Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1939 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A I) AMS COUNTY

J. T. Merryman, Wife Celebrate Anniversary Former Judge and Mra. J. T. Merryman, prominent Deratnr realilenta marked tturlr dl«t wedding | a mlveraary today. | Judge Merryman, Decamr'a flrat mayor, and hla wile were married here and have reak'ed m thia city , ever alnce. The occaalon way oul.’tly eommemotated with the couple receiving well wtehea from friend* and relative*. NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Ed Bauer And Other American Legion Officers Installed Ed Bauer waa Inatailed aa commander of Adama poet number 43 of the American Legion at the regular meeting Monday night at the Legion home In thia city. Commander Bauer and other offleera were Inatailed by V. J Bormann. retiring commander and now commander of the fourth dlatrlct Other officer* are- Edgar Yoder, flrat vlce-cbmmander; t'harle* Weber. «econd vice-commander: Tillman Gehrig, adjutant; William Unit, finance officer; V. J. Bor mann. Joe Laurent and A. J Baker. executive committee; Ralph E. Roop, truatee for three year*. One hundred men attended the meeting. Including ten from Convoy. Ohio, and aeveral from Fort Wayne Homer A. Smith of Convoy. eecond dlatrlct commander of Ohio; Carl Graham, of Fort Wayne, former northern vice-commander, and Ed Erneat. Fort Wayne, fourth dlatrlct memberahip chairman, ■poke briefly Memberahlp of the local Legion poat waa announced as j«.i night, and official* expect a memberahlp of Sun by Arm lathe Dey A dellcioua chicken dinner waa aerved at the cloae of laat night* meeting. * Appointment* for the year aa announced by Commander Bauer are aa folowa: Service officer. Raymond Kohne; chaplain. Ben Lang; hlatorian. Joe Uurent: aerveent at arm*. Elmer Ihirwachter; athletic committee. Hwtaert ( m oron Paul Briede. Chrl Miea; boy* alate. H V. Anrand. Joe Laurent. Clyde Bulter; child welfare. C. E Striker. Emma Lankenau. Roy Girod. Americanlam. Ralph E Roop; employment officer. A. B. KleUiheni: membership chairman. Edgar Yoder; Son* of the Legion. Ed Jaberg. Carl Strick-1 ter. Walter Ryff. publicity officer. | David Adam*, poppy chairman. Joe Raah: C M T. C chairman James K. Staley; grave* regiatration. Leo Eblnger; county ifiemberahlp. Albert Miller Safety committee, county. Frank Unlger, Decatur. Clem Kortenber; Pleaaant Milla. Glen Mann; Berne. Harve Reteen. Geneva. Harold Mat- , lox. Preble. Victor Hoffman. Magley. George Gerber; Monroe. (CONTINUED TSTpaG H FIV K 7~ 1111 • 11 11 New Pleasant Mills Pastor Is Appointed Rev. Robert J. Johnson ha* been ai pointed paator of the Pleasant. Mill* and Salem Methodist churche* to succeed the late Rev. Alva Burr, who was killed Jun» • when struck by aa automobile In Pleaaant Mill*. Rev. John«on will *»aume hl* | new paatorate Sunday, coming from the HdM>* and Aroma ehnrebun. TEACHERS HERE FOR INSTITUTE Annual County Institute To Be Held Wednesday. Thursday All teacher* of Adam* county pnbllc school* will gather here WedI n>-aday for the annual teacher*' In stltute to be hold at the Lincoln ••bool, corner Fifth and Adam* ■treet*. Dr. Karl O. Bolander of the Co!'iftthti* Art Center at Couimbu*. Ohio and Dr Clyde E. Wildman, president of DnPauw university at Greencastle will be the »peaker* at , the convention. Charle* Ronlnger aaalatant aupervteot of vocational rehabilitation. . will also appear before tha teacher* 11* * r*pre*entative of the atata department of education. The program wli' b««ln at »:80 o'clock tomorrow morning and will continue throughou' the day. All ivai-hora ar* required to attend. Elementary taachtra will meet ptffaln tomorrow morning at » IO and high *chool teacher* Oil meet jWiMneeday afternoon at 1 o'clock.

CUSTOM AGENTS SEARCH GERMAN. LIHER BREMEN J . Search Ciant Liner For Alleged “Implements Of _ W 2? r ” New York. Aug 29 — tup) — I Cusiom* agent*, searching every 1 Inch of the giant liner Bremen, dlailosed today that they had delayed the Bailing of the North German Lloyd liner to determine whether it was carrying ''implements of war proscribed by preal- i dentlal proclomatlon " The aearch. unprecedented on, shipa of the luxury liner clise. seemed certain to delay the departure of the Bremen until afternoon although line official* had emergency order* from Berlin to speed off without passeng.-rs by | three A M today, hour* ahead of schedule As a squad of agents went o ’er the liner it was learned that 17 passengers rounded up by unmlgratkin officials and taken tc Hila Island In taxicab* were lintni grant* undergoing routine extmiuation and that they had no connection with the inspection of the liner That agents were looking tor war materials was disclosed by assistant collector of the po-t Greg- i ory O'Keefe, who earlier bad commented "You've heard of privateering j haven't you*" Police guarded the North German Lloyd line pier. Armed coaat guard and poller boats lay m the stream near the Bremen duting the search The Cunard liner Aqnltanla, carrying 1.4U0 passengers, moat of them Americana fleeing thv war xonea. arrived during, the morning after a trip under aimulat -d war * conditions Blackouts were ordered and no radio communication was permitted* from the ship, the captain even confiscated small (CONTINUED ON PAOR RtVEI COUNTY BOARD MAKES AWARD Commissioners Award Contracts For Infirmary Supplies E C. Rtucky of Geneva was awarded the contract tor tu'niahlaj a stove tor the county infirmary at * special meeting of the county commissioner* held thl* morning in the court house. Mr. Stucky entered a bld of 4310.74 The commlsaloner* stated •hat hi* stove wa* accepted, because It wa* a heiry du'y stov-,' weight'd 400 pound* more '.han the nearest atove In comparrlson and met the requirement* of the inatltu'lon more fully than those *u*>tntiled by the other bidder*. The Schafer Hardware Co. entered a bld of llffii and the America-! Gsa company one of *338 25. Bid* of the Lee Hardware were not considered the board stated because Iprteoa ware quoted F. O. B factory instead of Installed Only one hid waa submitted to the board on the furnishing of two and one-half ton* of commercial ’ermixer. The contract waa given to J. E. Scott of Union township un hi* bld of 137 IP per ton. Comml*•loner* Frank Unlger. Mosea Aug*burger and Phil Strahm wl’h Auditor Victor H. Eicher and Henry B. Holter county attorney, attinded the jpeclal aeaslon. Holiness Association Meets This Weekend The monthly meeting of the Ad*m* county holinl** asaoclatlon will 1 be held fteturday and Sunday evening*. September 2 and 3 and In tho Taiirrnacle at Monroe. Leia McConnell and workers from the Kentucky Mountain* will be the speaker*. The public |* Invited to thl* meeting. i o — Henry County Jury To Probe Slaying New Castle. Ind., Aug. J»—(UP) —The Henry county grand jury will l*>vr*tigMe Sept, tl a murder charge filed against Clayton Booher in connection with th* death of Roy Wray during a dispute at a WPA projuct here July 31. Prosecutor Loring Niles Indlcsted today. Booher was charged with shooting Wrsy during sn agrument at the project. Three witnesses were listed by Niles. Booher surrendeiied st police headquarters Immed- - lately after the •hooting

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday, August 2H, 1959.

Nazi Propaganda for Danzig - -- -- - —■ —mca iiiw " " ■" Thl* map wa* one of two contained In brightly-colored folder* which 1 have arrived In the United State* poatmarked fniiti Dauxlg. the map show* how the Polish corridor separate* East Prussia from the rest of Germany In one corner of the map were opinion* on the corridor by the Poles and by Hitler himself. Hitler's opinion read "Let us settle : the matter in peace; all Germany aaka for Is a road and a railway " The Poles opinion read: "Besldea the corridor we want East Prussia and the whole Baltic c<mst up to Stettin!"

MILK HANDLING IS REGULATED Wallace Issues Order Affecting Chicago Marketing Area Washington. Ang 29 — (UJO # Secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace leaned a federal order today regulating the handling of milk in the Chicago marketing area effective Sept. 1. Agriculture department official* said that the order will not fix the price charged consumer* for milk but that “there I* nothing in th > order that would justify any increase in the present reported retail price of 11 cent* per quart." Agricultural department officials said that the order had been approved. 11.381 to <99. In a referendum In which lllinoia. Wlacsm sin, Indiana, and Michigan dairymen supplying Chicago voted. The order parallels lh* term* of • marketing agreement which will through presidential be<ome effective aintultaneously , through presidential approval *in<« fewer than So per con tof the handlers signed the agreement. The agreement and order will | establish federal control for the marketing of S.iMO.Whi poun I- of milk daily In Chicago. Evanston. Gleocon, Kenilworth. Wilmette and . Winnetka. Chicago suburb* Wallace appointed N J. Clad.iki la of Waahington. D. C« a* ma.ket administrator Cladski* ha* been a marketing apecialiat with the AAA for tho past six year*, moat of the time aa a field representative In milk production and milk marketing area*. The Chicago order classifies milk according to use Into three classes and establishes minimum prices (CONTINUED ON PAOB FtVBI " —- in. — Carl Berber Rites Thursday Morning Funeral service* for Carl Berger, 3.1. nephew of Mr*. George Tester of this city, who died Monday from l<|juriea received while operating a -•ad machine near Flint, Michigan, will be held Thuraday morning a* . the Bunker Hill Catholic church In Danville. Michigan. Mra. Tester, her two sons and Loretta Hackman will attend the service.-.

American Newsman’s Wife | Tells Os Plight In Berlin

(Editor's note Dorothy Ovchsnet, wife of Frederick Oechsuer. , United Prana news manager tor central Europe, describes In the following dispatch the plight of a housewire In Germany under the new ration card system, which la applicable to foreign as well as native residents.! Ry Dorothy Oechaner. (Written for the VP,I Berlin. Aug !•—<U»-A spec ial permit la now required to have a pair of shoes repaired In Germany. I saw two girls standing at the door of a shoe store asking all who entered whether they had their ration cards with them. I stopped at dvo fllllng stations and couldn't buy gasoline. Our regulation station hadn't a drop Thirty-two of Its men Including three foremen had been called to the colors. There is a great rush to buy up materials not yet restricted. By S a. tn., there are long queues in front of stores and although there was no panic, policemen were called to several stores yesterday because of the congestion. Rome | stores closed voluntarily until the

Adams County Pupil Honored At Purdue Lafayette. Ind.. Aug. 3*--Wlltteffi J. Borns of Decatur waa the only student from Adam* county to achieve the distinguished Student" honor for high grsde* at Purdue Vntreraity dnrlng the second semes ter of the itaM-39 academic year, {•resident Edward C. El'lott announced today. Mr. Born* was a fi‘sbman In engin'ering and wav one of 423 to receive grad** that av-' c.-aged "A" or better. Thl* *cbolastlc attainment will mean x 33U rr- . fund on aemeater fee* for each t honor atudent returning to the Utti- , veialty for further atudy. There , I were 5.51" students cnrolle-l in Pur- ' duo University during tho second . *cme*ter. AQUATIG MEET FRIDAY NIGHT Annual Water Carnival 1 At Municipal Pool Friday Ni«ht * I Th* complete program tor tha -innual aquatic carnival *• the city i swimming pool, which will be held - F. iday night at 7:30 o'clock was announced today by Marion Frasei. , j pool supervisor. I i Approxlcstely en’rtM have I been received to date. The follow- - Ing division* have been mad* for ■ the event* to secure mo e equal participation and mure closely contested races: beginner*, sig to Bin* ' yenrs; swimmer*. 10 to 12 ye*rs; i junior*. 13 and 14 year* *nd senior* 13 year* and over. A champion will be *e|e’!ed from : the junior boy*, senior boy* and gir<* division* on a basis of point*. 1 scqred five, three and two for flrat, second and third place*, respective ’y. An exhibition will also be give-i •n swimming and diving by a group of companions from Fort Wayne. Che progrnm of event*: 36-yar-| , tree style for beginner boy*, beglnn- ■ er girl*, simmer boy*, swimmer i girl*, junior boy*, junior gills, seni ior glri* The senior boy* contest , will be so yard* in length Girl* relay race, exhibit In lifei saving; junior b-y* underwater 1 swim, all gtrla' underwater swim. I senior boys underwater *wlm. girl* 4 •living and boys' diving.

rush subsided. To an American who has been a "hauafratt'* In Berlin for in years. ' the restrictions on soap was moat strange. When two red-faced Huie community nurses called at my home delivering ration cards I told them we were Americana, and asked whether we needed or were entitled to cards They consulted the Inevitable "rules of application" and found that the cards "shall be Issued without distinction of nationality or race" They left three cards, for my husband, me and the maid I could hardly wait to nee my card. It was such a novelty. At my regular "drogerle." an approximation for nn American corner drug store, I presented ail three cards. I had to give my name, the maid's name, my husband's name and occupation, and answer other questions Then I said. "I’ll take some laundry soap, bath soap and a large box of powder “ “A large box!" the clerk exclaimed "You are three persona , In your household, madam, and ' (CONTINUED ON PAIIB FIVE) ,

Hitler Replies To Britain's Final Answer On Crisis But Contents Os Note Unrevealed

Soviet Union Postpones Ratification Os Pact With Germany; War May Mean Scrapping. POLAND PROTESTS Moscow. Aug. 29 - (UP) Rati- | Oration of the Soviet German I turn aggression "pact was delayed today at least until Hvpiemlier 1 ■ by action of the Soviet pari la men l The delay was assured in the 1 midst of Europe's war crisis when > the council of nationalities voted to : meet jointly with the Soviet t’n- ’ ion Council on August 31 to dis- > cuss a military service measure. | There will be no meeting tumor- ■ row at which the treaty with Germany — which shook np the entire European political alignment — might be ratified The delay will permit delegates from distant district* io arrive before action la taken on the treaty, and will permit Premier Viachesiav Molotov — presuming he speak* i— a belter opportunity to evaluate International developments While tl la presumed that ratification. when finally taken up. will be routine. Molotov may make important explanations Meanwhile the Council of Nationalitie* approved new agricultural taxes, which were submitted to a committee for a final draft. May Scrap Pact London, Aug 39 <U-R) The Sovj cation of It* new non-aggression let unital's postponement of ratifltreaty with Germany waa described in Russian sources tonight as a i threat to scrap the pact if Germany attacked Poland It wa* suggested by Russian sources here that if Germany commit led aggression in the Imm.-di ato future the supreme Soviet (parliament meeting at Moscow would j thus be given a chance to vote agalnat ratification of the pact. Tho new treaty would then • eaae to legally exlat aa it has merely been signed liy Soviet premier Molotov without consent of parliament. . Act of Aggression Warsaw. Aug. 29 - tU.R» — An offfeial communique tonight said that the German military occupation of Slovakia represented a German act of aggression against the vital interest of Poland and was considered a threat to Polish security. A bomb explosion at a railway station at Tarnov, blamed on German saboteurs, killed 18 persona and injured 30 other*, it wa* officially reported today. Earlier rekilled and two German* arrested, ports said seven persons were In Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia. Aug 3* — (UJD The death of a Polish officer In a frontier brash between Pole* and Hllnka guardist* and the official announcement that German troop* will occupy the (CONTINUED ON PAGffi FIVE) DECATURMAN’S NEPHEW KILLED Burton Wolfcalc Os Convoy Is Killed In Auto Accident Pert on Wolfcale. 31. Conroy. O. a nephew of Officer Bephu* -Melchl nt thl* city, waa almost inauntly killed late Monday evening In an ntfto wreck near that town. Wolfcale died when hr waa crushed underneath hl* overturned coupe following a crash with a Rager Bakery truck driven by Kenneth Stenan. also o* Convoy. Stenan. Junior Leahr, also of 'Convoy, who wa* r'dlng w'.th him: Mra. WoMk-aie and their two email iihHdren all escaped with minor bruise* and rajs. The accident occurred one mite north and one mile west of Convoy At an Intersection o’ two Van Wert county. Ohio. road*. After the impact of the crash tho truck struck a cement bridge abutmoot and rolled the ditch The Wolfcale auto overturned, pinning the driver underneath. Surviving, beside* the widow and and three children, are the parent*, Mr. and Mr* Harty Wo,fcale of Convoy, three brother* and two *!*• •er*. Funeral arrangement* had not oeen made known at a tste hour thia afternoon Officer Melchl leH ( la*t evening for the Wolfcale home

REDUCTION IN WELFARE LEVY Reduction in BudKet Made Possible By Amendment Os Act Indianapolis. Ang 39 -(Special) •—A reduction of (2.380 In Adams • tiunly public welfare budget for 1940 will be possible aa a result of amendment* to the federal s<u-lal security act passed at the recent session of congress which Increase federal reimbursements for aid to deprMtent children. Thurman A. Gottschalk, stale welfare administrator. today advised Mra. Faye Smith Knapp, county welfare director. “Since your budget for I*4o haa already been Bled with the county auditor and published, you cannot now change the estimated reimbursement figure." Mr. Gottschalk wrote the local director. "However, you may appear before your council and request a reduction In the levy and rate aa a result of this added revenue." The county welfare budget for I*4o. aa published, carries a request for (34.000 for assistance to dependent children. As the requested welfare budget was prepared prior to the enactment of the social security amendments, this figure does not make allowance for increased federal fund*. »hi< h will be received after January 1. 1940. If the county council accepts the welfare dire, 'tor's request for a deI A-io- In the welfare budget. It will permit a reduction of about one cent in the county welfare tax rate. Mr. Gottschalk said. “I am sure that the possibility (CONTINUED ON PAttffi FOUR) YOUTH AUMITS MANY ATTACKS Young Californian Confesses To Attacking Women Los Angele*. Aug 3*. — (U.R) - I Deputy police chief Homer Cross today said that DeWitt Cllntoi Cook. 30-year-old typesetter, haconfessed the college campus slay- I htg last February of Anya Hosyeva. former Ziegfeld Follies dancer, and two othet recent attacks upon women Cross said Cook, who wa* apprehended early today aDer he wa* seen jumping from the window of W F. Waraock'a home, also confessed that he had attacked Itella Bogard. 17-year-old dancer, and Myrtle Wagner. 17 year-old housemaid When the youth wa* arraigned he had au 18-lnch piece of wood in hte possession. He wore tennis •hoe* and carried several pair* of glove* and a pocket knlfs. After hl* apprehension, hl* wife, Mrs Lorraine Cook, and his mother. Mrs Ruby Cook, were arrested on suspicion of grand theft. Mis* Bosyeva died shortly after •he wa* found besten on the back nt the h»«i Rhe had been waiting to rehearse a play at the auditorium of City college. She ataggered Into the arm* of a friend and said: “He hit me He asked me where I was going and aa I turned, he hit me. He ran away when he heard someone coming '* The Wagner girl waa attacked last week In the home where abe was employed Rhe was beaten over the head with a stick and ravished The piece of wood and pari of the girl's underclothing <CONTt NV ED ON PAGE FIVE) .■■■o —.I .i ■— Transient Arrested For Attempted Rape Fort Wayne, Ind. Aug. ts— (UP) —Police today held Henry Johnson. 11. a tran«isnt berry picker from latwton, Okla., on a charge of attempted rape of a 14-year-old girt Authorities said he wa* Identified by a tattooed parrot on hl* arm which wa* noticed by aeveral children he had invited to the bog car In which he waa living. Johnson, police Mid. Invited five children to the box car yesterday, then asked all but the girl to leave. However, she succeeded In running; f: vm him and notified her parent*. The arreat followed.

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Nazi Fuehrer Replies To Britain; Henderson To Take Hitler’s Reply To Parliament. NO ENCOURAGEMENT Berlin. Aug 39 - (U.R) — Adolf Hitler tonight replied to Great Britain's final answer on the European crisis. While Naxis took an attitude of anxious hope that negotiations for peace could he kept open, the Nail fuehrer ended hla tneaaage to the British ambasaador Nir N'evlle Henderson at 7:lft p m US-If, p. m. CRT-. The Nail message waa given tn Henderson at the Reich’s chancellery where Hitler had been hard at work on It most of the day. Henderson arrived at the Reich's chancellery just after 7 p. nt and immediately was escorted to Hitler's private study There he waa received by tho fuehrer, who gave him the message In the presence of foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop and Dr. Paul Schmidt, who acted A* Interpreter. Henderson talked to Hitler for almost 25 minute*, and then returned to the embassy. Official Information made available to the foreign pre** said Hitler had given the ambassador a verbal explanation when he handed him the message Hitler then received the Italian ambassador for a 15-mlnute talk. No Encouragement lamdon. Aug 39 — (U.pj — An authoritative source said today that Adolf Hitter's conversation with British amuasaador Sir Neyj lie Hnnderson last night failed to produce any encouragement for peaceful solution of the European <-ri*l*. Wltlte Prime Minister Neriln chamherfaln's statement to parliament gave a clear indication of the •tihstance of exchanges with Hitler, other sources said that tha Nsxl fuehrer had been more emphatic than ever in hi* laat talk with Henderson regarding Germany's claims against Poland. Hitler renewed hl* assurance* of German friendship for the British empire, it wa* Mid. but re-etupha-•ixed that Poland must give In. “Final Answer" House of Common*. London. Aug. 29 — U.R) — Great Britain ha* given Adolf Hitler her "final answer" |on Poland and the d.ngir of w»still I* acute, prime minister Neville Chamberlain tol<| a tense session ot the house ot common* today. Chamb-rlaln renewed Britain'* pledge that her "obligation* to Poland will be carried out." and •aid that Hitler had te-en *o advised. "The final answer." Chamberlain said, wa* contained in th* mewsng, l which Rir Neville Henderson. British ambassador, flew ;s> Berlin last night and delivered to Hitler Chamberlain declared. In effect, that war ot peace now is up to Hitler. "On the nature of the German reply." he said, "depends Whether further time should be given fop explorations of the situation and (CONTINUED ON PAGK FIVE) — 0 Crisis In Brief (By United Pre**) Berlin: Hitter draft* reply to London on which peace or war may dopend. London: Governmental and defense head* hold ansiou* conference* aa parliament aaMmble* to hear Chamberlain. Rome: Italian paper* pe**>mi»tic and see hope of conciliation waning. Parla: Band of 130 wive* and children of member* of th* United State* embassy staff, evacuated from Pari*, arrive at Port of St. Malo for safety. Bratialavat German troop* to occupy Slovak territory to guard against "enemy.'' Wareaw: Official announcement list* 14 border ohootlng Incident* in last 43 hour* and citM repeated c-oeeing of frontier by German fighting planM. Oanxlg: J*w* apprehensive of German occupation and many hop* to flee city. Tokyo: Gen. Abo, now prim* minister regarded a* friendly to United State* and Britain, •■posted to take over foreign ministry temporarily.