Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1939 — Page 1

hcvil. No. 139.

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Heads Sub Inquiry l n Sir Alfred Bucknill Sir Alfred Townwnd Hucknlll, Judge of the high court of justice, has been named to head the pul. lie Investigatl. >tt Into the Thetis ’ submarine dlaaxter off Ulverptad. England. In which S7 ntett lost I their lives. VIOLENT DEATH - TOLL IN STATE Six Violent Deaths Reported: Four From Traffic Accidents Converse. Ind.. June IS.- (UJO — ' Mrs. Lena Welch. 55. of South Bend, died late yesterday from Injuries suffered when her car collided with an automobile In which Wilma Tucker. 20. and Eldo Prickett. 20. both of Converse, were riding Miss Tucker and Prickett were injured seriously and Orin Welch, son of Mrs. Welch, suffered minor injuries. Mew Albany, fnd. June IS <U.P> I - Two persons died late yesterday from Injuries suffered in weekend accidents In Washington county. They were Bonnie Baker. 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Cling Baker, of near Salem, and Alvey Chastain. 02. of Campbellsburg. The girl was injured when she fell from a horse and Chastain suffered fatal injuries when his car was hit by a Monon railroad train near Campbellsburg. Seymour, Ind., June 13.- (U R* ” John Bishop. 55. of near Hayden, died In a hospital last night from Injuries suffered Friday when he fell from a barn window on his farm. Warsaw. Ind.. June 13.— OJJU — | The body of an unMentlled negro, about 23 years old. was found on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Warsaw late yesterday. Trainmen of a westbound train reported they believed they struck a man (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIKEKI j Strav Dog Returned To Owner Today Police today located the owner of a stray Scotty dog. picked up Inst night by Officer Sephus Melchl. ' After looking for the owner for mom time It wan learned that tM 1 canltib belonged to J. L. Ehler. ATTORNEYS VOTE OFFICE CLOSING Decatur Lawyers To Close Offices On Saturday Afternoons Practically all law offlees in the city of Decatur will be dosed on Saturday aftermxms tor <he■ summ..r months. 1| **» disclosed todB By a majority vote, the members of the bar association voted to close each Saturday afternoon unm the optotod of '»>•• nMI lerm 0, The r next term, the September term, opens on September 5 following a three months' court va<a- ! *' Although the vote Was not unanimous on the Cloning. It was state, that with but one or two ’xeep I Jon.*ho law otflees will observe the resolution. . I It was pointed out that In he ice Os these exe-ptlorts the offlees are not t M ’ rra " ,ed nlnce the attorneys represent the federal government tn legal matters. which forbids closing on week days.

JAPS ASSERT BRITAIN BOWS TOJAPDEMAND Acceding To Demands Averts Blockade Os Concessions lamdon. June 13. — (U.K) — The Japanese embassy said tonight that the British foreign office had acceded to Japanese demands In Tientsin, averting a blockade of the British concesalona there which threatened a critical strain on the relations between Japan and Britain. The embassy said the foreign office notified It that the British government had decided to hand over to the Japanese four suspected Chines.- aasasains within the concession as demanded by Japan. In Europe, hostility between Germany and Poland mounted rapidly. and at the same time, unrest against nail rule spread in the Bohemia Moravia protectorate. Feeling in Berlin was fanned by reports in the Danxlg press that Poles hsd mutilated a German there. Four thousand refugees from the former Csech army fled for safety Into Poland In the face of reports that German troop movements were In progress on BohemiaMoravia. Three former (’tech bombing planes als ..landed in Poland. Wotja Benes, brother of former President Eduard Benes, was among the refugees. The French press regarded developments In Bohemia-Moravia as indicating Hithg-'s drive to smash the growing opposition there Is on In earnest. As William Strang. British foreign office expert, left Warsaw for Moscow to confer with soviet officlals on means of bringing Russia Into the European security front, the official newspaper Pravda declared that the Independence and security of the Baltic state of Esthonla. Latvia and Finland must l»e guaranteed, despite their reluctance to accept such guarantees (CONTINUED ON PAGB FIVK) OUST STUDENTS AUER ATTACK IS Junior Dinh School Students Suspended For Attacking Jew Baltimore. Md.. June 13— (UP) — I School authorities today suspended 18 students at Gwynne Falls junior high school In an Irqulry into the reported beating and ''branding” <.f a 15-year-old Jewish student and j .t fight between the boy'j friends and alleged pro-Naxi classmates. The mass suspension was ths first result of an Investigation ' launched by Dr. David E. Weglein, superintendent of public Instruction. The alleged attack on the Jewish 1 Imy. Melvin Bridge, occurred last Friday. It was followed by a fight on the school grounds yeste-day after which Morton Rnaen. 19 a friend of Bridge, was held by poltoe on a charge of assaulting Carroll PhilII)*. 17. and Harry Ebberta. 17. | Investigators said they had learn cd .that the outhredks Friday and yesterday had followed less serious ' diwplays of antl-semitic feeling aivong Uie students on previous oc-j , raalons. Authorities did r.ot make public the nasties of the suspended students pending completion of their Inquiry. However, it was understood tltat those suspended allegedly par- j • Idpated In the outbreaks. Yeaterd-ty'a fight occurred during the luncheon recess. Police planned to arraign Boxen In police court late today. Bridge was Hated as a state's witness. Leon At ramson, attorney and member of the city council, interest(CONTINUED ON P*«® Former Missionary To Speak Wednesday During a special meeting of tho Zion Lutheran ladies' missionary; n’clety Wednesday afternoon, a lec-I lure will be presented by Rev. Wilbur Worllng on Lutheran missionary work In China and a presentation of conditions there today In general Rev. Werllng was formerly a Lutheran missionary In China, i Ha will also display numerous trinkets and curios which he brought along from that country. The pub-' lie Is invited to attend the meeting I which will begin at 2 o'clock and; will be held In the Lutheran church I auditorium. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 13. 1939.

(Jive Band Concert Here This Eveninjc The second band concert of ttw xcason «(il Ibe presente dat 8 fffclock this evening at the cast side, of the junior-senior high school building. The combined band of 120 pieces under the direction of Albert Selleireyer, will present the concert. I*.< cause of the slue of this band, the' change to the school bluldlrg from the court houce ramp was necessl-' tated so rthle one concert. ROYAL COUPLE TAKE TO AUTO -i we I Abandon Streamlined Train To Visit NeW Brunswick Province With Royal Party. In New Brunswick. Canada. June 13 -QJJD 1 —King George and Queen Elisa-' lieth arrived In the cool maritime province of New Brunswick today for one of their most arduous ’ days In the final phase of their imir to Canada and the United States. The king and queen arrived at Newcastle at 7:20 a. m. CST.. vis lied for 10 minutes and then headed by automobile for Frederickton. seventh provincial capital of their Canadian tour. The royal couple abandoned their streamlined train at New castle to motor the 120 miles over dusty and none too smooth road* Into the interior of the peninsula The cool air of New Brunswick was laden with the scent of pine trees. A sparkling sunshine and a temperature of 62 gave the king and queen relief from the oppres slve heat of Washington and New York. At Newcastle many of the thousands who gathered from all parts of the peninsula wore overI coats. The normal population of I Newcastle, about 4.000. was abou* 30.000 by the time the royal couple* arrived. The king started his day by setting his watch ahead one hour, making the 12th time since he left London that the royal timepiece had to be set forward or back 1 ward New Brunswick operates |on Atlanilf standard time, the' same as eastern daylight time. During yesterdays comparatively easy program of appearances, the king and queen found time to read hundreds of telegrams of felicitation from all parts of the I United States congratulating them ; upon the success'of their Ameri- ! can visit. The king and queen and members of their entourage looked forward to the trip tomorrow to Prince Edward Island, the smallest province In Great Britain's ! largest dominion. It is an Island ' about 130 miles long and from two ' to 30 miles wide, famous as a summer resort and for Its scenic ; beauty. It was In Charlottetown, capital of Prince Edward Island. ' that the agreement was mad** ■ which brought Into being the die ' inlnlon of Canada. * ■ o —■ iii Local Man’s Mother Dies In Michigan Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock 'or Mrs. Ella England of Lapeer, Michigan, who died Monday morning at 3 o'clock at her home In that city. Death was due to InfirmIdea. Her husband, the Rev. C. England preceded her in death eight months ago. Mrs. England wm the mother of Wesley Engiand of this city. Tho I England Auto Parts store will be closed all day Wednesday.

Man Who Preached His Own Funeral Sermon Dies Today

Indianapolis. June 13, — (U.R> — Wade Millman, wealthy farmer of Coatenvllfe who stood In a rural church more than two yearn ago and preached hla own funeral sermon to a perspiring throng of ihousandn of neighbors and curl- | oslty-seekers, died in the Methodist hospltil here today. He was 90 years old. When funeral services are conducted Thursday. Mllltnan will be placed in the casket built of oak trees which grew on his own farm, carried to the lot hi the rear of \ the Canaan church and he placed under the tombstone which he Imported from Swltxerland and patted fondly at hla own "last rites" on May 16. 1937. Six pall-bearers, whom he once ' announced have already been paid In advance, will carry the heavy coffin to the grave. Millman retained hla remarkable vigor until this -spring, when he was stricken with a kidney dls- ; ease which forced his confinement I in the hospital here on May 20' He

NEUTRALITY LAW CHANGE VOTED BY COMMITTEE 1 House Committee Favors Neutrality Bill Proposed By Hull Washington. June 13--<UJD -The house foreign affairs committee. Ignoring threats of a senate filibuster. today approved a new I neutrality bill In line with recommendations by secretary of state Cordell Hull The bill was reported by a party vote of 12 to 8. Tlie republicans - reserved the right to file a minor- j I Uy report. Rep Hamilton Fish. R. N. Y.. was paired against the , hill with Rep. Robert Allen. D.. Pa. Three Democrats were missing. and two members voted “present.** The bill. Introduced by acting chairman Sol Bloom. D„ N. Y.. after study of Hull's proposals, would displace the current law entirely. The measure favorably reported | to the house would repeal th" present mandatory arms embargo It was around thia point that the controversy over neutrality legislation raged. Senate Isolationists have threatened a fight lasting at least to mld-August against any attempt at lifting of the arms shipments restrictions. Other provisions of the Bloom bill would: 1. Bar American owned ships and nationals from entering coml«t areas delineated In presidential proclamations. 2. Require transfer to the foreign purchaser of title to goods to be shipped to belligerents. This constitutes virtual re-enactment of the cash-and-carry clause which expired last May I. 3. Re-enact the l>an on loans and credits to belligerents. 4. Provide for close regulations of the solicitation and collection 1 of funds in thia country for use by any belligerent or its nationals. 5. Re-enact the statute provid-1 Ing for the present munitions con(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ~ SERVICE HERE FOR FLAG DAY, ( Annual Service To Be Held At Elks Home Wednesday Evening The annual Flag Day observance sponsored by the Decatur B P. O. Elks will be held on the lawn of the Elks home on North Second street Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. As in past years, the Elks will be assisted by Adams post numlter 43 of the American l<eglon In conducting the service. Rev. George O. Walton, pastor ot the First Presbyterian church of this city, will deliver the Flax Day address. Joseph Laurent will recite the history of the flag The ceremonies will start with a parade from the Legion home, led by the Ijegion color guard, north on Second street to the Elks home. The color guard will be followed by the Decatur school band, directed by Albert Sellemeyer, members of the Legion, auxiliary. Sons of the l/Ogion. mid Boy Scouts. All those taking pari In the pgrlido air nxkod to report al the ~(CONTiNUKiToN PAGE FIV E> *

was unconscious last night and died quietly this morning. Ills last words when he preached his own sermon were; "Let me die unrvmembered. ‘‘Let. me He In my grave unmolested.'' Millman gave about a month's notice of his intentinn to conduct his own funeral services, and although only 300 persons were able to jam Into the tiny Canaan church which was almost his own personal property, an estimated 5.000 others packed the grounds, unable to hear the words piped hy his weak, squeaky voice. Collarlesa, with a yellow, red and blue bandanna handkerchief protruding from hla coal pocket and an old grey hat on hie head. Mlllman's funeral oration consisted of a rambling, and at times Incoherent account of hla long life. He first apologised for not having on a collar, but said that "since my wl(p died 1 can't find my col(CONTINUKiToN I’AGW FivST" ,

Vio/ence Flares At Wisconsin Strike-Bound Plant [As Pickets Hurl Missiles At Office Help

RIGHT OF WAY SUITS FILED City Starts Condemnation Suits For Road 27 Rinht Os May Thirty-one persons have been named defendants In three condemnation suits started th Adams circuit court by the city of Decatur in the matter of securing rlqh-of-ways for the by-paaa of federal road 27 on Thirteenth street. All of the complaints allege that tho city has been ordered by the a<ate highway commission to secure a right of way for road 27 to run through the whole of what la now Thirteenth street. The suits ask that the damages , that may accrue to the said defendants by taking of the real estate so? the purpose of running ibe road through the land be assessed as provided by law and that upon payment of the asnount so asseasea,, the real estate be condemn' d to the , '.ise ot the plaintiff for the right-of-way. One suit names Edgar Kraft as d-fendant and seeks a right, of way 1 1biough the lot on the southeast corner of Washington and Thirteenth street. Another suit names Ana and Flotence Grove nor. Julian and William i R. Guild as defendants. The proparly in this salt is located north 'at Washington street and the extension of Thirteenth street north from its present termination would lead through that property north of Washington street. The third suit names mo*v> than a score ot persons as defendants. ' Including: Mary J. Niblick. Hattie i N. and Arthur D Suttles. Josephine I and Oliver P. Edwards. Helen and Herbert Stoner. Margaret Vesey 'cud Katherine Vesey Kampe, Sally . Vesey Max. William J. Vesey. Jr. Bessie, David. Leia. Dick, end Gleutils Vesey, Harriet and James Beat- ; ty. Bruce Wallace. Viola Sludataher Blackman and Theodore Blackirni, Marion. Rachel, Nancy. David W. and Mary lx>u Studabaker. The city seeks a right of way Hiiroudh this property which is the i middle of three lots located bei tween the Chicago and Erie and tho I Nickle Plate railroads. Officials have stated that all other rights of ways have been secur(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) • O Bluffton Pastor To Speak To Rotarians Rev. Morris Coers, pastor ot the ' I irat Baptist church ot Bluffton, will be the guest speaker at the weekly meeting ot the Decatur Rotary cltrb Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Rev. Coers, who made an extended trip to Europe and the Holy land last summer, will present his moving pictures of the Holy l-and. their splendid and faithful portrayal of that country. RIBBON AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED —W Boy Scout Area Camporee Ribbon Awards Are Announced Ribbon award winners from Decatur and Berne In the area Boy Scout camporee held at Ligonier over the weekend were announced here today. Three Berne patrols were awarded blue ribbons, and live of the six Decatur patrols won blue ribbons while a llfth was awarded a red ribbon, according to tho report. The Berne winners are: blue ribbon. Flying Eagle and Wolf patrols of Troop No. 67 and Wolf patrol of Troop No. 68. The Decatur winners: blue rll>bon. Panther patrol of Troop No. 61, Indian and Black Bear patrols of Troop No. 63. Rear and Wolf patrols of Troop No. 62; red ribbon. Flaming Arrow patrol of Troop No. 61. Troop No. 61 In Decatur la sponsored hy the Rotary club. Troop No. 62 by the Lions and Troop No. 63 by the American Legion. Troop No. 67 In Berne is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and j Troop No. 68 by the Mother's Club jot that town.

Fortune Smiles L i ", Ml I Thomas E. Donovan In 1924. Thomas E Donovan of , Brookline. Mass., defied hlx family i and Invested hla whole savings of 35.U00 to purchase a little hill In North Conway. N. 11. Today that little hill is virtually - worth Its weight lu gold for It contains one of the largest deposits of Iteryl- . Hum lu the United Blates Ifc-ryl I . Hum. an element belonging to the I magnesium group, tripled In value In past years because of its Itn I portance In war time. i FIXED PRISON I TERMS ORDERED I —— State Hijih Court Outlaws Indeterminate Prison Sentences , Indianapolis. June 13.—(U.K) In , a far-reaching declaim! on Indiana - criminal law. the alate supreme ' court ruled late yesterday that youthful criminals con voted of major crimes must serve their 1 terms in the state prison Instead of the state reformatory. ’ The court also outlined Indeteri minute sentences Under which the - state prison trustees anil state i clemency commission hav<t been empowered to decide how many . years a convict should serve for . a crime. The supreme court said that the trial judge should flx a specific number of years punishment for a crime within the minimum and maximum set forth in the statute applying to It. Although no women have been ( confined in Michigan City penitentiary. the court's ruling held that ’ hereafter women convicted of major felonies should be lodged in tha state prison also. The court's opinion, written by Judge Curtis W. Roll, pointed out ' In effect that If the Interpretation ’ of the criminal law la unsatlsfac- ' tory as It now stands regarding . methods of sentencing and places ■ of confinement, the state legislature la empowered to make revisions. It has been tho policy of the state to send all convicted criminals under So years of age to the state reformatory to avoid association of younger offenders with more hardened law-breakers In the state prison, particularly youths. Tho court held that herefater. > young persona accused of felonies I must be tried In circuit or criminal courts instead of juvenile courts. But the court observed that under lesser charges such as delinquency, youthful offenders xtlll nmv he ’ sentenced to Institutions other than ' the state prison. Tho opinion was handed down In ho case of Dennis Egbert. 36, . who was sentenced to 3 to 5 years , in Madison county last October, i Ho appealed on the grounds that I ho should have received a specific sentence. The court upheld hla . ■■!■> i awiissii _rrn i ■ _ 11111111111 - — f (CONTINURU ON PAGR FIVICI > Younif People Plan For Watch Service 1 The young propio of tho Methodist church will have a morning ■ watch service and breakfast nt 1 Hnnna-Nullman park Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock. All those ' planning to attend are requested 1 to meet nt the parsonage at 6:45 o'clock. 1 In case of rain, breakfast will ’ be enjoyed at the parsonage. An I Invitation is extended to all young > people of the church to attend and also to bring food for breakfast.

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Striking Auto Workers In Allis • Chalmers Plant Hurl Eggs And Stones | At Can. RIOT SUBDUED 111 Milwaukee, Wis. June 13 <UJS ■ Striking members of the United Automobile Workers (CIO) hurled atones and eggs todsy at street cars carrying office workers Into the mile-aquare Alliscbalmera plant. Police and deputy sheriffs repulsed the attack with tear gas. Two policemen and four special deputy sheriffs were Injured, nona seriously. Approximately 2000 pickets tried Ito prevent office workers enterling the plant. The barrage of stones and eggs shattered windows of street cant carrying tho employee Guards threw four or five tear gas teimbs, which exploded among the pickets and drove them tack behind a cloud of dense white gas. About 250 police and deputies participated in the tattle, whl-h was staged before the company's main entrance, with a spectator's gallery of 3,600. Including many women and children. The company announced later | that all office workers expected today had gained entrance. The diaorde rpresumahly was witnessed by military observers sent by Gov. Julius Heil to determine whether national guards should be assigned to guard the strike-bound plant. largest In Wisconsin. Sheriff Edward J. Mitten requested the troops yesterday because of Increased tension over a strike of members of the United Automobile Workers Union, affiliate of the congress of Industrial organtautons, who demand a closed shop and blanket contract for the firm's plants at Boston.burgh and West Aills. Milwaukee suburb. The union abandoned what It called "work holiday tactics" Saturday.- started an open strikn movement and established a picket line. Yesterday pickets booed and scuffled with police when nonstriking office workers, riding on surface cars, passed through tha picket line and entered the company's property. Mitten told Hell his fores of 2nn regular and special deputien would be Inadequate to cope with the situation should violence break out. Hell conferred with national guard officers and said he would send observers to the plant to remain until the strike Is settled. He appealed to the workers to keep peace. "Without law and order there la anarchy." he said “There will ta no anarchy In Wisconsin while I am governor," Clash At Flint Flint, Mich. June 13 — iu.R) — AFL pickets clashed twice with a CIO flying squadron and police here today but all General Motors plants reopened again and were operating nearly normal ileapito the attempted strike hy Homer Martin's united automobile workers. Company officials announced that 6.876 men were scheduled Io work today In all Chevrolet dlvl(CONTINUKD ON PAGE TWO)~ CHANGES SITE Os INSTITUTE Tri-County Lutheran Institute To Be Held At Van Wert A change In the location of the Iri-county Lutheran Bunday School i uachers' Institute, was announced today by Ed Bauer, of this city, mroiber of tho committee In charge. The Institute will ta held Thurs- ( day. June 15 at the Van Wert obio Lutheran church, Mr. B«u»r announced. The meeting was originally ached- ; ulr d Io be tyld at ttu Zion Lutheran r church here but was changed duo to k tho fact that Monroe st rent, site of I tha local church, has taen block- - oded while repairs are being made. The program win not bo changed I and Decatur teachers will be io 1 charge. t Aroordlan music for the meotln* I will ho furnished by Vera Bauer and Luelkt Frohuapfel both ot thia city.