Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1939 — Page 1

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h BISSES fall* »F ■! HUM ■of State Milk < O,l ■ Board Would Be ■ Extended I .'.La uP ’ ’> r«" - ih r ““ L un is pending in ,lle K since overwhelming tie milk control hoard K #t a recent publtc K about 1.0"" farmers J the house chamber X it, life he extended L (n the house, meanL tangled in a furrnus bill which would bar examinations graduates of accreditJools to become pacttcautomatically Ho abolish the com rover--importer system was u t 0 be jammed through „ 0 f representative today mansion of the rules ami pM to the senate for fina of the importer system lieu in the Republican bill now on third .j, the house .but legisloaders (eared that the Re- , house and Democratic might not reach agr.-ctm-nt measure and the port-of-phlem should be handled jarate measure. gmie. senate Democrats to kill a measure passed I house yesterday which change the method ot dis- ■ motor vehicle fees by bode money to counties. L towns and reducing b highway o emission's t lines were broken as the passec the bill. 73 to 21, in Edward Stein of BloomDemocr,-; floor ;• ad •;■. had Itta ;n- highway :> would , rippled I Democrats im:n< ly ti with Gov. M. Clifford id. who opposed the bill. «d to kill it by holding it ienate roads committee Mr. Ml! would prohibit the diol any motor vehicle iXLEU ON PAGE FOUR) 111 THINK ILLS UiOSKER oad Worker Killed Gun In Trunk Fired By Jar W.Feb. 10-(UP)- Hugh W a baggageman, stooped «P a trunk last night in IW at Union Station. A tag out and he fell dead. Memeu and passengers aI from the Burling'on railaristocrat carried him into 4 "» Proper. He had been rough the left eye. * found a bullet hoi - in the Bi Inside they found a .22 froi. Its one shell Had been W when the trunk was * Mr of the trunk, Donald *« 37 a Lafayette. HI., trap- • w had brought the trunk Wette with him on the W-Mlce officials said they Foo law against carrying a P*pon in a trunk. They F Powers to appear today at ’• Inquest. O- _ School For Funeral Services ’’’hlngton school of Washns ip will not recpen unJ l ®; morning, due to the L*"' ces ,or Mrs. Mary J. Esta Flem- .. * teacller in the school today by trustee * p ERATUre reading® S J 2:00 P.m 27 , " 0 3: 00 pm 24 weather hiT ’"a Sunday, I“ d tonight andj ; e ’«t portions SgturI

Man Falls Asleep. Car Goes In Ditch Sheriff Ed Miller was called west of'town last night when a local resident reported a man sleeping In a car that had run off the pavement into the ditch. The man was still sleeping soundly and had to be awakened. He said he had fallen asleep. The ear was locked and some difficulty was experienced in awakening him. The car was first noticed by Harold Strickler, of Decatur. Tin driver of the car was from Michigan. HOPE OF PEACE IN CIVIL WAR IS INCREASED Britain. France Continue Negotiations To Obtain Peace London. Feb. 10.— (U.R) —Hopes for peace in Spain rose again today with continued consultations between the British and French governments on possible peace plans. Although Gen. Francisco Franco continues to insist on unconditional surrender and Premier Juan Negrin maintains his three conditions for peace, the British and French were beginning to feel a formula" will be found to end the war. Negrin's conditions are elimination of foreigners from Spain, a plebiscite of the Spanish people to choose their own destiny, and no reprisals by the nationalists. The British and French are just as anxious as Negrin to fulfill the first point and get the Italians and Germans out of Spain. They have strong hopes of achieving that aim. They are expected to insist that Franco promise to preserve Spain’s traditional neutral position before lending him money and material aid to reconstruct the country. Negrin s second point is more difficult, because Franco is unlikely to accept a plebiscite. The British are work tag f«r some kind of concession from Franco on Negrin’s third point, They apparently hope Franco will grant some form of amnesty and permit those exempted from amnesty to leave the country aboard British warships as Republican sympathizers left Minorca on the cruiser Devonshire. To Valencia Madrid. Feb. 10 —(U.R)— Premier Juan Negrin and Foreign Minister lican Spain arrived today on the Julio Alvarez Del Vayo of RepubMediterranean coast of loyalist Spain, it was stated here. The exact spot was not disclosed. The official announcement of Negrin's arrival in central Spain said: "The government Catalon zone last night and arrived in the south-central zone this morning.” It was presumed he was at Valencia. Negrin spent the night at Toulouse and. refusing a statement, boarded an air France commercial plane for Valencia this morning, according to the report. It was reported that he and Gen. Jose Miaja. now the supreme loyalist leader in central Spain, led the group which demanded a finish fight. But loyalist leaders were leaving airports all over southern France for Paris. Valencia, and Madrid, to hold consultations on a decision for which all of Europe (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O ASSESSORS TO MEET TUESDAY All Adams County Assessors To Meet Here Tuesday Plans have been completed for the annual meeting to be held here Tuesday for all assessors of Adams county, Ernest Worthman. county assessor, announced today. The meeting will be held Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock in the court rooms ot the county courthouse. Paul G. Weber and another representative of the state board of tax commissions w'ill appear before the meeting and deliver instructions regarding the assessing work. All assessors, all trustees and all deputy assessors will be required to attend the meeting, Mr. Worthman stated. Mr. Worthman will be in charge i of the meeting.

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COLO WEATHER BRINGS DEATH AHO SUFF ERING Sub-Zero Weather Hits West; Is Headed Toward Indiana By United Press Sub-zero weather brought death and suffering us blizzards raked •he midwest and far west today. Meteorologists held little hope of a let up for several days. Eleven persons lost their lives on the west slope of the Rocky Mountains in one frigid wave that was to be followed tomorrow by another out of Alaska. Simultan- ' eously a frigid blast sweeping eastward from the Rockies replaced recent mid weather with the I lowest temperatures in three years. The mercury fell as much as 30 degrees an hour as the storm fanned out into the Ohio valley. Through far western states temperatures ranged from 51 below in British Columbia to below freezing in southern Arizona. Snows covered Washington. Oregon and Idaho, closing some highways and making all dangerous. The worst general storm in years hit Utah, crippling transportation. isolating communities and leaving at least four dead. Montana. the coldest state, reported one death. Two men died in British Columbia Three persons died in California and two visitors were caught in a blizzard on a ' Grand Canyon trail. One perish- ' ed. Below zero temperatures extended from the Dakotas to Oklahoma. Light snow and ice covered highways and made travel haz- ' ardous. ■ | The Ohio river at Louisville, Ky.. continued to fall slowly and ! was down to 34.7 feet today, 6.75 ' feet above flood stage. 1 High winds and freak ‘twisters’ accompanied advent of the west- ' ern storm into Illinois and Indi(CONTTNTTED ON PAGE FOUR) O JUNIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAY I ; Monmouth Juniors To Present Class Play February 21 ) The junior class of the Monmouth , high school will present the three- , act comedy, "High-Pressure Homer,” February 21 at the high school [ auditorium. The play is under the i direction of Miss Catherine WeidItr. Admission will be 15 cents for i children and 25 cents for adults. Following is the cast: Mrs. Chester Woodruff, who loves - to go to funerals —Louise Bristol. Chester Woodruff, her husband, • v.ho loves to go to fires—Herman ■ Franz. 1 Junior Woodruff, their son. who • loves explosions —Robert DeLong. Boots Woodruff, their daughter, who loves to act —Nellie McKown. Arlene Woodruff, their adopted 1 daughter, who loves them all—Mary Burger. Zenith, the Woodruff maid, who loves to escape work — Lucile . Schearer. Aunt Cora, who loves to complain , Irene Markenke. Mrs. Margaret Taylor, who loves to visit—Thelma Strahm. Bunny Taylor, her daughter, who loves to have her own way—Delons Werst. Homer Hampton Hayward, who I loves to promote —Jack Mahan. Wade Wainright, who loves Arlene —Roger Ward. Chetwood Cluett, who loves mak- - big folks happy—Junior Owens. - O Free Tuberculosis Clinic At Berne r — — 1 A free tuberculosis clinic will be f held at the Trinity Evangelical . church in Berne next Thursday, it . has been announced. The examina- • tion will be free and a physician s for the Irene Byron sanatorium ■ will be in charge. —o—- ; Dinner Reservations To Be Made Saturday , All persons expecting to attend the combined federation and civic i club dinner meeting at the Maso- - Die home Monday night are urged -. to get their reservations In early. All reservations must be in by Sat •> urday noon. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp I chairman of the affair, stated. j

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 10, 1939.

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Pope Pius XI died Thursday night at the Vatican after a long battle against cardiac asthma and complications. He had served as head of the Roman Catholic church since his election to the rulership of 400.000,0011 Catholics on February 6. 1922.

WHIPS TEACHER AFTER 12 YEARS LaCrosse School Student Charged With Assault And Battery LaPorte, Ind.. Feb. 10.— (U.R) — The story of a hate so deep that a seven-year-old school pupil waited 12 years to grow up so that he might get "revenge” on his first I grade teacher will be told in La-1 Porte city court tomorrow. Duane McDonald. LaCrosse. Ind., 19, will tell it when he faces assault and battery charges filed by Frank Maehler, his former teacher. It began, said McDonald, who is 6 feet four inches tall and weighs over 290 pounds, when he was in first grade in the La Cross school. For some infraction of the school's rules —he can’t recall just what except that at the time he y a seven-year-old was ignorant of it —Maehler whipped him. “I'll never forget that whipping.” McDonald said today as he sat in his cell in the LaPorte county jail here awaiting Saturday's trial. "I vowed then that I would get even. I told the teacher I would. As I grew taller and heavier and stronger I remembered my vow.” Last Friday at a basketball game. McDonald became boistrous, it was said. Maehler, now teaching 7th and Bth grades, told hint to be quiet or get out. McDonald got angry. He strode out. “I was determined then that the time had come to get my revenge,” McDonald said. “I waited outside until the game was over and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR! MISS SHROYER GIVES PROGRAM Kathryn Shoyer Entertains Decatur Rotarians Thursday The Decatur Rotary club was entertained with a splendid musoical program by Miss Kathryn Schroyer, Decatur high school student, at the weekly meeting of the club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Miss Shroyer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shroyer, played a numi her of harp selections, and sang several vocal solos. Her complete program follows: Harp solo —“First prelude,” from laurel suite. Vocal solos —“Come to the fair,” “Keep on hopin',” “My task”. Accompanied at piano by Mrs. Shroyer. Harp solos—“ Last rose of summer” by Floto. "Josephine,” by G. Navone. Vocal solos with harp—"My Old Kentucky Home,” “Aid Lang Syne,” “Honey Dat’a All.” A. D. Suttles was chainman of the program. Carl Braun of the Catholic school and Herbert Zerkel, Jr., of the public school, were introduced as high school members of the club for the month of February. t

Fleming Funeral Rites Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. R. K. Fleming, will be held Saturday afi ternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the fa I mily home in Root township and iat 2 o’clock at the Evangelical I church in this city. Rev. George L>zier, pastor, wil lofficiate. Following the funeral services the body will be removed to the Gillig and Doan funeral home on 1 Marshall where it will be held until Monday afternoon, pending arI rival of a brother from California, i T. M. Brown of Van Nuys, Cal., will arrive here Monday and burial will not take place until then. G. 0. P. MARKS LINCOLN BIRTH Republican Party Leaders See Bright Political Future Washington. Feb. 10 — (U.R) — The politically rejuvenated Republican party was ready today for a weekend of Lincoln Day , celebration of November election successes and the propect of another Democratic purge. Republican leaders believe their political future was better today than at any time since the 192 S election which put Herbert Hoover in the White House. The critical and unfriendly Republican estimate of today's political situation was that President Roosevelt and conservative Democratic politicians are likely , to damage their party materially in a contest for control of the 1940 national convention. G. O. P. leaders judged the first month of ! the new T congress to have demonstrated that the new deal has lost control of both house and senate. "Most of all Republicans were intrigued by the possibilities of the charge made this week by Sen. I Carter Glass. D. Va., that Mr. | Roosevelt was party to a plan to defeat Sen. Harry F. Byrd. D., Va., in next year's Democratic primary in Virginia. The administration's 1938 attempt to defeat conservative senators was a notable failure. That experience divided the party and left many senators gun-shy. ’ Results of the November election are variously interpreted. Mr. Roosevelt has told callers 1 that he believed Democratic re(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Divorce Awarded In Circuit Court Harold Eley of Monroe township was awarded a divorce from Vauneda Eley today in circuit court before Judge J. Fred Fruchte. The plaintiff was also awarded the cus'oday of the child, Bonnie Lou. - ■, , o Church Planning Special Service A special afternoon service will 1 be held at the Craigville Christian ■ Union church Sunday at 2 p. m. It will consist of special singing, a brief history of Christian Union by Rev. Grace and a mest sage by the pastor.

Pope Pius XI Dies Thursday Night; Call World Conclave Os Cardinals To Select Pope

COMMITTEE TO MAKE DETAILS OPEN TO PUBLIC Details Except Military Secrets Are To Be Made Public Washington, Feb. 10 —(UP)—The senate military affairs committee today decided to make public al! details, except military secrets, of iuture private sessions. The committee, after heated discussion Jailed to act on all the proposals before it for revelation of secret testimony concerning Pres.dent Roosevelt's defense program. Action upon a motion by Sen. . Bennett C. Clark. D., Mo., to make public past testimony, especially that concerning U. 8. aid to a French Mission in the purchase ot American fighting planes, was post-, poned until Monday. The motion which was approved was a compromise, decided upon after a test vote showed the committee equally divided upon a motion by Sen. Warren R. Austin, R. Vt„ to open all future committee hearings to the puolic. The Austin motion lost by an 8-to-S tie vote. Committee members then agreed to continue secret executive sessions on the defense program but authorized the chairman, Sen. Mor ris Sheppard, D. Tex., and members cf the committee to give oral statements of the testimony after each session. In addition to the committee agreed to publication of the stenographic record of future hearings after deletions of testimony concerning military secrets. “The effect of this is to satisfy the public that there is no real secrecy,” Austin said. Revival Services At St. Paul Church Revival services will open at the St. Paul Christian Union church Sunday evening. Rev. lames C. Shady will be the evangelist Meetings are to continue indefinitely. —— o Sorority Sponsors Dance Here Tonight The Psi lota Xi sorority will sponsor a dance tonight at the Masonic home, starting about 9:30 o’clock. I’he public is invited and a special invitation has been extended to students. o Fine Local Man For Public Intoxication Lawrence Roop, local restaurant proprietor, was fined $5 and costs this morning when he pleaded guilty before Mayor Forres’ Elzey to a charge of public intoxication. Roop was arrested last night by Officers Roy Chilcote and Adrian Coffee about 11 o’clock. The fine and costs amounted to sls. o ORDER F. D. H. STAY IN BED President Reported Suffering From Slight Case Os Grippe Washington, Feb. 10 — (UP) — 1 President Roosevelt wa£ suffering from a slight attack of grippe today an all White House engagements I were cancelled. Dr. Ross T. Mclntyre, White' House Physician, said Mr. Roosevelt’s temperature was 99.6—0ne degree ot fever. He instructed the’ chief executive to remain in bed today. | White House secretary Stephen' T. Early said Mr. Roosevelt likely would be confined to bed over the i week-end. All engagements, including the usual Friday morning press conference, were cancelled. “He has a light touch of grippe,” Early said. The President’s indisposition set in yesterday when he was confined to his room >by a sight head cold | but say several callers. |

Death Os Pope Pius Mourned Washington, Feb. 10. — (U.K) — Secretary of State Cordell Hill today extended the condolences of | the United States on the death of I Pope Pius XI as the three American cardinals prepared to hurry to Rome to participate in the election of a new Pope ot the Roman Catholic church. Hull sent an expression of condolence on behalf of President Roosevelt and the United States in a message directed to Cardinal Pacelli, papal secretary of state and interregnum head ot the church. "The President desires me to express to your emminence profound condolences on the death of his Holiness Pope Pius XI.” Hull said. “His great spiritual qualities and his zeal for peace and tolerance won him a place in (he hearts of all races and creeds. "Word of his passing has been received with deep sorrow throughout the United States." Leaves For Rome Chicago. Feb. 10.—(U.Rl —George Cardinal Mundelein, archbishop of Chicago, arranged today to hasten immediately to Rome where he will vote on a successor to Pope Pius XI. The cardinals learned of the Pope’s death at Kobe Sound. Fla., where he has been vacationing. He notified the archdiocesian office he would leave Florida at 12:55 p. m., arriving in New York at 1:35 p. m. tomorrow, and would board the liner Rex for Italy. At the chancellery office it was said the Rex has been ordered to delay its noon sailing pending the cardinal’s arrival. Cardinal Mundelein has been (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o TO FILE REPORT ON TEXTBOOKS Senate Committee Expected To Report By February 15 Indianapolis. Ind.. Feb. 10—Findings and recommendations of the Senate textbook investigating com- 1 nUttee will be placed before the i senate testbook investigat.ng com- ' mittee will be placed before the Senate not later than Feb 15, Sen. Bruce Lane, Republican chairman, announced today. Meanwhile, in what Lane said was to be the last hearing of the committee, labor had its day. Sen. E. Curtis White, Senate labor leader and President pro tem crystallized labor's stand o nthe textbook situation. Other labor representatives also appeared before the committee. Contrary to recommendations of a large majority of state board of education members who appeared In committee hearings, labor representatives came out strongly opposed to a multiple adoption system. They based their arguments on two factors, harm to the printing business in the state and dist. culty of making the state curriculum uniform. White pointed out that only If book companies could have an exclusive adoption in a field, could they afford to contract tor printing with Indiana firms. He said that if assured of only a fourth or a fifth of the business for a given classification, they could better leave printing arrangements as they were. He also said that as a result of the single adoption system, companies find it profitable to allow' Indiana firms to print larger portions of I their books than are used in IndI iaua. Other labor representatives present objected to the multiple adoption on the grounds that it was im(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O St. Mary’s Church Bells Tolled Today — The bells of St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city were tolled at roon today following the Angeles, in observance of Pope Pius XI death. The bells were tolled 81 times, a toll for each year of His Holiness’s age. Pope Pius was born May 31, 11857 at Desio, Italy.

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, Cardiac Asthma, Other i Complications Cause Death; Speculate On Successor. BODY IN STATE Vatican City, Feb. 10—(U.R>— The body of Pope Pius XI, who I died at dawn today with a faint, whisper of “peace” as his last message to a troubled world, was transferred this afternoon with all the pomp of the Catholic chut ch to the sistine chapel of the Vatican. The mournful procession from the pope’s private apartments to the chapel was headed by the Swiss guards In their medieval uniforms, and included the entire diplomatic corps to the holy see. all the cardinals now in Rome, the palatine guards, the staff officers of the various armed corps of the papal state, and ecclesiastical and lay dignitaries. The pope lay in state in semiprivate surroundings In the sistihe chapel this evening but tomorrow the body will be removed to St. Peters and the public will be permitted to file past the bier. Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli assumed active leadership of the Roman Catholic church and convoked a world conclave of cardinals to elect a new pope. While the bells of St. Peter’s and the 400 churches of the holy city tolled mournfully, the Catholics of Rome were on their knees tn homes, churches and St. Peter’s Square, praying for the soul of the deceased pontiff. The pope’s body lay in his chamber, four tall candles burning at the corners of his bed. Pope Pius died at 5:31 a. m. (10:31 p. m. Thursday C3T) after successive attacks of cardiac asthma and other complications following upon the rapid development of influenza. His last word, murmured as he 1 entered his death agony, was I "peace.” A few minutes before, as he | fought for breath, he had said: “We still have so many things to do." The bells of St. Peter's and other churches began to toll, and special editions of the newspapers informed the people that a beloved spiritual Father had died. The bells were to have pealed in re- ’ joicing twice this week end—tomorrow to celebrate the 10th anniver- ■ sary of the Lateran treaty which restored the Popes to temporal power after nearly 60 years; Sunj day to celebrate the 17th anniverI sary of the Pope's enthronment. I Arrangements were made at once to prepare the ceremonial ■ Vatican throne room as a death chamber. The Pope’s body will ■ be taken to it this afternoon to : lie in state. The Vatican diplomatic corps and the government of Italy were j notified formally of the Pope’s ' death. It was reported that the Italian government had at once offered to ’ place the fast liner Rex, due in New York this morning, at the service of American cardinals so i they could attend the world elective conclave expected to meet here in 15 days. Three cardinals were named to | assist Cardinal Pacelli as acting > head of the church until the election of a new Pope: Gennaro, Cardinal Granito Pig(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) n - — JUDGE MEYERS TO SPEAK HERE f Former Decatur Man To - Speak To Holy Name Group Monday The regular meeting of the Decatur Holy Name society will be held Monday night, February 13. it was announced today. The meeting will open in the Knights of Columbus Hall with a business session. The address of Judge Edward W. Meyers of Fort B Wayne, formerly of Decatur, will 1 be the feature of the program. ’ A social session will follow Im1, mediately after the business meetI ing. 1 The meeting will open promptly 3 at 8 o’clock. Ralph J. Roop, presi- > dent of the society, urged all memI bers to attend.