Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1939 — Page 1

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inspectress (oming - bPBb ’ ‘‘ 1 I. j . '.* > I I ,:■ -"H ' I Mlm> Mhm*>-LiHi OH I lek of Horn. province »>( thr |*»| lota XI wororUy. win tttndu.l the annual In ' aprctlon of th.- local sot or Uy ne*t Tuesday rvenlnr A dinner win I be served at < 30 o'clock al th<i Zion Lutheran church on West Monroe street, followed by . ' meeting at the home of Mrs Herman Krneckelterg. North Bseawd Street The ‘lnspection erremou les will take place at the Kruecke ■ berg home «

COUNSEL ARGUE IN TEST CASE Entire .Morning Session In Bank Night Case Taken By Counsel Prosecutor Arthur E. Vogieweds opcred the stat* a case this afternoon, aftor Judge J. Feed Fruchte ruled on the filing of a motion to amend the indictment. The state scored a i point when Judge Frucht* allowed the words Tlcaet." "share'' and "Madison" to be changed , to "tickets." “shares’* and 'Adame.'* State’s witnesses were the first to be Summoned after Judge Fruchte handed down the ruling. The Jury In the •■hank night* case being heard in Adams circuit , court was expected to come out of Involuntary seclusion thia after--1 noon after missing one of lh» moot entertaining battles of legal talent over shown in court thia ‘ morning At 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon/’ ' both defense counsel and states* attorneys passed the Jury. Opening argumet.i > were presented last evening ani then presentation of evidence was scheduled for early thia morning in the case of th<state of Indiana against Roy and . I. A Kalver. tn which the local theater owners are charged with violation of the lottery laws The presentation of evidence was delayed, however, as Attorneys Sam Jackson and D. Bui dette Custer for the defense and Prosecutor Arthur E Voglewedand Deputy Attorney General Glen Bleckley for the state started their battle of wits. Attorney Jackson's motion to elect, which would have required ' the state to be more specific in naming the exact alleged lottery ticket sale with which the defend ants were charged, was overruled by Judge J. Fred Fruchte. but not before a lengthy argument by counsel from Imth parties Then came Prosecutor VogIetCONTINVBD ON FAGB FOl'K? FATHER DURKIN GIVES SERMON Rev. Father Thumas Durkin Speaks At St. Mary's Church Rev. Father Thomas Durkin, formerly of this city, aaaiatant to Rev. Father John Bapst. pastor of Bt. Peter’s church. Fort Wayne, delivered the weekly Lenten sermon at St. Mary'a Catholic church last evening. Father Durkin continued the aeri les of discourses on the nrlnripnl subject. “The mystical body of (•hrist the church" dealing with ths 1 setting of good examples. He ou*lined how good examples, in keeping with those set by Jesus Christ. Influenced others to follow the teachings of Christ. His sermon was inspirational. Father Durkin ia the sdn of Mr. and Mi*. Thomas Durkin of this city. Next Tuesday Rev. Father Henry Roeratman pastor of St. Andrews church, Fort Wayne, will deliver Ike sermon.

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ADOLF HITLER POWER GROWS WITH SEIZURE Rfvisinjc Map Os Central Europe Without Threat Os Conflict iMUora note — Hitler has writ- 1 ten another Important chapter li> th-, history of world peace since ■Munir h The following dispatch tells how It fits into the Intricate 'European pattern I hy Joe Aiea Mortis I Vnitrd l*reM Foreign News Kdltor Adolf Hitler now has risen lo J su« h heights of power that he h ’ able to revise the map of cen'ra l Ku rope on a scale unprecedented alme VernaNfee without causing even a whispered fear of world cxmnict. I>evelopm>nta of the last 34 hours brings that fact Into Irold relief as the most amazing and perhaps the most foreboding thing that has hapirened to the uncertain pattern of peace since Kurope's "big four" met at Munich in September. Il also is a guidepost for the future, because now that Hitler has wiped the post-war republic of Czechoslovakia off the map. the troubled and kltigleas kingdom of Hungary la next in his path—and beyond Hungary lies the Ukraine of Soviet Russia Eight months ago It would have been unlielievable that any man or ballon could break up and absorb the Czechoslovak republic which the victorious world war allies erected as a tniddla Europe barricade against future wars. It would have been fantastic to Imagine that the president of a sovereign nation would rash * to Rerlln to ask Hitler what to do. or that the gray-green armies of Germany could march unopposed into Prague; or that the holgepodge of the old Austria-Hungar-ian empire could he rebuilt- with all of Its inner conflicts — overnight. Yet Hitler has done it. He has done it In the space of a few ' awmttm sod ths two grest democratic vlctora In the world war— Great Britain and France — have ’ (COyfTINI’ED ON PAtiK FOUR) SOCIETY MARKS ' TOTH BIRTHDAY 70th Anniversary To Be Observed At Methodist Church The woman's foreign missionary society of the First Methodist church will celebrate the society’s 70th anniversary with an all-church family party beginning nt " o'clock Thursday evening at the church. The guests are asked to come to the lecture room of the church for a social mixer before presentation of the program. The complete program follo-vs: Family fun and mixer. Reading of seven telegrams from national leaders. Message in song. "All the world is God's w<»rld.” and "Jesus loves the little children"—the Juniors Invocation — Mrs. Delton Passwater Lighting of the candles —Mrs. Doan (Ann Versaryi. Mrs. Niblick. Mrs Wicks. Mrs Passwater. Mrs. W F Beery. Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Little. Ceremony of the seal—President i officer. Mrs R. A. Stuckey; Ann I Veraary. .Mrs J. M Doan; marshall. Mrs. Sam Butler, and record members Cutting of birthday cako— Mrs Leigh Bow.-n Playlett. "It happened in "o years." introduction by Mrs. R. A. Stuckey; .Mrs, Parker and Mrs, Butler, founders. Mrs. O. G. Baughman and Mrs. Leota Bee-y; mWslonary woman. Mrs. W. O. Little; little light bearer. Mary Anti Swearingen; klnr's herald, David Pollock; ataudard bearer. Jean i tCONTINUBI) ON PAQK 81X1 --O Income Tax Deadline Is .Midnight Tonight Washington. March IS -<U.R> — Taxpayers engaged In an 11th hour rush today to meet the midnight deadline for filing Income tax returns which were expected to increase the treasury's car.lt ( reservea by 1500.000.000. By midnight an estimated fl.000.000 Individuals will have filed returna for the calendar year 1938 to Internal revenue collectors. Leas than 4.000.00 U will pay taxes The 2,000,000 non-payers will be exempt from tax by various doj ductions and credits.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 15, 1*59.

Key Fissures in Czech Cristo • 1 ■ . a a.«• aw i . w,.' *jl ii - toy JL>* *• *■ e H ’ Premier Beran Es Premier Bidor Thia photo, taken a short lime ago. In Bratislava, capital of autonomous Sllovakla. shows Premier Rudolph Beran of Czechoslovakia irnlnc saluted by Karl Sliirtr. head of nationalist Hllnka guards, who became premier of Slovakia, succeeding l»r Joseph Tlso. deposed later named first premier of an independent Slovakia

HELLER SPEAKS TO LIONS CLUB State Representative Speaks To Decatur Lions Tuesday Problems met in making a budget for the state of Indiana for the next two years were discussed by Bob Heller, state representative trom Adams and Weßs countlee. at ibe regular meeting of the Decatur Lions club in th*- Rice Hotel Tuesday night. Preceding this, a talk waa made bv Clifford Saylors on bis recent I Hip to Florida and Key West. Mr. Saylors said that many tonrlsta I miss one of the most unusual sights la America by falling to slop more jthan a few hours in Key West. He deM-rlbed some of the natives and customs of tne region. Mr. Heller briefly outlined the growth of the lu program of the state during the last lot) years. He said that the tendency in recent years has been for the state to collect a considerable portion of the cost of schools, all of road and street costs and a large part of the new public welfare program. The fact that such a large part of the state budget Is returned to the communities made it impossible to cut rhe budget at many points without merely shifting the burden home, he said. He also exhibited two printed copies ,of bills passed during the 19X9 session of the state iegisla ture. Dr. E. P. Field was in cnarge of ' the program. Fines Local Man For Intoxication Glen Martin, of Rugg street, waa lined 11 and costa late Tuesday afternoon by justice cf peace John T. Kelly, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of public Intoxication. The fine amounted to <l9. Martin was arrested Monday night by Officers Adrian Coffee and Roy Ch'b cote on Monroe street. G. E. Employes To Meet This Evening The G. E- employee association will meet at 7 o'clock this evening in the rooms formerly occupied by the Democratic headquarters, above »he Dally Democrat office. All members are asked to be present.

LENTEN MEDITATION Rev. C. M. Prugh (Zion Reformed Church) “What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?" St. Mark 10:51 Jesus han left Jericho, and has entered upon the laat stage of hla Journey. Intent upon reaching Jerusalem soon. By the wayaide wlta u blind Iwggar. a proper object of charity, but < barged by the thoughtless multitude to hold hla peace As Jesus passes by. u piercing cry Issues from the lipa of the wretched man: "Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy upon me." Moved with compassion. the Master performs the curt, fulfilling the prophecy that He would give "recovery of sight to the blind." Just now. In thia Lenten season, the compassionate Christ la passing close by. No matter how pitiful may be our condition. His ear Is attuned to the cry of human suffering and need. He confronts those who know themselves to be poor, wretched and blind with the question "What wilt thou that I ahall do unto thee?" The wonder working Son of God is able to meet odr deepest and most desperate needs He can restore lost spiritual vision, and I open the eyes of the understanding to things Invisible and eternal.

’♦ SECOND TWIN BORN Jasper. Ind . March 15— <UJ»> —The second twin was born today to Mrs. Robert Scherle, 30. exactly one month after the first twin was lairn. February 15. The seven-pound hoy was bom at 11 a. m. The first twin was also a boy. Thus Mrs. Scherle failed to break the alltime record for delayed* birth : Dr. L. A. Saib, family physician. said that the mother and child are In good condition LEAGUE HOLDS DISTRICT MEET Inter-River Zone Meeting Os Walther League Is Held Here Approximately 100 persona attended the Inter-river zone district meeting of the Zion Lutheran Wai- , ther League, held last night at the . Zion Lntheran church here. It waa the annual workers' instl- ; tute meeting of the district. Harold Reidenbach of Convoy. , Ohio and Rev. O. W. Myer of Oh'o (Tty, were the speakers. Mr. Reidenbach spoke on "Play Presentation" and Rev. Myer used "Sportsmanship" as the theme ot i Ms address. A discussion period followed the addressee. At a recent meeting. Miss Agnes 1 Etzler of Colvoy. spoke on "Social meetings" and Rudolph Dobberfuhl I talked on "Journalism." Durbin Kurtz of Convoy, chairman of the arrangements and Herman H. Kruckeberg of Decatur zone president, are in charge of the ger--1 les of meetings. Harold Reldenbacn Is the district president. 11 — State Police Clerk Dies Os Peritonitis Michigan City. Ind.. March 15— (U.RJ-John Tillotson. 32. state po lice clerk at the Dunes Park liarracks. died last night of peritonitis and pneumonia While recovering from Influenza last week Tillotson's appendix burst. He was rushed to a hospital but peritonitis had set In. Pneumonia followed. Surviving are hla mother and 1 a slater.

Hitler’s Troops March Into Czech Capital; Three Other Nations Seek Part Os Spoils

March On Czechoiilovakb Further Strains U. S. And German Relations In Europe. AtiREEMENT OUT Washington. March 15 <UJO I Okrtnauy h march Into CzecboaloVakia today threw the United Btatrs’ diplomatic and trade relations with central Europe Into further confualon t'nlted States relations with 1 Germany have been strained for months, and now Germany seem ed t* take over cantrol or guldance of diplomatic affairs for the new Mate of Slovakia and the remnant portion of old Czechoslovakia. now called Bohemia. That would complicate United States trsde. financial and diplomatic rtrtatkms with tboae reglona. Germany has refused so far to revogntZe the debts iswgd to i America by Austria, which It ale ■ sorlied a year ago Presumably i there will Im* similar compiles-j tkms In the case of these new 1 regions t'zechiHilovakia owed 1 1 this conntry a "war debt” of The United States and Germany have withdrawn their amImsaadors to each other, leaving their embassies in the hands of charge d'affaires. closing of the United States ■ legation In Prague and of the Czocboalovak legation here seemed likely. If Germany assumed full responsibility for the diplomatic relations of that dismember■«d country. But Germany's intentions regarding the management of Czech diplomatic affairs were uncertain. They were equal’y uncertain regarding the Slovaks. Postpone Visit Ixtndon. March 1*• <U.R) -Great Britain today postponed the schi-d- --, uled visit of a British trade delegation to Germany becauae of the I Nazi march that diaaclved Czecho alovakia Viscount Halifax, the foreign secretary, announcing the postponement in the house of lords. ' said that Great Britain does not any longer consider herself Itound hy the four-power agreement made at Munich to guarantee the truntiers of Czechoslovakia That agreement waa never put Into 1 effect by Germany. Britain. France and Italy, although they had 1 promised to give the guarantee. The British government "can- ' not but regard what has taken place tin central Europe) as In- ■ consistent with the spirit of the » Munich agreement." parliament I was told by Foreign Secretary f Viscount Halifax, who aaid that I Great Britain never in any way [ contemplated the dissolution of I Czechoslovakia when It joined In the Sudetenland war crisis settlei menr. I Announcement of the postponeI ment of the visit to Germany on Thursday by Oliver Stanley, pres- ' (CONTINCKD ON PAGE TWO.' ELMER STUCKY RITES ARE SET 1 Funeral Will Be Held Thursday For Native Os Adams County Funeral services will be held Thursday for Elmer Stucky, 51. i native of Admits county, who died : Monday evening at the Lutheran hospital In Fort Wayne after an lllneaa of two years of lukemia and complications. I Mr. Stucky was president of Stucky Bros.. Inc., at Woodburn. i where he was a leader tn civic and church activities. He had lived at Woodburn since 1914. Surviving are the widow. Helen A., two daughters. Roselyn M. at home and Dorothy M.. of Fort Waytie; one son. Leroy H.. at Woodbum; six brothers, Ivan of Decatur; Ell of Geneva. Noah of Warren. Joseph of Fort Wsyne. Christian of New Haven and Allert of Woodburn and three slaters; Mrs Jod Augsbttrger of Geneva, Mrs. Fred Netting of Ixia Angeles and Mrs. J. D. t'lauden of Valparaiso. Fuueral services will be held at 1 p. tn. Thursday at the Meunoalte church In Woodburn. Burial will be in the M. R. E. cemetery at Berne Relatives in Berne and viemity may view the body at the i cemetery.

CHIEF BORDERS TALKS TO CLUB Decatur Police Chief Speaks At Decatur Camera Club Chief of Police James Borders, first vice-president In charge of still photograph, gave an illustrated talk on the use of photography in crime detection, at the meeting of the Decatur Camera club in the club rnom« Tuesday night. Chief Borders stated that the first use of photography In a crime of major proport lona was In the detection of the man who shot President McKinley early In the century. During the president's talk at the time he was shot, numermis news reel cameras were focused on him After he wan shot all of the news reel films were taken by federal agents and the Identity of the criminal was I learned The history of the use of crime photography waa further discuss ed as well as Sypclal examples of pictures used in evidence. Amonx these waa the «-aae of a man who denied he waa al the sesme of a crime. A quantity of red mmerlai. too small to Im* chemically Identified, was found on his sweater. By compariaon of the lines on a spectoseop? on a photograph. It waa proved that the matetml was putty from the window at the burglarized store. I Other means used to identity criminals by photography are the comparisons of indentations or. '' safes or windows with tools and I Instruments used by thieves and | found in their posaesshm Another use is the phuiogt aphy ' • practiced by Imlllstlca experts lu ‘ i which bullets found In the body of ', a homicide victim are examined 'J through a comparteon mhroscope tCONTINTED ON PAGE FOt KI I *■ O— —— ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Mrs. Lizetta Schlickman Dies After Week’s Illness Mrs. Uzetta Worthman-Schlick-man. 77. died at 11:45 o'clock Tuesday night at the home of her fosterdaughter. Mrs. Milton Gircd, one mile west and one mile south of PreUc. Death waa caused by heart trouble after an iUness of one week. She was *>ont In Preblo township February 17. 1842. the daughter of Ernest and Elizabeth Hild<-.nan-Worthntan. She married Frederick Schlickman in April of IKN<| ■ end he preceded her in death five ' years ago. She had lived her entire life In Adams county. She was a member of the Magley Reformed church. Surviving are two eons, Otto of , Decatur and Henry of Fort Wayne, one sister. Mrs. Caroline Fruchto cf Preble; two brothers. Lewis and ■ August Worthmsn, both of Preble: | tour grandchildren end two great grandchildren. Two children, Matilda and Albert and a brother and! sister preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at (CT»NTINUKI> ON PAGE FIVE) Floyd I. McMurray Sworn To New Term Indianapolis, Ind.. March 13 — Floyd I. McMurray. Mate ettperlntendent of public instruction waa sworn In at noon today to begin hU third elective term. It McMurray completes the new term, he will have served longer than any previous state superintendent of public Instruction. Judge Curtis G. Shake of the ■ Indiana supreme court administered the oath of office to McMutray. —— l o Leaves For Florida To Accept Position Herman Knapke. well known Decatur young man and former etnt ploye In the city eflerk-treaeure's , office, left late Tuesday for Mlatn 1 . Florida, where he has accepted a position aa bookkeeper. Mr. Knapke will foe employed In > a hotel in tha< etty, operated by Jess Helm, formerly of Decatur.

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I * " ' "*' German Invasion Wipes Out Last Vestige Os Democratic Czech Government. TERROR PREVAIL — By Edward W. Beattie. Jr United Press Staff Correspondent Prague. Czechia. March 15 — Fuehrer Adolph Hitler and his Nazi army marched to the sait today, wiping out the last vestiges of Dem ocratlc CzechotdovakiSL. while Hungary. Poland and Ruman'a fought for a share of the spoils. German troops marched IntA Prague and were greeted by boa* Ila crowds which slternately noomi. wept and sang the Caech national anthem. I ( Hungarian troops, swashing reals•ance of Czech troops and Rmhenlan nationalist militia, marched across Carpatho-Ukrstne. the tiny eastern iwgment of th»- disuirmbered RepuhU.. and reached the Polish border. Thus the common frontier bytween Poland and Hungary was attained. Polish troops greeted the victorious Hunganiana. Hitler as overlord of central Europ* waa a step closer to Russlsn Ukraine. Rumania was reported moblliain% frontier reinforcements tor a possible bid for a slice of Ca,pettoUkraine. lu the general tension. Jugoslavia decided to take znliltary precautions along its northern trontier, whlcft faces Hungary and Rumania Terror prevailed in Prar-w among those Bhechs who leered Nazi reprisals. and especially among the J»wa. Many of the latter were trying desperately to flee the ountry, but It was hard to get out. There were reports of many suicides, presumably mostly among Java who realized that the dreaded Nureise t.erg laws would be put into edfecL The arrival of SOO Nazi secret police sent by Heinrich Himmler, head at the Nazi police organlzat.on, increased the apprehension. Freedom-loving Czechs, deserted I ay Britain and France, were in despair. Word came from London that the British government repudiated Itne propneed four-power Montell agreement under which Britain, France Germany and Italy guaranty ed the frontiers of the new Czecttoalovakla as carved oat at Munich. France likewise has refused to be bound by the agreement, which actuaHy never waa formally put into eUect. (In Berlin, the official dipiomatfa political correspondence classified Germany - ! protectorate over Czechoslovwkia as "the end of a 2V-year interregnum, after which Bohemia again has been incorporated into the German Leftensraum (room to live) in which for a thousand yearn they were able to develop culture to the fullest extent.) The atmosphere m Prague was so h'tstile to the German forces of occupation that at 8 p. tn. curfew wa<t Imposed to prevent sn outbreak. Czech Opposition 'Bratislava. March IS — (UPI — German troops entered Bratiatava tCONTINI'ED OX PAGE roI Ri GARWOOD YOUTH FIGHTS DEATH Condition Os Walter Garwood Better But Still Critical Late today, nearly 48 hours atinr he reportedly att<«npted to commHt suicide. Walter Garwood was battling to aave his lite. Aided by hoapltal attacl.es and the attending physician, Garwood ioday was reported to bd slight I v improved as tar as his genera) con- , i ditlon is concerned. Hr la wtHl reported very critical, however. He is confined in the Adams county memorial hospital since reportedly taking one and one-halt ounces of poison when his girl "jilted" him. according to relatives. The physician reported late yes- • »erday that he had regained consciousness. at least partially. Garwood, who is 24 years old. is > the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garwood, of Niblick street. It was In i the garage at the rear of the Garwood home that he reported to have swallowed the poison.