Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1939 — Page 1

XXXVII. No. 14

. S. And Britain Defy Japanese In Latest Ultimatum

Japanese Ultimatum > Move Warships And tiiens From Swatow, nd More Ships. H’ATION grave R ,fn. China. June 22 <U.P> Britain and the United defied a Japanese ultit to r«*< iheir warship* and , oat of Swatow today, and I of <>mplying. sent add* warship* fnlted Staton <eetroy<*r try and the British destroy, anet refused to leave Bwaarbor Soon they were jointh* f S. destroyer John f>. and the British destroyer gaMsved to lie tho Scottt » aitsathm in porta all alone biw coast was considered wly (rave, with the Japanemandtnr domination and trim nations defending their vigorously. chief danger points were * Tientsin, where the Brit d French concessions were ded by the Japanese and the hectare was growing acute; banrhai. where British and ran forces feared the Japwonld extend their represnlky to the rich internation taaent I Britain and the United look a stiff attitude over •stow ultimatum, advising eontul.tr authorities that the nr had no right to order wrs out and not to evacuate Wtionals Boasted to a showdown tbe next move up to Japan ru obvious feat that vio Bight result. British and i Billtary authorities urg consulted in Singapore I was twlleved ready i« th troops from that great base to danger points in BXCED ON FAGK*HEVEN* NROE HOLDS ISTBICT MEET orth League District Hing Is Held Wed« nesday rgs crowd of young people M the Fort Wayne district hh League convention at the t» Metliodiat church WedneeI convention commemorated hh anniversary of the foundI th* "rganlxatlon. which was Mad first at the Euclid Avehurvh in Cleveland. Ohio. I Decatur chapter, which was I the first to be established 11,0 the first in the Fort » district and the Northern “ conference. I •'tendance loving cup was •ted to the senior league of lr ” Methodist church at Fort * Uecatur was awarded Place and a special 50-year banner. Rev. Charles M Houser, of ■apae, delivered the address ' banquet last night. Instead ’ r ** W Campbell, of Cfncln °blo. who was unable to atlt»r Byers of Fort Wayne was * President of the district lea 1 Dtber officers are: Drucllla l *Bd first vice-president: Mary ’ Campbell second '.'lce-pros:-ON PAON~THRKK> 'Youths Sentenced cor Robbing Station *’* Ind.. June 22*-(UP) — «h Sloan. 21, and Walter **. both gs Syracuse, today ‘•’ttenced to two yearn In ths Utory after they pleaded to robbing an oil station oper•f Richard Besk at Luke WaREAPINGS XOCRAT THERMOMETER ’•» 78 3:00 pm. R 2 78 3:00p.m. *3 II HO WEATHER • W| y cloudy and cooler to- .“ toeal thundershowers In * nd south portions this "Oon or tonight* Friday ' *mewhgt warmer In east •noth portions.

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TRESPASSSUIT OPENED TODAY Malicious Trespass Charge Being Heard In Justice Court The trial of iiario. Clifford and • Wilson Mann, charged with malicious trespass, opened in justice ; of peace court thia morning before special judge Vincent Kelly The opening of the trial was de- i layed considerably by a display' of legal moves and counter moves 1 on lhe part of attorneys. Justice | Kelley sustained a demurrer by the state to a plea in abatement by the defense. In which It was alleged ownership had not been shown by the prosecuting wit-! Bess. Everett Singleton. The court also overruled a motion filed by the defense to separate the defendants In the case. Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede ’ is conducting the state's case, while John L. DeVoss la defense attomey. Testimony in the trial brought . out the fact that Singleton had purchased the land in question, located In Root township at sher- I iff'a aale last October and had, turned stock Into the land May S of this year. The land had form- 1 erly been farmed, it was shown by * the defendants. Singleton and his father. Jess, both testified that during the night after they had turned the stock into th*- clover field, the fence had been cut and the cattle permitted to wander away. They also testl-1 fled that when they went over to repair the fence In the morning, they were met by iiario Mann, brother-in-law of the elder Single-, ton. Clifford and Wilson Mann, who kept them off at the point of a shotgun. Mrs Everett Singleton amt Mrs Jess Singleton, who witnessed the | incident from the Singleton home, i 30 rods away, also were called by the state. The defense was expected to I open Its case this afternoon after ! all of the state's witnesses had I been called and the state's case closed. O Stillborn Baby Is Buried Wednesday Funeral services were held at Berne Wednesday for a stillborn Lfcby. born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Eli Sprunger. of that town. Mrs. Aprunger was Miss Audrey Crosby, formerly of this city before her marriage. ——o Atlantic Clipper On Return Flight .Marseilles. France, Juno 22-Th» Pan American airways tiy'ng boat Atlantic Clipper left Marlgnane airport at 3:06 A. M. (‘ST. today for New York, with 12 passei ger*. <>u •be return half of a transatlantic round trip ' press-view'' flight. DEATH CLAIMS JOSEPH PALMER Adams County Native Dies Wednesday Night Os Carcinoma ■ —— * Joseph Palmer. 68. Ilfe-lnng resident of Adams county and a retired, repairman for the Indiana service! corporation, died last night at 8:65, ; o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was attributed to carci- ' ucma following an tllnesti of 3D days 1 The deceased was born in Adams ' county March 2, 18»L »'> wa» never married. Surviving are the brothers and aialera: Mw ', Kykei of Alqulppa Pennsylvania James of Mas* I lon. Ohio: Mrs. Sarah Bolhn of Fort Wayne: Mrs. Dora McCaftey *>f Alqulpp* and Mis. Hattie Lille* <»' Colton. Caltforn'Funeral services will be ! - *'* ld t ** l ' urday afternoon at 2 o'clock a Church of Ood * ,,h ' t ” , .“. e ' wll , Marshall officiating- Burls! will In the St. Joseph * cemete y. The body may I* viewed at the OiHig and Doan funeral home untUj time fur the »ervice*.

towhsehdplah CONVENTION IS OPENED TODAY Dr. Townsend Outlines New Plan To Organize Pension Movement Indianapolis. June 22 — <u.PJ — Dr Francis E. Townsend today outlined a new plan for organising his |2<Ht a month pension movement which eventually will "enable us to elect a president of the United States “Don't smile." he told the 12.000 perspiring delegates at the organisation's national convention. "I do not look forward to the time when I shall be president, but I do look forward to the time when We shall elect one.” The new system, he explained, has been tried out during the past year on the west coast. It involves the formation of district, state, regional and national organisations, each ruled by a supervisor and a "board of directors" of 12 ■ members. "I look upon this reorganisation movement as the formation of a great humanitarian educational Institution." he said. "W’e must see ihat the electorate educates itself • In the grass roots right here at ‘ home " Dedicated to a program of ■purging" all congressmen in the IMO election who failed to support their 8200 a month pension program for all persons over <O. the Townsendltes -12.000 strong jam-packed the sprawling Cadle • tabernacle where a non-aectarian evangelist usually preaches. The atmosphere was that of a Sunday school outing. The delegates. most of them oldsters or middle-aged persona, sang lustily to the notes of a giant pipe organ. They would halt suddenly to stand and cheer vociferously whenever a Townsend dignitary entered ICONTINL'ED ON PAGE FOUR)” DEATH CLAIMS MRS. HOCKER Prominent Monroe Woman Dies Wednesday Etcning At Home Mrs. Jeateen Hotker, SO, widow of the late Joseph Hocker, pioneer resident of Adams county and Monroe. and mother of Charles E. Hocker <>f South First street, died at 4:16 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at her tome In Monroe. Death was due to complications and inflrml’ler of old age. She had been 111 four days. The deceased was born in French i township February 17. 1849. a daughter of Fred and Mary Benno Sunler. Her entire life wax spent in | Adams county and for the past 41 > years she had been a resident of ' Munroe. Surviving are five childrens John F. Hocker. Monroe; Charles E. Hocker. Decatur; Rev. Harvey H Hocker, Covina. Californ a; Mrs. if. B McKeeman. Fort Wa>ne. and O’.ls O. Hocker. Monroe. One daugb- ! ter. Mrs. T. B. Oliver Is d -ceased Her huabsnd. Joseph Hocker, preceded her in death. The following brothers and alat«rs also survive: Mrs. Josephine Blbersline, Dos Angeles. California: Mra. Sarah Ewing. Oakland. California; Mrs. Com Siudsfimkfcr, Bluff■on; Devi Bovine. Bluff'.on and Alex Bovine. Fort Wayne One great great grandchild. 2H great grandchildren and 25 grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clcxSc At the home In Monroe with the Rev. Vernon Riley of the Friends church i of Monroe officiating. Burial will be ; 0 th.* M. R K cemetery at berne. Friends may view the body until 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at tne S. K. Blank funeral home and at tho residence In Monroe until time for the funeral Saturday. Neutrality Measure To House Next Week Washington June 33— (UP)—The House rules committee today agreed to send the neutrality revtaion bill to the house floor for action next week. The committee agreed to grant 10 hours general debate on the bill, ep-msored by acting chairman 00l Bloom. I). N. Y, of the house forelgn affairs committee, with a provision that the debate be concluded on the second day of Its conslderai tiun.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 22. 1939.

Girl Scouts Win High Honor ,' | I t Bl w Bi "j >L x \ 1 •' ’*»• w fl I . Vlr 6 l "*« arittingham Patricia Townlsy b J.. ,h . n ? ,be,e 'hrilled’ They are Virginia ?Mi’ " ,hl !! n ' of Wl'nington. Del . and Patricia Townl-y of 1 with th th* other American girls to represent the I nlted States at the international Giri Scout encampment in i SwilI,,rl « lll l late In July. The glrla. both Hi. are senior Stouts

JOSEPH METZGER TAKEN BJ DEATH ——— Retired Decatur Laborer Dies After An Extended Illness Joseph Metzger. 74. retired Deca, tur laborer and a native of Germany died last evening at 4:25 o'clock at his home, 317 North Ninth street, following an illneaa of five years. The decvmsed was born in Bavaria. Germany. December 20. 1864. Ha came to this country when a young lad. Several years ago he was given his naturalisation papers as an American citizen. fills wife. Catherine, preceded him In death. He was a member of the Ft. Mary's Catholic church and of the Holy Name society. Surviving are the following child-1 | ten: Mrs. Marie Anderson. Mrs. Frances Kruse and Edwcrd Metzger. all of thia city; Sr. M. Mary ’ Virgene of Beloit Wisconsin and Joseph Metzger of Pontiac. Michigan. Seven grandchildren also surj vlve. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at the r St. Mary's Catholic church, with the ‘Rev. Joseph J. Seimetz officiating ' Burial will be In the St. Joseph's ' cemetery. ' The body will be returned to the residence from the Gllllg and Doan • hi neral home this evening and may 1 be viewed there until lime for the ’ funeral. I O ! Mrs. Belle Knot! Rites Held Today J ■ t Funeral services were held this afternoon at Sturgis, Mlchtkan., for Mrs. Belle Knoff, 66. whose death 1 occurred Monday evening. Mrs. ' Khoff was a former resident of De- ■ catur having moved to Sturgis > rbout 50 years ago. She is survived • by one daughter Mrs. Lulu Snedker Decatur relatives attended the fun- - eral services. Burla) was made in Sturgis. , o REV. FROSCH IS SELECTED I Rev. M. J. Frosch Is Electi ed Visitor Os Decatur Circuit i The Rev. M. J. Frosch, pastor of i the Immanuel Lutheran church near here was elected visitor on I the Decatur circuit during the , Wednesday afternoon session of , the Central district. Lutheran Mis- . sourl synod, held In Fort Wayne. Rev. Frosch was one of 18 visitors elected to the respective circuits of the district The Rev. John H. Meyer of Lakewood. Ohio, was elected first vicepresident of the district to succeed ; the Rev. P. L. Danncnfeldt of Fort ► Wayne. t Other officers are: Rev. T. W. . Stricter of Evansville, second vlce- . president; Rev. W. F. Doctor of Lancaster, Ohio, secretary: Rev. , Walter Llttman of Cincinnati, assistant secretary; A. H. Ahibrand of Seymour, financial secretary and 1 John C. Trier of Fort Wayne, treasurer. The Rev. Frosch was also listed 1 as one of lhe former missionaries • to foreign countries now serving a) I congregation In this district. j

- , Bride Os A Week Shoots Husband Indianapolis. Ind.. June 22—(UP) -George Arthur, 34. was in critical condition today from five bullet wounds suffered last nign* wben his bride of a week became outraged at bis alleged attentions to other women and shot him and then unsuccessfully attempted to commit suicide.. His wife. Mrs. Audell Arthur, 24 was held on a charge of assault and battery with Intent to kill. Hospital attendants said he was only slightly Injured. VARIETY SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT Variety Show To Be Presented At Pleasant Mills Friday A variety show will be presented at 8 o'clock Friday night in the new auditorium of lhe Pleasant Milla high school. The entire proceeds of the show will be used for the Pleasant Milla team In the Ad-I ams county WPA amateur baseball league. The program has been arranged by the WPA recreation depart-1 ment. with Gerald Zimmerman, music director. In active charge. Admission to the show will be 25 cents for adnlta and 10 cents tor children, with the public invited to attend Joe Trlmm will preside as master of ceremonies. One of the features of the entertainment will be a program by Gale Stopher, magician and ventriloquist. The WPA orchestra will also pieavnt several selections. The complete program follows: Opening funfare. Selection by orchestra. Songs- Joe Trlmm. Accordlan solo-Robert Ebrsam Girls of the Golden West. Tap dance-Don Lobslger. Selection by orchestra. Songs and jokes—Carl Roberts. Western sweetheart, Hawaiian guitar solo — Keith Hunt. Sagebrush Ramblers. Selection hy orchestra. Gale Stopher, magician and ventriloquist. Songs—Joe Trlmm. Finale —Orcheat ra. oi ■ " Shooting Charge Is Filed At Bluffton Bluffton, find.. June 22-IUPI—- — Gonzales. A Mexican bee' worker was expected to be arraigned today on a charge of assualt with n deadly weapon. Sheriff Fleming French arrested him late yesterday on a charge of shooting at Eugene Conley. 14. During an altercation which originated on a sugar beet farm near Union dale. Gonzales, who denied the charge, was held on 11.000 bond. Parke Beadle To Head State Printing Bureau Indianapolis. Ind. June 22—(UP) - Gov. M. Clifford Townsend today rppolnted Parke Beadle as director of lhe state printing bureau under a 1939 hw designed to curb the prosent two-year contract monopoly. The governor said he would an nounce appointments of other mem tiers of the bipartisan printing I board tomorrow.

Roosevelt Proposes Program Os Self-Liquidating Loans As Stimulant To Business

SURVIVORS OF SUB DISASTER RELATE STORY Civilian Survivor Recommends Change In Induction Valve Portsmouth. N. J., June 22 <U.PJ ' —A naval architect, th* only civilian survivor of the Squalus disaster. recommended today that the design of the main engine Induction valve —supposed cause of the sinking — be changed on all submarines in the navy. Harold C. Preble of the Portsmouth navy yard told a naval court of inquiry that he believed subtnarlue* should be equipped with i quick-closing Inboard engine indue- ■ tlon valves equipp'd with remote : control. "Do you believe the hull valves and other engine valves are of i poor design for an emergency?” Captain William R. Monroe of the four-man court asked. “Up to the time the Squalus sank I thought they were pretty good. Now 1 know that they are; not. I know we can improve the design of the valves,” Preble replied. "Would you recommend the' changing of this type of vdlve on submarines In service?" Monroe 'asked. “Without delay.” Preble said. With quick-closing hull ventllatisn stops. Preble added, it would lie possible to stop any great hi-' rush of water Into the boat. "With the present hull exhaust j ventilation line directly connet ted I . with the battery, would the inrush ] lof water not salt the battery in ! I spite of the quick-closing stops?" asked Lieutenant Oliver F. Naljuin. ! commander of the-Rqualua. “Yea. air." replied Preble, a' slender. sed-fa< ed man who sinok-! ed and leaned back on hla chair i as he answered questions. "Well, do you not consider that | a vital military deficiency?" pressed Naquin. "Well, you only get thia water in au emergency. If lhe battery Is salted too much, you're done.” Electricians mate Lloyd B. Man- , ess of Greensboro, N. C., who slammed shut the water-tight door between the control room aud the after battery compartment, thus saving hla own and 33 other Ilves, said the first he knew of the disaster was when the lights failed. Five men dashed by him into the safety of the control room, he said, and he followed them and liolted lhe door. The water had started I TcONTINt'ED ON PAGE THKIMI* ■ " ■ O ...—..1—.. Mark Cook To Give Rotarian Program Mark Cook, prominent singer from the west coast, brother of Mrs. Homer J Aspy of this city, will' .present the program at tht wewkly meeting of the Decr.tur Rotary club ; thin evening. Dr. Palmer Eicher will be chairman of the program. - -o FEW STAMPS TO BE AVAILABLE Base ba 11 Centennial Stamps Are Received At Post Office A limited amount of the new three-cent stamps, commemorative of the centennial of baseball. Is on hand at the Decatur post offlee. officials announced today. Stamp collectors who are desirous of adding the centennial stamps to their collections are urged to call at the ofilce at un early date. Several calls have alrendy been . received at lhe local office. Young collectors are especially desirous i of acquiring the stamps. The stamps carry a ph lure of a group of youngsters playing sandlot baseball, with the words "Centennial of Baseball" Inscribed at the bottom of the stamp. Crossed bats and the numeral* "1939" appear on the left side of the stamp. The stamps ate In sheets of 60. The stamps were first Issued to Cooperstown, New York, where the first game of baseball Is said | to have been played.

PETITION ASKS FOR NEW DRAIN Petition Filed For New Tile Drain In Washington Township A petition for the construction of an« w tile drain in Warhlngton township, beginning at the northend of the Dr. C. C. Rayl farm and I extending In a north and northwest 1 I < rly direction for about 7300 feet has been filed with county auditor Victor Eicher. The petition will be presented to the board of county commissioners' a* the regular meeting on July 3. The proposed drain will terminate In Borum Run. It will affect 13 farms and will be docketed under the name of the Ray mend B. Kohne I ct al drain. The petition asks that the drain he constructed of tile and of sufflI dent depth and site to provide ade. iquate drainage for the territory Included. Waiver of the tile Is made in case the engineer deems an open ditch more serviceable where it pisses through a wood or territory where tile la not necessary. V'ewers will be named by the commissioners and a report filed by I them on the proposed drain ReglsI t<*red notices have been sent to the {farm owners affected. D. Burdette Custer is attomey for I the petitioners. Dr. C. C. Rayl and Haymond B. Kohne. OLSON ESCAPES 300 POSSEMEN Slayer Os Two Deputies Again Appears To Have Escaped Hayward. Wis. June 22 i|J.R> i Ray Olson. 30. fugitive slayer of two deputies, appeared today to have made good his escape from 3<HI possemen who have trailed him for five days through miles of dense thickets, timber and 'swamplands. The possemen patroled an area 10 miles square southeast of here In the Moose lake region In the hope of picking up hla trail. He had dodg«*d their net five times and was believed early today to have escaped Into the wilderness He had not been sighted for more than 21 hours and the searchers' only hope was that hunger would force him to come out into open country. The possemen. aided by bloodhound*. motorboats, and un airplane. and armed with machine guns, tear gas and hand grenades, have been trailing him since Saturday when h<* shot and killed Carl Johnson and Fred Scott, i memlier* of a small posse which had attempted to arrest him at his cabin home on a theft charge. i Sheriff George Seehueter announced yesterday that the federal bureau of invstigatlon would enter the case to Investigate the possibility Olson might be the kid-nap-slayer of Charles Mattson. 10, who was abducted from hla home In December. 1934 G-men had not been reported at lhe scene of the ' search today and FBI bureaus at j Milwaukee. St Paul and Washington declined to discuss the case. ' Coroner Lester Anderson of Saw(CONTINttED ON TAOE TltltKK, I “ wwaaaaawaa CYO To Present A Play Program Here The C. Y. O. will present a program Friday night at 8:16 o'clock In the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium A group of one act piuya will be presented and special music provided by the Catholic school (hand under th* direction of Albert Sollemeyer. Miss Grace Coffee la lu charge ct the program and Severin SchurIter la stage manager. There will be no charge for admission and the public 1s Invited to attend. Those taking par. In the program are George Schult*. Robert Ulman. Edward Schults. lx>o Fauroto. Louis Wolpert. Cedric Colchln. Richard Kiting. Alfred and Hertnati Rumachlag. Guy Tester, Dolores Leonard, Agnes Wolpert, Rose Schtirger. . Joan Colchln. Margaret Rutnschlag, Belly O'Shnugnesaey, Rosemary Miller. Alice Baker and Ann Young.

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Extra-Budgetary Program Proposes Nearly Four Billions In Loans To Boost Business. SELF-LIQUIDATED Washington. June 23 — tU.R> — President Roosevelt today propoa- , ed to congress an extra-budgetary. 13.K40.000.000 program of aelfliquidallug loans In a new effort to stimulate employment and bush ■ Maa. He estimated 8*70.000.000 would be dispersed In the next fiscal year beginning July 1. The program, outlined at a spe- ; rial press conference by Mr. . Roosevelt, calls for a wide variety of federal loans for self liquidating public works, toll roads, railroad equipment, rural electrißcatioa. housing, farm tenant loans and advances to foreign governments to promote U. 8. foreign trade. Mr. Rooeevelt suggested that It be financed by Issuance of securities by various federal agencies, guaranteed a* to principal and Interest by the government, but not direct treasury obligations. He asserted that the proposed program could be launched with little or no net cost to the government over a petiod of time la which Interest and principal payments would meet the original outlay in guaranteed bond*. The program. If accepttd bv congress, would become a semipermanent feature of government. Mr Roosevelt proposed that the funds be used in a revolving pool which would be placed it operation at period* when “there I* need for a stimulus to umployI ment." He advanced the program as a substitute tor house action la earmarking 8125.000.000 of 1910 WPA fund* for uae in a new public works administration program. The program would proved; 8150,000.000 for self-liquidating public work* loans in the next fiscal year. All of the proposed Ending would be in addition to sum* already budgeted or appropriatod forliy congress. In a letter to chairman James F. Byrne*. D.. 8. C., of the senate special unemployment committee, Mr. Roosevelt asserted that the lending plan was basically similar to program* previously undertaken by the reconst ruction finance corporation and the home owners luan corporation. Mr. Roosevelt outlined six categories of loan* which would he made under the plan. These were: 1. Non federal public works of the self-financing type such ss waterworks, sewage disposal, bridges, hospitals, etc. A two-year $.150,000,000 program of which $1511.000,000 would be dispersed In the 1940 fiscal year. 2 Express post-roads self-liqui-dating on a toll basis, bridges, high-speed highways, city bypasses. A four-year $750.000.000 program, of which $160,000,000 would be dispersed in fiscal 1940. 3. Railroad equipment program under which equipment would be purchased and leased to railroads at a rate returning th* cost to the <tX)NTINt'EI> ON PAcTk SI” > TEACHER STAFF IS ANNOUNCED Jefferson Township School Teaching Staff In Announced The list of teachers who will compose the teaching staff of the Jefferson township school was an--1 nounced today by the Rev. W. Frank Johnson, township trustee. Joseph Haines of Human will bn i principal of the high school and ! act In the capacity of athletic coach. Rev. Johnson announced. i The other teachers In the high . school thia year will be: Dwight > Cochran, of Phoenix, science, > mathematics and health: Myrsnla Inman, of Ingalls, commercial subJeds and home economica; Mayro Pursley, of Hartford City. Ensllsh j and biology; Dorothy Weal of Marlon, music. The teachers in the grades: Ray Duff, fifth and sixth; Hslen Ken--1 ney, third and fourth: Martha Rob- '■ in. first and second grades. '> Teaching staff* In the other f township* of the county ars e> I* pected to be announced noon.