Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1939 — Page 5

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Ki OISTRICT ■EI IHURSMT I t'k'" 1 ’ Mt't'liniJ Ellr Held At I <»rt H Wayne Thursday : ■ 11 '' WX • ' t i- - - •' > " -««* HL m ' k4l:, ‘ n ■ ‘ ‘ b ‘ " ,vil ll " : “ u Kj o'clock Hiao«"» !,,,: " i KL ■„ 1 MT- , i.. • | KprU tueetuir t.( * lll '" M.” .. ia , I u’t V .1 B i in- . I th'S K, ai .; 1.4.> ;• '.’i- • » "i* IH V [ju !.«>:><•>• 1- ■ ■ •• •'( 4tt. nd I>M a." me ■ ••»• '* " I,M * ■ ■ - i •* h tefiox bo®' - Os Meads)' -<.;:-ml-i 1! the j wMUOdet Ed Bauer will bej w ths kx al pout The meeting ‘

It The Morning Certers Little Liver Pills SB * ** *

As Poles Prepared for the German Advance ii - : >*•.".*>•* v.. -c ~ i *-T »■ *"wx .-> . _?•» _■ - • » .>-. , ■-*- . Xffr, A \ ■■^X , w|Blr» • . •- i r • sfo&i - Jflk \ j _ <,■'■« _ iKm—Mkml 'w' * * Kadluplt»to I^ , . P '^ U j*' !* Bt to kondo” from Warsaw then flashed to New York by radio, shows Polish troops, with ?u ,nd «•"*'”» f°" Weld equipment, rushing with all possible speed to the German border n*,»? < he j* ,,,n *d attack. The photo was taken before actual flghting had begun, but soon afurwanls •n invaders, their movements covered by bombers from the air and artillery, in some points, fium th* sea. penetrated the frontier and engaged these Polish troons in sham battles '

The Nazis Take Their First Prisoners of War 1 p », — — ■ —. ijj X i *jß *®u r x? . ■ ismE w > a Sfe Jm Jft*> -. * 1 ' w?F?t ' HMK * s i “ j >» <m lE< i *P*WSgP W IHBw ■y *£«** 'flLipi > **M v.. ■<**■" *sMrl .... -fl ' ——— .... . _ „ ’■■■ • RaJinphoM U thl» picture, flewn to Berlin from Warsaw and radioed to New York. I by the Neal censor and Hsuad aa propaganda for Germany. <> e result. 4urin.^k'T* r *' by Kmi troops, are pictured hands Mid high, u has been reported. *•> to stiffen the atotude of ffnum aru *raaee °s the urst day at £' undeclared war. This picture wap passed | who are ta a slate oX war with the Reich.

will start promt piy »l 9 oolouk. A nesting ol lha executive board win I hu held Tuesday evening, MeptemI lH>r U. ,1 !■ ■!!!!■ ..I | .Mayor Os Indianapolis Seeks To End Strike Indianapolis, lad. Sr pi. f—- - Mayor Reginald Bullivau will non tar today with reprsaeutatlves or th* milk and lee cream drivers,! ulnmou and empl- yes union In inci tempi to asltls th* luur-day •trike of the Polk Milk Co Company officials announced that I 1% atrlhern had returned to work and added that about 2U route value ' iu--a wore oh atriku. » 11 '""St 1 WILL IMPROVE j PHONE EXCHANGE Monroe Telephone Exchange Improvements Are Announced The modernization of the ex-.-binge building and the laying ot undetground cable in the Improving •»f the Monroe exchange wax an-* nounced today by Charlea D Khla-. Eger, manager of the ClUiena T»to-I phone company here. Mr. Hhmger and 1& Monroe totephone subscribers appears,, bvt.ire' •he town council there and suhmlUj ed the plan* and specifics'ions. i Wot-k of laying the hew under-; ' ground cable, like that now in operi at ion in Decatur and Berm-, will . start in October. Mr. Khtager stat- • d The old overhead will be removed. Modernisation of the buitl'mc will begin soon, be stated. A drive for new tuMcrlbera In Monroe will start also in October, he stated, and If the number warrants a new switchboard will be nslalled which would peimit customers to secure either the magnet) type set now in operation or the now universal type.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1939.

MANI ENTRIES MADE IN COURT Judge Expected To Set Circuit Court Docket Thursday The September i.-rtn of the Ad ama circuit court 'was actively j Opened this murulng following the otilcial opening |j,b<>r Day when i only a small amount of business I was transacted. hotr!••• were made In a score or' more of cases by Judge J Fred i Fruchte and a number of attorI iivys entered appearances Judge Fruehte Indicated that he would set the docket Thursday | inornlug at 9 u cl.uk All memI bets ut the bar here are expected to attend. A divorce case was the only one . heard this morning The case was heard by the court after Harley Ward, founerly ot Root township, had tiled a cross-, omplalut to the action of his wife. Arnauds Ward, in seeking a limited separation He asked for an absolute divorce. Judge Fruehte withheld his ruling • until Wednesday morning. —""" 111 Q COURT HOUSE Ruled To Answer in the recovery suit of Anna ■Neuhauser against Am«» Neuhauser and others, appearance was entered for all defendants by Eichhorn. Gordon and Edris. Ruled to answer. In the surety of peace action of of the state of Indiana against Ulen R Uoldsherry, appearance for the I defendant was entered by H. It Mct'lenahan. Ituh-d to answer In the paternity suit of the state of Indiana against Gordon Welker, appearance for the defendant was tiled by H K Mct'lenahan Ruled to answer. In the note suit of Otto Stucky, doing business as the Berne Lumb-

|ur company against Jacob Holliman and Francss Hviuiuan. appearance tor the defendant was enI t.-red by H. It McCienahau fur all defendants. Ruled to answer. In th« partition ut real estate suit of Mary Kyker against D. Burdette Custer as executor ot the - estate of Joseph T. Palmer, appearance tor all defendants was entered by H. Il McCienahau. Ruled to answer. In the note suit of the Mortuary Supply Co., Inc., against Otho Lobvnsteln, apfH-arance tor the defendant was entered by H. R. McCletiabau. Ruled to answer. Appearance Entered In the damage suit of Louis A. Holthouse agalust Christy Akom and others, appearance was entered by If. H Heller and Harry E. Rodgers tor tin- defendant. Case Oismteeed The damage suit ot Lottie Flegel agaluet Carl B. Nurge was dismissed and costa paid. Ruled To Answer In the suit ut Ed Berllng. receiver. and Everett Singleton agalust Marie Maun and others, appeal auca for all defendants was entered by John L. DeVuaa. Ruled to answer. In the divorce suit ot Ella Ruse against Amos Ruae. appearance for the defendant was entered by Gordon. Eichhorn and Edris. Ruled to answer. In the note suit of Frank O. Davis against Den and Emma Burley, appearance for the defendants was entered by Eichhorn, Gordon and Edris Ruled to answer. In the note suit of Noah Johnston against Ralph W. Andrews and O. O. Hocker, personal appearance was entered by Ralph W. Andrews and appearance tor all defendants entered by Nathan C. Nelson. Appearance Entered Appearance tor all d-dendauts | was entered by John L. D*Voss in the suit of Clara Scheumunn, and others against Amanda Berning and Charles Berning. Finds For Plaintiff The court found tor the plaintiff I end awarded damaxes of |.>u in tits possession suit ot Harvey J. Teeple . | sgainst Robert Ltai'uver. Ruled To Answer in the damage suit of Juanita Deßolt, by her next friend. Uuyd De--1 Holt, against Dele Bidwell appearances for the defendant was entered E by Rosene D Wheat aud Jobn L. DeVoss, Ruled to answer. Appearance for the dvfcudanj was entered by John L DeVoaa in the .tote aud foreclosure suit of the American Medical Rating Bureau, Inc , against E M, Hinton. Ruled to t answer. Action Ditmisssd In the partition suit of Thurman j Drew against Thurman Drew, as adi .niuistrator of estate No. J&X9. on 1 notion of the plaintiff the actiua j gas dismissed as to Cathvi'uu Nelson. Marriage Licenses - Weller T. Stick. Jr.. Fort Wayne to Eileen Rhoades L'ucut ur. Fbtllip C. tkhug. Berne to Mary I Margaret Cline. Geneva. Ji-sae Engie. Monmouth. 111., to Viva Starr, Geneva. Laretor Adler. Dicalur to Evebn Rdber. Decatur. Hueton B. Chapman. Findlay. 0., j'o M. Marie Fisher- Decatur. o - — FILE ADVERSE i<'■RTI.XLED FItUM PAGE O.Ntt I condition and of sufficli-nt . apa. ity to atect the drainage for which It Is Intended. We further rooMnmeud that the broken tile and catch basins In the upper portion be repaired and one catch basin be built | where the present tile drain Interwts th,- north Hue of the tract

DIEHL FUNERAL RITES ARE SET Funeral Rites Wednesday Afternoon For Mrs. Ervin Diehl Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon tor Mrs. Verah Tarr Diehl. W, of near Munroe vho died Monday at lha Robert 1/ng hoepltai In IndiauapoHa. Death was attrlbuied to compllcnLona. She bad been 111 eince Del Ma, The deceased wa.. born in Well* t-ouniy July ». 1M«, the daughter ot William and Fiancee Tarr. She bad resided In this county tor lite paet six years. Surviving, besides the henbaud. Ervin, are the following children: i Esther, William and Brice al home aud Mrs. Otho Suntan ot Ducalur; t tour -brothers. Byron and John Tarr ot Liberty Center; Daniel ct Hartford City, and Peter ot Warren; three sisters. Mrs. Mary Murray ot Warren, Mrs. Iva Wilson ot War--1 <*n and Mrs. Florence Swaueun ot Huntington. The services will be held Wednesday afternoon al 1 oclock at tbn '.uime and 1:M o'clock al .he Monroe Friends church with '.’uriai in the Mosgburg cemetery near Bluffleu. a COUNCIL MEETS. (Continued on page uia> the Moo. compered with a total test year of? 3 cents. After Ike county council got through with the buJgets last year the three lev es we r e redut ed to &u cente on th j Sloe a -ut of 23 cents in the rate. ‘ No levy Is made for the county * highway department, the budget ! b*lng reduced in total to the amount to be received from the state gasoline tax. The estimates submitted in this year's budget amounted 1 to S99.gl<>.ofl. while the amount of 1 gas tax estimated is The tedious task of caeckßlg I every appropriation will continue 1 until Wednesday evening and proi»ably Thursday morning. Mrs. Deh- ' uer. president of the board stated. 1 Some reduction is expected in the county budget and also in the weltare budget. A voluntary reduction 1 of one cent will be askej in the welfare budget. Jet to additional > revenue to be received from the . state and federal distribution. At ' la cents on the flcv. the welfare levy would be four cents higher m ItMU than the 1933 levy. Fume us i this increase hi accountable due to the fact that the slate legialatuie i distributed IC.oOu.wt) to Indiana i counties for welfare purposes. ,V<‘- • ams lounty received atom |h.ooo u the diatributton. which la applied on thia year's expenditures. Tbu reducing ot the age limit to <6 y <ars also increased the uumier rece'ving old age pensions, the number not ex-tat-ding 330. compared to 3kk last i .leevniber. No change is expected in H e bond i and mtereet levies, -he amounts list'd being re<iulred to Ikgu date the , bonds as they come due :n 194't. 1 nder the law the terieu rant h--ut undci the amount necoaaaty to meet the payments. PRESIDENT I CONTINUED FROM PAUE ONE, the government press lim.au w~ plauniug to leave Warsaw and still another, mutilated by censorsaip. quoted reports that the govern mt-nt was planning to move to new quarters. A still later niessagi m< nil<'i-<-d Hie |M>ae|blltiy of immedtaie Jpart me. presumably of the guv ernment, but apparently du.- m the leiiMH-ahlp the «-xa<t meaning of this dispatch was not dear. These messages came after or a •he time ot German MUtMUICc mmtn thidi th«*y had ruptured hir key elites us Graudi-ng In th ■ north, and Kattvwlce, in the wmi’i. 1 pushing wHhln less tbun M miles tri Warsaw. Oil Ille aoulh. the Germans claimed Io have sd'anod to Ka miens, only 7n miles trout Warsaw. , It the Folleh govetnnieui leaves Wartmw If was Imllcved It aoulu go southeastward to Lubin. F 3 miles away and toward the Uttinuniun frontier. Lwow is »tiu fkrthei on toward Itumsiite Then- was no Indication In tn -s---sagi-s from Warsaw, however, as tn where the government would go It It leaves the capital All refr-rriues were lt» "an unkuow't destination '* Meanwhile. Ureal Britain and France sought to tonic Io grlpa i with the Germans on the wealorH j • llhiuviand i trout iu order io reHave pleasure on ihu I’otes. The French troops moved Into th -lr I front line trenches uu the Itordvr aud Gt ruimi forces did likewise, now belonging to J. N Youakln." Th* docket entry showed that I the case wg* cuuiiuued Under >h« j draiuage law-, no further actioa <-au taken. *

going into a tone six milae wide between the main fortifications on each aide 11 Both Fails and Ih-ii. however, that the "eugagvmuul" up to Tueaday uooli tEDTI bad bean prellmluaiy aud that Uiere had been uo fighting, other 'hau rhe British bombardment of the German navy at Wilhelmshaven aud Bruusbuiiel. ou the Kiel e canal Germany claimed that 13 Brltian bombers were tool Uowu and lh«. ’ British annouueed Ibe raid wa» ' "aucceaeful.' apparently damaging 1 or destroying two Geimau waiI ships. i I I Faris, which expci tanced its first air raid alarm this morning, 1 awaited eagerly news of the first r Frenib onslaught against the Ger- ' man fortiflcatloue the Limes iu - ' the Rhineland, with the view general that French strategy would . be to fly to break through at each end for au euctrcllug muwmtuii ' i agalust the Nails About 3,into, uOe meu were under arms in ' France and more were called up ■ hourly. The German defenses iu the West are uuw said to be maunI ed by arouud ioo.uw meu There was uaval fighting oft the [ coast of Denmark according to dispatches from Copenhagen aud e . auti-aircrati gutts in Holland fired ) at uuldeutlfu-d war planes vfoiat . lug her neutrality, i Rumania declared her neutral-1 . Ity would be enforced by anuel might If ueceeaaty aud called up more troops to carry out her pto-a-Japan formally notified the log powers. Including the United > States, that she would remain I neutral. urn schools i •CONTINUED FKoa rAGE UNA) school sui <-t lutendent, on the en ’ rullment in the rural schools of the county today. Mr. Striker Indicated that L ( would be several days before accurate reports ot enrollments could be gathered from each ot the rural schools. Reports from Berne sUlcd that since classes did not actually con- ’ tsae until this afternoon, an enrolltuent report could not be made uu- ' Ul later In the week t i NO SHORTAGE | (CONTINUED FKOW PAUC ONE) ' pound or "a quarter's worth" site Beans Jump High 1 The price ou soup Iwmiis rode up! ' the fastest Um- merchant hvie reported that th, beans had rate d' ’ toe on luo pound lugs within iwo, 1 houm Ml ill report«*d a Jump from 93 «& to 91 Out- merchant reported a boost of two and oue-half cents iu the I wholesale price of lard Still an-; other reported that flour jumped; 91 per barrel or about l#c p»-i . sai k. No Shortage Seen Meri hauur were quick to call I attention to the fact that there] was no danger of a shortage, however. and stated that "we have today the largest overstock of sum: and wheat iu history ** They assorted that the guvont tuent could bring down the pt 1.,- 1 . ou these commodities by dtuuping the suiplus <HI the inaAet The merchants almost unant muualy agreed that the ''buying hysti-ila was Medtaag and served|

IN BERLIN:— —■'•"“• «»w n ■fljw ~ j German propaganda bureau in Berlin releasee thia photo of Polish prisoners, ons waving a Swastika.

only tu riddle the stock whi.-b they had on hand and then In tutu overdtm ked the customer in proportion to his needs. RELIEF CLIENTS • CONTINUED FROM rAUE ONE) and Ed Xwlck as a com.antes to airpear before ihu cogimiMlouers, this morning and submit the pion for approval. The trustees also decided at their leal meeting that teachers in the •ural schools must submit lo a tubercu krais teat during the present ••.bool term. NAME VIEWERS •continued from faue unei provemeut. ~ A number ot tanners and laud owners gathered at the cou.i bouse this mornlug inquiring about the Uuprovemeut. From expressions made. •I was Indicated that a remonstrance would be tiled against Um tlraluagc- proposal. The viewers will not mike their I teport until after so days. Fropertv owners have lu days m which to object to the viewers and an additional lu days to tile a remonstrance against the proposed ditch 0 .. — war flashes (UONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) nsvsi basssi." London, kept. 9.—(UJD— The ministry of information announccd today that Germany refused to permit Bir Nevi is Henderson. British ambassador to ths reich. to cross into Holland on his way horns until ths Gsrmsn embassy staff had arrived from London. The Dutch government was setmg as go-between, however, and the eachange was expected to be effected today, the ministry said. Landon. Sept. s.—<UFJ—Reports were received here today that in addition to ths Gorman steamer Olinda, sunk off Bratil by the British cruiser Ajas, the German steamer Carl Fritsen has been eunk. The manner of the sinking or locality was not given, but the crew of the Carl Fnuan was , sported safe. The Carl Frits on is of 9.594 tons and its heme port is Emden. London. Sept s^—<UJ>>— The ministry of information announced tonight a report that the British steamship Bosnia had been sunk and that all hands, except a firemen named Woods, had been rescued by the Norwegian tanker Eidanger. Woods was reported dead. The Bosnia, owned by the Cunard White Star Line, wee a cargo liner of ,’.400 tons. 11 1 o — ■ Fines Local Man For Public Intoxication Jim Worden ot this city was fined* ♦ 1 and cot>ia today by Mtvor Foiie»i Elsey when he pleaded guilty tu a charge of public intoxication 1 Hi- wax arrested Saturday algbt by l 'ty polite office Si-phu- Mel. hl. | — — O — Trade tn a Gooo Tow?. — Decatur

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STATES G. 0. P. OFFERED BRIBE Earl Browder Says $250,000 Offer To Name F.D.R. Candidate Waxlilugtoii. Mpi. 9. HU.Rh- Earl Browder, general secretary ot the U. 8. Communist party, test (tied before tbe Dies committee today that a man allegedly represtieUng somu Republicans offered the party 93&’».uw in 193 S if It would nominate Preaidout Roosevelt as Ila candidate. Browder said that the man kteulined bunaelf only as "Davidson " aud did not name the men whom be said would furnish tbe money. The theory," asked chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex., "waa that if you did it would hurt the president T* "That's right," said Browder. Browder said that tbe original proposition was altered when be iaugbed al it, aud tbe man then suggested that be withdraw as communist candidate In favor of President Roosevelt. The nrst speclßc sum mentioned, Browder said, was 91t)U.otM), but later tbe mau "raised the ante to 92&V.V1M).' Browder said that he neither ac'cepted nor rejected tbe prupoailiun. . but attempted to draw the man lout. Before tbe individual turntahed any concrete evidence be disappeared Browder described him as looking like a "typical lu i dustralist. banker or broker." "And he never told you who the men were who were going to turn- | teh the money?" the committee asked. "AU be said." Browder replied. ! "was that they were all Republicans." Browder denied that he had endorsed President Roosevelt in 1995, because be said that he knew the Republicans wanted him to do thia and for this reason he was careful to eonffne his endorsement to ' the president's policies. Browder claimed that the communist party has approximately |lmt.<MH> membeis with branches in 42 slates. McFeely Funeral Rites Wednesday Funeral services tor Jackson R McFeely. former Decatur mau. who died Monday at Fort Wayne, will la- held at 2 p. m. t'lMiT Wednesday at the Rloau aud tious tuueial home In that city. Rev R J. Burns i ofll< luting Burial will be lu the . Lindenwood cemetery. Survivors Include the widow, a 'daughter, a son. two brothers, and •two auuts. Mrs Rc-ua Hoffman and ' Mrs. James Bain, both of Decatur. — o Stillborn Infant In Buried Thin Afternoon Funeral services were held at tbe | graveside this afternoon to? Dari me Fay McCollough still bora infant . u>t n Monday to Paul sn-J Andrea Johnsou-McColfough. Surviving be- ' sides tbe parents is a brother, Wcl- • Pam. Dance WedneMlav ntithl Sun Set