Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1939 — Page 1

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Divorce Awarded In Circuit Court rtorothy W.*l.h of Blue Creek township wan awarded a divorce from Jerry Wehh th I. morning by Judge J Fred Frit* lite in Atlanta cir* tilt court They were married in July, i*3x and separated in Mtinh of thla| year John I. IteVnaa wua allot nay for the |tlalnllfr W.-lt h w-.» , not reprem-nied toy eminael. PROF. YEAGER TO BE SPEAKER I. U. Professor To Speak At Annual Banquet Here Monday Prof K. L. Yea-

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ger of the liidiana I'ltiveralty pay. rhology department. will he the speaker at the annual meeting and Iranquei of the Indiana uni' versify ulumni stH'lety of Adams county. .Monday night at 63<i o'clock at the Rhe Hotel. A 11 graduates, former students, extension center

students, prospective stud»*nta and parents and friends of student* or prospective students of Indiana I university have lieetl Invited Io attend and bring a friend Reservations for tickets at the banquet should lie made iminedi airly with county clerk G Remy Blerly, president of the society, or Mrs Ralph Yager. both of Decatur. The Adams county Foundation Day program will lie one of many scheduled for May in honor of the birthday of Indiana university May 3 was officially designated us Foundation Day this year by uni versify officials and on thia date the two principal celebrations were held one on the campus at Bloomington and the other at hi dlanapolis. Judge Walter K. Treei nor. alumnus and foiiun faculty memhet of the university and now on the federal circuit court of appeals in Chicago, was the prhtci , pal speaker al these two meetings Prof. Yeager, who will give the foundation day address, itt Decatur. has been a member of the Indiana university faculty since 1624. lie has the AB and AM. degrees from I .U. and has done two years of graduate work at Columbia university. He has charge of psychological testing of new students at the university and ♦ la chairman of the faculty commit tee on Orientation week and also of the committee on the two-year elective course. Prof. Yeager is interested par- . ticulaMy in personnel problems in Industry and In educat bin. He la a member of the Delta Chi. Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. and is nn honorary member of Blue Key. ■ o Olen Marsh Moves To Pleasant Mills Olen Marsh, principal at Jackson school near Union City and former principal at Jefferson township. Adams county, lias resigned h*s present position to became principal at Pleasant Mills high school licit year, it was reported <oday. Mr. Marsh will succeed Robert P. g Maun, of thia city, who is the pre. sent principal at the St. Mary a township school. CLEANING YARD AT NEW SCHOOL Workmen Start Cleaning Up Yard At New School Building Cleaning up of the yard surround Ing the new Decatur junior-senior high school was started Friday by a crew of workmen. The school was completed last October and inclement weather sot In before the surrounding could be cleaned up Bricks, wood, dirt and debris I left ill the construction of ths school are being hauled away in trucks hy the workmen. Walter J. Krick, city sclmol superintendent. stated that planting Os grass, shrubs and other work of beautifying the grouuds Would be done after the yards have been cleaned. The work of cleaning the yards and beautifying the grounds Is expected to add a final touch to the attractiveness of the modern, new i structure. •

TALKIE MACHINE GIVEN SCHOOL Portable Talkie Machine (•iven St. Joseph’s School A portable Victor talkie machine with screens has Iteeti donated to the Hi. Joseph's Catholic school by four of the church societies. Rev. Father Joseph J Helntett, pastor of Ht Mary's church, announced today. The talkie machine, the latest model to Ite produced by the Victor company, will be used in the grade and high school for visual I ■■ducatiotml purposes and as a public address system The stale) leg which provided funds for the machine and two 1 [ screens are the St. Mary's Sudal I ity. Students Spiritual Council of i the high school; Children of Mary ■ and the Holy Name society. One of the screens will be used with the talkie In the class room and the other will lie installed In the auditorium of the schtsd. Father Selmelg stateti. The gift is appre. lated greatly • by Father St-imetx. the Catholic I Sisters, the pupils and students of [ the school. The machine ami s<-r«-ens were I installed today with the assistance of Marcellus Miller and will lensed frequently. Subjects of interest which can more forcefully he conveyed through pictures will be i ns.-d. The alate Isiarrl of education advacates visual educatkm as one of the most forceful means of teaching siudetits certain subjects. —„ ......— ....» Former Resident Is Seriously 111 Mrs. Roy Runyon was called to Toledo. Ohio, today to be at the i-'dslde of her brother. L. W. Ummiman. who is seriously Hi. He formerly lived in this county. DELAY NAMING OF POSTMASTER Decatur Postmaster May Xot Be Named Before September According to a news dispatch from Washington, the apindnt- ' ment of a postmaster in thia city will not be made until August or September. 1 No word has been received here . alsmt the appointment and investigators have not been here to conduct tlie investigation of those who took the civil service exum- ' ination The Washington dispatch, pertaining to the local appointment reads; The second class post office at Decatur, Ind., probably will havu a new postmaster In August or September. officials of the commission ; indicated today A commission Investigator has Iteen busy for sev- . eral wsoka grading the 1* applicants for the post on business experience, education, qualifications I and suitability for office. Officials of the commission here ' could not predict when the investigation would Ite completed, hut said refMtrta on several uppli- ' cants have heen received. When ' all reports are In. applicants will 1 be rated and the three highest will be certified to the post office department. The selection must Im* made from among these three. Applicants were given written examinations In Decatur on January 14. I'lider the civil service law. they will bo graded 50 per i cent on the examination and 5o: per cent on the Individual investigations. Mrs. Lola Macklin, widow of I’hll I. Macklin, who Is act-i Ing postmaster at Decatur, la a candidate for the appointment. Other applicants are August A. Helman. Paul Rlackburn. (Tayaon Carroll, Theodore L. Becker. Leo W Kirsch. Henry Frohnapfel, K. Coy Marts, Hurl Johnson, Joseph C. Laurent, Ralph E. Roop. Tillman H. Gehrig. William 0. Griffiths'. Fred P. Buncher. Raymond Horns. Everett Hheets mid Mrs. Grace T. Welland. The commission said that an application from , Richard Hoch was received too i late for consideration. Holy Name Society To March In Parade Members of the Holy Name society are asked to be at the corner of Brackenridge and Harrison streets in Fort Wayne at 1 o'clock (CBT) Sunday afternoon to form a line of march for the parade, which will be hi-ld as a part of the diocesan: j Eucharistic congress.

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Dcciitur, Indiunii, Saturday. May 13. 1939.

Drama in Poison King Case • Mrs. Jssepbine Romualdo and Mrs Marie Wolosbyn Drama in Philadelphia court during the arraignment of suspects In the arsenic poison murder-for-inauiance ring. Mia Josephine Ro mmildo. left, widow of a man said to have been a victim of th** ring, points an ac< using finger at Mrs. Marie Woloahyti. screaming. “Rhea in this just like me." Thirteen peiSons were order«-d held for trial

GEORGEHEARE HEADS LEAGUE Re-Elected President Os Zion Senior Walther League George Heare was re-elected | president of the Zion Senior Walther League at the monthly business meeting held this week in the church basement. Other officers 5 for the loming year are: Lloyd! Conrad, vice 'president; Linda Marbach. secretary-treasurer; Os I car lainkeuau. sone representative and Viola Ellsworth and mien ! Mailand. sick committee. Othei • committees will lie appointed by | I the executive committee In a short ! time. . Clurence Stapleton. Jr, was taken into the niemte-rship of the I society. Plans were made to at-1 tend the Indiana district convention al the Lincoln Hotel. Indianspoils. May 20 and 21. Helen Buller will go as delegate. Miss Ellen Mailand of thia city received a pendant for placing first In the painting and drawing division of the zone talent quest which was held at St. Paul's Lutheran chuteli at Preble, last Sunday. Miss Mailand's entries will Im* entered In the district contest. The anniversary of the Interna tlonal Walther League will lie celebrated l»y thia stn-|ety in a joint meeting with the junior socl(CONTINVED ON PAGE: SIX I Chicago Elevator Eire Toll Is Nine Chicago, May 13—tUPl-Fatali-ties in a >4.000.000 fire which deg. troyed five huge grain elevators and 3.000.0 M bushels of contents Thursday rose to nine today with the death of David Marvin. 28. an employe. He succeumlied to burns last night. Still smouldering grains prevented a search of the ruins for bodies of eight missing employes belinved to have perished in the flames. GIVE TOTAL OF TAX PAYMENTS Total Os $238,418.29 Paid During Spring Installment A total of 1238.418.28 was collected during the recent spring installment tax paying period, which ended Muy I. County Treasurer Jeff Llschty revealed today Os this amount 1280.288.74 was paid to the treasurer on current taxes. Other taxes were paid ns follows: delinquent. 17.310.80; Insolvent, 887.37; moratorium 1723.2 k, Mr. Llechty. assisted by deputy Alice lx*nhart and Mrs. Allee Christen are still engaged In compiling figures. The amount of taxon which were permitted to go delinquent and comparative figures on the amount, of current taxes paid this year and in former years cannot be deter mined until the compilation of figures Is completed, to learn what percentage of the total payment represented the spring Installment. It Is thought, however, that, the! payment was as large If not substantially larger than 111 former j years.

Hits Signal Base, Sustains Bruises l.awrence Wick, of Fort Wayne. | was painfully cut and bruised early I thia morning when the car he was driving crashed into the cemen' flasher signal base at the Erie raPI r.iad crossing on Mercer avenue. The right front aide of Wick's car ! struck the cement base head-on as he was enroute nerth on Mercer avenue. The car was badly wrecked * from ihe force of the collision. It j d'd not turn over. bu. rebounded of* I the post. Wick was taken to the Adams 'county no mortal hcspltal following the carsh. It la thought that he will ! tie released today after treatment. ■Night Policemen Roy Chilccte ant Adrian Coffee investigated. GIVE PROGRAM OF EXERCISES Complete Program Eor Catholic School Exercises Listed The program for the 17th annual commencement exercises. Friday. June 2. of the Decatur Catholic high school was announced today. The Rev. Fred Fehrenbacher of St. Job- ph's College at Re.isselaer. will deliver the commencement address to the students. The exercise for the graduates of the St. Joseph eighth grades will be held simultaneously with those of the high school. Following is the complete pro- ’ gram: I Processional — “Zouaves" — ■ Huff School orchestra under direr- ■ tlon of Albert Rvllemeyer. Senior Class Song "Anlnio et Fide" senior class. ■ Selection ‘‘Magneta Overture” . — Huff Orchestra. Address to Graduates Rev. Fred Fehrenbacher. Selection — "Yare Overture Bennett by orchestra. Distribution of diplomas Rev. J. J. Selinetz, pastor. Recessional orchestra. I ■ II .0 " ■ —- Col. Dreisbach Named Fort Wayne Postmaster Fort Wayne. Ind . May 13 <U.R) —Col. Clyde F. Dreisbach. 68. last night was named to be Fort Wayne postmaster succeeding the late U'wls Elllngham at an election by Democratic precinct committeemen. The results of th<> balled Ing will lie forwarded tn Senators Frederick Van N'uys and Sherman Minton for recommendation for appointment. Dreisbach. veteran of three military campaigns, was one of three candidates selected from those who took civil service examinations for the position. He received kfi votes against -Itt for Godfrey J. Glada- ■ bach, present assistant postmnst- , er. John W. Knorr, third candidate, received no votes. .. ■ o - Decatur Man Held On Public Intoxication Jim Woden, of this city, was beIllg held today In the Adams conn- ,; ty jail on a chage of public intoxication. He was arrested early this Homing by Officers Roy Chllco'e 'and Adrian Coffee,

FEW OPERATORS ARE LIKELY TO VETO CONTRACT Formal Settlement Os Soft Coal Dispute Expected Today New York. May 13—<U.P>— A union shop agreement was signed today between the United Mine Workers of America and a majority of Appalachian operators. Rstihcation of the contract by the Appalachian joint wagehour conference with sis southern operstors' associations withdrawing, meant that a majority of 340.000 eastern miners along with 126.000 western miners, will return to the mines on Monday, ending the threat of a national fuel emergency. New York. May 13 <U.PJ Formal settlement of the Appalachian soft coal stoppage which for six »w*k» threatened to develop into a national fuel crisis was scheduled t<alay with a majority of the 2.mat mine operators ready to sign a union shop contract with the I'nited Mine Workers of America. Most of the eight-state area's filti.iMMt miners, along with 126.0AH> In 21 outlying states, were eapected to be back in the pits on Monday digging coal at the rate of T.dM.OdO tons a Week for fuelhungry industry. Overnight developments made it appear likely that all but a minority of operators most of them in th** "high volatile'' region at southern West Virginia, eastern Tennessee. Virginia and eastern Kentucky -would sign a two-year agreement on the terms demanded by John L la*wia, president of the I'MWA and head of the congress of industrial organisations. The new contract will contain all th*- wagehour provisions of th*- 1537-3 H agreement, which expired Match 31. phis a union shop clause giving the I'MWA the prie lection it demanded against threatened comp*-tltlon from the American federation of labor and against an alleged industrial campaign to j "slop Lewis." A formal vote on th** new agreement. drafted by the Appalrohian wage-hour conference's subcommittee of four miners and operutt ors .had lieeti scheduled for last night, hut a posi|)oiiemeiit until today was taken to give the conferees. in executive H>>saion. a chance to answer questions raised by producers who feared their "rights of management" might be jeopardised As a result of last night's threehour “questlon-and-answer” ts-rlod. with Lewis and Charles O'Neill, operators' spokesman, answering the queries of the southern mine owners, the atmosphere wua clarified and many erstwhile dissidents joined th** majority. Both sides, and John R Steelman. government mediator, believed the chances of preserving the Appalachian conference virtually intact were greatly Improved by the meeting. Union officials pointed out that the postponement of the vote still left time for mines to reopen on Monday. Even if the eight southern high volutile operators' associatlona do withdraw—and it appeared nossi(CONTINVF.D ON PAfIK HIX> DAMAGE SUIT ON RAILROAD Depositions Taken Here As Aftermath Os Fatal Erie Crash The damage suit of Elisabeth Patterson, administratrix of the estate of the late Charles Patterson. ugtilnst the Erie railroad Is scheduled to bo opened in Huntington circuit court Monday. Muy Impositions to hr used In the trial worn taken Friday from Miss Elizabeth Plttmen. Adams county memorial hospital superintendent; Joseph and Clara Spangler, of east of Decatur In the Adams circuit court. Patterson died several weeks after being seriously burned and Injured In a train wrec k east of Decatur In March of 1937. The accident occurred near the Spangler home, thus they were called for testimony. It will be remembered that three others, all members of the train crew, lost their lives In the crash, one of the worst rail disasters evjg*' to occur In Urn county.

Poland. Warns OsPreparedness To Fight For Danzig

To Speak Sunday I IBIS — J* "d -I Ik. J b ■I;"' 1 fl , Prof. Ottomar Kroeger, prealdent of Concordia college. Fort Wayne, will speak during th** Inj tettnission of th** sacred concert , by the Concordia a <-a|te||a < hoir i at the Junior-senior high sihisd auditorium here Sunday evening CHURCH PLANS MOTHER’S DAY 11 I Mothers Day Program At r First Methodiat Church Sunday i Sunday will mark another im1 portant and unusual day in th** First Methodist church. It is very fitting that th*- first Sunday of the new Methodist church following -’the union of the three branches of 1 Methodism should include a recog- ’ nition of mother and motherhood. Special numbers of th** program will be a reading. “A Little Par1 able to Mother," Lois Baughmun; ‘ vocal duet. •'Mother Knows,” Helen Barber and Vera Steury; anthem. "Songs My Mother Taught ' Me." Young People's choir; vocal stdo. “My Mother." Mrs. Dau Tyn1 dall. Mother's Day message will I be brought by W. Guy Brown. The entire membership of the church ‘i is urged to Im* present at this gervice and thereby honor the mem<.ry and living presence of mother; • also to Im* present on this first Bunday of the HetbodlM church. The ' general public is cordially invited. The Epworth League and gos- ■ pel team will have charge of the I I evening service. One emphasis of the new Methodist church Is • th** place that laymen, which - m**ans all members of the church. • shall have in the program of the ’ church. It is fitting that these ' young laymen should have charge of this first Hutiday evening service of the new Methodist church. I It is also important that they i should have th** support in th** presence of the other members of . the church. The program la as fol- ,' Iowa; . tirguu prelude Mra. Burk, . Hymn. Jrayer. Jack Waldo Graham. Hymn. I Anthem. ‘‘Eventld** ’ Young twopies' choir. Scripture lesson William Brown. Xylo|>hoti<* numbers. "Sweet and latw.’' "Goin' Horn**" Patsy Edwards. Offertory organ. Saxaphone solo, "Adagio"-— Kath- ! Iccn Fryback. Symposium, general theme, “The Value of'a Chrlatlon Life." "Christian Life and Character" — Annis Muo Merriman. 1 "Christian Life and Living Service"- Robert Manti, ' ''Christian Life in Its Promise of Eternal Life"--Utwell Smith. ' Hymn. League benediction. J ; o— — Annual bellow Jacket Banquet Here Monday F Th<* annual uthletlc banquet for • all lettermen of the Decatur public high school will bo held al it.Ml ■ o'clock Mtmduy evening at th** now • junior-senior high school building. • The banquet will be served by the members of the home economics • classes. • Frank Biemer. of Fort Wayne, for many years closely associated • with s|K>rts of all descriptions, will i speak on "Heroes of Other Years." , Specla I guests will be coaches, • school officials, members of the i school board and sports writers.

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Amazingly Blunt Warn* in k (Hvcn Hitler Against Move To Sul»juxate The (’ity Os Danzig. READY FOR WAR Warsaw. Poland. May 13 ‘U.PJ — Poland Wat tied Germany today that her army is ready to fight llf any attempt Is mud** to seise Datiilg I An official statement, amazingly I blunt, said Poland's military forces "are In a state of readiness I for war." Poland is known to have l. 500,« I mat in training or ready to be called up as trained trtatpa. The government'a statement suppleI menta that of Prime Minister N**> I vllle Chamberlain of Greet Britain I* who told the hottse of commons a few days ago that Britain Is ready 1 1 to fight if Danzig is attacked and ■ I Poland's independence is threatened The polish statement apparent--1 ly was meant to forestall any attempt at a coup by Naxis in ' Itauzlg The statement said, "any attempt to alter th** state of affairs in Danzig will have as immediate I effect, immediate action by Polish military forces which at present are in a state of readiness for war." Reveal Attempt t London, May 13 <u.R) Diplomatic quarters reported today that Baron Franz Von Papen. Germany's ace diplomat, mail.* an urgent last minute effort to balk the Turkish-British alliance. Adolf Hitler sent Papen to Tur- . | key us ambassador when the real . i extent of the British-French 'w- ’ I curity front drive" Immt* ippar- ‘ I ent. • t| It was asserted that Papen r I promised the Turkish foreign . I minister that If Turkey postponed th** agreement Germany would ' make Turkey an offer It could not . refuse. As part of thia offer Papen said Germany would bring not . only Bulgaria but Turkey Into a . Balkan entente aligned with the Rome-Berltat axis. The for**lkn minister, according .I to these sources, replied u< Idly 11 that the prospect of such a devel- . op**ment was alone sufficient to in- , duce Turkey to hasten conclusion of the British agreement Border Warfare Athena. Greece, May 13 RJ.RJ - Report* from the frontier said | today that two Bulgarian liorder | guards al talked two Greek iron- . | tier posts, killing one major, three , soldiers and founding five others, i The reports said the Greeks counti er-attacked. killing In Bulgarians I and wounding nine. Mrs. Andy Callahan Dies Friday Night Mrs. Andy Callahan. 72. of Bry* . I i.M. died Friday night at 1O;27 o'- , cl.u-k at the Adams county memorial hospital where she had been a . patient since April 22. Surviving besides the husband an* two sons. Chester of Bryant and Pr«d of Prescott, Michigan. Funeral services will Ixt held I Monday afternoon al 2 o clock at ' I th* Bryant Christian church. RECEPTION TO BE HELD HERE Junior-Senior Reception Will Be Held Friday Night [ Plans for the annual junior-sen-ior reception which Will be held next Friday night In ih** new jun-ior-senior high school auditorium are being completed. Miss Eloise Lewton announced today. Miss Lewton. u sponsor of the ' Junior class, will be in charge of the event. Each year the reception Is held • hy the members of the junior class, • In which honor Is paid to the grnd- ' tinting class of seniors. . The event will open at 9:30 o’- • clock with a program employing a • "Mother Goose" theme. The nature of the program la to he kept a sur- . prise to the students. I The program will be followed by I a dance with Steve Clark and his orchestra of Fort Wayne furnish* i, Ing the music. Members of the fao--9 ulty un(l the city board of education will be guests at the affair,