Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1939 — Page 1

XXVII. No. 169.

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Decatur Man’s Trial Continued To Auk. 9 The trial of Uul.rrt R. McClena'tan. of Decatur, atheduled for t.e dav In the olty court at Fort Wayne 1 *«• continued to Auxuat 9. M«-€|..n almn waa arrested In Fort Wayne list Saturday afternoon and charged with drunken driving after Um into he waa drlvit g figured In an accident. . COLLEGE HEAD TALKS TO CLUB *1 .lonas C. Tritch Speaks To Dceatur Lions Club Tuesday Jonas C. Tritch. president of International Business college at Fort Wayne was the speaker at the regular meeting of the Decatur Mons club, held Tuesday night In the Rice hotel. Mr. Tritch. a teacher In the city school system and resident here a number of years ago. gave a reminiM-ent address of school and civic functions of* those times. Mr. Tritch lauded the city for Its accomplishments and rapid progress of the past few years. The club also voted to have LeRoy Schwarts and Virginia Hotman. king and queen of the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show as their guests on royal party will also be in attendance Robert (lent Is. the Lions club representative at the Hoosier Boys'* Stale, held recently, will also appear before the club and give a report of his trip. Committee, Listed John M. Doan, publicity chairman of the club. Hated today the committee appointments made recently by Roy Price, newly-elected president of the clab. The comI mitteemen: Attendance: Walter Krick, chairman; Phil Sauer. Clyde Butler. D. Burdette Custer. T J Metsler Kxtenslon: Ralph Gentla, chairman; Harry Knapp. Bryce Butler. C. W Kngland Publicity: John Doan, chairman; H. Kraeehebee*. A. V. Met mi n. i Iceland Smith. Major activities' Glen Hill, chairman; Roy Mumma. H. Krueckeberg, C. Saylor,. Paul Cairns. Membership: Harry Knapp, chairman: M Highland. Robert Zwlck. Harold Sauttera. Program: W. F. Beery, chair man; Joe Morris. Glen P‘ll. W M Bumgardner Lion's education: Roy Mumma. chairman; Walter Krick, George Rent i. H Frohnapfel. Scouting. Eugene Fields, chairmaw; Harold Zwlck. A. Appelman. John Haldermann. Glen Oswalt. Music: T. J. Metsler. Rev H. Aspy. Ralph Gentle. Welfare, Ben Duke. N. A. Biller. Rev. H Aspy. W. Krick. Finance: Lion secretary Ed Boknecht and board of directors. No drop: Hoard of directors. Chaplain: Rev. Hom«r Apsy. Hit-And-Kun Cyclist Is Blamed For Death Fort W’ayne. Ind.. July 19— <UP> —A hit-and-run bicycle rider today *as blamed for the death of Vern Wilbur Hinrichs. U, of New Haven, r Hinrichs was playing with a «ronp of boys Sunday night when ha waa struck by the unknown rider. He died late yesterday. Dr. Wai||er E. Kruse. Allen county toroner, Announced he will hold an inquest Thursday DENTISTS PLAN FAIR EXHIBIT Dental Association To Have Exhibit DurinK Decatur Fair The Decatur Dental association I wUI have an exhibit at th» DecaUir Free Btreet Fair and Agricul'Ural Show here. July 31 to August S. Dr. H. V. DeVor announced todty. The exhibit will be displayed tn a | horse trailer and Is to be slatlon.-d on the midway. Dr. DeVor anHMinced. In the display will be Ihtsd rules and proper lishlts for tha care of the teeth and gum, and other deutai hints Progress of dental science wilt also be depleted In the exhibit, which will Include pictures and rell:cas of various invention of the dental field. Pamphlets and literature will also be distributed at the booth. , The booth is now being prepared i uuder the direction of association i I mensbers and leaders.

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MURPHY ORDERS GRAND JURY TO PROBE STRIKES Attorney General Orders Probe In Minnesota WPA Strikes Washlugton. July 19 — (UJ» — | Attorney General Frank Murphy today ordered a grand jury in- , veatlgatlon of the WPA strike situation In Minnesota. Murphy ordered V. 8. attorney Victor Anderson at St Paul to convene a grand jury there “In view; of the FBI Investigation of the Minneapolis WPA strike situation*! indicating a violation of federal law." “The FBI will continue its Investigation and Its findings will be Presented to this grand jury.” the justice department said. “The grand jury will return Indictments If. In its opinion, the facta warrant. The FBI Information will be disclosed only to the grand jury.” AftdF If days of strikes WPA projects commissioner F. C. Harrington said the "outlook la good" for normal resumption of operations. He said operations were normal In most states and were rapidly returning to that state in others. His statement waa lutaed on a survey showing that there were only 25.511 on strike at the close of business Monday, compared with the 91,770 idle a week ago The survey showed that only seven states reported more than 1.000 (die Harrington's report showed that 32.5 U strikers have been fired for violating his order that no worker should remain away from work more than five consecutive days. He was expected to rule today on a proposal for ending the dispute submitted by the U. S conference of mayors headed by Mayor Florello H. of New York. The plan would restore prevailing wage schedules on projects begun prior to July 1. (CONTINL’KD ON PACK IHVgI MORE EXHIBITS AT STREET FAIR Two Downtown Business Rooms To House Street Fair Exhibits I The girls' 4-H club exhibits consisting of Flothing. canning, baking food preparation, and room improvement will be housed in the Graham building, acrons from the court house on Madison street. Indications now show that there will be approximately 230 girls showing iu these various exhibits. Clothing, canning, and room Improvement exhibits must be at the exhibit hall on Wednesday. July 20 These exhibits will then be judged on Friday and Saturday of that same week hi order that the exhibits can be open to the public the entire week of the fair. Baking and food (preparation must be at thia exhibit hull on Thursday. August 3. by 9 a. m. and these will be judged the same morning. The public is Invited to come snd look at these displays. The exhibits hall In the Graham building will be open every afternoon from 1 to < o'clock during the fair week. Fair officials also announced this morning, following a meeting of Chamber of Commerce directors directors Tuesday night, that the Ellis building on Routh Second street will also be used for exhibit | purposes during the fair. The canning exhibit, sponsored by the farm security administration. will be housed In this building Other exhibits planned for the Ellis building are the state and county public welfare department, the natlonll administration, and the Decatur recreation program, with exhibits of craft work and model airplanes. The canning exhibit, the NYA and craft exhibits will be displayed nt thia year's fair for the tlrat time. II I I- ■ 37,975 Placed In Private Employment Indianapolis. Ind., July 19 —(UP) —lndiana's state employment service placed .37.975 persons in private jobs during the first six months of 19-39. acting d'rector J.' Bradey Haight reported today. Thhi was the highest six months mark since the service was started the previous record being 30,173 in 1337. Haight said.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 19, 1939.

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COUNCILHOLDS BRIEF SESSION — City Council Transacts Little Business Tuesday Evening — A brief session of the city council was held Tuesday night at the Cornell chatrtbera in the city hall building. Councllmen Andrew Appelman, Russell Owens and Morri i Pingry "W-re the only members present. A matter of placing a <tre hydrant between the two railroads on Tnirteenth street, as brought bes ire the board by Charles Brodbeck, city water superintendent, waa referred to the water >ommlttee. Sam Acker appeared and asked the council to notify the Pennsylvania railroad to improve the crossing on Washington street. The ordinance fixing the new salaries of the superintendent and resistant superintendent of the city light department vas read and app.oved for the third and final tint* Bills were read and allow ad. I Cleric-Treasurer H. Vernon Aurand was also authorised to notify the Erie railroad to Improve (he Line street crossing. Four Youths Killed As Trucks Collide Ohio. HI.. July 19— (UP)—Four youths were killed and three others injured today In the collision of a truck and a light truck tn whlrii 14 boys were briny transported to a farm. Oscar Cherry. Bi, of Uenesso. and his son. Bernard. 13. were the only passengers in the eatftn truck, i Cnerry was driving from Chicago to his home after delivering a loid of cattle. Neither he nor bls son was injured. Cherry's truck tore away the entire side of the truck, so iling the youths on the highway One was decapitated. SHOW FLOWERS AT LOCAL FAIR Flower Show To Be Held In Court House Two Days Os Fair Preliminary plans for the annual flower show. held as a part of the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show July 31 to August S. Inclusive, were announced today. The show, as Is customary, will be held on Thursday and Friday August 3 and A of fair week, according to the announcement. It will be held In the cortldor of the Adams county court house. Various types of flowers, as well as a few firm exhibits are expected to be placed in the corridor In conjunction with the display. Prises will be awarded to winners of the various classes of flow- ' er displays. The Complete list of prlxes and the various classifies•lons of displays will be announced Inter. The event will be open to all flower-lovers of Ute county.

Embezzlement Charges On Welfare Worker —— I Winamac, fnd . July 19.— (U.*9— I Mrs. Clara Timms. (5. of near Medaryville, former welfare direct-' i or in Pulaski county, wu held un- , der 31.000 bond on a bench war- • rant charging embeulement toI day. The grand jury was In special 'session today reportedly invest I- ' gating conduct of the welfare of- • dee during Mrs. Timms' term. Her • office was declared vacant two 1 months ago when she failed to reI new her bond as required by law. TAKES OWN LIFE : DURING QUARREL Young Wife Commits ' Suicide In Quarrel Over Nudist Camp Loa Angeles. July 19 — <U.R) — ' Funeral services were planned today for 19-year-ol<l Dawn Hope Noel who shot herself last nlghi -a her orchestra leader husband ' argued by telephone with a person 1 whose conduit at a weekend ' nudist colony party he deemed ' unseemly Herbert James Noel, her busi band, said she shot herself In the ■ 1 head after pleading with blm to | end his telephone argument. She was the daughter of Adele Blood, once known as “the most beautiful blonde on the American stage." who committed suicide In a similar manner at Harrison. N. Y. three years ago Police accepted Noel's story of' the shooting. He said that several months ago he and hla wife. joined a nudist colony 30 miles north of Hollywood to which they went Saturday for a week-end party i "The party lasted all Saturday night, all day Sunday and Monwe didn't get home until ' Tuesday morning." he told police. t ' "We had been doing some drink-!' Ing and we had made several trips back and forth between the camp and our home." He said that Mrs. Noel returned 1 alone to the North Hollywood home which they rented from Hoy Atwell, stuttering comedian. Monday night to feed the dogs. “She didn't come back for four hours. I found out that two men (CONTINUED ON PAGF HVlj — o_ Parachute Drop North Os Decatur Tonight • ■ < A parachute drop at 7 o'clock toright will feature the activities of 1 i the Goodwill Flyerg at the landing field, two and one-half miles north of the city on federal road 37. Passengers are being taken up ' daily. — 0 » Cloverleaf Float In Parade During Fair ! The name of the Cloverleaf Creameries, inc., waa unintentionally omitted from the Ust of firms, i merchants and organlsatlo'-a which i tied already contracted with the , street fair committee to enter a- - in the Wednesday paradn of i the fair. Thin list waa published In I I Tuesday's edition of the of the Do- | tuocrat. 11

President Abandons Drive To Revise Neutrality Measure At Present Session Os Congress

EUROPE FEARS RENEWED TEST OF STRENGTH Paris Reports Reich Armed Forces To Be At Full Strength By Joe Alex Morris (I’nited Press staff correspondent) Europe's fear of a new test of . strength In August is beginning to ' emerge amidst the military disi play of France. Poland and Great , Britain. The Paris press disclosed today i that official circles have receivi-d dlpatchea indicating that the armed forces of the Reich will be In al ! state of alert In mid-August. that : storm trooper vacations will be , ended snd that perhaps 1.000.n00 I reservists will be under arms In ‘ Germany In addition to the stand--1 Ing army of about I.OOO.OtMt. When such dispatches reach all of the Paris newspapers at the ' same time It is certain that the I Information came from the highest sources. Thus the French govj ernment either has received posl- | five Information causing It to begin worrying again or it is putting special emphasis on less positive reports in order to offset the possibility of another move by Adolf Hitler such as led to the destruction of Cxechoslovakia last year It waa significant, too. that Nail official circles not only refused to deny the Paris reports Inti that 20 Danxlgers were arrested in the free city on charges of plotting a series of dynamltingk in . behalf of foreign countries. They , were charged with treasonable ac•tlona and it was asserted by Nasis that they were all former members of Marxist organisations. Ibplomatlc sourctm in Ixindon •also were concerned about developments In Dunsig where some 3.000 to 4,000 policy recruited bi the last month are now being sent i to barracks, but it was believed In | the British capital that Nasis were preparing for a change of pace in their esort to wreat the free city from Polish protection. London diplomata pointed out that Nasi newspapers bad for the time being sla< keued their attacks i on the Poles and that official sourI ces In Berlin had put special emphasis on their long-standing be-; lief that the Dnnslg Issue would be' settled peacesbly by negotiation. | Poles were openly suspicious of such maneuvers, looking for a subtle new form of attack by the Nasi strategists. While about 200 British planes mad- a second training flight over France, the British government continued to watch developments in the far east anxiously where the greatest friction at the mom ent was between Japan and Soviet Russia. Japanese made much of the seriousness of their dispute with Russia over oil and coal concessions on the Russian-owned halt of Sakhalin Island The concessions are of great Importance to Japan as a fuel supply for her (CONTINUED ON l-AUK FOVRA SCOUTS PLAN SUMMER TRIP Plans For Annual Summer Trip Will Be Made This EveninK Plans for the annnsl stnn-ner trip ' of the Decatur Boy Scouts will be made tonight In » meeting of all Scoutmasters and committeemenCommissioner Sylvester Everhart announced this morning. The meeting will be hold at <1:30 o'rlofk at the home <rf Scout Loader Lloyd Cow .. . All Scout leadora are urged so attend. Thirteen Cuba and (our den chiefs attended the weekly camp | at Camp Quinn. Hanns-Nutttnan park. Mr. Everhart annoa-teq. Den three la now leading iu points. Mr. Everhart stated, with a total of (11. Next In line are: den two. Mo points; den one. 349 points and den four. 229 points. Those pro- i vent at the camp Tuesday: don one, five; den two. three; den three, i five and den four. none. Tenderfoot knots formed the project for the ' Cuba Tuesday.

McNUTT MARKS 48TH BIRTHDAY Paul V. McNutt Spends Birthday With Parents At Martinsville Indianapolis. Ind.. July 19 —(UP) I—Paul V. McNutt motors to Mar(lnsvllle thia afternoon to observe hts 4*th blrthdug i-nnlvecsary In a quiet dinner at the home of his psuraota. Judge and Mrs. John -McNutt. Tomorrow he will return to Indianapolis and in the afternoon will leave for Washington to piunge immediately into hla new aod manifold duties as head of the federal security adminlstarUon. The former governor visited his dentist today and then made an inspection trip through the Indiana un-miplonnent compensation office. This division of tho government la c:ie of the many now under McNutt's supervision. He waa expected to hold a final parley tomorrow with'national committeeman Frank M. McH-le and other Indiana Democratic leaders conorning his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1940. McNutt is scheduled to deliver a major address before the national <-onventlon of young Democrats in Pittsburgh August 10. 11 and 12, but Indicated he snay be kept In Wishington by the press of off!c<el business. He Indicated, also, that he would not return to Indiana until the niYddie of August when he is scheduled to address the state American Itglon convention at Blo.unlngton. The speerti la ixffieduled tor a bun(CONTINUED ON PAGE nvg) PLACING LIGHT LINES FOR FAIR City Electric Department Stringing Lines For Street Fair The flrat evidence of the near* n-ss of the annual Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricullu-a'. Show was formed this morning by memI bars of the city light crew. The crew began the work of stringing the special lead lines which will furnish the (ewer to the concessions, rides, shows and decorations on the midway of the fair. From these lines strung along the store fronts oa Second street, ' w.ll be connected the drop lines t> the various booths, exhln.ts and jiher places of entertainment. Colored bulbs wilt also be strung on lines over the wldway and a<n»» street intersections as a part of the decorating for the annual evont by the city. Less than two weeks remain be fore the opening of the fa'c, which ' Is to be held July 31 to August 5. inclusive. The light lines and decorative ' lights are always the first evidence of the fair to be installed and the list to l>e removed after ti>e week is over. ! 1 Man Charged With Forgery Suicides Indlanspolls, ind , July 19—(VP) — While state police waited outside the door of his room to take hhn to jail on a charge of forgery Charles Hardy. 7», once prosperous contractor and farm operator, committed suicide by taking poison yesterday. He was taken In custody by stalo -x. Herman Joseph Feeney near hie home here and asked permission to ' ro home and change his etothea before bring taken to jail Feeney agr-rd and waited outside .he room so- him. When he didn't return after a lengthy period. Feeney wont Inside and found Hardy dying on the floor. Beverage Board To Hold Hearing The Adams county alcoholic beverage commission will conduct a hearing August 10 in the county auditor's office on the apnlicatloa of D. F. Swnan and May Human (Mee for a liquor, wine and beer retailer's license. I,

Price Two Cento.

Decision Is Made After Conference With Hull And Senate leaders; Adjournment Near. TWO STATEMENTS , Washington. July 19 — — The White House said today that Preaident Roosevelt "will pray aa never before" that there will be no new crisis in Europe before congress meets again In January to consider neutrality legislation. White House secretary Stephen T. Early made no aecret of Mr. Roosevelt's disappointment and anxiety at the declaion reached by senate Democratic and Republican leaders last night to delay neutrality action until next tension “I am certain of one thiug." aald Early, "from the time of adjournment until January when congresa meets again the president will pray as never before in all hla life that there will be no new criaia In Europe." But. Early said, information received at the White House indicates thst chances are none too good that the world will escape another crials tn the next few months. The information, he said. Indicates the possibility that there may be a new European flare-up this summer. Chairman Key Dittman of the senate foreign relations committee aald flatly that the president would call a special aeaaion in event of widespread war. “If such a war la precipitated.'* he aald. “and no one but Hitler would precipitate such a war. and Hitler conducts It with brutality, particularly against civilians residing tn non-military xones. then there la no doubt that the humanity of the people of the United ’ Ktates will Im* incensed and there will be qutte a different sentiment In both the country and congress, either in January or at a special aeaaion which of course the president would call in event of widespread war." Democratic and Republican leaders in the senate predicted that the session would end in the first week In August as a result of the presidents reluctant decision to postpone changes In the neutrality law until next year. But the president insisted that responsibility for failure to revise the law. In event of a European crisis, would rest upon the senate. He was understood to have said that because of the senate's failure to act he would be forced to take the Issue to the country. The neutrality program waa shelved last night after a threc-houf conference of senate leaders at the White House. It followed weeks of Indecision on capitol hill, but came only four days after the preaident'a laat request that congress act on neutrality before adjourning. Those attending the conference were Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Viee-Prealdent John N. Garner. senate majority leader Aiben W. Barkley. D. Ky.. senate minority leader Charles L. McNary, It. Ore., assistant minority leader Warren R Austin. R. Vt„ chairman Kry Pittman, D.. Nev., of the foreign relatione committee, and Sen. William E. Borah. R.. Ida., (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE! ■" " O—TRUSTEE LETS BUS CONTRACTS Washington Township Trustee Awards School Bus Contracts School bus contracts for Hta approaching school term were let Tuesday night by the trustees and nuvlsory boards of the 11 townslips in Adasns county. The results of the awards In Washington township we-e Mated . day by John M. Doan, township trustee. Routes one two, three and four, nil of which go to the Washington reboot were given to John Geels. Melvin Mallonee, John Schults and C. V. Johnston, respectively. Route five, which rune to tho DeHMt school, waa awarded to Curtis Etgle. Routes six. seven and eight, which go to the Brandyberry school were awarded to Frank Hunt, Dwight Schnepp and Floyd Rhoaf, respectively, Mr. Doan announced.