Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 15 February 1939 — Page 1

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111 JOHNSON IjSTS policy ■FLANESALE L Senator Krecy” 1" Sak ‘ To I France Kmtcn Feb. ,uP) r ■X policy exploded ill EXi . today wh.-l. *”> fc'Johnson. IL Ltloniit. accused the nd r, ' o f pursuing " tl,p Prf dictators ' in ;it'» i”l" “ aprrpt. tap 118 aua«J3 .. and H’"'""’" " ( ' on e that present policy , |r , the country toward Lrnde by Johns'in in a Ijtaumeiit wliiLL .flairs e.cntnlltee pre’resume its inv.-stie Hi- n aeration given by vat urns men- departments to a jafr missio'i imyine Anierlie military pianos jtaneouslr. the Fi-ti<h entaawmeed that th" mission minded its »m k and nlf • d ltor more than 5"" military iwilii r ’' i orders placed last sumnd durinc January of tin's de new orders bi inc F:■•■:>< It ues of American tiglning approximately 7"" snips M learned mi eood authorIt the orders included: ftniss-Wrigh' tmhiers 'ast 1,. ;w i -tr'i-- W: .-I ; ’ lis’i:January: md 'lm new o-dor 5 y ■■■: Allie::. ill Asei light bombers: 116 Martin Subers and 1(«> Douglas alio was understood, al- ) the Frenill ‘ m 1 - '--v would ufirrn the report, that I has placed orders li-r Had Whitney motors to power M iterate ■ - ' Hairy of the French plane today Kiiera > ’ha’ leaves ten free to discuss t. si inony lenpapermen. Summoned aify were Admiral William shy. chief of naval operand Capt. Sytin, y M. Kraus, ns assigned to temporary lith the tr»as'.iry li.-pai taienl Beetion with the French i’i visit. wn. who previously had kto discuss a four-point Bl of policy mo.de by the ■ nt at a recent press cone. declared that “secrecy bills that cannot be fore- * of the adherents of the I being pursued say we are i Muffing." he said, ‘‘and by i S will keep those countries I w don’t like from tight-1 the countries we do like. I I» bluffing on a matter j f concerns the lives of our k" J Roosevelt recently denoun- “> “deliberate lie" a report * told the senate military » committee the United; r frontier now is on the R He said the person who f" the report was a epithets applied to senators l»mpaper s wlll relieve the * of its secrecy." Johnson « course, all the people “ ed t » know what has hap-1 1 »»<i know the details. «c ever been for national ■ 111 do anything for the - - our land and our WWn. u W ° n ’ t UnC l«t Ith S Wor,d - n °r will >»i* country for aggres . fi PLANS OFFICIAL meet koilist Church To Election Os OfkersJTonight * P| w\u U th rterly conferenc e here^nn o^ 31 Ch " rCh wUI Rock. Rev rw r Urting at to today. ' R ’ W ’ ® raham anF fte FoTv 0 ’ D ' EUperin - ChurehJ wmb yne di , BtriCt fharKe ° f offlcers ‘W«tLei rC \ WIU te held fettle 0 committees •reports nf g t ’ o " ferw,c e year, read All Mf | h ) ° f,iCer wil! ’torch will tl f ‘ C M "tembers “‘•Werenc eXpectedtoat - 1

BERNE SCOUTS TAKE CONTEST Berne Troop Number 68 Wins Annual First Aid Contest Berne Chamber of Corr.merca troop No. 68 won the annual Boy Scout first aid contest held last night at the Central school gymnasium By virtue of winning this contest, •he troop will be entered in the dis tricl contest at Fort Wayne later to represent Adams county. A good sized crowd attended tho contest in which the contestants were given problems on different types of accidental injuries and the like, for which the Scouts were to offer treatment. R. L. Van Horn, area executive and Charles Grunert, field executive both of Fort Wayne, were among tne Scout leaders to attend the contest. The members of the winning team, which was trained by Ralph McClain of Berne as Scoutmaster are: Sylvan Guercher, James Me E’rory. Norbert Nyffler. Richard Tallman. James Bixler. The members of the other troops, the repective Scoutmasters and the position in which they finished. Second: Mother Club Troop No. 67 of Berne—Boh Lehman. Edmund Baumgartner. Harold Sprunger, Kenneth Wittwer. Howard Neuenschwander, Dr. M. L. Habegger. Scoutmaster. Third: Rotary Troop No. 61. Decatur, Bob Yost, Bob Hunter, Bob Mutschler, Dick Schnitz, Roy Frieily and Harry Grube, Scoutmaster. Fourth: Legion Troop No. 63, Decatur—Bob Foreman, Dick Linn, Howard Gehrig, Jack Hunter and Paul Lord. Walter Gladfelter, Scoutmaster. Fifth: Lions Troop No. 62. Decatur- Gerald Kimble, JaJck Graham, Eddie Bokneeht. Max Burdg, Dale Von Gunten. and Lowell Smith, Scoutmaster. — o Free TB Clinic At A tuberculosis clinic will be held at the Evangelical church in Berne Thursday morning, opening at 10 o’clock. The clinic, conducted by the Adams county tuberculosis as- ; eociation, is free and doctors are urged to have their patients attend the clinic. o LEAGUE PLANS SUMMER CAMP Walther League To Hold Annual Camp At Oliver Lake The Indiana district of the Walther League, the ycung people’s organization of the Lutheran church ot the synodical conference, has again selected the Limberlost Camp on Oliver Lake, near LaGrange, for tne annual summer conference camp to be held this year from August 13 to August 20, it was announced today by Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor of tbe Zion Lutheran church. The Walther League of the local Zion Lutheran Church are affiliated with the Indiana District Walther League and the International Walther League with headquarters at Chicago. George Heare and Lloyd Spiegel presidents of the local Walther Leagues stated that the committee in change of arrangements for the summer camp has secured Dr. O. P. Kretzmann, executive secretary of the International Walther League and editor of the Cresset, a monthly publication of the league, as lecturer for the week. Dr. Kretzmann, it was said, is one of the outstanding leaders of the Lutheran church in America and recognized as an authority on youth problems and the place of youth in the church of today. He will speak each day during the morning conference period. Rev. Schultz stated that a number of I — (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 George R. Bierly Appointed Deputy George R. (Bud) Bierly has been appointed deputy clerk of the Adams circuit court, it was announced today -by County Clerk G. Remy Bierly. Young Mr. Bierly succeeds hfs sister, Fern, who resigned to accept a position in Indianapolis. Miss Bierly is working in the board of health department at the state house. Miss Berniece DeVoss also of this city has accepted a position in the state highway departI meat offices.

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Seized in Connection With Hammer Slaying 'll Miller 11|! **** I Mrs. Lydia Hatfield and William Ray Butsch

Held for questioning in connection with the Jan 17 slaying of Mrs. Carrie Lelah Romig, wealthy Indianapolis woman. William Ray Butsch. 40. said

GERMANY PLANS TRADE BARTER Negotiations Underway To Barter Goods For Lard And Wheat Chicago, Feb. 15 — (U.R) — Con- , firmation by a representative of ' the German government that priv-1 ate negotiations are underway to expand direct bartering of mid-, western lard and wheat for Ger■■fTHWr'tndui*trial materials was beTlieved responsible today for an up- i I swing in the lard and grain marts I ! of the Chicago board of trad?. i i E. L. Baer, German general consul for? the midwest, revealed . yesterday that his office had "adi vised and encouraged" fa-m and I business groups concerning possible barter of American goods for German-made farm machinery, poultry netting, and barbed wire. He said representatives of his government would take no part in arranging such deals but would give out information on their ‘ legality and procedure. He said the German market was sufficiently susceptible to barter to ‘‘absorb practically all the surplus United States farm products.” He said certain technical obstacles to bartering would have to be worked out by United States customs officials and the German embassy at Washington. Such ‘ deals, he said, would depend on 1 the interpretation of ‘‘punitive ’ duties” in American customs regulations. He said that because of 1 the devaluation of the American ' dollar and the shortage of free markets, the trade balance bc- < CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) — 0 — SI,OOO DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED Suit Filed In Circuit Court As Aftermath Os Auto Accident A suit for damages totalling sl,- . (100 was filed in Adams circuit court late Tuesday by Charles Fisher against Robert Yake, both of this county. The suit arose from an auto ac- i . cident on federal road 27, near the . intersection known as 'Chick s Corner” south of the city on Jan- , uary 6. In the suit Fisher charged Yake with careless and negligent operation of his vehicle and complained that he was on the left side of the i road. In one paragraph of the complaint he asks S3OO for property damage, as result of the damage done to his auto and in the other paragraph he seeks to recover S7OO for personal ■ Injuries. The complaint charges that he was forced to lay off work for a period of eight weeks and that he was earning an average of S2B pe” , week. The complaint also states , that his doctor bills amounted to SSO. John L. De Voss is attorney for. . the plaintiff. ,

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 15, 1939.

to be an ex-convict, and Mrs. Lydia Hatfield. 21. of Glenalum. W. Va.. described as Butsch's step daughter, are arraigned at Indianapolis.

Changes Are Made In Management Os Stores Changes in the management of | both Decatur five and ten cent I stores were announced today by the I -espectlve stores. At the Newberry five and ten. H. i Mynster of Peoria, Ilinois, has been named Decatur store manager, succeeding Don Anspach. The change in managership has already taken effect. At the Morris five and ten, Char- [ les Priest of Pennville, has been ! named the new assistant. Mr. Priest succeeds R. Schoenherr, who forI merfy held that position. This I change has already been made. TAX EXEMPTION MUST BE FILED Churches, Lodges Must File Statements Before March 1 All churches, lodges, and similar organizations are to be required to file tax exemption statements in the county auditor's office in the court house before March 1. A statement to this effect was made jointly this morning by Auditor Victor H. Eicher and Assessor Ernest Worthman, in accordance with the new statute. The properties are to be listed on the plat and assessors' books and then if sold to an individual may be transferred to the tax duplicates. The law’ as recalled by the two county officials states that "it shall be the duty of the assessor of each township, and the asses- : sor and auditor of each county to i enter on their respective plat and assessor's books and tax duplicates any and all property located in such township or county and to continue from year to year such real estate and tangible personal property and to extend the taxes on account thereof, except in such eases where exemptions may be granted from time to time, as in this act provided. If the owner or agent shall neglect to file such application for exemption all i charges for taxes, penalty and interest shall be carried forward and become a lien against such property as is now required by law on other property which is not exempt from taxation." The provisions of the act which provides for the exemptions states that "there shall be excluded from the provisions of this act any property which is owned by the state, the federal government, by a church, school corporation, state accredited school, state accredited charitable institution, university, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 City Tree Crew Planting Trees The city tree crew is bury today planting trees at the Homestead and along the city streets, filling in where old trees have been removed and where shade is needed. A truck load of Elm and Maple trees has been furnished by Ben McCullough, trustee of St. Mary’s j township for the planting.

CHAS. NUSSLE IS SENTENCED Judge Sentences Nussle 1 To One To Seven Years In Prison I "These practices must stop,” i Judge J. Fred Fruchte stated this t morning, as he sentenced Charles i t A. Nussle, 51, to serve one to seven j years in the state prison for ob-' s taining money under false pre-J I tenses. "I have considered this case very) I carefully and have concluded that | 1 this is a poor business yon are in. ! Such practices must be stopped in Adams county.” Judge Fruchte com-1 I mented. Nussle had previously pleaded ; ' guilty to the charge. When asked by the court if he had anything to . say before sentence was passed, ’ Nussel declared "Well, your honor, I have been framed and doublecrossed in more ways than one. 1; think I have been punished enough - already.” He was charged specifically with ■ duping Rolland Sprunger, principal i of the Monroe high school, out of ! S2O on the pretex of sending him a lengthy subscription to various ma- ’ gazines. ' Authorities charged that he had 1 also duped about a score of other 1 teachers in the county of various sums, ranging from $2 and $3 to S2O. 1 Sheriff Ed Miller stated in court! ’ that Nussle had obtained about; 1 $135 in this county on the same , : pretext. Sheriff Miller also stated | that Nussle was wanted by auth-1 >• — I (.CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ’ ; ... 0 PEACE WINNER TO SPEAK HERE I 1 . I Peace Declamation Winner At Zion Reformed Church Sunday The young people of Zion Reformed church will sponsor the Sun-! day evening service, at 7 o’clock, at i . which time Miss Miriam Gillespie j i of Van W’ert, Ohio, will be the speaker. Miss Gillespie will give her’ 1 peace declamation entitled, “The. Price of Peace.” The peace declamation contest is I ' sponsored each year by the Ohio council of churches, over 3,009 young people from churches of all denominations participating in the ‘ contest this year. Miss Gillespie, winner of elimination contests, was cne of the six finalists who appeared at the Ohio pastors’ conference held in Columbus several weeks ago. All young people taking part in the contest were pupils having an A rating in their local high school. • Miss Gillespie is 15 years old, a 1 sophomore in Van Wert school, and ; an active member of the First M. E. • church of that city. The service will be conducted by i the young people of the church, i featuring several special musical i numbers. The public is invited to . attend. 1

ENGLAND FAVORS RECOGNITION OF GENERAL FRANCO Cabinet Decides To Recognize Nationalists In Principle Ixmdon, Feb. 15 —(UP)— The British cabinet decided today to recognize the Spanish Nationalist government in principal, according to Informed political quarters. Actual granting of recognition, however, will be delayed pending further consultations with France. Lord Halifax, foreign secretary, submitted to the cabinet a report balancing arguments for and against recognition. The report was reported to have concluded that it would be advisable to recognize generalisimo Francisco Franco without unnecessary delay. Government quarters interpreted the French cabinet's action yesternay as amounting to agreement in principal to recognize the Nationalists and therefore the two nations are now expected to consult regarding the time and maner of recognition. The possible delay in according recognition also was attributed to a desire to have public opinion coalesce favorably, not only in Britain and France but in the United States, as the British fear there would be unfavorable reaction to j hasty withdrawal of recognition 1 from the republicans. Speaking in the bouse ot commons prime minister Neville Chamuerlain said that Fuehrer Adolf Hitler informed him at Munich he was ready to withdraw German troops Irani Spain whenever other countries are willing to do the same. Regarding recognition of Gen. , Francisco Franco. Nationalist leader, Chamberlain said that "as the I .nater of recognizing Gen Franco ‘I ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O George Auer Speaks To Decatur Lions George Auer, of the local General I Electric company, spoke to the I members of the Decatur Lions club J iast ii.ght in their weekly meeting at the Rice hotel. Mr. Auer addressI cd the members on vocational train- | iug. TO RECOMMEND APPOINTMENT — Precinct Committee Heads To Recommend Berne Postmaster The reappointment of Mrs, Rena j Zehr as postmaster at Berne or the holding of an open competitive civil service examination to till the office will be decided by the . precinct committeemen and vice- I i committeewomen at a special ■ meeting Friday evening in Berne, it was announced today by Demo- ; cratic county chairman Nathan , Nelson. i Either course in regards to the , appointment will be decided in : executive session of the commitI trernen and committee women at I ihe Berne town hall at 8:30 I o’clock Friday evening. The acI tion of the committee will be conveyed to U. S. Senators Frederick i Van Nuys and Sherman Minton, j who in their agreement on appointments will recommend whatever decision is reached by the committee. If the precinct committeemen ind committeewomen recommend that Mrs. Zehr be reappointed, chairman Nelson will so notify ■ the two senators and the appoint-1 nent will be recommended by , i them. If the committee, which is , composed of seven precinct com- , mitteemen and Jsevpn vice-com-raitteewomen request that an open competitive examination be held, Chairman Nelson will relay the in- , formation to the senators. Not Appointed Yet Contrary to an Associated , Press dispatch last Friday, the re- ( (CONTINUE!} ON PAGE THREE) ‘ TEMPERATURE READINGS I DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a m .28 2:00 p.m 24 ’ 10:00 a.m 28 3:00 p.m 24 ' Noon 28 I WEATHER I Generally fair tonight and Thursday, much colder tonight, ' severe cold wave in north por--1 tion; continued cold Thursday.

House Republicans Bolt Ranks; Join In Primary Fight

APPEAL COURT REFUSES PLEA OF GOVERNMENT Upholds Judge Stone’s Dismissal Os 11 Oil Defendants Chicago, Feb. 15.—(U.PJ—The U. S. court of appeals today denied a government plea that Federal Judge Patrick Stone acted without authority in dismissing 11 defendants found guilty at Madison, Wis.. of conspiracy to fix midwest gasoline prices. The 11 were included among the original 72 major oil companies and their executives named by the government in the largest prosecution ever attempted under the Sherman anti-trust law. Twenty-six of the defendants were dismissed during the course of the 110-day trial. A jury of tradesmen and farmers convicted the 46 remaining defendants, but of these, Judge Stone granted a new trial for 18 and dismissed outright the Glove Oil and Refining company and 10 individuals. The government protested the dismissals and alleged that Stone was without authority to grant | directed verdicts to defendants already found guilty by a jury. Judge Stone replied that he had reserved the right to grant the dismissals and that the government had been informed in advance of his course of action. The appeals court held that to grant the government's petition (■for a mandamus, expunging Judge Stone’s action, would violate the defendants’ constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy. Newly sworn Justice Otto Kerner of Chicago wrote the opinion. He was joined by Justices Evan A. Evans and J. Earl Major. “To agree with the petitioner that the prosecution is entitled to a new trial, after the issues have been fully tried in a trial by judge and jury and after the government has failed to prove its case against the defendants, is a monstrous penalty to impose upon the defendants.” Justice Kerner wrote in his (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I O Rotary Rural-Urban Meeting Thursday O. F. Hall, head of the social science department ot Purdue university .will speak at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club at 6:30 p. m. Thursday at the Rice hotel. This will be the annual rural-ur-ban meeting of the service club and a number of representative farmers of this vicinity have been invited as guests of the club. E. W. Busche will be chairman of the program, j o FURTHER STUDY DF BOOKS URGED Committee To Study Textbook Situation Urged On Senate Indianapolis. Feb. 15. —(U.R) —Sen. Thurman Biddinger, Republican, member of the bi-partisan senate textbook investigation committee, expressed hope today for a study commission to continue the investigation and propose legislation to the 1941 legislature. In his personal recommendation to the committee, Biddinger said he considered it a mistake to draft “hasty” legislation in so vital a matter as textbooks, and proposed that the committee introduce a joint resolution before both houses for the appointment of the study committee. He suggested a committee of six, three from the senate and three from the house. Biddinger further recommended that a system of free textbooks be inaugurated and that the study committee, should one be appointed. work out the financial arrangements for presentation at the next session. He pointed out that everything except the “working tools” —books and workbooks, tablets, penciIs—(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Price Two Cents.

Turns Against Committee To Join Democrats In Fight To Keep Direct Primary Bill Alive. VOTE 61 TO 31 Indianapolis. Feb. 15 — (U.R) — ' Party lines were shattered in the house today when Republicans joined with Democrats to turn against their own committee and keep alive a bill providing u primary election to nominate the governor and U. S. senator. A report of every Republican member of the elections committee, recommending that the direct primary bill be killed, was rejected by the house. Instead, a report for passage of the bill, signed by I every Democratic committee member, was adopted by a vote of 61 ' to 31. This was the first major split ' in the Republican majority of two , votes in the house. Previously ; the G. O. P. lines had held firm 1 on every major measure against ' Democratic attack. The party scramble was not ■ confined to the Republicans, since Ed Stein, Democratic floor leader, spoke against the bill and I voted for the Republican commitI tee report recommending the pro- • posal be axed. The bill was sponsored by Rep. ■ ' Winfield K. Denton, Evansville i! Democrat, and it also provides that the nominee for governor and ■ i senator in each party must receive I a majority—not merely a pluralI j ity—of all votes cast. Otherwise - the nominations would be made in : the convention which would select ’ the other members of the state ticket. > Denton opened the debate l>y ! saying: . i “A majority of the people want , a primary. They believe they can . choose their own candidates. This is the people’s governor, not ours. . and who are we to say they do i not have enough sense to govern L themselves." Measures striking at politics in . relief and the Democratic “two 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o IL DUCE SEEKS TO NAME POPE Italian Dictator’s Paper "Suggests” Successor To Pius Vatican City, Feb. 15. — (U.R) — The newspaper Telegrapho of Leghorn, organ of Count Galeazzo Ciano, fascist foreign minister and son-in-law of Premier Benito Mussolini. called for an Italian, nonpolitical Pope today and recommended Cardinal Dalia Costa, archbishop of Florence, as successor to Pope Pius XL As alternate, the newspaper suggested Cardinal Massini, president of the commission for oriental codification. It was in an unsigned editorial that the newspaper, whose editor, Giovannia Ansaldo, usually expresses the Italian foreign office viewpoint called for an “evangelical” Pope rather than a “diplomatic” one. “A non-Italian cardinal?” asked the Telegrapho. “No! For evident reasons. North America? No! Because North Americans are too much involved against the German i struggle. South America? No! Because South America is too op--1 enfy opposed to the Spanish Episcopate, which feels it has not sufficiently back the three years’ civil war. As a matter of fact, we do not see a foreign man capable of being Pope.” The newspaper then called for jan Italian who would “attend to the care of souls,” and rejected Cardinal Pacelli, secretary of state of the Vatican, who it said was noted as a diplomat. Telegrapho predicted that Pacelli would receive many votes in (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ♦ ♦ | VALENTINE BABIES I Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 15. — | ' (U.R) —Old Mr. Stork, reluctant | . to have young Dan Cupid take | | any glory away from him, de- | | livered six Valentine Day babies j | to Fort Wayne hospitals. Five | | of the new arrivals were boys. | « «