Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1939 — Page 1

XVII. No. 107.

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Dies Suddenly < jyA jE Martin Miller, retired hardware I merchant, wan found dead on the ! front porch of hia home In thia city thia afternoon MARTIN MILLER DIES SUDDENLY Retired Hardware Mer--1 chant Is Found Dead This Afternoon Martin Miller. 75. retired Decatur hardware merchant, waa found dead thia afternoon about 3 o'clock in the aw in* on the front porch jof hia home. *35 Went Monroe ■ atreet. The phynlcian. who waa aummoned after bin leaiy had been found, ntated death waa likely canaii by heart trouble and complication. He had been 111 over an extended period. HI. wife found Mr. Miller on' the front porch and thinking that he waa alevpinc threw a cover over him About 2 o'clock .he returned to tlnd him dead The doctor placed the time of death at about 1 p m. Mr. Miller, one of the city', moat hiably reap>-cted liltzena. waa a devout BMtMber of the Zion Re- . formed church. For a number of year, he waa an active member of the Knight, of Pythlaa lodge He waa a atockholder in the Lee Hardware company here for a . number of yeara until hia retirement. H* waa a native of Preble townahlp. He waa born on a farm 1 there February 4. IM4, the aon of Adam and Mary Dix-Mlller. He wax married to Ixmi.a Rome on February 13. ISBI. They commemorated their golden wedding anniversary laat year. Surviving, bealdea the widow. ' are two nona. Edward J., local I grocer, of thia city, and Elmer Miller of Fort Wayne; one daugh- 1 ter. Mrs Walter Deltach of thi. city, and a sister. Mrs. William Reineke. also of Decatur. Two sons. George and Ralph Miller, are deceased. Four grandchildren: > Mrs. Homer Barton. Mm. Harold Murphy. Marjorie Miller and Robert IMtaeh. and two great grandchildren. also survive. Funeral services have not been arranged. — ■!.■■■■ IIIIHI Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting o! Adams poet number 43 of the American l<eglon will Jm held al the legion home. First and Madison street. 1 Monday evening at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be piesent. I FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Albert Garard Dies Thursday At Home In Ohio City Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Miller of Bush street received word late Thursday afternoon of the death of their daughter. Mrs. Albert Garard. 48. of Ohio 'City. Ohio, whose death occurred al 3:15 o'clock st the residence. Death waa caused by paralysis. The deceased waa born Auguat 30. 1892 and until 12 years ago realdmi In thia city. Bealdea the husband and parents the following children survive: Mrs. Francis Ault, Kalamasoo. Michigan: Mrs. Harold Exline. Columbus; Mrs. Louis Egler. Ohio City and Deloria, at home; Mrs. Goldie Haley, a slater and Russell Miller, a brother, both of Decatur. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock EST in the Pentecostal church In Ohio City with burial In the Ohio 1 City cemetery.

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3,000 KILLED OR WOUNDED IN JAPAN BOMBING Nationalist China Capital Bombed By 32 .lap Planes By Roltert P. Martin I'nlted Pr.-aa Staff Correspondent. Chungking, May 5 <u.PJ Thlr ty-two Japanese airplanes bombed the business and residential dis- ■ tricl of this third emergency capital of iiallonalint China today Foreigners. Including many Amer-, leans, were endangered. An estimated 3,ffM Chinese were killed or wounded. Foreign i • mhtails. missions and consulates j were blasted and set afire. Dead : and dying littered the streets and ' thousands fled the city ahead of' the resultant fires which were I ; fanned by a high wind. Bombs struck the British and; i Frem h consulates. The Canadian Friends mission uud schtail were burned and Mr and Mrs. Arnold Vaught of Chi- ’ cago tiari'ly ■■ stuped from it. A hotel In which the North, American Aviation company had offices and in which many foreign ■ pilots lived, was destroyed The: Greek representative of llilled, Aircraft, T. V. Via«'h<m. suffered a few scratches and said that hia . | escape had been "miraculous." Fires were set on all sides of the ( i Methodist Episcopal hospital and i the adjoining home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M McCurdy, Americans Theodore White of Boston fled from the Canadian-French mission just before a liomb struck nearby Ou a tour of this city of 835.<nmt inhabitants, the Chinese capital now that Nanking and Hankow have Iteen occupied by Japanese. JI heard screams and groans on all | sides. Once I was almost trapped try-' Ing to cross a street when the wall of a burning building collapsed and buried many firemen and sev- 1 era! civilians who lay wounded, unable to move. The planes dropped more than | i lutt bombs, many of them fncen-1 diary, and some 200-pound demoli-' tinners Fires grew into Infernos , .CONTINL’ED ON PAGE dICVENI YOUTH WEEK IS CLOSED TODAY Youth Service Ends Observance; Entertainment Day Marked Thia city's observance of national iHiys and girls week dosed this ufternonn. with a Youth Service program at the junior-senior high school auditorium. The observance was sponsored by the Rotary and Woman's clubs. A musical program waa present- j ed by the high school band, and by pupils of the Junior high school and the St. Joe school The meetIng closed with the presentation of individual athletic awards. 'I Thursday was observed as i Entertainment day. The Woman's dub entertained the girls of the , seventh and eighth grades of both the puhllc and Catholic achtsds Thursday afternoon in the dining , riHima of the junlor-aepior high school The Rotary dub observed enter- ' talnment day at the regular meeting of the dub Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Captains of the Imaketball. softball and track teams of the Junior High and St.' Joe achmda were guests of the dub. . Bryce Thomas, general chairman of the week. Introduced these captains. The team captains were: Junior High Alvin Rlckord. basketball: . Lewis Schm-pp. aoftlmll; Richard' Abbott, track; St. Joe- Herb Welker, basketball; Bob McClane , han. anftball; Bob Klepper. track Mr Thomas also spoke of actlvl ties of Cub Scouts during the week. Den 2. sponsored by the Zion Reformed church, was winner of the contest held during the week. Mr. Thomas Introduced Richard Goldner, member of Boy Scout 81. sponsored by the Rotary dub, who Is chief of Den 2. and 1 William Bromcr. member of Dea 2 The program for the Rotary 1 ■ — < fCONTINVED ON PAGE SEVEN! ■ 1 -O'— Lad Seriously Hurt When Kicked By Horse < — i Menno Schwarts, six year old son < of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Schwarts. •In. is seriously ill at Nh nosuo. i northeast of Berne, after suffering n brain concussion when he was t | kicked by a horse. I

Decatur, Indiana. Friday, May 5, 1939.

Azalea Queen Meets Senators r,z ; w B” j J J -3 i

Miss Caroline Palm. South Carolina's Azalea festival queen, and her friend. Miss Margaret Welch, see what their senators look like on a trip to Washington. Senator Ellison D. f Cot ton Ed! Smith ot South Carolina is in left foreground with Queen Caroline, right, hi liackaround are Miss Welch and South Carolina's other senator. James Byrnes

APRIL RELIEF CLAIMS LISTED Washington Township Relief Claims Lower Than March Relief claims for the month of April In Washington township totaled *2.366.59. according to tiffurea released today by John M ! Dunn, trustee. The claims for the month of April were 8762.08 less than in the previous month, when $3,128.67 wax > laid out. the figures show. Relief during April waa given in 179 cases, comprising 656 people. In addition two transient families, stranded in the city wen- aided to the value of $4.27. There were seven people tn the two families. Food, of course, waa the chief Item in the poor relief. Mr. Doan's figures show, a total ot $762 90 being paid out tor this item. Other items cost as follows: ' fuel. $417.70; rent. $19.50; clothing. $158.97: medical attention. $478.24; hoapltalixation. $23495; household necessities. $9 59 und child burial. S2O. Included in the total Is lhe administration cost, including clerical help and supplies. ' o CYO Is Planning For Activities Plans were opened this week by tbe Decatur Catholic organization ' fur the presentation of one net plays und a dance. Preliminary plana were opened at a party and weiner bake held Wednesday evening at Hanna-Nutt-man park. A large number of th* CYO members were in attendance. TO HOLD JURY TRIAL TUESDAY Suit For Legal Indebtedness Scheduled To Be Heard Here The flrat jury trial In tbe April term of the Adams circuit court is scheduled to be opened Tuesday morning. The trial is that of H. R. McClenI'l’an. local attorney, aganst Beryl Harmon. In which Mr. McClenahan Harmon. In which Mr. MeSlenahan is seeking a judgment for $575. The complaint charges that the Hamons are indebted to him in the sum of S4OO for professional services, rendered In defending Beryl, Harmon In March. 1938 against a criminal charge of rape. Interest and other costs are Included In the total demand. The suit at first combined a complaint on account and on a note, but a defense demurrer waa sustained and the complaint separated. The complaint credits tbe'defendanta with paying $6. Harry T Grube la counsel tor MeCienahan and D Burdette Custer Is counsel for the defense.

Road 124 Improvement Bids Received May 26 Blds for the construction of state I road 124. from lhe intersection ot V. 8. road 27 east through Monroe to the Ohio state line, will be reI ceived by the Mate highway cosnmisaion May 26 at Indianapolia. Proposals will be received on bituminous surface treated water b-’und macadam with bituminous stabilized crushed atone base, bituminous surface treated waterbound ma-adasn with bituminous stabiliz- ' e<| crushed Stone aggregate base. , The stretch of improvement is given at 7.881 miles. The minimum , wages to be paid by contractor are 75, 6t> and Go cents per hvur. MOOSE DEGREE TEAM TO MEET Local Degree Team To Confer Initiation At Ft. Wayne Sunday The drill and degree team of | Adams Lodge 1311, Loyal Order of Moose, will go to Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon to confer initiatory work on a large class of candidates. It wss announced today. ' Candidates from Fort Wayne and other surrounding lodges In the . district will comprise the class. A large delegation of members r is expected to accompany the team to tbe meeting, which will start ' at I <>'. I<>< k CSTI. 1 The local delegation of members will leave from the Moose home 1 here at 12 o'clock noon. All members are urged to attend. Trans- ■ portation will be furnished those 1 desirous of going, who do not have . away. Gerald Cole, lodge dictator. stated today. Persox not having u means of transportation are uxked to be at the lodge home promptly at noon. Th>* team will leave at 11 a. nt. Ford Caravan Here Until This Evening The Ford caravan of trucks and commercial cars, which Is scheduled to arrive in Decatur at 3 o'clock t.tls afternoon, will ravin until il7 o'clock this evening. Al D. Sch- ; mitt said today. The caravan, with the demonstraters, is to be located ■ at the Al D. Schmitt Motor Sales on Routh First Street. Sheriff To Collect Delinquent Taxes County sheriff fid Miller has received nine collection notices for 'hat many firms and individuals for I, t.ellnquent gross income tax du* 'he state of Indiana. Under the law the aherlff must serve the notices on th* delinquent taxpayer. Several of the notices were served on Decatur taxpayers, u few being scattered over the county. Sheriff Miller stated he would cooperate in every way possible with the taxpayers and that partial payments could be made until the amount due the state waa iiquldatled.

Germany Suggests Plebiscite In Danzig As Poland Foreign Minister Rejects Hitler Plan

INSANITY IS I DEFENSE FOR ADRIAN MILLER Attorney Seeks To Prove Alleged Fort Wayne Killer Insane Fort Wayne, Ind., May s—l UP) i -Dr. Norman Sweet, a paychouna- , bet. today termed Adrian Miller, 31 on trial for murder of 18 vear-old Alice May Girton, a "sexual sadist.'’ Sweet waa called as a defense witness to help prove Miller's InMtnlty plea by which he hopes to e.-M-ape death In the electric chair. An argument over the dmisalou . M Sweet's testimony caused Judge Harry Ji. Hilgemann to dismiss the jury and a few minutes later ad iourn court until thia afternoon. Previously, Edward G. Mildebrandt, one of Millers teachers at an engineering school lure told the jut'i the morning after tbs i strangled Jzody of the Girton girl waa found in a rooming house bed100m. Miller took a test in cbemisUry and got an exceptionally good mark. A few hours later he confessed the murder to police. Gail Kirton, the slain girl's father who has been a constant court attendant since the trial opened was r.gain in the courtroom today ac- • t.vmpanied by his wife and two ,'bunger daughters. Miller himself Is expected to take the stand -this afternoon u i testify on hia mother's insanity. The one-time sailor and engineerI i..s student will testify only in con- - nection with a deposition from the . Racine, county, Wisconsin, hospital 1 showing hia mother has been a mental patient there fur 'he last ' 33 years. Wayne Miller .attorney for thoi defense, said he will introduce only half a dozen witnesses todav, all of whom are expected to teatify ot. Miller's mental condition. The de--1 fenae has made no effort to deny that Miller atrangled to death 18-yeer-old Alice May Girton nere laat October 13. Their only defense will' be to prove Miller'a insanity, the' I (CONTONVED ON PAGE KIGJtT! Treasurer’s Office Is Re-Opened Today The office of Jeff Liechty, county treasurer, was re-opened this moruing after being closed since Tuesday to enable tbe office personnel to balance the books after the completion ,of tax paying. A delinquent penalty must now be added to all spring Listailment of taxes which went unpaid May 1. The personnel, consisting of Mr. Liechty, Miss Alice Lenbart and Mrs. Alice Christen, is still engaged : in checking the duplicates. It will' be- several days before any definite ‘ Information on the amount of taxes paid can be released A> the office, Mr. Liechty ststed. EMMA F. DEAN TAKEN BY DEATH Native Os Decatur Dies Thursday Ni«ht At Fort Wayne Mrs. Emms F. Dean. 41. a native of this city, died lust nigh' at 7:20 o'clock at the St. Joseph hospital nt Fort Wayne following an extended illness. The deceased was born in tills city, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schlegel. She was married to Raymond Dean, who survives. She had been living In Fort Wayne tor the past 18 yeara. Surviving besides the husband are two sons. Roy and Litter at home; three daughters. Wsabeth, Joycelyn and At hern, all nt home; three brothers, Aug|st Sc'ilegal of Lima. Ohio; William of Antwerp, Ohio and Chalmer ot Detroit, Michigan; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Stet, ler of Delphos. Ohio. Funeral services have not been completed. The hody waa taken to the Klaehn & Son funeral home. The deceased Is a cousin of laiwI rent* Schlegel, of this city.

SAFETY TALKS GIVEN PUPILS Railroad Representatives Speak To Central School Students Three repreaentatlvea of the aafety department of tbe Chicago * Erie railroad conduncted a safety program at the Central school thia morning. Each of the representatives, F W Haudenahield. J. L. Molts and H. C. Smith, spoke briefly on railroad safety, stressing the following points as presented to each 1 student: The Safety-I-Wilta "I will not play around a railroad atation or on railroad grounds knowing that to do so might easily result In aerioua Injuries. "I will not wslk on or along railroad tracks and will cross them only at the regular crossings. “I will always lie careful be fore crossing railroad tracks and thus lie certain that there Is no danger from railroad engines. , trains or railroad motor curs. “I will stand at a safe distance from a passing train and thus avoid living struck by any flying object which might tall from them "I will not climb under, between or over railroad cars whether they are standing or passing but will wait until the train has passed “I will not cross directly behind a passing train, but will wait until I can sev If a train in coming on another track, which I could not ' see nnleas I waited. "I will not throw stonea or other things at passing trains, at switch ' or signal lights, at glass insulators ' on the telegraph poles, but will do i everything I can for the safety of I those who travel on the railroad. 1 “I will be watchful when coming ; to a railroad crossing In a car to I (OONTLNI'ED ON PACK SEVEN! o DISTRICT MEET HERE MAY 23 District Medical Society To Meet In All-Day Session The 1939 meeting of the 13tb district medical society will be held in this city Tuesday. May 23, it has been announced by Dr. 8. R. Mercer, of Fort Wayne, secre-tary-treasurer of the society, who is in charge of arrangements. The meeting wilt be held at the local Masonic lodge with a dinner between the morning and afternoon sessions Speakers at the meeting will Include: Thomas Hendricks, executive secretary of the state society; Dr, E M Van j Buskirk. Fort Wayne, state president; Dr. R. F. Dinsmore, Cleveland. Ohio, and Dr. J. P. Pollack. Chicago. The session Is customarily held in November but was advanced thia year because tho state meeting is scheduled for October. New officers of the society are to be elected at the meeting. Dr. H. O. Williams. Kendallville, presiI dent; Dr. W. C. Wright. Fort Wayne, vice-president and Dr. Mercer are the present officers. Approximately 150 physicians 'are expected to attend the meeting. Adams County Man Is Badly Burned Barnett Sapp of near Bobo was rcrlously burned Thursday afternoon when he was refueling a tractor at the farm hone of his uncle. Bert Parr. Hia clot hex became saturated with gasoline and were lgnlted. A doctor was summoned and Ito was given medical treatment at the home. The doctor stated that Mr. Sapp had suffered second and tbitd degree burns. Norma Kiser is Reported Better Norms Joelene Kiser, four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Klxer of thia city, la reported Kllghtly improved today after suffering a brain concussion In a fall at her home. The child fell Wednesday off the stairs at the Kiner residence. She i is reported improving steadily.

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Poland Tosses Question Os European Peace | Back To Hitler; Britain Not To Sign Pact. DENY RUSSIA TERMS Berlin. May 5 The possibility of a plebiscite to determine the fate of Danzig was suggested ' in an official alatemenl given Io 1 the press tonight 1 The statement said that foreign minister Joseph Bv<k of Poland. In refusing Germany's demand for the return of Danzig and a German right of way across tbe Polish corridor, completely dlsn gardvd 1 the right of self determination. Danzig Is 98 per cent German and the result of a plebladte would be a foregone conclualon. The statement to the preaa declared that the (Mipulatlon of Dunzig must have a voice In deciding the free state's future. 1 The self determination issue decided the fate of the Sudetenland. It waa reported that the Danzig leaders. Alltert Foerster and Ar- ’ thur Greisvr. were In conference with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler at his Bavarian mountain retreat today. The press statement said Pol- ' and cannot claim Influence over Danzig merely becansv liunzig Is at the mouth of a river flowing ' through Poland. Beck’s reply, given in his speech and a Polish note delivered to tbe foreign office tonight, was being carefully considered, not only here but at Hitler’s mountain retreat 1 at Berchtesgaden. Bavaria, where the fuehrer waa in consultation with foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and other officials. Back To Hitler By Joe Alex Mort is ' I'nlted Press Foreign News Editor Poland turned the question of European peace back to Adolf f Hitler today as Great Britain ' reached a dead end In attempts to bring Soviet Russia into the I European anti-aggresalon front, t'umlng after a sudden Isolationist swing In Moscow due to rvslgl nation of foreign commissar MaxI Im Litvinov, grave importance was i attached to Great Britain's decision that it could not at present accept Russia's terms for defensive cooperation. The foreign affairs committee of British prime minister Neville Chamberlain's cabinet approved the reply to Moscow, which had proposed an agreement among Britain, Russia and France to cooperate in opposing aggression anywhere in Europe. The objective of Moscow wss to include Esthonia. Latvia and Lithuania In tbe united front, but Britain wanted the guarantees to apply only to Poland and Rumania. The Birtlah reply emphasised however that it waa hoped to leave the door open for n future understanding with the Soviets. Whether thia would be iwuialhle In view of Moecow'a suspicions that Chaintier la In still wants to "appease" the totalitarian powers waa doubtful The Polish reply to Germany's demands for Danzig and u molar route across the Polish corridor was delivered by foreign riiiiiater Josef Beck at Warsaw. He said Poland would never permit her(OONTONUED ON PAGE KIGHT! $359 SUIT IS UN FILE HERE Suit Filed Here Is Aftermath Os Automobile Collision A suit new ault was tiled today ’ lit Adams circuit court by the Ohio , Casualty comimny of Hamilton. Ohio, against Lewis W. Frank. The complaint asks for damages In the sunt of |350 in recampenxe tor damages sustained by a ca". owned by Mrs. Ardola McCammon and Insured by the plaintiff. The complaint stales that th* d*. 'endant. In n careless and negli ' gent manner, turned his auto in front ot Mrs. McCammon's car, ' driven by her husband, Dr. F. A. Mr- - Canwnon. on federal road 24 near I New Haven January 10. 1928. The complaint states that the 1 Insurance company paid Mrs. McCammon 8183.65 for the damage ' done to the insured's car. > Vincent Kelley, local literacy, is representing the plaintiff.