Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1939 — Page 1

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Toodn Man Hurl In Tail From Scat Told H»>nry Mills. «<>. of Twain, wu« taken to the MitMtan hoapltul ut Fort Wayne for treatment and X* ray of Injuries he received Saturday when he fell from tt at-affold* Ing into a ditch. The accident occurred aw he eg. yaced in the work of rteaarfaclng federal road 534. He dtopfied nine feet and fell onto a newer pipe Ilin back wan Injured, but It In not thought nerlounly, PROBE FURTHER ACTIVITIES OF TORSO SLAYER Sister-In-Law Says Dolezal May Have Killed Relatives Wheaton. 111.. July 10. — (U.W — Mrn Nettle Taylor. st». who wrote Cleveland authorltien that her brother In-law. the confenaed tor.no murderer Frank lloleial. may have killed two of her relatlvea, aaid today ■he thought he killed becune he wan "money mad '* C. R Burkholder. Wheaton police chief, naid -he told him of her fear that Doleaal might hate murdered hie alater, Mrn. Anna Nlgrln and her non. Joseph Nlgrln, 23. be<auae nhe wanted to Iwate J one ph If he were still alive. "Joseph left Chicago in April last year to go to Cleveland to clear up b‘ s mother"s estate." she said. "He was to stay with his uncle. Frank Itolexal We learned that he stayed in hla uncle's room and that Frank gave him a couple of dollars a week for spending money, "Then the hoy disappeared I'm afraid Holesal may have murdered him because the boy owed him money or because the boy got some money from hie mother's estate." Stories Conflict Cleveland. July 10 *<UJ!> Sheriff Martin L. O'Donnell said today that he believes Frank Dolexal. confessed beheader of victim number four in the 13 Clevelaud ' torso murders." is afraid to show authorities the hiding place of Mrs. Flor(CONTINVBD ON PAGE FIVKi SCOUT AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED Decatur Boy Scouts Are Given Aw ards At Annual Summer Camp Decatur Roy Scouts who won awards at the annual summer camp of the Anthony Wayne area at Rome City were listed today by local Scout heads. The winners: Elected to Order of the Arrow — Dick Schuita, Jack Graham, lidward Boknecht. Rotiert Foreman. Lowell Smith Merit badges—Troop rtl, Dick Schnitg. life-saving: Robart Yost, canoeing and pioneering: Dick Chronister, canoeing, pioneering and rowing; Holiert Hunter, leathorcraft and rowing. class advancement — Troop S 3: Dale Von Gunten. first class Troop 63 Dick Liechtenatelger. Dick Gehrig and Paul Lard, all second class Senior -amp awards Dick Linn. Howard Gehrig. Fred Bigler. Dick Chronister. Robert Yost. Jack Graham Junior camp awards Dick Gehrig. Boli August, Dick Llchten•tieger, Tom Lutes. Paul Lord. ('lltf Hart Honor campers — Jim Hunter. Roy Frledley. Dick Bchnltg Roger Staley. Douglas Neldlgh, Ed Boknecht. Bill Beery. Tom Colter Paul Moore. Don Eicher. James Cochran. Dale Van Gunten. Max Burdg Merit Radges — Jack Graham. '"Hiking; Dale Vou Gunten. cooking; Ed Roknecht. swimming and life-saving; Dick Liechtensteiner, leatbercraft; Hob Foreman, leathercraft; Howard Gehrig, camping and rowing. Dick Linn, rowing and laathercraft; Fred Blxi. r. leathercraft and swimming; Jack Hunter, rowing. I 1 o —■ Ober Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral services for George W Ober, of Monroeville, who died early Saturday morning at the Adams county memorial hospital were held this afternoon at the Van Buskirk funeral home tn Monroeville The deceased had resided In Monroeville the past year. A grnndson, c. M. Mann, of Monroei vide, is the only near survivor.

WPA Skilled Workers on Strike ‘m UPA 2 lf ’ ,h .'? r • uw,ar ' l I for the .New York area, termed their action v £ 'u” . " h " uld *' r " •• ,h -V *“ ,k nW <* th" I a “strike against th- government" as AFL b-aders . .‘I? 1 , ?'T'! “"t”*' 1,1 I s’ , *- V " rk M ”" «•"«!«>•"« 'he strike would sp.eud unless th- Governtenant Colonel Brehan Somervell. MPA admlnls mem a ellminalkm ut prevaUtag wage was restored

WILL CONTINUE I CUB ACTIVITIES “Day Camp” Activities Os Cub Organization To . Be Continued Th" "Day Camp" activities of | the local Cub organisation will be I continued throughout the summer. • P. Bryce Thomas announced to- , day i The next camp will he held at Hanna Nuttinan park on Tuesday.) July 11. At a meeting of the local I Cub pack committee recently. It I , was decided to hold "Day Camp" I at the park each Tuesday afternoon during the month of July No camp will l>e held on the first Tuesday in August, because of the ! Ih-catur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, but arrangements will be made to take the Cuba on half day exburaions to some of the other paika near Decatur on each of the remaining Tuesdays in August The Cubs are to meet at the . home of their den mothers and come out to the park under the ' direction of the Boy Scout assigned as their den chief A program > (CONTINUED ON PAGE F|VE>~ Horse Committees To Meet Saturday Members of (he Adams County Gold Medal Colt club committee ' and general horse committee are - invited to attend a meeting at the comity agent's <>ffi<e at 7 30 Saturday evening to make final plana for the horse show to be held tn connection with the Decatur Free Street Fair and for the horse pull Ing contests. It is important that every member of these committees be present. Interest so far Indicates that thia ahow will lie an outstanding ’ event In the history of Adams comity's splendid horse show. MRS.HABEGGER DIES IN BERNE Berne’s Oldest Resident Dies Sunday After Long Illness Mrs. Mariah Habegger. 91. | • Berne's oldest resident, known to ■ many as "Grandma" Habegger. died Sunday morning at 3 o'clock i at her home In that town. Death was attributed to blood poisoning, following an Illness of . several weeks. The deceased was horn In Switzl eriand. January 9. 1848, the daugh- , ter of Peter and Kllzabeth Geiger, . She came to thia county in IRKS ; and had resided in the community I of Berne since that time. She whs married to David Habeg- i ger. who preceded her tn death In , 1913. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Eliza McWhlnney of , Berne. Peter of Toledo. Ohio; , Mrs. Mary Lehman, of Pandora. Ohio; David D. Hal egger. former ( Blue Creek township trustee;-John J. Habegger of Louis, also of Berne: Henry of Montana. Ezra of Linn Grove and Arman of Mon- . roe township. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon al 2 o'clock at 1 the Berne Mennonlte church, of which she was a member, and buri lai will be iu the M. R. E.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 10. 1939.

No Moose* Picnic Here Next Sunday Contrary to several reports. Ger- , ..id Cole, dictator of Adatim Lodge j 1111. Stated today that the Moose < rganization is not planning a picI ni<- here Sunday. As lias oe< n prevI lously announced, the Moose will 'sponsor a trip to Moosehtart on I that date. STATE POLICE OFFICER HURT Russell Prior Is Injured While Making Arrest At Geneva State Police Officer Russ’l Prior s.iatalned a shoulder injury Saturcay night at ifeneva while aiding Marshall Harry Kam man make an Intoxication arrest. Officer Prior arrived at the seen", as Marshall Kmumb was endeavoring to get August Skinner, of Braout of a parked <-ar. The officers reported that Skinnet jumped out of the car agains*. the state police officer. He fell backv ard. striking his right shoulder on th» curb. An X-ray revealed that the liga(n nts and tendons were sprained iu the shoulder. The physician stated that he would lie unable to drive a car or perform my labor for aliout two we-ka. Despite the inju-y. Officer Prior brought Skinner to the imal jail, shere he is to be lodged pending arraignment. Skinner, who gave his address as Brazil, is working on a drag-line near Portland. Pleads Guilty When Skinner was srraigned befoie Judge J Fred Fruchte lute today. he entered a plea of guilty. He was remanded to jail after entering his plea when Judge Fruchte , (b-ferred sentencing. G. E. Employes T<> Mei't Tuesday Night The G. E. employes association w 111 meet In the rcoms above th« Dally Democrat ofllce Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. All members of the association arc asked to taj 1-resenL

102-Year-Old Tocsin Citizen Grants Interview To Reporter

Telling of the dnys when "there were no glass windows west of Pittsburgh." 102-yeur-old Iven Riley j Ritchey, of Tocsin, reclined In an • ary lawn swing Sunday afternoon nrd recounted to a Decatur Dally Democrat reporter "the way things happened In them days." A fairly spry old gentleman, conr.derlna hla extremely advanced age and with a keen sense of bearing, Mr. Ritchie greeted the representative of the local newspaper and hla companions. Prank He ( m an n. G jorge Cotchin and Lawrence Vvglewede, with an atfectiv* smile and an anxious manner. Born at Murray, near F.luffton, lot years ago June 9 "at the old dam on the Wabash above the town. Mr. Ritchey's marvelous 'acuity of recollection recalls for him many t" enta of the olden days. Hla family had the "first well m , this section of the coutury •— and it ( war only 24 feet deep." Wu bought i

CUniWEATHER IS WELCOMES Showen, Cooling Breezes Break Week-Long Heat Wav By rnlted Press Showers and cooling hreezea ended today a weeh-loag hent wave which killed 57 persona and caused heavy damage to crops U 8 forecaster J It Lloyd at Chicago said cooler weathei was general throughout the country except In some sections of the west and northwest. He said temperatures might le-gin to climb again tomorrow or Wednesday. A mass of cold air moving eastward over the midwest and scattered thundershowers in the east, south and southwest, combined to tumble temperatures. A severe hail Storm, with stones an inch and a halt in diameter, ended the heat ou old Mission peuliisula at Traverse City. Mich., but caused approximately IM.voo damage lo fruit orchards. The stones damaged cherries and apples and broke many windows. Twelve of the heat deaths were in Massachusetts Illinois had six; Michigan. Pennsylvania, lows and Wisconsin, five ea<h. MissMrL four; Alabama. Minnesota, Kansas. Indiana and Louisiana, two each; and Arkansas, Tennessee. Oklahoma. Maine and Rhode island. one each In addition, the New England Mates r« ported that 30 persons had drowned while set-king relief from the heat. Drought conditiona damaged crops in New England and midwestern farmers reported that their corn, which in some states was damaged two weeks ago by too much ruin, had suffered from the blistering heat However, farmers anticipated an excellent crop. Arizona was the hottest state in the country yesterday before ternpenitiirvs started lo drop Phoenix and Yuma reported highs of 112. Temperatures In the high M's were r-qanted over a wide arap stretching from the Atlantic to Texas The temperattra had dropped to the Ju's u i 4'hlcago early today from a high yesterday of SS. Other reprem-ntatlve readtCONTINL'ED ON PAGE FIVE>~

land for 81 25 an acre. We had plenty of trouble with snakes, 'rogs and varmints. He even recalled when a toucher In the old log school, which he attended- took » stlcsk to run out ?'lakes and varmints. He has never worn spectacles and is still able to read, although he stated that his eyesight was "not so ii>od." Hi* health la “fine." ho asserts. considering his age. Recipe For Long Life •H4a "recipe." aa he terms it, for a long and happy life 1* "te cautious about eating and drinking." Wearing overalls, a Jacket shirt with a tipper (one of the few modern conveniences which he has readily accepted) Mr. Ritchie daily naps In the shade ut a large tree on the farm, where he resides tn Tocsin. content to spend his laat days In a restful, unperturbed ntsnner—except, he hopes, without the presence of the oat bugs, which “bother me so durn much."

Chamberlain Declares Great Britain Ready To Fight If Poland’s Freedom Impaired

OFFER McNUTT NEW POSITION Offered Directorate Os Federal Security Administration Washington. July in. — <u.P) High commissioner Paul V. McNutt will be tiam-d director of the newly created federal security admin- ' Istration. It was authoritatively revealed today. McNutt Is expected to resign his , cornmisshmersbip to the Philippine I Islands within six weeks to take • up his new duties. It la believed that acceptance of ' the post would not prevent Me- \ Nutt's friends from continuing Gtelr organizational activities to obtain the into Itemocratk- presi-, deutial nomination for him High government officials said President Roosevelt offered the position last week and thdt Me-1 Nutt, who was ex|H-cted to accept. : will give his declsioa this week. Political observers believed this development would become a major fs<tor n M.-N'utt's presidential ■ ainpaign. It was understood that a condition on which McNutt would accept included an understanding that his friends could continue to aek the nomination for him. It was admitted that the FSA job would give M< Nutt an excellent sounding board from which to expound his views on social security, unemployment, etc. I McNutt returned to the capital last week nearly a year after his \ campaign for the nomination was , announ. ed here with much fanfare. ' , He will rewign his Philippine post shortly. The FSA Job carries a salary of I |I2.IMH> utnj was created by the . president's first reorganization ord«CONTINUED ON PAGE THREKi* MEET TO PLAN 1940 PROGRAM Conference Opens Today To ('hart 1910 Agricultural Plans Washington. July in — (j.pj — State and national agricultural ad-1 justtnent administration officials met today for a thr.-e-day confer ! ence to chart 194# AAA plana and hear re|H>rt» on thia year's proffrHin They will receive government i crop estimates t 2 p m (*ST> indi-' eating the effectiveness of the ad-, ministration’s revised farm pro L gram in the first full year of itsi operation. Only administrative changes are expected ill 1940 The farm act was passed too,' late last year to become fully effec-! five. Likewise, unusually favor- ■. able weather produced high yields < per acre and upset producthm' plans, resulting in abnormal carryovers of most crops. I, The crop reporting board will' make its first forecast of 193 V corn i tiroduct ion in a report expected ! to indicate whether marketing quotas will lie proclaimed, al-1 though secretary of agricultural Henry A Wallace will not make a final decision until after the Aug-1 ust I forecast. The report also will Include 1 wheat, oats. rye. barley, potatoes, fruits, tobacco, hay. sugar cane i , and sugar beets. Condition of the! crops on July 1 will Im- reported in the forecast. A crop of 2.6<*u.0U0.000 bushels — slightly less than last year —■ L would bring the total corn supply, i Including approximately 4uO,(MM>,040 bushels carryover, to approxi- , mately the level at which » quota , I referendum would be mandatory , , ' under the farm act, Weather reports have indicated fairly favorable early growing con- , •lltlous for com. The cotton acreage report Sat-1 ( nrdny showed 24.V43.n0n acres in > j 1 cultivation on July 1, That was!. approximately I.iiihhhki acres i umb r the AAA goal for thia year , . and was slightly less than the 193 k average. | K. Os C. Wil! Meet Tonijjht The regular meeting of the Knight* of Columbu lodge will be 1 held tonight at k o'clock In th" i 1 K. of C. hall. Ail members are j i urged to be present. (

GIVE PROGRAM FOR NUTRITION MEETING HERE Central Soya Company To Hold Conference Wednesday The program for the second annuul nutrition conference for veterinarians. to in- held in this city Wednesday and sponsored by the Central Soya company, one of America's leading feed and soya bean processing mills, was announced today. Several hundred persona are expected for the all-day conference and Inspection of the local plants. The noon luncheon, afternoon and evenlug meetings will be held in the pavilion at Sun Set park, southeast of Decatur. Veterinarians from Indiana. Ohk>. Michigan. Illinois and Pennsylvania will attend. Speakers on the program Include (••adlng veterinarians and directors of the agricultural departments of the colleges of agriculture in the live above ' states. The chairman of the conference will be Lyman Peek, nutritional director of the Central Soya comimny. Following a tour through the Io- : cal plants in the morning, the : guests will assemble at Sun Set Park for noon luncheon. The af- | ternoon program will begin at 1:30 I o'clock it'DSTt. Th- banquet will ba held at 6:30 o'clock, with D W. McMillen, founder of the compan- ! ies and chairman of the board, pre- : siding. Roy Hall, president. Central Soya ' company, will greet the gnests at * the noon lunchaou. The following subjects will be | discussed by the speakers: Death losses of new-born pigs—- | Dr. I» P. Doyle, veterinary di visi km. Purdue university. The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of acetonemia Dr. > Jesse Sampson, animal pathology i laboratory. University of Illinois. Tin- important"- of laboratory diagnosis in poultry diseases- Dr. W. S Gochenour. Jr,. Pitman-Moore laboratories Poultry disease schools for veterinarians—Dr. E 8. Weisner. Michigan State college. Soybean oilmeal up-to-date—Dr. R M Bethke. Ohio agricultural experiment station. Th" effect Os feeds on the quality of meats H J Gramlich. secretary. American Shorthorn Breeders' Asam-iation. The thFee of us - Paul Gerlaitgh, Ohio agricultural station, Listerellosis in cattle and sheep Dr. Robert Graham, animal pathology laboratory. University of Illinois. Etheical advertising for veterinarians—Glenn.H. Campbell. Camp-bell-Sanford Advertising Co.. CleVeland Clinical demoustratiou—high pro(CONTINUED <>N PAGE FIVRI ~ PICKETS FORCE CLOSED PLANT Pickets Force Closing Os Pontiac Fisher Body Plant Pontiac. Mich.. July io— United Automolille Workers pick-; eta massed ut the gates of the Pontiac Fisher body plant today i and forced the factory to dove, In what was described by the, union as a "showdown" in its strike against General Motors Corporation. There was no violence An estimated 700 pickets were assembled nt the plant's two main gates, Fifty iiollce. under personal direction of City Manager WilHam P. Edmonson, who hud promised safe entry for any person wishing to go to work, also were on hand. A few workers entered through th« picket lines but a majority of them either stood across the street from the plsnt or left at once. Police once attempted to link arms and form an aisle lending to the gates but pickets In a flying wedge broke through and thereafter it was agreed that police would not attempt to form a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) '

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British Leader, However, Emphasizes Hitler Is Willing To Negotiate Danzig Settlement. JAP PRESSURE ’ By Joe Ah-x Morris United Presn Foreign News Editor Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain today declared Great Britain's readiness and determination to go to war If a Nazi seizure—from within or without—of Danzig clearly threatens the Independence of Poland and if the Poles , fight But the British prime minister —his words now backed by vast, military preparationa — quickly 1 emphasized that both Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and Polish foreign minister Josef Be< k had declared their willingness to negotiate a settlement of the Danzig war threat. 1 The British government, Chamberlain said amid the only cheers that, greeted hie statement In a ' i forewarned and liatlesa house of j commons, hopes that the powers I will now remain calm, that the at- ’ mosphere of tension will lie cleared away and that a situation will be created in which reaaonable counsels" bring about a iieareful solution Thus, after a week of vigorous demonstrations of military strength and after the strongest declaration yet made of the line , on which Britain will tight. ChamI lierlatn emphasized that his government remains ready to do ( everything possible to maintain I peace The declaration drawing the . line of war or peace at Danzig . for the first lime ftdlowed efforts i m Germany to discount the con- , I troveisy In the free city and thus I • take the steam out of Chamberlain's statement. , Britain at the same time continued negotiations in Moscow to ■ bring Soviet Russia into the Euro- . j pean security front, which h>is lieen threatened with serious dlfflI ■ CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NEUTRALITY ACT MAIN QUESTION Senate Committee To Take Up Question Within 18 Hours Washington, July in — <u.R> — Charges that the administration neutrality bill substantially would effect an alliance between this | country and Great Britain and ‘ Prance moved ("ingress today Into I a tempestuous week. The senate foreign relations comi mittee is scheduled within 48 hours ‘ lo take up the neutrality question. It* action may hoist quick adjournI went signals or head the senate into a month or more of filibuster. Postponement of neutrality until next session would leave congress little to do before going home. Briefly today there will be calm on Capitol Hill while the nation ! renders to thJ late secretary of the j navy. Claude A. Swanson, the houi or* of a state funeral In the senate chamber. That done, new deal senators were ready to dems nd that congress surrender on the security wage isrue to works project administration strikers. Thousands of skilled workers have downed tools in protest against new wage scales effective ! July 1 by which their working hours in some cases were doublet with- ' out increase in pay. The administration's *3,MV.<nH*loth) iß| lending ;>rogratn--A 194" fiscal year shot In the arm tor bust- ' ness - Is to be Introduced in congress this week. I’ttt tnucti of th" , fire has been drawn from ’hat dis- - jitite by Mr. Roosevelt's wnUugue* to abandon his demand for direct ivoNTINUEtToN PAGE THREW) TEMPERATURE READINQB DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a.m. „..*0 200 p m 88 10:00 am...... 73 3:00 p. tn 88 Noon .......... 78 — WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday; somewhat cooler in aouthweet portion tonight; warmer in north portion Tuesday.