Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1939 — Page 1

XXXVII. No. IHI.

®ree Names Listed fror Appointment ■To Postmastership

I annul. 88.33: S, u KirM-h. Mi. 1 <>l.i Macklin. 76- ■ |„ I lutltlf I i't I or |’,istma-trr. ■o \( I \T ONCE Service Commission th.|K' ' . .. | |_,ut- nt. K I l '- M I • V . ’itir ■ ' • .-•■!■ C |M v I H ■ |K<. ’ v ’■' ■ K ■ Ike p<Mit master appoint- ; ■ K ■ 'M ■ > |9 ' - ■ .. li 1,..,11l ■ !■:• rhe «■ ‘ -I r .A- I MiE stx~ ■DDL BOARD I REPORT GIVEN Bi Balance Os Decatur ■bool Board Reduced I I ndvr Year V »sh hjiinii- of the Decatur ■* reuu.ed 59.3M.66 ■t th. past ri a< a | y ,. ar W hi< h ■ Juty I an irding to the re|RH J '.. j h Hunter, treasurer V reduction WjtH n tade W special fund which *»» cut ■ »i: to 32.594.1? during • !><»■! y-ur luisticea on hand. ■ fund, total 1.12.714 sk. com- ■ to I4’fw| 24. B«al .d I'.T.d.H 15 was expend- ■ operation of the whool y 111 • l,, <atur during the f|sy 1 ’ •’’•sinning August I. 1939 VMlng July 31, msg g I <!l<| hot include egpendlturgrtbe n.-s Junior senior high V building. a separate fund ■ "”• th* l PWA grant and ■ r,1 »«l tn pay the cost of ■H'tum The ne W building ■•ppmilmately 3350.000. I ’Mltute, in the special fund ■J**'* 1 ’ ix'nd fund. 37.115Itt 1,1 ,bw * ■ •I. 19.19. follow: special. 52r tuition. 323.116.31; bond. * ‘'ho®! board received 165.from local taxation and from Hl.. gro.K Income The *'otu! is equivalent to 8700 lor 31 teachers. fr ! MXmont on the new school •m made | B at j u | r , FlnitJ < ’ ,d • , ’ ho " 1 !,ond ' m»do thia year. * Mutual report will be pu b- “•“»< 'he ear’l £ar "“d* duHn < ‘he tMPE «* T URe RE *oiNQB *MOCRAT thermometer hj!’?' -- 100 P «n...R0 Th a Wt *THER Wrt7' r ’ l ‘ rswes? eloud * show*thw.« oo° * r •**•*«• I Met . ’ * n Un, « M •"« hur Mlk Mu,h Portions

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GUERNSEY SHOW WINNERS NAMED Guernsey (’attic Show Is Judged Here Tuesday Afternoon ■ Rosanna's Duke No. 265 R 0« a gen- ' 'or yearling owned by lon's Kold“wey of I'nlon township, was named grand champion bull, and rsntine’i IBs 11 of Manitou. No. 4M.315. an vgedcow owned by Dale D. Moses' of Decatur, was named grand champion female of the annual Adams county Guernsey cattle show held , on the Schmitt field east of Decatur Tuesday afternoon. James Hilton, of Ihirdne university, judge of the rattle shows being held thia week in connection i with the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Hhow. selected the dinners. The junior champion female was ;<n unnamed junior calf owned by Inniger Brothers of neat Herne. The production record cn ths grand champion cow was suh pounds In 335 days and site is still on t»st. The production record of the dam of the junior yearling bull shown by Dale Moses was <EU i»>unds of butter fat. The judge. Guernsey officials and other witnesses o* the Guernsey/ show said the animals exhibited compared eery favorably with th-’ 'xrger shows held this year. Bulls Senior yearling: latuls Koldewey first. Junior yearling: Dale D. Moses, first. Females Junior ealf: innlger brothers, first; bouts Koldewey. - naiger Brothers Hllrd. Senior calf: Ixtula Koldewey, first. Junior yearlings: Dale Moses, t.rst; l»uis Koldewey, second. Senior yearlings: n»l» Moses, first; Innlger Brothers, second, David I*. Bteury. third. Two year old class: Innlger Brothers, first; Dale Moses, second Ixiuls Koldewey, third; Innlger/ Brothers, fourth. Three year old class: 'lnnlger* Brothers, first. Aged cow: Dule Moses, first and second. Produce of cow class: Innlger I Brothers, first; Louis KnMowty, second. Inntger Brothers third. Gst-of-sire: Innlger Brothers. , f’rat; Louis Koldewey, second. tn the product'.in class all animals had to have a butter fat rec- ’ ord of 4<W pounds or over tn a lacts- , lion period Dale Moses won first : In thia class with a record of 609 , pounds In 336 days. Innlger Brothers won second with a record < 73 pounds in 43 days. Th.rd place vent to Dale Moses with a record of 236 pounds !u 190 days tanlg-r ' Brothers won fourth with 356 1 pounds in class G, (Class 0. Is composed of junior two year olds I FAIR ROYALTY CLUB GUESTS — 4-H Club King And Queen Are Guests Os Decatur Lions Club The king and queen of the 1919 [ Decatur Free Rtreet Fair and Agrii cultural Hhow, Leroy Hchwrrts and Virginia Hoffman were ~n'crtaln--d last night at the weakly meeting of | the Decatur Lions club. Dr. J. E. Morris, chairman of th» entertainment committee Introdue- . rd county agent L. K. Archbold. , who In turn Introduced Miss Jua- , nlta Lehman, county 641 director and Miss Mildred Worthman. De-' caiur director. They Introduced the royai party.' Robert Getvtis. who was sent to the Hoosier Boys' State this year by the Lions chsb gave a report of I his trip. W. F. Beery, presented gifts to tba king and queen from the club. Miss Virginia Lee Ku'.itle presented a piano solo. Miss Vera Coffee a song and tapdance; Catherine Schmitt, a reading; Joe Daniels a reading and Grace Flauglt. Irene Liirht. Dick Myers an I Harvey Habeggrr a Harwiian program The i king and queen were paid tribute . | by group singing. I

LENDING BILL IS DEFINITELY I JUNKED TODAY House Committee Also Makes Slash In Deficiency Measure Washington. Aug 3 — <U.R) — | House leader* Junked President Roosevelt's 5R00,000.000 bousing program and economy minded appropriations committeemen chopped 75 per cum from hla final deficiency requests as the adjournment rush Itegan in earnest today The action appeared to ensure I the end of the session by Saturday' at the latest. Chairman Adolph Saiiath. D 111. of the rules committee announced that the housing bill had. been tossed overboard. He gave no reason. Privately. 1 it was admitted that the measure faced certain defeat at the hands of the same Republican-conserva-tive Democratic coalition which , yesterday killed the president's , new lending program. ;, The house appropriations com mlttee report on the final deficiency hill produced new evidence of widespread congressional rebel- , Hon against White House recom rnendations. The committee cut the bill on which house debate started today to 553.19ti.<>59 from the 3215,991.169 asked by the president. , The bill carries funds for mill- 1 tary preparedness, aeronautical research and various odds and ends not provided for in the regular supply bills of the year. Rabat h made his announcement after a conference with speaker William B Rank head and Demo- 1 cratlc house leader Sam Rayburn 1 He coupl-d it with a bitter attack 1 on the house majority which yes- 1 terday killed Me. Roosevelt's lend- ' ing program And he called for, 1 the president to run for a third 1 term. The house vote of 193 to 166 1 to kill the lending program —• al- ' ready slashed to 51.950.000,000 by 1 a house committee from the presl-1 1 (CONTINVEP ON PAtiß TWO) ' ' I' OBJECTIONS TO i I COOLING TOWER Complaints Are Filed Against Noise From New Cooling Tower Four residents residing near the municipal plant on North Fifth street, appeared before the city hall Tuesday night and remonstrat- . “d against the new coo’lng tower., Those present were Wai Wemhoif. Paul Cairns. Robert Freely :tnd Joe Brennen. all property own era living near the plant. They stated that they represent a number of residenta and property owners in that vicinity. They complained of the noise ere-atc-i by the recently erected cooling tower at the plant, statlug that It evused a vibration and pulsation that could be continuously felt inside their homes. They also quoted their wives an ! other ladles <>f the neighborhod. who asserted that the continuous < 1 „ctlon of the fans used on the cooli.i» tower was diconcerting Io thv eyes and sometimes produced a dl»xiuesa which prevented them from sitting on their front porches. The men assarted that the value l of their properties would be decreased 50 per cert by the cooling tower, unless satisfactory atepa were taken to minimise the noise and an effort made to hide the ugliness of the tower. In answer to the group It was stated that an engineer would be 1 consulted and an effort made to 1 .eaaen the noise and screen the fans. Advertise For Blds Clerk-Treasurer 11. Vent on Ann>nd was authorised by tl> council lt> advertise for blds for the dlv ' 'CONTINUBD ON PAGB THKKK) o Ten Mexican Boy Scouts Are Killed El Paso. Tex.. Aug. 2 X(J.R) - Ten Mexican boy scouts were kill-1 ed and .10 others injured late last night when a bus In which they were riding plunged 50 feet Into s canyon north of Chlhuahtm City.' Mexico, after being struck by a truck, according to a dispatch received here today. Twelve of the Injured were reported In serious condition, several of them expected to die. The other IK boys escaped with bruises and minor injuries.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, August 2, 1939.

Hunt on for Train Robbers Wounded bandit placed back on train Working in true "wild west" style, four masked bandits attempted to hold up the mall car of an Illinois <’«-ntral passenger train near Champaign, apparently seeking a 565.615 I’tiltetl Ntstea army pay roll They were foiled In their attempts by mall clerks who routed them with gunfire. One of the bandits was captured when he jumped from the moving train In wounded condition and broke his leg. Hr Is shown being placed Imck on train for removal to Chicago

APPROPRIATION f IS APPROVED — State Tax Board Approves Additional City I Appropriation ClerkTreasnrer H. Vernon Anrand read to the city council In session at the city hall laat night a report from the state board of tax commissioners In which the additional appropriations sought by the city were approved by the board. The report from the tax hoard affirmed the appropriations on the condition that the amounts be raised from the utility funds to the general funds. The appropriations, sought by the city, totalled 35.710.70 and Included 33.500 to be used In the purchase of right of ways for the new by pass on federal road 17, over Thirteenth street. The water committee reported to the council that a fire hydrant had beta installed between the Erie and Nickel Plate railroads on Thirteenth street, aa was request ed some time ago Bills Are Delinquent Charles lotncston. councilman, stated that actioti would have to be taken again <>u the matter of (CONTI NI'ED~ON PAgFIpOI’B) - Fair Sidelights A bicycle belonging to Barney Brooks, son of Ram Brooks, was stolen yesterday, the lad reported to the police booth At a late hour today the bike had not been located. —O-O— Although out of step and producing but little of the type of music known to the more learned, the kindergarten bund of Mrs. Rus sell Owens, which appeared In the Pet Parade Tuesday probably re- I reived aa many favorable commenta aa do their more experien- i ced brothers ami slaters, taught by , Albert Sellemeyer. —o—o—- — Conrad, nephew of the male member of the Whirling i Wonders in the skating free i act. had a habit of getting lost | yesterday After being lost once Tuesday morning, the lit- i He tyke was reported lost a- . i gain Tuesday afternoon. —O" Employes at Harry Knapp's fill- I Ing station were bolding a small ; dog for sometime Tuesday after i the pet pared®, thinking the animal had been lost from a fond owner. , It Was released inter. —o—o—- — and i-adell Cable were '; both reported lost from their parents last evening. The miss(CONTINUED ON PAOW FIVE~ <

OFFICIAL PROGRAM Thursday Morning Ayrshire conic judging. / Moron ohow judging Thursday Afternoon I:oo—Butterfly Act. First A Monroe • I:Bo—Whirling Wonder*. Third A Monroe 3:30 Valdare. Flrat A Monroe 4:00- Twin* parade 6:00— Hollywood Thrill Girls. Flrat A Madlaon. Thursday Evening T'.OO—Whirling Wonders. Third A Monroe 7:30 Butterfly Act. First A Monroe 8:00 -4-H cluh dress revue. First A Monroe • 8:00 Herghoff Magic Show, North Second 9:30 Valdare. First A Monroe 10:00 Hollywood Thrill Giris, Flrat A Madison.

Smith’s Condition Reported Unchanged The condition of James MnIUl of Thirteenth street, who suffered a serious Injury to his right eye laat Friday, was reported as no better today. Mr. Smith, who tag b-en a patient at the St Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne since th® accident ocrurred. had ihe misfortune to get a piece of steel in his eye. Several attempts were mad® to remove the steel with a magnet but were unsuccessful. According to rereports this morning It wi’i not be necessary to remove the right eye In order to save the vision of the other eye. Mr. Smith la an employee of the Maiet Hid-: ami Fur Company. SOLMOSSERIS JERSEY WINNER Animals Owned By Sol Mosser Cop Honors At Jersey Show Animals owned by Sol Mosser. prominent Jefferson township cattle breeder, took both grand championships In the Jersey cattle show judged thia nioniiiig In the Schmitt field by James Hilton, of Purdue university. The senior and grand champion female was Emblem Spotted Jo hanna. No 969.U35. an aged cow. and the jtfnior and grand champion mule, a one year bull, was Design Majesty Oxford Pride. No 401,403. both owned and exhibited by Mr Mosser The Blue Creek farms showed the senior champion, a three year bull, and the reserve champion, a Junior yearling, in the male Jersey judging The Junior and reserve champion In the female Jersey judging was a senior yearling shown by Grace Mosser. Th® grand champion female. Emblem Spotted Johanna, la one of the most famous cows in Adams county. Pictures of her were used to Illustrate the Jersey breed booth at the state fair last year. Thia cow has seven records, four of them over 500 pounds of butter fat and three of them over 400 pounds. Her dam. Emblems Jolly Johanna No. 760,744, has 10 records. seven ov®t 400 pounds ami three over 600 pounds of butter fat. This is unusual In that In the 17 records none of them has been less than 400 pounds Owners of winning Jersey cattle and the placlngs of the winners today are, Females Aged cow: 80l Mosser. first; Reuben Steury. second and Roy Price, third Four year old cows Roy I, Price, first; Sol Mosser, second tCONTINUED ON PAGE TIIKKhD

Float Parade, Crowning Os 4-H King And Queen To Be !_ Feature Os Tonight's Fair

CHAMBERLAIN SAYS BRITAIN ALL PREPARED Tells House Os Commons Country Ready For Any Emergency Ry Joe Alex Morris j t United Press foreign news editor) Great Britain, facing the so-call-ed "crisis" month of August, stiffened her front today against totalitarian pressure In Europe and the far east. “The house may rest assured that the country la now ready for an emergency." Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the house of commons in London At the same time, the admiralty announced construction of an addli t tonal 190 vessels In Britain's 1939 | naval building program, including » small craft for protection against ) submarines I In Berlin, the leaders of the i Natl air. land and sea forces . issued pr<M-lamallona In connection . Aith Adolf Hitler's orders for com- ( memoration of the 25th anniversary of Gsrmany'l entry Into the ( world war. The proclamations de- , dared the Reich's desire for peace. [ emphasized her readiness for war and—-In the words of Marshal Hermann Goering said that the great Naxl air fleet was ready to strike “with lightning' speed and undreamed of force" if Hitler gave r the signal. Germany, with her armed forces | mounting close to the 2,099,M8 mark, began large scale air maneui vers in the northwest and sent I troops into the forests near France | f for Rhineland maneuvera. Fascist ’ Italy inaugurated huge air and I land war games in the P<> valley 'to test her ability to repel) an I offensive from France. I In the far east, whore a Japan- , ese naval spokesman at Shanghai declared the Japanese navy could not bs defeated by any war fleet in the world. Britain again pro- ■ j tested against anti-Britlsh activities in Japanese-controlled areas ' of t hina. Rut the Japanese merely In- '. creased their pressure against ' I foes of the "new order in East Asia." 1 i Americana as well as Britons and Russians were being dettounc- ' ed as enemies In a spreading wave '| of agitation in the Japanese con1 ' trolled areas of China. j In Tokyo, the extremist news--1 paper Kokumin reported that the Japanese government planned to recall Ambassador Kensuke Horllioiu hl from Washington, .ostxiisl- ' lily to report on the United States denunciation of the 1911 cornmertCONTINUED ON PAGW FIVB> I' 0 "— AMELIA NIBLICK TAKEN BY DEATH I _____. I Prominent Decatur Lady Dies This Morning At County Hospital i Amelia F. Niblick. 76. a mtmbsr ■ of one of the prominent pioneer fai mlllea of the community. Jfed thia looming at 9 o'clock at the Adams 1 county memorial hospital, Death i wax attributed to arthrltia after a long Illness. She had been an Invalid for about 46 yeara The deceased was horn In this city January 14. 1963. ths daughter of Jesse and Catherln 9 Xttilick. She spent her entire life In 1 the city. The deceased was never married. She was a member of the at. Mary'a Catholic church and of the Third Order of St. Francis. Surviving are a sister. Mary C., at home and Dan M. Niblick, local ! dry goods merchant. Flv.» brothers. John. William. Jesse. James and Charles, are deceased. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock at the St. Mary's Catholic church with the Rev. Joseph J Seltnetz officialI Ing. Burial will be in th< St Joseph cemetery. The body will be returned to the . residence from the Gllllg and Doan .funeral home Thursday morning and may be viewed there after 10 ' o'clock. • * I

PET PARADE IS HELD TUESDAY i Prize Winners In Pet Parade Are Announ* ced By- Judges The pets of scores of kiddies of Decatur and vicinity were paraded before the hundreds of fairgoers Tuesday afternoon In the second annual Pet Parade, described us ev<*h more unique and entertaining than the one last year. An array of |e-ts that rivalled the collection of Nnah upon enter- , Ing the ark. were pulled, pushed and In some Instances dragged I down the Midway by their proud owners. Dogs. cats, goats, goldfish, canaries, rabbits, ponies — these and many other carefully groomed , and decorated with colored paper and ribbons formed the parade. ! The kindergarten band, organiz- , ed from the kindergarten classes of Mrs. Russell Owens, also appeared in the parade. More than 75 separate entires were received for the parade and contests. The Pet Parade was sponsored jointly by the fair asaociation and the Decatur recreation department, with ihe Tri Kappas. Psi lota XI. Delta Theta Tau and Eta Tau Sig- ; ma sororities providing solicitors and judges for the event. Chairmen ’ of the event were George F. l.aurent. Sylvester Everhart. Misses Jeanette Wtnnea and Zula Porter. The judges were A’eronlca Unn. Jeanette Holthouse. Gladys Chamberlain. Ruth Winner. Thelma • Fogle, Luetta Smith and Aleta • Zwlck. Those who assisted In obtaining prizes were Betty Young. Ruth Voglewede. Martha Elizabeth t (CONTINUKD ON PAUB FIVBJ | o TWINSDAYAT : FAIRTHURSDAY I ; Twins Day Tomorrow Afternoon To Feature Fair Program ■ Twins will have their day at th® i Decatur Free Street Fair and Agri- . cultural show Thursday, with th® . day officially designated aa Twins ■ Day. The twins ar® to register at th® • county jail yard on South First ' ztreet at 2 o'clock tomorrow after--1 n.tcn. A short band concert will be presented and the affair wilt be dl- ' maxed with a parade of tl.e twins ' dwn th® midway to Second and Madison streets, where the judgea stand will he located. .A total of |sn In cash poxes will be awarded again this year. Th® top prize of 115 wl!' be presentend to the twins judged th® I most Identical. Second prizes In this division will tie 37 50. third prize |* I and fourth 52 50. A prize of 17 50 will ba given to the oldest set of twins and a similar prize to the younges’ set. Th® twins traveling the longest distance to attend will be presented with 15. Last year a total of 64 seta of twin was registered for the affair. o f 22 — 49 1 Dan Cupid Hits I His Mark With Gooding Shows Dan Cupid is having a busy tlmi I on the Gooding Shows, which la i furnishing the rides and shown for » the fair here. I<ast week while at » th® Allen county fair. Kathhen Rosi ener of Fairmount. West Virginia and Johnnie Mohn- foreman of the . Caterpillar ride were married. ' Tuesday, while playing In this I city. Hetty Curry, daughter Mrs. Kay Curry and George Arnold, fore- . min of th® tnerry-go-round said “I I <lt. " Justice of Peace John T. Ko'- . ley rcolved the vows. Mrs Curry I and Mrs. L Tremor were attendants. • The bride has been with the show ) since she graduated *r>m high t school In June. The groom baa been • employed with Gooding’s for th® • past five yearn. Mrs, Ed Drumm, secretary of the show, entertained > w'th a wedding dinner at the Rico i hotel last night, ft will be remem- : bored that two employes of the I Gooding's were married last yetr. ( while playing here.

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This Afternoon’s Parade Delayed By Kain; Night Parade Scheduled For 7 p. m. TWINS THURSDAY Rain this afternoon put a sever® damper on the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show and threatened to force cancellation of tonight's float and band parade, one of the moat colorful and outstanding attractions of the entire week. A heavy shower shortly before 2 o'clock, starting time for thin afternoon's parade, delayed the line of march starting for 45 minutes. The parade was moving north on First street when another heavy downpour started, forcing the youngsters In the school bands to run for shelter. Fair officials stated thia afternoon that tonight's parade, scheduled for 7 o'clock, will be held If at all possible. The out of the city bands were In the line of march thia afternoon and will also parade tonight. The parade Included the Decatur high school band, directed by Alliert St-llemeyer. and the Catholic school band of thia city. Out of town bands are Berne, Montpelier, Ohio City. O.: Wren. O.; Paulding, O: Van Wert. O.: Oakwood. O.; Willshire. O.: St. Henry's. O.; and the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette I >and Most of the large floats were kept out of this afternoon's parade and so are in good condition for tonight's parade Crowning of the 4-H club King and Queen will be another feature of tonight's program The ceremony will take place at 9:30 1 o'clock. ' The crowning of Leßoy I Schwartz and Virginia Hoffman aa king and queen of the fair will be h"ld in a ceremony on the free act platform. Third and Monroe, at f 8:30 o'clock tonight George Krick, former mayor of Decatur, and local tile manufacturer. will confer the crowns. A short program has been ar- ■ ranged for the crowning with songs by the Adams county 4l( clubs opening the event. Miss Alice Reinking will stag "G.»d Bless America" and the 4-H Trail song. t A large crowd had gathered on , the midway for this afternoons , parade and with a break in the 1 weather a capacity throng la expected to jam the midway tonight. Thursday will be Twins Day at ' the fair, the aecond annual auch : event sponsored at th® Decatur fair George F Laurent and Sylveater Everhart are co-chairman. ■ Registration will he held at the 1 jail yard at 2 o'clock with a parade I down the midway to Second and I Mnd Ison streets at 4 o'clock Th» Judging stand will be located at I this intersection. The 4-H dress revue will b» held . at the platform at First and Moni roe street Thursday night at 1 i o'clock ; Judging of cattle continued today. with the Jersey and Holstein , shows In the s| N >tllght The Ayr(CONTINUED ON PAGB FIVE) ARREST GIPSY LAST EVENING Gypsy Woman Is Released After Returning Stolen Money i ——— A gypsy, who gave her name as ; Doille Faye, was arrested in Jeff- , erson township last night by Sher- ( Iff Ed Miller on a charge of ob- , lalnlng money under false pretenses. ( She was release-! after making retribution to the persona from ' whom she had allegedly aecured j the money and promised to leave the county. • She allegedly secured 327 from one person and 32N from another. Sheriff Miller and hla aides are conducting a campaign against permitting gypsy bands to roam tb<> 1 county. 1 An auto belonging to John Boico ' of Geneva, who works tn this city, ■ was stripped of acceseorlea and 1 parts last night it was reported to • Sheriff Miller, Boice had parked • the car near Berne and had com® • to Decatur with another person. • ( When he returned, he found the , stripped auto.