Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1939 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A I) AM S COU NT Y

ASSIGNMENT OF TEACHERS GIVEN Assignment Os Public School Teachers Is An- • nounced Today The aaaignment nf teacher* in the public- cM-hool* of the city of Decatur was announced today hy Waller J. Krick, city school superintendent. Aaalgnmenta were made recent- 1 ly by Mr. Krick and the nchool hoard member* R. K Momma. Carl C. Pumphrey and Joneph A Hunter. . Mr*. Angie Macy will again ( nerve a* aecretary Io the superintendent and Mra. Glenya Kern a* secretary to W Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur jiinloreetifor high school Only three teacher* for three clanaea will be employed again thia year outside of the two larger M-hoola. the Junior-senior high and the Lincoln nchool. formerly the Decatur high school The teacher* and the subject* which they will teach follow: South Ward Eva Acker. Prin. first grade; Effie Patton, second grade; Gladys Chamberlain, third grade. Lincoln School Elizabeth Peterson, first grade; Mary Myers, first grade: Della Sellemeyer. second grade; Nelle Winne*. second grade; Florence Haney, third grade; Bertha Bunner. third grade. John R. Parrish, fourth grade. Matilda Hellemeycr. fourth grade. Fifth, Si sth Grade* Bryce Thoma*. Principal and arithmetic; Grace ('offee. writing and language. Margaret Moran, spelling and art; Edward Jaberg. arithmetic, a&tial science; Electa Oliver, reading and hygiene Junior-Senior High W. Guy Brown. Principal, sociology; Harry Dailey, physic* and mathematics: Lowell J Smith, social science. Sylvester Everhart, health and physical education; R. :A. Adam* science and mathematic*: Sigurd Anderson commercial. Vaughn Millikan, commercial and English. Deane Dorwin history and public speaking. Elisabeth 1 Frlainger. Latin aud English; Eloise Lew ton. English; Harold Mumma. English; Amo* Ketchum, manual training and mechanical drawing; Helen Haubold. music; Kathryn Kauffman, art; Eleanor Pumphrey, physical training (girls 1; Hugh Andrews, mathematics. physical training tboyst; Mildred Worthman. home economics; 'Dennis Eltey. librarian and history; Albert Sellemeyer. band TO SHIP 1840 PLATES SOON Indiana Auto License Plates To Be Shipped Here Soon A shipment of IH<> Indian* auto I license plates for distribution in Adams county Is eipected lit the local license bureau soon. Nathan C. Nelson, license bureau manager announced today A total of 4.100 sets I* expected to ba shipped to the tocal bureau for sale to passenger car owners of the county. Mis* Betty Macklin, license bureau employe staled. The numbers 011 the plate* will . run from 478.801 to 4112.700. accord ing to information from the Mata. Truck plates to be placed on sale here will range in number from TK4.861 to T 55.050. All of the plates will be placed on sale about December 10, a* I* customary. It was predicted The plate* for nest year will ' have aluminum colored numeral* (CONTINUED ON PAGE MXt 0 Recreation Week Activity Results The American league all-star* In the Lions Recreation league defeat- ' «d the National repteaentstive*. 4-2 Friday. Wlnnera in the playground tonni* tourney were; boya’ single*. Rich W’alters; girl*' single*. Patrt--1 cla Barling; 'boy*' doubles, Rich Walters and Robett Kuhnle. Herb Welker won the lioraeshoe tournament and Robert Kuhnle the table tennis tourney. All these I event* were part of recreation week, directed by the WPA recrea--1 Hon department. Ohio Resident Dies I j At Local Hospital 1 ■ _■ Ray Frislnger. 61. Mend in. Ohio, died at the Adams county memorial hospital at 10:45 o'clock this morning He had been a patient at the I local hospital for three week*. The 1 body was taken to the D,ck and jFisher funeral home al Meadou.

Poland’s IJiji Three” in Europe's Present ( risis Bl W f i IIM fenr? B © is n e- t 11 i & ‘•kt. ■ ■ j? 1 Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz President Ignsce Moscicki Col. Josef Beck Here are three Polish leader* In the current crisis. I the army and "*trong man" in the nation Col. iguace .Mosr icki is the president of Poland Mar- I Josef Beck is the foreign minister, key man In the *hal Edward Smlgly-Rydz of | present crisis

ESTIMATES OF : COUNTY FUNDS Officials Expect Over $250,000 In Funds Other Than Taxes Adam* county official* are anticipating *251.*53 from fund* de-I rived other than from taaation of property, according to the estimates in the (412.337 budget to he nought for IM#. Largest source of other fund* la money to be received from the ■late and federal government* The *99.610 proponed county (highway budget hy law. muat all Ibe paid by fund* given the county from gasoline taxea. collected by the atate. In the budget proposed by the county welfare department. *38.486 la to be asked from property taxation. Moat of the remainder is to come from the atate collection of groan income taxes 'and the payments made by the .federal government. A small amount is anticipated from other aonrcea, such as returns from estates of deceased recipients of assistance. County Revenue The budget for county revenue proposed at *173.332 in to he obtained chiefly from property taxation A stint of *64.665 in anticipated from other sources, which ! Include payments by the state from Intangible* taxea. payments ,i made by Institutions, fees of officers. and various refunds made to I the county. 1 The proposed *B.son county bond budget is to be raised all by property taxation. However, only »?.- 'I 218 la proposed to be raised by n the three-cent tax rate, due to the fact that an additional tent would ' i raise too much. Couny Valuation The valuation of the county la i 124.063.X75 and each one cent of tax rate will raise *2.405. lean a < small amount In delinquent taxea. The amount to be raised by taxes and the amount proposed never In , the same In the budgets, due to i the fact that the nearest onv-cent rate is figured. No fraction of a cent rates are made In this county , due to the complication of figuring I ' taxes A table la published below, which shows how the budgets are estimated and how It Is expected to 1 be rained The first Volum in the i ' amount of the proposed budget 1 > The second column shown how i much la anticipated from sources ’ • othe rthan direct taxes. The third . column shows the mount proponed | to be raised by the proposed tax i ' levies. r 1940 Proposed Budgets Raised County Other by tax Revenue Budget sources levy j I Co. revenue 172.332 64.685 127.465 • Welfare ... 131.695 91.715 31.456 | i CO. bonds 5.500 none 7,216 'Co highway 99.610 95.455 none I —' | Totals.. *412,337 261,836 173,187

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Aukusl 26, IH3H.

Scouts Reach Camp Friday Afternoon The delegation of 26 Boy Scouts I and seven adults, which left here Thursday for a week’s ouLi.g at the Straits in northern Michigan i arrived safely, according to a wire received here late Friday after noon Adulta in charge of the trip agreed to Inform the newspaper , upon their arrival, so that parents land relatives might know they arrived safe and sound. The party arrived about 3:30 pm Friday LOCAL SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT. 5 Public Schools Open Sept. 5; Registration Next Week Preliminary plana for the opening of school here September 5. and registration dates for members of the various .lasses of the Decatur junior-senior high school were announced today hy W. Guy Brown, school principal Registration dates were set aside by Mr. Biown as follows; Monday. August 28. seniors; Tuesday. juniors; Wednesday, no registration because of institute; Thursday. sophomores und Friday, freshmen Hours of 9 a. m. to 13 o'clock noon and 1 p m until 4 p. m will lie observed on the four days Registration will be done in the offices of Mr. Brown. Members of the seventh and the eighth grades classes of the junior high school will leglster Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. The complete curricula of the 1 Decatur junior-senior school, emI bracing 38 subjects.- and an Invitation to students to attend the school is published elsewhere In today's edition of the Daily DemoI erat. - <tA. B. C. Bus Lines Add New Coaches The A. B C. Coach Lines. Inc., have purchased a number oi ultra- | modern, rear-engine streamline liuki that will lie placed on regular schedule service over the route from South Bend-Klkhart-Goshen-. Ligonier-Churubusco • Fort Wayne-Decatur-Berne • Geneva • PortlandI Winchester • Richmond connecting with the Cincinnati gtn way to all | polnta south and southeast. Thia equipment Is the latest tie- ‘ velopement In rear-engine coaches, giving an extremely quiet and I smooth ride The seats are of : sponge rubber and of the nighi back, reclining type, upholstered 1 In mohair ■ During the next few days they will be taken along the line and I opened for inspection of the public at the depots along th* route, after which they will be placed In service before the Labor Day weekend.

NATIONS ORDER LINERS RETURN Nations Order All Merchant Ships Return Home At Once , New York. Aug 26 (UP* —■ . Orders calling all merchant ships home were believed today to have turned th* North German Lloyd liner Bremen shout at sea. two days .mt of Cherbourg. France, and started her to Germany with almost 1,700 Americans. No word had been re.-rlv.-d from the liner but the operators here said they were "hopeful but doubtful" that she was continuing towaid the I'nlted States. All hut , a few of the passengers were Americans trying to get home The recall of German and Its! lan ships caused confusion . throughout the seas at the height of the returning tourist season It caught every large German passenger ship out of German ports British Htypi* also were being tak- , en out of service, presumably to he held in readiness for troop transport The German liner Hansa was Cherbourg when recalled She started home at once canceling the trip to Southampton where she was to have picked up 56 passengers for New York The puaaenCowes Roads from Southampton gers had boarded a tender out to and waited two hours in vain for the Hansa The Bremen's sister ship. Eurupu. is at sea. eastbound. The St Louts was scheduled to sail (CONTINUBD ON PAGE TWO! GARDEN WTO SPONSOR SHOW Children’s Flower Show To Be Sponsored Here Next Week ' | The Deratin' Garden blub will .: sponsor a children's flower show. . which will be held at the cast en- . trance of the gymnasium in the new - high school building Thursday. Aug- •! ust 31. • I The school children, given seed* t thia spring by the club, are asked I: lo faring mixed bouquet entries. The entries are to be made from 8 lo I l * . o'clock Thursday morning. Children ire to furnish their own containers. I Competent Judges will he pror vided and the flowers will be judged between the hours of 10 and 12 I o'clock. At 12 noon the flower show vlll be open to the public and will r continue open until 9 p. m. I The flower judging committee In- > eludes the Mesdamea Dick .McCon- . nell. John T Myers, Ivan Stucky. • Floyd Arnold. Charles Belneke, N. A. Bixler. W. E. Smith and Delton ' Fais-water. 4

Europe Sways Precariously Between Peace, War; Hitler Makes Offer Os Negotiation

F. D. R. MAKES SECOND APPEAL TO AVERT WAR ('aides Second Appeal To Hitler: Canada Asks For Peace Washington. Aug. 28 - (U.R) j President Roosevelt put war or peace squarely up to Adolf Hitler today by asking him to follow Poland's example and agree to com|tose German-Polish difference* peaceably. The president cabled hl* new appeal to Hitler last night, hi* second within 24 hour*. He informed him that President Ignacy Mosciki of Poland had agreed to nettle the controversy by direct negotiation or conciliation. In urgent terms, he asked Hitler to accept, too. "The Polish government Is willing • • • to agree to solve the controversy which ha* arisen between the republic of Poland and the German relch by direct negotiation or through the process of conciliation." Mr. Roosevelt cabled Hitler "Counties* human live* can yet he saved. • • • All the world pray* that Germany, too. will accept.” The president dispatched hi* new appeal immediately upon receipt of a message from Moscicki accepting the terms of a proposal which was sent simultaneously to him and to Hitler by Mr. Roosevelt Thursday night. "I have this hour received from the president of Poland a reply to a message which I addressed to your excellency and to him last night.” President Roosevelt said to Hiller. <4K He then repealed textualy the message he had had from Mos< ickl that Poland ha* "always consider- ' ed direct negotiation* between governments a* the most appro- < CONTI NI ED ON PAGE BtX> SEEK TO SEHLE MUNCIE STRIKE Walkouts In Detroit And Racine. Wis„ Are Abo Threatened Muncie, Ind.. Aug, 28 —(VPIi Negotiation* were resumed today to i settle the three week* old strike at J he Warner Gear company, a BotsWarner corporgtlon unit, a* two ad- . ditlona! walkouts in Detroit and ; Rgcine. Wls.. were threa'cned bv . "te United Automobile worker* - i(V<>i I'nion. Union official* said that unless I the Muncie dispute is settled, i strike* will be called Tuesday st the ■ Itetrolt Gear company and the Nash motor company of Racine. Wl*. A Chicago official of the Borg- • Warner corporation arrived here to I day and was to confer with member* of the Union's bargaining committee. A horizontal wage Increese for non-product lon workers of ths company is the only point at iaaue, all other union demands having been met In previous discussions, I Studebaker and Dodge plant* have bten forced to halt production through lack of parts which were made at the Warnet Gear tomptiny. It also was learned today that the Ford Motor Company I* nrepanng 1 to move its tools and dies from plants here to begin manu'acture of I:* own truck transmission*. 1 a— C*. E. Works To Close Labor Day Holiday Neil Currie, Jr., manager of the , Fort Wayne and Decatur works of I the General Electric company. l4b , day announced that plant* In both ( cities will be dotted on Monday, ! September 4. in observance of ' Laltor Day. Berne Gospel Team To Lead Services 1 The gospel team from the Berne Mennonile church will conduct - morning and evening service* Hun- * day at the Pleasant View Baptist . church at Wren, O. They will con- . duct the service* In the absence l of the pastor, Rev ll.tiold A Al | lent.

REDUCTION IN TAX LEVY FOR CITY SCHOOLS Proposed 1910 Budxet ( alls For Decrease Os One (’ent The city Mcbnol board today l»e---came the only unit making tax levies, applicable to the city of Decatur, which is proposing a decrease in taxes for l»4o The ratethe school hoard I* to ask for taxes next year i* SI.IS on the 5100. a* compared to the 51.14 rate now in effect The slate tax levy of 16 cent* : is the only other rate in which an Increase i* not proposed tor next year. It Is to remain the *ame at , 15 cents. . The proposed budget for next year total* |t»3.O4* 44. divided a* follows: Special: 532.34k.29 < Include* maintenance of building*. *upplle*. etc.); tuition fund. 553.*42 <includes pay of teachers); bond fund. 56.*55.15 (payment of principal and interest on bonds for new Junior-senior high school). Included in the anticipated Income of the school*, not including property tax. is 527,145 to be received from the state from gross Income, common school fund, congressional school fund, excise tax fund and intangible tax fund Another source of anticipated Income is 51.700 from the sale of the lot owned by the city school* on First street to the Moose lodge. However. selling ex|>en*<> on this lot is estimated at between 5300 and 54<>o because of an expensive quiet title suit now in litigation. The check for the sale of the lot ha* been posted and the contract made, hut the city has not yet iteen able t odeliver tiecause of its guarantee of a free title. This will be acconipllshed when court open* in September. The school lioard this year is faced with a depleted balant-e in its special school fund, which thia year is only 53.594 97. as compared to about 510,000 a year ago. Thl* was caused by the necessary expense m connection with the used of the new building. Additional shelves, cupboard*, landscaping and a number of expense*, which were not originally expected. were necessary during the last I year. School board members said that If It were not for thl*. it I* probable the proposed budget* would have been decreased even more. The bond payments this year are lower than they were hi the last budget, because only two payment* will be necessary. In the last budget three payments were provided at semi-annual period* In the proposed budget, the spec(CONTINUED <>N PAGE HIX) o Former Adams County Man Named Principal Paul H Rpuller. former resident ot near this city, has been named principal of the Justin N Stilly school at Fort Wayne. The appointment was made by Merle J. Aldiett. city school superintendent there. Mr Rpuller formerly taught in the Berne school* and at the Harrison Hill school in Fort Wayne for the past two year*. O’ Funeral Sunday For Lad Killed By Truck Funeral services will be held Bunday afternoon for Richard Lee Brown, Ik-months-old non nf Mr. and Mrs Clifford Brown of near Monroe, who was killed Instatitly Friday morning when he fell under the wheel* of it truck driven by hl* father. Service* will la- held at the Union U. B. church, aoutheiiat of Monroe, at 1 p. m. CRT. with Rev. Bragg officiating. But lai will lain the Ray cemetery west ot Monroe. - i ■■ e ■ - ~ TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 9:00 a. m 06 11:00 a. m 71 10:00 am,„. 70 WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; Little change In ternj perature.

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sew aMSBWWIIMM Britain And France See Slight Glimmer of Hope In Message Sent From Hitler. ( ALL TROOPS By United Press Europe swayed precariously be. , tween peace and war today Britain and France saw a glimmer of hope In a message which Adolf Hitler sent to Britain, -nahittg new proposals Hitler :tp|.ar--ntly has offered to negotiate — but on his own terms. A* Neville Henderson, the Brit, ish ambaasadot. flew from B-lln to London with the message. Hit. ler was exchanging secret message* with Premier Benito MusMolini and caleld thousand* moro army reservist* to the color*. Th- German railway* announced that from tomorrow, civilian* will have no right tn demand ticket* and if they have ticket*, arrival nt their destination cannot be guaranteed Shipment of prlvu'e and no time limit for delivery will K<M>d* on railway* will be limited lie given. The nation* nparred warily, each looking for an opening. Constant conferences were in progress. Hitler talked steadily with his most trusted men and held an open telephone line io Dansig. keeping in touch with Albert Forster, the Nazi fuehrer of the fretcity. Premier Edouard Daladier con. ferred with the British. American and French ambassadors and wi;h hi* chief adviser* The frontier between France and Italy was r»ported closed aud was heavily KUaid-d at the Alpine passes in lamdon. Henderson delive cd Hitler's message to hi* government. and hurried conferences 1 were held at the foreign office and Prime Minister Neville Chamb-.-lain's office It was reported an emergency cabinet seaaion had been called Hitler was expected to address a meeting of the highest N a x| leaders in the Kroll opera house, which is us--d for meetings of the reichstag. However, it was denied that the reichstag itself had tarn summoned. It was believed Hitler might await a quick answer from London to his message before tnaki.ic the speech. Tension along the Polish-German and the Polish-Danzig frontiers InI creased Danzig reported that the Poles had shot and fatally w< unded two German storm troopers within Danzig territory. The Pole* said Danzig storm troo-w-r*. in occupying a railway station, (Continued on page twuT" Crisis In Brief ißy United Pr<-*st London: British ambassador to Germany arrive* with proposal* from Hitl*r; peace hope gleams faintly while hundreds of German* rush home. Berlin; Tan* of thousands more reservists called to color* and railroad* choked with them; Hitler'* message to British first called "peace” proposal* then just proposal*. Roms: Mussolini receives two message* from Hitler and he replies to on*; Italian prat* aee* “amall opening of light." Washington: Roosevelt put* war and peace up to Hitler; having received Polish pretident'* pledge to negotiate, he •eke Hitler again for hi* pledge. Crlatobal. C. Z.: Bis British cruiser* stand off Atlantic terminus of Panama Canal, preeumably intending to Intercept German commercial ship* if war atart*. Waraaw: Flret German eoldler killed on Polieh eoll. Parte: Italian* cloe* French frontier; French have thou*and* of toldier* guarding their aide. Moecow: British and French military mlaaion* leave for home. New York: Rueb of German merchant chip* for eecurlty of home port* begin*. Quebec: Canadian authorities seize German ship, master on theft charge; he tried to leave without unloading a Canadian's cargo. Tokyo: Cabinet reshuffle forecast; premier, foreign minlater, war minister, slated to ( resign.