Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1939 — Page 1

XXXVII . *??•-

NZIG NAZI eaoer says reedom near s durance Hitler T» Defend City Against Poland Ats 10 - (U» ~ The * Ittrwtlon" l» »' hand Lug will !"• reunited Wllh U Kllart Forstei. Ihinrig" ” Jf , <Mlai.il In a speech I rftat a conference at with Fti'hi-i X«l«>lf I 1 assuiatn •■ that HU ! | U defend Batuta I purnd 4 B uM understand qlllte >tg: Itoniw will n«>l stand U 4 fraerted In Un- world tlk greater Gentian Itg Bothnrlaini and our r Molt Hitler ar- at all ! gkTtnii-'l to support »nd IB ,fi r ***" * n aita.k frfrml' Forster said IW'ta population onlay i* ( gy rkarly and firmly eon•y: tie how of liberation M and Danzig again will BUkKrkb Former Mid , ( Ha. -zynski Pollah called on Viscount L fr-oh foreign secretary, and rvpreased grave lal alut h- .ailed GerI nrrMaingly threatening! I wwarda Poland tw l-ad-ra distussed a pvpml for a more bind fcl-i alliance between the J Bk* artd-r whi.h mutual | aMtatan. - would In* I Halifax was reported to noted Hr Herbert Von k Canaan amliamudor. at mt yeat-rday that the 4 "bloodier.-* conquest*' nary is over Von Dirkaon in lor Herlth tomorrow and • Ms government Mhrwaed that the Italian jbmut foreign minister will |t a felltarg. Austria, prob-. IMgrrvw on the extent of » wMutue to Germany if i Mb to recover Danzig I kpeerh al Dueaaeldort In I ffitowM (Jen Walther Von i - tflttnMhilt iim bipf of imaa army warned the I p*yi- that Fuehrer Adolf »w*«i«h he hatev to aacri (ma® Me. might have to! In U> war M aalatatned a stiff attlh tto dtoput- The Polish towkast an admonition to »that he had better keep •to rmtntned In tonight's * I Madcsst reiterated Po-, itotomtoation to fight rath- ■ totwwder llanilg The »• t*mied the worda of * Uvard Snugly Kydz. p„. Mtary iaad-r in a speech ! ■W • which the marshal ' psare jut as others **’ We have never enter-1 * W aggressive plana H«< there must htohto that we will with' MW «tt»«pt» to damage o« r R « the Integrity «f ou I ** H»td Americana T“ •" !(jjo Th.- *' ‘ hunghlng Tj"*» mat It had rm-elv TT'*” (hst ■» C’talti.'d an unapes-lfled < Atoericans at Kaifeng r "“- • roundLi r u •“ “ m - “'»« toesger details Were » embassy .ought ad ■toflhhllM through the rwtwht.. st Hankow. twhrmation was that Lb ON pgrim THREE) Bl MAN IS BER ARREST 11 " n, K I* Held At (harjce *•*l,l ’ •« Port- * ” 01 '••ttlng a forged R" *• *lUged b, . o , hor . f ’ l|n ’ ,n < )«to >. Uf * ‘o «»«h. r **» W w l a ‘ nd ’ h ” ? d "l*rtmaat c “ r tint k ** <•££ r° ,d fOT 125 1 c* 1: » puli..J k 5 **»• E,rl War.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

TRUSTEES PLAN DISTRICT MEET Township Trustees Os District To Meet At I’ort Wayne A miniature con vein ion will be held August 17 at Ihe Forest Park school building at Port Wayne, when township trustees of Adams. . Allen. DeKalb. LaGrange. Noble. Steuben. W’eltot and Whitley counties meet Over 1(M) township trustees and eight county auperlntendents of schools will attend The Investigators of poor relief, township school principals and all persona interested tn township government are Invited to attend. Among the speakers will be Mayor Harry W. Hauls of Fort Wayne. Otto Jensen of the stale board of accounts will dlscusa budgets and township financing. Poor relief questions, problems of deportation. Indlgenta and kindred subjects will be discussed by X. Smith of Indianapolis, former state senator and legal adviser to the Indiana township trustees association. He will also answer questions on relief problems. (’ertlflcatlon and assign men t of WPA employees will be dis. ussed by Miss Annie Laurie McKlhenie. district supervisor. The county superintendents will be represented by Adrian Little, president of the state association. In the afternoon. Sam Cleland, attorney for the taxpayers research aaaoctatfami will speak. The music and entertainment , will be furnished by the WPA re- < reatioual bureau. This meeting is being sponsored by the fourth district trustees In accordance with plans of the state assoctath.n to thoroughly acquaint all township employees with their duties and to afford an opportunity for help in their task as publkservanta. Walter Hayes of Ft. Wayne and {John Doan of Decatur are In charge of the program. SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING PLANS Adams County Sunday School Convention October 15-16. Preliminary plans for the annual Adams county Sunday School convention were announced here today Sunday and Monday. October 1& and IC. have been vet as dates for the convention, which will probably be held at Decatur on the opening day and in Geneva on the dosing day A young people's and workers' banquet la also scheduled for the event. W M la-hnian of Heme is head of the county council. The other officers are: C. K Striker, first vice-president. Karl - Chase, a•c on d vice-president. France Hurkhalter. secretary-treas-urer. Divisional superintendent* are: Frieda Lehman, children; Everett Johaa.ni young people. O. V. Dillinger, adult. Ferd Utterer. ad mlntetrstlvr. Rev C. M Fawns. - educative; Rev. James A. Weber, advisory member Dales appointed soy the fall convent ions of the township are: Sept, in — Wabash. Fred Lind eey. pres.; Sept 10 — Union-Root. Miss Rernlece Hrodbeck. pres.; Sept 17 — Washington. Everett Johnson, pres,; Sept. 24 — Jefferson. Archie Parr, pree.; Sept, 24— Preble-Kirkland. Edward Koller, pres.; Oct 1— Hartford — Earl Pusey, pres.. Oct. 1— Rlue Craek. Delmore Wechtar. pges ; Oct. K — Monroe. Menno Hurkhalter. pres.; Oct. I — St. Mary's. Bryce Daniels, Pres. Veteran Employe Os Schafer Store Hurt Samuel Howard. 45. of 114 South Tenth street, for 20 years an employee of the Schafer Store, fell from an eight-foot ledge at the Schafer wholesale company late Wednesday afternoon, fracturing his left hip. He was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital for treatment. Lad Is Killed In Fall From Truck Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 10—(UP) —David Spear, age 4. waa killed lite yesterday -when he fell from the side of a livestock truck driven by hie brother. Marvin, to the conCrete pavement. His neck was broken and hie skull fractured John W. Keepers. 40. died in a hospital late yesterday or Injurict r offered In an automobile accident two weeks ago as he was within a short distance from his home re j turning from a vacation In Canada

- iii i ii Damage Left in Wake of Michigan Tornado to iBBFBRF ' Il I Here Is a sample of the damage wrought by the i causing property damage running into the millkms dlMstrous tornado which struck lower Michigan The scene was taken in Coinstiak where the killing one injuring hundreds of others and | tornado did most damage

PHONE COMPANY MARKS SERVICE Citizens Telephone Company Plans Open House For Public The Citizens Telephone Company In September will mark the compie(lon .of a program of modernization and renovation for the improvement of service to patrons. Charles F. Ehlnger. secretary-treas-urer. announced today. Preliminary plans call for an "open house" at the company, which will permit patrons and the I general public to view the newly Installed equipment A demons'ration is also being planned The demonstration will be given with a special truckload of equipment and will be open to |the public A definite time and place for the event will be announced later. New underground cable lines In Decatur and Berne have recently been completed and the installa- . tion of new equipment at the exchange headquarters Is nearly complete. Mr Ehlnger stated. With the exception of three , short stretches, all of the lablea have been placed underground during the renovation program. All rural liuea In Monroe have also been rebuilt. Two additions have also been made in the poult lons at the switchboards hi the company exchange here. Three positions are now available for toll calle, a fourth for rural or local, and four for superservice calls, which ln< ude all local lines The latter division ini cudes the new positions. Approximately P.uoo to il.ooo calls are being handled every 24 hours, it was estimated. Contrary to general belief, it waa pointed out that under the new system operators are nnt able to "listen In" ;<m conversations after the cotiuection between two parties has been made, KEEN JOHNSON HAS LONG LEAD Claim* Democratic Nomination For Governor Os Kentucky Loulavilh). Ky. Aug. 10 — (U R> — Lieut. Oov Keen Johnson, still without word of conceualon from his opponent, John Young Brown, congress of Industrial organisations candidate, claimed the DemI ocratlc gubernatorial nomination today. Returns from Raturday's primary. with only V’" precincts unreported. gave Johnson, who waa supported by the American federation of tabor, a load of neatly 2rt.i Opt The returns showed that 8.I 843 of the state's 4.320 precincts i gave Johnson 240,513 and Brown i 214.440. "With a heart full of thanks to . all and with no malice nor ill-will to any I accept the great honor of i carrying the standard for the Demparty," Johnson said. He waa endorsed. In addition to i the AFL support, by retiring Gov. A. It (Happy) Chandler and the iCUNTINUKU ON PAGE lUKENj'

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, August 10. 1939.

Final Concert Os Season Tonight The final band concert of the i »eaaon. postponed Tuesday night [ because of rain, will be held on the ' court house ramp at 7:30 o'clock I thia evening, with the Decatur high school band playing. The concert will be shortened to approximately 45 minutes, after i which the band will parade to the ' South Ward diamond, where the , Rotarians and U*m» will play a , donkey softball game for the bene-1 fit of the Roy Scouts of the city. F. D. R. SIGNS FARM MEASURE Sijtns Bill Today; Air Force Contracts Are Awarded Hyde Park. N Y.. Aug. 10 fIjJD — President Roosevelt signed the 2185.174.044 final deficiency bill of the 74th congress which provides 2118,000.000 to enable the commiwlIty cred corporation to continue operations tn support of prices of farm commodities Enactment of the appropriation bill left Mr. Roosevelt only 107 bills still to act upon of the approxl- 1 mately 400 measures sent him by '•engross which adjurned last Saturday night. The funds for the commodity credit corporation were reinstated In the bill by the senate after be* ing deleted by the house. Secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace had warned that the 2118.000.000 waa essential if the corporation waa to continue operations In support of the nation's agricultural price structure. Specifically, the measure aulh- 1 orizes saeretary of treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., to restore to the corpoatlon 2H8.500.81R in capital which has been impaired in prev ,lou* operations In support of farm , prices. Largest Ordsr Washington. Aug. 10 — (U.» —I ( The war department today award* J (OMTHNUED ON I'AGE THREW)"' I 1

“Boiler Kid’' Snite Married To Girl From Dayton, Ohio

Chicago. Aug io <U.R> Fred H Snite, Jr.. 28, "the boiler kid" who has lived In an Iron lung since he was stricken with Infantile par alysls In China three years ago, 1 was married t«»day to Mlm Teresa l-arkln. 26. Dayton. O "For our honeymoon we are going to Niagara Falls and aee If the water still Is running,'* Fred I'ewmod after the ceremony . Fred said "I do" lying <m his back In the poo-pound tank which hue been his home since he was brought home from China. Miss Larkin, an attractive bru- ' nette. stood beaming beside him while their parish priest, the Rev * John W Morrison of St. Luke's Catholic church. Intoned the mar- , rlage service Although Fred still is a prisoner of the cumbc-«eme device that aids his paralyzed respiratory muscles. he end his bride faced their honeymoon with ecstatic glee, friends said. They had been ‘sweethearts since before the luiralyziiig Illness struck Fred on a world

MONROE STREET TO BE FINISHED Rc*surfac*inK Work To Be Started Within Next Few Days A possibility that Mon.-ue street i would <h- closed the latter part of 'of this week or the first of next 11 permit application of the costing of Kv*Rock waa seen today. The earlier re-surfacing work was J-rie sometime ago and the application of the last costing detayed Because of the Decstur Free Street (air. held last week. I iiswrencr Green, local malnten-' lance supervisor of the state high- - way department, stated that heads 'of the Brooks ConstrucCon Co . I which eras awarded the coatrset. , had indicated the street might be shat off Friday and the work started At present the firvn Is engaged on a project at Markle. Application of the cos*.ng and : the drying time is expected to require about a week accord'ng to es ! ti nates given when the Drat coat wa • applied. It ta expected that half at the | street from Fifth street east and from Fifth street west will be closed alternately. Blockades have al!eady arrived and are placed on the curbs ready to be put in position when work ta started. The same detoun* will be observed on federal and state toads ss were markd when the first coating was applied. t Mark NOth Anniversary Os First Mail Flight Lafayette, ind . Aux Id— (UP)—i The goth anniversary of t te world's i first official sir mall fllgh* by the Italoon Jupiter will be observed next Thursday with a special a*r null night, sponsored by the Lafayette Philatelic society. *>n August 17. IM>B, tV. Jupiter to >k off from here for New Yort, • tily to land abruptly after cover* Jng six miles, while the mail went lon by train.

tour at Peiping In 1834. > Teteaa had been at hta side al • most conatnnily during his cour ageous flghl to live, to breath, to • walk erect again Nh«* had been i there to comfort him In hta dtaap polmmenta and Io hold his hand • while he struggled for periods In I croaalngiy long but still measured I off in painful minutes- when he waa able to He outside the lung > without mechanical respiration 1 They obtained their marriage 1 license only this morning, surprising even clou** friends and rota ’ lives. The elder Snite. wealthy owner ( of a loan company, telephoned the . county clerk's office and naked Martin Hogan, secretary to the , clerk, to bring a license to the t Snite mansion in suburban River Forest. There Hogan found Snite In hta "holler," Mias Larkin smiling be- ‘ side him Fred's fees, reflected t In the tilted mirror over his head > 1 (CONTINUED ON I'AUH FQURj ' j

Democratic Committeemen To Meet Friday Afternoon, To Recommend Postmaster Here

LONG WANTED MAN ARRESTED Warren Wilkinson Arrested After Three Months’ Search The arrest last night of Warren "Red'' Wilkinson, 52. oft-time law violator, culminated a three months' search that had taken authorities over a score of counties In two states. Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede Indicated today that Wilkinson would be tried on a charge of embesslement. He indicated that Wilkinson would not be tried under the habitual criminal law. although It had been discussed. Wilkinson was returned to the county jail here last night by Sheriff Ed Miller and a special deputy, following his arrest In Portland at the Jay county fair by Earl Warnock of the Indiana state police. The hunt for Wilkinson bad been carried on continuously by Sheriff Miller, officers Russell Prior. Truman Rierie. Warnock, and others since Msy 14 when the offense was allegedly committed. Charges Vehicle Taking The affidavit on file In the Adams circuit court charges Wilkinson with vehicle taking and emliesilement under two separate counts. It Is expected that he will be arraigned <m the embeulement count only, however. He is specifically charged with appropriating to his own use a gasoline truck. W gallons of gasoline and 2<st gallons of kerosene. • COS'TINUBD ON - f»llg TIIRKKI HUE PROJECT IS DISCUSSED Completion Os Conservation league Lake Will Be Rushed The monthly meeting of the Adsms county fish and game conservation league, held this wet-g at th* Moose home in this city was devoted largely to a discussion of the ' artificial lake, sponsored by thi league, and located on the H* n itchr.iver farm east o* Deca'.nr The discussion waa led by Waryen Lyttrook. WPA district engineer. There is a total of !l acres In 1 ths lake area. Machinery and other equipment la bring obtained to ruab tt.e project and completion of the lake la expected by late fall or early winter. Location of the lake on the Schreyer farm waa recommended and app-oved by engineers from the United States army after an Intensive and exhaustive survey. Ths lake will be fed by a wateished of til acres. The conservation league will tiblish rearing ponds at the laks rnd the fish will be sold to the atatg and proceeds used to further the w-.-rk of the club In this county. The league has leased ground along the lake site for construction of a club house on the south aide of the lake. When completed, the lakj will be open to the public without anv charge for flaking and It is planned to have ewlmming. skating an I other activities for the etaPpg year. Plan Picnlo The annual picnic for the league members and their families will he held at the Wells county game preserve, east of Bluffton, all day Sunday. September 10. A baa'tet picnic will be held and free Ice cream will ■>e aerved. A state game warden la expected In the county within a few days to check the pheasants and roon raised by league members. A coon dog field trial Wil' be held at Run Set park, southeast of De(CORTHSURD ON PAOR fflX) 0 Warns Permission Necessary To Hunt Sheriff Rd Mill-r called the attention of hunters today to the fact that permission must be gained from the owner before hunting Is (Glowed on a farm. Numerous compislnte have already been received, although the squirrel season offlj ciaily opened only today. The new | statute fixes a fine of to 250 and a sentence of not nibrs than six months for violators.

TALENT SCOUT ARRESTED FOR ! GIRL'S DEATH Vounx Miami Girl Raped. Slain By Self-Styled “Talent Scout” Boca Raton. Fla.. Aug. 10—(UP) —-A 17-year-old girl staggo-ed into 'he Hoca Ratou fire station today and telephoned a plea for help wnlch led to the capture of her glibtongued abductor and h*s confession that he killed her girt friend "because she was nervous and raising hell" after a criminal attack. The girl was Jean Bolton 17-yea-'-old Miami night club entertains', and her dead companion was Frances Ruth Dunn, also IT. whose knlfeplerced body was found In a swamp. The kidnapepr was 34-/ear-o>d Charles Jefferson, self-styled movie talent scout, who lured the girls f-om Miami Monday, wild the permission of their parents on the pretext of taking them to Palm Reach to be photographed He had promised tffi-m work ij a new theatrical venture which he said would "revolutionize the industry." Instead of taking thtwn to Palm Beach- Jefferson brought the girls he-e and raped them both, according to detectives. Miss Boliou's parents however, denied ah« was alacked Arrested as he attempted to hitch-hike his way to freedom, Jeff» -son at first asesrted that "ts you give me time. I'll prove 1 d’dn't do It," later, however, he confessed that he killed Miss Itun'i He said he had intended to hold the girts for ransom but apparently sent no ransom notea. M*tv Dunn was killed with a butcX-r knife. Il -r body bore seven steb wounds in th<* stomach, throat a.id head. A, coroner's jury, called by county Judge Richard P. Robinson, returned a verdict that Jefferson mur- ’ d»red Miss Dunn. State attorney :*hll O'Connell Mid he would ask a special grand jury sesaion next Saturday or Monday against Jefferson 1 on charges of kidnaping, rape and 1 murder. News of the capture spread quickly, and within three hours more ' than 200 men bad gat hereu at City, Hall. Sheriff William H. Lawrence, fearing violence, hurried Jefferson away In an automobile. b*-*ded for i the county jail at We«t Palm Beach. When Miss Bolton, covered with mosquito bites and "in a pretty bad war." entered the fire elation, atm was ret ognlsed by the man on duty, Kline Platt. After she had telephoned an aunt In Miami, asking i her to come after her tn an automobile. Platt refused to let her rejoin Jefferson, who waited outalde. The aunt called Miami detectives tCONTINt’BD ON PAGK THKKK» ISSUES ORDER TO CUT WEEDS Health Board Secretary Orders Weeds Cut By August 15 Dr. R. E. Denials, secretary of tho ' city board of health, todvy called attention to the city ordinance roqulring residents and prope-ty owners to cut and haki away weeds. August 16 has been set by city 1 officials as the deadline for removal of the weeds. Dr. Daniels cited the fact that an old city ordinance requires each ■ tenant or property owner <o cut down the weeds and haul them away at any time upon order of the city health officer. The ordinance also provides that he fix a resaaonable time of not less than five days In which the order Is to be carried out. The ordalnance also provides that upon failure to do ttis. the street commissioner shall be empowered to do the work and have the coat charged to the tenant or owner. The general public has been requested to comply with this request and remove all unsightly weeds 4 which might also prove uuhealtbj.

Price Two ('ents.

Meeting Called By Nathan Nelson To Recommend One Os Three Persons For Postmaster. 34 WILL VOTE The endorsement of one of the three eligible candidates for the appointment of Decatur poatmaater. la scheduled to take place at a meeting of the 34 Democratic committeemen and vice-committee-men at l:3n o'clock Friday afternoon at Democrat headquarters, , above the Dally Democrat office. Request for calling the committeemen and vice-committeemen together for the purpose of recommending one of the three persona certified by the civil service commission was received today by Nathan C. Nelson, in a letter signed by United Slates Senators Frederick Van Nuya and Sherman Minton. Mr. Nelson notified the committeemen by mall today and expects everyone present. Proxies will not be voted The three persons who head the Hat of ellgibles. together with their civil service grades are: Joseph C. laiurent, mail order clerk in the Decatur poetoffice, 48.33 percent; Leo Kirsch, auto dealer. H4.1W1 percent; Mra. Lola P. Macklin, present postmaster. 74.18 percent Mr. Laurent was given i an added five points for military service. A paragraph from the senators* ' letter reads: "In compliance with the agree- > ment It will be neceaaary that you ■ call together all the committee, I served by thia office. (Decatur) > and have them make recommendaI tion tn writing aa to their choice from this register ’ 1 Mr Nelson stated that the com- ’ mltteeinen and vice-committeemen i would Ik- lequired to sign a written . recommendation of their choice for i the postinaaterahlp The necessary papers were Iteiug prepared ' today In Mr. Nelaon'a office and (CONTINUED ON PAGK FIVK>~ DEMOCRATS TO NATIONAL MEET National Young Democratic Convention At Pittsburgh Indianapolis, Ind. Aug. 10—(UP) , -The vanguard of Hoot'e.* Denvs* 'rats, both young and old. left here i today to attend the Natloaal Young Democrats convention at Pittsburgh . to quietly do all the spadework potlible In behalf of the Pres.dentla! candidacy of former Gov. Paul V . M<«Nutt. The former governor, now federal security administrator, is scheduled to address the convention tomorrow night In a father noa-polltlcal vein, but his appearance aione plus the “talking up'* of the Indiana delo* gut lon is expected to help hi« cause. Hoosier Democrats have noted with particular aaiiefaction that since McNutt's return frozn thq Philip* pine Islands where he wss high > ommissioner he is now tn second place In popular polls aa the choico of national Democrats so- the IMO White House nomination. Frank McHale, Indiana's Democratic national committeeman and McNutt's campsign msnager. and B<ccman Elder, treasurer of the Hoosier Democratic "two percent•i club, will leave for Pittaburgh th'q afternoon to meet McNutt and further his Interests among the young, er party members. Fred Rays, state chairman, was scheduled to fly to Pittsburgh. Roh- ; rrt A. Tilton, president of Um i Indiana Young Democrats and Claci cnee Donovan of Bedford. National i Young Democrat committeeman for i Indiana, already arc tn Pittsburgh. . (CONTINUED ON PA<»E~rotJK>~ TKMPCRATURK RCAOINQff DKMOCRAT THKRMOMKTKR >■ _ ’ 8:00 am... 44 2:00 p.m...»0 • 10:00 a m ..70 1:00 p.m...»0 • Noon ..... 71 WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday; somewhat warmer tonight and l In east and aeuth portions FrlJ day.