Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1939 — Page 1

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Berne Building Is Nearing Completion Iterne'a new III!".non aehool buildI m und gyttmaahtm art rapidly ra- .. uiun their final touebea and will Ih> ready for the opening of acbool next Meptendber. The AAntwood hnr al) been laid In the gymnaalum and a n>«w electric acoroboard baa < *>et n InatalM. Thia gym will be nr>e <»f the flneat In thia part of >f the atate and the Berne Hearn will play aeveral formidable foen <>n their home rourt thia coming aeaaon. Including Decatur, Garrett, Emeraon of Gary, Central of Fort ' Wayne and several others. The *'hool building la practically com* pleted and the g.ounda ate now ( .le lng leveled by a crew of work- , n>en. FRIENDS HONOR PAUL V. McNUTT —" I' Steady Stream Os Friends (ireet McNutt On Birth* day Anniversary Indianapolis. July 2d. (UJ?> Paul V. McNutt leaves Indianapolis for , Washington thia afterniMin where he will plunge into hia duties aa . head of the federal aecurlty adi mlnlatratlon. one of the moat Imi portant poets under the new reorganization plan. Mat night the former governor , observed hla lath birthday annl- ■ versary at the home of hia par- , enta. Judge and Mrs. John C. .McNutt tn Martinsville It was supposed to have been a quiet, little gathering with only members of the immediate family present but the McNutts neighbors and friends started to arrive early to greet the man who may be next president of the Vnited i States and continued to stream ’ through the house all evening. The party was held in the greenroofed Dutch colonial house where i the former governor spent moat . of his c hildhood and early man- . hood His mother served a typical Hoosier dinner It included fruit cocktail, friend chicken, mashed potnea and gravy, succotash, buttered beets, iced tea and cherry pls. There were two birthday cakes, one for Paul and another for his daughter Louise, who was Hi years old on June 27 but didn't have time then for a celebration. Paul McNutt's cake, which came from the Indianapolis Athletic club, was of mammoth proportions, covered with white Icing and decorated with pink and white roses. Across the top were the words "Happy Birthday. Mr. McNutt." ! Ills cake didn't have any candles i but the anglefood cake which , grandmother McNutt baked for , l»ulse had 18 candles. Flowers virtually tilled the house, the largest bouquet was from the ! "McNutt-for-president" club of (CONTINVED ON PAGE SIX) q Ehinger Is Appointed Association Director Charles D. Eliinger. seert lary of ' the Citizens Telephone company of •hla city, today received word of his appointment to the board of directors of the Indiana telephone s.iaoclatlon. Mr. Khinger was appointed to fill a vacancy created by the death recently of one of the directors. LISTTEACHERS AT MONROEVILLE Teaching Staffs For High And tirade Schools Are Announced The teaching staff* for the Monroeville high and grade schools Imve been listed by th" trustee, . Marvin J. Illvely. Lrvln Doty has been renamed i principal and teacher of physics and mathematics. Miss Frances ( Cat ter of Muncie has been named Instructor of English, phys'-al education and mathematics In the high school succeeding Miss Juanita Fall, who resigned. Other teachers In the hlgn school are: Berl B Blauvelt, Latin and social studies; George Martin. Industrial arts, physical education and biology; Rdtu-rt Justice, comnterce and band; Elsie Towell. home economics; Opal Bower. English. In the grades will be: Mrs. Olive Fheshan Gardner, succeeding Lors Etter In the fourth grade; Vearl Heller, eighth grade; Hazel W. Brown, seventh grade; Leora Brown, sixth grade; Arlene Reynolds. second and Helen V. Miller. first. Fifth and third grade teachers have not been named.

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POLITICS BILL ; IS NEAR VOTE I 1 House Scheduled To Vote ; Today To Ban Office Holders Activity i ' Washington. July 2<» —<uP> — ' l The house is scheduled today on . proposals to bar thousands of fedI eral job holders from political ac- • t tivlty. Including participation In • presidential nominating convenr tlon*. They are opposed by the . majority leadership and the Demo cratlc national committee. The prohibition might cripple a national pidltical machine. The vote Is to be anonymous Instead of by role call. It will come ! on the <|Ueatlon of appiovlng a bill which merely would forbid polities utpong relief workers or bolstering , Its provisions to bar all but a comparative few job holders from , indulging In political activity. President Roosevelt has not made a definite statement on the question but said some time ago that the all-inclusive measure which passer! the senate and now reaches the house floor lu amended form was loosely drawn legislation needing clarification. Republicans are pledged to support the far reaching senate version of the legislation and they will give its Democratic advocate. 150 to ISU votes to start with. Sen Carl A. Hatch. D. N M . piloted the bill through the senate in form which would forbid political activity or membership on a national convention delegation to government employes except those In the legislative branch, cabinet ' officers, policy forming officials and members of the presidential establishment. The house judiciary committee amended the bill. Hatch said the committee emasculated It. As reported by the committee and supported by the house Demo cratlc leadership, the bill would forbid politics in the federal relief establishment but regular government employes - the postmasters. federal attorneys and others —would lie able to continue their (CONTINL'EU ON PAQB FIVBI WPA OFFICE IN AREA IS CLOSED Adams County WPA Projects To Be I’nder Fort Wayne Office The WPA area office in Bluffton, vhich includes Adams couxty WPA work In its supervision la to b; cl.Mted immediately, it was learned h* r» today. Adams. Wells and Huntington county WPA activities navo been under the direction of the Bluffton ofl.ces since a consolidation of , i-O'intles a few years ago. Albert Morrison, of Bluffton, wha . was recently named area supervi- ' sor succeeding A. E Quackenbush. : Is to be transferred to the Muncie • Projects of Wells. Adan;* and 1 Huntington counties, which have ‘ been directed from the Bluffton offices wilt be under the supervlsslon of the Fort Wayne branch office. Several employes of tha» office w'll also be transferred to Fort Wayne. Phea Maasonnee, of Decatn*. district timekeeper suncrvlsor. is expected to remain in Bluffton, ss will the sanitation headquarters. 1 Mr. Massonee has received no notification of a change. It Is not known aa yet. how many WPA workers In Adams county will be affected by the lecent reduction In the numfber of employes. No word regarding the cut hM been . received by Wt-ndell Mack'ln. local i WPA foreman. — --o Peterson Funeral Friday Afternoon | ma—a Funeral aervlcea for Jay E Pet- 1 ' arson. 88. retired Pennsylvania railroad employe, who died at ' 11:18 Tuesday night of carcinoma ‘ at hla home at STH East Woodland avenue. Fort Wayne, will bo held Friday nfternoon nt 2:30 o'clock nt the Klaehn und Son's funeral home. Mr. Peterson was well known In Decatur having visited here many time*. He retired two years ago ' from service with the Pennsylvania railroad after being employed for 43 years. He was a member of the First 1 Evangelical church and of the Scottish Rite and Blue Lodge Masons. Surviving are one son. ■ Paul Peterson of Fort Wayne; -two grandchildren und one brother. William Peterson also of Fort | Wayne.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 20, 1939.

They Saw New War Bill Killed . f, ... • Senator Key Pittman Secretary Cordell Hull ••‘H- “K' l Secretary of State Cordell Hull enter the White Housr- for cMlerence at which it was announced that a majority of senators were opposed to pushing President Roosevelt's neutrality program through at the present session of congress

TWINS DAY TO FEATURE FAIR Twins Day To Be Celebrated On Thursday Os Street Fair Plans for another "Twin Day" at the 1939 Deialur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show. July 31 to August 5. are rapidly nearing completion, it was disclosed today. > Thursday. August 3. of fair week ha* been officially de*ignated by . the fair board as ' Twin Itay." Probably more than half a hundred sets of twins will attend the fair on that day and participate iu the contests. Registration of the twins will take place in the jail yard before 2 o’clock with a short program arranged there, preening the parade at 4 p. m. A judging stand will Im* set up i on the midway of the fair and the * twin* will pass In review down the midway past the stand. A total of 850 In prize* will lie awarded to the winner* of the twin day contest*. First prize of IIS. which w*« won by Marilyn and Jo Ann Voor* of Fort Wayne last year, will be given to the most identical twin* Other prizes will be awarded for the oldest set. the youngest set. to the twin* who travel the furthest to attend, and second, third and fourth prizes will also l«> given in the moat identical division. With last year's event, the in augural of It* kind, proving such a iMipulur success, fair official* and those in charge of the day are expecting an even larger event this year. A total of 64 sets of twins took part last year. George Laurent la chairman of the event. letters have been mailed to all of last year's participants. Inviting them to enter this ■ year'* affair. ♦ - ♦ PICKLES! Indianapolis. July 2b <U.ID j | Altrert Sanders’ employer at Riverside amusement park hander! him a 820 hill and told him to go to a nearby grocery store and get it changed Into : Sanders was gone several hours hut finally returned bear' 1 Ing several large heavy laden | bucket*. They were filled With I pickle*, sweet pickles, sour pickles and pickles of all deI script lons. "I could only get 818 worth of pickles.** he explained rue- | | fully to the bos*. "Guss I'll | have to go some place else to buy the rust."

PET PARADE ENTRY Tuemlay, Auk. 1 N»me Agr Addreee Type of Pet Mail to George F. Laurent. Decatur, Ind. No entry fee. Deadline July 29.

Harry Schamerloh Condition Critical The condition of Harry Schamerloh. who has been confined at tho Adams county memorial hospital 'Offering from cerrbral meningitis, was reported as still critical today by relative*. Schamerloh was admit t-J to the In spltal more than four we«k* ago after he became ill with ’he contagious dis<Mse on returning from a Week-end outing at a lake. Since that time he has a'anost coustautly been in a critical couditlca. WARM WEATHER BACK IN CITY Temperature On Rise After Several Days Os Cool Weather U’arm w-ather returned to Decatur again today with the promise to ranam at least for a while. The weatherman predi<-’o4 warmer weather for all of the state for Friday, excepting possmly the northern tip along Lake Michigan. In Decatur, citizens weßomed the more summer-like tempe.-amres after three or four days of unusually cool weather. This moniing at 8 o’clock the Democrat thermometer registered <8 above—Just two degre<* less than the highest mark for any hour since Sunday and eight degree* warmer than for the same hour of the day Wednesday. Th" temperature kep* pace throuhgout the morning and at noon recorded 80 degree* above, which I* also highest for that hour at ’he week. A hot sun and the fo-ecast of v.-eathermen led cl’izen* to beifev» tnat the respite from th’ heat of the past few days is at aa end and hot weather Is once again upon the i city. — o ——. Inhaling Gasoline Fumes Proves Fatal New Castle, Ind.. July 2o—(U.R> • Ecesslve inhalation of gasoline fumes today was hlsmed for the death of 18-year-old Gene Cummins of Straughn by Ralph Nlhlock, coroner. Young Cummins body wss found on the buck porch of hl* home yesterday by Lloyd Gilbert, a salesman who called to sell his brother. Jack, a truck. The boy was alone, An opened can of gasoline was found on the porch near the body. Dr George Herman and C. C Bit ler of New Castle said that a mania for gasoline fumes occasionally accompanied adolescence.

GOVERNMENT OF 0. S. WILL NOT ALLOW STRIKES Murphy Reiterates Statement Against WPA Workers Striking Washington. July 20 — <U.R) — Attorney General Frank Murphy reiterated today thut the government could not permit strikes against It. and said that such strikes might lay « foundation for "fast Ism in thia country." .Murphy made this statement while the workers alliance, a unkm of relief workers, conducted protest demonstrations in aeveral cities against provisions of the new relief act which abolished the prevailing wage and exacted "vacations" from relief rolls for those who have received benefits ' for IX mouths. David Lasst-r, workers alliance president, said the demonstratiors were not a strike and that moat of them would Im- held In the afternoon Reporta at noon indicated that In only Scattered localities had the demonstrations occurred. "Then- can't l>e strikes and there ought not to Im- strikes against the government." Murphy said at hia press conference "I don't know of anything that would build up a fascist psychology any quicker In this country." He said that he was reluctant to step into any local situation unless such action was "entirely necessary" because- of the dangerous precedent that it might set. He referred to requests from local authorities in Minneapolis for fed- ’ eral protection. Disorders accompanied a strike of WPA workers there. "Disrders should be- dealt with locally." Murphy said "If It is ' something the local officials can't 1 handle, then the state ought to co--1 operate. And if th- state can't handle it, then (be federal government should step in If asked to. Otherwise. It would In- a dangerous precedent for us to 1 move Into a IcHal situation al- . though there- s*-ems to have Imm-u i a complete breakdown of local authorities at Minneapolis." Murphy said that his action in calling a grand Jury investigation of the- WPA strike vloleme in ' Minneapolis was good st rat--gy "The way to handle something like that la to act on time and get ’to the bottom of It." he said "It can do no harm Wo have aytn- ' pathy and understanding for peo--1 pie on strike, but we have acted to protect th.- public Interest," . At New York thousands of • workers alliance member* failed , to check in at WPA project*. (CONTINUED ON PAGK FIVE* I a* Transient Found On Road. Is (iiven Aid ! A transient, who gave bls namo i aa Harry Krohn. <S. wb« gtven flr»t a.-I In Berne after ht was found ly- , In* along federal road 27 north of i that town. Krohn was found by Amos Sch- , wart*, of that community. He was fed and given ntedl<«al attention. It was thought tbat he wa» suffer* , lag from a heart allnieut LEGION PLANS STATE MEETING Annual State Convention At Bloomington August 20-22 Indianapolis, Ind., July 2*^—(UP) Harold A. Shindler of Newburg, department commander o’ the American Legion, and depurment adjutant W. E. Bayer today issued tho t fflcial call for the 2ist annual Indiana convention to bo held at Bloomington Aug. 20-22. As a special convention corporation of businessmen and legionualre* at Bloomington mjdo proI<aratlon* for the convention, »ev*ral candidate* entered the field for state legion office*. George Huish. Ea»t Chicago newspaper man. and Ray Townalay ! of Danville declared themselves i.indidntos for the state commandershlp Joseph Dates of mdtanapo Ils and Herman Boles of Franklin »< tight, election as louthern vicecommander and Harold Holloway of Hammond and Georgq fata of Renaaelaer announced thov were candidate* for the office of Northern vice-commander. Mr*. Opal Fergu»on of Fort Wayne was the only candlJite who had enft-red the running tor preI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) "

Blaze Os Gunfire Added Threat To Peace Os Europe

TWO SUITS ARE ON FILE HERE Two New Suits Are Filed In Adams Circuit Court Today Two now suits were filed In Adams circuit court Wednesday. Tho one, a suit for po*M **lon i-ud forefe’ture of contract, was filed by Edgar Muts<hler and names Orval K top. Goldie Ro.>p and th-* Decatur Savings and Loan Association as defendants. The first paragraph of the complaint avers the plaintiff sold a lot <n Nuttman avenue to the first two defendants on April 24. IM3 and charges that they failed ta pay taxes. assessment* or balance of pu*--chase price. The complaint avers that the deed of conveyance was placed in escrow with the Decatur Savings and lx>an Association, which was named a party for the purpose of showing any right, title or interest which they might have in the said teal estate. The first paragraph asks for possession of the real estate. The second paragraph asks for damage* against Orval and Goldie Roop in the sum ot 11.-Wt John L. DeVoss Is attorney for the plaintiff. Tile Other suit was fll»-j by the P. F. Goodrich Co., of Fort Wayne against Harold C. Lehman of Berne. The suit asks for M->.39, as balance <rf an account of nierchan-dl-e purchased from the Fort Wayne store of the company and merest from the day of purchase. Mock and Mock are attorneys for i the plaintiff. DEATH CLAIMS ALBERT FULLER Adams County Native Dies Wednesday At Detroit After Operation Funeral services for Albert D. Fuller. 81, whose death occurred W.-dne*day. will be held Fralday afternoon in Detroit, his home. The b«idy will then be taken to the Raftner funeral parlor. In Toledo. from which place short services will be held Saturday afternoon Burial will be In Toledo. Mr. Fuller was a former Decatur resident. He was born near Pleasi ant Mills. October 7, 1877. the son > of Maynard and Elisabeth Thump- ■ son Fuller. I Death followed an operation for gall stones ■ In IBM. Mr Fuller was married i to Miss Anna Schrank of this city. , Besides the wife, three sons. Rus- . sell. Clyde and Lawrence, and one grandaughter. all of Detroit, survive. Two brothers. Burton Fuller. Lon Angeles und Ralph Fuller. Leipsic. Ohio, three sister*. Mr*. H. Ray Sm-deker. ('olumhus, (>.. Mr*. L, Custer. Pleasant MUI* and Mrs. Uharle* Peterson, of thia city, also survive. Mr. und Mr*. George Stult*. Mr*. Lee Stults und Mr*. Custer have 1 gone to Detroit to attend the funeral. Other relatives will go to Toled Saturday to attend the setvice* and burial. Mr. Fuller was employed by the Crowley Milner Co. for 43 years. . He held a tesponsible position with 1 the company. Woman Is Sentenced For Beating Mother Lonnsport. Ind., July 20-—(UT) ’ - Marie Boch, 32. today was under ‘ a 80-day sentence al the state prl- ' son for women on her conv’ctlon on ’ an assault and battery charge. She I waa nccuaed of beating her elderly mother when she objected to her 1 diking. f a. United Press Official ; To Broadcast On Europe J New York July 20—(UM—Earl J. Johnson. vice-preslde;.t and j v "neral news manager of ’he Unit- , rd Press, who returned recently from a aurvey trip to E'vope, will toll about how the poopm In the countries he visited are preparing ‘ for war In a talk at 8:50 (*ST tonight over the blue (WJZI network of the National Broadca*:lnff company.

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Polish Customs Guard Is Shot By Official At Danzig; Report Unrest In Hungary. STORIES CONFLICT London, July 20. — GJ.RI —— Great Britain waa reported in usually reliable sources tonight to be preparing a "po*i- • tive peace plan" for aubmission to Adolf Hitler late thia summer if the government's pres1 ent policy fail* to aaeure European tranquillity. i By Joe Alex Morris • (United Press foreign news e<litor) l A blaze of gunfire today punc- • tuated with new dangers the deadI lock between Poland and Germany • over the free city of Danzig. ■ With the free city a sore spot surrounded by the massed armies • of Europe * big power*, a Ihilish i custom* guard was shot and peri haps killed by a Danzig official I at a time when authorities every- [ where were nervous lest a moment t of carelessness of hysteria set off I a conflagration. I There were two version* of tho I shooting From Danzig the story was that a Danzig customs official f was fired ou without warning by , a Polish guard, who was standing in Polish territory at Postelau. The Dunzig official returned the ‘ fire and wounded the Pole, act cording to this report, and started j to go across the frontier to aid hla } victim. The approach of two Polish officials caused the Danzigers ’ to retire But from Warsaw, reliable report* gave another version of the r' - incident. They said that the PolIsh frontier guard had Iteen shot and ktlb-d by a Danzig storm trooper at Trzdonki. Although there was a possibility that there were two incidents instead of one. Polish official* said I ing had occurred and that ar I Trzclonki. They said there is no Polish customs office at Postelau and that the Danzig version ap- ■ peared garbled. Furthermore, they asserted, the shooting occurred when a Danzig customs official, accompanied by storm troopers, crossed the Polish ‘ frontier and was challenged by a Pidish guard named Withhold Budziewlcz Immediately upon being ! challenged, they claimed, the storm 1 troopers shot and killed the Polish guard alsitit limi feet inside the Polish border. Even a* the incident which will lie only as Important as either side may desire to make It appear In the International tension was reported. Nazis gave great publicity to a speech by Gen Walter Von Brauchltsih at the historic town <>f Tannenberg in which he declared that Germany I* "not looking for a fight but we are not afraid to fight " "We are marching to the future In thl» territory, when- are the tomb* of those who fought here In centuries past." the general declared in recalling the victories of Hindenburg und Ludendorff during the world war hi territory adherent to the Polish border. Hl* speech was hailed by the Berlin newspapers as "an answer to the Polish war mongers." While th*- Danzig quarrel creat’('cONtTnUED ON PAGE TH>(Ek7 ANNOUNCE DATE OF EXAMINATION High School Equivalency t Examination To Be Held July 29 J The annual high school cqulval<*r.cy examination will be held in p the office* of C. E. Striker, county te-hooi superintendent. In the courthouse Saturday. July 29. Mr Htrlker stated. The examination* will bn held iKhout the day and any onedesirous of securing the cerltflcatd 1 ts Invited to participate in tho ex--1 am. • The high school equivalency sxv nminatlon is held each year in tho I county school superintendent's of- * flee and a number participate each X time. - Persons desirous of more Infort mat lon before taking tho examlns- • ( tlon are urged to contact Mr. Stripler as soon as possible.