Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1939 — Page 1

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I ACES OF EN FRENCH ARE FOUND Hticials Fear l)e---f Disaster May r Be Known ■anch ludo-Ohina. Jnn«> ißy radio telephone to Mpltim and auburn led lha *«a off Cam •day (or the submarine without !raro with Ita officer* and «« man. rad that dataila o( the aid naver ba known m> rlue to tba atnkina . of th* depth of tba tba tarbnlanra of tti« work waa regard* .1 aa aalkta. aa known waa that tba tartod down (or a bn Ifr dltra Tharaday morner came up. tigeated that, aa there it of any aort from the >. It might have struck rock or other obatrui t Ita crew might have . The ablp had no ealua. i for the Phenix waa re late Thuraday. It e for effective rescue irahlpa already In the ted a search, and sea .'Minimal ships from mh base—the French joined It yesterday, d oat again at dawn ith no real hope that Ind a trace of the third iiihmarine to be sunk a, all Itr practice dives it an Squalus had sunk liampahlre coast May loss of 2d men. The is had sunk off Uvera Ith »* of the 103 men e other warships with of the Phenix when It They were all engaged a. But there waa no en to the spot where ed. and It was feared t under-current a might t out to sea. f the navy base said ad no suspicion that a responsible tor the view of the fart that ia given, they believed .liability waa that the an under water obnavy authorities at British authorities at were eager to give y could. But these nearly l.tMXi miles American navy subte ship Pigeon waa at Manila Beet base, un aira which would take i. Vice Admiral Sir a. commander lit • inef tlah (11100 fleet, was »m tlmig Kong to o attend a Britisheast defense confer leased an offer of aid lx and Ita slater sub ipolr. had been due to ly visit to Hong Kong nd to Manila June 30 vord from the Phenix uver fleet flagship off lay Wednesday waa a ess that It Intended to Ice dive of about half •ther ships continued in the vicinity. An und the ship had not Other ships In the telephone It by radio. » search but could find In the vicinity, when tries from 460 to «tm be undercurrents are iired that the Phenix at least twice as deep •t from which any man ■aped from a stricken It waa estimated that dllne for escape of the en reached at 5 p. in y. approximately 42 ihe ship went down, x had left Its base at he French Medlterrsn In April, to join the •sat fleet. It went to 140 miles up the roast. " join In maneuvers theoretical defense of ■I base. Cam Itanh in ihe live finest natural world and Is to ho tiroxlmatlpn of Singn kTURE READINGS T THERMOMETER 7* 11:00 a.m.. .86 14 VEATHER cloudy tonight and solar extrame nertht; warmer northwest

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

WOMEN ELECT MRS. ELLSWORTH I Me. I.uellu Kllxworth I resident Os Democratic Club Mrs Luella Ellsworth of Decstar was elected president Os Ihe I Adams county Democratic worn-1 ena club at the meeting of the , organUailon. held Friday night at l , the B P o Elks home Mra Ellsworth succeed* Mrs i PoF* Smith Knapp, who has headi <luh tlhfe Its orgaiiltutlun ,me year* ago Preceding the meeting Friday night. Mra Knapp I I ***** Informed the nominating commlllee ahe would not he a candidate for re eled lon. Other new officers elected Frl- , day night were Mrs f’lara Anderson. of Geneva, vice president; Mra. Dorothy Klcher. of Decatur I secretary, and Mra Helen Reusaer.! of Berne, treasurer. Ihte to a change adopted In Ihe constitution of ihe club Friday , night the g.-w officers will serve for two-year terms rather than one year terms as la ihe past ‘! Representative Robert Heller , OW a talk on new bills passed at , Ihe last session of Ihe legislature and also discussed problems necesaltaled by ihe shift of Income from smaller to larger aresa. He said that to approach an equalltatlon of governmental services In Adams county It la necessary to send money here which haa been col lecled by the state from larger areas. Adams county pays only Sil l per cent of ihe coat of Ha governmental services in taxes. Mra. Arthur ?ehr. chairman of ihe music committee, arranged for Maxine Stuckey, Henrietta Blxler and Phyllis Zehr. of Berne, to give a number of accordion selections Members of the entertaining and refreshment committee were Mra Dick Rock, chairman; Mra., Elmer ('base. Mra. T 4. Durkin. Misses Betty Marklln and Mildred Niblick The nominating committee was composed of Mrs John H Heller, chairman. Mra. Leo Khiuger. Mrs Roy Du bach. Mra. J. A. Long and Miss Rose Schurger, Adams County Man Taken To Hospital Adolph Smith, of near th'a city, was admitted to the Kasthave.i hospital at Richmond Friday. Ha (Was taken to the institution by Sheriff Kd Miller. COY IN DENIAL OF TRIAL STORY McNutt .Assistant Denies Information Given To Buckner Washington. Juno 17 — (DP) — ! Wayne Coy. administrative assistant to Paul V. McNutt. U. S. high commissioner to the Philippines, denied that his sunerfor had discloa- ; closed confidential army data 10 William P. Buckner. Jr., a defend uni In a New York swindle trial. The allegation waa contained In a letter which Buckner sent to the Philippine railway company bond holders committee in 1937 wlien he was In Manila. Buckner was chair .uan of the commltte. The high commissioner has no control whatsoever over army data in the Philippines and he had no acceaa to the army files." Cov told the United Press. "Hu did not and could I not give Buckner any confidential information concerning the army in the Philippine*. "The high commissioner told I (COjrriNt Bt» ON PAGE TllilKlfif San Francisco Port Closed By Dispute Ban Francisco, June 17. (UJO Th«* port of San Francisco was , closed today by a dispute between water front employers and ships clerks over wages and hours. The dispute reached a climax when the union, an affiliate of the i congress of Industrial organisations. rejected an ultimatum from the employers simulating that the , port would be closed unless pickets | were withdrawn from the Amort Icttn-Hawalian docks, i Two Scouts Make Lonff Cycle Trip Dick Schnlts. of Boy Scout troop j«l. and Bddle Boknecht of troop !*•. made the 62-mlle trip fr>m Rome City to Decatur Friday by bicycle. The lads, making ihe trip as part of their cycling requirements. I«« I Rome City at 2:43 a. m. and arrived I home at 10:30 a. m. I

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39 SCOUTS TO ATTEND CAMP Decatur Boy Scouts To Attend Week’s (amp At Home City Thirty-nine Omit nr Boy Scout* will attend the annual arout ramp I at Rig Island ramp. Romo t'ltjr, Ik* work of July 2. according to I an announcement thia tuoi ulna by Sylvester Kverhart. Adaiua rounljr I arout commissioner i Os tbia total of 3$ scouts, 11 are from Rotary troop <l, 1C from ‘ IJon* troop* fil, and It from 1 l-eglon troop C 3. ’ Attendance at thin ramp la one of the requirement* for eligibility of the arouta for a tareek'a trip planned by arout official* before the opening of school In the fall The *rout* are operating the ronreaalon aland at the South Ward field thla summer to obtain fund* to finance the week's trip. Other requlreemnta for ellglbil- ) ity for the week'* trip are that | the boy* muat la* first rlaa* arouta. i or earn fire merit badge* above ' the first rlasa arout rank. Regular meetings of the Decatur scout* are held at the rablna at llanna-Nuttman park each ' Wednesday and Friday afternoon - and each troop take* an overnight i hike once each week Three new asalatant acoutmast- - era. who have recently volunteered i their service*, are: Rotary troop ■ Cl, Charles Hemingway: Übaa , troop C 2. Dick tilrod; I-etc lon troop k «2 # Monroe Fultrman. tj ————« Aged Adams County Resident Injured Jonathan Oould. 14. la recover- ’ ing from Injuries sustained Thura--1 day afternoon when he fell from ' a truck while loading hay. The ' truck was not moving at the time. Mr. Oould suffered a fractured 1 shoulder and several fractured rib*, i ||e I* progressing satisfactorily. Mr. Oould. who formerly lived I north of Decatur, now reside* south -of Decutur In Washington township. He 1* remaining In bed at | home for a few days. ——o No Marriage Licenses Issued In Three Days Dan Cupid ha* apparently scoffed at the assertion that June Is the month of bride* and ha* started a sit-down strike In the marriage license bureau of the county clerk's office. After a busy 14 day* In June, during which 20 license* were Issued to prospective newlyweds, a marked lull has set In. At noon today the bureau was nearing the end of a third day without Issuing a single license. o C. Os C. Directors Meet Monday Night The board of directors of the Deratur Chamber of Commerce will meet at the office of John L. DeVo** Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All director* are requested to be present, as Important bus- | lues* will be transacted.

Iteratur, Indiana, Saturday, June 17, l»:i9.

I 8. for (he return trip to England after their six j weeks' visit In Canada and the United State*

l ather's Day To Be Observed Sunday ** "Dad" will be the object of attention tomorrow. Sunday. June 18. which haa been set aside for the nation to pay tribute to him on, “Father's Day." Here, aa everywhere, stores are reported doing a heavy business supplying the demands of daughter and son aa they buy a Father's j Day present. Then tomorrow Dad will be 1 j swamped with (he usual Father's . Day barrage of socks, ties, shirts. | cigars, cigarettes, etc. TO OPEN CITY POOL SUNDAY Municipal Swimming: Pool Will Be Opened Sunday The summer swimming season' j will he officially opened Sunday I afternoon al ihe municipal pool at 1 t the city waterworks plant The pool will be opened at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon and re : main open until & o'clock with adults, boya and girla Invited. Monday ihe regular weekly schedule will lie started with special days set aside for Imya. girls and adults. . The opening of Ihe pool wus delayed this year by the Installation i of ihe cooling lower al the city I light plant, bul all la In readlueaa now for the openlug. The pool haa lieen cleaned and re-painted In places und water waa first mined In Friday. Murlou Feusel is supervisor al Ihe pool will Mia* Klltabelli Frlalnger aa I hla assistant. The heat wave of the past few days Is expected to swell attendj ance record* al ihe pool cousld- , erahly.

~ Changes In Traffic Laws Are Outlined By Chief Os Police

Suppose you. young cyclist, meet a comitanlon on the street and he asks you for a ride on your “bike;" suppose you, Mr. Motorist are Involved In a collision, suppose while | you are parking your car on SecI ond street, you scrape the fender of a parked auto — wpuld you know what to do? As for today, do what you have always done — In accordance with the law, of course. Hut after June 30, Just two weeks away, according to law, you will have to do differently, For Instance, the new law passed hy the state legislature says ths* In event your car strikes an unattended vehicle (such as one liarked without an occupant) you, the driver, are required to make an effort to find the owner and report t|(e accident. If unable to find him you are required to leave a written notice giving your name and address and If you do not own the car, give the owner's name In a conspicuous place In the vehicle struck. The law. as recently passed by the state legislature, says that the driver of any vehicle Involved In

LOCAL YOUTHS ARE SENTENCED Suspended Sentences Given Two Youths After Breakins —a. I.*— Two of the five youths arrested ; for breaking Into the Blue Creek j Dairy plant were sentenced tn dri cult court this morning by Judge j J. Fred Fruchfe, The other three, all under Ihe ; agea of 18. were bound over to j Juvenile court. Rernard Kyanaon. IS and Max 1 Bowman. 17. both of this city, were given one lo 10 year sentI •■tu es In the stale prison by Judge , Pruchte. The sentences were suspended, however, and the lads were placed on probation for a two-year period - Judge Fruehte admonished Ihe I youth* and warned them Ihat they would have to serve the sentence j upon failure to comply with th» i probation orders. Both hud entered plena of guilty to charges of breaking and entering Names of the other three lads must be withheld from tmhlicaHon, as they are under Is. The five lads confessed to breaking ■ Into Ihe dairy plant early this j week. They were caught by emI ployes and turned over to police — ■ " o Willshire Infant Dies At Hospital Stanley Neal Lemon, two-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph l-emnti of Willshire. Ohio, died Friday cienlng at 8:3(1 o'clock at (he Adenis county memorial hoapital. Funeral service* will he held Sunday. Cause of the lufant'a death waa given as congenital debility.

t an accident causing the death or • Injury of any person shall he required to stop at the scene of the * accident and give all possible aid i to the Injured. In addition the drlv- - er must give his name, address, ' driver's license, motor reglstrai lion and — most Important of all —any other Information that the » driver of the other car might ask > of him. This Is evidently done to i curb quibbling and argument foil* ■ owing an accident. 1 The above Information and other facts to follow were cited hy city police and taken from the new 1 acta of 1939 by police chief James 1 Borders -In an effort to acquaint cltjsens with the new luws. Warning To Cyclists The police Issued a warning to I all cyclists, especially the younger t ones, and urged them to observe , the new law, violating of which ( shall be deemed a misdemeanor, ! and In event the officer falls to do t his duty he also shall be subject to a misdemeanor penally. , The "don'ts" of this law Include: , don't carry any other person, don't 1 (CONfINUKt* OtTt’AUK TWO)

TENSION GROWS OVER DISPUTES IN CONCESSION Armed Clash Threatened Between British, Japanese Police ___ ___ % Shanghai. June 17 — iU.R> — | An armed clash waa threatened between British troops and Japanese sponsored Chinese police today In the western suburbs of the international settlement. The police hud attempted to sell#* a police station on the weal ern lairder of the Internal tonal, settlement. British troops Inter : veiled and the police retired Then the British withdrew and the police reformed An urgent message to British authorities said that the police • hud lakJn a threatening attitude.t - mid heavy forces of British troops and International settlement police Were sent to the scene. They quickly brought up ma-' chine guns and mounted them facing the police, who withdrew again. Anxiety was acute lest thf Jap- I 1 snese might plan a move against the International aettlemenf —the richest and biggest foreign area ' In all China aa they had done In : blockading the British and French ! rtmceaalona at Tientsin. A Domel (Japaneaei news agen|ry dispatch aald that Admiral Harry K. Yarnell. American navy 1 commander in t hies 111 the far east. , was expected to arrive at Tfont- j I sin Tuesday j But for the present. Shanghai ' was Ihe dangerous point. British troops last March evict ed the Chinese police, operaling ' under Ihe Japanese regime In Shanghai proper -the portion outside ihe International settlement j and French concession - after a I aerlea of disputes. They officially ' sealed Ihe Talao police station and I Ihe Japatieae had made no movt- , j since. However, the Japanese were extremely angry al Ihe British ac- " lion, and Ik - Japanese-sponsored ! Chinese munlcipul government . made the formal demand that the v station be redelivered to the police "Drastic steps will lie taken un-, [ lesa the British troops permit the . reopening of the station." Mayor . 'Fu Hlaoen said . Trouble had seemed Imminent (CONTINUED OM PAUIT «UD BANDS WILL GO ii TO ST. JOHN'S r ; " Girls And Boys Bands To Play At St. John’s Picnic Sunday • I — ; K All memhera of the girla hand 1 and the hoys band are aaked to Is- ■' at the St. John's church at I o'clock Sunday afternoon for u ■hurt parade Albert Sellemeyer, hand director, announced today | that there will he two or three autos at the Junior settlor high • School building at 12:45 for tho*e * who have lieen unuhle so obtain 1 transportation. ' The girls bond will present a * concert at the St. John's plt-nle * at 2:30 p m. Sunday. • The third in the aerlea of weekly * hand concerts will lie given Tue* day night at 8 o'clock by the girls , bund. The hand will he located j on the ramp at the south aide of I the court house The schedule of hand practices | for next week follows | Combined hand. 3p. m. Monday Catholic hand, 7 p. m Monday, . Girls hand. 4 p m Tuesday Band concert (girla hand) 8 p.tn ( Tuesday Assassination Plot In Roumania Denied Bucharest, June 13 — (UJU — Reports were circulated In Ruch- ‘ areat today of a plot to assassinate 1 ’ King Carol, crown prince Michael and premier Artnand Cnllsesru. A government spokesman em- • pint t It'll 11 y- denied Ihe report, t ft r , More Os Monroe Street Opened Opening of the deiotir on rederal , road 224 was extended to Fourth • j street during the night. i Traffic coming In rrum the east i may now proceed as far west ss . Fourth street, turning north on > Fourth to Jackson and then west 1 'o Fifth and out Nuttman avenue. Opening of this section .uso permits traffic to flow north and south on Third across Monroe ' [ street.

Relief Measure Passed By House In Long Session

GIANT CLIPPER STARTS FLIGHT Flight Is "Rehearsal” For Start Os Trans-Atlantic Service Port Washington. N. Y.. June 17. <UJ!> The Atlantic clipper, glam Pan American flying boat, takes off at 1 p. m. CBT.. today on a "rehearsal" flight heralding Ihe atari ' of June 28 of regular passenger service arroas Ihe Atlantic. The clipper will carry 30 perI sons, the largest number ever to ; iruns the Atlantic by heavier-lhan-alr craft. The trip will demonstrate. PanAmerican ofllrlala aald. the progress whieh aviation haa made since Lieut -Commander A. C. Bead pioneered an air path 20 years ago byway of the Aaorea to Portugal Capt. Wallace D. Culberton. mak- ; Ing his flrst trip as commander, *ald passengers would have Ihe luxuries of home and club. The ;mrty Includes In addition to Culherton a crew of 11. two Pan-Am-erican Airways officials. 13 news I taper writers and four radio rep- • resentatlves. The trip will be the last of a aeries of live flighta required by ihe civil aeronautics authority prior lo the start of regular passenger service. Officially, the writers and radio men will have the status of observers, not passeng--1 era. The flight will be made in three stages: from Port Washington to llorta In the Aaorea, 2.387 miles: Horta lo Lisbon. Portugal. t.o&O miles; Lisbon to Marseilles. 1.303 miles. The plane ia scheduled to arrive at Horta al 7 a. la Sunday, and . to reach Lisbon at & p. m. the same day. After an overnight stay I at Lisbon, the clipper wilt reach 1 Maraeillea Monday at 3 p. m and return to Port Washington next Saturday Newspaper writers In the party were Sherman Altlck, l-eonurd BageL Devon Francis, Harry W. | Frants. Jean Graflls, Alice Rogers Hager. Violet Sweet Haven. Inex Kobb. Marjorie Shuler. Wayne Thomla, Leiand Slowe and John Watkins. Radio representatives ' were George Hicks, Clyde Mould-' son. Hob Troul and Don Whllte- | more. Paul Bailer Seeks Conviction Review 1 "IS I Fort Wayne, Ind.. June 17—(UP) — Panl Bailer, serving a life sentence for first degree rape, today sought a review of the case through a petition for a writ of corns nobla on file In circuit court. Bailer waa sentenced September . 24. 1828. from the Allen county dri cult court. In hie petition he aald he waa arrested In Michigan i and brought to Fort Wayne where t ''ty threats of violence." be was made to algn a statement which 1 i elped lo secure hit conviction. Ho -aid further that his attorney fall••d to summon witnesses who would have testified as to hla whereabnull at the time of the alleged crime. GIVE FIGURES ON DELINQUENTS More Than SB,OOO Reported Delinquent In Spring Payment A total of $8,849.71 In the spring I Installment of the 1938 taxes pay- | able before Muy, 1939, went delhiI queni this year, figures released today In the office* of county uiidltor Victor H. Klehar disclosed today. A total of $244.802 33 In both i current and delinquent taxes will he due this fait at tax paying time, I the figures show. , Os this amount $221,022.02 wilt , be cutrvnt fall taxes and current yearly taxes, with the balance In delinquency. The report ulso shows that $237.1 788 In current taxes was paid tn ' at the offices of the county (reas- ' urer this spring. The delinquent taxes which were paid this spring totalled $7.422 26. A total of $482,780.31 Is payable ' this year as taxes due from the i assessment records In 1938,

Price Two Cents.

Bill, Passed By House In 11-llour Session, (Jives Congress More Relief Control. VOTE 373-21 Washington. June 17 — (UE> — The house pasaed and sent to the senate early today, after a turbulent. It hour aeaaton, a $1,736,tOO.ouo relief hill for Ihe neat fiscal year. It carrlea the full amount requested by President Roosevelt for the WPA, hut Includes restrictions that he opposed. giving congress greater control over relief. The final vote. $73 to 31. came at 12:47 a. m. KST. Only nme Democrats and 12 Republicans voted against It after provisions specifically opposed by the president and relief administrators had been approved Karly senate action waa promfaed by Chairman Alva R Adams. D., Colo., of the senate appropriations committee, who announced Ihat hearlnga will begin Tuesday. Hut new deal senators will fight to eliminate some of ihe house provision* As approved by ihe house Ihe appropriation la $38.89(t.0M leaa than budget estimates and $904.206.WM1 below the amount voted for relief during the current ftacal year. Major provisions of the bill would: 1. Appropriate $! 4*7.000 (100 for ihe works progress administration, of which $126,000,000 ia ear marked for public works administration projects This waa the amount requested by the president, hut he objects to the earmarking of funds for WPA. 2. Appropriate stoo.ouo.ooo for the national youth administration. The budget estimated $123.000.(Ma; the house appropriation* committee cut it to $83,000,000. and the final figure waa offered by house majority leader Sam Rayburn. R, Tea, aa a “harmony" proposal. 3 Create a three-man bipartisan hoard to administer WPA. eliminating the present one-man administrator 4 Impose stiff penalties for political activities by relief workers and administrative personnel. 6. Ban theatre projects 8. Substitute the theory of a aecurlly wage for the prevailing wage to WPA workers. 7. Prohibit employment under any relief agency after April 1. 1840. of any person eligible to receive social security act benefits 8. Require a periodic review, nol less than once every six months, of ihe rolls of relief employes. 8 Remove persona from WPA rolls after they have received henef||a for IS consecutive mouths Heads of families who are 46 years of age or older and war veterans are exempt from this provision Id. Prevent reallocation of WPA funds to other agencies. The house picked the hottest day of the year -the temperature reached 98— for the longeat session since thla enugreaa met In January. But the heat did not worry the teglalalora who debuted In their air conditioned chamber. le ader* called the houae to order at 11 a. m . yesterday In an effort to avoid a Saturday session. Bui Saturday's dawn came leaa than three hours after the houae recessed until Monday. Led by Hep. Clifton A Woodrum, D.. Va. Republicans and Democrats throughout the day treat down attempts of administration forces to Increase Ihe relief appropriation and to defeat re. strict lona. Only on funds for NY A waa (he administration aucceaaful In obtaining a compromise By a voice vote an amendment by Hep Kent Keller. D.. 11l , to Increase the WPA fund by $1,097,000,000 waa howled down Jual before final paaaage. Demo crala and Republicans joined In paying tribute to Woodrum who headed the appropriations subcommittee which drafted the hill The roll call on paaaage showed Ihe following voting against It: Democrats. (31 — Thomas 0. Burch. Va.; Joseph K. Casey, Mosa ; Kmanuel Celter, N. Y.; Patrick Drewery, Va.; Phil Ferguaon. Okla.j Caroline O'Day, N. T.; Hugh Peterson. Oa ; Willis Robertson. Va.; Howard W. Smith. Va. Republicans, U 2) —W. Sterling Cole. N. Y.: Fred L. Crawford. Mich.; Clare Hoffman, Mich.; (CUNTUtUMI* ON PAQ*