Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1939 — Page 1

XVII. No. 97.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

ANNUAL SCOUT DRIVE TONIGHT Annual Drive For Funds To Open With Meeting Tonight The annual drive for fund* to support Hoy Scout Activities in is* ctttur wIU be bunched thia evening with a kickoff meeting at the 1 Hoard of fMrwctor*' room* of the Finn State bank at 1 o'clock Thirty worker* who will have tharge of the campaign will attend. Final plan* will be diacu**ed by H H. Krueckeberg, finance chairman and R. L. Van Horn. Area Sr out Kiecutlve. Mr. KruwckiMxerg called attention ito Frealdrnt Roosevelt * birthday message to the Roy Soon's on the (Mcaelom of their twenty-eighth anniversary last year: “It la my conviction that through work with our yooth. we shall *• cure the greatest assurance of maintaining our democracy In the face of those force* which vdvocaie form* of government not consistent with our cherished American tradition*. The strength of thia youth movement wIH develop in exact proportion to the aupport accorded it by communitie* which are interested In preserving our democracy." The following men will be present at tonight'* meeting: Karl Caston. W. Otty Brown. Adrian Baker. C. L>. Weber, Charles Hrodbeck, Avon Hurk. L. A. Cowens. Clyde Butler. Charles Ehinger. Roh Helm. Dr. Euyene Fields. Ueo Kirsch Walter (lard. R. E Glendemng. Robert Heitor, J. L. Kocher. Jr, W. J. Kriok. (Henn Mill. C. C. Pumphrey. Wilson ' Lee. C. C Langston. Oscar tatnkenau. Dr. Joe Morri*. Noah Bixler, M. J. Myhill. Dev. C. M. Prugh. Roy Price. V. Bormann, and A. D. But. tlee. O'" C. Os C. Directors Meet Tuesday Night The board of director* of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will meet at the office of John L. Ito ' Vos* Tuesday evening at 1:30 o'(loUu.AU direct#! - * arc ask< Ito be 1 present, a* Important but'nes* will be discussed. SOCIETY Will PRESENT PHY St. John’s Y. I*, s. To Prsent Play At Hoagland • A farce in three act* will be presented by the St. Johns Y. P. C.. at the Hoagland high school auditorium. Hoagland. Saturday and Sunday. April 29 and SO. The cast of characters follows: Fred Smlthle. a husband -Norvin Scheumaim. Fannie Sniilhie, a husbands 1 Vpt’s— Lorlne Reiter. Lucy Smithie, their offspring - Alvena Aumann. Barbara Hanson, a friend—Bertha Graft. Harold Ainsworth, a week-end guest - Herbert Schemnann Jack Bird, a visitor — Paul ' Schroeder. Mr*. George Wonder, a social light-Elida Fuhrman. Mr. George Wonder, a »oclal taillight v-George Schuller. Hauk Webster, a limb of the law I—Edward Selking. Evans, a maid Meta Fuhrman. The public Is invited to attend the presentation. ' — Meri Infant Dies i Saturday Night Funeral services for Daniel Morl, infant sou of Balblno Meri. Mexican of Blue Creek township, will ' be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Tlatiro Mexican ' church In that township. The baby, born Muy K. 1938, died Saturday night at Hi o’clock at the home of an uncle, Joe Solono, In 1 Jefferson township. Death was attrlbuted to tuberculo*!*. The mother I* dead. Surviving 1 are the father, two sister and a • brother, all at home. Rev Fran* Alonso will officiate at the ser- • vice* and burial will be In the Ray • cemetery al Monroe. The body • was removed from the Lobetiateln , funeral home at Monroe to the . residence thia morning. . o — Pleasant Mills Class Play Tuesday Night 1 The Junior dm of the Pleasant Mills high school will present ' a three-act comedy. “The Flatter--1 er." at the school auditorium Tues- ’ day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Ad- > mission prices will be 25 and 10 | cent*.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Silent Sentinels of Peace in the U. S* ■I 1 This Impressive symlMdh pictitrv was made a* the mighty Weal Virginia left New York for ihiciflc water* ! to join rest of fleet Standing al present arm* In the photo la a soldier stationed on Governor* Island Th.- West Virginia had a cra<ked 16ln<h gun replaced in the Brooklyn Navy Varda before departing

ALLEGED WOMAN FORGER FREED — Thelma Holmes-Cram Released After Lawson Changes Story Mr*. Thelma Holmes-Cram, of Kalamaxoo. Michigan, who had been held on a forgery charge was released today when the charge against her was dismissed. She had pleaded guilty to the charge brought In an Indictment : returned by the November term grand jury last year. She entered the plea, she stated, because she I thought ‘‘lt was the treat way out." . but maintained her innocence. Prosecutor Arthur E Voglewede | filed a motion asking the court j , that her plea be withdrawn, and that one of not guilty be substituted. Her innocence, the prosecutor i stated, was definitely established l whew Har t y Lawson, her aUr-ged ■ 1 accomplice, admitted under questioning by the prosecutor and State Policr-man Truman Rierie that he implicated her "for spite.’’ The prosecutor and state policeman questioned laiwson at Putnainville. i where he is serving a sentence for forgery. Since the time that she had been returned here from Kalama too by i Sheriff Kd Miller and hi* wife, | * Mrs. Cram had maintain, <1 her innocence. Prosecutor Vagtowede asked that the court accept her plea but withhold sentencing to permit to conduct a further Inveati-, ' gallon. After her plea was changed. 1 Judge J. Fred Fruchte sustained a ’ motion of the court to dismiss the charge and released her. She had been charged speclflcal- ' ly with forging a check at the Bank of Berne tor more than IM, 1 and was alleged to be the female companion of Lawson in a series of forgeries She asserted that she had tint met latwson until more than a year after the alleged offense. Her ' story checkeq with the admission oi laiwson after several hours 1 gruelling, the prosecutor stated. Lawson, who had been sentenced I —. iCONTINIIKti ON PAGK FIVBi FORMER LOCAL MAN HONORED - Don Farr Honored By 1 Insurance Company . At Banquet I The April 15 Issue of the Amer--1 lean Insurance Digest and Insuri ance Monitor, published In Chicago. has the lead article devoted to Don I R. Farr, vice-president and tress- , urer of the Rural Bankers Life i Insurance Co., of South Bend. Mr. Farr, formerly of this city. Ilves at Elkhart, moving there a t few years ago with hl* family. Mr. ! Farr was the honored guest at a t banquet held In Elkhart, the oc- . caalon being his birthday and the r celebration of It and the writing r of 11.402,000 of new business' for , the company. , The campaign to write the extraordinary amount of life insurance was staged in honor of Mr. Farr, who recently wus promoted to the vice-presidency of the comt pany. Arthur H Sapp, of Huntington and well known here, Is • chairman of the board of directors i of the company. Don Farr is the son of Mr. and ■ Mt*. B. F. Farr, formerly of this efty. He Is considered one of the » most successful Insurance execu- ; lives In the *late.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 21, 1939.

Kirkland Graduation Exercises Tuesday Commencement exercise* for the K'rkland high school senior das* ; 'Till be held Tuesday evening at i x o'clock. The commencement ad 1 <i:ms will be given by Dr. F. H. S Rupnow of Fort Wayne. Special ! music will be provided by the Unlt- , -d Brethren church orchestra and the men's quartet from Manchester < o’lege. Arthur Girod will be the class I .aledktorian and Miriam Hoffman , salutatorian. DECATUR YOUTH SLIGHTLY HURT Merle Andrews Escapes Serious Injury When Hit By Auto — Merle Andrew*, young Decatur !*d. was (lightly hurt Sunday after noon amut 4 o'clock wMen he was ! snuck by an auto new the intersection of Jackson and Third streets. Young Andrews was playing baseball with a group of youngsters ' I on the lot at the corner previous to, I the accident. It was reported to authorities that I h* ran Into the street directly iu front of the approaching vehicle to I retsieve the boll. Tlte car was driven by Otto Bog uer. 316 Jackson street. The lad wa< taken to the office of a local physician where hia injuries wr-e treated. State Police Officer Russell Prior investigated the accident. Recreation Committee To Meet This Evening • The executive committee of th" Decatur recreation program will meet at the office of the chairman, ; .Valter J. Kriok. in the Central r. hool building, at 7:30 o'clock this 1 evening. All committee member* »w asked to be present.

World Statesmen See Danger Os Armed Conflict As Grave

(Editor's note: Around the world [ went a message from the New York headquarter* of the United 1 Ureas asking Its correspondents in major capitals for the latest authoritative opinion on the chance* for war or peace in Europe, Their repilea were baaed on off-the-rec-ord talks with government leaders and foreign policy makers In every,world power at the beginI nlng of what may be a fateful week in Europe's history.) By Joe Alex Morris, (UP. Foreign News Editor) (Copyright. 1939. by UP.I Europe's worried capital believe > that the underlying factors tending toward war are greater today than during the Cxechoslovak crisis and that Adolf Hitler's speech on Friday may mark a turning point—possibly toward peace. Aa of today. In the opinion statesmen, foreign office exports, ambassador* and financiers canvassed over the weekend by rep- : resentatives of the United Pros*, the odds are definitely, although by no means hopelessly against peace. Almost all agreed that Europe's troubles are rapidly settling down to a realistic clash between economic Interests of the big powers. The turn toward war or peace, they believe, now depends largely

NEARLY 1.000 FARMERS SIGN 971 Adams County Farms To Participate In 1939 Program The-420 farmers who completed and signed individual "farm plans" the last two weeks, raised the number of Adams county farms which now expect to participate in the 1939 farm program to 971. re porta Winfred L. Gerke. chairman of the county AAA committee They represent 40 per cent of all farms in the county. As announced, farmers have only until May I to express their Intention io partlcipife in the 1939 program by making out a "farm plan." Complete partielpa tion in the program will make it possible for a farmer to earn - 1. A payment of 15 cent* per bushel on Hu- normal yield «< his corn acreage allotmvut This paynietit i* divided Into a conservation payment of nine cents per bushel and a price adjustment pay-tn.-nt nf six cents per bushel a A payment of 29 cents per hushel on the normal yield of his wheat allotment. Th,- wheat payi ment Is divided Into a conaervaI tion payment of 17 cents per hushel «V(d a price ndjiiatment payj tnent of 11 cents per bushel. 3. Approximately 51.10 per acre 'on his general crop allotment i twhlch includes such crops as oats, rye. and barley i provided he : plant* within his corn or wheat allotment* and hi* general crop allotment. 4 Special payment* for carrying out aotl-buildlng practice*, such as liming and seeding alfalfa. 5 Com and wheat loans as authorised by the AAA. Mr. Gerke points out that there are only six day* left for fanner* to complete and sign the "farm plan” for participation In the program. He urges farmers who expect to participate to complete and sign "farm plan*" immediately as no compliance check will be —, ■ (CONTtmntD ON PAUR Fut'Kt

on success of the anti-aggression front being established by Great Britain and France as a powerful safeguard against future explosions in Europe. Progress toward that objective has Involved a risk of conflict but success would be regarded as a strong factor for peace. The final outcome depends, too, on the risks that Hitler or Mussolini choose to take and the next move Is Hitler's. His reply to President Roosevelt on Friday must be considered against the background of these , vital points: First, Great Britain and France are Immensely encouraged by the attitude of Mr. Roosevelt. They are hopeful of aid from the soviet union and Turkey. They believe they have made progress toward a united front designed to convince Germany and Italy that the totalitarian bloc cannot get awny with a new large-scale territorial grab without war and could not win such a war. This united front against aggression Is intended to prevent war by warning the nails and fascists In advance. But the strength of such a front may also be Its weakness. To keep the peace it depends on an unprecedented massing of war forces. (CONTINUED. ON "pAOU FIVE)

Great Britain And France To Send Their Ambassadors Back To Germany; To Carry Warning

SCOUTS HONOR COURT TONIGHT Annual Court Os Honor For Boy Scouts To Be Held Tonight Plans so rthe annual court of honor for the Boy RcoutN of Adam* County which Is be held tcnlght at ■ the Central gym have been comple'->-d. Commlasloner SylVMter Ever- , I-art announced today. The court will open at 8:30 o’clock with B<-out*. Scoutmaster* , and Scout notables in attendance. W. Guy Brown, chairman of th» | c< urt of honor, will preside. The affair is an annual event In . nhk-h awards are piesented to the ( Hcouts for advancement made during the previous year. Formerly held with the Boy Scout banquet, the court of honor ia to b« held alone thia yw. '"O 11 List Examinations For Civil Sen ice Several bulletins from the United State* civil commisshm. Washington. D. T. relative to examinations i tor a number of civil service ap-1 pointments have been received at' 'he Decatur post office. Os greatest interest to local per mn* are the positk>n* of junior and •enior stenographer-typist examinsli ons for men only, the dosing date for applications being May 8. Men from Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky are eligible so rthe examination. Other positions listed Include engineers. enginmsn .dr derrickboat, tenior air safety inveallgntor. aaMatant librarian and other* INSPECTION OF BUDGETS URGED Taxpayers Association Vrges Citizens Watch Budgets Indianapolis. April 24 -<U.R> -Indiana citlxena today were wanted by the Indiana Taxpayer*' Association to inspect ilonyly all local governmental budgets which soon will be prepared. "A budget la no more than an estimate of what the official plan* to spend next year." said Harry Miesv. executive secretary of the i taxpayers' association. "However, it t* your money he will spend and you have something to say about It. Budget-maktug will be upon us Before we realise It. I urge all taxpayers to watch their newspapers for information about the preparation of budgets for schools and civil units. "In connection with each budget a public hearing Is required by law. The peopl* are Invited to attend hearings, question Items in j ! j th* budget* and proteat again*' -1 pendltures they cimslder needles* When the time come* for the 1 county boards of tax adjustment to act upon these Ttudgets. the public 1 has another opportunity to be heard. I "Few governmental units show ' any marked trend toward economy. Virtually all of them have ', becoming accustomed to large expenditure* and It I* difficult to per- . suade them that they can do with ■ to**." 'O' Fire This Afternoon Damages Residence < 1 Fire caused considerable damage , >to the roof of the Raymond McDougII all home, corner Tenth a»d Monr toe xtreets, about 3:15 o'clock this t afternoon. The fire I* thought to i have been caused by a bon’l’* nearI by. The department succeeded In ex- • ilngulshliiK the blase before It ’ spiend lower on the structure. ——-o— ——— — ! Annual Grade Party i Here This Evening < The first annual eighth grade par t ty will be held tonight in tits new r uuditorlum. A program and lunch- • con has been arranged for the ■ event. Vaughn Mll’ltonn tnd Miss • Betty Frlslnger, faculty members, ’ ar* In charge.

STEELMAN IS MEDIATOR FOR COAL DISPUTE Named By Labor Department To Negotiate To End Dispute New York, April 24 (UJ9-Dr. John It. Steelman, designated special government mediator, will Join operators and union leaders attempting to solve the labor dispute In the soft coal Industry I today He was given the official deslg. I nation last night by Secretary of | labor Frances Perkins In WashI fngton as the pntspect of a soft i coal famine increased, itecause of the deadlock that ha* kept 340.000 miner* of the Appalachian area Idle since April 1. labor department official* in Washington said Steelman had been “unavoidably detained" there but would come to New York later today The conference among the I Vnited Mine Worker* and the I Appalachian operator* was reI solved into a formal mediation . proceeding with Steelman - * arrival. Aa director of the labor department's conciliation service, he had spent two days here meeting with operator* and union leaders last week on Miss Perkins' Instructions. lun had returned to Washington with negotiations sfill deadlocked. The chief point of dispute Is the union's demand for removal of penalty clauses. Imposing fine* of tl to *2 dally on miners tor unauthorised strikes, from the ni-w working contract. Operators have rejected the demand flatly and when the last conference ended Saturday. Charles O'Neill, spokesman for the operators, said "we haven't agreed on a thing" Meanwhile, there were complaint* from railroad and public utility managers and municipal leader* of a coal shortage that ihiedten-d to grow more seriou*. Southern railroad official* attending the conference a* observers said there were only 65.000 tons of coal at Hampton Hoad*. Va.. piers, focal point for all shipment* north, compared with IOO t OM tons a month ago. Mayor F H. LaGuardia said the city* rapid tHUI.CONrtNt'ED ON PAGE THREE) New Trial Motion Is Filed Saturday It was Incorrectly stated in Saturday's paper that John L. King had filed motion for a new trial In his mandate suit against William H Patterson, Blue Creek township trustee. Patterson filed the motion Judge Fruchte had previously returned a verdict In favor of King. O.I

LODGE PLANS SPECIAL MEET Odd Fellows To Mark 120th Anniversary Wednesday Ni«ht A special meeting of St. Mary's lodge No. 167, I. O. O. F., will be held Wednesday evening at the local lodge hall tn commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Odd Fellows lodge of America. The meeting will start at 7 i o'clock and at 7:15 the members will listen to an anniversary pro- . gram broadcast over a national i broacastlng chain. The broadcast , I will feature an address by Sen- , ator M. M. Logan, of Kentucky, a , past grand sire of the order. following the broadcast, the second degree will be conferred on a class of local candidates hy the second degree staff of Petroleum lodge. At the conclusion of the de- ■ gree work, refreshments will lie served. The first Odd Fellows lodge In , America was established April 28. 1919 in Baltmore, Maryland and ’ each year all I. O. O. F. lodges celebrate that date. Washington ' No. 1. the lodge organised at that • time, is still In existence and the broadcast will originate there.

Price Two Cents.

National Conscription May Be Forced On England: Await Hitler’s Answer To Roosevelt. TO REPLY FRIDAY Ixmdon. April 24- (UJ9--Great Britain haa sent Adolf Hitler a "forthright meaaagw" whkh a spokesman today indicated was both a plea for peace and a warning that continuation of the European tension might force adoption of national conscription In Britain. A government spokesman confirmed that Sir Neville Hinderson. ambassador to G-rtnany. had taken back to Berlin a message from the Chamberlain government. It waa Indicated that the message. purposely delivered well in advance of Hitler's speech to the Reichstag next Friday replying to President Roosevelt'* peace message. included: I—A re-affirmation of belief that European pnddems can be settled by peaceful negotiation*. 2 -A suggestion that Mr Roose velt's appeal offer* a dignified opportunity for pacification and that Britain therefore hope* Hitler will not flatly and finally reject It. >—A warning that Britain U ready to resist any attempt to dominate Europe by force. 4—A reminder that there is growing popular sentiment in Britain for conscription, which the British cabinet might find it i difficult to resist Francs To Follow , Paris, April 24- <U.R>— France I will follow Great Britain's example and send AmlMssador Robert ( Coulondre hack to Berlin ''almoat | certainly" before Adolf Hitb-r* ■ apeech to the Reichstag Friday, it r was said today in authoritative sources . Decision to return the French I amltassador to Berlin was reportI ed as relialde French sottrcea said . that the purpose of returning the . British amluißsador, Bir Neville Henderson, to hi* post was to ad- . vise Hitler that the British gov- • eminent contemplated Introducing I national conscription. Both Coulondre and Henderson had been recalled from Berlin to . "report" to their government* i after the Nasi dissolution of i Cxechoslovakia. « France had been pressing Briti aln for many months to impose tCONTINI'ED ON PAGE Fi\E» DEATH CLAIMS ANNA SPRUNGER Mrs. Anna Sprunger Dies I I This Morning At Her Home In Berne

Mrs. Anna Sprunger, 85. w‘dow of the late Stephen Spruuger of Berne, died thia morning at 3 o'clock at her home In that town. Death was attributed to complications and in flrmltlaa. The deceased was born In Ohio January 30, 1964. the dauahter of | Christian and Catherine Lehman. She had spent most of her life in (hi* county. 'Fllft The husband preceded her In death several year* ago. Surviving are the follow.ng children; Mrs. Helen Radertscher of Pandora. Ohio Mrs. Catherine Badertscher of Bluffton. Ohio. Jonathan of Fort Wayno Ezra of ludtanapolls; Ardena of Berne. Zills of Out wood, Kentucky; Tobias of Fort Wayne; Hiram of Herne; Eldon of Berne; three slaters Mrs. Katherine Beer and Mrs. John Winteregg of Berne and Mrs. Cteo Neuensch wander of Pandora. Ohio. Funeral services Nvllt bo he>d Wednesday afternoon at 1:46 o'clock at the residence and 2 o'clock at the Mennonite church. Burial will be in the M. R. E. cemetery. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 am 83 2:00 pm 78 10:00 a.m. -69 3:00 p.m .80 Noon .. 72 WEATHER Generally fair, slightly warmer tonight; Tuesday unsettled, probably followed by shower*