Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1939 — Page 1

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ITLER REJECTS PEACE PLEA

K* CYCLIST AK INJURED ’EsT EVENING i//W|P.ni(K<>n Serious ’Kubred V Bicycle, ' T ick Collide l -'* -s, on - ”i" fc » 1 " QB j n th. >L .-. t \ <>t ■•( 'll- 'link. larg. k > -■ Fostvt would !•• ■ iB ■ I hr max, ■-- dtivitig only to pet hour - li-ii k about 'tie scene. thrown clear |B- : i I ' Al l ordlhg Io the night offl>k driver slid tor a 'ti.-saee. Davidson. Inn k ■»• to the West truck ■ ! In- bh-y-tle added if >'• • mpa. I Evldenc.- _ the shown ) -' '" the - ■•*■!•■>'• - tll ne wua in-ni. th. piste Mas bent and the HglbiUM..-! Mas dented and He! Notified Police •* i- lu.. When tifli and Cuttee arrived the lad in the city HB" ,r and took hint to the share a physician was ir «■ mt < onsi ton. admitted to the hos ihi au»>- of his cond'tlon. . lunes were n „ t ns * h "< "hock wits reared • r "iiained In th.- city nev OB * ON PAGE Hix, HEE CLINIC I HERE MONDAY ®<*rculosis Clinic To Be K ” At Public Library ■ Monday tor the free tuberculosis 0 be held al the Decatur K t |k w - Guy Brown an today. rlltik- win cihnas thr annual X •hn Adatnt county tuber- ■? association. Os Which Mr ■ " ,h " president. 1 nic W ||| climax the annual Hi..! aen "* , »' campaign of the ' "It which has been con Kt,. I ' r " l “ !h "' l ’ ,hl * *’•'■'« K 11' “ l,rt sprclal literature throughout nnd business Hns ... Ih * count ’ r BhudlT 1110 "< BL' 1 dlke aae and tirging im- . K n rtl °" ln ‘’becking It Kir C Wlll *“* °* M ’ n ,O ,hp P* r *ona desirous of hi- _ r, *<ardlng their condion^ r * ed ,0 “Ho-nd for an

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PHONE CABLES ABE COMPLETED Overhead Telephone Lines In City To Be Torn Down Cutting over of the Cltisena* Telephone company lines from the old overhead system to the new underground cable method Is e«. ported to be completed this week. Charles l> Khinger. company secretary. stated today. Workmen Thursday completed the cut-overs on Monroe street, thus making the change complete on all service north of Monroe through Marshall, Jackson and other lines in the north end. The balance of the cutting over Is expected to be done this week. Mr Ehlnger staled An effort, la being made to make the transformation without the slightest disruption In service. t'pob completion of the change and the tearing down of the old lines, the city will be serviced without the unsightly overhead wires that have been customary under the outmoded plan. Only drop-lines to the homes and firms will be visible. The new method is also expected to materially aid in increasing the efficiency of the system by eliminating much of the haxard of wind and sleet storms and other adverse elements. The new heavy insulated under-1 ground cables were laid some | time ago and only the work of | cutting the lines over remained. A similar plan of transformation Is also expected to be completed Mon in Berne, Mr Ehlnger stated Overhead wires there will be done away with in favor of the new underground method e O (’onwnation l.rainie .Meeting Postponed The regular meeting of the Ad ams county fish and game conservation league, scheduled for Monday night, has been postponed until Monday May x. The meeting will be held at Bunßet pars on Decoration Day. May 30. Final plana for the trials will be made at the May s meeting. GLEE CLUB TO GIVE CONCERT High School Glee Cluh To Present Annual Concert Tuesday The annual concert of the Decatur high school glee club will lie presented at the junior-senior high school auditorium Tuesday evening at a o'clock. Miss Helen Haubold. music supervisor In the public schools, will direct the glee club and Miss Mar Jorle Miller will be the accompanist. A total of fiS voices will be heard In the glee club. No admission will be charged and the public is invited to attend The complete program follows: (•lory Now To Thee He (liven J- 8- Bach Haleluyah. Christ Is Klsen Wlhtol Mixed chorus We Ball the Ocean Blue from "Pinafore" Sullivan The Blind Ploughman Clarke 1 Dove a Parade .... . Arlen Boys' Ulee Club My Dove and the Dark Bold! Big Brown Bear Matta-Zucca Alice Relnking Caprice Espagnole ... Moaxkowakl Marjorie Miller The Robin In the Balti ..Caln 1 Passed By Your Window .Brahe Stardust Carmichael Girls' Glee Club Jennie with the Dlaht Brown Hair Foster Boys' Quartette An Torrents In Summer .. Elgar (COMTIMUItP ON PADK THREW Berne Mennonites Plan Peace Meeting The First Mennonlte church in Herne is to hold a ''peace council" meeting Sunday afternoon in the church. Members of the congregation have been urged to attend. The purpose of the meeting, it is sum. Is to ‘discuss the stand the Mennonlte church would take in case the United States should become entangled In a war with other nations.”

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Following a kidnap threat. Bing Croshy has placed guards around hls Toluca Dake. Cal., estate to protect his (out young sons l-est to right are

TWO RUSSIANS IN TRANSOCEAN FLIGHT TODAY Two Fliera Attempt NonStop Flight From Moscow New York. April 29—(UP»— The Moscow to New Yo<k reradioed at 1:30 p. m. that they had sighted the coast of Labrador, officials reported. — Moscow, April 38 —(UP*— Two Russian filers aped across the north Atlantic today attemptinc a nonstop. t.Soo-mlle Hight front Moscow to New York. They encountered headwinds which ent thelt speed to slightly more than l*o miles an hour but reported that all was well. r broad. At 4 :*S a. m. tSCT) they reported by radio that they were crossing sent meridian a point almost halt way between the coast of Norway and Iceland, and about l&a miles couth of the arctic circle. They had traveled 1.183 miles from Moscow. The fliers. Brig. Oen. Vladimir Kokteinaki. pilot and Maj. MHcltai' Oordlenko. navigator, carried a message of good will be the New York World's fair and a lette rto President Roosevelt from the Russian gov(CONTINUED ON PAGE HIX) . CABARET DANCE HERE TONIGHT High Schon! Organization Sponsors \nnual Dance Here Reports of the committee In; cltarge indicated today that a near capacity crowd will attend the annual Decatur high school cabaret dunce tonight at the Decatur country club. With a few exceptions, all tables for the affair have been teserved However, the committer Indicated that It would endeavor to place as many as possible of those who came '•> ih- affair »if h.>nt i >•«.■! v.if ions. Admission will be 75 cents per touple and 5o cents single, Othello Dixon and his colored orchestra will furnish music for the event, which will atari at 9:30 o'clock. Coaches Hugh Andrews and Deane Dorwln. co-sponsors of the event with the Howling Hosts, boys cthlstic organ Ixa t lon of ths school, will be aided in supervising the dance by the staff of teachers of the i school. Ijswls Shoe, president of the Howling Hosts, is general chairman of the dance. ,

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 28, 1939.

Gary Evan. Papa Ring. Mrs Crosby (the former Dixie la-ei shown holding Dlndaay. and the twins. Phillip and Demits.

Arlinger Funeral Service Saturday ■ Private funeral services will be held at 19:30 o'clock Saturday morning at Chalfant-Perry and I I‘ook's funeral home in Fo>t Wayne for Olney Arlinger. who was found dead at his home in that city W*dresday evening. i Mr. Arliuggr was a salesman for toe Schafer company of this city I for 10 years prior to his retirement. tour weeks ago because of 111 health Dr. Charles H. Itanith will officiate , at the services, and burial will be in the Lindenwood cemetery SCOUT WORKERS ! PLAN BANQUET Banquet To Be Held Tonight For Campaign Workers ~~~~ A meeting of ail workers in the annual Boy Scout fund campaign will lie held this evening at th<Rice hotel. Herman II Krueckelierg. finance chairman ant ounced today The meeting will be In the form' of a dinner luncheon and is scheduled to start at 8:30 o'clock Approximately 3o workers in addition to local Scoutmasters and several Fort Wayne Scout officials who have been invited, are expect - ed to attend the meeting. Reports from the workers and I various comlmttees will lie revolt!ed ut the meeting. Mr. Kruecke J berg reported that advatv .• cifot ; tnation Indicated rapid progress i had been made in the drive and that the quota would undoubtedly . I lie reached. I He. however, urged continued I cooperation on the part of th> public In contributing to the f.ind which Is used each year to promote Scout activities and further t Scouting. Former Local Resident Dies At Bellefountaine Funeral services were conducted ut 2:30 this afternoon at Bellefountaine. Ohio for Joseph Colcliln, 74. former Decatur restdent, whoso death occurred Tuesday, following a two-year Illness. As a young man be was well known here. He was the son of John F. Colchln and oper ated a barber shop here several years before locating In Ohio. He hud lived In Bellefountaine the past 40 years. He suffered a stroke about | two years ago and had been an invalid since. Familiarly known here ' as "Joe," he had many friends In the old days and frequently visited here. He Is survived by one son. Howard Colchln of Bellefountaine. two sisters. Mrs. Daniel Petgen and Mrs. David Hughes of Fort Wayne and two brothers. James of Columbia City and Edward of Fort Wayne. A number of cousins and other relative* reside here.

NEW PROPOSALS SUBMITTED IN COAL DISPUTE Miners And Operators ■ Both Submit New Peace Proposals New York. April 28.—<U.»- The Joint Appalachian wage-hour conference today discussed new pro- ( posals both from miners and oper- > store for ending the deadlock I i which has kept 338.000 soft coal miners Idle since April 1. John R. Steelman, federal mediator said however that "too much optimism at this moment might inpremature." It was understood that the nego tlators. warned that the federal government expected some action to prevent a national fuel emergency. sat much of last night in separate caucuses seeking a formula which would give the United Mine Workers of America the "protection" It wants against threatened Inroads by rival unions. John L. Lewis, I'MWA president, has demanded either a dosed shop or elimination of strike penalty provialon| as the union's price for renewing the wage-hour provisions oT the expired Contract. The operators heretofore, however, have gone to the extent only of offering the union exclusive liar (CONTINUED ON FAtIK TURKE* 11 9— - REPORT LOCAL I GIRL MISSING Helen Ruth Rayhouser Reported Mining Since Monday The sheriff's office, city and state police have been asked In aid In the search for Helen Ruth Rayhouser. H-year-old Decatur girl who ha* »een missing from her hosne since Monday night. Sheriff Ed Miller reported that Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rayhouser. nt 4*7 Hush street, mo: and stepfather of the girl, appealed to him for aid Wednesday evening and that the sheriff's office had enlist- • d help from the state police by means of short wave radio. Mrs. Rayhouser. mother of the , ilrl, told authorities that, the girl left home Monday night about s o'clock, stating that she was going to visit the Glen Vian home. The girl had ibesn a playmate of a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vian. When Mrs. Rayhouser called at the Vian home the next morning to take i her daughter to school, she learned that the child had not been there. IBhe was not reported to author!(CONTINUED ON PAGE HIKES)

Fuehrer Rejects Roosevelt’s Peace Plea In Defiant Speech; , Demands Possession Os Danzig

Reaction To Chancellor’s Speech Varies In The Capitals Os Various World Powers. DISCOURTEOUS Washington. April 28 — <U.R) — 1 Official and congressional quarter* reacted In guarded fashion to t'hancellur Hitler's audress today Administration officials said nothing for publication, but privately some expressed the view that Hitler's statement seemed to leave only slim prospect for peace able negotiation of European differences." Many congressmen and senatnir Indicated that the speech was "not aa strong" as had lieen expected Some thought it foreshadowed in creased danger of war. Sen. Wn Ham E. Borah. R.. Ida., ranking Republican memlrnr of the foreign relations committee, said that HitI ler apparently believed he has I “ended all discussions" with the address. I A source close to the Whjte I House, while not commenting on content of the speech, expressed I sharp resentment in the technique employed by Hitler In making his reply to Mr Roosevelt, contendliu It was in obvious disregard of customary diplomatic courtesy. This source suggested nwrison of the manner i» which Hitler's speech was broadcast in the United States and printed textually in special editions ol ' new«pa|>ers while Mr. Roosevelt's |teace appeal was suppressed or garbled in Germany afforded an | Instructive study in contrast bej tween totalitarian and democratic I methods Diplomatic courtesy, it was aot ed in these quarters, called tot (CONTINUED UN BAHE TIIRKbI YOUTH WEEK TO OPEN SATURDAY City’s Observance Os Boys And Girls Week Opens Saturday Decatur s annual observance of national boys and girls week will open Saturday, with a special page of the Decatur Dally Democrat devoted to recognition trf the youth of the city. The week's observance. which will continue until Friday, May 6. la sponsored by the Rotary club j and Woman's club of thia city. Each day of the observance Is designated aa a special day. de voted to one phase of recognition i to the iKiya and girls of Decatur. Bryce Thomas, principal of the Central school, la general chair-1 man for the week. Other mem tiers of the general committee an ! Rev, Father Alvin. Sylvester Ever ' hart. George Daurent and Misses Eleanore Pumphrey and Eloise | Dewion. Co-chairtnan for each day and listing of the special days follow: April 2»--Recognition day. Pete Reynolds and Mias Jeanette Winnee. Vaughn Millikan and Father Alvin are assisting In preparing material for the special page April 30—Church day. Rev, G. O. Walton and Mrs. R. W. Graham. Muy I—Health day. Dr. Palmet 'CONTINUED ON PACK THRe'eT 0 Dr. Andrew Cordier To Speak At Berne Dr. Andrew W. Cordier .head of the history and political science do l-.irttiicnt at M inchester college, North Manchester, will Le the speaker at the Berne commencement exercises. It was announced today by E. M. Webb. Berne school superintendent. Dr. Cordier replaces Dr. Harry Rimmer of Duluth Minnesota, who was to have given the address but had to cancel It because of conflicting engagements.

Heads Rotary Ernest Rusi-he. prominent Adams county farmer, and president of the Central Beet Growers Association. was elected president of the Decatur Rotary club at a meeting of newly-elected directors Thursday night Mr. Busche will sue- < e»d W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school. ERNEST BUSCHE HEADS ROTARY Prominent Adams County Farmer President Os Rotary Club Ernest W. Busche. prominent Adama county farmer, and president of the Central Beet Growers Association, was elected president of the Decatur Rotary rlub at a meeting of the recently-elected directors Thursday night following the regular meeting of the club. Mr. Busche will succeed W. Guy Brown. Decatur high acnool principal. aa president. The new leader and other officers will assume their duties at the first meeting of the club Thursday. July «. Pete Reynolds, city editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat, was eldefed vice-president; James Murphy, manager of the local office of the Western Union Telegraph company. was eletted secretary; George Auer, planning engineer at the Decatur works of the General Electric company, treasurer, and Charles D. Ehlnger, secretary of the Citizens Telephone company, sergeant-at-arms Mr. BrOwn. aa retiring president, will serve as the sixth member of the board of directors. La Founts ins Speaks Harve IjiFonntalne. superintendent of the Adama county Infirm1 — ' ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVEI TRAFFIC FINES IMPOSED HERE Three Men Fined In Justice Os Peaee Court Here Today Fines for traffic violations were imposed on three persona this noon in John T. Kelly's justice of peace court. w William C. Rosa, of Decatur route four, who was arrested last night by State Policeman Russell Prior for falling to stop nt a preferential highway, was fined 81 and costa, amountimt to 18.60 when hr pleaded guilty to the charge. Officer Prior stated that Roas - failed to Mop at a creaming of fedtral road 27. • Similar fines were meted out to • George Ringger of Bluffton route i four, and Peter D. Schwarts of Flerne. who had been arreatod ear- | Iler In the week on like charges. Officer Prior mude the Ringger > arrest and State Policeman Tnttnan Dierle made the Schwarts arrest. ■ | These offenses also occurred on I federal road 27.

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(’Rustically Rejects All Points In President’s Message; Says Germany Wants Peace. HITS TREATIES Berlin. April 28 — 'U PJ — Adolf Hitler rejected President Roosevelt'a peace message today, caustically and point by point. He denounced German treaties with Great Britain and Poland. He demanded the return of Danzig. and a German path across the Polish Corridor Into East Prussia He offered direct negotiations with any other power. In a strongly-worded speech to the German relchstsg that was packed with defiant threats and declarations at peace Hitler characterised President Roosevelt'S message to the dictators aa a breach of good manners. He chided the president for not solving his own domestic problems. All Germany and a large pari of the world listened as Hitler spoke. Every form of activity In Germany was suspended Representatives of the Natl labor front supervised mass listening In front of loud speakers. Hitler laid down hls position clearly: He considers the Polish-German treaty of friendship and non-ar-,r,cession abrogated by the military guarantees of Britain to POHnd. He considers the British attitude has nullified the naval lieaty under which the German navy was limited to 35 per cent of the British. Danzig is German and never wIII be Polish; it must be returned. Germany must have a life line into East Prussia, cut off from the relch by the Polish Corridor, it would be a German-cont rolled highway, which Germany would not regard It aa a military nature. Germany threatens no nation. All the 31 nations mentioned President Riaisevelt as menaced replied “no” when Hitler asked them if they felt In danger President Roosevelt's proposal for a general peace and disarmament conference Is futile. Germany Is fed up with round table conferences and will enter no more such meetings except with an armed nation behind her. However. Germany Is willing to negotiate with other nations She la willing to discuss new agreements replacing those with Britain and Poland. Germany furthermore Is willing to discuss security with any of the 31 nations mentioned hy Mr. Roosevelt. If they come direct to Germany with appropriate proposals. , Hitler made concrete proposals to Poland Danzig must return us a free state within the relch. nnd Germany must have a route through the Corridor and n railway line at her disposal, having the same extraterritorial status for Germany as the Corridor has j for Poland. In return. Germany la prepared to recognize all Polish economic rights In Danzig; Insure Poland a free harbor in Danzig; accept the present Itou lidar les between Germany and Poland as final; conclude a 25-year non-aggresalon pact with Poland Hitler accompanied hls offer with wltat might be regarded us an implied warning. He said: "Dike Czechoslovakia. Poland now stands under the pressure of International war mongers." In mentioning the post-war tren (CONTINUED ON PA<lK~glx) 1 o • TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:0(1 a. tn. ...» 48 10:0tf a. m. 60 Noon 52 2:00 p. m. hb 8:00 p. tn 65 WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight bocom. Ing fair Saturday, slightly cooli er In east and south portions to- . flßbt 4 .j|