Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1939 — Page 1

XXXVII. No. 154.

House Approves I Relief Measure I As Compromised

Bjge ThoiiKht Likely ■o Delay Discussion Wntil After Midnight loNETARY BILL f..n Juue 30 <UP» |K„. . i *.>■<•■« sailed <>v. • h.nw hurdle in , t and mon- » I- - - t,y midnight tonight. hut |K, lai*d th* ll mii x IU |,I I" talked to di.illi '"I with li ih tl 75. r *.t><«>"<*<i t ,.||..f jHL„| turned to »oik on th. Vhn bill. the senate the sp.-i t. • <1 d;». >. . i|ri,<x action OU -ith.-i lull midnlKl ' ..Ilin. |H p. ix. i . funds are exhausted, idmlittotrathm had sttffi ■ xot.-s fol ;>|>|>ioval o( . , apiwr.nily on th. • .'Very horn Ot delay house would narrow ttn. rm gin In the senate . •!,■ I. |«ort was oltei.-d Io t> Karl E Mundi It . ■ di maud. * h.imb.-t aid Mundi - Hun-' in.ant tedious delay ..'is. iifees w.-i e 1.. ■A lote did not s* ••tn iik. it ■ around 4 p in .d Vet inonl -a d I. . d.l.ale would prevent the monetary hill In tor ■mdline. real tied by e.-nate and Ko.nfere.-s last night Th-y JB the house first lod-.v o > ict lon. I .sldent s statement to l>e an obvious ettoii th. full Weight of Whitagain* t a! ettort to obtain |>.< two measures ho sident said li - doiil.i. IH ■ .’pie as a w I ..|. a . . SUppoH f.. ■ ■ .ins.- It was a t tlri.ti-• • b- oi.se. ved was imtiiiiK .■ of the situation as Mt spoke was rs follows IB Monetary legislation yd won sweeplio: vt< '' leport I. flow. 1.0 l\ l-.. illver purchases md s. " silver Imyiiiu pi;., tents an ounce Hous.- p . Kb ON PAGE* FIVKI ° ~~ Bher Os Former ■ local Man Buried services Wer. d -.- "i Frankfort for Mis rxi. age nt Its. -t- > . IB* ' u'titliwelte dl. I I .esd iv ||B hc ’"’’owing a lon. i.lto-s-Iler son Ilves II .Sp.l’.. 18, liltu.is Wil..re he i j^B r lU<H>|ie departne.u d t!> • IB* kvMlng newsimp. r. Il t.e 18 1 employ.al on I < Half, ■ocrai. tow STUITS [HEMS K. OF P. K alllr Brocer Elected Vincellor-Commander ■ Os Local Lodge w, HtUIU. Ilec.l'lir It I o ■ ‘•’be new head Ol 111.. 10. al ■“«<« laxlgo No, li’., Knights Mr >lla * Mr. Sfitllz mis .|... t.-d j 3B r '‘ ll " r ■ otnmandi r of th., orlast night during the jH* 1 " of ofllcwra. ’ ownn was nai led Io the v lce-<hancellor mid Hol., it h.-r whs elected prelate <d MH"" H. Heller win named ■* r of work awl Clarence *»s selectml us th« musterHarold Hoffman nr.d Kitchen were selected In ■ o mitpr g lnir ,| R r ,.sp..< tiv.dv Suits was named delegate m ■ •bind lodge convention and ■ *"*■• was" named allernnte B- Officers will as2* ,r posts after being in ■'•’’fag * July muuttug.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

JAPANESE BOMB U.EMISSION i CHINA SCHOOL American Mission Hi«h School In Foochow Is Bombed —■ 11, Tientsin. June 3'»—(l’Pf—Jat«n--<se pUnes bombed and set tire to the American mission union high school at Foochow, dispatches said today as the Hritiah gunboat grasshopper landed iduej.'rkets at lt.e blockaded port to protect Bri*ish property. The Japanese planes Raw low over the minion, ahlch displayed l»o big American flags as a signal to airplanes, the dispatches said. One bomb struck the wert corner of the school and set fire to it. Th.* building was almost destroyed. It was said. Hr. A. W. Rilling und his wife, the only Americans at the school, were reported unharmed. 4t was believed they and others were taking shelter In dugouts. The bombing was part of a heavy Jaivaneae aerial •bombardment ot the center of Foochow. Other planes U-mlied inland ports and Cbinghal, port of Ningpo up the coast. American consulate general offictuls at Shanghai present.-d a protest »to the Japanese agnnst the 'tombing of the mission school. Official ail rices at Hong Kong said that the :w> British LljeJacketr from the Grasshopper were landed at the request of the British consul. A blanket Japanese blockade had | l.een imposed at the Port at noon /■■sterday and Japanese bad sa'd tliat they would not bo responsible for safety ot foreign property ir warships.

FLOAT PARADES FAIR FEATURE Many Floats To Ik* Constructed For Parades At Street Fair An unusually large number ot floats are expected to add to the parades of the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show here July 31 to August 5. inclusive, it was revealed today. Dr. H. V. OeVor. chairman ot the floats and decoration committee of the fair, stated that fifteen merchants and firms have already a*teed -to sponsor floats for the parades. A number have also signified tbslr intentions of having Goats constructed or preparing them themselves, he stated. U Robert Rhein, of Fort Wayne, who was given the contract by the fair association for furnishing the decoration* for the fair will also build the floats. As is customary In staging the rnnual fair, a day will be set aside to be known as “Parade Da' ' Wednesday, August 2. will be known as "Parads Day" <&•* The parades will be featured by the floats and the bands. l*arsdes will be held in Mh the ritternoon and evening on that date. Dr DeVor has asked all firms streeling to enter a float In these partides to contact him as B** •* possible. _ * WIN OR LOSE? A look at the county elfrk'a i records this morning that a suit was won and praetlcnlly lost in the same proI reedings yesterday. . „ _ I Carl Archer and Albert Roebuck were awarded 826 by a|M" | rial judge John F. , * ,rl ‘'' r : ihelr milt agnlnst Fredi rlck ' mid Helen A. Amos to wdlect tor painting a bam Btnceth. award was less than 850. how ever, the court costs had to b I taxed to the plaintiff. , The court costs, the' cl ' ,r J records reveal, were 812. e.v Ing but 813. From this must he subtracted his attorney fees i and the witness fees. »h’<h j will probably run ovei | umount left.

<> NL \ DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Ah ( lipper look Off With Puyinx I’ussentfers .'' ' ' i ■/ I* '■,>••l-.-

View of the Dixie Clipper taking off at Port Washington. N. V.

Thia picture shows the Dixie Clipper, giant clipper ship, taking off from Port Washington. N. Y.. with Gte first group of paying imam-ngers on what will

LOCAL PAINTER BACK IN JAIL Ed Gaflrr Returned To Jail After Penal Farm Release E<l “Bo" Gaffer, local painter, set still another record Thursday tor getting back into jail. He waa released at 8 a. m. Thursday from the state penal farm at Pntnatnvllle after serving a jm-day sentence for public intoxication. Last night at 10 o'clock — 131 hours later —he was arrested by | Officer Roy Chllcote on a like I charge, thus bettering his former I record by nine hours. H» had' been given his liberty for Lut 22 hours between intoxication charge) sentences when sent to the |>enal farm the last time Gaffer was arrested when his former wife. Ethel Gaffer, signed the affidavit after he had allegedly 1 gone to her home and molested her. An order restraining him 1 from going to the home la still: pending In circuit court, fidlowing' a divorce case Gaffer told police that he was released from the penal farm and given a bus ticket home. However. he stopped off at Muncie and after staying there a while.' hitch-hiked home. When arraigned Itefore Mayor | Forrest Elzey in city court this morning. Gaffer entered a plea of not guilty. He stated to proaecut- i or Arthur E. Voglewede that he. was nut ready to aland trial but j wanted to contact his attorney first. He also stated that he was planning to seek a change of venue from judge. His last two sent-1 ences were Imposed in city court. I Mrs. Gaffer, who signed the affl-, davit, appeared in court thia morn- i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I DENIES MOTION FOO NEW TRIAL Judtfe Krieg Denies Plaintiff New Trial In Suit On Bank Special Judge Otto H. Krieg of Huntington lute Thursday overruled the motion for a new trial tiled by the plaintiff In the suit of George Hchwsrtz against the Citizens' State Bank ot Portland. Schwartz had filed a motion for a new trial through hla attoraeya recently when an Adams circuit court jury awarded him 85O<». He had asked 812.0t>« from the defendant bank ns result of the bank allegedly falling to properly discharge their duties In the handling of a note. Judge Krieg heard the argil metita of attorneya some time ago | on the motion for a new trial and . ret timed his ruling Thursday. • Plaintiff's attorneys Immediately upon receiving the r .llng asked for 60 days to file all bills of exception and filed for an appeal to the appellate courts. The appeal was granted and a 8200 appeal bond I WBR poflfc'd. w. H Eichhorn and Frank Gord- 1 on. Bluffton attorneys, represented i the plaintiff. Frank Jnqtta and R. i C. Parrish were attorneys tor the ’ .lufonrlunt bauk.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, .lune SO, 1039.

I be regular transatlantic senice. The ship h-ad-for Mameilipfl. Fninrv. with 22 patuwiixfrii and | crew of 11. Trip cost each passenger 8375 one waj

101 In Jail Since First Os January | The 100 prisoner mark was pass-' •d st the county jail this morning. | | since Sheriff Ed Miller first took, olflce on Jannray 1. A total of 10l prisoners were cob- | fined In the county bastille during 'he slx-months' period, which ended today. June 30. Should the number of incarcerations continue at this rat**, all rec-' erds tor this item appear likely to ' be broken before the end ot the i year. , o ( F. D. R. SIGNS I 1940 TAX BILL Measure Terminates Tax On Undistributed Corporate Profits I Washington. June 30 — <U.P> — The White House disclosed today 1 that President Rooaevelt yester- . day signed the 1840 tax bill, ter- ' initiating the levy on undistributed ' 1 corporate profits and granting other tax concessions asked by 1 liusitiess groups. Acting to beat today's midnight deadline on Important "must" 1 bills. Mr. Roosevelt also signed i the state-just lee-commerce department appropriation bill tor 1940 which carries a special 8300.000 fund to finance a drive by G-men against foreign espionage, and the appropriation to finance 1940 op- ' erall<nt» of the labor department. The president also sigii<-d a bill extending for three years the Connolly “hot oil” act. Signing of the tax bill prevents automatic expiration at midnight | of "nulaance taxes" and the three- ' cent postal rate, which are continued for two years. The bill will abolish the rem- ' nant of the undlstrlbutwl corpor- , ate profits tux on next January 1. • CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

McNutt Declines To Discuss Candidacy; Predicts Victory

Indianapolis. June 30, — <u.R) — laxiking tanned, healthy and happy, former Gov. Paul V. McNutt In an hour and half press conference lust night declined to discuss his own Widely heralded candidacy for the 1940 Democratic presidential noml nation bnt predicted n victory for his party In next year's election. McNutt, who will receive a tremendous homecoming reception this mion. spent the night at the home of Bowman Elder, hla close IKtlßical assoclats, after driving to Indianapolis from Chicago on th<> last leg of his trip from Manila where he has been U. 8. commissioner to the Philippine Islands for over two years. McNutt confined himself principally to an "off the record" discussion of far eastern affairs, touching only slightly on his own political future and domestic affairs generally. ‘ Have you anything to say about this prsldentlal hooey?" he was asked. McNutt laughed and said "no." But he Interrupted a reporter who started to aak him concerning hla statement In Honolulu that he would not be a candidate for president if Mr. Roosevelt decided to

MADDOXTALKS TO ROTARIANS Su«ar Company Official Speaks To Decatur Rotary Club Harry A. Maddox, auditor for the Central Sugar company, waa the speaker at th« weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Mr. Maddox, who returned recently from a trip to Texas, explained in a highly interesting manner his experiencea while in that state In the Interests of the company in obtaining labor for the beet fields In Adams and snrroandIng counties. The company official stated that in an effort to obtain only the beat and healthiest laborers for the llelda. the company employed Dr. Palmer Eicher of thia city to accompany Mr. Maddox to Dallas and Fort Worth. Texas, to make thorough examinations of the Mexicans interviewed as prospective laborers. Mr. Maddox stated that he and Dr. Eicher were amazed at the lack of disease among the Mezlcans. parthulrly tuberculosis, which Is contrary to the belief generally prevalent in this section of the country. The Mexicns. the speaker said, have a very low rate of tubercnlosla. only slightly higher than in the white race. Social diseases, the company's Investigation showed. are a rarity aiming the Mexicans. Mr. Maddox closed bls discourse by attesting to the good labor value of the average Mexican and of his hottest y. Walter Gard, elected last week at the Rotury International convention at Cleveland as chairman of the international rail guidance committee, wave a brief report of the convention. Clarence E. Bell, vhe-president. presided In lhe absence of the president. W, Guy Brown.

seek n third term. "What I said was this." asserted McNutt. "Any efforts made on my btdmlf have been made on the assumption that he I Mr. Roosevelt) will not lie a candidate." McNutt added later that he waa an official in the present administration and was thoroughly loyal to the president, saying that "the mnn'7*my boss and I wasn't taught to play in any other school." Asked abput reports that he might accept the vice-president'll nomination In 1940 with Mr. Roosevelt running for a third term. McNutt laughed again and said: "that la an assumption to which there la no answer." and declined to elaborate on that statement. McNutt was asked If Senator Sherman Mlntim "to In the doghouse" tor suddenly announcing that McNutt would withdraw from the 1940 presidential race if the president sought a third term, which embnrasaed the McNutt supporters. "1 never put my friends in the doghouse," McNutt grinned, which tended to spike reports that reprisals might be taken against • (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Paul V. McNutt Is Accorded Tumultuous Reception Today Upon His Return To Indiana

PLAN EXHIBITS AT STREETFAIR Industrial Exhibits To Be Placed With Livestock Shows Plans for an Industrial exhibit nt the annual Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, July 31 to August 5. inclusive, were dinI cussed at a meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber of • Commerce, sponsoring organlxa- ' tion. Thursday evening. With the entire livestock show to be housed In the Schmitt field. | east of the city, by vote of cattle . and horse breeders last Saturday night, directors of the fair feel that a splendid and highly inter•■stlng industrial exhibit can be presented in connection with the livestock show. Plenty of space will be available at the field and only a small charge will Im* made exhibitors for footage at the field. Robert Helm, concessions chairman. and James FUberson will have charge of contracting exhibits for the Industrial group, and Individuals and Arms interested In having an exhibit the week of the fair are asked to contact these men as soon as possible. The added feature of free, policed parking space at the field for hundreds of automobiles, is expected to mean added thousands of persons who will visit the livestock shows, meanwhile Inspecting the industrial exhibts. Placing of the industrial exhibits on the streets of the city, away from the livestock shows and without adequate apace, has proved unsatisfactory in past years and it Is believed the new arrangement will Im* Ideal from the exhibitors viewpoint. SIX BIDS FILED ON HIGHWAY 2T Bids Received Thursday For By-Pass On U. S. Highway 27 Six bids were Hied Thursday on the construction of the by-pass for U. 8. road 37. through Decatur, over Thirteenth street nd then north to one-half mile north of Monmouth. Contract will be awarded in a few days and work is expected to start this summer. The stretch is 4.34* miles. The improvement starts at the Intersection of the Kiting road south of Decatur, then extends north over Thirteenth street to the Archhold road, continuing north through the Central Sugar company's impounding basin. It parallels the Pennsylvania railroad and connects with the present IT. S. 27 north of Monmouth. The six blds received follow: bituminous concrete: Mohr Con-1 •traction Co.. Kokomo. 11M4.381.#*: I Hart and Hart. Columbus. 8200.827.M5; reinforced concrete: M<m*lI lering Construction Co., Fort Wayne, 815U.M32.74; McAfee and Smith. Bluffton. WtI.SB4.OT; Arcole I Construction Co., Chicago. 8215.124 67: Cameron Joyce A Co,. Keokuk. lowa. 8208.148.88; rock asphalt; Hart and Hart, 8209,* 328.57. The engineer's estimate of the three materials follow: bituminous • concrete. 8214.16R.90: reinforced concrete, 8210.243 54: rock asphalt. 8220.304.10. Close County Offices Here This Afternoon AH offices In the county court* ' house were dosed this afternoon as • the public officials compl-led thetr ' quarterly reports. The office will re-open In the morning as usual. ■■■'<> California Auto Is Wrecked Near Mere Several persons reported seeing . a car bearing California Hcena<*. plates, which had t*<en Involved In . a wreck, parked along ths River , Road north of the city yesterday. The car had crashed Into the rear end of a large trunk, Il was report* ' ed. The driver locked the car and went to Fort Wayne to get a garage ■ tow-car to pull in the wrecked vehicle. No names were loutned by j authorities here.

NAZIS FORESEE SETTLEMENTOF DANZIG QUARREL Great Britain Continues Warnings Against Aggression By t'nltcd Press Nasis today forecast settlement of the Dnnsig quarrel without a general war before the first autumn cold snap, but from Great Britain came warnings against any aggressive blow. Adolf Hitler expects to visit the free city danger spot late In July. It was said In Naxl quarters in Berlin, and If the dispute with Poland over Danxlg has not been solved by that date the Nazis are confident that final settlement will come shortly thereafter. Return of Danzig to the Reich Is assured, the Nazis believe. The Reich admittedly 1s ready 1 with a great military force whi< li' some expert observers believe to I be not far below 2.0<N>.000 men I under arms. There have been no' special mobilizations or emergency measures In recent days, according to Nazis, but they point out that Germany Is prepared. High Nazis believe that when the showdown comes neither Britain nor France will go to war over the Danzig Issue The Nazi viewpoint is In sharp contrast to offl- ( dal pronouncements pouring out of Britain thia week. Great Britain haa promised Poland that she will receive full British aid If she is the victim of an aggressor, providing the Poles'; national Integrity is clearly en-, dangered and providing the Poles choose to fight In self defense. | Thia pledge did not specifically I mention the free city of Danzig| which is technically under league of nations and Polish ad min Istra-1 tion. But British prime minister Neville t'humls'ilaln and foreign sec-1 reUry Viscount Halifax have repeatedly and publicly stated that the pledge to Poland — hung on several “Ifs" —would be effective If the Poles fought to maintain their rights in Danzig against an aggressor. Whether that would apply to the reputed Nazi plan for an Internal uprising In Danzig to priK-laim return to the Reich remained uncertain, but there were increasing indications from official Polish sources that such an at(CONTINUED ON PAtlB FIVB» -— O ' * Moose Lodge Not To Meet Tuesday No meeting of the Moose lodge Will be held here next week, Gerald Cole, lodge dictator, announced today. The meeting has been cancelled as it falls on July 4. a legal holiday. BILL FAVORED BY COMMITTEE House Committee Favors Bill On Political Activity Washington. June 30—(UP)—Tho House judiciary committee today reported favorably the controver-j sial bill by Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D.. N. M. forbidding federal administrative employes to participate In national political campaign* The nieaaure. already approved oy the senate, also liana anv promise of compensation or employment In it turn for political activity or solicitation of campaign funds from persons on relief rolls. The measure has assumed a prune political Importance, coming as it does just lM*fore the 1940 presidential campaign. It would bar district attorneys, and thousands of other administrative ivnployes from any active part In the campaign. | The bill wss locked In the house committee for months, and the administration brought pressure to btar In an effort to soften its provisions. Vice-President. John N. Garner I'cmsnded Its passage, saying congress would not quit “until the bill has been passed.”

Rrice Two Cento.

More Than 100,000 From All Parts Os Indiana Jam Indianapolis For McNutt Welcome. DECATUR BAND Indianapolis. June 30. - (UJ9 — Former Gov. Paul V. McNutt today advocated retention of American soverlgnty over the Philippine Islands. where for the past two years he has been U. 8. high commissioner. as a method of preserving peace In the Orient. McNutt predicted “trouble for at least a generation" If the United States withdraws from the Philippines on July 4, 1848, under the present law. McNutt spoke at a tremendous rally on downtown Monument Circle staged with the two-fold purpose of a "welcome home" demonstration and to give Impetus to a campaign on his behalf for the 1940 Democratic nomination for the presidency. On domestic Issues and bls future plans. McNutt uttered not a word. He is expected to submit his resignation as Philippine commissioner to President Roosevelt sometime after he arrives In Washington July 8 to report on far eastern affairs. By the time McNutt arrived at Monument Circle fully 100,000 persons filled the Immense area and overflowed Into four streeta leading from 11. The streeta along which the preliminary parade passed also were lined with spectators. Ry actual count 46 bands and drum corps participated in the parade. Including one all girls high s<hool band from Decatur. The parade required 38 minutes to pass any given point and although the bands were so close together that there was a bedlam • CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIRKKI TWO ACCIDENTS ON ROAD DETOUR Four Autos Involved In Two Collisions On 27 Detours No one was seriously hurt latff Thursday in an auto accident, involving two cars, which occurred on the federal road 27 detour, north of the city. The cars driven by Merie Foor, ot l*l«*asant Mills and Hugo Buhlman, of Decatur, route two. struck almost bead-on about 4 p. m. Thu aday. A young lady, whoae name was not learned, riding in the Foor auto, sustained minor cuts and was treated at the office of a local phyaicUn. ffffie others escaped with a severe shaking up Sheriff Ed Miller was called and Investigated the accident. He reported both of the cars badly dam rged. The accident occurred on the l»idge known «s Scheimann'a lirldge, on the River Road several miles north. Two Are Hurst , A Fort Wayne couple, W. K. Neuenschwander. BR. and his wit*, both of Fort Wayne, were admitted to the hospital when their car was involved in a wreck almost at the same time the other can crashed on the detour. The accident Involving this couple occurred about four miles northeast. ju the southbound detour of federal road 27. The car driven by Mr. i Neuenschwander and .mother 'driven by Gerald Don Newport ot Monroeville, collided. The Newport auto overturned but tho driver and his wife esciped Injuries. Neuenschwander sustained several cracked riba, while his wife suffered from shock. The Neiienachwandera wore enroute Io the home ot their daughter Mie. Harley Ward for a visit. Deputy Sheriff l-eo Gllilg Investigated the accident. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER I 8:00 a. tn 70 2:00 p. m..„7M 10:00 a. m. 72 3:00 p. m.....7s Noon ...»_.„...74 WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday; slightly cooler in east and eouth portlone tonight; warmer Saturday.