Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1939 — Page 1

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IIFAX SAYS Imaxofwar IfECTED SOON L Foreign Secretary ■ lys Spanish War ■ Sear End I m, r -<u.P> i-''"'' l *'’' 1 ' ■J Leant Halifax has i fc conservative mem- , V ° Unl ,. P of commons fXirt connnl,,ee lhi ‘ t lht> - Spanish civil war ■ *■l <t any moment, it lEwtootl t,x,ayfglt was reported In E quarters that both the ■ld French special encoys Eiona.ist government had Ena-ted “> a9k General ' B ' K/nrisco Franco how far he E in accepting the three 1* program advanced hj Eretnier Juan Negrin )««' ■ 1 fall of Catalonia. l%ts were outlined by ■at a meeting of the loyalor parliament, near Eon the night of Feb 1,1 EL the fall of Catalonia: ■Lruntee of Independence KL.v for Spain: 2> freeEL all foreign influences - E(L life for the Spanish E 3) no persecution of the .nd no reprisals. 1 V Halifax made his stateE| long and detailed one. at E meeting last night at Enol only the conservative L| of the house foreign EL bm nearly all members ELutiet were present. Ling that the climax that Bead—of the civil war might| Eected at any time. Lord Kidded that Generalissimo I E gill insisted on uncondi- ■ nrrendi-r and that the loy- ■ vere holding out for con Suited Press informant said pt Halifax, after reviewing Utah government s decision hcipil to recognize the na set government, emphasized P was unable to fill in the i because nothing had been ply settled. But he added [traditions of recognition I ‘regained here as unimpor lecause Great Britlaln and > intended to exert their in-i r. at the ccsdusion of has-, l to insure fair treatment I loyalists. d Halifax told the meeting, failed Press informant said. II anticipation of a speedy It the civil war the governns even now organizing a mission with the double obit late-guarding existing Britierests in Spain and planntnngements for extending interests In the reconstrucHe emphasized that until was at peace, it would con-; to cause anxiety, the inform-, ■id b.ut nevertheless Indi-1 « belief, throughout his h. that he expected peace to ‘ <llckly. ■wily reliable source said Ballfax and Prime Minister * Chamberlain were now topled with the question of * ifhee for the ambassadorship tin. i Cnited Press was informed yk* save a most reassur* tare of the general Euro-i tastion. and asserted that •threatened Italian-French ■ did not seriously alarm jjrc™ <W PAGE THREE) 1 Pilgrimage To j View Art Exhibit J- Guy Brown, president of M ‘“ s co «»ty federation of T. ’Myers, county chairman; Mrs W. E. Md\tr' Ct U Chairaiail ° f li,era • »• H. B. Heller attended ■‘tee meeting at Muncie ’ «Z? T adefMa primage * Sea 2 *A h T C ° llege at " A sllort Program wiu be foUowed Btm.x a,tern oou Will be fthe „ lr h . e ar! -’Series where the u‘ n , res rKenll y exhibit- ; tI,PE RATUR^ REAO|NQ# U °«ATjrHERMOMETER : *0 a. m. * a. m.."" 34 fin „ ** - 32 KmL -- 32 — 38 hir ( WEA ™ER | d nd Batur <f«y. My ri|lnß . Old ' !p tonight; ••bexcent ■ <!mperature Bat ’ «Uio n PineXtreme ’outhr

Bucket Brigade Saves Farm Home The olden days of the “bucketj brigade" methods of fire-fighting were recalled last evening aboutj 5 o'clock when the farm homo of ; Love Woods, near the Indiana-Ohio state line .east of here, caught fire. About 25 volunteers lined up from the water tank about 50 feet away, up the ladder to the roof of the house. There for several minutes they passed bucket after bucket full of Liter, while a gas engine replenished the tank until the fire was extinguished. A large hole was burned in the roof but no other damage was done. FOUR SCHOOLS LIST GRADUATES Four Rural Schools List 'Prospective 1939 Graduates The 1939 graduating classes of four of the rural high schools in Adams county have been announced by their respective principals. Commencement exercises will be set for the latter part of April. The four announced are Geneva, Monroe. Hartford and Jefferson. Geneva will graduate 28, Hartford 23, Monroe 18 and Jefferson eight. Following are the prospective graduates: Geneva: Steven Armstrong. Thurl Buckmaster, Charles Chew. Myron Fenstermaker. Jerome Flueckiger, Claude Lewis. Doyle Mathys. Brooks Noble, Hazen Roth. Maurice Snyder. Donavin Sprunger. Floyd Windmiller, Lillian Allen, Floradelle Amstutz, Helen Aspy, Betty Augsburger, Betty Jo Blocker. Helen Butcher, Mildred Haffner, Marjorie Ineichen. Pauline Melick. Edna Norr, Naomi Pusey, Esther Sommer, Mildred Stucky, Lila Srunger, Oral Pyle and Beulah Glassburn. Jefferson: Warren Augsburger. John Teeple, Floyd Luginbill, Paul Tutnbleson, James DeArmond. Jesteen Walter, Catherine Mosser and Audrey Yaney. Hartford: Norman Augsburger. Paul Augsburger. Roger Bentz, William Chrisman. Fern Dubach. Doris Garboden, James Glendening, William Grandlienard, Max ij.hf.gger, Verlin Kauffman. David Lybarger, Martha Moser. Clifford Reynolds, Junior Reynolds, Marguerite Romey, Marcella Sprunger, Ruth Steiner, Harriett Striker, Richard Striker, Mildred Wanner. Paul Watson. Ilva Yoder, Martha Zimmerman. Monroe: Neola Bailey. Nellwyn Brookhart, William Diehl, Valier Flueckiger. Gerald Grove, Edith Habegger, Calvin Hahnert, Ben Jones. Lester Laughrey. Harry Liechty. Mabie Manley, Evangeline Moser, Harold Schwartz, Marybelle Snyder, Lorena Soldncr, Franklin Steury. Dorthy Williams, John Zuercher. 0 Sen. Dies Undergoes Emergency Operation Washington, Feb. 17 — (L’P) — Chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex., of ‘the house committee investigating : unamerican activities suffered an attack of appendicitis today and was taken to emergency hospital. Hospital attachees said an opera‘ion was undertaken immediately. MODEL PLANE CLUB FORMED Decatur Model Airplane Club Is Organized Thursday The Decatur model airplane club was oragnized Thursday evening at a meeting of interested modelers held at the city hall. George F. Laurent, WPA recreation supervisor, was in charge of the meeting. Dowell Singer. WPA recreation leader, spoke to the ! members of his experience as a ! modeler and plane mechanic, also telling of the advanced methods and designs of model airplanes. The club was divided into 10 ' small groups, and Mr. Singer will divide his time among these various groups. Any one interested in airplane modeling, who did not attend last night’s organization meeting, may join the club by contracting either Mr. Singer or Mr. Laurent. Membership is free and open to all persons interested. The recreation department is planning as airplane modeling contest, open to all members of the club, within the (Hear tuture.

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CANADA INSANE ASYLUM BURNS, INMATES SAVED Nearly 2,000 Inmates Saved As Institution Is Destroyed Quebec, Feb. 17— (U.R> —Fire and fuel tank explosions completed the destruction of the Beau-1 port insane asylum early today after 1,797 hysterical patients had been led or dragged to safety into a 15-below zero temperature uuder the direction of a battalion of militia. The fire had been raging in the east wing since 8 a. m. yesterday 1 but did not get completely out of ■ control until last night. Then it reached the central building, which with five wings comprises [ the vast institution operated by the Roman Catholic order of Grey | Nuns. Oil tanks began exploding, hurling flaming embers 1,500 feet. A hurried call was sent for troops and the 1.000 inmates still in the building were removed. Many of the patients were violent. Some had not been out of their rooms for years. They struggled with their rescuers — nuns, firemen and volunteers, before the troops arrived. Some had to be restrained forcibly from darting back to their quarters, which would have meant certain death. Soon after midnight, however, all patients had been safely quar-' tered in other parts of Quebec - in jails, hospitals, barracks and even in private homes. Meanwhile, firemen continued a losing battle in the bitter cold The scene was a panorama of fire | and ice. The water supply was Inadequate and holes were chopped through the St. Lawrence river i ice, a mile away, and hose lines stretched from there. By 8:00 a. m. the fire had nearly burned itself out. Only a fewwalls remained standing. Firemen. however, continued to pour streams of water on the ruins Police remained on duty to handle the crowds. Damage was estimated at $1,600,000. The casualties so far reported (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) BREAK IN COLD SNAP FORECAST Fair Weather And Warmer Temperatures Are Predicted (By United Press) The weatherman expected fair weather and warmer temperatures generally throughout the country today after a seige of bitter cold in the middlewest and storms which took at least 11 lives in Atlantic and Pacific coast states. U. S. forecaster H. A. Downs at Chicago predicted a light snowfall over extreme northeastern areas, fair weather throughout the north central states and partly cloudy wether in some eastern states. A windstorm swept southern California yesterday, causing extensive property damage, several injuries . j and at least two deaths. A 10-year-old boy. blinded by a whirlwind of dust, w-alked in front of an automobile and was killed in the San Fernando valley. A works progress administration worker was killed when a gale hurled a heavy timber into a group of workers on a bridge project in San Bernardino. Four other work(CONTINUED ON PAOE THREE) BULLETIN Mrs. John T. France, a former resident of Decatur, and a sister of Mrs. Herman Confer of this city, died late this afternoon at her home In Gary. The body will be brought here for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been completed ——o — State Champion Team Os Horses Sold Here One of the finest pair of horses ever to pass through the hands «£ Decatur dealers was reported today in the sale of a team of matched sorrel geldings. The pair, which had won the championship at the Indiana state fair two consecutive years, was sold to C. E. Bailey of Wellsboro, Penn sylvanla. Oren Wilson of Marlon was the former owner of the team. The sale was conducted through Ed. J. and I Fred Ahr at the Riverside tales. |

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 17, 1939.

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William Cardinal O’Connell Bound for Rome to help select a new pope, William Cardinal O’Connell I of Boston is shown on board ship in New York. Twice previous Car 1 dinal O’Connell went to Rome to vote for a new pope, but arrived too late. This time, however, the papal election has been delayed to give American cardinals time to participate.

ROTARY HOLDS FARM MEETING Farmers Are Guests Os Club At Annual RuralUrban Meeting The annual reural-urban meeting of the Decatur Rotary club was held Thursday evening at the Rice hotel in this city, with more than 30 farmers of near Decarur the guests of the club. Dr. O. F. Hall, professor of sociology at Purdue university, delivered at: inspirational address on "Cooperation between town and country.” Cooperation is a universal need, the spealte said, the need of every, one. No man can live alone. The need for cooperation is growing, Becoming more necessary with each < passing year, as the problems ot living become more complex. Dr. Hall assailed the feeling of suspicion which is so prevalent In many communities between the rura. and city dwellers, stating however, that he had found a splendid spirit of cooperation in Decatur and community, pointing to the Rotary club meeting as a splendid evidence of this mutual respect of th? city and urban dwellers. The challenge of cooperation, the sociology professor said, is carrying , the strength of the strong to the help of the weak. Ernest W. Busche was chairman of the program. He first introduced his son, Martin Busche. of the Purdue university extension staff, and a former Adams county agricultural agent, who spoke briefly in the abI sence of L. E. Archbold, county agent, who is confined to his home : because of illness. Roy Hall, of Fort (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) SEWER SURVEY IS UNDERWAY Fort Wayne Engineer Working On Survey For Storm Sewer Work on the survey for the proposed storm sewer, which is intended to come down Madison street east toward the river is progressing here under the direction of Howard Harbison, Fort Wayne engineer re cently employed by the city to make the survey. The city intends to follow the outline, made last fall and make application for a WPA labor project toward its construction. If the WPA approval could be secured for the project, the labor would be furnished with the city’s share of the material cost amounting to approximately >ls,<H>o. It is understood that property owners in the west and south sections of the city are also interested in storm sewer relief and are planning steps toward that end. Elm and Line street owners have stated that they Intend to petition the city council for a storm sewer under the same plan as that of the Madison street line now under survey.

Change In Program At Zion Reformed Due to the illness of the speaker. Miss Miriam Gillespie, who was to have given her peace declamation at the Zion Reformed church Sunday evening, a necessary change in the program was announced today by the pastor, Rev. C. M. Prugh. The young people will sponsor the service as originally planned, with Rev. Prugh bringing the message on the subject, “How Jesus Would Meet Present-Day Problems” There will be special music provided by Robert Jones and his ! brass quartet, and a girls’ trio will sing. It is hoped that another date may : be arranged in the near future for the speaker originally scheduled, tor the evening. .o■ — — nri irr oniunil RtLitr OUHIWHL PROBES LIKELY Federal, County And State Probes Likely In Lake County Indianapolis, Reb. 17. —(U.R) —Federal, county and state investigations into alleged wholesale abuses in administration of Lake county poor relief appeared probable as a senate committee indicated it would report favorably today on a measure drawing the state into the inquiry. Headed by Sen. Elliott Conroy. Hammond Democrat, the committee on Lake county affairs last night held a public hearing on a resolution asking Gov. M. Clifford Townsend to' send additional relief investigators into Lake county. They would seek to find out why and how Lake county’s relief bill increased >1,500,000 in 1938. Conroy quoted James R. Flem- ! ing, U. S. district attorney at Fort : Wayne, as saying that “an investigation would be requested ot the federal bureau of investigation.” Subpenas have already been issued and the grand jury now in [ session has been ordered to investigate the relief situation, Felix Kaul, Lake county prosecutor said. Introduction of the resolution by Sen. Harvey Post, Hammond Democrat, followed an outspoken report by the governor's commission on unemployment relief. It charged that “administration of poor relief in Calumet, Hobart, and North townships during 1938 has been inefficient and abounding in abuses.” j “There are 60,000 persons on relief in Lake county and 240,000 people pay the cost. If this keeps up Lake county will be bankrupt in 1940,” Post warned. “Our county relief bill was >l,500,000 higher in 1938 than in 1937—a 75 percent increase. If this doesn’t stop I’ll be on relief (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) O Monthly Meeting Os Holiness Association | The monthly meeting of the Adams county holiness association will be held at the Mt. Hope Nazarene church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The speaker will be Rev. Moorehead, Naxarene preacher from | Celina, Ohio. |

Attempt To Slay Mussolini Is Revealed; First Known Effort On His Life In Recent Years

HOUSE LIOUOR BILL REJECTED BY COMMITTEE Senate Committee Substitutes Hardy Measure For House Bill Indianapolis, Feb. 17 — (U.R) — The senate’s public policy com-, ! mittee in executive session today' decided to substitute the liquor, : law revision bill of Sen. William | : Hardy, Evansville Democrat, for | i the Markland revision bill which i already has passed the house. Thus as anticipated, the senate Democratic majority is rejecting I the Republican-sponsored liquor measure enacted in the house, which may complicate the certain last-minute legislative jam. The house will hold a Saturday session tomorrow and may swing into night sessions next week in j an effort to clear the calendar of over 500 bills pending in the house alone. Sen. Walter Vermillion. Anderson Democrat, demanded the closed committee session today. The principal differences between the Hardy liquor proposal and the Markland bill from the house are: The Hardy bill retains the alcoholic beverages commission in its present form with the governor appointing . its members. The Markland bill would make it bipartisan with appointments made from lists submitted by the Republican and Democratic state chairmen, supposedly to take liquor out of politics. Both bills agreed that the beer Importer system will be abolished. Hardy’s bill would impose no limitations on the number of beer wholesalers and also would not limit the territory in which thev , may operate. Most important action taken by { the senate was the adoption of the Guernsey-Chamber Issue to put j the state teachers retirement fund on a pay as you go basis. It was passed unanimously. The bill will enable teachers who were employed before the j act of 1921 was passed to become ' members of the fund and this reI duces the state participation in the fund from 2.25 c to 1c levy. This is estimated to save the state from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 over a twenty-year period. The house late yesterday disposed of the integrated bar question for this session by killing a measure to create a state bar of Indiana after a lengthy debate bylawyer member of the body. All lawyers would have been required to belong to the state organization under supervision of the state supreme court. The measure set out provisions for (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o WILL RECEIVE APPLICATIONS List Civil Service Examinations For Postal Positions ■Word from the Decatur post office this morning stated that the local office had received a communication regarding the civil service examinations for several positions iu the postal department. Applications will be accepted not later than March 16 in tbis community for the following positions; Mineral economists, and senior, associate and assistant mineral eanomists, $2,600 to $4,600 per year. Applicants so rthe first two must ! 'be 53 or under, for associate 45 or years old or under. Senior consultant in home economics education, $4,600 per year. Must be 53 or under. Fisheries marketing agent, $2,300 per year and assistant SI,BOO per ! y ear. Must be 40 or under. Physiotherapy aid, 1,800 per year. Must be 40 or under. Applications will a so be received t ntil further notice on the following: marine engineer, associate, and assistants; naval architects associate and assistant. Further information may be secured at the local | post office. |

CARDINALS PLAN FINAL MASSES Final Mass For Late Pope Pius To Be Said Monday Vatican City, Feb. 17 — (U.R) Members of the congregation of cardinals completed arrangements today for the last three of the nine day series of masses for the late Pope Pius XL . Cardinals will he celebrants on l each of the three final days of the ' “Novendlali” commencing lomor- ' row. Cardinal Gasparri, prefect of the supreme tribunal of the i apostolic signature; Cardinal Dol-i I ci. archpriest of the Liberian 1 Basilica, and Cardinal Ascalesi, archbishop of Naples, will be the i celebrants. For the last service. Monday.] Monsignor Angelo Perugini, secre-' tary of Latin priests, will pro-! nounce the last eulogy, and four cardials will impart absolution. On the occasion of the death of previous popes, the last three masses have been held in the Sistine chapel. This time all are being held in the Basilica of St. Peter's. The last three masses will be of the most solemn character, and members of the sacred college, | the papal court, the diplomatic | corps and the Roman aristocracy | will attend. The Sistine choir, under the direction of Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi, will sing. The sixth of the series of nine masses was held today. Endless lines of people continued to visit St. Peter’s, waiting a chance to descend into the crypt and pray before the tomb of the pope. Even though the size of the crowds has been reduced in the last few days. Vatican attendants estimated that there were now 200,000 visitors a day. The address to the college of cardinals yesterday of Dr. Diego ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) WILSON TALKS ON SITUATION U. S. Ambassador To Germany States Views To Committee Washington, Feb. 17. — (U.R) — Hugh Wilson, U. S. ambassador to Germany, today told the senate military affairs committee his views on the European situation but insisted that his testimony be kept secret. Committee members said Wilson demanded that clerks and the official stenographer be dismissed from the room before he would talk. “The ambassador gave us just a general picture,” one member I said. “He refused to answer many questions on the ground that his usefulness abroad might be impaired.” Chairman Morris Sheppard, D., ' Texas, said Wilson was heard “on the same basis as Ambassadors Joseph Kennedy and William Bullitt weer heard recently at a joint session of the senate and house military affairs committees.” “No record of the testimony was taken and nothing is to be said about it,” Sheppard said. Wilson held a brief conference i with Sheppard and several Demoi cratic members of the committee before testifying. He left the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) - O Berne Man Is Fined By Warsaw Justice Oswin Amstutz, of Berne was among the 14 truck drivers fined this week in Warsaw justice of peace court on truck law violation charges. Amstutz drew a $1 fine and costs for having his trailer-end i gate loaded. o Re-Dedication Os Church Sunday The Bethel Brethren church of cast of Berne will be re-dedicated next Sunday in special services, Rev. John Parr has announced. The church recently underwent extensive remodeling and redecorating. New pews and a new flocr were I installed.

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One Os II Duce’s Private Detectives Wounded By Recent Inmate Os Insane Asylum. SHOT WEDNESDAY Rome. Fell. 17— (U.R) —A man just released from an insane asylum shot one of Premier Benito Mussolini’s private detectives on Wednesday while apparently waiting to assassinate the premier, an authoritative source reI x-ealed today. The shooting, which was said to have occurred outside II Duce’s residence, the Villa Torlouia, was described by an informant as follows: Mussolini was due to start for his office iu the Venice palace, his automobile was waiting for him. i The detective noticed a stranger I loitering across the street from I the main gate. He crossed to the stranger and j asked him what he was doing there. In reply, the man fired a shot from a revolver in his pocket. The bullet struck the detective in the abdomen and he crumpled to the ground. Mussolini heard the shooting and emerged from the villa just as members of his staff were pouncing on the man and giving first aid to the wounded detective. The names of the assailant and of the wounded detective were not ] revealed. The assailant, it was stated, was released from an insane asylum only last week and papers in his pocket showed he had once been certified insane. News of the incident was not generally circulated in Rome, j where the public is engrossed with the funeral ceremonies for Pope Pius and the approaching election of a new pope. It was the first known attempt ' on Mussolini's life in recent years. Incidents bearing on the private | life of II Duce are so closely guarded by the fascist state that it is probable the story of the shooting at the Villa Torlonia will bring official denials, at least at first. Early reports of the incident reached the United Press bureau in the afternoon of the day of the shooting but were not sent out of the country until they could be rechecked through yesterday and today with trustworthy unofficial news sources. Many Attempts Made Many attempts have been made on the life of Premier Mussolini. His most narrow escape was April 7. 1926, when a revolver shot fired by the Hon. Violet Albina Gibson, an Irish woman and sister of Lord Ashbourne, struck him in the nose. The bullet pierced both nostrils. His lips were burned by powder. The shooting occurred as Mussolini emerged from Capitoline hall. As he raised his hand in the fascist salute, Miss Gibson fired but the salute caused him to I straighten his body and the bullet only grazed his face. Police saved Miss Gibson from the mob and she was later committed to an asylum. She said she could not explain why she made the attempt on 11 Duce’s life. From 1922 until 1926 four at(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) FORMER LOCAL MAN ARRESTED George Steiner To Be Returned For Failure To Provide George Steiner, formerly of this city, was expected to be returned here 1 ate today to answer to a charge of failure to provide. Sheriff Ed Miller left this morning for Lansing, Michigan to re- , *airn Steiner. He had been arrested there by Michigan state police and lodged in the police barracks upon the affidavit filed here. Steiner at first refused to return of his own free will, but after extradition papers had been drawn up by Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede preparatory to their presentation to the governor, he agreed to waive I extradition. Steiner is charged with failing , to provide for his three children | row in the custody ot his divorced • wife. He is to be arraigned before i Judge J. Fred Fruchte to answer to I the charges.