Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1939 — Page 1

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Antique And Hobby Show At Fort Wayne Ot intereat to peraona who collect I'Utlqura an follow hoWrlnj will bthe antique eapoalllon and hubby nhow to be held at tho Shrl.ie auclb lorlum. Fort Wayne. >m ginning Tm oday. April 36. The ah >w will continue until aprll 3u and the expo a.tion will be open from 1:30 to <<* 3<) p m. each day. WOMAN FORGER RETURNED HEBE Thelma Holmes To Be Arraigned In Adams Circuit Court Thelma Holme*, former Adame county young woman, who waa ar rented Thureday in Kalamaxou on a grand jury Indictment returned here, la being held in the Adam, county jail pending arraignment on the charge. Mita Holmea la charged with forging a check for |M and caahIng It at the Rank of Berne. She la the alleged accomplice ot Harry Lawaon. young Blur Creek township farmer, who waa aentencrd Io the atatr reformatory for a aerie, of check forgeries. Mix, Holmea allegedly partici pated in a number of the forgerie,. J*awson Implicated her in bia con feealon, before being urntenced by the court. She ia expected to be arraigned before Judge J Fred Fruchle In the near future to enter a plea. SCOUTS PLAN FORCAMPOREE Annual Adams County Camporee To Be Held At Berne June 3-4 Plan, for the annual Adams county Boy Scout Camporee air being , furthered here. It was announced , today 4 Or. K. P Fields, chairman lot the activities imuiuiliwu. t The Camporee. held last year at Camp Quinn in Hanna Nuttman park in Decatur, will by held June , 3 and 4 at the Le hman park in Borne. This activity will be open to alt Adam* county troops, three ot which are in Decatur, two in Berne und one in Geneva. Tha Berne itrout committee la making arraagitnents. while the general nuperviston will be in the hand* of the Ada as county Scout committee, composed of: Chairman. L. A. Cowen*, commissioners. Sylvester Everhart and J. 'Jerome Yager; court of honor. W. j Guy Brown and Roy Girod; Finance Herman H. Kri>ckeberg. Camp j Carl C. Pumphrey and organisation. : Rjy Price. Charles Grunert. area Scout exeIcutlva of Fort Wayne, made the following Btatmient today in regard ] to the camporee and the finance campaign which opens here next week •‘Thia activity la another of •he services to our Scoutr mad " possible by the district and connll organisation. .Next week tho Decatur Scout committee Is conducting a financial campaign for the support of the council financial bud- ■ get Our council is moat helpful tn orgunlilng new unlta and giving tuem supervision an dtraining and la carrying on inter-troop actlvl(CONTfNL'KD ON PAOB FIVli DISTRICT MEET HELD THURSDAY Local lA’icion Members Attend District Meet At (Jarrett Seven member* of Adams Font No. 43. American Legion, and tho auxiliary attended a fourth district meeting In Garrett last night and Luard Glen Hillis of Kokomo speak on child welfare. , The promotion of child welfare In of the major objective* of the l*egton and the auxiliary. Th t Legion i is now forming a plan whereby all children will receive Immunisation i from various diseases. Those who attended wero Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bauer. Mr. ami Mr*. Vincent J. Bormann. Mrs. Dallas Brown ; Charles Weber and Tilman Gehrig. The membership drive o' the Laglon opened this week and all world I war veterans of the county are urged to join the local post. Members are asked to call at the i Legion home or contact any of th* officers In regard to renewing their | mefitbershlpx.

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STABILIZATION FUND EXTENDED FORTWO TEARS House Votes Tentative Approval Os TwoYear Extension Washington. April 21 — (UJt> — The house today tentatlvaly approved a two-year extension of the IS.tmo.otW.OOO stabilisation fund, with a new provision requiring an annual audit and report to congress a* well as to President I Riamlvelt. Republicans failed In an attempt 1 to have the audit performed by | the general accounting office In- 1 stead of the treasury, which operates the fund. The house defeated uu amendment by Rep f'hatincey W Reed, R„ HL. for this pu pose I by a vote of 180 to 87. Rep. John J. Cochran. D. Mo. 1 contended that In operating the vast fund created nut of profits accruing to the government In the dollar devaluation process of 1*33. It waa essential that speculator, i»e prevented from learning possible moves contemplated by the government. If the auditing ware done by employes of the general accounting office they would have to tie told the -secrets" of the fund's operation, he said. Rep. August H Andresen. R. Mo., contended that the hanks of England and France and foreign governments participating In the tripartite monetary agreement knew of the operations of the fund He argued that the Ree<| amendment should be adopted "In the interest of giaid government hi the Vlilted States" Rep Claude V. Parson. D.. HL. however, said that only a few treasury and federal teaerve expert* knew about plans for use of the fund and that foreigners had no advance knowledge of contemplated moves After defeat of the Reed amend tnent Rep Robert Luce, R.. Mas* . opened the Republican fight on the second section of the bill, to , continue for two years Mr Roose-, velt's power to devalue the dollar to 5o per cent of Its former gold content L'nder that authority the new > (CONTINCED ON PAGE FOLK) SCHOOL PARH HERE TONIGHT Annual High School Party Tonight; Junior High Monday Night Plan, for the annual high schoa! party to be held tonight at the new ' liecatur junior-senior high school auditorium have licen completed. Elgurd Anderson, faculty member in charge, announced today. The party will be featured by a program, which I* I'ept as a surprise to the student* Miss Mildred Worthsnan is In charge of tne food and refreshments preparation The i party wttl'start at R:3O o’clock and will be attended by members of the . faculty and school board. The seventh and eighth grades. Norming the junior high, will also t stage their first annual party Monday night at 7:30 o'clock iu the au- - dltorlum. Vaughn Millikan and Miss EHsa-j teth Frlslnger. members of th.» faculty, win be In charge. They will be assisted by Joan Cowan, i president of the eighth grade and Irene Brooks, president of the gov«.uth grad**. Committees so rthl* event: Refreshment*. Kathleen Shacklcy i chairman I Naomi Prown. Juanita I Edgell, Dori* Adler. Kathryn Yager. Betty Sautters. Bernice Barber. Evelyn Gerig. Games, Barbara Kohl* • (Chairman) Joan Krick. Fddle Boknecht. ‘ John Spahr. Invitations. Jack Graham tchair , man) Dorothy Hammond. Manfred Melchl. Alice Roth. Carl Fuelling. Betty Roop. Ih-ogram. Jim Eichhorn (chair- ‘ man) Richard Abbott. Evelyn Andrew*. Betty Werst. Decoration*. Kenneth Deßolt (chairman) Janice Feasel. Frances Daniel*. Marjorie McAlhatiey. Bob ! Mutschler. Carlo* Livers. Holiness Group To Meet Sunday i The monthly meeting of the Ad • rm* county holiness association w'li be held at the Monroe M. E churcn ' Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. ' Elvln Thornburg of Winchester will be the speaker and special music I will be provided.

Deratur, Indiana. Friday, April 21. 1»39.

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STATE BATTLES TAX CHISELING Grom Income Tax Division Tightens Law Enforcement Indianapolis. April 21 — <u.R) — Tai “chiseling' — particularly In Fori Wayne and South Rend hue forced the groan Income tax division to tighten its enforcement of the law, Clarence A. Jackaon said. lh a formal bulletin to field representatives. Jackaon declared j that tax "chlselers" are Injuring, the entire merchandising field Groups of merchanta have liandj ed together in tax “atrikea," as--1 sorting that the gross Income tax ' la* Is not fair. Deputy sheriff* have been serving warrants to force payment. Fort Wayne food council ha* sued in Allen county superior court to enjoin the sheriff from serving the warrants and a hear ing has been set for April 2*. May Flit Suit South Bend, April 21— (U.R> — Attorneys for the Indiana grocers and meat dealers association toI day indicated that they would ; probably file suit for a restraining order to prevent service of i warrants leading to public sale on merchants who are delinquent in I .CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ O' — Musical Program At High School Monday A lyceum presentation will lie given Monday morning at I*:W o'clock at the Decatur junior-senior high school when the Morrison Duo presents a musical program. The public is invited. DRIVE OPENED i AGAINST T.B. —•— Early Diagnosis Campaign Is Opened In Adams County The annual “early diagnosis'' campaign of the Adams county tuberculosis association opened here I today, W. Guy Brown, president of , the association, announced. The campaign opened with th« distribution of posters throughout tue city by Boy .Scouts and the isI citing of pamphelta and literature throughout the school* of the county. Issuance of the literature has as . its prime purpose the urging of all persona to see their family physi- . clan Immediately upon the discovi rty of any tuberculosis symptoms, i The campaign will Im> climaxed Monday, Mary 1. with a free tuberculosis clinic at the Decatur public library Jlepresentallves of the Irene Byron sanatorium at Fort Wayne will be In charge. By distributing the literature to the school children, members of the l association hope to reach every home In the county with a warning •egardlng tuberculosis symptoms. I Attractive posters and pamphlets ' proclaim these symptoms and ad I vise seeing a physician.

K. C. To Initiate Candidates Monday A class of appror'mately 40 candidates will receive lirst degree initiation Into the Decatur council of. the Knights of Columbus Mondar night at 8 o'clock at the K. of C Lail. Rev. J. J. Selmetz Wil lead the degree work. Lunch and refreshments will be served following the meeting. Second and third rank w?rk will bo given Sunday. April 30. at 1:30 p. m. by the Fort Wayne degree team. CONTINUED RAIN - SWELLS RIVERS • More Than Three Inches Os Rain Here In Past 13 Days Continued rain today swelled the total precipitation of the past few days to unusual proportion* and added to the rapidly swelling rivers and streams of the county. Walter Gladfelter. precipitation observer, reported thia morning that .41 of an inch of rainfall was recorded up to 7 a. m. today. During the test 13 day* a total 1 1 of 3 26 inches of rain has fallen In the community, his charts disclosed. The river had reached a crest Thursday and fell slightly to lI.M feet thia morning at 7 o'clock hut the additional rain is expected to again send it upward. Predictions of the weatherman gave hope today that the rainy season would be broken at least temporarily over the weekend Fair and warmer weather is forecast by Bunday. - 0 — ’Van N’uys Condition Reported Excellent Rochester, inn.. April 21—fUPl—- ' Frederick Van Nuys. U. 8. senator -from Indiana, was reported “in ex collent condition" Immediately after 1 undergoing surgery for a bladder ailment In a Mayo clinic hospital i today. Dr. 0, J. Thompson, who performed the operation, saidJ "The senator's condition la such if hla convalescence is normal and we believe It will be. he will he out of bed tomorrow, will leave the hospital In four or five days and may return <0 Washington within 1 ten days." — — o Regular Leffion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Logton will be held at the Legion home Monday night at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to he present. 0 . Open Enrollments In Girls’ 4-H Club Work I - - 1 Miss Mildred Worthman announeed today that enrollments for girls’ ; 4-H work could be placed with her or at the county agent's office. All 1 parents are urged to have daugh- ! tors over 10 years of ago enrolled tin the work. 1

Russia Submits Proposal To Britain And France To Form Alliance Against Aggression

CONCERN OVER COAL DISPUTE IS EXPRESSED White House Action May Be Necessary To End • Dispute New York. April 21 — <U.» - The poMibtllty of White House action to prevent a threatened nation-wide famine of soft coal appeared atronger today a* Wage hour negotiator, for miner* and operator* end their ,lxth week of frultleaa dlscuaslon Conferees appeared no closer t<i I solution of the contract dlfficul I ties when they recessed at noon! for two hours There was no) comment upon the morning ses-| sion With eastern industrial supplier dwindling because of the Appalii . chlan mine shutdown and the Vnlted Mine Workers of America ■ determined to extend the suspension to 21 other states on .May 4 If a a« ttlement ia not reached, federal authorities exhibited ser ious concern. In Washington. Secretary of l*abor France, Perkins presented the problem to President Roosevelt yesterday after receiving j report on the stalemate In contract negotiations here I What steps would be taken was ' not immediately indicated. Th,- • president was known to be relnciant to enter the picture personally until the labor department had exhausted Ita resources of conciliation. Mis* Perkins' representatives, however. have appeared three times before the negotiators without apparent result, and the consensu* of observers was that the two aide* were far apart a* ever I The deadlock, which ha* kept 338.000 miner* of the eight-sta'c Appalachlan area Idle alnce April 1, ia over a union recognition formula for renewing the wage-hour provisions of the expired 1M749 contract. The L’MWA asks a union shop or elimination of strike penalty elaua,>a in previoua coniracl*. Repreaentatlves of 2.002 operatora In the elght-atate area offered a compromise which provided for an open shop and retained the penalty clause* but gave the union exclusive bargaining rights Shortly after the conference opened March 14 John L. Lewto. I'MWA president, proposed an Indefinite extension of the old contract during negotiations to keep the mine* In operation. The operators rejected the proposal on the grounds Rial any working agreement for lesa than a two-year period would unwttlg the Industry. Yesterday, after report* were received that western coal was beginning to trickle Into Appalachian markets, the union gave IS days’ notice that It would close (CONTINUED ON I’AllK FOUR) I O— — • — RURAL SCHOOLS OPEN EXERCISES First Commencement Exercises At Hartford Hitfh Tonight The first of the serie* of rural high school commencement exer- < Ises will be held tonlgh' at tho Hartford township high school. Rev. F. H. Rupnow. of Fort Wayne, will deliver the commencement "address. (’ FL Striker, county school superintendent of schools mid Russell Steiner, principal of tho Hartford school, wtl take part In the program. The commencement exercises for Uu- graduates of th«" Monrce hLgh school will be held Saturday night. Exercises will be held at Mon--notith on Monday night cf next week at Kirkland rnesdny Jeffer- . son Wednesday. Geneva Thursday i.nd Pleasant Mills Friday. Rev. Rupnow will be the speaker st each of the exercises with Mr. Striker and the respective school principal and township trustee taking part In the program. The Hat of graduates from each of the schools has been previously ( announced.

THOMAS DREW DIES SUDDENLY Retired Geneva Business Man Dies Suddenly Thursday Night I Thomas W. Drew, 76. retired Geneva business tman die dat 10:3* Thursday afternoon at h's reaid--nee there. Death came suddenly and unexpectedly as the deceased hod seemingly been In good health. He had operated a harness and shoe repairing shop In Genov* for 5C year*, retiring Dat October. The deceased waa born March 15, 1863 in Deerfield. Randolph county. He was the son of William B. and Rebecca Drew and came with Bia 1 parent* to Geneva when a amall bey. In early manhood he engaged ' In the timber business and operat-I--d a saw mill east of Geneva for some time, later buying th* harness i shop which he conducted for so may years. Surviving are four sons. Ralph M. Drew of Marion. Ohio; Dr. Charles W. Drew of Bartlesville. Oklahoma | Thurman and Burley Drew of Do-' catur: Three slaters. Mrs .Anna Lindsey of Geneva. Mr*. Bessie Garrison of Kalasnasoo. Mlchlngan . Mrs. Robert Black of lai Me** Cali- ! fornla. Two .brothers, Willard Drewof East Alton. Illinois and Charles' Drew of Monida. Montana; ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his wife. Della Drew, one son. Herbert Drew and a daughter, Mrs. Madel.ne Dunn. Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon al tlia Geneva L’ntted Brethren church H 3:et> p. m. with the pastor. Rev. Bennett Fnlp in charge. Burial In Welts Lawn cemetery. MAIL NOTICES TO REGISTER County Clerk Mails Notice On Voting Registration Notices were being mailed today from the otHces of County Clerk G I Remv Bierly to all persons whose! name* will be removed from the voting registration Rats before tba election In May of 1940. All persons who have not voted, or re-gl*tered since registering two year* ago wil have their natnea taken from the list unless they r«leglster. Recipients of the notices may keep their names on the list by returning the notices properly filled out. These must be returned within a |>erlod of 30 days, however. Reglkiratlou will continue until the deadline. 30 day* before the election next spring. Home registration Is being carried on in the clerk's office at various interval*, but it I* expected to grow heavier. About 1.825 notice* were mailed to the«e person* who*e name* are to be removed unb-t* action la taken. deputy clerk' George Bierly, Jr,I who la In charge of that phase ot work, stated. 1940 Meeting Will Be Held At Berne The Cro*« Reformed church at! * Berne wll be the site of the 1940 ’ 'neetlng of the womans' missionary ' society of the Evangelical and R< • , formed church. Fort Wayne classls.' The Berne chureh was decided upon late Thursday during the 183!) ( convention held at the Salem Evan- ‘ ilelical und Reformed church In t Fort Wayne. O'" 1 -- • Walther League To Present Play Here • The Zion senior Walther league t wll present the three-act comedy • drama. "No-Account David.” at the f Lutheran church at 8 p. m Saturdny and Sunday. Admission price* ' wll be 26 and 15 cents. Members of the cast, tinder dirI action of Oscar Lankan?au. ara: • Linda Manbach, George Heaxe. Helen Bauer. Elmer Schrxder. Or- » vllle Fritchs, Viola Filsworth. Elian fi Malisnd. Rlehard Mailand, Harold | Sauer and Eddie Boknecht.

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Proposes Staff Talks To Discuss Measures For Aiding All Victims Os Aggression. DUTCH FEARFUL Loudon. April 21 <U.I9* Soviet Russia has submitted to Great Britain and France a proposal for Immediate staff talk* among the three powers to draw up concrete measurea Io aid victlma of aggros* »b>n. It was nndersfotid reliably today Russia offered Britain and France an alliance In which each nation would pledge Ita ent Inarmed forces and all Ils resources to resist aggression British and Soviet aourcea agreed that Maxim Litvinov, soviet foreign < otnmiaaar. by hi* offer, ha* gone Iwyond HrltisbFrench proposal* that the Soviet L'nion should agree to help Rumania and Poland If the French und British went to their aid in event of ag-gr,-»,ion It wa* under*!, mhl Litvinov agreed that the Soviet Vnion would ‘help Rumania. Poland and other member* of the iw-curlty bloc provided Britain, Franc* and Russia decide in advance what aid each will give the other In event of aggresaion. If Britain accepta. the Soviet l'nion will call the general staff . dIM-usaion to determine what con tributlon each of the three powers • ill make to repel aggression. Both Poland and Rumania are reluctant to accept any formal offer of Russian aid because they do not want to antagonise Germany and also because they fear that in any general war In which Russia aided them, their own countries would be a battle ground for German and Russian armies Howevar. M *--««iied mueaaingly apparent that Russia would soon be a part of the "peace front.” pledged to provide Poland and Rumania with war munitions If they asked for them and to contribute airplane* to a Russian-British-French air force pool against any aggreaaor nation. According to Ru*,ian source. In Parla. Russia during the last few days ha* asked all Baltic nations Informally whether they deaired or would accept Russian assistance and protection against Geormany or any other country which might threaten their Indei pendence. The** source* axid that ! Estlioni* and Latvia declined to bind themselve* to any agreement now. but Informants added that I Russia believing It had a direct I Interest In preventing any German "drive to the east.” might Intervene forcibly, agreement or no agreement if any Baltic country were attacked Poland, now fully In the "peace front." waa reported to have offered armaments and military <n-op-ertition without a security guarantee. however — to Lithuania. Esthonla and Latvia. Express Fear* Purls, April 21 — (U.pj — The Dutch government was under stcuul in diplomatic source* today to have expressed concern over Its future security in reply to a Ger(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) - O--MRS. JOHN NEFF DIES THURSDAY Mother Os Adams County Residents Dies Near Bluffton j Mrs. John Nathan Neff, 78. mother of Kdson and Frank Neff of Hartford township, died Thursdav nt her home five mile* south of Bluffton following a week's Illness. She wa* born In Well* county December 28, isf>9, the daughter of An drew and Ellen John* Linn. She waa married July 20, 1888. Surviving beside* the two son* In Hartford township ar* three daughter*: M.r». Clyde Neff, of Montpelier. Mr*. John Evcraol*. of Bluffton and Mr*. Lucile Terrel, of Clay City. III.; a step-son, Samuel Neff, of Bluffton, one brother, Samuel Linn, of Latkie Webster, and a sister. Mrs Irene Bennett, of Blufften. Funeral services will be held at ' th* home at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, with Rev. C. H. Smith of Fort Wayne In I charge. Burial will be in the Stahl cemetery.