Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1939 — Page 1
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WAR TO END ON HITLERISM
&unft/ Tax Levy '■ 63 Cents; Boost J Over 1939 Rates
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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT
Joins Staff s * flL_i
Dr E B. Oberg, of Chicago, has joined the technical staff of McMillen Feed Milla. Inc. and Central Noya Co . Inc . and will be In 1 charge of the reararch and devel opment laboratory-* In this city, under technical director Norman I F Kruse. Dr Oberg has previous ly been assoc to t--d with the research departments of the Glidden company. Chicago, and of the V, Rj Gypsum company CLUB PLANS TO DISCUSS SAFETY Teens And Twenties Club To Meet Here Next Tuesday The Adam* County Teens and Twenties club Is to hold a panel discussion and view a free movie on safety, at its regular monthly meeting to be held In the Lincoln school building here Tuesday night ■al 7 30 o'clock. The subject of the meeting I* to be "My Part In the Community” and the sub topic “rural safety" is to be developed Leader of the panel discussion to to be Bob Heller. Rergeant George Doherty, director of safety in the northern part of Indiana for i the state police, will act a* techI nlcal advtnor. during the discus* lon Following the discussion Sergeant Doherty will make a short talk, explaining the new rural safety program being inaugurated by the state police through the cooperation of safety councils, which have been set up in ever ycounty He will cola* the program with the i showing of a new moving picture )n»t completed for the state police. Sergeant Doherty to to be Introduced* by prose* utlng attorney Arthur K Voglewede. who helped organise the Adams county safety council. Judge J Fred Fruchte, of tCONTINCKD ON PAGE UKVEN) BLUFFTON NEWS PUBLISHER DIES David H. Swaim Dies Wednesday Night At Home In Bluffton Bluffton. Ind., Sept. 7.— I Special I ' — David Hathaway Swaim. RO. president of th* Bluffton NewsBanner. and on* of this city's most prominent citizens, died at hl* home at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night. ll* had been In falling health for several month* with Bright's disease. His condition was aggravated a few month* ago by an attick of fnfluensa and he wa* confined to th* hospital for several weeks. Direct cause of death wa* attributed to a heart attack which he suffered early Wednesday morn- ( Ing. and from which -he failed to rally. . Mr. Swaim had been Identlfled ICUNTINUKU uJTiFAUKnVI)
PROFITEERING TO BE FOUGHT BY GOVERNMENT Secretary Wallace Reports No Prospect Os ■ Food stuff Shortage Waahlnron. Sept 7—(Vp|—SecI -etary of the Interior Harold 1. I Ickee .aid today the government will oppoae eigorouoly "a rape of our natural reMurcaa" by war time profiteers. lekea Matemen came after aect"tary of airrlculture Henry A. Wallet e reported there la no proapect for a ahortaae of foodstuffs and baalc commodities aa a reaT" of tho war In Europe. V.’allace rerealed that the agricnlture department has received | rereral complaints charging unnamed processors and dUtrthutora of foodstuffs with spreading false ru-t-tors of shortages In order to Increase prices. The cnsnplalnta ary being Investigated, he sa'd. Ickes told his press conference: “I can see no legitimate reason lor the present Incieaae in commodity prices because of the European war.” lekea named augar aa on» of the ecmmodltles in which he indicated an artiftcal scarcity to be ng bulit up to boost prices. He said a study may be made of federal powers to protec- natural ’•“sources from exploitation. He taid he anticipated attempts to exploit American oil. coal, timber, fish and . mineral resources by war pr -fiteers. “Ahnoat aa much destraction could be wrought to our national resources through Interns' exploitatPm as If we were Invaded by a foreign nation," Ickas said. ”1 am apprehensive that there will be the usual effort made by tetroleum Interests to rap.- our naI tional resources for the sak > of war profits. "I think that true neutrality means keeping our neural resources for ourselves and our children. We ought not to allow exploitation of our resources for exports'CONTTNUKIJ ON PAUE THHKKi SALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN HEBE I Annual Campaign To Be Launched In Decatur Next Week The Salvation Army annual campaign will take place In Decatur next week, Pete Reynolds h->» , accepted the chairmanship of the drive and he to supported by H. H. Krueckeberg. who will act aa treasurer and Forrest Klaey. Roy Price and Ed Hauer, who ate on the advisory committee. The catu puign will be the only author!* <1 solicitation In Decatttr during tne year Anyone else soliciting fun la , after the campaign to over will toimposters If they claim io repre- > sent the Ralvatlon Army, Local buslneaa and profession*! men will form the workers' committee Each contributor will te celve an official red sticker aS a protection against any "fake armies I Adams county to a participant ) in the slate wide service of the Ralvatlon Army The funds whl h are raised will go into this state ! service fund Included In the humanitarian work that the Ralvatlon Army Is doing In its state work to the prison and parole ,wrok. The army sponsors hundreds of prisoners each year. Corrtspondence courses are available free of charge to the prisoners. Another service Is i the mammoth transient work which to going on every day of ICONTINUED ON PA<Fe~TUH«Ib~ TCMPKRATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 am. 70 S OO pm... 101 10:00 a m ..Ml 3:00 p m ..101 Noon ..... S 4 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday) slightly warmer in south portion tonight, continued warm , Friday.
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Decatur, Indiana. Thursday. September 7, 1939.
Hull Signs Neutrality Law maAt-f...- a iT* i H b m J IH! " I Hi ft th 1 // / z I r.
I'nited State* Secretary of State Cordell Hull to pictured in Washing ton affixing hi* signature to the Vnited States neutrality proclamation Issued by President Roosevelt to keep the Vnited States out ot the European war. Other official documenta followed the proclamation. am<mg them an embargo upon export* of arm*, ammunition and imple gtetits of war from the Vnited State* to governtm-nta engagt-d in war.
NO BOND LEVY IN FRENCH TWP. — of Road Bonds Owed By Township Paid This Year French township I* th* first ot the 12 governmental uni's to to' cropped from the township roal bond ledger, all of it* macadam road bond* being paid thlv year. No l*vy I* necessary In Fremh township for bond payment* in IR4'>. i The last bonda owed by the township will be paid In November. The county council approved th'' levies for bond and Interest pa*-m-nt* In 1840, as submitted by Victor Eicher, auditor of Adam* tffThe levies approved in the othef[ 11 townships for 1940 on each lIM of taxable tmluatlon. follow: UnI- Root. «<■;. Preble. 11. K'.'kiand. 4c; Washington. 11c; 8L Mary's. Sc; Blue Cteek. IRc; Moure*. 9c; Hartford. 15c; Wabash 10c; Jefferson. 13c. By 1942 all of the township* will 1 have paid their bond Indebtedness and no levies will be required after the 1941 budget* ar* compiled. Kirkland and St Mary's townships will be dropped f-om the bond ledger after next year. TownsenditeN Plan Meeting At Berne A meeting of the Townsend plsti advocates is to be held Huttday afternoon at 3 o'clock In the ia-h man park at Horne. W H Ithoada of Indlanapolh will dlecusa the plan The public la cordially Invited to a:tend.
European War In Brief By Vnited Preen PARlfr—French troops advance into Germany's rich Haar Industrial area; big push Indicated with official announcement British troops arriving to take place In lino with French. British royal air force plan** operate with French aviation from French base* WARSAW ><>dßn dose In on Waraaw a* I fenders prepare desperate aland LONDON—-War cabinet deteiqjlnes to "amash Hitlertom for good." military expert* believe it may be aome time before major battlna on weatern front. BERLlN—German* announce occupation of most of Poland's Industrial area, putting the weatern one third of Poland hi German hand* High command Hats two Polish division* and three battalion* "wiped out” in engagement* with German forces. Hitler continue* to march with hl* eastern armies ROMS—Diplomata, guided by Mussolini, maneuver to maintain Italy's neutrality and still fulfill obligations to axis partner; Italians still Indicate they will not enter war fnr time being but assert they can make no long term commitments. WASHINGTON—Attned forces mount protective neutrality and anti-espionage guard; Panama canal sone under complete military control by executive decree: navy cancel* Atlantic training cruises to make ships available Cut patrol duly.
l-ad Drowns Trying To Rescue Pet Dog Evansville. I«d.. Sept. 7—(UPI — Funeral services will be held to- ! morrow for Earl Deed*. 7-year-old Mtn of Mr. and Mr*. Ellis Deeds of hvAnsviile, who drownd La a park . Idle yesterday while trying to save ' ilw pet dog. Police said the dog • wa* thrown into the lake by two older boys who dared the boy to I .*tri*ve it. UEATH CLAIMS URIAH GRIMM Retired Farmer Dies This Morning At Home Os Daughter Uriah Grlmsn. S 9. retired farmer 1 and life-long resident of Adam* county, died this morning at 7:15 o'clock at the home of a daughter. Mr*. Alfred H. ih-air In Monmouth. The deceased w»* born in Decatur May 38. MM, the son of Joseph land Mary Els-y-Grimm. He bad been bedfast for three months. Hl* wife. Maliuda Mmy manGrimm, preceded him in death. Surviving are th* foilow'r.g children: Mr*. D»a*n. Mrs. Matto Numi tor* of O**lan. (*to>rle* o’ Craig- ) vlll*. and Willie of Williams. Two . son* and a daughter are deceased. Four brothers and three stolen also i preceded In death. Eleven grandchildren and seven grea*. grandchildren snrvlve. Funeral aervicea will be seld Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clo-k at th-* Zwlck funeral home, with -'he Rev. I xul Updike officiating. Burial will I be In the Reynold* cemeteiy.
Great Britain Prepares For War To End Against Hitler; French Advance In Germany
Germans Report Further Advance Into Poland; Nation’s Capital In Being Abandoned. CAPTURE CITIES Berlin. Rept. 7— 'U.RI —A war communique said today that the west railway station It Warsaw had been bombed and was In flames and that bridges south of the Polish capital over the Vistula river had been destroyed It had been announced a few hours earlier that German troops had taken Pultuak. 30 miles north of Warsaw. Indicating that the invaders were massing on a wide front north of the city. Tty- capture of Plonsk. 31 miles northwest of Warsaw, had been reported yesterday and It was said then ths* the Germans were arrayed on a 22 mile line to-tween Plonsk and | Ciechanow. 41 miles northwest of Warsaw. The capture of Pultuak meant that the left flank of the PlonskCiechanow line had been advanced some 14 miles in a fan-like spread, and that there was a wide line of German troops 30 miles from Warsaw. The destruction of bridges south of Warsaw, apparently by airplane iM-mbs. would be designed to cut off the Poles' retreat. The government also announced ' that German troops had captured virtually the whole industrial area ts Poland on whfch the Polish army depended for guns and ammunition. The German drive upward from the Slovakian frontier, necessarily slower than the others because of the rugged country, progressed past Nowy Sac*. 30 miles southeast of Cracow, and smashed eight to 10 miles northward across tne Dunajec river toward Tarnow It was reported Tarnow to abou* already In German hands. <t'd a little more than I'ai miles soutn- <:<• miles south southeast of Klelce. government Is now establish -d. west of Lublin, where the P< llsh Germans driving aestward have progressed 12 miles past Klel-*e toward the Vistula and other so -cea are advancing on Lodz. Impo ant textile center 40 miles southwest of Warsaw, and Tomasaov In northeastern Poland, the high command reported. German arrni -a which crossed the Vistula at Ch- no (Culmi have mlv.inn-d SR mile-, further and hava crossed the Orewenz river northeast of Thorn, highly fortified city 35 miles east southeast of Bydgoszcz, which toe Germans captured earlier In the week. The army high command Haled two Polish divisions and three luittalions It said had been prai - (CtYNTINt’EIt ON PAGE U!X> ZION LUTHERAN PLANS FESTIVAL Annual Mission Festival To Be Held At Local Church Sunday The local Zion Lutheran church w*'l celebrate the annual mission testlval Sunday morning. One ape- ! c'al service will begin at R-3t> a. m. and the other at Wlo a. m . with guest speaker* In the plupit. Rev. A. Moeller of Rchut-wn Ohio will have charge oi the oafly setvice and Rev. E. Eggers of Seymour. an executive of tho central district Lutheran Synod, wil. speak nt the later gervlce. a special envelope collection for mlsslvn work conducted by the Lutheran church tn America and in foreign countries will be received during the services. Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor “f tlie local church, will have charge of the liturgical part of the services. A pot-luck dinner at noon for member* and friend* has been arranged The meal will be served in tho church hall and will be in I ehtrge of member* of the Lutheran ladies' mlssluutuy society.
Publisher Dies >. -Kg'
David H. Swaim, president of the Bluffton News-Banner, newspaper publisher for more than 50 year*, died at hi* home in Bluffton Wednesday night.
PLAN ADDITION TO CASTING CO. BUILDING HERE Contract is Awarded For Addition At Decatur Casting Company Announcement wa* made today by Peter E Rentschler of IHmilton, Ohio, assistant treasurer of the Decatur Casting Company that a contract had been awarded to Moon. Hammond and Baumgartner of this city, to reconstruct th* core department building at t’je locvl plant The addition will accomodate a new vertical type continuous oil find core oven to be installed by the Foundry Equipment C.enpanv of Cleveland. Head room of approximately 35 feet to required to house the portion of the new core oven that I* abovi xr .nnd with a pit 1* feet square. 3 feet deep, for th* foundation and conveyor return. The new core oven Is especially designed- incorporating the beat engineering principle* for uniform d-’ying. baking and tooling of cor** to be used In th* company’s regular production operstion*. Th* Decatur Casting Company ha* manufactured quality light grar iron and alloyed castings since it* establishment here in 1520. it t* recognized a* one of the leading and moat progressive foundries In (CONTINUED ON PAGE THIUUU 1-aEontaine Company Resumes Operations The l-a Fontaine Handle company of thia city ba* resumed operation*, g'vlng employment to a (core "t men. The milt wa* closed for a few weeks due to a lack of timber. Th" outlook for a steady run I* good and C. E. Belt founder and president of the company, hope* that operations, dependent largely nn log supply, will continue throughout th.a year. Beside* supplying American trad<« the company doe* a targe export business. I "I* l O awißas-ssaaMsssMaaßas Decatur Model Club Will Meet Friday 5 special meeting of the DecatU" Model club will be held in the WPA craft shop at the Lincoln school Friday evening at 7 o'clock A demonstration of adavner model bulldinst will be presented. The craft shop ba* received u miniature ga* motor for use with the** models. A wide variety ot tools ha* been received by the craft *hop. wheb is open to the public, witu are invited to Luapoct the shop.
Price Two Cento.
Sir Neville Chamberlain Tells House Os Commons Poland Fi|(htinK Grimly Against Nazis. FRENCH ADVANCE By Webb Miller. (VP. Staff Correspondent) Ixtndon. Sept. 7.— <U.R>— Poland to fighting grimly for every yard of ground yielded to the Germans. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told a cheering bouse of commons today aa Great Britain prepared for a war to the end against Hitlerism. Chamberlain reported to the house that arrangements with prosecution of the war are “workFrance for co-operatlug in the Ing smoothly and welt" Britain* war effort la "rapidly gaining mo mentum." he said. Any belief that Britain and France might temporise with Adolf Hitler and discuss a general settlement after the fuehrer has accomplished a lightning conquest of Poland was dispelled by several faactor*. The Polish ambassador. Count Edward Raczinskl. was said to have reported to his government that the nine-man British war cabinet to unflinghlngly determined to smash Hitlertom. The report camo after Count Raczinskl had talked with Viscount Halifax, foreign sec- , retary. and Winston Churchill Another factor was the Inclusion in the cabinet of Winston Churvh- > 111 and Anthony Eden, sworn foe* of Nazism In addition, the influential London Times, regarded as frequently reflecting official views, said Hitlerism must be ended. r Arthur Greenwood, labor leader, speaking after Chamberlain, said i there la “growing uneasiness” over k the lack of Information concerning ( the war. He urged the govern- , meat to give the nation more news. Whether good or bad. saying the i British people would not he disheartened If told about any temporary reverse. ' The prime minister said in re- [ ply: ”We do not want to keep the country in the dark and we do not want l<» give Inaccurate informa- ' tlon .. .We hope we shall do bet--1 ter In the future.’’ French Advance Paris, Sept 7 -(U® -French and I British high commands today prepared to rush large ntimiwr* of British troops arriving In France Into position* on the western front i where French troops reported an ' advance into German territory on ' the rich Saar industrial area. Accelerated Franco-British mill- ’ tary operation* against Germany ' coincided with disclosure that Gen. i Edmund Ironside, chief of the Briti ish general staff, and British Aid ; Marshal Sir Cyril Newail have been at their posts on French sdll since <CONTINI'EI> ON PAGE SIX) CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET CALLED Docket For September Term Os Circuit Court In Called Today The docket for the S’ntembee term of the Adssn* elrcnlt courf , wa* called thia morning with JudgJ. Fred Frucht* presiding on thd bench. Attorneys of the Adams county bar association were In court to aid m the disposition of th* cases. A number of oases are to be set for trtol. some are to be dismissed ' and other entries made af'or gttor- . neys confer with the court I The attorneys present In etmrt ■ this morning Included: John L. Di- • Voss, Nathan C. Nelson. Arthur E. Vnglewedo. Feed Lltterer, Vincent ' Kelley. Harry Grube. Henry B He|i ler. J. T Merryman. D Burdette t Caster end M. R. McClenaban. The crimnlal and civil -glendaru > for the Rept ember 'erm are expect* *d lu by suaspussd sse*.