while feed is purcased by clubs located in the. cities and towns. o 500 Sheets S'/jXll, 16-Ib White Paragon Bond typewriting paper 55c. The Decaiur Democrat (’<>- D

SAFETY DRIVE SLASHES TOLL United Press Survey Shows Highway Death Toll Cut (Copyright 1939 by United Press) ciii<. ( g l .. Jan 4 (U.R> Traffic officials' vigorous and far-flung campaign to halt slaughter on the nation's roadways paid big dividends during 1935, a survey of 19 large and small cities showed today. Sixteen cities reported decreases in traffic fatalities. Two reported increases and there was ino report available for the nation's largest city, New York, where a slight increase was Indicated. The figures substantiated * a national safety council forecast that final 1938 figures for the nation. available Jan. 26. would show a saving of approximately 8000 over 1937. Officials gave a variety of reasons for the decline in automobile deaths; most of them revolved around tile safety council's "Three E” program—enforcement, education and engineering. Z. A. Faulkner, city traffic engineer of Evanston. 111., which calls itself “The Safest City in the World,” reported a decrease in deaths from five to three and explained: ‘ We’ve borne down on the three E's' harder than ever before. Our education program included dtivers' schools and lectures in schools, churches and civil clubs on ‘how to drive.’ “Our engineering included scien- 1 I Ufic Investigation of what caused : accidents and elimination of ‘bad i | spots.’ “As to enforcement — everyone I knows that yon can't fix a ticket | in Evanston and that the speed regulation signs mean just what I they say.” Detroit cut its tatalities from i 335 in 1937 to 193 last year, the j lowest for any year since 1922.: I Richard Harst, general manager! ' of the Michigan Automobile association, attributed the result to a' general tightening up of all traffic regulations. Chicago cut deaths from 854 to I 695 attributed by Capt. David | Flynn of the traffic bureau to

Stop! Look! Read! There Will Be An V .\ A 1B <1 ? ;A' u' a MEP*w«? i Rolling Down On Decatur This Week BY ALL MEANS READ EVERY WORD IN OUR AD WHICH WILL APPEAR IN THIS NEWSPAPER TOMORROW NIGHT. WE’RE CELEBRATING OUR 65th ANNIVERSARY W I T 11 THE SURPRISE OF THE YEAR. WATCH FOR IT! IT WILL PAY YOU!

stifeter enforcement of regula-] thins tnd quick apprehension of | violators through two-way police 1 radio In squad cars. In addilion to the effect upon violators. Flynn i believed the program had the effect of making a large body of the motoring public “safety conscious." o - — EXTENSION OF (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) less. Guam could be so fortified as to make any attack on the Philippines a "precarious undertaking,” the board reported. FIND CHARGES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) being coerced or intimidated for certain candidates. Out of Politics Washington. Jan. 4 — (U.R) — Two far-reaching measures to I “lal'e politics out of relief" were introduced in the senate today as President Roosevelt prepared to ask congress in a special message late this week to appropriate approximately $700,000,000 more to continue the works progress administration until June 30. Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D.. N. M.. who was defeated by a slim margin in attempts to write a ban on political activity into last year's I relief appropriation, submitted; the two proposals as senators were given their first opportunity in the new session to introduce' bills and resolutions. One bill would prohibit political activity by ail federal employes except policy making and elective officials. The other would give : congress wide powers to "police" primary and general elections, and prohibit intimidation or coerI cion “by any person." Hatch said I it was designed to "reach those not ft bderal employment.” o Bond Thief Ring Disclosed Today Syracuse, N. Y.. Jan. 4—(UP) —■ Federal agents searched for hank robbers today to complete a roundup of what they described as the Biggest ring of bond thieves ever uncovered in the nation.” Ten persons, eight of them of New York City, were at liberty un- : der bail pending arraignment on | charges of interstate transporta- , 'ion of stolen securities. They were accused of being the sales force of

Actor, Heiress to Marry l||' ’ vx- ■ ■■ » ■■■'Stef x ’ vXsS ” ; -.z ■ i X— Wayne Morris dines with Leonore Schinasi Actor Wayne Morris and tobacco heiress Leonore “Bubbles” Sehinas Boon will marry, according to an announcement by Morris front Hollywood where they are seen dining

1 a gang which allegedly handled $157,000 in “hot” securities obtained in New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania and Kansas burglaries. o Fort Wayne Woman Is KiHed In Fall Fort Wayne. Ind.. Jan. 4. (U.R)~ Funeral services were being ar- ; ranged today for Mrs. Rose Snydi er, 53, who died late yesterday from a skull fracture she received , when she fell down a flight ofstairs. Scattered about her body when her husband found her were the Christmas ornaments she was putting away for another year. o Federal Grand Jury To Convene January 9 Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 4. —(U.R) James R. Fleming, U. S. district attorney here, announced today

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that the grand jury will be called January 9 to investigate charges against Lawrence Hale, 34. being held in Buffalo, N. Y., accused of participating In the holdup of an Angola, Ind., bank November 22. Hale was arrested by G-men last month when he stepped from a train. A warrant had been issued for his arrest a few days after three men robbed the bank of nearly $11,090. Hhe pleaded not guilty before the U. S. commissioner in Buffalo. o - Flayed Curs Curbed Leipzig (U.R) A new chemically treated linen lias been developed to prevent the raveling of shirt collars and cuffs. The insertion is sewed between the layers of I the shirt material, and in a demon- ' stration at the Leipzig Fair it was j shown to keep the cloth from I I fraying. o Trade In A Good Town — Decatur