Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1939 — Page 1

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Plead* Guilty To Traffic Violation Another a neat waa reported io day u atste police continued their drive to enforce traffic rvmtlatlona on the highways Roy Hhler of! Oeneva was arrested Monday l.y state policeman Trttman itlerle, i when he allegedly fulled to atop When < rousing federal road 2?J south of Chick's corner. He pleaded guilty when arraigned liefore Justice of Feme John T.l Kelly and was given a fine <>f |i and coats, amounting ttt.&o. HALTCALLEDON WPA PUBLICITY Congress Writes Prohi* bition Against “Franked” Mail Washington, May J. - <UJD — A ' congressional stop sign was about to drop today on the new deal's record breaking distribution among the dtiienry of government puhli- ' cations — variously known as Information. propaganda or publicity. Legislators charge that new deal publicity is "running wild.” Congress wrote into the fI.TOO*. OOO.twv treasury post office appro prlatlons bill a general prohibition against eiecutive departments or agencies mailing circulars or informational tracts escept on specific written request. Debate revealed that the amendment primarily was a punitive move agahtst the works progress administration which continues to be in bad grace with congress despite transfer of former administrator Harry L. Hopkins to secretaryship of commerce. Legislative action on the bill has been completed and it now awaits President Roosevelt's signature. Katimates of possible savings ranged as high as (MuWMOO I annually. That figure seems to be high. Rut the new restriction on distribution of government information will have the immediate effect of compelling all government agencies to scrap their mailing lists which number more than 3,uof and list well more than 2.280.9«3 names. Thus.' figures were compiled in 193 s by the special senate <-otnmiyee which investigated executive agencies The committee re- , ported that some agencies, notably the WPA. failed to report its pub I licity operations. Rep Frank K. Hook. D.. Mich., opposing restrictions on circulation of government publications, illuminated the real objective of the amendment in a plea that it be reje< ted. “I am fully aware." he said, j "that this amendment la to strike : at the volume of franked mail that was sent out under the WPA. I believe we should do something i about some of these abuses by that administration, but this is not the proper method of doing It." o Treasurer’s Office Is Closed For Balancing The office of Jeff Liechty. county i treasurer, were closed todv as the personnel of the office started the work of balancing. Monday was the final day for paying the spring Installment of the j current tax witbout the deiinquent penalty. The office is expected to be closed for several days until a balanoo I h reacehed. SEEK JURY IN MURDER TRIAL Special Panel Called To Obtain Jury At Fort Wayne _A_ Fort Wayne. May 2 — (U.K) - A jury to try Adrian Miller. 31. of Racine. Wls.. for the sex-slaying of 18-year-old Alice May tllrton, a Winchester. Ind . farm girl who came to Fort Wayne last Septum ber to study secretarial work, was excepcted to be completed today. A special panel of 30 mure talesmen was ordered for this morning by Judge Harry H. Hllge- , mann when It became apparent ! that the regular panel and a special venire previously called would be exhausted. When court adjourned late yesterday only eight 'jurors tentatively had been accepted. prosecutor C. Byron 1 Hayes dismissed two women callled on preemptory challenges Miller, a one-tline sailor who said he spent a number of yeau In South America before coming to Fort Wayne to study engineer Ing. la charged with raping and strangling Miss Girton In a Fort Wayne rooming house where they (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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EUROPE'S WAR PREPAREDNESS COSTS MOUNT Preparations Costing Europe Almost 20 Million Daily Ry I'nlted Press Military preparations are coating Europe almost S2o.oou.tMMt a day or 55.t.1.000 an hour. That staggering total which would run over seven billion dol lars a year has been sharply boosted over normal defense costs because of emergency precautions. Including mobilisation measures. In almost every nation. The increased coat of the current crisis in European affairs is adding a total of probably <6.000.-: (MM) a day to the bill which even tuallv must go to the taxpayers The present military expenses of around <13.900 a minute may be drastically Increased in coming months If fear of war continues to mount. Rut there is small hope of any large immediate decrease In the costs to the large powers -Great Britain. Germany. France 1 and Italy — because much of (he money is going into long range defense programs such as naval ccnst ruction. With a million men under arms in each country except Great Brit ain. the coat of military prepaied neas to three principal European nations may be roughly Hated as follows on a dally basis: Great Britain—Total daily coats, <9.(M>7.906; Increase over 1939. $3. DM. 000. France--Total daily coats. <S.641.000; increase over 1039. <l. 3M.000. Italy—Total daily costa. <1.100.000; Increase over 1939. <136.000. Germany's total of <1.600.000 dally for her armed force* alone has not increased this year, but that is due to previous preparation on a vast scale. The Naxl system prevents compilation of any delintte figures on total cost of her defense preparations. LOCAL STATION ’ LOOTED MONDAY Jim’s Sen ice Station Entered And Robbed During Night A thief or thieves broke into Jim's Service Station at Second and Jackson streets sometime last night and escaped with nearly <SO. James Ehinger, owner and manager of the station, stated this morning that he thought his loss would amount to more than <45. although no definite check had , been made as yet. The theft was first discovered . thia morning at <:3O o'clock by Charles Stitser. station attendant, when he opened for the morning's business. Entrance was gained' through a ' window in the rear of the station. ’ The thieves broke out a panel of ' glass and released the lock on the Inside by reaching through the - broken part. > The money taken was all In currency and had been hidden In the building. Cash In coins, also hidden. was not disturbed. No mer- j chandise was taken. The station was closed at 10 o'clock last night and opened at 6:30 o'clock this morning, thus the theft had to occur between 1 those hours. The loss was not covered by I Insurance. Mr. Ehinger stated. Catholic Teacher’s Father Buried Today - j Funeral services were held thia . morning from the Catholic church 1 In Muncie for Albert Llcher, fath- ' er of Sister M. Albertonla. teacher ’ in the Decatur Catholic high school. Mr. Llcher died Friday night following an extended Illness. The Catholic Sisters In the high school 1 and Rev. Father Joseph J. Selinets. pastor and Father Alvin, assist- ' ane pastor of St. Mary's church, attended the funeral services with Sister Albertonla. ■ — 1 0 11 *""*** . Grant Permission I i To Buiid Drain The county commissioners In ses- > slon this week granted permission i: td Trustee W. S. Johnson of Jetfert s >n township to bul’d a drain from the Jefferson high school to the 1 county drain. Trustee Johnson ap- ' penred before the board anl present ’, ed his case and the petition was " I granted. , . _._ |H i

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LUTHERAN DAY HERE MAY U Lutherans Os This Area To Hold Centennial Celebration Sunday morning. May 14. all Lutherans from thia area will gather for a great celebration at the Decatur high achool auditorium commemorating the immigration of the forefathers into this country at St Louis who later formed the Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other states. They came to these shores in I'l9 and to their memory Centennial celebrations are being held this year by Lutherans In this country | and Canada The local Centennial celebration ' will comprise all parishioners I from the ten Lutheran congrega- 1 tlons of thia area which have a, combined memlterahip of over i 3.C40 persons The attendance at thia Jubilee service will undoubtedly he one of the largest of its kind In this vicinity for some time All services at the home churches will be dismissed for that day anti this fact will brlug in a record attendance. At the Jubilee services In the morning of May 14 the A Capella ' Choir of Concordia College. Fort Wayne, will appear as it special feature on the program. This choir is coglposed of male and female students of Concordia College and It Is rated as one of the finest choirs in the central west It Is a new group In thia territory, but has already made such a good record for Itself, that it received an invitation to sing at the world's fair at New York in June, which it has accepted. Again at 7:30 o'clock In the evening. the choir will present a regular concert or song festival at the local high school auditorium :is an added feature to the centennial celebration. This concert will be a real treat to all lovers of music in this entire community CONTINUED ON PAGE THHKK) GENEVA SCHOOL RITES THURSDAY — Geneva Commencement Exercises To Be Held Thursday Night Commencement exercises for the graduating class of the Geneva high school will be held Ln the school auditorium Thursday night with Dr. F, H. Rupnow of Fort Wayne delivering the commencement address. The exercises were prevlosly scheduled for Thursday of bet week but were postponed because of the death of a Geneva teacher, Andrew | Cook. These exercises wll klimax arI tlvltlea In rural schools of the coun- ■ ty for the season. Classes in all schools. Including those at Geneva, were suspended last week-end for the balance of the summer. The township trustees In session with C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. Monday. made plans for closing the schools and i-•-conditioning them preparatory to the opening next tall. The Geneva alumni banquet, which was to have been held last Friday night, will be held Friday , night of this week at the school.

County Board Makes Appeal To Citizens The board of county commisalonI erg today issued an appeal to real- ■ dents of the county not to dump re- ] fuse, tin cans and bottles along the ilghways. - Complaints have teen registered wltn the commissioners about the appearance of unsightly debris damped along the trghways. It is a ~lolatlon of the law to throw cans and bottles along tne road. Th* commissioners appealed to civic pride of the people to prevent 'he littering up of the right at way along the county roads. In several cases the highway department haa been t ailed to bury dead animals, chickens and debris which were thrown along the road. o VOCATION DAY IS OBSERVED VP - Industries. Offices Visited By Junior High School Pupils Vocation day wax observed today In the city's annual ob»ervance jf national bova and girla week, cosponsored by the Rotary and Woman's ciuns. Fifty-six boys and girls of the Junior high school were taken on an , Inspection tour of Decatur indus- ! tries and public buildings this morning and this afternoon Boys and girls of the St. Joe school will <be tsken on a similar : tour Thursday. The tour was coni ducted by Sylvester Everhart and i George Laurent, members of th" general committee for thv week's ■ observance. Today's co-chairmen 1 wore George Auer and Mrs. J Ward , Cal la nd. 1 Among the places visited today were the Cloverleat Creameries, Inc., Mutschler Packing plant, Adams county Jail, Decatur Dully Democrat, county court house. GenI era! Electric plant. Central Soya company and Decatur Casting company. Wednesday haa been designated as Athletic day. The feature at the ' lav will be the softball game between the winner of the annual city grade school series and a team composed of members of the Deca- ■ tur Rotary club. Thia game will be (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREeT — Duane Davidson Is Reported Improved i l The condition of Duane Davidson . aon of Mr. and Mra. E. R. Davidson, ■ who was seriously hurt last week . when he was hit by a true c while r riding his bicycle, was reported E rteadlly Improving today. I o ' r H. S. Chase Named County Constable I H. 8. Chase of this city was appointed a county constable by th-’ ’ board of commissioners today. He will assume office at once, the coni- ( mlsslonera stated. I o s Court House Flag 1 Pole Is Re-Painted t, — The flag pole In the rear court • | house lawn was repainted yester--1 day. An ex-soldler steeple-jack who ' \ appealed to custodian Will Schti- ■ •maker was given tbe job.

Poland Adopts Nazi Methods To Fight Aggression Threat On Danzig, Polish Corridor

ALLEGED GANG MEMBER TAKEN INTO ILLINOIS Gov. Townsend Granta Extradition Os Alleged Gangster Indianapolis. May 3 — <U.PJ — Gov. M. Clifford Townsend today ' granted a request of Madison county. 111., authorities for extradition of Claude Dickerson, reputed gangster wanted at Ed ' wardavllle. 111., on two Indictments i for murder. < Dickerson was captured two weeks ago In Flushing. N. Y. and was returned here as a suspect in the slaying of the cashier of tne BliMimlngdale. Ind . Btate Rank In 1936 He could not be Identified in this crime. Sheriff Walter Whitman, deputy George Kulks and deputy prosecutor W. H Willie of Madison county and deptuy sheriff J. G. Schader of East St Ixntis. 111., were present at the extradition hearing today Schrader, an operative for the Illinois Bankers Association was the ouly one to testify. He told Townsend that he has trailed Dickerson since 1931 and knows that he is the man wanted in the Illinois indictments charging him with the murder of two men during a tavern robbery in 1934 at Edwardsville. 111. Schrader said he had lieen seeking Dickerson also on bank robbery charges, and added that he also Is under three other indictments in Madison county sot farm mbltery. In the Edwardsville holdup. (CONTINirKD ON PA«1B TIIKKK) O "I Indianapolis Man Is Named Security Head Indianapolis.-Ind.. May 3—fUP>— Secretary of State James M. Tucker announced that Governor M. Clifford Townsend has appointed Joseph Hoffman of Indianapolis a deputy attorney general, to be state securities commissioner. Hoffman is a Democrat and will serve under Tu<<er. who Is a Republican. He succeeds Chester V. Montgomery. ■ - o Officers Installed At Decatur Church Officers recently elected In ths local Presbyterian church wiyo ordained and Installed In an impressive service last Sunday morning. The offices of elder and deacon require that those elected to this service be duly ordalacd. W. P. Scb- . ruck and Roscoe Glendening were onlained and installed aa elders. L E. Cowens and Mrs. Fred Smith were ordained to work of deasona. During the morning service, Dr. liny Andress was Installed as a member of the board of trustees. JAPAN VILLAGE IS DESTROYED 1 Entire Village Disappears Following A Tidal Wave Akita. Japan. May 2—KU.RI-Po- , lice authorities were advised today that the entire village of Alkawa j hnd disappeared Into the sea as i the result of a tidal wave which followed an earthquake. Seven of the village's 300 Inhabitants were killed and most of the remaining ones were Injured or missing.

Food and clothing were Rent to the earthquake area today. The village, with about "0 ’ houses, was on the northern shore of OJlka peninsula. The epicenter ' of the earthquake, which kilted 19 persona and destroyed I.OOd houses , In other part* of the alfected sone, was in the sea north of the peninsula. Residents of the entire peninsula were in terror as the result of the after shocks which contlnu- ■ ed throughout last night and this ' morning. Communications were ' still disrupted and police patrols • were sent out to try to restore them and calm the population.

LINDT URGING I AIR EXPANSION Col. Lindbergh Asserts U. S. Outstripped In Aerial Power Ungley Field. Va.. May * <U.R) —Col. Charles A. Llndliergh predicted today that unless the I'nlted States le-gins immediate expansion of aviation research facilities It will Im* itnahle to catch up In five years with the European powers. He made that statement privately to a group of government officials and aeronautical experts with whom he dined last night aboard a Potomac river steamer en route from Washington to this aviation center. He was one of a party of 4<M> that witnessed today a nation-1 al advisory committee for aero-1 nautica demonstration of new discoveries and devices that will make possible aircraft speeds never before attained Lindbergh, a member of the NACA. a semi-official agency, declined to discuss any subject with' the press. Rut It was learned that he told the group of officials that five years ago the Vnited States I led the world In aviation research, and was outstripped only in the last few years. He placed Germany at the top of the list In research, and said Great Britain was second, with Italy and France tied for third. Soviet Russia, he Indicated, was not an important factor in aero-1 nautic research. Among the latest scientific de-1 velopments revealed for the first time by the NACA today at the (CONTINUED ON PAUB FIVE) I TRIAL OPENED IN CUT COURT Jury Is Obtained Today To Hear Drunken Driving Case i —- Presentation of evidence end calling of witnesses in the trig! of John Eugle, Decatur young man charged' with driving an auto while under! lhe Infulence of Intoxicating liquor,, was to be started In city court this afternoon. Shortly a/ter noon today a jury 1 was passed by hot he state and defense counsel. The jury was agreed upon; Joe Murphy. Robert Keller, C.L. Blades, ' Dsn Zeser. Harry Sheets. William Ply the, Robert Helm. Jaek Brun- ’ ton. Harry Stulta, Roes Lee, Harold ' Kolter and Robert Egley. Those who had been excused eith--1 er by the porsecution or the defense - Fred V. Mills, James Andrews, and ' John Baker. Engle was arrested last month by Ftate Policeman Russell Prior on the charge. When arraigned before | Mayor Forrest Eliey he entered a plea of not guilty and was n ieas-dl on bond. Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewedo | Is conducting the prosecution and! H. R. Mct’lenahan Is detenu ■■ counsel. with Mayor EHcy preslJlng. Baptist Church To Name New Officers The annual election of officers of > the First Baptist church of this city k will be held this evenlug. Thu I church will be onened from 5 to i 7:30 p. m and all members of th* church are asked to vote on the new • o’Hcere. o

Berne Teachers Are Given Contract* All teachers in the Borne schools have been offered contracts for next year. It was learned today. Following is the Hat of teachers: High school: Superintendent E M Webb, Principal Caroline Hlrachy. Judson Erne. William Spurgeon. Maynard Metrlck, Edison Sprunger, Freeman Burkhalter, Ralph McClain. Miss Olennys Arnold. Miss June Folsonger and Mias Salome Schug Grade school: Jeanette Sprunger. Rose Sprunger, Hilda Lehman. Helen Ata. .1, I). R. Schwartz, and Martha Schug.

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■ Bolish Cabinet Will Ask Dictatorial Powers For President; Likely To Reject Demands. NAZIS DENOUNCE By The Vnited Press Poland sought to seise the offensive from Germany in Europe’s moat serious Immediate quarrel today by adopting Naxl methods for defense of Danzig and th* Polish Corridor. The Warsaw government decided to ask parliament to grant dictatorial powers to President Ignacy Moeclcki until next November and. at the aame time, formulated counter-proposals to lw* announced on Friday when Foreign Minister Josef Beck outlines the government program. Bei k Is scheduled to reject Adolf Hitler's demand for return of Danzig to the reich and for a German motor highway across the Corridor to East Prussia. He also Is believed likely to propose a Polish protectorate over Danzig, which now is under joint Polish and league of nations administration. The Nazi press denounced Po land In the strongeat terms of many months, creating a belief that Hitler might lie starting to | apply the full force of German pressure against the Warsaw govemment German- newspapers also attacked Great Britain for ex'pulsion of Germans iharged with ' Nazi activities. Il was understood lln London that more than 50 I Nazis were being ordered to leave England. While the Poles took a strong stand to strengthen the European anti-aggression front, the British government continued hesitant toI ward concluding an alliance with I Soviet Russia The long-atandtng fears of some I British government leaders of I communism appeared to be leas lof an obstacle than concern over arousing antagonism of other countries, including Japan. The Japanese virtually have threatened to join a military alliance with Germany and Italy if Britain concludes an alliance with Moscow. The threat was Intended to break up the British-French efforts to bring Russia Into the anti-ag-gression front and there were some indications that it might succeed unless the situation In Europe becomes so grave that | Britain cannot afford to worry j over the anti-communist attituue of Rumania. Bulgaria. Portugal I and other nations which at one time or another have been Involved in a life and death struggle with communism at home Nazis have appeared confident that circumstances will prevent Inclusion of the Russians In the anti-aggression front but reliable British sources insist that I' is merely a matter of further negotiation. They pointed out that Poland has lieen less opposed to cooperation with Russia since Germany suddenly turned toward solution of the Danzig question and argued that a treaty with Moscow can lie worked out to avoid fearu of smaller nations In eastern (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) McNUTT LIKELY TO LEAVE SOON Will Know Within Week Departure Date From Philippines , Indianapolis, May 2 — (U.R> — , Former Gov Paul V. McNutt will , know in "about a week" when he . will return to the United Status from Man'lla where he Is U. S. commissioner to the Philippine

Islands, Democratic national committeeman Frank McHale said today after talking to McNutt l>v telephone. McHale has been laying the groundwork for McNutt’s candidacy for the 1940 Democratic nomination for president. McHale said that McNutt has reservations on a bout leaving Manila May 11, but that this did not necessarily menu that he bad decided to return at that time. Liners run so rarely from Manila. McHale explained, that McNutt has made reservations on them for months as a precautionary measure in the event he decided to come back suddenly. (CONTINUAL UN i’AGJI TWU|