Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1939 — Page 1

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JTEEN WE IMAGE fIIILINER |SB nhc At Rio D* Janeiro LjMtkO.AUI >' <U>- . F l-j W rvh<>'» »"<! flamefrw*M- held today the L rti< h h °l* d kne ■T* > nr <-f crash Airways flying LrtK* If pe'«"” *"■ M J.m- Ro< * ' Y»l» •I' | l E|,Meev.!t brain truster , Er men of the crew. in- < L_ sllnm were d'-a«f. pUne werewvj annm-d by Hamee that I fnmir< >' r-it difficult. jSirvtvor. were suffering frrt »h« k pe, arrlrlni on a flislit pt Fla t<» Bueno. Aire*. M mrWMllr for a landing peopl. awaiting Itl d port, relative* and i if pawenperw and Pan m afficial’. «a» It dlsap j pmd the marine arsenal. do. preparing to * tea minute, later a > Ivu rveetved that the; M embed Into the harbor ' t* tadnwd suddenly. appar [*r u explosion It had tpatuM the top of a hlgfi ( idjotolng the arsenal |b two motor, had remain- ! pg M the edge of the ' Hr rest of the naming ■ Ifeued iato the harbor I t*» water, ull a blazing » bm were thrown clear , ghskoapilal the others | ■hvmtlou* in hospitals »shard were: Liat or Mr. Henrle May. * Pla. a native of Den i hu Robert New York H Prof James Harvey Mm, Cotta . sterling prufes- ■ pairtcal economy at Yale a Capt A. A.. Miami, RtttD ON PAGE FIVE) OFFERED MARCO. hl Suttr Company rfh Free Lime To Fanners i*t’y agent'a offlee recelv- ■*• ■arsing from J Ward Meld manager tor the Cea- » Company, will not only ■»J lime but will load It I ttarge Thia lime ia In * sechanleal condition and I right for hauling and * * the telda. bi splendid opportunity ' ■wa needing lime to self the lowest possible cost. * rntter of hauling be"•d Thia lime, on a dry Iwi’alent to n n „ ground b from the quarry tor agriNnmses ’ nd ta • < *“Hton >• of one percent phon■rb Increase. it. ngrlcul. * lust that much. of ton. of sugar beet "* u ** ***n ’bread on ma county and thousands , J** 4 *’ 1 **••««•* over fin ■ the land la classed in ““ Crowley .erlo. of P* IM them. .oil. W ||| b, L* l UP"cat ion ot from two n * p * n * <tx> Market Morning oa M< ’ nw **«M for a number of Its title of Mutschler's closed It. dr>oru to*l*?*' ’ ho »***ral weeks * lu? bu ’ ,nM * Iraan ro “’ d «»« <>* > statement today. RATUR «"tADINQ» THaRMoMtTtR II *** L • IN p. ro M WIATHIR W ‘ ,lbl >’ •*•*- * nut. ****** In enT *aw.y- iTw *"a te "‘ BM ” * eh *"ee in

In Renamed W. Rev. J. W. Montgomery of Fort | Wayne was renamed superintendent of the northern Indiana district 1 of the tYlurch of Nataretie for his 14th year at the conference held last week in Anderson. AL D. SCHMITT MUCH IMPROVED Considerable Improvement Noted In Local Man’s Condition Encouraging reporta came from the Itedside of Al D. Schmitt, well t known auto -dealer of thia city.! confined to the Randolph county! hospital. Winchester. following severe injuries received in an auto accident last Friday on I*. 8. road !7 detour, near Winchester Mr Schmitt was in a semi-con-1 scions condition at noon today and reports received by his brother. H P Schmitt of this city. In i dicated that the injured man had ' better than a fifty-fifty chance lof recovery He la able to recog nite members of his family and asked for water upon awakening from the coma, in a telephone conversation with the hospital superlgtendent this afternoon, it was stated that the attending physician would not take X-ray pk-tures of Mr Schmitt a injuries ' until Wednesday Apparently he ia suffering from a concussion or fracture of the skull. His arms or legs were not broken, although he was thrown ‘from his auto a distance of more | than 20 feet He may have a few I fractured riba He breathes easier and la resting an well as can Ite expected, his brother stated. Mrs. Schmitt and Mrs Charles lioltboMe. nurse, are at bis bedaide The condition of Elton Archer of Pleasant Milla, an employe ot the Schmitt Auto Sales, who was I driving ths car wb»n the collision occurred, is progressing satisfactorily. He suffers from brul.es and shock, the moat severe injury being to bla right hand Mr and Mrs Michael Massello and small child of Cincinnati, who were In the other car. are recovering. Mr. Maaaello was the moat severely injured of those tn hie (CONTtNUKO ON PAQM Fl YU! OScout Review Board Here This Evening Sylvester Everhart. Adams county Roy Scout commissioner, announced thia morning that a special Scout board of review will be held at the Lincoln acbooi this evening at 7 o'clock. HEAVY DAMAGE IN FARM FIRE I Martin Hurer Barn Destroyed By Fire Early Sunday Morning I A loaa nf several thousand dollars was reported early Sunday morning at the farm of Martin 1 Huaer when fire completely destroyed a barn. A calf In the barn was burned 1 to death and all farm machinery 1 and equipment waa destroyed tn • the conflagration. | TV fire waa believed to have been atarted by apontaneoua com buatlon. Part of the loss waa covI *red by insurance. Mr Huaer stated. The Monroe fire department I waa aummonrd. but the barn waa I enveloped In flamea when they arrived. The men from the Mon- ; roe department, however, did succeed In saving a number of buildings and a straw stack located nearby The Hueer farm is located one ; mile south and two and one-half miles east of Monroe The fire jwaa Hr|t uotlced about j;IM) a.m

REPORT ITALY SUBMITS PEACE PLAN TO HITLER Reports Follow Conference Os Two Foreign Ministers •’"MUMSM* By Vnited Press ixmdon heard reports today that the Berchtesgaden conference of , Fuehrer Adolf Hitler with Joachim Von Ribbentrop and Count Galeaxso Clano. tue German and Italian foreign ministers, had resulted In I a concrete plan for solution of the ' Ttantlg dispute. W’hat the fuehrer's actual In- ' tentlons wete. however, remained a question mark Nasi sources In Berlin hinted that the Berchtesgaden conference may have found ! a possible way out of the Euroj pean tangle, perhaps a conference I of the powers at which Germany's I colonial and other alma would be I discussed There was an unconfirmed report that Italy had submitted a far-reaching “peace plan for Eur- , ope" to Hitler. The London Dally Mail said It waa believed such a plan had been drawn up by Prem- ! ler Benito Mussolini and waa the I main object of the Berchtesgaden ; talks. t'nder the plan, the Dolly Mail said, economic and colonial probi lema would be Included and “cer- ‘ tain plebiscites" would be held. Dlplomatk- quarters In London noted with interest an editorial in the Times which they regarded as , a veiled Invitation to the powers to negotiate a settlement of Danxig and other problem. It was recalled that a year ago. before Germany took over the Bndcntenland from Cxechoalovakia. the Times suggested that It should go to Germany. Despite all the talk of a settlement. Poland remained adamant in its refusal to permit a one-aßed German solution. A competent Polish spokesman in London said that before the Berchtesgaden con(CONTINtTen ON PAOIV nvg) ‘ ROSE CHRISTEN DIES SUDDENLY 1 < Prominent Decatur Lady Dies Os Heart Attack Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Miss Rose Christen. 6*. prominent Decatur' lady, who died suddenly Saturday 1 afternoon, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Mrs. F. E. France home on Mer1, cer avenue. Mias Christen's death waa at-1 tributed to a heart attack about ' 2 o'clock Saturday afterßoon at 1 the residence. 331 Mercer avenue The deceased waa a former bookkeeper, having been employed 1 at the First State tiank here for I a period of 20 years before retlr--1 ing. She was a member of the First , | Presbyterian church and of the Order of Eastern Star, and waa a lifelong resident of the city. She ' was born here December 2. I*7l. the daughter of Godfred and Calh- ’ erine Garver-Christen She waa ' never married. Surviving are the following j brothers and slaters: Richard of I Fort Wayne: Frank of Lake Jamea: Mrs F E. France of this (CONTINUED ON PAGB Hxi Relative Os Crash Victim Stops Here A man who said be was the, I rother ln-law of the late James H Rogers, one of the 14 peri wt killed when ths giant Pan-American Airways sky-liner crashed Into a dock crane while* landing at a Rio ’: Da Janeiro harbor, stopped at the i City News Stand thia mcrnlng. He did not reveal his name but stated that he had lunch»d with his I brother-inlaw last Monday and J.acuased the trip to South Amer!II ea. Speaking with a true southern * brogue that attested to hlr residence in the Carolinas, the man said Rogers hsd first decided to take a ', boat but “since there have been no accidnts on that line, I believe I i 1 will fly.” II q , Celebrate Feast Os Assumption Tuesday I The feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary will be celebrated ' In St. Mary's Catholic church Tues- ! day. It Is k holy day of obligation ' and masses will be said at 6. 7, and •|»

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 14, 1939.

Arbitrate Actors’ Union How MB hli> Z ‘ 1 p These three vice presidents of the American Federal lon of luvbor are ■ the arbltratora in the theatrical unions' jurisdictional fight, which ' brought delegation ot big name actors from Hollywood Io Atlantic City to present their demands. l.«-ft Io right: Thomas Rickert, of United Garment Workers; Matthew Woll. of photoengravers uulon. and John Coefleld. of the plumbers.

BOSSE FUNERAL IS HELU TODAY —■» ■■ ■ - Senices Are Held This Morning For Former Postmaster Funeral servicea for J. W Bosse, pioneer theater proprietor and former postmaater of Decatur, whose death occurred Friday evening, were held at St. Mary's Catholic church at • o'clock thia morning. A solemn requiem high mass was celebrated with Rev. Joaeph Seimeta. paator, aa celebrant, aaalated by Rev. Ambroae Kohne of Goodland and Rev. Simeon Schmitt of Delphi. , Membora ot the Fourth degree of the Knlghta of Columbua acted aa pailbearera They were. August Heiman. Dan M Niblick. Joaeph iKoora. Severin Schurger. Pat Cow tello and G. Remy Bferly. The honorary pailbearera Included. Charlea Hocker. Ed Macy, Herman Yager. Theodore Graliker. Dynoia Schmitt. J. H. Heller. Alpbonee Kohne. J. H Bremerkamp, John j (CONTINUED ON PAGE BIX) Auctioneer Pupils Report Heavy Eater — The “beavieat eater" tlt’e of the city of Decatur has been stolen by U member ait the 1839 tall class of the Fred Reppert School of Auotloni eeriag. according to reports. Students of the school will swear to the fact that G. Scott Daviea. a Dea Moines, lowa lawyer who la taking the auctioneering course, has captured the “honor,” Davlea. ao the atadeota and ths personnel of a local reatanrant assert. ate two “donhle-deck’r" hamburger sandwiches and than topped It off with two dozen scrambled egga for one meal t ecently o - State To Receive Bids On August 30 The atate highway commlaalon on Auguat 30 will receive aealed bida for the furnishing of material for repairing atate roads tn Adams. Welle, LaGrange and Whitley counties.

Train Wreck Survivors Tell Os Heroism Os Crew, Others

San Franciaco. Aug. 14 - <U.R> > Storlea ot heroiam on the part of i train crew and passengers alike i wera related today by* aurvlvnra i of the wreck of the City of San Franciaco upon their arrival here. . Dr F. G Brigham, phyaiclan In i charge of New England Deaconess I hospital at Boaton waa singled out . by paesengera for the untiring energy with which he worked to i alleviate the pain of the Injured He waa the only doctor aboard I the train and had one of the few > flashlight*, lie waa extremely ~ modest in describing hla own , efforts, but passengers quickly filled In the details. Dr. Brlghnm wan pinned Inside hla compartment on a car resting almost on the bottom of the Hum- | boldt river. He could hear a negro porter drowning outside hla door, pinned In the wreckage. Somehow Dr. Brigham escaped from the car—he thinks he smashed hla window with the flashlight. At any rate, he smashed winJdows up and down the train, free-

12 From County To State Fair ■ Adams county has occasionally been represented at the state fair with 4-H club entries but this year < the county will have its greatest exhibit from club work that has ever been made. Five 4-H calf club members will exhibit seven head of animals. Grace Moaser of Geneva will show three head of Jerseys. Billy. Don and Eugene Arnold will exhibit three head of Ayrshire and James Fosnaugh will exhibit one head of Holatein. The following named girls will have clothing exhibits at the state fair: Gertrude Aumann. Rose Marie Stanley. Dorothea Frohnapfel. Marcile ('hrlatener. Fkirine Steury, Wanda Neadatine. and Eileen Ebrman. DECATUR COBS TO VISIT CAMP Local Cub Scouts To V’isit CCC Camp Near Bluffton About 35 Cubs of Ihe Decatur Dena, accompanied by P Bryce 1 Thomas and Sylvester Everhart will go io Bluffton Tuesday to vialt , the CCC camp and the state game' , 1 preserve there f The Cuba are to meet at >:3O , o'clock Tuesday morning at the Lincoln school and go from there, . to Bluffton In a truck, furnished 1 by Zwlck * Ron. ! The boys will take their dinners t and eat at the picnic grounds In the park, returning late In the eve- , ning after visiting the park. i Den 3 of the Methodist church i now leads In total points among i J the troops with 1.047; Den 2 of the i I (CONTINUED "ON PAGE HIX) ] Officials Appear Before Tax Board 1 A caravan of four or five autos carrying public officials an*! Interowed persona left early thia morning for Indianapolis to appear before the state tax board and protest a 3192.000 cut In the utility , valuations In Adams county.

Ing trapped victims and applying tourniquets and rough splints with towels and sheets. At Intervals he made the rounds of his patients loosening bandages to prevent the inset of gangrene ' "Moat horrible was the suddennans of Ihe wreck and the Impact of heavy steel grinding." he said. “In an Instant came the screams and groans and calle for help, mingled with the prayers of the negroes. Particularly commendable waa the courage of the Southern Pacific crew and the pullman staffs. One negro's legs were mashed to a pulp and his shoulder waa nearly torn off. yet he told me: 'Never mind me. Doc. I ain't hurt bad “ W. C. Owen, vice-president of the Detroit Steel Products Co., was preparing for bed when hie car left the rails. “I could hear the wheels thumping over the ties." he said. “Heads of pan sengers hung out of the cars ahead and there they were pinned for four or five hours."

Suspect Arrested In Train Wreck Claiming Lives Os 20 Persons, Injuries To 111

SIX GUARDSMEN KILLED SUNDAY BY “DUD” SHELL Six Indiana National Guards Victims At Fort Knox Sunday Fort Knox. Aug. 14—tUPl-Maj. Ltlen. Robert H. Tyndall vald today that nix uatlonal guardsm< n. killed laat night by the explosion of a 'dud" shell they had picked up for a souvenir, had disobeyed an order forbidding soldiers and ci'llians to tmteh shells after they have t»ei-n fired. The guardsmen were m.-mbers of battery D. l»th Field A’tillery of b the Princeton. Ind., unit of the Ind* .ami National Guard. They were killed when a 4.2 moke shell, which they had found on an artillery range exploded as they Wert carrying it into their tent on the camp proper. Three other guardsmen suffered minor Injuries. Those killed were corporal Roy Maxey. 20. Oakland City, Ind.; his brother, private Paul R. Jcnes. 22. Princeton; privatq Willis Snow. 13. Evansville, Ind.; and private Arthur McCarthy. IS. Princeton. The Ini lured, all of whom suffe-ed flesh wounds, wen* Sgt. William C. Hart, 43. and private Morris Fitch. 20, <xh of Princeton, and private Ralph Carter. 31. Fort Branch. Ind. The guardsmen, with others from Kentucky and W’est Virginia, had completed one week of a 15-day summer training period at the Fort, location on an underground depos’.Itory where the government has | m.Md.Md.«M lß| tn gold bullion stored. It ia not unusual for the men. tli« majority of wh<mi follow the routine of civilian life during the year, to take shells from the artillery ranges as souvenlers of their training period, despite the order not to touch them. explodt*d or not. Tyndall, commander of .he 33th division of the National Guard, sai l •i board of Inquiry composed of Col. Ben Watts. Maj. Claude R. Crook and Capt. D. 8. Shummatt. all of the 13Sth Field Artillery, would convene today to make an official investigation of the deaths. “We ail feel terrible about It.” Tyndall said. “It waa one cf those things we can’t stop. It's like tell(CONTINUED ON PAGK FTVEi City Council Will Meet Tuesday Niifht Committing of the budget and the receiving of bids for the diepoaal of garbage are among the more important actions scheduled to be taken Tuesday night by the , city council at the regular meeting in the council chambers of ihe city hall. . THREE PERSONS HURT IN WRECK Two Autos Collide At Road Intersection Near Berne Sunday Three persons were hurt, one severely, shortly before noon Hunday in an auto acctdent northeast of Berne on a county road Palmer Schwarts. 12-year-old son of Noah D. Schwartx, of near Berne, suffered a severe head Injury and lacerations. He was unconscious for about two hours following the accident. He waa I treated at a physician's office and ' then returned home Mrs. Schwarts, wife of Noah, one of the drivers Involved in the crash, suffered numerous lacerations shout the face and head ns did Mrs Paul llnhegger. wife of the other driver. Neither was ser- , loualy hurt. . Schwartz and Habegger escaped injury in the collision at a crossroad. two miles north of Berne : and one mile east of federal road . 27. The Schwartz lad wan thrown out of the rear window Into a cane patch about two rods away by the force of the impact He could not be found for a short time. Both cars were badly damaged Sheriff Ed Miller and Officer Ruasell Prior of the Indiana state I police Investigated the accident. |

LISTS PROGRESS i MADE BY CHURCH Splendid Growth Os Church Os Nazarene Reported By lx>ader The proress of the Church of the Nazarene in the northern Indiana district, of which the local Nasarene church, with the Rev. Paul Brandyberry as pastor, is a part. , waa cited laat week by the Rev. J. i W. Montgomery, district superinI tendent. > In his report to the conference. , > the Rev. Montgomery cited the fol- ' . lowing examples of growth: i “Four years ago the church own- , ed property In the dlatrict worth 3427.770. We owed on that prop- > erty 3148.4*7. Today the bburches [ of the dlatrict hold titles to prop- . erty valued at 3557.47 S with In- ( deblednesses of 3120.151. Last quadretmlutn our people paid on ' debts and improvements a total of 370.438; thia quadrennlum. |2TB.- ’ 420 “Last quadrennlum the total amount paid for pastors salaries was 3107.771; thia quadrennlum our pastors have received 3183.200. 1 Our people have for foreign mis- ’ sions last quadrennlum 333.340: | - thia quadrennlum they have given 304.524 for that purpose. The a- * mount paid for district budget was 1 123.210. This quadrennlum they ■ gave 337.203. * “The grand total paid for all pur- » poses by the people of the North- ■ era Indiana district waa 3454.850 i last quadrennlum Thia quadrenI nlum the people of the district gave r 3857.07*. This ia an increase of , a half million dollars, or more than • 100 per cent. I “Our district had a gross gain tn ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE! 0 DAVISON YOUTH : IS SENTENCED l I Jay County Youth Held f As Accomplice In Stripping Auto Delbert Davison. 21. of rear Port’and. pleaded gulDv to a grand lar- ’ cony charge this af’ernoon when ar- ■ ralgned In circuit court before ludge J. Fred Fruchte. He was fined 310 and costs and sentenced to serve one year at the state reformatory at Pendleton Davison was the alleged compailon of John Hlestand. of near Berne, In the stripping of an auto owned by John Boice. Davison wax returned to Jail here by Sheriff Ed Miller and Officer Russell Prior of the Indiana state police from Fort Knox. Kentucky. late Saturday. Davison waa charged w|»h grand larceny for his part In the stripping of an auto belonging to John Boice two we<-ka ago Davlaoa was Implicated In the theft by Hetstand. Sheriff Miller stated today that Davison had signed a confession. In which he admitted his part In the theft. Helstand. who had earlier In the ' week entered a plea of guilty to the charge, was lined 31" and coats 'and sentenced to serve one year In the Indiana reformatory by Judge J. Fred Fruchte late Saturday afternoon. Wilkinson Sentenced Warren “Red" Wilkinson was also sentenced late Saturday by Judge Fruchte. Wilkinson was given a sentence of two years at the Michigan City state prfnon af-' ter entering a plea of guilty to a , charge of embezzlement He la expected to he taken to the Institution as soon as the committment papers are received (CONTINUED ON PAGW FIVE) Present Gold Chalice To Deceased Member The Fourth decree of the Knights of Columbus, of which the late J. W. Bosse was a member, presented s gold chalice to the deceased The chalice was engraved with Mr. Bosse's name and the date of hit • death. The family will present the chalice to a Catholic mission where It will he used In the svctlflce of the mass. The Decatur assembly of the Fourth Degree receut’y voted to present a chalice to deceased members, Mr. Bosse being tie first i to receive one.

Price Two Cento.

“Man Without Ears" Held At Reno As Suspect In Murderous Derailment Os Crack Streamliner. SABOTAGE Reno, Nevada. Aug. 14— Southern Pacific railroad pollen today arrested a suspect in the wrecking of the 32.000.000 City <>( San Franciaco, In which 20 were killed and 111 Injured. The suspect waa taken off a freight train near here and detectlvea said he had no ears. The arrest followed an all night search for a man similarly deformed who was seen near the Humboldt river bridge where the streamliner piled up Saturday night. The man was brought to police headquarters here for questioning, insisted he hud not been In eastern Nevada recently and had come here from the northwest. Chief of police Andy Welliver said the man. about 28 years old. had In hla pocket a book of paper matches from Fernley. Nevada, a business house. Fernley Is east of Reno and on the line between Reno and the acene of the wreck. Either Robbery or revenge for some real or fancied offense wera the most likely motives and officials leaned toward revenge iheory They poin'ed out that there was no evident attempt ie hold up passengers after the streamliner roared at 5o miles an hour around the curve where ua Ingenluos trap had been aet by removing splkea from a rail and covering the deadfall with desert Tumbleweeds. Judging by the cunning of the saboteurs they concluded that , soraeuue with au expert knowledge of railroading had a hand in the plot. They sought two men aa suspects, one described as deformed and without ears, and the other a disgruntled railroad worker The “man without ears" aa seen by several persons near the wreck scene and was traced serosa Nevada aa far as Fernley, about 250 miles west of Carlin. ' He was reported driving a dilapidated car. Nevada police were asked to search the state's highways for him. . Two Michigan tourlsta. whose names police withheld, told San . Francisco authorities they had heard a railroad worket cursing i the Southern Pacific on whose tracks the streamliner was operat- , ing. and being told by a companion "keep your mouth shut.” He was believed to be the same , man whom W K. Fraed. Alta Luma. Cal., told Southern Pacific police he saw near Hazen. Nev., a railroad stop between Carlin and Reno. That man too had a grudge against the railroad. Fraed said The man without ears waa the first suspect of a search in which federal bureau of investigation | agents are expected to participate. Thia man was seen early yesterday. Siam after the wreck, peering down into Paliaade Canyon, filled with the mangled dead and the miserable injured and the twisted steel of one of the world's finest trains, from the top of one ■if Its high walls. William Judice. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DECATUR MAN IS ARRESTED Cecil Bess Arrested Saturday Night For Public Intoxication Cecil Beas of thia city was to Le arraigned today in city court to anivwer to a charge of public Intoxication. He waa arrested Saturday night by Officer Sepbns Melcbi of the city police force. Me was being held in jail until time for hla arraignment before Mayor Forreat Elxey. i Lorea Kaehr. of near here, was arrested Saturday by Of’lcer Truman Blerle on a charge ot paaslnr another vehicle where the vision was obscured. i The arrest waa made at the curve * one-half mile aouth of thia city, at i the junction of federal road 27 and ' Thirteenth atreet extended. He waa arraigned before John T. I Kelley in juatice of peace court late I Saturday and pleaded gu*!ty to the charge. Justice Kelly asaeaaed a I fine of 31 and coata.