Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1939 — Page 1

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WCEMENT Klbe held HpHURSDAY ■fjve Dipl" l "' l ' At \nExercises - KgjßK, " ilu Ohio K3|K iii ' K B * ■ ,| iho iii ■ .1 • it.» cbarcb. »■ ■: 1' L, Hr i 'hlisten. Ann.i ' ' K K B,* .(.•■ k \\ I- i.b Ji iiiB 1 I’l.u.z Manon ■ Hlthl.ilul Hoffman. Margaret 8. ||||H Knapp, Helen Jeane jsStSß' '' ' 1 mb> 1 " ' M.,->.i, \l.ujoii. I. I I' ■ Ml ' B ■ ' ’’ HB^B ■' ' ~N I'XGE mm MKg \ ictim To BnßLuii'il ll,lll ' ,l:n ' •■ " Il '■ •;. I ||||B' I \ M Ml' B Tuesday morning ■• si m.i . . .imih Milla while Dab1 '' ||SB* V >M. i > [ k Thursday at ter noon ? ■•' '*"■ z ' " | -"’ l ' I I’ , It. C. RAYL SMS DOCTORS Mb Physician PresiqftPf District Medi■ral Society th,. Twelfth niHiii. i HBtxi.n win be unilri iii" |^B r l» <- C Rayl, of IhlK f (he coming year. |||SB' I'’'.', ".. '.> 1.0 ,il m-. ,11 society (liiiltiK the an-g®Bl’-‘i»t held al the !><•»! M l- »' Tiioml;, . ;,|t,.. n,.,,n .m.i * 4 inl.illvllio. wliu ho.uh .1 IB'I"' naat <.|,o|,.,| v.-‘.|i" Hl I Ilf Foi l Wayne, h.ti ■ r "’ Tho latter wa« reftft Physicians attended th” wan in charge of Dr 988- Zwlck Ot this city Piojsßß'Heons and |.I|V <l, i.u, < and Hie stale IISM! chit ion last evening.

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Sneak Thief IxMits Elevator Os $73 , I . , ' o “‘* 'j M,y Wtr * illw'lr search fur a sneak Ihtef, who Stole |73 from the cash drawer ot th* Burk Elevator company her* 1 Tuesday. Tom Burk, up ploy,. (rs ta ,. bnmpany. was out in front mowing the lawn, when the theft occurred . Us MBlad ih.n tht tbctft would have to have town perpetrated within thn •• of io miuutiMi. No iir< unit** > i < lufm hat»> Iwpn (Uncovered a* yet. GREAT BRITAIN CABINET AGREES I TO SOVIET PACT (hamlierlain Believes Russia Will Join Anti* Ajfgression Front Uindon )lay 24- <UP> Clreai Britain's cabinet agreed today to 'conclude a mutual aid pact with 1 Soviet Russia sod Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced in i the house of commons that he had i “every reason" to hope for a full agreement with the Soviets at an early date. ”1 have every reason to hope that as a result of proposals which his majesty's government la now in a position to make on the main questions arlshig It will lie found possible to reach a full agreement at an early dale." Chamberlain told the house of commons after. the cabinet had acted on the ques lion of an accord with the Soviets The history-making decision of the cabinet followed weeks of ne- ■ got lai ions during which the Moscow government had demanded a stronger accord among Britain. • France and Russia than the Cham , berlaiti cabinet previously had been willing to offer Japanese Halt Ship Hong Kong. May 24 — <UP) —| A Japanese light cruiser ordered ’ the big British passenger liner Ranpura to halt at sea. fired two . shots across its bow, and sent a party of officers and marines aboard II to "veri(x Its papers. v before an SOS appeal brought two . British destroyer* to the rescue. I passengers said today.' The IS .MS tou peninsular and oriental liner was halted on Ihe , high seas four miles south ot , Waglan light house at s s. in. today First reports were that a deICUNTINCEO ON PAOK BIX) WM. SHRALUK A SEVERELY HURT Decatur Man Severely Injured In Fall From Truck Today William Shrahtka. 04. employe 1 of Phil Sauer. Imai cotitractoi was severely injured shortly be- ’ tore noon tmlny when he was 1 thrown from a moving truck. Mr. Sauer was driving the truck which figured In the accident. The t contractor und the workmen were i returning home for lunch at the i time Mr. Sauer stated that he was , in the act of stopping the truck U'H I permit Shraluka to step off the . running board at the Intersection of Seventh and Nuttman avenue, and that when the car braked suddenly, the laborer was thrown I onto the pavement. He was taken In an ambulance ito the Adams county memorial hospital The attending physician i stated thia afternoon that he did not think his condition serious. | Shraluka sustained a head In , jury und an injury to his right elluiw. The physician stated that ; th<> X-rays did not show a skull fracture, but that he would lie kept under observation nt the hos- : pital for some time. The accident victim resides on Seventh street . with his sister. Mrs. Ixiiilm 1 Sbrs 1 lukn. I.a ■ * Annual Junior-Senior Reception Tonight . The annual jitnlor-senlor recepI tlon of the Decatur Catholic high school will Im held tonight, start Ing at 7:30 o'clock A banquet will open the event and will Im follower! by ap enterteinmont, with memlmra of the Junior class j participating. Rev. Fr. Joseph J. Seimelr wlllj deliver the main address. The New York World's Fair has been used as a theme for decorating the spacious D. C. H. 8. auditor- ' lum. Following the program and 1 banquet, the annual Junior prom will he held, with Hal Teniers and Ills orchestra furnishing the 1 music for the dance.

WHERE SUBMARINE FOUNDERED Law- “ •**-*■■ 1 Z ' - H-U-e- « 1-- S Oil slick on surface blmiwn where Ihe submarine Squalus went down off HorUmouth. N. 11. RcMUe vessel is seen in loreifunind.

DON WARD IS CLUB SPEAKER I'nion City Man Speaks To Decatur Lions Club Tuesday "The Meaning of Memorial Day" was told the members of the De catur Uons club Tuesday evening tn their regular meeting at the Rice hotel by Don C. Ward of I'nion City, newspaper man. educat ur and lecturer. "Memorial Day is a memory day.' Mr. Ward slated, •'a day when we live again the hallowed 'past and hoM communion with the spirits of our honored dead. It la a day when we return from the cares and conflicts of the busy world, when we go into the cemeteries of our various communities, where every quivering grass blade is a memory and every crumbling stone a page of history There in those solemn, quiet spots we place u|K>n the grassy mounds the choice flowers ot springtime as tokens ot everlasting love and loyalty to those who have toiled und sacrificed for their country " The speaker discussed the origin of the day. following the Civil War. and showed its purpose in honoring those who offered their Ilves In time of war and peril. He l>ald tribute to the veterans of all wara. In closing, the speaker declared Memorial Day should be also a resolution day. hi which‘every patriotic American should resolve, as did Lincoln, that "these dead shall not have died In vain; that thia nation, under God. shall have a new birth of freedom and that the government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth." Memorial I lay was observed at the cluh this week, since a meeting will not lie held next Tuesday night, because of the holiday. T. J Mettler was In charge of the program. X. SET HEARING IN ESTATE ACTION Mary Steele Estate Action To Be Heard Saturday Morning The action In the estate of Mary IS. Steele. In which the administrator. Ell Willard Steele, has charged Adeline Harp, daughter of the deceased with concealing )97£, which Is alleged to be part of the estate, I t to be heard before Judge J. Fred Fruchte In circuit court baturday morning. The case was set for trial Tuesday by Judge Fruchte. R. C. Parrltth. A. D. Unversaw and D. Burdette Custer have entered appearances for the defendant, Adelina Harp. Nathan C. Nelson is attorney for the administrator. Inventory No. 1 was filed In the ettate of the Jate Mrs. Steele Tuesday. According to tile Inventory the personal property was valued at 280980. Postal tavlngs and notes included in the Inventory totalled 13,311. A petition to sell personal property at public auction was filed In tho estate, >

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Decatur. Indiana. Wednesday, May 21. 1939.

Dr. J. J. Ve«a Seriously 111 Dr. J. J. Vega of Chicago la aer iously 111 in the Hines nospltal in that city, according to reports received here. He recently underwent an operation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Minn . but his condition Is still said to be very serious. Mrs Vega was formerly Miss Port la Thomas of this city and tnc doctor is well known here because of freouent viaita to Decatur. VOGLEWEDE LAD SERIOUSLY ILL Lad Serious After Swallowing Quantity Os Pills Today Charles Voglewede. two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E Voglewede, was thought to be resting as well as could be expected thia afternoon, following his taking of a number ot physic pills thia morning. The <Flld climbed up to a cabinet abofe* the kitchen sink while his mother was upstairs and found the bottle of pills. It is lielleved he ate about 30 pills of a very potent formula, containing strychnine and belladonna. Mrs. Voglewede noticed the emptied bottle on the counter and called to her son, who was out doors playing. He admitted taking the pills. The mother rushed him to the Adams county memorial hospital. .His stomach was pumped and an antidote administered. • His condition is considered serious. although ho|w* is extended for his recovery. o— Stolen Automobile Is Recovered Today ■' 11 An auto, belonging to U-e Me Bride. Yost Bros, employe, was stolen laat night, it was reported to police.-The car was later located by the officers near St, John's. Some damage waa done to the auto.

I Retired Navy Officer Tells Os Two Methods Os Rescue

(Editor's note: The following dis- < patch about Ate plight of sunken submarines and the means ot saving tho men aboard was wrlttne by an < outstanding expert on s'lbmarlnu I rescue work. Lieut. Clarence L. Tlbbala. U. 8. N., retired, former I commander of rhe rescue ship Fal- I con. He received the distinguished rervlce cross for development nt i submarine escape devices and tho i t avy cross for rerette efforts on tho 8 4 1 By Lieut. Clarence L. Tibballs U. S. N. Retired I Written for United Press! ' Washington May 24—(UR>— The ’ men In the U. 8. 8. Hqualua should be In no Immediate danger. < Outside of the fact that it *t> pretty cold down there —about 38 ' degrees above wro—wnd they can't ' get shore leave, they probably are 1 undergoing no especial hardship. ' They are not at all worried about ' ( escaping. With the present escape

WATER FILTER BIDS RECEIVED City Council Receives I Water Filter Bids In Special Session Purchasing of the new water niter by the city of Decatur is ex'fected to be done this week, after compilation of the b-ds. wht< h were received Tuesday right by ’he citv ' council in special resalon. The matter of purchasing the fil- ' ter was referred to the water com- ■ ulltee by the council, after the bids • were opened and read. ! ‘.lids were submitted bv three > Ylrma. The lowest waa that of the | Permutit Co., for a manual operat|ed filter. This bid was The price strbmitted for «n automatic fll- ’ ter wm 28.K3U. Other bids were: Lane International Inc.. *8.780; International I Filter Co., *7.imo for an automatic xnd *6.200 for a manual. Kenneth Arnold, chairman of the i water committee, stated that tho award would probably be made before the end of the 'week. , It Is intended that the filter be Installed on the well at the Homesteads. to remove the iron in the water. It was pointed out that the filter will not soften the water, but will remove the rust and eliminate discolored water. Townsend Backers To Be “On Spot” Washington, Muy 24 - (U.R) —I The house ways and means committee today voted to report the Townsend bill for *3<m per month old sge iiensions "without recommendation" In a move to put pension advocates on record on that controversial plun. House leaders said privately that the Townsend bill ''hasn't a chalice" The strategy was agreetb upon In the Democratlc-controlled ways and means committee to ' force a showdown on house members elected to Congress on platforms Including Townsend plan ‘ aupiKirt.

equipment they can leave ’he submarine anytime they need to, probably most of them are (.laying cards, or writing letters home telling of their experience. • The hard work faces those who attempt to make the rescue from surfact* craft. That joh la hell. | know. I worked like a demon on rescue efforts for the 8-61. the 8-4, and ’hs 8-148, Those disasters, however, all were In the winter. With mlldet weather, the present job should not be so difficult The big obatacl» would be rough weather, hut that wouldn't atop the rescue. The men are judged to have an, oxygen supply for al least 48 hours. The sub went down Tuesday morning. They have until Thursday morning to leave the ship If an air Imse contact Is not made by surface etaft. The ship apparently was not( damaged In any way to prevent (CoNi'l.Nl'ED ON i IX t;»

Navy Divers Report 27 Men On Submerged Sub Squalus Dead; Others Alive, Well

KING PLEDGES BRITAIN, U. S. NOT TO FIGHT King (Jeorge Makes Fervent Plea Fur Peace in Broadcast Winnipeg. Man., May 24 <UJ!> The I’nlted States und the British empire never will settle their differences by force or threat. King (leorge VI told Ihe World fervently today In an Empire Day broadcast. Illa words the moat vital pronouncement on International affairs the king baa ever made were heard by scores of millions in his far flung empire which covers one fourth of the earth's surface.

The king said: "Canada and the United States have hid to dispose of searching differences of aim. and Interest during the past 1001 years; but never has one of these differences been resolved by force or by threat. No man. thank God. will ever again conceive of such I arbitrament between the peoples of tny empire and the people of the United States." Thus the king, as king of each' of the separate dominions, pledged them so far as he was able, to peace with the United States. He cited the example of the United States and Canada living as g<sid neighlMirs for more than Imi years without recourse to war This Incursion Into ihe field of International politics broke another tradition In a series of smashing* iof precedent on the royal visit which brought the king and queen 4 today to the heart of their Canad- , Inn dominion. It seemed to some that Ihe king and his advisers on the Camidlan i tour were entering a phase of a more "dynamic" conception of ths _ duties of a constitutional monar- ! chy than has existed hitherto. The king paraphrased the fam(CONTINUKD ON iuCH FIVE) ft RANK NIGHT TO BE CONTINUED 1 * Theater Owners Announce Bank Night To Be Resumed Here Roy Kalver. tnam.ger of the Kai Vt r I heifers In this city, announced' today that “Bank Night’’ would be resumed at the Adams theater, on Wednesday and Thuraday June 7, and X. Mr. Kalver staled that the hank night prise would be resumed where i It left off In July. 1938, Ihe purrn Mint (360. The same method of registering i und awarding of the bank night , prise will be followed as In the !>4St. Mr. Kalver announced. Bank night has not been operated la this city for the puat eleven months, following a raid of tlte Ad I ttns theater by former sheriff IMltea Brown. i. A. Kalver and Roy Kalver, own- ' el a ot the theaters, were Indicted by ' Ihe grand jury on a lottery charge I (CONTINUKD ON~~PAUN HIX) ~ i ---■—<> Two Runaway Lads Back To Van Wert i The (wo runaway lads from Van Wert. Ohio who were apprehended here by police chief James Hordern Tuesday afternoon were returned to the Marsh foundation home last. ,'lght. They were net locked up. hut , kept In the Inane ai the jail under | the observation of Sheriff I'hl Miller. until March offlclaK arrived. Regular K. Os I*. Meeting Friday The regular meeting of the Knights of Pythiiis will be post* ! potted, this week, from Thursday night until Friday night, dur to the commencement exercises of the -! Decatur high school. The meeting . will be at 7:30 o'clock In the lodge , rooms Friday. ( After the meeting at 8:30 o'clock j a "38" tournament will be held. A prise of u *5 cur Is to be given | the winner.

Heads Doctors ft Mi ' ft" ft ’ ■ I*. ** Y?> « / Dr. t’ C Rayl, prominent Decatur physician and surgeon, was elected preaident of the 13th district medical society, at the annual meeting, held al the Masonic temple In thia city Wednesday. MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE PLAN American legion To Hold Annual Service Memorial Day The complete program for the annual Memorial Day services to ba staged Tuesday. May 30 under the direction of Adams Post No. 4:i. American la*gion. was announced today by Ed Ratter. Memorial Day chair-

The first nf the xervlces will be held at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Ix-gion home and will be followed by memorial services la the 81. Joseph cemetery at the grave of Herman Ultenan. deceased veteran, and In the Maplewood cemetery at the grave of Herb L Kern, also a deceased Veteran. The parade la a< heduled to start ptomptly at 9:30 oclock on Liberty Way and proceed to the east bridge of the St. Mary’s where respect will be paid to the United Stales sailor dead. The parade will then follow to the pea<e monument on the courthouse lawn, where the final service of the day will he held. All veterans In the county, including World War. 0. A. It. Span-ish-American and ihe ladles auxiliaries. are urged to participate in th.* services and program. The Sons of the Legion, the Boy ec iuts and all school children are also Invited to participate In the parade. Boys and girls on bicycles and floats are urged to take part. The parade will be headed by the ct.lors of the American Ug’on and the l»eglon auxiliary, officers of the |s>st and by Ihe Decatur high school band, under the direction of Albert ftellemeyer. Program at Mounmrnt The prograsn to be held at tlm peace monument, as announced by Mr. Bauer, follows: Song America — All. Memorial Day proelama!lon—post (CONTIN'I'ED ON PAGE FIVE) HONOR PAID TO SCHOOL JUNIOR Eileen Bowman. High School Junior, Has Perfect Attendance Record Special honor was paid thia week i<y Decatur junior-senior high school to Mbs Eileen 'Howman, according |o prlnctp.il w. Guy Brows. Miss Howman was awarded a roll of honor for having established a perfect attendance record during h>r entire school career ’o date, Mr. Brown stated. She him set the record of having attended school for 11 years without being alment or tardy during the entire time. Miss Bowman, now a junior In the junior-senior high school, is th" daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Howman, of Washington township. Mr. Brown stated that the record »e’ la one seldom equalled by school i-tiidenia and (hut special recogniJ'lon Is deserved by the student.

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Seven Os Survivors Are Brought To Surface In Diving Beil; All Rescue Forces At W ork. “SAVE LIVING” Portsmouth. N. H.. May 24 — <U.R> Navy divers went down to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean 1< miles off shore here today and reported that 27 men aboard the ill-fated submarine Squalus “undoubtedly were dead." and 33 others alive and well Seven of the survivors were brought 240 feet to the surface in a specially constructed diving bell used in a disaster for the first time In the history of the I’nlted States navy. The 25 other survivors remained In the submerged craft waiting to lie rea«-ued It was believed the First Saved Portsmouth. N. H.. May 24.— (U.R) Following are the names of the seven rescued members of the Squalus" crew: IJeut. J. C. Nichols. Chicago Harold C. Prebel. Roland Blanchard, Hersey, Michigan. William Isaacs, Washington, D. C. Theodore Jacobs. Richmond. N Y. g Herald McLees, Richmond. Kanaaa. Chas Yuhaa. New Salem. Pa. Isidiea of the dead would be brought up laat. The mighty rescue forces of the navy were brought Into play, ready to work all night If necessary. under orders from Ihe ttavy department in Washington, “save the living first." A diving bell from the rescue ship Falcon brought up the first survivors al 11:2k a Hi CST. As matn as the men had been brought up the diving bell was prepared to make another descent to the floor of the ocean whe:w the Squalus. out for a trial diva yesterday hi miles off the coast, foundered Itecause of a faulty Im duct ion valve. The first survivors were brought to the surface a little lesa than (CONTINUKD ON PAOB’bIx7~ AWARD WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED Court Os Honor Winners Os Decatur Girl Scouts Announced

Award winner* In th* court ot honor of the Decatur Girl Scout* wore announced today by Mia* Glenny* Klcey and Miaa Khtabeth Frliinger. Girl Scout leader*. The following girl* were acclaim* ed aecond elaaa Scout*: Bernice Harber, Helen Barber, Naomi Brown. Huth Virginia Baker. laxina Hoile. Colleen Miller, l-enora Stauffer, Vera Stury, Bonnie Melchl. Kathleen Foreman and Ruby Miller were honored with badge* of tlrat elaaa rank which they captained They were alao given the Silver Service atrlpe tor Ove year* of service. Gold star* were awarded for perfect attendance at twenty-als meet lug* to Ruth Baker, Naomi Hrown. Helen Harber. Leona Hoile, Colleen Miller. Vera Steury, ami Ignore Stauffer. Silver atara were awarded for attendance of twenty four out ot twenty-alx meeting* to Margaret Baker, Kathleen Foreman. Hetty Lou Hahtiert. Bonnie Melchl. Ruby Miller. Clarice Snuera, and Murcia Schnepp. The court of honor waa conducted by Mi«a Elaey and Mlaa FrlaInger. leader* of the troop. The mother* of the al ria were present a* guest*. Following the court of honor the girl* were entertained by their mother* with a picnic ■upper at Hanna-Nuttman park. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER S:ooa.mSt 2:00 pm 84 10:00 a.m. 06 3:00 pro 87 N00n.... 78 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Thursday; warmer Thursday, and In north and ea*t-centr*l portion* tonight.