Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1939 — Page 1

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I OF EUROPE i|JS OUTCOME I CONFERENCE Ln And Italian F<>rL Miners Open If Conference Kft l nli«l Pn-*’ . interest castle Lake ■ ’ t S»I»I"hk Austria. ■ tkr G»ri»an s 1 " 1 »«>*' u * pl "’ ,h, ‘ K, .AHI...- »t ">• IW< ’ KX, .1.1. h tiermsny . if I Ekhi.l t.> •* r *' ,h * ,,,tand ■ 3 gem-ral c*»ntla<ra K7» n uaportani tod®' ~r I Ei* ir « M “ ,h ** llal 1 f s |ii»lfr II »»« e* Ejr»taUy sill »««••*’ *° mini.'.r J.Hi.hlm ; that Germany Umsalt for a propitious | L R.-ne is pledged «> “*a I Eg WT evert tint d'O-w not i K-V Ostitis Issue at worth I K 1 "P f " r discussion EirlatioMhip »l' h Hungary. Ep and other .mailer Euro- i E,.r» the Mediterranean l«k«h link* Turkey with i L ift France, the < .n.pera- , Egm Franctaco Franco of | Ewtth the axis powers, and Inclusion of Japan in K(Jttary alliance with tier- . Bad Italy Em Stplomatk sources ex- i Elk? belief that yesterday’s i Eby Albert Forster. Danxig < Kftfrr. indicated Adolf Hit ■ftthe time is not ripe to . E * seise 'he free city, and E yet decided exactly what , Em «iU be Lri speech was retarded < Emu in tone But. he re- i ft Hitler's determination Io ’ I laant and predicted that bm ft liberation " will come i I Hftrd U Japan a union Iraany and Italy, the news . Myo was that the army is , It difficult time in its camU force the government Io Mb aa alliance n are fire key men In the < Os them, only war min-ftrtl-o ilagaki supports the I demands The other four bed ust firmly against It. ■ dose to the government ft that the army's campaign std top Minister Hachim Arita ftcabtoet that he underwsaomic negotiations are ini »e between Germany and to 1* to had not heard of MMiations of a political or ■f toner M informed the cabinet Itami to strengthening Its bm the outer Mongolian "■ store there has been sebthtilig between Japanese- ***•" and Russian-outer ■ Has force* I « tontaia , p BW |~ attention ■tw»d on the results of its Msrers and the great black- ! ■ Bight In which half of to was darkened aa “enemy" • ton* the continent roared 1 I 2* toWlstry aborted that ' l ** l waa * * tt * *'♦**• snd 1 theoretically 'tost destruction I •fowtmen E X p e || ed - H. R I bureau manager of J' 11 T 1 **' *•» expelled _ ! '"hy by order of Pre(,M PAtIK~TWO»~ | WAUGH : B THURSDAY: I — I \Fu H - A, «PauKh Diet I ■ Home In Will•Mr®, Ohio htJ to ’ M « h -*’ ”*• of i W.llshlrw r,d *’ •»t»rnoon at I “ bar home in that foltaJS?* 4 br P*t melons l ln < an ex leaded ihlt<i **" bC’l** SOrn* WbOr I MTIHsK U - B ’ Churco ! '-usbanl , U ’‘lUra.ar? ma '' H. *0 Bq. R nn an,i » daughana h**.' I** 1 ** W,l| shiro iba, ,M burial will be ln , ii

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HOSPITAL AND WELFARE DEPT. 1 LIST BUDGETS Welfare And Hospital Budgets Submitted To Auditor Budgets of the county welfare d«e partment and the Adams county memorial hospital for lltto have been filed with Victor Eicher, auditor of Adams county. The budgets will be advertised this month and snbmtted to the county council at Its regular annual meeting on September B. The budgets of all county officials and departments have been filed and will be incorporated In the county budget. The welfare department la asking for a !• rent levy on the county's taxable valuation of S2t.OS3.X7S. The IB cent rate would produce |3X.4M 20. Th.- levy thia year.. <lX3*l Is 11 cents, producing a little more than $23,000. The detailed budget aa filed by the county welfare department and the state welfare department, both being exact copies of the compilation. show the following totals: Estimated budget for period July 1. I*3* to December 31. I*W. a year and one-half. 520X.370 Amount to be received over thia period for state and federal government, local taxes, and balance on hand. 5171.715. Amount necessary to operate department from July I. 1»3» to December 31. IMO. |3B. BSI The budget for 1940 only totals 511M.570, of which the county w.-l-fare department would share. >3S •>52 The IB cent levy will produce 538.4M20. baaed on the county's valuation. More than 300 persons are draw Ing old age pensions this year The age limit for eligibility was re duerd to «5 years in 193 M and tbe roster hss grown from 2*S to more than 300 The county welfare department includes old age assistance, aid to dependent children, crippled children. the blind and other welfare j cases. Th* Hospital Budget A budget totaling 54K.A32 for 1940 has been filed by the trustees of the Adams county memorial hospital. No levy la asked, as the county has been making a contri(CONTINUBD ON PAOK MX) DAIRYMEN MEET THURSDAY NIGHT Leaders Os Dairy Breeds Plan For Stricter Health Rule* The officers and directors of the Jersey, Ayrshire. Holstein and Guernsey county breed unsocial lona met Thuraday night at the Dale D. Mosea farm home After Inapecting hla dairy barn and hia modern bottling, cooling and pasteurising plant, they went into the regular •ea»lon A motion wan made and unanimously supported that a vote of thanks be given the Street Fair officials for the splendid cooperation given during the recent show and to commend H. P Schmitt tor tbe fine arrangements made for krasing and showing cattle. After a brief but thorough die- • uwsion. a motion was made and udanlmoualy supported that In the next annual cattle show, only herds accredited for hangs or in the process of accrediting with a minimum of two clean testa <m the entire herd be permitted to show Charles Poe. local represents! • tlve of the farm security administration. was present and suggested that as a number of farm security clients were eatnbllshlng clean herds and had nerd of better bulla, •hat It might afford an opportunity for members of the various county breed association members to Place bulla with the farm security clients to be grown out or to be held until they were needed again (CONTINVICD ON PAGK THRKKI —' 0 List* Ditches To Be Cleaned This Year Gerhard C Relnklng. trustee of Vnlon township, listed today the ditches in that township which are to be cleaned this year. The following ditches are to be cleaned, according to Mr. Reink Ing: Adam Brown, Geltner Durr, J B. Holthouae. Jacob Myers. Dan Sftackley, Fred Welland. Barney Hac't*nan and Lucinda Fleming. Al! others are to he m .wed and the weeds and rubbish removed and placed within three feet of the ditch, be slated.

. “Iron Lung” Youth, Bride After Wedding * 4 w * I ‘ 1 v > A 1 t Y) a— Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B Snite. Jr.

Here la Frederick B. Snite. Jr., 29. well known Chicago "Iron lung" youth, and his bride, the for tuvr Theresa luirkin. 35. also of Chicago. Mias Larkin la an old friend Snite has been living in

CELINA MAN IS UNDEC ARREST Frank Shambaugh Arrested Thursday For Drunken Driving * — Frank Shambaugh. of Ollna, Ohio, waa lodged in th* Adams county Jail today awaiting arraignment on a charge of drunken driv--ng. Sheriff Ed Miller arrested Shambaugh Thursday at the Wabash river bridge between Bern" and Geneva. Sheriff Miller aaaerud that Shambaugh waa driving from aide to aide when he arreated him. The drunk-oeneter waa brought here ' front Indianapolis and ho was given the test. The results were not known here at the late hour. Hi w.ll be arraigned before Judge J. Fied Frucht e. Ira Carpenter, of thia city, who was arrested Thursday on a c harge ot pifbllc In tortrat ion. was fined |IO and costs and given a 3'.‘ day ja'l sentence thia morning by 'Mayor Pot rant Klxey when hs pleaded nilty to the charge. Two others are also lodged in the county jail awaiting appearance before Judge Frucbte. John llelstand. of near Heme. Is to be sentenced on a charge of grand larceny after entering a plea of guilty earlier Io tOONTINUKD ON PAOK TWO)' PETTIT. G ARTIN SPEAK TO CLUB Auction School Instructors Speak To Rotarians Col. Guy Pettit of Bloomfield. ' Howa, and Col. Karl Oartin, of Greensburg, were the guest speakers at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Both speakers have been Instructors In the Fred Reppert school of auctioneering In thia city for many years and are now attending the present session of the school, which opened Monday to continue for three weeks Both men related some of their' experiences as Instructors In the Reppert school and their contacts In later years with many of the students. They expressed the appreciation of themselves and the students for the fine spirit of friendliness nnd wholehearted welcome extended attendants of the school by citterns of Decatur, stating that this has aided the city to become favorably known throughout the nation. Fred Reppert. a member of the local club, and founder of the school, also spoke briefly. Clarence Stapleton waa chatrf ;man of the program.

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*?^T a,ur ’ Andiana, Friday, August 11, 1939

WPA I rrejru larities In State Probed Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. Il—(UTl I — Two agents for a conrrbsstonal »Hb-comtnittee today will begin an Investigation of alleged Irregular'.- . ties in the WPA throughout Indiana About S'Kt witnesses are ex-ja-cted to be summoned to testify, a*d It was revealed that spadework for the Inquiry ha* been trogressiug for about two weeks. >' The Investigators are George jJ t Shdlito and Mathew J. Connelly - they conferred yesterday with U. 8. • district attorney Vai Notes but all three were silent on the results of ■ their conversation. HOLD AUCTION ' SALE SATURDAY • - Reppert Auction Students To Conduct First Sale Saturday i ■ I The first of the public auction , sales by the students of the Fred I Reppert School ot Auctioneering will be held Saturday afternoon , at 2 o'clock at the corner of Rec-' ond and Madison streets The sale will be held again Sat j I urday evening at ?:S0 o'clock and . each weekday evening during the , balance of the school at the same hour. Col. Fred Reppert. founder of the school, Col. Roy Johnson. Col Guy Pettit. Col. Karl Garl In and other members of the faculty will | supervise the sales. In which eat h student will take a pan. , The semi-annual term of the, school waa opened thia week with 83 students enrolled from varloua states. Classes are held dally at, Helmont park during the three■ weeks course. New students enrolled at ths school are; R. D. Burxlnshaw,| Rlcksburg. Nebraska; Henrv bockhorn. Jr- St. Michael. Nebraska: I J. G. Kast. Rapine. Va.. Edward 8e betka. Toledo. Iowa; Ve<oon Stafford. Jamestown. Ohio; George E South. Columbus. Ohio; Harold -CONTINUKD ON PA<IE IIIIIKK) 20 Boys, Giris To Indiana State Fair This year, as In previous years, the boys and girls of the 4H club who have the highest achievement record for thia year will be awarded one-day State Fair trips Twenty boys and girls will be taken to the fair In a school bus on Ruturday. September I. The club members who have won those trips are: Catherine Schmitt. Ruth Steury. Alice Tumbleson. Betty Ann Kohne. Vera Belhold. Dorothea Hirschy. Mar-1 jnrle Byerly. Irene Mathya. Bernice Mathys, Naomi Steury. Catherine Andrews, ‘Norma Tumbleson. Oscar Bristol. Raymond Schwarts. Bobby Reppert, Arminda tnnlger, James Fosnaugh. Thomas Lehman. . Doyle Rich and Kenneth Roth. 1

the “Iron lung" for three years, ever since be was stricken with infantile paralysis In China In 1938. They are seen smiling happily at each other after the Wedding-Ceremony In Chicago.

SPECIAL MEET MAY BE NEEDED R<M>M*velt To ('all Con* greus In Event Os War Crisis Hyde Park. N T- Aug. 11—<VPI —President Roosevelt said today (that if an actual war crisis develops an Europe or the far east he isu•n*ilately will call congress back in I a special session to enact legisut'on to preserve the nen.raUty of i ihe I'nited States on a ber.s of to- : ternational law. Cnooslng his words carefally. Mr. Roosevelt said at a preu confer- | eM9 that he knows of no mason a* the present time, however, for calling congress back before its i regnmr session next January. However. If. before cou.ress re convenes. Mr. Roosevelt M.d. an acJtus! war crisis becomes 'mmlnent In Europe or the far east, Immcdlstely will convene congress. >o other words, he said If It becomes reasonably certain that there was ..olng to be war. ho wouid call a ' rpectal session to assure neutrality i the United sttates along the line* lof international law so that this country would not become involved la the conflagration. His program, he said, would folI CON TINUKD ON PAGE Til REkl* CLOSE STREET FOR SURFACING Monroe Street To Be Cloned In Sections For Re-Surfacing Monroe street was closed from Second street east to tbe bridge this morning as worimten of the Brooks Construction Company bysan preliminary work for applying the finishing touches to tbe re-sur-ta< Ing of the street The street was swept cud touched up by workmen before the application bf the Ky-Kock covering. Tbe work will be conducted in sections, with ontv parti blocked off at one time. Lawrence Green, maintenance supervisor for this district in the highway department, estimated this morning that the entire work will reuire from one week to 10 days. The speed with which the work la completed will be govern d greatly by the weather, he staled. ft Car Slightly Damaged In Accident Today — An auto belonging to Guy Petit was slightly damaged today in a downtown traffic accident. The cur was towed to a local garage. Tho .name of the other driver was not learned.

Leo Kirsch Is Recommended For Decatur Postmaster By £SB Vote Os Precinct Leaders ‘ ■■■■— ■■ ■■ ■ ■ 1 —

F. D. R. INSISTS NEXT NOMINEE BE A LIBERAL Announces He Will Not Support Conservative For President Pittsburgh Aug. 11—(CPI—Tho young Democrats nations! convention staged its biggest demount ration thia afternoon as S-nstor Alben Barkley. Senate majority leader .praised the New Deal and predicted that the Democratic 1940 candidate would not repudiate the U . iseVelt policies. Washington. Aug. 11 — <UJ») - President Roosevelt's announcement to young Democrats that he would not support a conservative Democratic presidential candidate in 1940 was Interpreted today as the first move of a drive to block the candidacies of vice-president John N.. Garner and other conservatives. A third term note was seen in the demonstration that followed the reading of Mr. Roosevelt's announcement to the young Democrats meeting at Pittsburgh, and in the keynote address of Sen. Claude Pepper, D.. Fla., who said* “Irrespective of a third term for Mr Roosevelt himself, the Young Democrats of Americs demanded a third term for Roosevelt's Ideas A third term for Roosevelt's ideas that Is the keynote of the <-onven- . tion." Mr. Roosevelt's letter brought hitter criticisms from conservatives who fought his policies In the last session of congress, and enthusiasm from new dealers. Garner. In Vvaide. Tex., had > nothing to say. His friends here reiterated their recent announcement that his campaign would con- ' tlnue regardless of whether President Roosevelt decided to run for (CONTIN'UKD ON PAGE THRfttoT* CHANGES MADE AT CLOVERLEAF Robert Thompson Genera! Superintendent Os Creameries Among the recent additions :o office and plant personnel of the local Industry is the appointment of Robert Thompson as general superintendent of Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. Mr. Thompson rame h»r« from the Sealteat laboratories st Huntington. His home is at Roanoke. He wua recently married and now Ilves in Decatur. Mr. Thompson Is a graduate of Purdue university and is an experj kneed dairyman and butter maker. He la in charge of butter manufaci taring operations of the local i creamery. The local plant la devoted entirely to the making of butter. production being beta-eon four and five million pounds annnally. A few yearn ago tbe manufacture > of butter and Ice cream was divided among the Decatur and Huntington plants of Cloverleaf Cr< emeries. The Huntington plant manufactures tbe Ice cream under the Seal test method. The local creamery office employs about 100 perrons In the plant and field. The addition of the large rtteese plant was made three years ago and is ont< of tbe msy units of thia progrcrr.vr Industry. Milton t»wnarlngen Is auperlndent of the transportation and shipping department, and Arthur Farrar Is superln'endent of the cheese factory. There management positions hava existed for sometime. Along with changes In the personnel of the organ I ration Arthur Hooten was named assistant office manager to George Thoms, general office manager W. A. Klepper .a general manager of the company, while his son Carl Klepper, la manager of the Huntington division. — n— , Hearing In Held On Ditch Re-Allotment A hearing was held thia morning i by County Surveyor Walter H. Gllllom on the re-allotmcH of the jYonkin ditch In Kirkland township.

PUBLISHER IS CHARGED WITH TAX EVASIONS M. L. Annenberg Is Under Indictment By Federal Grand Jury Chicago, Aug 11 (U.PJ A federal grand jury today Indicted M L. . Annenberg, multimillionaire Philadelphia publisher, for alleged evasion of more than |5.!>00.000 in income taxes and penalties. “This is the biggest Income tax evasion indictment ever returned by a grand jury," U. 8 district attorney William J. Campbell said The Indictment charged Annenberg failed to pay 53.251t.M09 97 hi income taxes on his newspaper and race information enterprises in the years 1932-30 Inclusive, i Penalties and interest amounted to 52.2X9.574 92 In those years, the government charged. Annenberg paid total Income taxes of 5624.579.28. In 1932 he was Hated as having paid 5309.43 tax and aa having evaded payment of 5313.197. The grand jury also indicted Anneniterg'a son. Walter. Arnold W. Kruse and Joseph E. Hafner, all officials of tbe Cecilia Co. top holding and operating company for the Annenberg interests, aa allegedly aiding and abetting tbe evasion. Campbell announced that Weymouth Kirkland. Annenberg’a attorney. had Informed him bond would be met and the defendants surrendered "some time next week, without removal proceed Ings." The district attorney announced at the same time the grand jury would subpoena 20 or 25 witnesses to appear Monday in Its Investigation of William Nkldmore, millionaire junkman and alleged Chicago gambling exar. Campbell has announced this investigation will go deep into Chicago pcdlrical life With regard to the Skidmore inquiry .Campbell said he was "not conducting any crusade'' but would "reach anyone involved regardless of whom It touches under the law." The indictment climaxed two years of investigation by Internal revenue agents and nine weeks of grand jury hearings during which st) auditors were employed to break down the complicated bookkeeping of Annenberg's many companies. Annenberg Is owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Radio and Movie "Fan" magaxluea. and the Nationwide News Service, which supplies horse race Information Campbell announced the Indictment was "only one of a aeries" which would result from inquiry into Annenlierg's enterprises. The Indictment was returned before )■ .1- ral judg- James II W Ilk erson. who set bond for Annenberg at SlOb.tMM) and for the others at 525 000 each The grand jury took 11.747 (CONTINUED ON PA<J»~Fiiv E ASK REMOVAL OF RECEIVER Action Filed In Circuit Court Asks Removal Os Receiver — \n action has been fl'od In the suit of Lula Vanca against John Mann and others to remove the receiver. The action, filed by John L. DeVoss aa atorney for John, Clifford, Uarlo. Carl and Wilson Mann, aaetfs to remove Ed Berilng aa race Ivar, charging that a judgment was rendered against them In 1934 for SI,390 99 and court coats, which brought the total due to S 1.344.99. The action asaerts that Everett Singleton hid 91.735 on the real es tate In question at sheriff's sale, leaving a deficit of 5111.09. which was paid by the defendants and that It is not necesMry to have a receiver to collect the rents and profits during the year of redemption. which expires October 4, 1939. A suit for divorce baa also been filed in circuit court by Elmer E. against Nannie Bell Blglln.l October 3 Is the return dais.

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Decatur Auto Dealer h Endorsed For Position On First Ballot Cast By Committeemen. RECEIVES 22 VOTES la-o Kirsch, well known auto dealer and popular young man of thia city, received a vote of endorsement from a majority of tbe Democratic committeemen and vlo>-committeemen for the appointment of poatmaster In Decatur at a meeting held here thin afternoon for the purpose of recommending one of tbe three eligible candidates. Mr. Kirsch recelced 22 of the 34 votes. Mrs. Lola P. Macklin, acting postmaster, who was one of the three certified candidates, received 10 votea. Joseph C. laiurent. mall order clerk in the Decatur poatoffice, received two votea. All of the 34 committeemen and vice-committeemen were present at the meeting Nathan Nelaon. Democrat county chairman, who called the meeting at the request of United States senators Frederick Van Nuya and Sherman Minton. announced yesterday that proxies could not be voted. Mr. Nelson presided at the meeting and Chris Muselman secretary of the Democratic county central committee, acted as secretary of the meeting He called the roll of the 34 <*ommltteemen and vicecommitteemen and all answered present. It is believed the appointment of a postmaster will be made by the postoffice department within the next Bo days. Confirmation of President Roosevelt's nomination to the office will not be made until congress convenes next January The three eligible candidates were certified to the poatoffice department by the civil service commission on August 2. as a result of the examination taken by IB applicants last January. Mr. laiurent, with an added five points for military preference, received a grade of 89,33 percent; Mr Kirsch M. 50 percent and Mrs Macklin, 1 78.18 percent. Mr Kirsch la a son of Mr and Mrs. Peter K'-vh of thia city. He Is a graduate of tbe Decatur high school. He is married and has throe children The family recently moved to a farm, northwest »f Decatur on the river road He has been active in business and civic circles for a number of yearn and at one time served as Democrat city chairman Mrs. Macklin han been acting postmaster since August 1. 1937, following the death of her husband. Phil L. Macklin, who was appointed postmaster in February. 1935. Mr l-aurent has been in the I postal service for a number of years and is one of the efficient employes In that line of work .Mr. Nelson will forward the vote of the committeemen and vlerrommltteem-n. with hla rec'CONTINUED ON PAGE THHKKI* 0 BVM.KTIN Washington. Aug. II — (U.R)_The war department announced today that nine men were killed in the crash of one of its crack flying fortrewN homhers as It was taking off at Langley field. Virginia, todav. m— — TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:0o a. m.. 88 3:00 p. m 91 10:00 a. m 77 3:00 p. m 97. Noon M WEATHER Mostly cloudy, local thundershowers tonight and In oast and south portions tsturday; slightly wsrmsr tonight, some- | whst eoolor In east and south I portions Saturday.