Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1939 — Page 1

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LEADERS MEET ON NEUTRALITY Senate Leadera To Confer With Roosevelt And Hull Tonight Washington. July IK — (U.R) — llepulillcan and Democratic senate leaders will ravlew the administration's neutrality proposals with President Roosevelt and secretary > of state Cordell Hull tonight. The conference waa expected to determine the fate of neutrality revision at thia aeaalon of congress and with It establish whether ad Journment may be anticipated shortly. The joint discussion was arrsng- * ed by senate Democratic leader Aiben W. Barkley, according to White House secretary Stephen T. Early. Early said that senate Republican leader Charles L. McNary. R„ Ore., and Sen. Warren i ' Austin. R. Vt.. assistant Republican leader, had advised Barkley they were agrees hie to discussing the situation with Mr. Roosevelt. Chairman Key Pittman. D. Nev., of the senate foreign relations commit le«-. which voted 12 to 11 to shelve neutrality for thia session. was expected to psrtlclpste. Karty 'said that the While House has seldom yecelv.-d ao unanftnous support from so many quarters aa followed the joint appeal of the president and Hull to congress last Friday asking neutrality action before adjournment. He said that the White House has received Indications leading him to believe that national reaction has not been favorable to the action of the senate committee in shelving neutrality. Early said that Mr. Roosevelt's neutrality plans are supported by the whole foreign service of the United States “including career men who are not Democratic appointees." “So far as I know." Early said, "the whole army and'navy are also for it.” noting that the personnel of the armed services Includes many Republicans MANY FLOATS IN FAIR PARADES .More Than Score Os Floats Certain For Parades In Fair Week More than a score’ of floats will be entered In the Wednesday parades of the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show. July 31 to August 5. It was shown today. Dr. H V. DsVor, chairman of the floats committee of the fair board, stated that 22 firms, merchants and organisations hud already con- | traded to enter floats and several more are expected to enter. L. Robert Rhem. decorator, who was hired by the fair board, la preparing some of the floats Some are preparing their own floats while a few purchaaed material and employed Mr. Rhem. Anyone desirous of entering a float la urged to contact Dr. DeVor as soon as possible. The committee will lend any aid possible Those who sre preparing or already have floats ready for the parades are; 4-H Cllub. Mets Egg * Poultry. Nu-Art Sign Co, Perfection Bis vult Co.. Holaum Bakery. Celina. Ohio C. of Cm Equity Dairy. Decatur Dental Aaaoclation. St. Marys, Ohio C of C., Burk Elevator. De--1 catur General Electric. Giles Por I ter Tire Co.. Reed Fred A Supply. Sprague Furniture, Lee Hardware, Hon E Krust Bakery. Central Sugar Co.. Goodyear. Inc.. Aahbaucher's. Texaco Distributors. Al D. Schmitt Ford Motor Sales, Saylors Chevrolet Sales and Saylors Huick Sales Histrict WPA Rolls Will Be Cut 1,400 Fort Wayne, July 18 - TUJO—Forest Woodward, director of the Fort Wayne district of the WPA. today announced that 1.400 relief workers would be cut from the rolls of the 18 counties In the district by August 1. Woodward said the cut represented Fort Wayne's share of the 8.000 ordered for the state. He said he expects a further cut to be ordered by September 1. — ■" o Hawkins Child b Reported Improved The condition of Charles Frederick Hawkins, young son o<* Mr. and •nd Mrs. Wilbur Hawkins of route five, who was critically Injured when kicked by a horse lest week, was reported today by the attendInz physician to be much Improved.

As Coast Guard Plane Sank With Three Aboard 1 — -ji :im I * ■ ;■ | 'S-*'7r —’* * *■ L - ’ ■ ' - * * * ► w* > ~ = —

A few minutes after thia dramatic rescue picture waa taken, a coast guard plane sank with three men alxiard following an ocean crash while on a “mercy flight." The plane, a hospital ship, was carrying a sailor stricken with pneumonia to shore

RENEW EFFORT FOR REVISION IN RELIEF LAW Advocates Os Prevailinx WPA Wajje Renew Effort In Congress Washington, July 18 — (UP) — Congressional advocates for the prevailing wage today renewed their efforts to revise ttm IMO relief law. Sen. James E. Murray, D. Mont., author of a bill to restore the providing v.-age wb!»-h congress replaced with rhe "security wags." tailed a meeting of bis supporters vnd announced he would presa for action at this »esaion. Murray said h« had announced Svturday that he was abandoning Ids efforts because he wanted ti help stop the current strikes of WPA workers protesting the "security wage." "The strikes were having a bad effect on the tagis'ation". he said “This la a legislative matter and is no* to be settled by strikes" He said he thought the strike situation waa now “settling down." Strategy for obtaining a senate appropriations committee bearing on relief law revision will be worked out st todaj a conference. He felt sure the committee Wt-uid give the bld a hearing. Sen. Alva B. Adams. Dm ColOm advocate of economy m relief, is chairman of the sub- < >nnnittee which would handle the measure. Murray is supported by the American federation ol labor and the jtongreM of Industrial organisations whose leaders have protested the "security wage" which required skilled workers to work 130 tr-urs a month for the same pay they received under the prevailing wage for less than half that time. Organised labor fears that th’t reduction In the hourly wage rate sill cause private industry to reuuce Its scales. More than 100,000 tOnNTINL'BD OS PAGV FIV SUIT SETTLED OUT OF COURT $15,000 Damage Suit Is Settled For Judgment Os $2,000 A 12.000 settlement waa reported reached Monday afternoou in the suit of Alonso F. Halberstadt ngalnat Frank Teeple for injuries alligedly stistnltied In 1937. The suit waa brought before thi Industrial board In a hearing yesterday In Adams circuit cjurt. D. Burdette Custer. Halberstadt's attorney. elected to settle under the damage case and the settlement was mode. A suit had been brought against ’he Central Soya company before the Industrial board and a damage •mt filed against Teeple In circuit court. Halberstadt had asked 815.000 In his suit against Teeple tor Injuries allegedly sustained when struck by an Iron grating, which oad been used as a platform In iinlotdlng a inick at the local factory. Barret. Barret and McNagny were Industrial hoard attorneys. John L. DeVoss. Eggemat’. Reed and Cleland represented Mr. Teeple ( and Mr. Custer the plaintiff, I

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Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday, July IK, 1939.

Postal Authorities Announce Examinations Decatur post office authorities today announced that open com petitlve examinations will lie held for a numtier of positions. Applications must lie on file not later than August 14. The positions which will be open Include: Inspector, educational and technical consultant, federal agent for home economics education, extension agriculturist, forest ecologist. forest economist, assistant Industrial counsellor and engineer. Full Information may be received at the Decatur post office by any persons desiring details and salaries regarding the positions. PROBE HARLAN COUNTY STRIFE Investigators Return To Washington To Make Reports Harlan, Ky, July 18—(UP) -Two v.veclal assistant U. S. attorneys I returned to Washington today to i report to attorney general Frank Murphy on conditions in "bloody" Harlan county. Welly K. Hopkins and Henry A. Schweinhaut. sent here by Murplty i rfter a flare-up Wednesday be- ; tween striking miners and Kentucky National Guardsmen In which two pickets were ktHed, confereed with , Gov. A. B. Chandler at Frankfort yesterday. Chandler said be agreed with th«m that “the situation u quiet in, Harlan now." Yesterday 260 men and women, arrested In connection with the rioting, were arraigned on charges of banding and confederating. The coMi-troom waa guarded by National Guard machine guns. Bonds sot the majority of the defendants were set at pfiOO but they were released without surety and ordered to return to their homes by Brig. Gen. Ellerbe Carter, commanding National Guardsmen. N«gr Agreement Harlan. Ky.. July 18—(UP)— It' was reported in union circles to-, ■hat representatives at the Harlan l county coal operators association ind officials of rhe United Mine Workers meeting In Knoxville, ” enn.. had virtually reached agree■n»nt will be the standard Appal aI < hlsn contract with the following major changes: 1. Union shop clause (demanded by the union) left out. 2. Strike penalty clause (demand>d by operators) eliminated. 3. Operators will agree to return all Idle union men to their former Jobs without prejudice. 4. that all union men for whom jobs are unavailable when contract la signed, will be given preferential | standing for later retiring 5. That operators agree to dismlaa approximately 800 so-called House cases'* that have been brought since some of the mines resumed operations under national guard protection lest May. Geneva Man Injured In Portland Wreck Delbert Yosa of Geneva, Is recovering from injuries sustained when the car ho was driving and one driven by Kenneth Shephard of Portland collided at an Intersection near the latter city. Yosa sustained a fractured jaw, (see lacerations and the loss of several teeth. Mrs. Shephard, wife j of the other driver, sustained a brsln concussion. She was taken to the Portland hospital. Yosa I was treated at a physician's office.

when It plunged Into the ocean. The sailor and two crew members died. Five others were rescued by the*crew of the ketch. Atlantia, from which the sick man was taken a few minutes before the tragedy.

FIVE HENCHMEN OF HUEY LONG ARE INDICTED Federal Men Redouble Probe Os Louisiana Government New Orleans. July 18—(UJO The federal government redoubled Its investigation into manipulations of the Louisiana state government and of Ixvuisiana federal office holders today while five of the men made great by the late Huey P. Long were up for arraignI ment before a I'nited States commissioner charged with mail fraud. Administration of the 1937 sugar act was the newest channel for federal entrance Into Lonlsfana affairs. The Investigation was | announced In Washington by AtI torney General Frank Murphy. A federal Investigation of reports of wide-spread violations of the federal oil regulations was believed realhing a head. The federal grand jury, which yesterday Indicted five of the late kingfish's closest friends, was continuing Its Investigation of the alleged misuse of WPA materlalls and labor by state officials and of other phases of state affairs. Frank W Lohn. divisional Intelligence agent of the treasury's dei partment of revenues, was conI ducting still another investigation. He told reporters: “I can't tell you anything. I wish I could tell you everything that we have found. it would really make good reading. I can tell you." The five Long men. whose Influence and power continued and was even enhanced after their sponsor's assassination, will plead before a U. 8. commissioner to, indictments which charged that they used the malls to defraud the state of Louisiana of 875.000 The five were Seymour Weiss, who was the night manager of a local hotel when he first met Ixtllg (CONTINUED ON PAGE BIX> MINE VICTIMS ARE RECOVERED Victims Os Kentucky Mine Blast Are Brought To Surface Providence. Ky.. July 1«—(UP) -Bereaved wives and mothers titnod silently at the entrance of the Duvln coal mine today as volunteers brought to the surface the todies of 28 miners killed In a dust explosion which shattered the mine interior Friday night. The task wax a difficult one. The miners were trapped mart than two miles from the mine sn&ft and each body had to ba carried through water and debris more than a mile and then taken the re. mslnder of the distance on small electric cars. Early today 25 canvas shrouded bodies had been taken In hearses to undertaking establishments and only the relatives of-the thiee victims still In the mine kept vigil at tne mine entrance. Mine officials said removal of the other bodies would be completed within a few hours. Indications were that the mine would not be re.opened for several (CONTINUED ON PAOhITvnF'

Oklahoma Fugitive Sought For Kidnaping Four Men, Possible Slaying Os One, Is Captured

HEAVY RAINFALL .HITS INDIANA Northern Part Os State Is Struck By Deluge Os Rain By United Press A deluge of rain fell on the , northern half of Indiana last night and early today while southern sections of the state received virtually no precipitation. At two points — Lafayette and i Crawfordsville—the rainfall waa the heaviest In the history of the weather bureaus. The heavy rain waa accompanied In most areas by a lashing wind and brilliant electrical display Crawfordsville received a total 'of 5.07 Inches of rainfall during i the 24 hour period ending at & a m. today From 9 p m last uielit to 5 a. m.. 487 inches fell at Crawfordsville The weather bureau said it had ! no records approximating this de- ! luge Thomas Hill, weather observer at Lafayette, reported the heaviest 124 hour rainfall in the history of , the Purdue university weather bureau Precipitation for the period ended at 7 a. m. today amounted to 4 56 inches. Lightning struck a luirn near Lafayette early today, destroying the building and burning a team of horses. Two roads were closed in the ' Crawfordsville area because of 1 the storm. A bridge was washed out on state road 41 between Veedersburg and Attica while an(CONTINUED ON PAGE F<»l;r7~ INDIANA G. 0. P. PLANS PRUGRAM Bobbitt’s Program Is Approved At “Harmony" Meeting Indianapolis. July 18 — qj.R) — The Repuldican state committee united today behind Its present leadership after adopting a fiveI point program for the 1940 campaign presented by Chairman Arch N. Bobbitt. In a “harmony" meeting, the I committee decided to launch the campaign formally Sept, 23 at the fail meeting of the Indiana Republican editorial association in Indianapolis. To put at rest rumors that Bobbitt might be ousted as state chairman, the committee decided that no change would tie made either in committee personnel or among the slate officers until the next regular organization mooting after the May primary election. This suggestion was made by Ivan Morgan of Austin, ninth district chairman, and approved during a round table discussion although no formal vote of confidence was taken, Bobbitt's 1940 program, adopted unanimously. includes these points; 1. Establishment Immediately of open forum meetings in the various counties to receive the views and Ideas of” party members and stimulate activity among the workers and voters. 2. Appointment of a program committee of 100 to 150 members to crystallie policies and fivniulste a program for 1940. 3. Appointment of a committee or 24 to cooperate with the national pilgrimmage committee In a celebration next summer at Ripon. Win., birthplace of the Re tCONTINUKD ON PAGE FIVE) Special Service At The Church Os God Rev. W E. Monk. D. D„ will ba the speaker at a special meeting at the t'hnrch of God tonight., Rev. Monk waa prominent In the politics of Houston. Texas, n number of years ago. He sms. In fact, the mayor of one of the municipal units of that city. Magnolia Park He was converted while mayor of the city and soon entered Hie Christian ministry. Rev. Monk is a talented speaker. has a mesMKe that la vital, and la a natural leader of men. The public is cordially invited to hear Dr. Monk In the service tonight at 7:30.

JAPAN, RUSSIA RENEW THREATS OF ARMED WAR Many Japanese Army Officers Reported Ready To Fijcht Ry i'nited Press I Japan and Soviet Ruaala renewk ed threats of a general conflict in , the far east today with many officers of the Japanese army In Manchukuo reported, ready to t fight. The attitude of a section of the Japanese army ftp Ing the Soviet | frontier is that they would wel- , come rather than deplore an excuse to launch a general offensive j against the Russian - Mongolian forces with which they have been engaged in sporadic fighting for I weeks. John R. Morris, far eastern manager of the I'nited Press, reported In an uiicensored dispatch . after a tour of the front. Neutral observers and military , experts believed that Japan's . Kwantung army in Mauchukuo would score heavily at least in the opening phases of such a conflict. but doubt was expressed . whether she could hold the fruits , of victories In China and also fight ' the Soviet I'nion In a long war. At the same time, the Soviet , government rejected a Japanese , note which it said contained I "threats and is in the nature of | an ultimatum" in connection with the quarrel between the two countries over oil an dcoal concessions In Sakhalin Island, off the coast of Siberia. The Japanese had sought to contest Soviet court decisions In a labor dispute on the island, where . Russian employees of Japanese mines had been awarded 174,800 I on charges that the Japanese violated a working agreement. Japan objected to the awards, bpt her > note waa refused l>y the Moacow government. In Ku rope. French officials completed plans to send 100 bombing planes over Great Britain on the first of a series of training flights, possibly tonight. Britain’s next training flights ores France, it waa reported, tnay extend aa far aa the French colonial coaat of North Africa. Thirty big British liombers flew 1 over lamdon during the main hour in an impressive formation apparently designed to keep uppermost in the minds of Britons the preparations made by the government against a possible "crisis" in August or September In Warsaw, Gen. Edmund Iron(CONTINUED ON PAGE BIXI Ossian Presbyterian Pastor Resigns Post The Rev. R. A. Pitxer, Pastor of th-> Ossian Presbyterian church has resigned his position there to ac•ept a call to the First Presbyterian church at Union City. Pennsyi* van la. He also resigned hit position as moderator for the Fort Wayne Presbytery. The resignation becomM effective August 31 MO NfiOETHEFT IS REPORTED Robbery At Berne Lumber Company In Monroe Is Reported A daylight theft at the Berne Lumber company office In Monroe Monday was revealed here today. It was stated that officers had withheld reporting of the theft when It was thought that Important clues might lead to the arrest of the thief or thieves. The theft occurred about 9:00 o'clock. Monday morning while no employe wan In the office. It was rep«>rted. A checkup revealed that between 830 and 840 had been taken. The cash drawer, in which the money was kept, was also taken. No one wan seen around the office at the time of the robbery, according to employes and no tangible clues are available for investigating authorities, according to reports. Sheriff Ed Miller and state policeman Russell Prior are Investi- | gating. ]

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Jack Russell Is Nabbed In Arkansas; Admits Kidnaping But Denies Any Slaying. NO RESISTANCE Otark. Arkansas. July 18—<U.R> j —Jack Russell, the Oklahoma fugitive sought for the kidnaping of four men and the possible slaying of one, waa captured 18 miles from here today. He surrendered without a fight. Russell admitted the kidnaping but denied he had killed Billy Hamilton. Russell waa arrested by Sheriff Champ Crawford, who lured him from a cabin on Mulberry Creek and then covered him with his gun. "Don't move or I'll kill you." Crawford told Russell. "I'm not going to move. I know how you have It on me." the fugitive said. Russell had been hunted through four states the past week since hla escape from the state prison at McAlester. Oklahoma. He was accused of kidnaping Hamilton in Kansas, taking him to Ringwood. Illinois, and there torturing and murdering him. In the course of his flight from state and federal officers he had kidnaped three other persons but released them unharmed. Crawford received a tip that Russell was in the tourist cabin last night. Richard Hill, a constable. told him a stranger was in camp and that he believed he was Russell. This morning Crawford and Hill drove near the camp and started fishing in Mulberry camp. "Hill kept out of sight in the underbrush and I worked my way upstream until right outside his (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE, McNutt drive TOCONTINUE Friends To Continue Campaign For Presidential Nomination

Washington, July 18—(UJ»>— The campaign to give Paul V. McNutt the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination will continue uninter* rupted by hia appointment to high new deal office. It inay be said to* day on the beat of authority. Campaign activity will be car* ried on by McNutt’s friends. The tall Hoosier will have no public part in the active and aggressive McNutt-forpreisdent movement. Hut eastern campaign headquart* era are to be eatabliahed for the man who already is being described as a "captive candidate." An eastern operating base prole ably is several months off. But the fact that It is to be set up coin* .’ldea with all other evidence that McNutt has a green light for the campaign being conducted for him, McNutt Is under no restraint what* ever in his presidential campaign, the United Press was Informed, except with respect to his own actions. In his new capacity ns federal security administrator, McNutt in off now on a brief speaking trip. He probably will be in the public eye rather consistently henceforth. Political Washington still la not agreed on the significance of McNutt's new deal appointment. It leumed with amasement that Mr. Roosevelt saw no political algnlfi'CONTlNtrSD ON All Decatur Scouts To Meet Wednesday Boy Scouts of all three Decatur troops will meet at the Scout Cabins nt Hanna-Nuttman park Wednesday afternoon. Each Scout is raked to bring his handbook and n hammer. ■ ■ S Misuse o TEMPERATURE READING* DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8 no a m. . . 84 2:00 p.m6B 10:00am fit 3:00 p.m 88 N00n....88 WEATHER Much cloudiness, local thundershowers tonight or Wednesday; cooler In central and south portions tonight.