Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1939 — Page 1

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Rev. Coer* Speaker At Union Service The Sunday evening union service will be held In the First Kvatigelical church Sunday evening at 7 30 o'clock. The apawlal feature of the service will be the showing of pictures of the Holy Land and Kgypt by the Rev. Morris Coers of Hluffton. who took the pictures and had them prepared for showing 011 the screen. Rev. Coers will accompany the showing with a lecture, explaining the several scenes The showing will be unique snd much worth-while. The public is invited to the service. There will be no admission charge. A freewrili offering will be received. GIRL TESTIFIES TO IMMORALITY IN BOND GROUP Says She Quit Bund Giri’s Organization Because Os Acts Washington. Aug 1* — iU.R) —, Huiom Helen Vooroa, 1». told the Mes committee today she quit the tierman • American liund girls' youth organ Isa thin because she was disgusted with Immorality of the movement Miss Vuoros. a former Brooklyn leader of the youth organiuthm. told the committee of her experience* with the bund affiliate She was born in Germany but is now an American citisen. Asked by chairman Martin fMes, U.. Tex. to tell of conditions in the girls' camp which was adj.< cent to a boys' bund camp, she said: "The boys and girls did things they shouldn't do.” She said she quit the movement because “the leaders wouldn't let me alone." "The Immorality of the emir--■novemeat appalled you." suggest ed Rep Joe Starnes. l».. Ala., "to such an extent that — “ "It disgusted me." she said Mias Vooro* testified that she lieraiae lender of the gvrt • youth ■roup after the death of TllltKoch, the former leader. Miss Koch died, she said, of pneumonia contracted because she stayed up at night to guard the girls' camp which was near the boys' camp She said complaints about this caused the leader of the youth movement, a Mr Dtnkelai her. to hold a meeting “Mr. LHnkelacher told us to go where people couldn't see us." she said "Rut Hitler. In Mein Kampf' Is against in. morality.” Dies said ' But that’s what they call pure." Miss Vooroa said “When two people go together and they don't their natural Instincts, that's pure " Chairman IMes announced the committee would attempt to weed 'COMTIMUBD ON~FAOB THRKU) Salem Church Plans Annual Homecoming The annual homecoming of the Mem Mrtbodiat church will l.e held Bunday Regular church services will be held in live morning a dinner will be served at boon and a special program la being planned for the afternoon. Officers of thhomecoming association are c. C. Jones, chairman; W. H. Patterson. vice<halrman; Miss Phyllis Taylor, secretary-treasurer. MONROE SHEET OPENED TODAY Resurfacing Os Monroe Street Completed And Street Opened Fedsral road 234 on Monroe street through the city of Hecntur. which' has been blocked off while the street was being re-surfaced, was opened to traffic today. Workmen of the Brooks Cnn■traction company and members of the highway department crew lifted she blockades thin morning. Traffic la now permitted Into the city from the east over the east bridge as was customary before the detonr was sat up during the re-surfacing. The street has been re-surfaced with Ky-rock from the east bridge to Thirteenth street. M-mbers of the highway department marked the street with yellow lines, denoting pedestrian crossing and parking areas Thursday, Parking was also permitted on the new surface today, as well as driving.

FORD REFUSES TO OBEY ORDER OF LABOR BOARD Ford Company Notifies Board It Will Not Comply With Order Detroit. Aug. IS — <UJ»> — The Ford Motor company notified the national labor relations board today that it would not comply with I an order which th- board Issued against It a week ago and charged that the right of free speech was being denied to Henry Ford In reply to the labor board which last week reaffirmed its earlier ruling that the company was guilty of violating the Wagner act. P. E. Martin. Ford vice president. | denied that the company had discharged mem tiers of the t'lllted Automobiles Workers union or otherwise Intimidated them Martin's statement addressed to Frank Bowen, regional NLRB director. dealt principally with the board's order directed against "statement* or propaganda" issued by Henry Ford “It appears to be the purpose of the board to prevent Mr. Ford ■nd the Ford Motor company from expressing any opinion which may disparage’ or 'criticise' any labor organlxatlon." Martin said "The right of free speech which is accorded to advocates of communism or any other 'lam' is de- , nied to Mr. Ford and the Ford , Motor Co." , Martin said the NLRB order was unjustified by facts and was an invasion of the constitutional right I of free speech. The new labor board decision retained the disputed section of the earlier ruling which required the firm to "cease snd desist from . . . interfering with ... its employes bi the exercise of rights 1 guaranteed In section 7 of the act by circulating, distributing, or otherwise dlsseminatfng among its employes statement of propaganda which disparages or criticises la- , bor organisation ..." It Tbe hoard referred mainly ihe famous "Fordisms" as written by Henry Ford. The quotations contained anti-union sentiments. Under the new order the com-j 1 pany also was ordered to reinstate 24 employes with keck pay The 1 (CONTIMUKH ON PAOK FUL K* , --O’ ■ - , ! LOCAL MIN IS HURT IN WRECK Ed Gaffer Injured In •‘.Mysterious’’ Wreck Near Huntington — The “mystery of the hitchhike 1 accident which state police ar* attempting to unravel" that occurred ' Thursday afternoon near Huntington la believed solved, according to local persons who "know the ' 1 story" Oflcer William E Hunter, Hunt- , ington. of the state police, waa , called to an accident near the ’ Huntington-Wells county line A 1 man who gave hts name as "John : Johnson, no address” to passing . motorists and as "Ed Gaffer, form- ' , er address. Decatur" to Oncer t 1 1 Hunter waa found near a wrecked car with a fractured right collar ' 1 bone. Tbe plateS on tbe car were Issued to Page Burrell. Union City; a pair In the car waa issued to Guy Burrell. Greenville, Ohio, and still | another pair was issued to Page Burrell. Greenville. Gaffer told oncer Hunter that he wan hitch-hiking along the road when a man picked him up. After a few drinks, they continued with , hla warning tbe obliging motorist to "take It easy." Gaffer told police the driver didn't however, and the car waa wre< ked In attempt- I Ing to pans another auto. He stat-' I ed he waa thrown from the car and that the other man got a ride 1 back to Fort Wayne. Mrs. John Gemmer and her non. ‘ Arden, who witnessed the accident. 1 however, stated that Gaffer wan driving the car and that they help- 1 ed extricate him from the wrecked , car. Offcer Hunter and Huntington authorities described the Incident ■. (CONTINUED ON PA<l» FIVE) — .0 — Mrs. Henry Krick Is Critically 111 Mrs. Henry Krick, one of Deca J; tur's pioneer ladles, well known and ( for many years a member of the , < harity boards for the county, is critically 111 at her home on Mercer , avenue with a heart ailment. Her 1 children have been called home. 1

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Oil Shutdown in Six States £ Ralph Pryor and H. M. McClure Several other states have joined Texas In protesting falling oil price schedules by staging an unprecedented "shutdown strike" to halt the flow of Wells which produce more than two-thlrda of the V 8 oil Oklahoma. New Mexico. Kansas Arkansas and Louisiana joined with Texas which dosed Its 87.« M wells. Offl< lais hope the shutdowns would force the crude price back to *1 a liarrel by reducing stocks The photo shows Ralph Pryor, chairman of the oil advisory committee of Kansas, and H M. McClure, chairman of the Michigan off advisory committee, conferring In Oklahoma City during a meeting of the Interstate Compact commission.

ONE CONVICT IS CAPTURED One Os Two Convicts Who Escaped In Ulin- • ois Caught At Home I Rockford. 111.. Aug. 18. — (UFO — Charles Emmerson. 37. one of two convicts who escaped from the ' state penitentiary at Joliet Wed- f 1 nesday and kidnaped a guard and elderly Ohio couple, waa captured near his home by a prison guard , today. He was not carrying a gun and offered no reaiatame. Apparently he had been heading for hla home to see hie wife and two children. He escaped from the prison with John McGuire. 3fi. Chicago. Both were trusties They escaped from a quarry out-' side the prison walls They overpowered guard William Frew. 47. forced him to accompany them In a prison track for two milea. then compelled Robert Linqulst. Jr., • Joliet, to surrender hla father's , automobile. The convicts drove away, leaving Frew and Linqulst unharmed, and next stopped an automobile In which Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rice, both about were re-1' turning to their home at Bucyrus. O. from a vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. They drove with the Rices to Chicago Th. nMcGuire left them ami Emmerson : forced Rice and hla wife to drive him west toward Rockford At Belvidere. 111.. Rice collided with another automobile None > waa Injured and Emmerson fled on < foot. The Rices were treated for | (CMNTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1 CASE SENT TO CIRCUIT COURT — Possession Suit Certified To Circuit Court This Morning Juatica W. O. Little In tuatlce ofi peace court this morning suatalned 1 the contention of attorney John L DeVoaa for the defense and certl- ' fied the possession ault of Ed Barline •■ receiver, against Ha-10. CUT- 1 ford and Wilson Mann to the Adana circuit court. Attorney Harry Ortrtie. rttorney 1 for the plaintiff, agreed upon the change In tbe case for p>>aneaalon of the land northwest of the city. Transfer of this case to the clri rnlt court mvw brings the total pending In the controversy over th-» land to a total of five. An appeal from s trespass charge against the three men. one charging Clifford with assault and battery, both filed by Luther Singleton, a petition to remove the receiver and i a ault for converalon and damages are the other*. Juatlce Little heard the arguments of the attorneys In a special court session In the council chambers of the city hall.

Hartford Township Man Named By Association John H Duff, trustee of Hartford township. Adams county, waa elected secretary-treasurer of the I fourth district trustee* association lat the closing session of the conI ference Thursday evening. Fred Wiseman, of New Haven, trustee of Adams townahlp. Allen county, waa elected preaident of the organisation and David J. Liechty. trustee of Washington township. Allen county, was named vte-e-presldent. f John M Doan, trustee of Washington township. Adams county, as the retiring vice-president of the district conference, was in charge of the conference held at Forest Park school in Fort Wayne. DEATH CLAIMS JAMES HOWER Lifelong Adams County Resident Dies At Home Os Daughter James Hower. 77. a life long resident of Adams county, died at I the home of his daughter, Mr*. Sylvin Parmer. 334 Line Street, at 13 o'clock Thursday night. Death was caused by complications and came afte r an Illness of three years and nine months. The deceased was born September 6. 18<l. a son of John and Barbara Calvin Hower of Kirkland townahlp He married Mary Moser In Wren. Ohio. December 24. 1885 She preceded him In death , I April 21. 1933. Mr Hower waa a life long real dent of Adams county, a farmer and htter a road contractor. He waa a member of the Christian, I Union church. The family home ' la still standing on the old Hower farm In Kirkland township where in his boyhood Mr. Hower helped dear the land and In later years build roads. through the comtnun jlty. Two daughters. Mrs. Parmer of this city mid Mrs. Ada Kolter of Magley. survive. On* son died In .Infancy One brother. W. D. How er of Hluffton rural route also sur- . rives, together with two grandchildren and one gr»*t grandchild I Three brother* *nd five slaters j I ar* deceased The body will be moved from the Jahn funeral home In Bluffton thia evening to the Earl Kolter home In Magley. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Christian Union church In Craig- , villa with burial In the Oakland \ cemetery. The Rev. David Grether will conduct the aorvlcos. - o — — Albert Colchin Is Slightly Injured Albert Colchin, of Bluffton, formerly of Decatur, received minor injuries Thursday when the car he waa driving crashed Into a mall box and fence on federal roaJ 224 de- , ‘our near Peterson. Ho stated that I an oncoming car forced him off the road. He was cut and bruited.

Krick-Tyndall Tile Mill To Be Rebuilt; Construction To Start By First Os September

NAZIS ASSERT SITUATION IS MORE SERIOUS Inspired Nazi Press Continues To Dwell On “Atrocities” By United Press Germany's quarrel with Poland reached the stage today of a violent ' press campaign against Peltate "ati rarities" on Germans nad Naxl warnings that settlement of th--Danxlg problem is now possibly ■ matter of days. The most significant attack wan contained In the Essen National Zeltung. personal organ of Fie'd Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering. Nail No. 2. which stated that "The Polish government la no longer tn position to control the situation in ' after Silesia." The Implication was that the Raich will have to protect the German minority In the Polish province. The inspired press, under screaming headline* stressed also the "tsrrorlsm" against the G*lWsaa Danxlg majority and Indicited that II migbt be necessary for Germany to Intervene. No hint was given as to the na tore of the “Intervention" Poland professed to be undaunted : by the German attacks. The Polish 'press and political quarters declared Poland will fight It attacked, or If there Is violence in Danxlg. J There was every Indication that Britain and France are determined to tight with Poland if Danxlg la 1 M-tsed by force. The danger of a ■■neral war thu* dei>end .>d on whether Germany maintains her adamant demand for the return of Danxlg and the Polish corridor without compromise, and Polant holds to her steadfast refusal to surrender either. Point wws given to Britain's attitude when she started tbe final drafting of a binding mlLtany alliance with Poland, replacing the ixunporary guarantee given after (he dismemberment of Cxechoslovakia. Then (last March 31) Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announc ed: , "In the event of any actl.m which clearly threatened Polish independence. and which the Polish govern- , ment accordingly considered It vital to resist with their nation*! forces, his majesty's government would feel themselves bound at once to lend the Polish government all support in their power." The proposed new pact is much more specific and binding. As reported In London, it would be effective for five years. It would con•era not only direct but Indirect aggression against Poland, that la an attack on neighboring states j which Poland would consider a nv-nare to h*r security. i Also. It was stated. Britain would 1 give an unprecedented gnarante* ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIREkT HEARING DATES SET Bf BOARD Hearing August 22 For Appropriations Asked By Townships Dates for hearing of two townships for additional uppraprlaitlotu have been set by th* atatc board of tax commissioners, according to word received todoy by county auditor Victor H. Eicher. The hearing on the additional appropriation of 5i.418.01 aa sougnt bv Hartford township for repairs, supplies and tuition has been net for 1 o'clock Tuesday. August 21. according to a letter re--elved by auditor Debar. The request was made by trustee John H. Duff and the township advisory board A hearing on th* additional ap- ’ piopriatlon of SBoo sought by Jefferson township tor the tepair of ' the school building was net tor 1:30 : p. m. on the name date. The Rev. Frank Johnson in trus- : trios Jefferson township, which lx i seeking approval of this appropriation.

PLANNING WEEK OF RECREATION Recreation Department Plans Full Week Os Activities Starting Monday morning, Aug■ust 20. to Saturuay. August 2d. inclusive. the WPA re«-reation de- . partment has planned a recreation week at Worthman Held Everyone In Invited to attend and participate In the different activities that have been going on through the summer months. All the activities will be under the direct supervision of the recreation deiwrtment. Thursday. August 24. a model airplane exhibition will be held at Worthman held at 1 p. m. The model planes have been built by boys at the recreation craft shop and they will demonstrate the flying ability of their different planes. Dowell M. Singer, recreation -raft leader, will be in charge of this event. Friday. August 25. will be field day at Worthman field. An allstar baseball game made up of players from the Lkmq Recreation league will be held at 8:30. During the day there will be a playground tenia tournament open to all high school students, both boys and girls: a horseshoe tournament open to hoys between 13 and 17 years of age; and a table tennla ‘ tournament open to boys between 13 and 17 years of age. All persons wishing to enter In these different tournaments should see Gerald Zimmerman, Carl Roberts or Dowell Ringer. Softball, croquet and other games will be organised tor the younger children. Friday evening a hike and welner roast for the boys will be held at Hanna Nuttman park Each boy Is asked to bring ten cents to take care of expenses for food. This group will start from Worthman Field at* 5:30 Friday afternoon. DR. BEN DUKE TALKS TU CLUB Physician Speaks To Rotarians On Recent Trip To Mexico Dr. Ben Duke, local physician who returned recently from a trip to Mexico, presented an intereating discourse on the points of Interest visited, at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Dr. Duke spoke of the many various places of interest during hla stay In the old country, and showed a large number of pictures taken of these points. The speaker also displayed a number of articles, manufactured In Mexico, including shoes, san dais, blankets, baskets, and many other articles. All these articles exhibited wer.- made by hand. In addition to the article mentioned above. Dr. Duke also showed a hand tooled man's leather billfold and ladles handbag, and works of art done by the natives «f the country. In conclusion. Dr Duke described his experiences and reaction to Mexico's national sport, the bull fight, which he attended on the final day of hla stay In Mexico | Arthur E Voglewede. manager of the National Five mid Ten Cent Stores, waa Introduced aa a new (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIHKK)' Report Local Man On Miftiinir List Police authorities reported today that members of the family had appealed to them to aid In the search lor Charles Fletcher, local factory • nglneer. missing from his home since Thursday noon. Late today he had not hern located. Large Puff Ball Found On Farm Albert Gage, well known farmer who lives on U- 8. rood 31. soutnevat of Decatur, brought In one Os the largest puff balls ever growa in Adams County. It waa nearly two feet In diameter" Mr. Cage do nated It to a local person.

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Mill Destroyed By Fire in April Os ID3B To Be Rebuilt At Once; Operate Soon. CHEERING NEWS J Leo Child of Findlay. Ohio, i chairman of the b«>ard of directora of the Krick-Tyndall Tile company of thia city, today authorised Dan H Tyndall, secretary-treaanr-er, to announc- that negotiations have bren <-<>mpl>-t»d for the rebuilding of the tile factory, which was destroyed by fire in April. 1838. Const ruction work will be underway by the first of the month. Mr. Tyndall stated, and plana call for plant operations to begin within 60 to days following rehabilitation activities A modern, efficient plant will be built. The disastrous fire which gutted the molding and drying buildings, did not damage the kilns or the boiler rooms and these units can be utilised in the general reconstruction of the factory. The more modern type plant will in no way lessen the number of men to be employed In the mill, aa the company will operate under the new federal wage and hour law. which next October reduces the number of hours of employment to 42 per week. When plant production reaches full capacity. 100 tons of drain tile will be produced and It Is estimated that from 75 to 100 men will be employed In the plant and yards. It will be one of the largest and most modern tile factories in the state. Financial details with the reconstruction finance corporation, through the Chicago office of th* federal governmental agency, have ■II been disposed of and only a short time will l>e required to put men to work In clearing the dehria and start rebuilding operations. Mr Tyndall stated The announcement that it has lieeii definitely derided to rebuild the plant will be received with genuine enthusiasm in this city and appreciated beyond word by the several score, men who were thrown out of work when the factory was ruined by fire. Last fall, the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, as a gesture of goodwill u> local Industry and to help in the financial plan to rebuild the factory, raised lIu.OOO in cash •übacriptlona. including a pledge of 22.000 from former employes, who agreed Io donate one days pay every pay day The money waa largely raised In cash and the entire fund la held tn trust by a committee representing the Chamber of Commerce and !■ on deposit in the First State Rank It will Ire paid to the company In keeping with the agreement made at the time when local cttlxena volunteered to help to rehabilitate the Industry. This agreement provides that the fund shall be paid to the tile factory company when the plant la rebuilt The Krick-Tyndall factory la located on the south aide of Patterson street, between Eighth and Tenth streets The Pennsylvania rallntad tracks form the east boundary line and awltch tracks (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) BOARD TO HOLD SPECIAL MEET CommiNNionent To Meet August 29 To Receive Bids A special meeting of the Adams county commissioners will be held Tuesday. August 28 to receive blds for the furnishing of Items for the county Infirmary, county auditor Victor H. Eicher has announced The blds will he opened at o'clock In the court house. Blds will be received on a new gas cook stove, the stove to have not leas than 10 burners and one that will b* suitable for use In the inmate'* kitchen of the county Infirmary. tn determining the beat bld th* board will take into consideration th* coat and mean* of procuring fuel to operate, the Hove proposed to be furnished. At the same time the board will receive blds for the fumiehlag of two and one-half tone of commercial fertiliser, to be delivered to