Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1939 — Page 1

XVII. No. 133.

■SH ROYAL ■[B GUARDED fcSHOOTING MMk (II knit i’tiiletl LKoh: " ar \ etcrI lan h Held I June — (U.R) - Led ||IK. • I. whir. C>. d■B M, ..| in XV. -linlti-! .-i ,| ,r • ~ . ih.. - in •>,. I>. ' did mil -Il tv ;...-■..I ■ LssH v g|B 1 l" ; h' n. Hi . in r.ai i nt ii, t'. runnis itm.ii BsHh- king »,.- I hargcd with |HIK to >-ndanger life Ho was ro. i unioily for otto week lr to determine his ■Mil tn undetermined by I.ulcer at the lodging I.a whir, a welder* lived. told authorities Kfo* .n'.ilka'ive. tpiiai man He laid laiw dissatisfied with the his war pension ami to have eommuuHtlc although he talked avoided arguments a- - hearing a shot Square, he chased on a bicycle. io the side of the -ii Kl> ON PAG* FIVE) ■fl.' man Is I X lined Constable ...r of this -Ity. wis .(.io of W.-st.ington t! - morning by tin coun of commissioners in s.s . i II iratlo Chase, who died M Mr Chase hat served .Stoners were to ad .•■ after of ditches and Conducting 1118 PROGRAM I IS ANNOUNCED Mier Cubbing ProHrtm Is Announced I I By Officials r Cubbing program a t „ meeting lust announced today by I* •■ and Sylvester of the affairs was outlined lasi Central seined where mid leaders met with BHand mothers of the Cubs of day camps will l»of each week at park. starting |K. June 13. The tamps will from 2 until fi p tn. on Partlt Ipatlng will bring Supers and Will eat B |J '"’' before returning to B |B><! i lh. I < ssentlnls of I'nbl. mB studied at the camps to postpone the dm mothers and fathers. B» to have been held Frl later in the summer. t dinner will be held |B"b banquet will be held at soma time next winter gß* ■wrature reading* Mcrat thermometer “4 2:00 pm 7S 8:00pm. 94 K l_ , weather cloudy, occasional |o»*undersahowara In west " ,h portions tonight or rß*Way and In northeast Wednesday; warmer In portion tonight; not warm in central and J? portion Wednesday after-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

1 und»i Are Sought To Aid Stricken Family townahm”, J******' (Teas tton . funds t ? ,M ’ ,lUon ,o <‘«y gawking “• <» donate to the 4 v,n Byer ta1 "“I 5 ! “ ( ,* o ‘" 1 bw ”' « ‘ , lr.saut Mills. The family losl al| of (|g »->.tu In the fire Sunday night which I completely destroyed the H, tl. Hen (tricks farm horns m which they livcd. Any one wiahlnc to be H good nalEhbor' has been asked to seo Mr Patterson at once. •dr. Pater*<m said today thia was not an act of charity hot one ot appreciation of the serious loan to the family and to their worth ih the community, • — -o- _ ICKES FAVORS THIRD TERM TO i THE PRESIDENT Secretary Os Interior Opens Draft .Roosevelt Campaign Washington, dune •— (UP)— A campaign to re-elect President Roosevelt for a th.rd term reached the house of representtatives today go Rep. Martin I J. Kennedy. D.. New York, called upon Democrats to renominate the chief executive in IWO. Washington. June 6 — <U.PJ — • A campaign to re-elect President Roosevelt In IHt'i began today under cabinet auspices, and led : Immediately to an announcement ‘ by Sen. Rush I) Holt. D.. W. Va.. ! that he would ask the senate at thia session formally to oppose a third term. Secretary of Interior Harold L . Ickes opened the draft Roosevelt movement with the statement: ■ ’*l want Roosevelt for a third . term.” His announcement, written for this week's issue of I»ok inaga i Sine, came within 4t> hours of reve-1 lai ion that Vice President John N Harner would seek the HMO H»-mo-cratlc presidential nomination re i gardless of Mr RooaeVelt's plans. I I Ickes charged that aiiti-Roose 1 veil Democrats were back stabbing ’ the president. Without naming * Garner, he ridiculed his candidacy. i as that of “one whose 'strength' I I la that of knowing nothing, sayI Ing nothing, doing nothing “ Holt said his resolution would . be a simple proposal that the sen i ate express Its sentiment against . third terms. He has cmitemplated . offering It for some time and told the United Press today It would ;be done this month. Holl and the I new deal long have been feuding The Ickes article jarred the capital. It seemed to end the period in I which it could be argued that talk |' of a third term was confined to i those who sought to embarrass the . president And It had further sig | , nlficance because of lhe proliabil Ity that Mr. Rimsevelt will leave June 15 on a trans-continental , journey which would be accom- : panied. even without his coopers,l tlon. with a tremendous third term build up. A third term call from the cabinet circle scarcely can do less than start the Im 11 ' I rolling. Tentative plana for a presidential visit to the Nan Francisco fair j 1 , call for an outward journey; through North Carolina. Tennessee. Kansas and Colorado, apd re ' turn Ity a northern route From Sesiile. Mr Roosevelt could make | I a four day aide trip by water to I ■ .. (CONTINUED ON PAOR FIVB) ERECT MARKERS 111 THIS CIH Legion Post Erects Markers At Approaches To City Five markers have been erected lat the entrances to the city, dei noting the name of the town and . i Issuing a request to drive carefully . . . The signs were purchased by Adams Post No. 43. American Legion, and were Installed by the city street department. The signs bear a large colored American legion emblem, with ; the name Post No 43 nnd a "Drive ( . Carefully" warning on the front. 1 The signs also read " Welcome. They were placed at both ends of federal road 224. at both ends of federal road 22" * and at the gMtheast entrance of load 33 on Mercer avenue. H. Vernon Attrand. post amt district safuty chairman, was In charge of lhe erection of the slgus.

WPA EMPLOYES GIVE EVIDENCE I TO COMMITTEE I' cderal Arts W orker Tells Os Communistic Activities Washington. June ( — tu P) — I Charles H White, negro New York federal arts project worker, told tin- bouse WPA Investigating com mlttee today that in l»3O31 he was sent to Russia by the communist party where he received . : Instructions in military tactics and ' street fighting. White, who said be la employed as an "information writer" on the , federal arts project In New York, said that while In Russia be met Herbert Henjamln. now secretary of the workers alliance. He said Henjamln was "preparing for the hunger march that was to follow In 1»33." He said he refrred to lhe bonus march on Washington that occurred that year. White said hla trip, which eg- 1 tended over IS3O-3I and part of' IM2. was financed by district No. 6 of the communist party of which he said Benjamin was secretary "Were you taught to ride and shoot wdtlle you wire in Russia?" he was asked “Yes." he said. "1 took a course In military strategy and tactics with about 100 other Americana there for the same purpose" He said he practiced sharp shooting once or twice a week, studied the handling of machine guns, the use of barricades in street fighting, and how to destroy tanks. "IMd you receive any Instructions regarding contacts with the armed forces?" he was asked "Yea.” he replied. "Our Instruc- . tlons were to pay special attenI tlon to the armed forces of the I’nited States and use them as the 1 chief arena of activity for recruiting members of the communist l>arty We were told to use young girls especially because they could (CONTINUKD ON PA(1» FIVE) RECEIVE ROAD BIDS JUNE 29 ■■II Bids For Construction Os Road 27 By-Pass To Be Received Sealed proposals for the construction of the new by-pass through Decatur on federal road 27 will be received by the state i highway commission at Indianapolis until 10 a. m on June 29. when the blds will be opened and : read. The commission will receive bids for the construction of road 27 from a point one-half mile south of Decatur, through the city on the Thirteenth street hy-paas and north to a point one-half mile north of Monmouth. The full length of the part to ne constructed Is Hated as 4.34( miles According to the notice to road contractors, the minimum wage will be 7S. 6i» and &0 cents for skilled labor, labor Intermediate 1 grade and common labor, respec--1 lively. Blds will be received on reinforced concrete pavement and concrete widening, bituminous con--1 crete pavement and concrete widening. rock asphalt pavement and concrete widening. The re-routing of 27 was de- ' elded upon by the city at the suggestion of the state highway commisalon recently and the move-, inent for the change was started. Right of ways are now being 1 secured for the by pass on Thirteenth street, where extra widths are needed In points and a new route is being secured north of Nuttman avenue. It la understood that the rerouting will be done at an early I time, as Siam as the blds are let and the contra, tin Is able to start ! work. — Injured Union City Resident Released i William Plate, of Union C ty. who suffered r head injury late Monday when he fell from a moving auto, was released front the hospital last evening after treatment. A physician, who was summoned Immediately after the nccident, treated his wounds, which he said were of only a slight nature Plate was thrown from ‘.he rumI bk seal of an auto driven by Ulen Kindle, also of Union City, when he I 1 stood up to grab lhe driver and the I cur struck a bump.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tu esday, June 6. 1939.

Sailing With Nowhere To (io 11 ■ - _ ... , 4L •.. : j wa Wv■ r eV ' ■ W Refugees along rail of German liner Here are some of the 90S Jewish refugees aboard the German liner St. Ixmls. forbidden entry at Havana. Cuba, and forced to heud back toward Germany where they face possible concentration camps or hard labor It was reported that the U. N was considering placing tens of thousands of Jewlsb-Clennan refugees In the Philippines.

REPORT LADDS COUNTY FARM State Welfare Inspector Praises Infirmary In Report The report from the state de partment of public welfare, regarding the recent Inspection of . the conuty Infirmary by an Inspec tor from the state welfare department was released here today. The report discloses that on the day of the Inspection there were , 35 males and 16 females confined m the institution. Among thia number were nix men and four women classed aa mental cases. A few blind persons, one or two I 1 wheel chair Invalid* and a few i crutch cripples were the other In-1 mates of the Institution who need- 1 ed special care. No Recommendations The summarised report of the inspector states that "thia la a thoroughly well-managed Instltu tlon" and “few changes or Im proveinents are needgd here. No recommendations." In regard to the plant. th« rei port states that the main building Is In very g<a>d structural rondltion and its equipment throughout la very well maintained In regard to the farm, the report states that an abundance of vegetables, fruit and crops are used and that th<buildings are good examples of modern farm building construction and that the fencing and farm Im plements are In good condition. The report disclosed that on the date of lhe Inspection, there wer-* ten men and three women who are capable of being of definite assist ance Itt performing the dally task* about the Institution. In regard to the kitchen, the report states that the meals an-' carefully prepared, well cooked and well balanced under the care (CONTINUED ON FAGHMFIVE) - o—Rev. Vincent Eliinger Vfeita In Decatur Rev. Father Vincent Ehlnger. I Passion is t missionary and U. N. ' nrmy chaplain In the UCC. stationed Reno. Nov., stopped In Decatur thia morning enroute to the west from New York and Washington Father Ehlnger visited here with his brother. Leo Ehlnger. dlls assignment aa chaplain takes In the C<JC ramps In California, Nevada and Oregon.

First Cooking School Session Is Held Here This Afternoon

New methode In cooking were I observed by ■ large crowd attending the flrat day of the free cooking school. sponsored by the Deca--1 tur Dally Democrat and gaa appliance dealers In the city, this afternoon In the Knights of Pythias home on North Third street. The final session will begin Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Knights of Pythias home. New recelpea will be demonstrated. i The achool is being conducted by Miss Veda Curdla, nationally known cooking expert, with the help of her aaalstant. The same prise list Is to be given Wednesday as was given this i afternoon. The first 25 ladles to

Annual Trustees’ Picnic Thursday The annual Adams county trustees’ picnic will be held Ttiursda.'. j at lx>hman park In Berne. A basket I dinner will be served at noon with tree candy, ice cream and cigars '.n the afternoon. W. Guy Brown will speak In thei i afternoon. Election of officers will : be held. Games and other entertaln- | ment will he offered the young folks and children. All present jrusteea and all extrustees. together with tbe'r families. are urged to attend. FIRST CONCERT HERE TONIGHT First Band Concert Os Summer Season To Be Gi\cn Tonight The first l>and concert ot the summer season will be presented in Decatur tonight, with the high school bund, directed by Albert Sellemeyer. playing the concert on the ramp al the south aide of the court house. The concert will start promptly at it o'clock. Tonight's concert Is the first in a aeries of weekly concerts to he presented by local school band* under Mr. Nellemeyer during the summer months. The complete program for to ' night's concert follows: "The Thunderer." march, by Sousa. "The Wanderer," hy Harlow — j trombone duet by Rfohard Buckley and Rl hard Gold ner. "Footlifter," march hy Fillmore "The Grass Is Just aa Green." novelty humoresque —by Roberta. "King Cotton." inurc.'i by Nouaa "Ln Cascade," overti re, by Huff (CONTINUKD ON PA(IM FIVK)~ 0 Liechty Funeral Friday Morning The Christian Ltechty funeral, which waa to have been hold Wednesday afternoon, has b--en postponed to Friday morning at g:4t> o'clock at the home ai d 9 o clock a* Ute Mt-nnoulte ihu.t'u In UerM. The postponement waa made to permit relatives of lhe deceased to arrive from California. Mr. Liechty died Monday nt hla home In Berne.

arrive Wednesday will be given gas toaatera. Other prises in be swarded will be a two-pound box of Kraft Amor lean cheese; four pounds of Mutschler'a sugar cured bacon from the Gerber Meat Market; two Sllax cofee makers from the gas company; one -dollar In mer chandlae at the Blus Creek Dairy Htore, a wall mirror with colored border from thg Morris 5 and 10 cent to II store. There la no charge or obligation for attendgnee at the school. An Invitation to all women and girls of Decatur and community to at tend has been Issued by the upon aors.

Union City Bank Is Held Up And Robbed By Three Bandits A t Noon Today; Loot $3,000

HITLER WARNS i OTHER NATIONS KEEP HANDS OFF Warns Britain, Others. Axainst Any Attack On Reich •Berlin. June • —<U.R>—Fuehrer Adolf Hitler warned Britain and other "enclrclers" of Germany today that they will lie sharply re- • pulsed if they attempt to attack ; the relch. Hitler and Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, hla chief aide, reviewed a parade of 12.000 German soldiers and aviators who fought for Generalissimo Francisco Franco In the Spanish civil war. Addressing the veterans in the Lustgarten. Hitler said: "My comrades. I can greet you at last. I am happy to be able to see you and I am proud of you. -Accept the thanks of the German people, who press all of you to their hearta." , After reviewing the unfavorable course of the Spanish uprising during the early days. Hitler said: "In 193< I decided to accept Gen. Franco's pleas for help to aid Spain and also to avoid a similar struggle In Germany. I thus thanked him for Spain's remaining neutral In the world war ' despite Britain's attempts to the i contrary .... the democracies spread the He that Italy and Germany wanted to conquer Spain and rob her of her ctdonies The reception now being accorded you ) U|>on your return is the final answer to all these Iles I "Your spirit shows that If the war mongers ever attempt to attack Germany, they will be repulsed with a sharpness of which the enclrclers du not yet have a conception "We think of those who died In this struggle for civilisation and of that land which defended Its Ideals for three years. Ixmg live Germany* l*ong live Spain! lemg live the Condor Legion it he Germans who fought In Spain I Germany, sleg hell!*' - Goering In a speech welcomed the Condor le-glon t«a Germany's , first victorious tnsips since the world war. He said: "For the first lime, the new German air force was allowed to show II could fight tp win and I that It worthily liears the great ' tradition which has come to It from the world war German (mops again have come home — this time with victorious banners. "That other time It was not the soldier’s fault that he was cheated of glory by politicians. This time i you return to a larger Germany than the one you left. . . . "The Condor Legion always was ' In lhe foremost lines, leading the wu to victory. The great battles (CONTINUKD ON ¥ AOkYwoT” LIST PROCRAM OF EXERCISES Rural Eighth Grade Com* mencement Exercises Here Saturday The complete program for the annual commencement exereleM tor lhe eighth grades of ths rural tchooln of Adams county was announced today. Albert Stanley of South Bend, will deliver the commencement address. The diplomas will be presented to the graduates by the iZcpectivo trustees. The exercises will b« 4ield Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the new Decatur junlor-aenlo? high school auditorium. Following la the program, during which approximately 276 graduates will receive their diplomas: Music-county hand. Song "America"-— by nudlenee. Invocation Rev. C. M. Prugh. Music. Address— Albert Stanley, South Bend. Music. Announcements— C.l K. Striker, county school superintendent. Presentation of Diplomas—township trustees. Benediction—Rev. Glen MarsbaU.,

DISCUSS RATES WITH OFFICERS McMillen Industry leaders Meet With Decatur City Officials Members of the common council and other city officials met last night at the city hall with executives of the Central Soya and Can* tral Sugar companies for a discussion of electric power rates and contemplated plant Improvements. Surveys of present plant equipment and recommendations for further Improvranents. Including , boiler and turbine installations. ! were made by two engineering firms and submitted to the coun- ’ ell. The engineering firms that are consulting with the city are Laramore and Douglas of Chicago, and Froelich and Emery of Fort Wayne. The Industrial executives who attended the meeting were Dale W. McMillen, chairman of the Imard; Roy Hall, president; H. W. McMillen, vice-president and Harry Offutt, engineer for the soya and sugar companies The Central Sugar and Central Soya companies used half of all of the electric current made last year at the city plant Total KWH generated in 1933 was 15.460.30 d The two industrial concerns used 7.6X9.300 WKH. for which they paid the city 677.761.63. an aver- ’ age rate over the year of one cent 1 and one-tenth of a mill per KWH. A request has been made by thig Industries to revise the rate structure and also to increase KWH 1 demand to 10.000.000 kilowatts next year. WORK STARTED ON MONROE ST. I I Preliminary Work Starts On Re-Surfacing Os Highway 224 Preliminary work on the re-sur-I facing of federal road 224 in the ; city of Decatur from the east • bridge to Thirteenth street, where that highway will connect with the new federal road 37 by-pass. , was started today by slate highway workers Ora Baker, district maintenance supervisor, arrived in the city Monday evening to arrange for the blockading of the streets. Monrot* street will be closed from the east bridge to Fifth and Monroe street intersections first, he stated, and the base coat will be applied Mr Baker stated that he expected the work to take about four weeks In all. providing the weather Is favorable and no unforeseen obstacle arises* Blocadlng of the street will be done In sections, however, he staled. to permit an easier flow of traffic in and through the city. Approximately eight to 10 days are expected to be required for lhe application of the base coat and approximately the same amount of time will be needed to apply the Ky-rock asphalt cover- ' Ing The street will be opened between applications. Meantime federal road 224 will be re-routed Into Decatur from the east. On the approach to the city ’ from tht» east, traffic will be routed north on the Piqua road to the junction, north of Decatur, known ns Miller's Bend, and will be returned to North Second street. ■ then west lo Nuttman avenue. Mr. Baker. In behalf of the de- ■ partment. requested the motorists ' of the city to respect the blockades and not attempt to enter blocked . streets or remove wooden horses i set up ns blockades. Six Applications For School Board i i Six applications will bo opened and read this evening when the citv council votes upon a city school hoard member to succeed Ira B. Fuhrman, whose term expires this i j ear. The six sealed applications have been filed with city clerk-'reaaurer . H Vernon Attrand. The selection of the school board • member will be a part of the regular meeting of the council. In which .] other business is to be transacted.

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Ohio And Indiana Statr Police Patrol Roads In Effort To Capture Bank Bandits. VAULT PROTECTED Union City, Ohio. June 6 (U.FJ — The Farmers' State Bank of Union City, which la divided by the Ohio-Indiana Mate line, wan held up at noon today by three men, who escaped In a black aedan. R A. Bolen, the bank's cashier, estimated that |3.000 waa taken by the robbers, but said a complete check had not been made. The robbers, described aa short and stocky, wearing panama hats, held off two rmployea of the bank and an adding machine company representative with pistols They forced aaalatant cashier Stanley Kester, stenographer Edna Rita, and the representative of the Burroughs company from Muncie, Ind.. Into a wash room and locked the door. Then the three men took what money they could find in the cash drawer and hurried to the automobile. khere a fourth man waa believed waiting. They made no attempt to enter the vault. Bolen said there waa about 615.1 MW In the vault but that it waa protected by a time lock. The bandits' automobile beaded north on State Line street toward Indiana The orange license plate was believed issued In Texas The bank la on the Ohio aide of the town In Darke county. The Ohio patrol dispatched six cars to the vicinity to block roads I in an attempt to cut off escape. The Indiana state police also patrolled their aide of the alate line. The holdup waa reported to have occurred at 11:23 a. m. CBT. The car in which the robbers escaped was r, ported to have been a 193 M model Chevrolet. Boy Scouts Meet At Cabins Wednesday All Boy Scouts of the city are roi quested to meet at the soon: cabins iu Hanna-Nuttman yark W-dneaday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Sylvester Eterbart, county Scout commission* er. in calling the meeting, urged all scouts to be present. Camera Club Show Here This Evening Arrangements have been completed to seat a large crowd at the free talking moving picture to bo shown at the old high school building tut* evening at 3 o'clock. It Is sponsored for the public by the Decatur Cam* era Club and Is entitled "Highlights and Shadows." The picture illustrates ths latest development* j* photography. ■ o Adams County Farmer Suffers Injured la*k Everett Rich, of nor'hwest of Berne, Is suffering from a crushed and lacerated leg. sustained when he waa caught between a disc aud tractor, while working on hla farm. Thirty stitches were taken to ck>s« '.he wounds iu bls leg. He was treated at a Berne physician's office and then removed to his home. GEIMER HEADS DECATUR K. G. Cornelius Geimer Named Grand Knight Os Decatur Council Cornelius Geimer. local grocery clerk, will direct ths activltlM of the Decatur council, Knights ot Columbus. during ths coming year. Geimer was elected grand knight, of the local council last night during lhe election of officers ncld dur* I Ing the regular meeting. G. Remy Bierly wan named dopI uty grand "knight. Arthur Miller waa C elected recording secretary and i Francis Wertaberger, treasurer, Joseph financial fcretary. Other officers are: Casper JMil* ' let*, chancellor; Clarence Heimann, advocate; Fred Baker, Jr., warden; I William Coffee. Inner guard and - Ted Appetanan, outer guard. i Dan Nlblldk waa named a trust eq • ot the council.