Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1939 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

“Employes News-Letter” Printed By Company The flrat Issue of the ''Employes News-Letter,” distributed among lhe employes of the McMillen In- ' dustrles In this rlty and at the Fort Wayne office. announces that Art Woodruff and James Duncan, accountants of Chicago, have joined the local office force. Hob Schelper of Fort Wayne, recently became an assistant In the traffic department of the Central Soya company. George I) Mac Lean. traffic manager for the Central Soya company and Csmtral Sugar company. Is editor of the monthly news letter, which contains many Items of Interest to the large family of employes. PROCLAMATION BY ROOSEVELT TO AID PEACE Limited Emergency State Is Proclaimed ByRoosevelt Washington. Sept II — HJ.R) — President Roosevelt today proclaimed a state of limited nstlonsl emergency. ‘ The action was taken to strengthen t’nlted States neutral Ity tn the European war and to bolster national defenses within the limits of peace time authorisations The president will follow the proclamation within the nest few hours- by esecutlve orders by vir-. tue of authority granted In the proclamation. Mr. Roosevelt declared that he was acting under his emergency powers which repose In a number lof statutes. He did not specify it a esact laws under which his pro;la mat ion was Issued These orders will: 1. Make increases In army man power within the authorised peace strength by recruiting and calling back first line reserves 2. Make similar man power Increases In navy strength within peace time authorisations 3 Provide increases In marine corps personnel within peso- time authorisations 4. Provide governmen' Invest! gative agencies with broader powers to combat propaganda subversive to the U 8. corm of government and to prevent episodes such as occurred in I*l* and ISIS before America entered the world war Mr. Roosevelt today extended the U. 8 pro.'la mat loti of neutrality to Include the union of South Africa. He explained that since he issued the original neutrality proclamations thia government has been Informed that South Africa has declared a state ot war with Germany. Exteuaion of the neutrality proclamation to cover Canada has been prepared. Mr. Rmrsevelt saffl. . but will not be proclaimed until and unleaa the Canadian parliament takes final action In declaring a state of war. i It was made clear that the pro(CONTDfUBD OU PAUS TWO) ALL DIRECTORS ARE REELECTED Director*, Oflicers Os Citizen* Telephone Co. Re-named Ail directors and officer* of the Cttlsen* Telephone companj of this city were re-elected Thursday evening. a* the annual orgxnsatlon meeting of the company. Officer* of the club, who also are lhe directors, are: Leo Yager, president ; 8. E Hite, fleet vice-president; Arthur E Ve-rb-wede. second vice-president; C. E. Ben. treasurer; Churls* D. Ehlu ger. secretary. Report* of the Mcretary and treasurer for th* fiscal year were read «nd approved by tbe board. Plans for Improving service to telephone user* were discussed This was the 34th annual organisation meeting of the Cltl*.-n* Telephone company.

11. S. CITIZENS DEMAND ACTION ON PROFITEERS Demand Regulation As Price* Mount Steadily A* War Reaction Washington. Sept fl — Attorney general Frank Murphy today said after a conference with Prestdent Roosevelt that he felt that the present anti-pro-fiteering laws were ‘‘inadequate to do a real job.” Murphy refused to My whether th* justice department, which is studying anti-profiteering laws, contemplated asking the special session of congreM for more protection against soaring prices. By Vnlted Press Thousands of housewives, civic groups and war veteran* demand "d regulatory measures against food profiteering today a* retail prices of sugar, food, meat and lard climbed steadily higher In reaction to the European war The housewives. fearing a repetition of tbe last war's skyrocke’ Ing prices and scarcities, aggravated the situation by an extraordinary buying-hoarding splurge that depleted grocers' stock* and caused an artificial shortage of sugar and flour in some cities The country has vast surpluses of both Administration officials at Wash Ingtoti warned against profiteering. President Roosevelt conferred with his advisers about commodity price Increases, indicating a determined drive to end what secretary of interior HarnM L Ickes describes as a "Tape of our national resources" by war profiteers World sugar rose the 25-polnt limit for the fourth consecutive session yesterday and cotton swept up around 82 M a bale Wheal at Chicago closed It* higher to 3 T » lower. All major cities reported Increased prices for butter, beans, lard, floust sugar, salt.CONrtNl.'Kl> ON*PAGE THREKA GRADUATES TO ATTEND SCHOOL Twenty Member* Os 1939 Class To Further Education Twenty member* of last year'* graduating class of the Decatur jus-or-senlor high school will continue their education at InstltuHons ot higher learning this year. W. Guy Brown, school principal revealed today. Three of these s'udents are echo ’ Isrshlp winnerd. Mia* Barbara Bu-k will go to Indiana university. Miss Evangelne Fuhrman to Ball State Teachers' college al Muncie and Mbs Betty Hunter to Heidelberg at Tiffin. Ohio, all on scholarships. Five will attend DePauw university at Greencastle They ata: Hubert Zerkel, Jr., James Htgland, Kathryn Knapp. John McConnell and Florence McConnell. Four girl graduate* will g, to the Deaconess Hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio. They are: Virginia Shady. Kihei Worthman. Mary Worthman and Ruth Grether. Three are going to International lollege st Fort Wayne. Ttay are: A'illlatn Spehr. Robert Hoch and Flora Marie Lankenau Miss Mary Wwber and Richard Schafer are going to Indiana Cuairal college at Indianapolis. Ralph Jcott to Franklin tollege at Franklin. Anna Jane Tyndall to the Methodlat hospital at Indianapolis and Fred Kirsch to tbs Indianapolis school of pharmacy. The majority of the student* will leave for their classes over the week-end. Max Boxcll Quito At Schafer Store Max Boxell. for the paat eight years manager of the dry good* department of the Schafer Store In this city, ha* resigned bl* position to accept the managership of a large dry goods store in Marlon, his former home He will assume | hl* new duties Monday.

Decatur, Indiana. Friday, September K, 1939.

War Moves on Western Front / 21 vL e/,,w It 7.* rffitrecei I ? TffiOOPS d SAAK BASIN 7 y ef/I/' effiOMYNfS* / NANCY 5 .->4* I Z ' \ a // < > — L • This map sbowd the theater of war on the Orman western front France report* continued advance Into German territory concentrated in the Baar basin

ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOL HIGHER 1I Official Figures Show 934 Enrolled In Public Schools Official enrollment figure* releared today by Walter J Krick, city superintendent of public school*. disclosed that Um enrolltaunt la higher than was first thought. Inofficial figure* given by the superintendent on the opening day ' 4 schools last Tuesday showed *35 students enrolled in the public i ..bools of the city. Mr. Krick stated this afternoon Hint an official check showed *3l enrolled. The official enrollment by schools: South Ward 5" Instead of i fit as previously announced; Lin- • coin school 400 inveud of ‘.98 and t junior-senior high. 484 instead of t m r There are two les* enrolled at I the, Lincoln school than there were last year, four less at tho junior* . senior high and 30 lea* at tne South ; Ward. Os the .to at the Soma Ward I osly nine were transferred, thus » evidencing that several families had 1 tCONTINVED ON PAGE THREE) COURT AWARDS : $450 DAMAGES Judge Fruchte Awards 1 Damages Against Kaili road Company I Judge J. Fred Fruchte In Adams circuit court late Thursday awardir d damages to Lois M. Straub. ' Blanche Marie Straub and Della Bleberich for personal Injuries received on May 38. 1*39 when a car ;In which they were rid'rg was ’ t truck by a train at Peterson of 3 the New York, Chicago and St Lou I* railroad company, defendaits In the suits. t The suits against the railroad were filed by Olea A. Straub and Otto D. Hleberich their fa.hers at their next friends. The court awarded damage* of 8300 to Lol* Straub and 875 to Blanche Straub and 876 to Della Baiberioh. a* asked In the complaint*. The suits were Med. the case beard by Judge Fruchte and the awards made In the same day. John L. DeVoaa tiled the complaints as attorney for the plain- >• . .

Pastor Is Planning Series Os Sermons 1 1 Rev Ralph Waldo Graham, pas- - 1 of the Methodist church, will [give a aerie* of sermon* Sunday |on the general theme. ‘•Present 11 Tendencies In Religious Thinking " The first will be "Experience aa a Baals of Religious Belief." the second Sept 17 will be "Reason as a Basis for Religious Belief." and the third Sept. 14 will be “Vtility and the Religious Relief Does Religion Work." The public I* tavitj ed to attend these services BOARD MEMBER I : RESIGNS POST 1 Herman Yager Resigns As ‘ Tax Adjustment Board r Member I The resignation of Herman Yager f ar a member of th* Adams county tax adjustment board was accepted ' by Judge J. Fred Fiuchta ‘oday. . J'tdge Fruchte will appoint somei ■ one to take Mr. Yager 1 * place on ths I toard. which convenes Monday to i approve or adjust the tag levies fix- | rd by the different taxing units. . Ober members of the board appointed by Judge Fruchte are. John W. Tyndall. Charles K, Ho ker and George Stulta of this city. By virtue of his office. Forrest El i ««-y. mayor of Decatur I* a member , of the board. The other two memI b*r* are. Ralph Rice, trustee of Root township, representing the lownahfp trustees, and Dean Byerly, I representltM the Adam* county council The latter two men were elected by their respective guverpmental unit* to represent the taxing unit*. The session will likely take two or three day*. Under the law the . tar *djqstment board has until Oci tober 1 to make final It* d"cl*ion relative to the tux levies. It Is the duty of the board to rei view every budget and tag levy of I the governmental unit* In ‘he coun- ■ ty. Including the county, township. • school, city and towns, w-lfare. and other budgets and approve yr lower II the proposed levies. I To Open Carmelcrixp Shop Here Saturday II F. A. People* ba* leased th; . building between the A. and P. store and the Hrnn* Grocery on the west side of North Becond street and will open a Carmelcrlsp ahon here Saturday morning. Mr. Peoples is a former resident of Decatur and until a few ye*r* ago was In the Carmelcrlsp business here

Berlin States NazijForces Enter Warsaw After Brief Fight; French On Advance

Britain To Exercise Full Belligerent Righto To Keep War Materials Out Os Germany. NAB 6,000 SPIES Ixmdon Sept, t — (DPI— Great Britain will u*e bellgerent right* to the full to prevent war crateral* reaching Germany, the mlntrtery nt information annourced tonight in an official statement. tlf there I* any suspicion that contraband I* being carried, the minister of economic* war fare will authorise unloading ot tbe cargo, the statement said “Veaeela will not be al'owed to proceed with contraband cargo having an enemy destination,' lhe ministry of informstlou Mid. After examination, carg >es either will be released, detained for further Inquiry or seised. It they are seised the case will be taken be'ore a prise court. Britain's war tempo increased on '.and as well as on sea today. ttfflcials prepared for the rationing of food in a few weeks Secret agents. In an unprecedented spv roundup, arrested 4.000 men and wevnen a* enemy agents. Lists of suspects were fuily oom- . piled month* before the war with Germany started, it was understood, j and arrest* were started as soon a* the government announced that . a Mate of war existed. I The special espionage branch of ' Scotland yard and the intelligence men of the navy and army co-ope.--t'od in raids which have now ext« tided to all parts ot the country, ' It was reported. Suspects were listed under three headings: I—Active enemy ugent*; -Persons suspected of acting a* enemy agents; and 3—*ympaihtxer* likely to aMist enemy agent*. B<> effective were advance arrangement*. It was Mid, that every suspected person on the secre' agents' lists had now been detained and , will be held during the war. Those of them who are British citlxen*, however, are permitted to appeal to the home secretary within 10 day* for a bearing before a special triI btinal The work of rounding up suspec.s was considerably facilitated, it was disclosed, because Scotland Yard , waa able to provide many more men than had been thought poss.ble. The reason was that since the start of I the war there had been a tremend'CONTINI'Eti ON PAGE THREE™ Regular Lejfion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adam* post number 43 of the American Legion will Im* held at the legion home. First and Madison streets, Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Ail member* are urged to be present. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Fred A. Winnes Dies Thursday At Hospital In Washington Fred A. Winnes, 80. a native of Decatur, died Thursday In the HI. Mary'* houpital at Chewelah. Washington. Death was attribitted to carcinoma following an Illness of 10 days. The deceased wa*. born in Decatur February 13. 1R79. the son ot Henry and Barbara Winner, He left thia city more than 30 years ago and at the time of hl* death resided In Ford. Washington. He was never married. Surviving *’e four sister* and a brotherAnnie E Winnes. of Deca'ur; Mr*. Hugh Miller of Royal Oak, Mich!- . <an; Nellie E. Winnes. JeisLe Winn nes and Will Winns* all of Decatur. Funeral service* »111 pr tlably be held Sunday In Washington. The i body is not to be brought here, relatives Mated. i

BORMANN LISTS APPOINTMENTS District legion Commander Announces All Appointments V. J Bormann, of this city, commander of the fourth district of the 1 American Legion, announced his district appointments at a district meeting held at the home of post 47 in Fort Wayne Thursday night. More than 100 district represent--1 atlve* attended the meeting. Membership plana were discussed and ' Fred Lynch, retiring district commander. spoke briefly, urging the ' Legion to exert Its Influence to prevent the United States from becoming embroiled In the present ' European conflict. ' Commander Bormann appointed Tillman Gehrig. Decatur, adjutant and finance officer and Albert MilI ler. Decatur. Adams county membership chairman. The next district meeting will be held October 5 at Auburn. Colutn- ’ bia City will be host to the Novem- | her meeting. Decatur the December meeting. Lincoln Post No. 82 of . Fort Wayne the February meeting. t St. Joe the April meeting. Avilla the may session. Garrett the June i memorial session, and Angola the , annual July picnic at Lake James. The complete list of appointments as announced by commands er Bormann follows: 1 Eber Stewart. Lagrange, north- ' ern vlc-e-comnunider; Edward • Ernst. Fort Wayne, southern vice- . commander; Tillman Gehrig. Decatur. adjutant and-finance officer; i Rev. B. L. Faroute, Avilla, chaplain: Clark Hhutnn. Bluffton, seri geant-at-arms; Elwyn Flree, Fort (CONTINUED ON PAGE FlVg, ' FARMER DIES OF INJURIES Willis Whittenburger Dies This Afternoon At Local Hospital Willis Whlttenharger. 58. of I’3lon township died this afternoon at 2:20 o'clock In the Adam* county memorial hospital ot Injuries recelrcd earlier In the week when he was ran over by a wagon. Whlttenharger died of internal Injuries. He received a crushed chest and had been In a serious condttton since the accident. It wa* reported that Wh ttenbargerger was driving hl* field adjoining his farm in Unloa township when the horeea boltel and threw him to the gronnd. The wagon passed over his body, ile was able to ge* up and walk to a neighbor's home for assistance, but was brought to the hospital when hl* Injuries were deemed serious. The body was removed to the 8. E. Black funeral home, pending th • completion of funeral arrang«tnents. — O I —— Award Contract For Resurfacing No. 121 The Indian* state highway commission has awarded * con tract to the Middlewest Rond* Co of Indianapolis. for 178.752.50, for resurfacing with bituminous concrete of 24.11 miles of state hlghwa; t In La-G-ange. UTiitley. Wells and Adams counties. The Adam* county project I* 0.1 •tste road IM. west from federal highway 27 to the Adams-Wells county line. Farm Expert Will Broadcast Monday Charles B Gregory, In charge of federal crop Insurance In Indiana, will broadcast over radio station WOWO Monday from 11 to 11:15 a. iu. CBT. Mr. Gregory will dis- ( cuss wheat crop insurance.

Price Two Cento.

Fall Os Polish Capital After Only One Week Os War Is Announced By (terman Command. BATTLE IN WEST Berlin. Sept. 1.-- (U.R) — The German high command issued a laconic bulletin tonight saying Nasi mechanised forces had entered Warsaw after brief fighting. The fall of the Polish capital after one week of war was triumphantly announced by radio to the German people. Capture ot the city of Sandomlr. 55 miles southwest of the temporary Polish capital of Lublin, also was announced By Nazi military i circles, which said German advances through the south of Poland threatened to cut off the normal line of Polish retreat toward Roumania. Sandomlr was described a* the center of Polish armament industries. The German advance, halted north of Warsaw tor two days, had closed the vise on the Polish capital. Prior to the announcement of been moving up from the south to the fall of Warsaw, the German high command had said that Nasi troops Were in Nadarvyn, 14 miles southeast of the capital. Brief but apparently hopeless re•ietaaee by the Poles ta the southeast of Warsaw was reported In the Naxi dispatches which said tbe Germans broke through with the use of tanks, armored car* and airplanes which raked Polish columns with machine gun fire. French Battle Paris, Sept. 8 —(URk-A serie* of local operations on the Saar front widened today Into the first big battle of the French-German phase of the war. French war communique No. ». Issued by the general staff at 11:50 a. m. (4:50 a. m. CST.I said: "We were able to achieve local advance* of variable importance, Mubatanttally improving the conditions of our advance at certain points.” Fresh German divisions were thrown Into action on the Saar river sector, where French pressure continued under protective shells of big calibre artillery in the Maginot line. The battle was fought chiefly by infantry, supported by hundreds of tank* on both *ldea. m tbe wooded hill* which circle Sarrabruecken ou the German side. it wa* reported that the French (CONTINUED ON PAGE THHEKr War In Brief Ry I’nlted Pre** PARI*: German troops, diverted from Poland, counter-attack French along Lime* line First big battle reported. French say continue slow, cautious advance. British expeditionary forces reach France In increasing numbers. BERLIN: Germans claim fall of Warsaw near with German forces advancing rapidly ou city from three directions; German plane* continue bombing of Warsaw. German* still deny or minimise reports of operations on western front. LONDON: Hcotland Yard arrest* 8.000 suspected German spies and German sympathisers In biggest spy hunt; military ex pert* say Polish retirement appears to have gone beyond orig Inal strategic plan of retreat. ROME: Increasing report* of impending new peace attempt*, perhaps coincidental with German occupation of Warsaw. Offl ciala unable to confirm report* • Mussolini soon may make speech paving way for four power peace 1 conference. WASHINGTON: Roosevelt con elder* proposal* for special session of congress to consider war emergency measures. Government warns vigorous action will he taken against profiteers, says food supplies ample and no excuse for sharp price increases t exists.