Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1939 — Page 1

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Reports Persist Hitler Ready To I March On Poland (By United Prate) A Miniature of Curepe KKPOHTK ham Leen ruirwM for daya that Germany wax mmmlnß troopa ou the Poliah Croat ter. Informal lon waa received In Umdon that a German coup agalnat u>e Pnllah corridor and the tree city of rhinai*. In which Poland haa a vital intereat. had been planned tor the » eek-end ORKAT RRITAIN had been dlamayed by Germany a aelvure of the Cxech and Slovak ptnvlncev of tho cxechoetovak republic determined to make a atand acataat fur’her NaI al rapanalon aud at once, hoping to atop it before It alerted. Yesterday prime mlnlater Chamberlain Informed the houae that it Pnlaad found j!t necraaury to fight for her terrLLWiai integrity, abe would have Croat Britain an an ally. FRANCR waa already Uutnd *o Piland by military treaty, but abc Joined In Great Britain*! declaration. POI-AN’D made It clear that the would fight any encroachment on her territory., thereby fulfilling the one condition of Chamberlain t offer. i GERMANY waa Infuriated and today Adolf Hitler atatee her vlewe. and. perhapa. her Intentlona. Un hie words depend the immed'ato future of Europe. MANDATE SUIT OPENS MONDAY Bentz Suit Against City Os Decatur To Open At Bluffton — The mandate auit of Ralph W Benu against the city of Decatur Is scheduled to open in Wells circuit court Monday morning Judge John F Decker will hear . the auit. «. In his suit. Bentz, a former Decatur nreman. Is seeking the court to order his restoration to the personnel of the Decatur fire dr-1 partment and mandate the city to pay back wages In his complaint. Benti charges i that the city owes him approximately fl,ooo tor back wages 1 Attorney W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton and Vemor of Fort I Wayne will represent the plaintiff and Vincent Kelley, local city attorney. will represent the defense. The trial la to be heard by the court and not by a jury. It was venued to the Wells circuit court from the Adams circuit court some time ago. Fails To Place In Oratorical Contest Lester Laughrey, of Monroe, was presented with a couy of the preamble to the Constitution of tht j United States last night at Indianapolis in recognition of hla representing the fourth district in the American legion oratorical contest. Young Laughrey. a senior at Monrwe high school, failed to place In the state contest, which waa held at the World War Memorial building. He waa taken to Indlanapolle by [ Commander and Mrs. V. J. Hormann [ and Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Gehrig [ nt Adams Poet Nd. 4-1, American la-gion CHURCH PLANS FOR SERVICES First U. B. Church Plans Services During Holy Week As a climax to a two-week a evangelistic campaign. Holy Week will be observed by the First Unit- . ed Brethren church, corner of Ninth and Madison streets. Ser- . vices each night will center about 1 one of the seven last words of , Jesus on the cross. Special music will be given by members of the , choir. Thursday evening's service will be in the nature of an upper ' room Communion service by candle light and In the shadow of the cross. Subjects for the services at 7:SO each evening are as follows: Monday — "Jesus and the Dying Thief.”* Luke 2S 4I Tuesday— "My God. Why Thou Forsaken Met' Matt. 27:48. Wednesday — "The thirst of the Savior." John 19:21. Thursday — "He finished His Task. Have YouT” Friday — "Into Thy Hands I j commend My Spirit.” Luke 23; 46.

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KIDNAP KILLER SHOT TO DEATH BY M ASKED MEN Florida Man, Convicted By Jury, la Taken From Jail Panama City. Fla.. April 1.-<UJh - Mlles W Brown, convicted last night in the kidnap murder of Roy Van Kleeck. was taken from county jail by a band of masked men early today and shot to death on a country road near here. Htowu. a former employe of Van Kleeck. a wealthy hardware dealer. was found sprawled In a rural | clearing live miles north of here with one bullet bole In the back ••f his neck. According to Are chief J. H. Alexander, several cam pulled up in front of the county jail some time between 2 and 4 o'clock this morning. Four masked men entered the building, overpowered the guard, and took Brown from his cell. The abduction was not discovered until nearly dawn. Alexander said Brown waa convicted of having mordered Van Kleeck when the hardware dealer left hla store on the night nt January Id. The jury, after deliberating 70 minutes, returned a verdict with a recommendation ot mercy. Hrown was to have been sen 'enced later by Circuit Court Judge C. E. Wells. Alexander, who discovered Van Kleeck's body the night he was slain, said Brown's body bore no visible signs of beating. "It looked as though they simply put him out of one of the care and shot him once, carefully." he said Ixindon Terrorized By Bomb Planters London. April I.— (U.B — Bomb planters terrorised the city from midnight to dawn today. Five bombs exploded, one In front ot a .ueuaiMGaa off s, pnotbm ft ftglti of a bank Terrorists were believed to have roam/: the eity In a fast automobile disguised as a taxi. No casualties have been reported in any of the explosions LETTER IS SENT BY MOVIE STAR Decatur Woman Receive* Personal Letter From Don Ameche Mrs. Albert Miller, wife of the local cemetery custodian and one of the city's most ardent admirers of movie star. Don Ameche. thia week received what undoubtedly will prove one of her moot prised possessions —a personal letter from the handsome cinema and radio actor. It was her good fortune. Mrs. Miller stated, with a company of friends, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Don Ameche last fall at their palatial estate near Beverly Hills. California. This visit at the star's home, one of the most difficult tasks for movie star admirers to accomplish. was made possible through the efforts of Father Vincent EhI IngFr. of Sacramento, California, formerly of Decatur. As Fr. Vine .nt aad Mr. Ameche are close friends, he arranged the visit for Mr. and Mrs Miller and Mr end Mrs Leo Ehinger when they visited California last fall. A picture of the local people with Mr. and Mrs. Ameche waa taken, and Mrs. Miller recently sent a colored print of the picture to the famous star. This week she received the personal letter, signed by him, in which he acknowledged the pic ture and a clipping from the Dally Democrat, regarding the activities l of Fr. Vincent and recalled the visit last fall, “most vividly.'’ Mr Ameche commended Fr I Vincent and bls work In the letter and mentioned the existing friend ship between the two. ‘‘Most democratic people" was the manner In which Mrs. Miller described the movie star ana hla wife, as well as his parents and a sister, who were staying at the home. "They had no servants in their employ at the home, which was far back off the road, carefully hidden from over-xealous sane," she stated, "and were very cordial in showing us about." In the picture. Ameche, In true Hollywood fashion, is clad In snowwhite shorts, the accepted attire of movie stare when at case from (CONTINUED ON PAGE SDL) ' |

Decatur, Indiana, Sat urday, April 1, 1939.

Mr. and Mr*, (table Now at Home I r Id I 'l^ .m Wr Jam Mr. and Mrs. Clark Gable Smiling happily are ('lark Gable and Carole lx>ml>ard Gable, motion picture stars, on their return home to Bel Air. lx>* Angeles. Cal. ending their one-da y honeymoon following their surprise marriage In Kingman. Aris.

HOLY WEEK TO BE OBSERVED Decatur Ann Community To Observe Holy M eek Next M eek Holy week will be observed in Decatur and community next week, startlug Sunday and reaching a . ehssns Guud Friday alter noun. Special services will be held at various churches in the city through out the earlier part of the week. On Good Friday afternoon, business will be generally suspended for three hours in observance of thb Three Hours Christ spent on the Croas. At the Zion Reformed church, the Protestant churches of the city will hold special union services during these Three Hours, with the various pastors delivering the sermons. Special services will also be held at the Bt. Mary's Catholic church, beginning at 12 noon. The Zion Lutheran church will hold services Friday evening. On Easter Bundsy, special aervices and programs will be presented at the varioua churches. Easter Cantatas and programs will be presented throughout the week at churches and schools. Lenten season will close next Saturday, preceding Easter Bunds y Sermon themes throughout the week will mark the observance of Holy Week, and pastors have urged the citizens of the city and communlt/ to attend these services at their respective churches. France To Protest Japan Occupation Paris. Apr. 1.- -fUJD— The French government decided today to protest Japan's occupation of the Sparlly Island group In the Pa clflc, 700 miles from Manila. The Islands were formally claimed by the French in 1933 but Jap an announced yesterday that she hud annexed them.

LENTEN MEDITA TION (Rev George O. Walton. Flrat Presbyterian Church) “EXCUSE” "Coma for all things ara now ready.” Luka 14:17. "And they all with one consent began to make excuse ” They did not want to refuse but In courteoua terma they aought to excuse themadvea. Such Is human nature. The sinister art of rationalising la ever with us. There la no man who has neglected hie spiritual obligations who lacks an excuse for hla dereliction. With a promptness that requires little thinking he has a ready excuse to proffer. It Is not so much that we want to refuse God's love as it Is we try to cheapen It by palliating our miser *.* e neglect. Os all vain things excuses are the vainest Has this Lenten season done anything for us* If not we can mark It down that the fault does not lie with God, Hla gracious benevolence has extended the invitation, “come for all things are now ready.” God has not failed us. Let us try to be honest and ask ourselves if our excuses are Worthy of our spiritual dignity. Let us at least be logical Rain Isn’t any wetter when It falls on Runday morning than It Is on club night, neither does It follow that our aches and pains are necessarily Intensified when we are asked to do something for the Kingdom. We belittle our Creator when we so rationalise our neglect, we make of ouraelves spiritual underlings. "Quit you like men. be strong.” And Jesus said. "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the Kingdom."

Maurice Haney Is Reported Improved Maurice Haney, employe of ths Central Sugar company, who suffered a fractured left arm earlier tn ; the week in a fall at the plant, is 11 -ported to be recovering nicely at the Adams county memorial hoapital. The attending physician stated I this morning that rumors stating imputation ot the arm would be necessary were false and that Mr. Harey's condtion waa improving steadI tty. The fracture la to be set soon. Le stated FEBRUARY TERM ENDS APRIL 8 April Term Os Adams Circuit Court Will Open April 10 — The February term of the Adams circuit court will close next Saturday, April 8 after one of the busteat terms in recent years. One more Jury case Is at 111 I scheduled to be tried before the term doses. The 35.000 damage suit of Ida Scheumann against ' Joseph McConnell is the case set. Action in other suits is also set ‘ for each day up to the dosing of ' the term. The February term, in addition ! to containing the usual number ot entries in estate, civil, criminal and guardlanahip caaea. embraced throe Jury trials. The April term of court will I open on Monday. April 10 after ' but a one-day vacation for Judge J. Fred Fruchte and court attaches. District Governor Os Lions Here Tuesday District Governor Jesse H. Lof- | forge, of Lafayette, will attend the meeting of the Decatur Lions dub I tiext Tuesday night at the Rice hoI tel, President N. A. Bixler of the i local dub announced today. All | members are urged to attend.

OPERATORS AND MINERS STILL IN DEADLOCK Negotiator* Work Fever* ishly To Prevent Work Stoppage New York, April I — <U.R) — I Negotiators for 33S.(Mm* eastern I soft cool miners and. more than* 2 mine operators worked I against the clock today to prevent a suspension of production In the i nation's richest bituminous fields ' on Monday The deadline for drafting a new I wage-hour agreement between Ap- , palachlan operators and the Unit-: ed Mine Workers of America, re placing the contract signed two years ago. was reached and passed i last midnight with the two aides deadlocked If an agreement can be reached by tonight, however, there will Mill Im* time, to notify the 3.U00 union ItM-ala in the eight-state area to get their men In the mines by Monday. Today waa a union holiday throughout the region and the mines are customarily closed on Sunday. The negotiators — headed by | I'MW President John L. Lewis for the miners and Charles O'Neil of New York for the operators were agreed on an extension of the 193,' 39 scale under which' miners worked 35 hours a week for a basic wage of a day in the north and 3&.<0 In the south They were uncompromisingly divided, however, on the term of . extension. The operators insisted on a full two-year renewal, arguing that any shorter period would further unsettle the already depressed industry. Lewis, anticipating price fixing by the national bituminous coal commission under the Guffey ac*. waa holding out for a one-year exI tension or a two-year agreement ; with a clause permitting reopen- . Ing of negotiations when and if . economic conditions improved. , Both sides Insisted they did not want a suspension of production, however brief. A stoppage would mean » wage loss of approximate ly a day to the miners and a possible loss of markets to the operators. Operators in a dozen states outside the Appalachian area, whose mines produce more than 100.000.000 tons of bituminous annually. | have agreed to keep going even , If the negotiations here break down Some of the outlying districts. chiefly those In Indisna and Illinois, compete with Appalachian areas, and a crippling auxCONTINUED ON PAGE THHEk" Fort Wayne Bank To Make Distribution Fort Wayne, April 1— <U.R) —I John M Young, receiver for the defunct First National Rank and Trust company, said today a 10 per cent dividend amount! tg to 31,250.000 will be paid to depoai tors about May 1. The payment will be the fourth since November. 1933. and will make a total of 95 per cent, approximately 319.0M.M0, paid to 26.500 depositors. CONNECT EVANS WITH ROBBERY Raymond Evans Identified As Man Who Held Up Ft. Mayne Men Raymond Evans, who was taken to the Indiana state reformatory at Pendleton Friday to start serving n 1-10 year sentence for grand larceny. has been identified with another Fort Wayne holdup, Fort Wayne police claim. The Fort Wayne authorities report that Evans waa tentatively identified as the lone gunman who entered the Southwest Market on Fairfield avenue on March 6 and held up two proprietors and two clerks. The gtmman escaped with about 3190 in cash In a daring daylight robbery. He left by a side door und fled in a auto that was parked hy the curb. Cecil and John Funk, the proprietors. Identified Evans as the gunman from the newspaper pictures first published In the Dally , Democrat, police said. Two other Fort Wayne men. John A. Clark and Robert C. Binkley. had been previously arrested by authorities there upon Information obtained by local authorities when they rounded up the gang.

U. S. Recognizes Franco Conquest In Spanish War

FURTHER PLANS FOR EGG HUNT Live Rabbits, Chicken* To Be Presented At Easter Hunt Live, scampering rabbits, wobbly baby < hi< ka will be the goal of the kiddies of Decatur and community Easter Sunday afternoon April 9 at the annual Easter tgg hunt sponsored by the Decatur B. P. O. Elks on the spacious lawn of the Elka home on North Second street. The 1939 hunt one week from tomorrow promises to be more elaborate and colorful than any previous hunt, with numerous contests planned In addition to the regular hunt. The committee in charge has made plana to award 36 live rabbita and 50 live chicks to the fortunate kiddles at next Sunday's hunt. The contests, which will open the festivities promptly at 2 o'clock, will be held tn three age groups, five to seven years, three to five years, and those under three. All kiddles of Decatur and community seven years of age and under, are cordially invited to participate In the Easter party, which has grown to be one of the most entertaining feature of the Easter season in this city. Al the conclusion of the contests. the annual egg hunt will be held on the lawn. The committee emphasised today that regardless of weather conditions. should such conditions make holding of the hunt Impossible on the lawn, the party will be held In the home. As an added feature, the Elks are offering prlxea to the beet photographs taken of the activ--1 it les on East Bunday. Amateur photographers are invited to sub--1 mit groups of three pictures and 1 rolls of Aims will be awarded to those adjudged best. FILE SUIT FOR AUTO DAMAGES Suit Asks $250 Damages For Demolition Os Automobile A new suit waa tiled In the Adams circuit court Friday by Paul ' Scheumann against Joseph McConnell. Th» suit asks for 3250 damages, allegedly sustained to his auto in collision between the cars operated by the two parties on December 26, 1937. The complaint charges carelessness and negligence on the part of the defendant. It charges that the plaintiffs auto waa completely wreked in the collision. The complaint lists the damage to the auto at 3200 and the dam age to his clothing at 330. A suit arising from the same accident Is scheduled to be heard In circuit court by a jury Wednesday. Ida Scheumaim. wife of the plaintiff In the new case, is seeking to recover 35.000 from Mr. McConnell. for personal Injuries received in the same collision. ■ o Negro Brothers Are Held As Murderers Mount Carroll, 111.. April I.—(UJO —Two teen-age negro brothers were held to the grand jury today on a charge of murder I n.he slaying of Lieut. Paul LeMaster. 36. commander of a civilian conservation corp camp, who was shot to desth at the camp ofllc* yesterday during a 31.300 payroll holdup. The prisoners are John Collins, 17. and his brother. Clarence, 15. Chicagoans. John had been an enrollee at the camp but waa discharged three months ago. A posse of 125 negro CCC enrollees and deputy sheriffs seized the youths last night hi a field two miles east of Mount Carroll. - - o Change Os Venue Is Petitioned In Case A petition for a change of venue In the 33.000 note suit of the Homestead Co.. Inc against C. A. Burdg. was filed In the Adams circuit court yesterday, Judg" Fruchte listed Wells, Jay and Allen countlea as available counties I for the change. I

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Franco Government In Spain Is Formally Recognized Today By United States. ‘ UNCONDITIONAL Washington. April I—(UP)—Th® United States today recognized th« * Franco government In Spain. > Secretary of statu Corded Hull, ’ Bounced the action at a press cont fcrence. He said he had sent a telegram to i Burgos telling of relations of tbs > United States with tbs Nationalist government. President Roosevelt signed a pro- ‘ clamation at the Barm Hprlnga, ' Ga. "Little White House" lifting etn* [ bargos on shipment of arms and Implements of war to Spain. ( Huss said the decision to establlsh diplomatic relations with Fran- . co'a government was uncondltiona:. , He said no decision had been reached as to persona being appotnt- ! rd as diplomatic representatlvea to . the new Spanish government, but . that it was being considered. > Claude G. Bowers, who s-rved as V. 9. ambassador to loyalist Spain * recently returned to thin country, ■ Bowers has conferred with the state - uepartment and the prealdent to 1 present a report on the situation. Extension of recognition to the Spanish nationalist government followed surrender of the Spanish ern- [ bassy. The embargo had been applied to both side* to the Civil war under apec-tal joint resolution passed by , TlieCongress of Jan. 8. 1937. The President's proclamation reI voking it said “state ot civil strife in Spain" has “ceaatd to exist.” I Watch Developments t Warm Springs, Ga., April 1— '• < l*Pt - President Roosevelt today r -tntenatfled bls clone watch of Euro- - pean developments, awaiting Adolf 1 Hitler's reply to the announcement ’ of a Britlsh-French-Polleh alliance. At the “Little White House" the President was within arm's reach of a telephone through which will come fresh reports ft am American (inbassies in London and Paris. I From the temporary executive of* Jficea here came fresh Indications that President Roosevelt and his administration were determined to ( support France and Great Britain In their effort to call a halt to Nasi German dreams ot world domination by force. It was the view of President Roosevelt's Intimates that world peace was being menaced. 1 A Whije House spokesman die* * <loaed that this government was F-avely concerned lest German as- ■ ;ilritk>ns spread to the Am.-ticss. [ Topeka Rolling Mill Is Damaged By Fire ) Topeka. Ind.. April 1-dials of the , Topeka rolling mill waa destroyed by fire Friday, with loss estimated , at approximately 310ff«<>. The fire . vas believed to have started from defective wiring. The other hair of the structure ! was saved by firemen aud opera- . tioae were resumed. The burned ■ section probably will be rebult. The i loss included 2.500 ibuahela o* corn. ■ 2<>t> bushels of wheat, 200 bushels I of oats. 15 ton of mixed feed and part of the machinery, I TO GIVE PLAY : SUNDAY NIGHT Monroe Epworth League [ To Present Play Sunday Night , "The Lost Church" is the title . of the play to be presented Sunday i evening at 7 o'clock at the Mon- ■ roe M. K. church by the Epworth k league. i The public is cordially Invited, j Following the play new members > will be taken into the league. Following is the cast for the play: The father—Lew Hartman. ( The mother—Anols Walters. The son—Warren Miller. The daughter—Virginia Hart. ’ The neighbor—David Graber. » Miss Gray—Dorothy Ray. Begyer woman—Helen Ray. Sprirlt of the Church — Esther ? Watkins. Other spirits — Betty Ar.istulz, i Helen Rich. Virginia Burkhead, Dollie DoLorls Miller.