Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1939 — Page 1

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I .COUPLE I NTER U, S. IS EVENING (on Plans Gala urn* For Kin* ml Queen nyttl Pilot Train. Lon*M T <UJ»J Kliik gut i'll Elisabeth rum ■Jlw of travel in Canmill elller the United r lhr international y'lagara Kalla at K;3o I, to receive thr flrat roimlry haa rvrr given Irltlah monarrh and to for thr flrat llnu< by ra mllitlamrn. train Iravra hrrr at „ vm#*e* thr aouthrin rto and rnda thr firm > Amrrlran tour at thr ilr of thr fntnuua fulls at 8:30. It will atari •ridge. I lie four daya of r»tv. thr United State* Niagara Kalla, N. Y . •tary of atatr Cordell l*arty of Amrrlran and iiimy offlriala will |iay rial welcome, and Friday thr k'tig rill hr irurata of Wash urday of Nrw York irld’a fair; Sunday of it and Mra. Rnoaevei' ir in llydr Park. N Y of thr pant two days In* nrar thr Duches* l.uiirtmi and thr arrrai Kuril. Iriah Repablfran ■ at Detroit- havr rr traordinaiqr safeguard* il couple In Ontario, irrraatlona will br in hr I’nltrd State* >ua "unguarded fron Kara Kalla will briatlc unrta of I’nltrd Stairs lardsnten. Thousands lunty and rity puller Ihr rallropd train rontlnurs from I* to Waahln*tiHt over thr Pennsylvania railKt» ON PAGE sixi - DELAYS STERN TRIP s Trip PendinK n On Relief Measure n. June 7—<UPJ—Pro- 1 vrlt’a post pun •mrnt of ■rip to thr west roast was reported today to prompted by his frar • ana and conservative ••uld attempt to rrstrict rtlvltlra. Irnt, who had planned San KranrUro June is, t hla prraa conference at hr waa poriponmg liu* passage of thr ft,-, fllrf appropriation and rirlar ta»ra which exflclmcy approptlallona r considering thr rein closed araaion late L>n* member said It *t tho subcommittee a hill (tarrying appro>otlt the same" as the I'ummrndrd by Mr. D ON PAGE TIIKKhI Mtar Hoys vited To Outing ttf Bt. Mary's church ■a** Rev. Joseph J. Sri- • Rev. Alvin Jasluaki. tvlird to attrud an allYrdnraday. Juno 28, ai College. Rrnstirlarr. nlhrr churches in the | 1 of the autr have beru n hundred servers are, Participate In the field which will include ya, tuit-o'-war. Wheelcandle race and aaoa «• events will Include acts and diving coni'* will be awnrded trokTURE READINGS T THERMOMETER 76 2:00 p.m. 90 "1 3:o(|p.m. 21 81 leather '• local thumiar>n,9ht or Thursdayi central and north huraday,

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On Sc hool Hoard i vm ' M Carl C. Pumphrey. Ih-ratur Jeweler, was elected a member “, r j the city achisd board by the |t.. (a . ( twr city t«uiml| Tu*-fw|ity iiintil. CARL PUMPHREY IS APPOINTED Jeweler Is Elected Member Os Decatur School Hoard Orl C. Pumphrey. local Jeweler. ; was elected to the Deca'ur school 'Minril Tuesday night at th.» regular meeting of the city council to sue cced Ira B Kuhrman, whose term . expired this year. Mr. Pumphrey waa named on the wcond ballot, having won over five jollier candidates. Tl.e other candidates were (lien MUI. Cal K Peterson, Solomon laird. Sim H.trk and 'Dr. B. P. Kidds t)n the first ballot. Mr. IVimphrey end Mr. Hill each received two totes. Mr. Peteraon received one. and the other candidates failed to* j receive a ballot. Hy an agretuneat b"fore the voting waa opened, ail ; but the two leaders were climinalcd sud those two were balloted upon again. the second ballot. Mr. Pumphrey received three ot the five votes. The new boor dmembrr U elected i for a three-year term, and at la customary. will hold each of the three offices on the board during that Mine, as ihe three membera rotate I lit position. The other metuis-ra of the board are Roy Muniuia and Joseph A Hunter Mr Mustuna and the new member are Republicans, wtule Mr. ! Hunter la a Democrat. The applications of the six candidates were kept s< al»d until time | far the voting and were then open |ad and read by city clerk treasurer 11. Yeruon Aurund. The voting was done by the secirr.t balhitilng method. After th» rote had been tabulated the new member was officially declared , clocked by Mayor Korres' Filey, j - - ———-O' — Slight Damage Is Caused In Collision An auto, driven by John Stone- > burner, of thta city, was struch by a Louisville. Kentucky, truck short I iy after mam today as Mr StoueI urner was driving the rat away front a parked position on Second j >ireel. The car was slightly dam|aged. | MURPHY TERMS PEN A HORROR Attorney (ieneral Would Transfer Prisoners From Alcatraz ■■MM Washington. June 7. (U.B—-At-torney General Krank Murphy to day termed Alcatra* prison a "place of horror" and promised transfer of hardened criminals from the "rock" In San Francisco hay ito a new security penitentiary to lie located in some Isolated part of the country. ••It Is a great Injustice to Sun j franc loro to have that place of horror on the doorstep of Ihe rlly." Murphy said at a press conference, "The whole Institution Is conducive to psychology that builds up a sinister and vicious attitude among prisoners, he said. Murphy said no definite arllon was likely for two or three years, hut that he ha.l ordered Justice deput intent (Metals to study the situAllOtl. . . •it won't b«* changed, *»w. •■until somethin* belter In Ihe pub He Interest Is arranged Murphy Inspected Alcatra* during a recent west coast t.'lp He (CONTINUED. ON PAUtfi MOW

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question man WHO FIRED AT KING'S SISTER Man Held In London Says Shooting Just An Accident Uindon. June 7— <UJ!> - I«edwedge Vincent Law lor, held for firing a sawed-off shotgun near the Duchess id Kent's automobile, "can'l understand what the fuaa la all about,” a fellow lodger. Mick t'annon. who visited him In Rrlx- j •on prison, reported today. "I went tn lh uton with a couple of letters for lat w lor and aaked him whul hud happened to him.", Fanmm said . "He said he didn't; know. "I asked him what he wanted to be there with a gun for. Law-j lor said he hud no Intention of shooting and that It waa quite an accident ||e aeemed to think il was quite In order for him tn have •he gun. He told me. 'that'a In order. I had a license , When I was In Australia I always carried a gun'." Cannon said he questioned Lawlar about a communist with whom he was familiar but l-awlor replied. ”1 have nothing In that movement and nothing tn do with communists." Cannon continued: “I mentioned that people were talking of Irish Republican army connect lona hut I,* whir said he had nothing to do with It. In fact, he hardly knew what IRA meant. “I says tn him. ’you waa a mug (CONTINUED on PAGE TWOJ Knights Os Pythias To Elect Officers The annual election of officers will he held Thursday night at th.r Knights of Pythias lodge Officer* to serve during the coming lodge j year will be named. The meeting a 111 start at g o'clock and all members are urged to attend. APPLICATIONS FOR CCC GAMPS .Applications Taken Each Tuesday Morning For CCC t amps S There will be an enrollment for the civilian conservation eorpa the early part of July. It waa announced today. Applications are being taken each Tuesday from 10 to 12 a. m by the unemployment relief division of the state department of public welfare at John M Doan's office. In this city. Each applicant must present birth certificate. To lie eligible for CCC a young man must meet the following re qulrements: 1. He must he a rltlgen of the ! I’nlted State* 2. He must be unemployed and in need of employment. 1 2. He must be of good rharar ] ter. 4. lie must be between 17 and . 23 year* of age t Inclusive t 5. He must be unmarried. 6 He must be out of school and not temporarily on vacation. | 7. He must be physically and - menially fit. Each applicant agrees to enroll for a period of six months. At the ••lid of that period he may reenroll If he so desire* The maximum term of enrollment la Iwo year*. The enmllee recelvea |.lO 00 per | month for hla aervirea. Os this amount, 122 ini I* allotted to hla dependents, and the remainder used hy the enrollee for hla personal expenses In camp. The CCC offer* a young man Ihe opportunity to work on Job* which will better equip him to find permanent useful and gainful Mtl; ployment. Camp life teaches him through aMMmposed discipline to respect the right* of other*, to lie tolerant and cooperative, the Importance of regular halilta, orderliness, neaineaa and the value of clean living. - Talking Picture Is Shown Tuesday The Decatur Camera Club presented a talking moving picture entiled "Highlight* and Hhadswa" at the Central school building Tuesday right. The show was part of the edura--1 tlonal campaign being conducted by the club to Illustrate how photography 4s -produced and new methods being used- In the se'ence. ,

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Deny They Swindled Ministers „ . Chart** Campbell and Marshall Campbell kederwl indictments filed In Chicago charge Charles Campbell. 71-year old real estate dealer, and his son. Marshall, right, with defrauding more than 100 Presbyterian ministers. Kreed on $5,000 In.ml. the two denied they had obtained |250.000 by fraud and claim that liquidation | would permit payment of the ministers' Investments 100 per cent

LOCAL PLANE FORCED DOWN Local Pilot Makes Forced Landintc In Wheat Field Tuesday The I'nltod Hliln may lotto It* Amelia Karbari*. Its Charl. s Hackman* and other Iran*-Atlantic filer* at aea. but tho nation probably waa uoyor moro porturbod than waa tho city ot Decatur laat night whon one of Ita f«w "mog of tho air” became loot For approximately ono hour | friend*, relative* and tnformod poriona wondered what had hap-i ponod to Jamea Ivetlch. Jr . local pilot and hla companion pilot, Roliort Mct'omh. of Karl Wayne. j aa they took off from tbo Guy Mean* airport In fort Wayne At exactly 7 p. m laat nlttht. the youtiK men ralaed the none of their rod plane to ferry It letaurely home after a day at the airport An auto. In which rode young § Iretlch'a mother. Mr* Jamea Ivetick. Sr., left the airport at the aatne time Hoib were headed for the fvetlrh realdonce ,on South Thirteenth atreet. When hla mother arrived, ehe found that tho plane waa not In Somewhat apprehenalve ahe lie■an a return trip to Fort Wayne Hack and forth ahe drove until ahe heated the plane forced down In a wheat field from a heiaht of 2.&ttu feet with magneto trouble near Hoaaen Caatle. aliout halfway between Iterator and Fori Wayne. Iloaplio the darknoa* and the Inability to rhnoae a better landing the young blrtltnen brought the plane down In a perfect threeMXINTINUKD ON PAtIW KIV*) WOMAN HURT BY RUNAWAY AUTO — Sister Os Decatur Residents Is Injured At Fort Wayne — l — li Mra. Father Kaplch, a relative of aeveral local realdenta. waa one of , three peraona Injured Tueaday evening In Fort Wayne' when a , I runaway auto rolled over u curb near Clinton atreet. Mina Vivian Klllott. of Fort Wayne, driver of the vehicle, loat , control while making a turn and | the auto awerved up on the curb and back Into the atreet. Mra. Kaplch Buffered a fractured pelvla, a fractured collar lame and , I friction burna on her lega and , arm* She la not thought to lie aerloualy hurt Ruby Alice Raker, 4. Buffered only minor Injurlea when ahoved out of the way by hei plater. Joan Raker. 9. who with Mra. Kaplch ( waa dragged 40 feet by the auto. The drlVer of the car waa held for driving a car without an oper-, ator'a llcenae. The child waa dragged by the front wheela end Mra. Kaplch waa dragged under the rear wheela Mra Kaplch la a alater of Mra. lotwrence Raah, John. Rertha and I Arthur Mayer, all of thla city.

Democratic Women To Organize June 16 The annual organltatlon meeting «.f the Adam* countyv Democratic women'* club will he held Friday night, June U. at 3 o'clock In th-> R. P. O. Klka Home. An election .if officer* la to tie held. Kepreaentatlve Robert Heller ta to give a abort talk on the laat aea■•ion of the leglalature. There will tea number of cwnmlttc.ni reporting. after which a nodal aour will be enjoyed. Mra. Faye SmlCi-Knapp. nreaidenl of the orgonixa'.lon. will announce the committee* for the event later. RIGHT OF WAY COST ESTIMATE C ost To City For Road 27 By-Pass To Be About , $3,200 The eatlmati-d coat of aecuring the right-of-way for the U. S road 27 by-pan* along Thirteenth atreet, from the aoutti city limit*, uorth to Waablnatou atreet. will not exceed $3,200. the city council waa Informed laat evening. Kaoementa. ronalatlng of a alx month*’ option on the propertlea along the route, have been obtained by repreaentative* of the atate highway commlaalon 'and will be | turned over to the city. The city) of Decatur muat pay for the rlghnf way* and It I* expected that an additional appropriation will In*, anked for the purpu*e. The highway repreaentatlvea In- . formed Mayor Format Klaey that with the exception of two or three propertlea In the Homewood addition. that all optlona had been ohi.ini.d The hiishway reprem-nt atlvea will return here thla week and make an effort to obtain the remaining utiea. If the eaaeinent* cannot be obtained voluntarily It 1 will be necevoary to atari condemnation proceeding*, it waa dated. Rid* for the ronatruction of the 27 by-paaa over Thirteenth atreet will be received by the atate highway eommloaton on June 29 at Indlanapntt*. Sam Butler, city atreet commlaaloner reported to the eounrlt that the repairing of the Monroe atreet aewer waa to begin thl* morning. Floyd t’ook of Siudatiaker alreet appeared before the council In behalf of the realdenta of that community aaklng lhal the council enforce aome type of parking and driving regulallona at and near the South Ward aoftball diamond In relieve rongeated traffic and re""tCONTtNCRtV ON PAOtt *tXl - — "" 0 ■ - Award Contract For Road 224 Pavement lndlanapnll*. hid, June 7—(UIM — Contrncta for paving and reaurfacing highway* In numerou* Indiana coutlea were awarded today by Iha atate highway commlaalon. Among the award* waa: llnanred with atate fund*: Well* and Adam* countie* -paving (bliiwninmia concrete with waterbound macadam and crushed atone bane) on 6.943 ultea on road 224 from road 1 to vtagley, N. B. Putnam Co., Fort Wayne. SIBB,OOB 12.

Rev. Alva Barr Fatally Hurt When Struck By Automobile At ■ Pleasant Mills Tuesday Night 1 —— -

BRITAIN SEEKS RUSSIAN UNION ; TO PEACE PACT Hritain And France Will--0 ing To Give Full Military Aid Isnidon. June 7— (U.B Rrltaln and Kranre are ready to give Russia full military support In Ihe < event -of any act of aggression j which would Involve her In war with any Kuropean power. Prime j Minister Neville Chamberlain told the house of commons today. He said the agreement would not be confined to an actual attack s on Russian territory, thus Intimating that an attack through the Baltic stales would bring the agreement Into effect. Chamberlain appeared to ho|wthat the above stipulation would side-step the reluctance of the j Battle states to accept a guarantee against aggression Chamberlain said Britain and Russia are In “general agreement" on the main object to be attained Chamberlain announced that the British foreign office would send a representative to Moscow to assist Sir William Seed*. British ambassador. In negotiations with Soviet authorities. It waa learned , that the government had designated William Strang, head of the central Kuropean department of , the foreign office, who is now on holiday In Poland, to go to Moa- , cow. Obviously referring to controversial question of aiding the smaller Baltic states, Chamber" lain said. “There are difficulties to be solved in the cases of states which do not wish to receive guarantees, because they believe these would compromise their neutrality." "It la Impossible," Chamberlain continued, "to Impose guarantees on states which do not desire them, but I hope meana may he found to adjust such points and that they will not be allowed to stand In the way of an agreement for mutual support among Britain. Kranre and Russia, "I hope tn be able to suggest a formula which will preserve the rights of other states and at the ( same time ensure co-operation agulnat aggression" The prime minister declared , there la "general agreement" lie- , tween Britain and llussla regard- , Ing "the main objects to be attain- , ed hy the proposed pad of non- ( aggression." Britain, he said, "la prepared , to conclude an agreement on the basis of whole reciprocity." , "Ror reasons which Ihe house , will appreciate,” ('hamlH-rlaln said. | “It will mil Ite possible to give a | day lo duy account of the negotla- , Ilona for an ugr«a-ment between , tUONTINUEIt UN PAGE MIX) 1 COOKING SCHOOL CLOSED TODAY: i Final Session Os Demo- 1 i crat Cooking School < i This Afternoon 11 i The Anal session of the two-day I cooing school sponsored hy the 1 Decatur Dally Democrat, Ihe gas 1 company, gas appliance dealers, merchant* and Industrie* of this 1 city waa held this afternoon In the Knlghta of Pythias home. The school waa conducted by Mia* Veda Curdl*. nationally 1 known cooking expert, who demon- 1 slrated eat h day a number of timely hot weather dishes. In her talks she staled food should not only taste good, hut should be of a good uppeamnre. ( She recommended the uae of parsley. Miss Curd!* waa Introduced this afternoon hy Dan llolthouae of the Decatur Dally Democrat advertising staff , The Brat 25 ladles who arrived al the school each day were given toast nr* presented by the gas company, , Other winner*, Tuenday were: i ft In trade at the Blue Creek Dairy Store. Mr* B V. Oauae; mirror from the Morrla 5-10 c to |1 atore. , (CONTINUED UN I"AGMVE~

CITY TO SEEK WPA PROJECTS Projects Totaling $52, * 000 For Streets, Sewers And Sidewalks ____ | Mayor Korreat Klxey and city rlcrk treasurer 11. Vernon Aurand were empowered hy the city council Tuesday night tn Ihe regular j meeting of Ow body to sign a apon- | sor’a certificate and agreement for WPA projects totaling fs2.nou on the city streets, sewers and aidewalks. The council recently voted to , split the WPA applb-atlon and separate the proposed storm sewer j project from the smaller project* t In an effort to speed up approval by WPA. Albert J. Morrison. WPA district supervisor, who has replaced A. , K. ijita. kenbush. of Bluffton. ap- , peared beffore the council and re- j viewed Ihe figures of the new appli- , cation. Os the total amount. 230.400 la | to he used in tabur and will be , furnished hy WPA. while the balance of 122.300 la to be used In . material* and will be furnished by j the city and property owners. Mr. Morrison pointed out that of this amount the government al- , lowa 10 per cent, which would ( leave about 217.000. He also point- , ed ont that he had secured a credit of 2soo for engineering fee*. ( which would also be subtracted. Hla estimates disclosed that about 24.680 would be paid by prop- | erty owners for sidewalks and . about 21.783 for curb*, which would leave a balance of about 210.000 ' or 211.000 which the city must furnish. Start In August Mr Morrison informed the coun(OONTINUKIT^us PAGE t»IX» ~ RECORD SURVEY IS COMPLETED i ~ l Historical Records Sur- ' vey Os County Near Completion Kor the first time In the history t of Adams county, it will soon be t possible for persons seeking legal or other data contained in couuty archives, to obtain easily and ' quickly pertinent Information con- j' cernlng the availability and loca- * Hon of the record required, and * thereby save much of the valuable I time previously spent In blind and 1 often fruitless searching. The source of such Information will be a complete Inventory of all I county record*, complied by the • historical record* survey -the fin- ■ Ished material is now In the hands 1 of the survey's editorial staff for 1 filial review and typing and the t manuscript I* expected to be ready for the printers within the next I week, according to an announce- t ment made yesterday by John K. Jennings, aisle administrator of the wora progress administration, of which the historical record* aur- I vey la a unit. | The Inventory when published in volttmne form will be approximately 9x» Inches In site and will be hound In maroon cloth. It will contain more than 200 page* of authentic Information of lueatlm- i able time-saving value to every 1 person who haa occaaion to consult public records, fit addition to separate entile* for more than Bwi different type* of record*, the Inventory will contain an authentic , and up-to-date historical sketch of , the county, apd enlightening ea- , aay* on the governmental organ- . Ixatlon and record* system, and ‘ the housing, care und accessibility of records. Out standing and Important sea- . lure* of ihe work are the slmpllc- ] tOONTINURD ON PAGR IST 1 O— I (i. E. Employps Name Hohnko As President ! i Frank Rohnke was elected pre- ; nident of the O. K. employe* assorlatlon at the annual organisation < meeting, held Tuesday night. H.i i will succeed Don Oage, who has l served for Ihe past two years. Other officer* are Cheater Klelnknlght. vice-president; Elute Chase t(cording secretary; Ida Pchtmrer, financial secretary; George llamtna. treasurer; Oren Schultz, trustee.

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- ..I m Pastor Os Pleasant Mills Methodist i'hurch Dies Few Hours After Iteinjc Struck By Auto. FUNERAL FRIDAY Tragedy marred the Harper Day banquet at the Village of I’leaaant Mill* Tuesday night as tjie Rev. Alva Harr. 45. genial pastor ot the Pleasant Mills M. K church, died In the Adanta county memorial hospital at 10:45 o'clock, a little more than three hours after be had been struck by an auto as he was leaving the celebration. The Rev. Harr died of a fractured ahull, a fractured left arm and a badly rruahed and mangled left leg. sustained when he waa struck and thrown up against the windshield of an auto driven by Lawrence Wick. 21. of Fort Wayne Rev Harr, pastor of the Pleasant Mills church for the past threw years, had Invoked divine blessing upon the crowd gathered In the new school mine lure at Pleasant Mills and left the building to enter hi* car. when the accident occurred He had Intended to drive to Swayzee. where hts wife was visiting. tn return her to their Pleasant Mills home. Wtcka told newspapermen and authorities that he drove through the village enroute south at the rate of about 40 miles per hour and did nnl see the paalor In time lo avoid striking him The victim waa struck by the left front fender of the car and hurled up against the windshield. The Impart of the car atrtking the pastor who waa a large man, crumpled the fender of the auto. See Accident Mra. Bryce Daniels and Uretrhen Evans, residents of the village, were among those who witnessed the accident. Rev. Barr waa placed in an auto by William McMlllen and Coral Everett, alao of Pleasant Mills and brought to the local h<wpital. Physicians and hospital attaches, however, were unable lo save hla life and he died about three hours later. Wick, who aided In getting the victim Into the auto which took him to the hospital, remained at the accident Metis until authorities arrived After being questioned and making out an accident report to the atate. be waa released to return to hla home. 3401 Maumee avenue, Kort Wayne. Wick, who waa driving a car owned hy hla brother. Victor Wick, tidd newspapermen that he was etiroute to Wiltshire, Ohio to vialt friends. After getting minor repairs to hla car he waa able to drive It Into Kurt Wayne. Born Near Marion Rev. Barr, who in his three years at the Pleasant Mills pastorale had become endeared to the member* of hi* congregation and •"her* ffho knew him. waa born i ear Marlon. June 24. 1893, the sou of Henry W. and Nor* Barr. He married Gladys Page December 22, 1917. Shortly after hla marriage, he enlisted In the United tCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BANQUET HELD TUESDAY NIGHT Dale Harper Hanquet Held Tuesday At Pleasant Mills Dale Harper will not have to go to the Infirmary for al least another year. A total of Sin persons auw to that last night at I'b- isaul Mills when they attended the flrat annual Harper's Hay lianquet. That many person* attended the affair given for the. special purpose of raising fund* for the support of Dale to keep him from being forced to spend the rest of hi* life In the Infirmary. A report made thlw morning shows that the event grossed 221U.83 and that after expenaea totalling 249 50 were aubtractad. 2161.8.1 aim remained for the fund. It waa pointed nut that this amount will fall about 22U abort of the amount which It waa eatb mated would tie required but that Interested sympathizers would probably voluntarily ronirlbute the balance. Sam Jackson, prominent Kort Wayne attorney, waa the main speaker at the event. W. A. KIep(CONTINUED UN PAUM KIVHJ