Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1939 — Page 1

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'■"-■D PERCENT" lISK SASK I (OKIMITTEE Lan Bill B. x< alul Uu . Outlawed Ikfl Corrupt Act fIH» T’W: . ' ’ F partisan clash. KdHW»> ■ ominittw ■, w 1h.n... rals ■K, a s draun by lb" K-’ gH (i p h-ad-'T 'hi p tin- bill M .■ r ,|>.-a:.-il -' balH "I K„, pria '.< >'s a< ' "’ i”’ 1 " ■u and sv!l:nd of '-t.-s. 0ll!r whh-h has dailv fyatuic ot th.- < ur- -,' 11,1 tic* flaws th** a N is designed ; . : - win- exempts prri . vl it chili iToin ’>><• j .. F to balk up < , 113rg ii, . talso the hulls.- pat lia r 'hit ds '■«- With divided M such a I iinposs- •_>:.. . have failed. Hfr-KT M.: t’ampbells- : . . to ■ jiidi. iary ■Bard S' ■ I leinoi !nt I. floor wanted speak M Knapp. Richmond Mu: two-thirds vote necessity, citing the however, asset’.-d that ':. - applied desued to recom.iimniitPe with spe H k«t:-u "ii an amend—Ski He read a set ot' rules thill page six) ■FEfMOVED ■0 M. COURT ‘ Bge Suit To Be TakTo United States District Court , i; years. iy^^B on has hern filed in the AtlCn^B rclH: a-.-ing for the "'• of action th» district court. 1 defendants in the suits brought by Clark Personal ini'tr:-- and as of the estate of his Mabel Ross. “'^■ sai ‘ s ar ose as the result of ■F accident near Bobo late gMar in which Mis Ross was Mr Ross Jimes Evhurt. in detail cite the the plaintiffs and the deHB ts re side in different states j P this fa " ! as a cause for of the plaintiff was e 1,0,13 Uled and ihe com- ’ cr!i eied removed bv Judge Fruchte. • BBV"'' f ° r pp|sona! injuries 8 ’KD95.45. In the suit for <3 his wife, as adn inistraj her estate. Ross asks $lO. damage suit of Everett was the local court as he is a M ll of the state of Indiana. M MPER ATUHt READINGS Bj ° CRAT thermometer M*® 31 2:00 p.m 40 ■ ‘ 33 3:00 p.m. .... 40 I weather l*«en«rt ' loUdy toni flht and ■ .no’ y ' probabl y occasionK w J” extreme north porK jn *‘ tin « d ay. much colder Kff on niflht ’ nd ln M IOn Wednesday.

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County Agent Office Is Being Remodeled Remodeling is being done in the offices of County Agent h. E. Archbold in the post office, where th ■ floor is being reptiired an drefinishcd Some new floor Is being laid. Tiie floor was damaged several j years ago during the rainy season when high waters forced their wry into the offices. COLD WEATHER PREDICTED TO AVERT FLOODS — Forecast Os Colder Weather Alleviates Flood Fears Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 7. <U.R> - The Ohio river was rising steadily today toward an expected crest of six feet above flood stage but forecasts of a severe cold wave alleviated fears of a disastrous flood. River stages were falling or stationary in the northern part of the valley from Pittsburgh to Portsmouth. 0.. and indications were that the river would be near normal above Louisville by the end of the week. The Red Cross prepared to aid an estimated 30.000 persons who have been driven from their homes along the Ohio and its tributaries in West Virginia. Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana and in the Tennessee valley in southern Ken-* tucky and western Tennessee. Meteorologist James L. Kendall said the river was rising here early today at the rate of one-tenth of a foot an hour. It already had reached 31 feet—three feet above flood stage—and was expected to reach a crest of 34 feet tomorrow. At Cincinnati the river was 3.7 over the flood stage of 53 feet and weather men expected it to reach a crest of 58 feet sometime today. U. S. forecaster H. A. Downs at Chicago sai da cold wave of severe intensity was moving rapidly eastward from the Rock Mountains, and would overspread the Mississippi river area today and lower Ohio valley tomorrow. The cold would add to the suffering of refugees but would prevent quick melting of snows. Downs said rains fell over most of the valley yesterday but were negligible and had little effect on flood conditions. Temperatures dropped slightly today. “The worst appears to be over,’’ he said. “There is no indication of widespread serious floods.’’ Coast guardsmen said the river had washed over additional river front roads in Louisville. A few storekeepers on the river front moved their wares. Approximately 200 persons already had evacuated from cottages in the west end sec- ' tion ot the city. Coast guard headquarters at Washington instructed command i ers of 46 stations along Lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior to be prepared to move into the flood area with surf boats and protable radio equipment in the event of any change for the worse. The Red Cross set up eight emergency relief stations from Cihcinnati to California, 0.. as a precautionary measure. Red Cross ofICONTTNUED ON PAGE FIVE) O CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET CALLED Judge Fruchte Calls DocI ket For February Court Term i The court docket for the February term of the Adams circuit was ’ called this morning by Judge J. Fred Fruchte with members ot the i A'daans county bar present. The docket wits cleared of sever- ■ al cases and others were noted by tne court to be set for trial while notations for various entries were • made on others. i Filling of the docket will pro- • bably be done by Judge Fruchte later in the week. It is considered probable that several important cases will be set for the February term. The attorneys present this morning were: Arthur 1?. Voglewede, Henry B. Heller, John L. DeVoss, Ferd Lltterer, Earl B. Adams, D. Burdette Custer. H. R. McClenalian, Harry Grube, C. H. Muselman, Vincent Kelly, and Nathan C. Nelson. The court reporter, Leia Aeschliman, and court bailiff. Fred Koller, were also present at the ses- ' sion.

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FAVOR BUYING 3.000 PLANES FOR 11. $. ARMY House Committee Favors Bill To Increase National Defense Washington, Feb. 7.—-(U.R) —The house military affairs committee today unanimously reported a |376,(H)0,00U national defense bill authorizing purchase of 3,000 new fighting planes for the army to ; give the air corps a potential I strength of 5.500 first-line planes. Chairman Andrew J. May. D.. Ky., said the bill’s $376,000,000 figure was exclusive of $100,000,000 asked by President Roosevelt for purchase of critical war mu terials such as ammunition. He said the measure will be called up in the house for action Thursday. Committee members said the $110,000,000 for critical materials, is authorized in existing legislation. By a strict party vote of 15 Democrats against 10 Republicans the committe defeated an amendment by Rep. Walter Andrews. R . N. Y.. which would have restricted increase of the army air corps to 1.000 planes per year. The bill provides: 1. Increase in army air strength from 2.320 planes to 5.500. giving the army authority to build up to the limit as fast as funds are provided. ’ 2. Authorization Tor $32,500,000 for “educational orders’’ to be placed with private industry. 3. Authorization for expenditure of $23,750,000 on Panama Canal defenses including seacoast and antiaircraft defenses and army barracks. 4. An increase in the army's peace time strength from 165.000 ; to 205.000 men to provide an initial emergency defense force of at lease 400.000 men when the national guard is included. The regular army authorization was for 2.5i4 additional officers. 603 reserve 808 flying cadets. 5. A system of training pilots in universities, colleges and other educational institutions which are accredited by the war departmen to cost $10,000,000 annually. C. C. SCHAFER HEADS JOBBERS Founder Os Schafer Company Heads National Group Chalmer C. Schafer, veteran hardware merchant and founder of the Schafer Company, wholesale hardware concern of this city, has been elected president of the Hardware Associates. Inc., a national buying organization for hardware jobbers with offices in Chicago. G. S. Wilson, widely known in hardware circles and a man of outstanding reputation and many year's of experience in the hardware business, is the manager in charge of the offices located in tße Security building. Mr. Wilson, like Mr. Schafer, has been in the hardware business all his life. Other officers of the organiza- ' tion are: Sherill Sherman, Roberts Hardware Co., Utica. New York: A. J. Becker, Ohio Valley Hard- ' ware and Roofing Co., Evansville, Ind.: W. E. Muir, Luther Hardwate Co.. Des Moines. Iowa; W. C. Weaver, McWhorter, Weaver & I Co.. Nashville, Tenn. The purpose of Hardware AsJ sociates, Inc., is to represent 50 jobbers and wholesalers located throughout the United States in ’ the buying field. Purchases of mer- ’ chandise will be made through the organization for the individual firms, giving them the advantage of large buying power with result--1 ant low prices. ! ! This large buying power will enable the jobbers and wholesal- ’ ers to offer the lowest market prices on merchandise to independent hardware stores in the territories covered by them. Menibei- ’ ship in the organization Is limit(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Annual Delinquent Tax Sale April 10 , The annual delinquent tax sale - will be held at the court house on April 10, county treasurer Jeff • Liechty announced today. The no- • lice is being compiled by county ■ auditor Victor Eicher and will be | published previous to the sale. |

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 7, 1939.

BOY SCOUT ANNIVERSARY - - „I— — V ■ " -■ ■ THANKS TO . SC«I|NG ANOTHER fl iIMBET This poster, showing how "Scouting Carries On American ideals." theme of Hoy Scout Week from Feb. 8 to 14. marks the 29th anniversary of the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America. 3»,750 Boy Scout Troops. Cub Packs and Sea Scout Ships' now include 1.233.950 boys and men, a membership gain of better than 13' < in the past year. Since the beginning of Scouting in America 8.400,060 boys and men have been identified with the Movement.

HENRY HELLER REAPPOINTED Reappointed County Attorney; Served Over 20 Years - » Henry-B. Heller was reappointed county attorney by the (board of commissioners today. The appointment is for one year. Mr. Heller has served continuously for mere than 20 years as county attorney The contract for nine tons of 2-12-6 fertilizer to be delivered at the county farm was awarded to Hen--y Dehner on his bld for 525.70 a ton. Other bids filed were Jake Scott $27.13; Theodore Bulhman, 26.65. The following bonds were approved by the commissioners; Walter Gilliom, county surveyor, $5,000; J. C. Augsburger, assistant road superintendent. $1,000; Otto Fuelling. $1,000; Elmer Beer, SI,OOO. County auditor Victor Eicher was ordered to renew $48,000 fire insurance on the court house between March 1 and 11, to the agents listed. The commissioners, Auditor Eicher and Henry Dehner went to Portland today to inspect the plat records installed there through a WPA project. Last evening the commissioners were guests at dinner of Superintendent and Mrs. La Fountaine at the county infirmary. Today noon (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL MAN'S MOTHER DIES Mrs. Emma Jane Wait Dies At Home West Os Bluffton Mrs. Emma Jane Wait, 81, mother o$ M. C. Wait of this city, died Sunday at her home six miles west of Bluffton following an illness of several days. Born at Shippingport. Pa.. Nov. 30. 1857, the decedent was a daughter of William and ar y Sn° den Sands. Her marriage to Norman I E. Wait took place June 6, 1876. , She came to Wells county with her husband 36 years ago and had , been a resident of the county since. The death of her husband occurred Jan. 30, 1932. Surviving are three sons, William H. Wait, with whom the moth- , er resided; M. Calvert Wait, of Decatur, and Jesse D. Wait, of Warren. Two sons and a daughter are deceased. Mrs. Wait was the last ot a family of six of her own generation. She was a member of the U. B. church. Funeral services will be held at the Rockford M. E. church at 2 p. m. Tusday, in charge of the Rev. J. E. Jensen and burial will be in . ■ the Fairview cemetery, Bluffton. t

Calland To Speak At Detroit Meeting J. Ward Calland, vice-president : and field manager ot the Central j Sugar company, will go to Detroit I Thursday to attend the national meeting of the American Society of sugar beet technologists. Mr. Calland will address the society at the meeting which will be I held at the Statler hotel. Beet growers and representatives of the industry throughout the United States will attend. O''- — ' — COMMITTEE TO MEET SATURDAY Democratic Central Committee To Meet Here Saturday Mitnegoraph notices of a special called meeting of Democratic committeemen and vice-committee-women for 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon in the court room of the court house in this city were received today by members of the Democratic central committee of Adams county. The notices were mailed from Berne and although they did not bear an official signature, the name of "L. Baumgartner" was typed on the notice as the sponsor of the meeting. Democratic county chairman Nathan Nelson also received a nolice notifying him of the meeting i and requesting his presence. The notice stated that the nature of the charges would be made known io him at the meeting. The notice reads: Decatur, Ind., Feb. 6. 1939. Committeemen and Vice Committee women, Dear Sir or Madam: On authority of a properly signI ed petition I am calling a special meeting of all members of the Ad i ams County Democratic Central Committee.’ Such meeting is of special importance and your attendance is required. Meeting to be called to order at 2 o’clock p. m., Saturday,. February 11, 1939, at the court room at the county court house in Decatur, Indiana. Very truly yours, L. Baumgartner. Letter to Nelson The formal letter to Mr. Nelson !reads: Nathan C. Nelson, Decatur, Indiana, Dear Sir: You are hereby notified that a i called meeting is to be held at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Report Apartment At Berne Is Looted Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cupp, who live in an apartment above the Berne (bakery, reported to (Berne authorities that several dollars were taken form their home wh le they ■ were away. Policeman David Du- [ bach of that town is investigating.

Roosevelt Asks Congress To Restore WPA Fund; Warns Os I Existing Relief Emergency ■ ■ - '■ ■—— - I —

COLLAPSE OF LOYAL CAOSE MAY DE NEAR Reports Gain That Loyalist Morale Rapidly Cracking Perpignau, French ■ Spanish Frontier. Feb. 7 — (U.R) — The Spanish loyalist government defied General Francisco Franco’s demands for unconditional surrender and announced it would move to continue the civil war. Although Catalonia has been definitely lost,-the Spanish embassy issued statements that Premier Juan Negrin and his generals would fly to Valencia and continue resistance with the 3,000 refugees in Spain. Perpignan. French-Spanish Frontier. Feb. 7 (U.R) Spanish nationalist troops captured Figueras and Rosas, a few miles from , the French frontier today, as reports were circulated that the loyalist morale in central Spain was cracking and that definite; collapse of the loyalist cause I might be near. Entering Port Rosas. 12 miles ‘ ’ below the frontier, the national-1 ists troops forced the loyalist fleet there to evacuate and seek 1 refuge either at French ports or t to hazard a cruise down the coast I to Valencia or Cartagena, r Travellers said that the nationalists might reach the frontier . opposite Le Perthus and Cerbere . tonight thus closing the last higlt-1 ways to France. e l The nationalists bad held their 3 men back since Sunday, io give loyalist troops and civilians time to evacuate to France. At dawn today they moved forward and quickly took Figueras and Rosas. Coincidently the retreat of the loyalists into France was speeded r up and thousands of troops cross ed the frontier, added to the 135,000 troops and civilians who were estimated to have crossed the frontier by midnight last night. British and French diplomatic . envoys sought to arrange an r..mistice, and loyalist leaders were . reported now to insist only that . there be no reprisals. To every . effort so far. the nationalists had . reported that they would accept (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Mrs. Ellen Green Dies In Portland i t Mrs. Ellen Green died Monday ? night at his home in Portland. She ! was well known in Adams county, • having visited numerous times with her son, Clay O. Green, who former- > ly lived near Pleasant Mills. Funeral services will be held at t tne home Thursday afternoon at 1 * o’clock. f o MAN IS FOUND SERIOUSLY ILL 1 Peter Young Os Blue Creek Township Suffers Stroke s Peter Young, 68-year-o>d Blue i Creek township farmer, Is in a serp icus condition at the Adams counL ty memorial hospital here, after s suffering from a stroke of apoplexy Young was found late Monday unconscious on the floor of his farm home in Blue Creek township near the Salem cemetery. 1 He had been seen on Sunday,' but was not again seen unt'l found on the floor unconscious. Late today he had failed to regain consciousness. The attending phy 1 sician stated that his condition was } serious. Young was (brought to the hospi ■ tai in the Lobenstein ambulance of Monroe bv Joe Hartnett and Fred I Rayl, both of that town. For a time he could not be ideno tified. He was heavily clothed, but ea search of his clothing revealed ona ly a watch tliat bore no identifying e mark. r A niece, Mrs. Goldie Goebel, of t- near Willshire, Ohio, is the only ’.(known near relative. I

DECATUR FAIR DATES CHANGED Annual Free Street. Fair To Be Held July 31 To August 5 The board of directors of the Delator Chamber of Commerce, meeting in sitecial session Monday night, voted to change the dates of the annual Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show to Monday. July 31, to Saturday, August 5, inclusive. The dates tentatively approved earlier by the Chamber of Commerce board, were August 7-12, inclusive. The change was made at last; night’s meeting after it was found that the 7-12 dates would conflict with similar events planned by other nearby communities, principally the annual Jay county fair. Changing ot the dates makes lime of the year of the fair, as last year’s show was held August 1-7. making the 1939 fair only one day earlier. Signed Contract F. E. Gooding, general manager of the Gooding Amusement Co. of Columbus Ohio, attended last night meeting and signed an agreement with the fair board to furnish eight riding devices and eight shows for the annual fair. The Gooding company has had the rides and shows concessions at the Decatur fair each year since the annual show has been sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, and has provided the best of rides and shows during these years. Mr. Gooding stated that his company is having some new rides con- ■ structed this year and asse-ted that the Decatur fair would have the best of the rides owned by his company. Officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce hold the same positions with the Decatur (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) _ o FORMER LOCAL MAN RELEASED Kenneth McNeal Released Os Angola Bank Robbery Charges Fort Wayne, Feb. 7 — (U.R) — Kenneth McNeal. 24, and Lawrence Hale, 34, were free today after U. S. Commissioner William D. Remmel ruled “insufficient evidence" in the charges that the pair had participated in the SII,OOO hold-up ot the Angola, Ind., State Bank. Attorneys for the defendants, Russell Gordon and Paul Jasper, argued in commissioner’s court late yesterday that testimony of nearly a dozen witnesses failed to “place Hale and McNeal at the scene of the crime on the day of the robbery.” Hale was arrested in Buffalo, | N. Y„ as a suspect while McNeal was taken into custody at Milwaukee, Wis. The hold-up occurred last Nov. 22. Two cashiers at the Angola bank. R. J. Carpenter and Carle- ] ton Chase, told the court how two masked, armed bandits entered the bank shortly before closing time, tied up employes and patrons of the bank, looted cash ' tills, locked the bank to await I opening of the time lock on the vault and scooped up the cash. Both witnesses, however, said they could not identify McNeal and Hale. Assistant District Attorney Alexander Campbell argued the "inconsistency” between Hale's alibi and testimony of Louis Berkowitz, a witness. The witness said he spoke to Hale in Fort ! Wayne at 5:55 p. m. on Nov. 22. Hale claimed he was in West Virginia at the time of the hold-up. Attorney Gordon, consul for Hale, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O 53 Inmates Now At County Infirmary Harvey La Fountaine, superintendent of the Adams county infirmary stated today there are 53 inI mates at the institution. Os this ' number 37 are men and 16 are wo- ■ men. The oldest is about 87 years I One patient died during January.

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• .. — Sends Special Message To Congress Asking Reconsideration Os Slash In Fund. BILL IS SIGNED Washington, Feb. 7 — (U.R) President Roosevelt today warned congress that an unemployment relief "emergency exists" uml recommended immediate consideration of appropriation of $150,000.000 more for the works progress administration. “In my opinion an emergency now exists,” the president said in a special message asking that congress reconsider its decision of I last month to reduce his deficienIcy WPA relief appropriation by ' $150,000,000. He protested ‘“in human decen- ' cy" any winter reduction of WPA rolls and said that from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 persons might be deprived of federal aid in the spring l under the economy relief plan approved last month by congress. His estimate of the number of persons likely to be deprived of aid if congress persisted in refusing additional funds was based on i a ratio of three dependents for each WPA employe. The president announced that relief rolls would be maintained at 3,000.000 persons during February and March regardless of economy proposals and called on congress for funds to permit that rate of employment without unduly reducing the rolls later in the fiscal year. He said the facts constituting the emergency were: 1. WPA rolls should lie held to the present 3.000,000 persons through February and March. 2. The $725,000,000 fund provided by congress, if not supplemented, would require drastic reductions of WPA rolls after April 1, with widespread want or dis- ' tress. The message announced that Mr. Roosevelt had signed the reduced $725.000.v00 appropriation last Saturday but that he would have refused to sign it except for its provision that WPA rolls should not be reduced more than 5 per cent before April 1. He contended that the 5 per cent limitation suggested that congress was ready during February and March to “reconsider actual needs in time to increase before April 1 the appropriation for the last three months of the fiscal year” ending June 30. He said WPA had two alternatives under the existing appropriation: 1. Reduce rolls abruptly by 1,000,000 persons April 1 and provide employment for an average of 2,000,000 during April. May and June. 2. Commence week-by-week reductions April 1 and carry through on that scheme until June 30. Regarding the first, he said that “on the average every person discharged from the rolls has dependent on him or her three other (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) POPE SUFFERS HEART ATTACK Pope Pius Suffers Recurrence Os Illness; Not Alarmed - '■ Vatican City. Feb. 7 — (U.R) — ' Pope Pius has temporarily sus- ■ pended all audiences, it was an--1 nouuced today. 1 The Vatican secretary of the state said he suffered a slight • cold. A high Vatican source told ' the United Press that he also had 1 had an attack of cardiac asthma ■ yesterday and that a physician, 1 hastily called, had administered a digitalis injection. There were conflicting reports • during the morning, including ■ one that the pope was suffering • from influenza, and the secretariat. after first authorizing a semi-official announcement that the pope had suspended audiences to conserve his strength, decided ’ to make a formal statement. It was emphasized that the - pope’s condition was not serious. Vatican prelates said that the pope’s voice was weaker this 3 morning and that occasionally he . was shaken by slight coughing. 5 It was added that he was more 1 COONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)