Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1939 — Page 1

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Io Bandits Loot Idiana Bank Os 1 Cash And Bonds

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LOCAL MAN IS ROBBED 8V TWO ARMED BANDITS Unmasked Pair Hold I p Robert Chronister At Trout Farm Robert Chronister who resides at the Trout farm, south of th? city on federal road 27. reported to Sheriff Ed P. Miller last night that two armed men walked into the beck coot of the Trout home aud robbed iiitn at the point of a gun. Chronister told Sheriff Miller and Night Officer Roy Chilcote, who vere the investigating authorities, i that the pair forced him to go upi stairs and lie on the bed whi'e they I searched for the loot. Chronister said the bandit duo [secured only about *& He told authorities that the stick-1 ! up occurred about 7 o’clock. The authorities were not notified until | shortly before midnight, however 5 tuid hardly any clues were available as to their Identity. Before leaving Chronister, they I jerked the telephone loose from the wall and admonished him to remain where he was. Chronister said neither of the pair wore a mask, and that both carried a gun in his hand as he walked into the Trout home. A possibility that the robtbery was engineered by local “talent” i was seen, when it was d'sclosed that one of the men had asked “Where's Johnny”, evidently referring to JoJhn Trout, who with his . brother operates the Trout farm. Snowfall covered up any tracks i that might have been left by an auto. Chronister said that he did not ’ i bear or see an auto, if the robbers used one. Sheriff Miller and authorities are continuing the investigation, despite the lack of clues. The interval i between the time of the robbery and the notificajion of authorities is feared to have given the pair too j much of a lead. Will Resign As Railroad Clerk i ■ " ■" - Earl Sauders, clerk at the Pennsylvania railroad station in Berne for the past four years, a resident and Town Clerk of Monroe, has resigned his position with the railroad company, effective Saturday. February 4. n — Sons Os Legion To Meet Tonight The Sons of the American Legion will meet tonight at 7 o'clock at the Legion home on Madison s'reet. Re- | freshments will be served following the meeting. All sons of Legion- ■; i alres are urged to Ibe present at i'nis meeting, as business of importance will be conducted. ■ -n. ■ ■ -I—OLD OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED Joe Koors Will Again Head Tomato Growers In Adams County The annual meeting of the Adams county tomato growers’ association was held last night at the local Moose home with a large 1 crowd in attendance. Joe Koors, incumbent president • of the association, was re-named ' to the post during the election of 1 officers. I Other officers who were renam- ■ ed are: Otto Bieberich, vice-presi- ' dent; Frank Braun, secretary-treas-urer; Lawrence Braun and Lawrence Beckmeyer, directors. The report of last year’s activities was given by Cue ufficei'B and County Agent L. E. Archbold talked regarding the prospects for next year. . Other members made short addresses. They urged the local members to cooperate with the present cannery and expressed enthusiasm over the prospects of a successful year approaching. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce was represented at the meeting.

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BONNET STATES GREAT BRITAIN TO AID FRANCE French Foreign Minister Says Nations Stand Together Paris, Jan. 26—(UP)—A military alliance between France and Great Britain' will exist in time of war, foreign minister George Bonnet told i the Chamber of deputies today in defending the government’s foreign policy. “In time of war. all the forces of I Great Britain will be at our disposal and all of ours at the disposal of Great Britain.” Bonnet said. Bonnet declared that the nationalist government had assured Fiance it will not permit foreign domination of spain when the war is over. Evidently referring to France’s sea rthat Italy and Germany might try to maintain a foothold i nine New Spain. Bonnet said : “We will not allow our commuuications with North Africa to be endangered either from the islands (Balearics) or Morocco. On this point there is complete solidarity between Britain and France.” Bonnet emphasized that the integ- . rity of the empire will be maintained. There will ibe no change In the non-intervention policy in Spain, he said, but the humanitarian policy will be maintained. N “France and, Britain have the same desire for peace.” Bonnet said. "They demand nothing from anyone but intend to conserve intact their patrimony.” Regarding the opposition to the government. Bonnet said: “All orators are agreed on the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o COURT UPHOLDS “FREE SPEECH” ■t - - I U. S. Circuit Court Os Appeals Acts Against Mayor Hague Philadelphia, Jan. 26.— (U.R) The U. S. circuit court of appeals ruled today that Mayor Frank Hague was prohibiting “peaceful assembly upon terms repugnant to free speech” in Jersey City and upheld with a strengthening modii TicafTon an injunction restraining him and his administration from banning public addresses, parades and assemblies. Mayor Hague had asked the court to vacate the injunction on the grounds that it would result i “in disorder, riot and bloodshed" in Jersey City. The court, in a 2 to 1 decision, held that the ordinance restrain- ! ing public parades and public asi semblies in Jersey City was unconstitutional and said: "The interpretation of the right of free speech and free assembly contended for by the appellants is shocking and places these rights in the hands of those who would destroy them.” The congress of industrial or-, ganizations, the American civil liberties union and allied groups were granted the injunction Nov. 11 by Federal Judge William Clark on the grounds that the city ordinance deprived them of their civil (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ——o Allen Grand Jury Returns 2 Murders, Manslaughter Count Fort Wayne. Jan. 26. —(U.R) —InI dictments charging two persons ! with first degree murder and a third with voluntary manslaughter were turned over to the circuit court here today. The Allen county grand jury re-: turned a true bill against Mrs. Ruth Reaser charging her with the knife slaying of her three-year-old san, Alfred Junior Reaser, last | December. The jury also indicted Mrs. Reaser for the wounding of another son, Martin Leroy, 5. Thd 39-year-old mother was alleged to have killed the child as part of a slucide murde rpact that would wipe out her family. John D. Brown. 4T, negro, was charged with the fatal shooting of Robert Cain, another negro, following an argument. Orangie Owens, 25. negro from Opp, Ala., was cited for voluntary manslaughter in the fatal beating of Charles Flowers, negro of Detroit. Both Mrs. Reaser and Brown were ordered held without bond. Bond for Owens was set at $5,005. Arraignments probably will be i i held February 6.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 26, 1939.

High Death Toll in Quake i > < I <■» I 'V A terrific earthquake which struck the rich communities of south ern Chile left an estimated 15.000 dead and devastation on all sides today as rescue workers endeavored to aid the injured and starvation New threats arose today when famine and disease appeared Cities of Chilian and Concepcion were the hardest hit.

GOP ELECTION REFORM BILLS HOUSE ISSUE Belligerent Members Gird Themselves For Another Partisan Battle Indianapolis, Jan. 26. — (U.R) — Belligerent members of the Indiana house today girded themselves , for another stiff partisan battle, this time over five Republican election reform bills which the ’ Democrats claim were “railroaded” through the elections committee. 1 The meastn-es. sponsored by rhe Republican state central committee. are an outgrowth of last fall’s general election in which all but one Republican state candidate lost by narrow margins and then were denied recounts of the vote in seven counties. A majority committee report, signed by all Republican committee members, favoring passage of the bills was ready for presentation to the house. Democratic members will file a minority re- , port containing no recommendation. The Democrats claim that when they arrived at the committee meeting the majorUy report already was signed and that ho study was made of the bills. Witnesses were denied the right to be heard. The Democrat report to the house says: “Having been deprived of the opportunity to either read or consider said bills, we make leave to report that for said reason we are unable to make recommendations.” Rep. C. Y. Foster, R„ Carmel, chairman of the committee, candidly stated: “Os course I had both minority (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0. E. SOCIETIES WILL MEET HERE Annual Convention Will Be Held At U.B. Church Feb. 11 And 12 Christian Endeavor societies in Adams county will hold their annual convention in this city, February 11 and 12. at the United Brethren church, Ninth and Madison streets Rev. Matthew' Worthman of Bluffton will be the principal speaker at ! the Sunday afternoon program, which will convene at two o’clock. Special music will also be provided at this meeting. The convention will open SatI urday evening with a “Carry-in” supper at six o’clock, attended by members of all the societies. Persons attending are also asked to bring their table service. The Saturday evening session will be held at 7:30 o’clock in the church auditorium and will be featured with special musical numbers and talks on Christian Endeavor work by Porter district and county leaders. Young Peoples societies and Christian Endeavor groups in the county are invited to attend the two . | day session.

I ♦ ♦ THAT ROBIN AGAIN It may be snowing hard right j now. but Roy Kocher of this | : city insists spring is close at ; ■ hand. The reason: He saw a robin j I | flitting around in the yard of [ | the Kocher home, and every- | I one knows that a robin is a | sure harbinger of spring. And as if to prove that the | | robin is out of place, the wind j grew stronger this afternoon. | the temperature fell to around | 20 and the snowfall continued, j ♦ ♦ NORTHEAST IN GRIP OF COLD Record - Breaking Cold Wave Takes At Least Seven Lives (By United Press) A record-breaking cold wave, aggravated in some sections by blizzards and by conflagrations in . others, gripped the northeast today. The region of intense cold extended from the Great Lakes through New England and Ontario. Relief was forecast by tonight or tomorrow. Exposure, fire and traffic accidents claimed at least seven lives in New York state and New England. Temperatures ranged from sev- ’ en degrees above zero in New York City to 44 below in northern On- ’ tario. Toronto reported the coldi cst weather in four years, six be- ■ low zero. Northwest gales added to the suffering in New England where the mercury fell below five degrees at Boston and plunged to 12 below zero in New Hampshire. The wind hampered coast guard cutters and planes in their search for three Bailey Island lobstermen missing in their 30-foot open smack between Cape Elizabeth and Rockland, Me. Stormy seas delayed the return of the patrol boat Argo with a disabled Gloucester, fishing dragger whose engine failed 75 miles from Provincetown. Boston, Palmer, Mass., and Cranston, R. 1., each reported one death attributed to the weather. Central New York state dug out of the second blizzard Within three days. Bitterly cold weather prevailed in the western part of the state. At Buffalo the temperature fell 30 degrees in 24 hours to two degrees below zero. The state’s . exposure and accident toll was ;three. I At Laconia, N. H„ firemen ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O College Choir To Be Here Feb. 5 Announcement wae made today by Rev. C. M. Prugh, pastor of the Zion Reformed church, that the Heidelberg College Choir will give ■ a sacred concert here Sunday morn- : ing, Feb. 5 at 10 A. M. The worship I service of the morning will be conducted by representatives from the . college, and Pres. C E. Jcsephson s will bring the message. The choir, consisting of over 40 men and women, will be directed by j Prof. Amos S. Ebersole, M. A., M. ! M. The program wll lincluda choice A. Cappella and accompanied vocal music. This is the first appearance I of the choir in Decatur, and the pub- | lie is invited to attend the concert.

THOUSANDS DIE AS EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CHILE Hundreds Os Thousand Homeless Face Starvaation And Disease Santiago, Chile, Jan. 26. —(U.RX Stories of rich communities destroyed. of thousands upon thousands killed, of hundreds of thousands facing the threat of disease ; orTamine. reached Santiago today I as still fragmentary reports arrlvI ed of the toll taken by an earthquake in southern Chile. Reports from the earthquake zone indicated that the death to'l might reach 20,000 in four cities alone. Most of the zone was still isolated. A United Press staff correspondent at Chilian? a city of 40,000 people, and army aviators who tiew him there, reported the dead there at 10,000, with 10.000 wounded or missing. Officially the death i estimate there was 5,000. A United Press staff correspondent who reached Tentuco radioed thaf authorities of the important railroad town of San Rosendo estimated their dead at 2.000. The official estimate of dead at the big fort and naval base of Concepcion was 3,000. Railroad trains bearing surgeons, nurses, medical supplies, food, tents and rescue squads felt their way cautiously southward into the earthquaek zone. Aboard one train was President Pedro Aguirre Cerro, who had taken active charge of relief and rescue work. Airplanes flew southward, to land in fields because most airports were destroyed. Chilean and British warships and Chilean, British and German merchant ships made for seaports in the zone to lend their aid. The entire earthquake area w’as lihUer strict, if informal, state of martial law. with sß?diers, policemen and sailors in charge. Here, government authorities pegged prices for all artisles of prime necessity, and particularly of foods, at those prevailing Tuesday in order to prevent possible speculation because of decreased food supplies in the Santiago area, due to interruption of communication. It was evident that the food supply was threatened. One of the first acts of President Aguirre on reaching San Javier, in the earthquake zone, was to order hydraulic engineers to Talca to restore the irrigation canal, in order to avoid loss of the important rice crop. With the president in the earthquake zone were Minister of Interior Pedro Alfonso and nearly all members of the army general staff, planning to reach isolated points by motor car, and after a thorough survey to organize re-, lief on a national basis. Xll trains to the quake zone were met at every stop by throngs of people who begged for permission to get aboard and seek missing relatives. Messages eloquent of the terrible destruction throughout southern Chile arrived here by radio. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o EXCISE POLICE FORCE IS CUT Force To Be Cut In Half To Stay Within Excise Budget Indianapolis, Jan. 26 — (U.R) — Hugh A. Barnhart, state excise director, announced today that the excise police force will De cut in half immediately to permit the alcoholic beverages commission to stay within its budget for the current fiscal year. Barnhart said that 34 members of the state excise, or liquor law enforcement, and excise department police will be placed on "indefinite leave of absence” Saturday. Affected by Barnhart’s order today are 24 excise policemen, six I members of the “good will squad," a deputy in charge of publicity for the department and liquor commission, a field auditor and two clerks. In addition Barnhart said that two excise officers are being reduced in rank. Barnhart said that the order affects more than half of the excise force and will require a drastic reorganization of the remainder. He emphasized that with such a small number left, almost the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

City Os Barcelona Is Occupied Today By Insurgent Army

SEEK TO AMEND NR LABOR ACT, AID EMPLOYER Informed Senators Predict Drive For Amendment Within A Week Washington, Jan. 26.— (U.R) —A drive for amendment of the national labor relations act to prove "equality for employers” will be- i gin within a week, informed senators said today. Republicans and conservative Democrats seeking i changes were confident they have support of a majority of the senate. American Federation of Labor amendments to the act were introduced yesterday in amended form somewhat favorable to employers and so designed to head off more comprehensive change. Sen. David 1. Walsh, D.. Mass., offered the AFL proposals. They will have general senate conservative support, inquiry indicated. But labor itself is bitterly divid'ed and the new deal balks at change. The Congress of Industrial Organizations, headed by I president John L. Lewis, opposes amendment of any kind. On Dec. 2, 1938, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said she did not favor amendment of the act. Exactly one month earlier chairman J. Warren Madden said after a conference with President Roosevelt that national labor relations board members did not believe the act needed revision. There is strong southern Democratic sentiment for amendment in both house and senate owing largely to the effect of board rulings on southern industries. Sen. Edward R. Burke. D., Neb., said he expected within a week to introduce “equality” amendments to the act going beyond those proposed by the federation. There may be other amendments offered, but Burke is confident that he will represent the bulk of senate opinion desiring a change. There is some senate pressure for outright repeal, such as already has been proposed in a house bill. But Burke and others who appear to be heading the amendment drive do not believe repeal feasable or, necessarily desirable. “The amendments I shall propose.” Burke told the United Press, “will seek to give employers equality but they will seek in the long run for less restriction all around by government in the relationship of employer and employe. I am most interested in an amendment to separate the) judicial functions of the labor board from its investigative and prosecuting functions. “The question of amending the i act probably will be up in the senate before it is reached in the house but there may be some delay before we reach it even on [ this side. I foresee two or three I weeks of hearings in which I expect that witnesses will show sub- ; stantial weakness in the act. I i think that proof of weakness will be such that a majority of the senate will be for a change.” It was understood that there was ! general agreement, even among 1 ardent supporters of the act, that | if there is amendment of any kind ■ it should include more comprehensive provision for mediation of labor disputes. The senate education and labor (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o “How’m I Doing?/’ Asks Thug Os Cops; Answer: Not So Well South Bend. lad., Jan. 26—(UP) — A 19-year-old burglar who wrote letters to police asking “how am 1 doing, inspector?” was not doing so well today. Zolten Erdelyi walked Into police headquarters yesterday and explained to detective Captain Lucius LaFortune that he was the author of the heckling letters and confessed to several burglaries, most of them in schools. “I wanted to become a policeman and I started learning about crime by committing them," Erdelyi said. Police said school authorities would | file charges against them. |

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Loyalist Stronghold In Spain Falls To Rebel Forces Os Gen. Franco Today. NO RESISTANCE Perpignan, French-Spanish Fron- | tier, Jan. 26 — (U.R) —The loyalist j stronghold of Barcelona fell today before a crushing month-old insurgent offensive across Catalonia. rebel military dispatches announced. Rebel Gen. Francisco Franco's army of 20 divisions smashed its way through the last lines of ' loyalist shock troops to encircle the battered republican capital, the military dispatches said, and a Navarrese motorized unit of Spaniards and Italians dashed to the great plaza De Las Glorias Catalanas. in the heart of the city. Loyalist resistance, the insurgent messages said, had collapsed and the population emerged to cheer the red-capped Navarrese. A dispatch via Burgos early in the afternoon said that insurgent troops, entering the city over five different roads, were "gradually occupying Barcelona without difficulty.” Public buildings in the city — which will be Franco's new temporary capital—were occupied, the dispatches said, as the last of the loyalist army streamed northward to new lines along which they will defend Northern Catalonia. The roads to Gerona and Figueras were jammed with refugees, loyalist officials and soldiers, many of them on foot and without rifles or equipment. Not a single loyalist leader was left in Barcelona w-hen the insurgents entered, the Burgos messages reported, but there were no estimates of the number of refugees or extremists still in the i city which a few days ago had a population of 2,000,000. Nor did the messages mention the fate of many thousands of extremists supposedly listed for death or imprisonment by the insurgents. The rebel advices said, however, that a great array of white 1 flags and nationalist red and gold banners greeted the advancing insurgent troops, which included the Moroccan column under Gen. Juan Yague which led a drive up the 'Coastal roads to undermine the main loyalist armies defending Barcelona. The occupation of Barcelona was described in Burgos dispatches as the most stunning blow yet struck by the Franco armies. Frontier advices indicated that the loyalists would fight on in the Catalonian hills near the French frontier but the main scene of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) House Robber Held Under $2,500 Bond Stanley Glabreath, who confessed to about 20 robberies within the city of Decatur in the past two years, and was captured last week at Celina, Ohio, on a robbery charge is being held there under $2,500 ! bond. Unable to furnish bond, the St. Mary’s, Ohio man awaits indictment by the April term of the Auglaize county grand jury. He is to be brought here for questioning. o — ARM FRACTURED IN ACCIDENT Pete Gallogly Breaks Right Arm In Fall At Central Soya Co. Melvin “Pete” Gallogly, an employe of the Central Soya company suffered a fracture of the right foroarm, chest and head injuries, in a fall at the solvent plant at about 12:30 o’clock this morning. The floor of the factory w r as slippery from the snow and slush carried in on workmen's shoes. Mr. ' Gallogly slipped and fell against a temporary belt structure in the piant, catching his arm and splin1 ts ring it below the elbow-. The injured man was taken to the Adams county Memorial hospital where his injuries were dressed. | The attending physician was hopeful of saving the arm. Mr. Gallogly lives east of Decatur end was formerly employed in the boiler room of the Central Sugar | company.