Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1939 — Page 1

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FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE DEEPER IN IHINELAND; BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE

Ipuncil Votes To Wake Improvement ■Al Municipal Plant

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

CONGRESS MAY BE CALLED BY OCTOBER FIRST Special Session Probable To Consider Neutrality Change Washington, Sept 12 — <uR) —I Chairman Adolph J. Sabath. ft, j 111. of the house rulea committee said after talking with Preaident Roosevelt today that congress probably will convene In special session to consider neutrality law revision on or a little before Oct lat. Sabath'* prediction came In thface of Increasing fire from the senate isolationist camp — led by Sens William ■ Ho rah R. Ida and Gerald P. Nye. R. N O against any change in the neutral-' ity statate. President Roosevelt wishes con-. gross to repeal the present emhago provision which forbids shipment of (’ fl arms, munitions and implements of war to belligerent nations Sabath said he called on she president to ascertain the approximate date of the beginning of the . special session. He said Mr. Roosevelt did not i commit himself on a specific date. ‘ However. Sabath aald that he pet aonally believes now that the session will convene "by the first of the month or maybe a little be-1 fore ” October 2 falls on Monday but Sabath would not predict that date' as a specific possibility He said that Mr. Roosevelt ent phaaiged at the conference his i strong desire that congresaljna politics be completely adjouine.r tn the special session "The president emphasised that politics must be eliminated, that , thia issue is too Important for the i nation and the world in this situation," Saliath said "The president felt that this ia | no time to play politics and that congress should eliminate politic* I entirely “ Halrath said that he proposed to Mr. Roosevelt that in addition to CCONTtXUBII <»M PA<»K FCH>HI OPEN CAMPAIGN WITH LUNCHEON Salvation Army Drive To Open With Luncheon Wednesday The luncheon for the Salvation Army campaign will be held Wednesday evening In the K. of P. dining room at 8 16 p m. Local business and profeaaional men will attend the luncheon and wl? be the workers in the campaign. There has been an instantaneous and whole hearted response. This Is the only solicitation for funds in Decatur and Adams county luring the year. The Salvation Army has many friends In Decatur who know what the Army Is doing. The American Legion hoys came into contact with the Salvation Army during the World War and are high in their praise. Some of the business men have come in contact with the Salvation Army through personal contact with unfortunates who have had to turn to the Army for help The late Will Rogers, wno was one of the Army's very bee* friends, aald. "The Salvation Army Is the world's greatest and moat useful organisation.” Any question regarding the campaign will be cheerfully answered' nt the campaign office, phone 388. I

GERMANS RUSH ARTILLERY TO WESTERN FRONT French Forces Consolidating Positions In Saar Area J Paris, Sept 11 <UJ9 Germany was reported today to be rushing .heavy artillery Into its west wail to strengthen points Inadequately | armed when the war started. According to Paris reports, the I Germans essayed their vigorous. 1 but unsuccessful counter-offensive I in the Slerck area liecause of the, | incomplete state of their num | line defense at the Junction of the I I French. German and Luxembourg I I borders With French activity increasing J on the Moselle river. It was repreI vented, the Germans feared a move 1 to cross the line at a point where! the wee* wall waa weak Flench force* were conaolidat-1 Ing this morning the positions J I they had won In a methodical ad-1 vance along the western front in ! face of increasingly heavy Ger- : man artillery fire, it was indicated. This morning's communique, j No. 17 of the war from the high | 'command, said simply "There ia calm along most of. the front.” It was the first approximation 'ln the new war of the famous' I 1911-1918 "all quiet on the western i front." The communique was interpret-' jad to menu that in pursuance of | I their battle plan since the ftegin ' nlng of operations the French' forces were consolidating the post-' I ttona they had taken yesterday In 1 ian advance along a mile' I front. it was understood that afte. I ' each advance toward the main I ' German west wall the French we.w 1 making their positions as secure, las possible against counter-attack*| Iby conaolidat Ing them with large’ quantities of automatic arm*. I ' trench mortar* and field gun* I | Thu* they combine aecurity with t iCtINTINUKD ON PAGtB FtVB) EYEWITNESS IN BAniE STORY Italian War Correspondent Tells Os PolishGerman Battle Rrnne Sept. 11—-tL’PI—A.' Italian war correspondent today gave an eyewitness account of a battle sdj miles west of Warsaw between German troops and tanks and a largo detachment of Polish calvary: Writing In Rome's new newspaper. II Plcolo. under the Initials.' •'B- G.,” the correspondent said that j ’ the German* had trapped the fleej ing Polish troops. apparonCy wmi of those who have held the territorv between Posen and Warsaw, in a tquare formed by the cities of Skiernlewcle. Sochacsew. Gabin and ( Kutno. "Four limes the Polish cavalry' charged against the sides of the rqttars trap in a futile attempt to open a pas* through which they could escape." he wrote. “Etch time the Polish troops were met t>y cross' machine gun fire (torn guns which the Germans had placed tn perfect angles. "The fire slaughtered more horses than men. The German h-udquart-er* ha* ordered the machine gunner* to fire at the horaes leg* in order to avoid uteleaa slaughter of the brave Polish soldier*. The motif of this war Is horse* against armored cars." The correspondent said that the cavalrymen, unsaddled and tire-1 out. attempted to escape the Getman fire In surrounding bushes and I swampy ground*. After tbe Oerman* had won * nettle Sunday, he said, they allowed the Pole* to escape tawsfd the retreating troops, "thus adding further confusion ameng tbe retreating Polish Infantry.” He reported that the German* OtvwrJN U«D ON PAOB TKMJBIir

Dcratur. Indiana. Tuesday, September 12, 1939.

Crosß*Section of Warsaw, Poland's Besieged Capital KM! - i —w,, isbss: This excellent descriptive view of Warsaw, the I, I with sides In the cunent hostilities in that area Polish capital, will help yon locate the moves of j The Polish government has moved to Lublin

AUBURN JUDGE IS APPOINTED Judge Endicott Special Judge In Mandate Suit Here I Judge William P. Endicott of the DeKalb circuit court •• Au burn wa* appointed special Jud* • tn the mandate unit of Elmer Gibaon and others against the county board of commissioners today Judge Endicott was hamed by Adams circuit court Judge J. Fred Fruchte after counsel had s ricken the names of Judge Clarence McNabb of Fort Wayne and Arthnr &M>i> of Huntington. The suit was filed aa another I step in the widely publicised Wa bash dredge case here witn the complainants asking that the commissioners be mandated to iaaue I ' bonds for the dredging Judge Harry Hilgetnann of Allen circuit court had been ntm *>l aperial judge previously bn* declined jurisdiction In the cat*. Miniature Timepiece Is On Display Here A replica in miniature of the i Altec calendar stone. I first timepiece, has been placed m I ' the display window of 'he Sutton Jewelry store and Is attracting considerable attention The replica is an identlcallninlature of a 12-foot stone used mor- 11 1 than 1.500 years ago by America! j Aborigines It illustrates a year|i of 365 t« days divided Into 11 months of 2o days each with five "holidays'' per year and all every fourth year. CONTRACTS ARE , GIVEN BY STATE Paving Os Road 27, And Bridge On 224 Are Awarded By State Indianapolis. Sept 12 - 'U.PJ — : The state highway commission today announced the signing of bridge and paving contracts amounting to 3467.617.80. The projects for which contracts were awarded included. i Wells county—a bridge on road 224 over Eight Mlle creek 16 mile east of Tocsin, awarded to Sweet Brothers and Co. of Woodburn for 1*.479.42. The project will be financed with state funds and will be completed by Jan. 1. Adams county—paving with bituminous concrete 4 346 miles on the relocation of road 27 from H mile aouth of Decatur to *4 mile: north of Monmouth, awarded the Mohr Construction C<A. Inc. of Kokomo for 3184.361.*R The project will be financed with federal aid funds and will lie completed by July 1. —o~— — — Adult Classes To Be Organized Here The general public has been invited to attend the organisation of adult claaaes, which will be held; Friday night at 6 o'clock at the* Lincoln school by W. 0. Little.

Invite Public To Meeting Tonight The general publ’e la invited to attend the telephone and leievlaion demonstration, to be given at th“ K. of P. home thia eveninc at 7:30 o'-lock. No admission will be charged. Emmett Heiser, of the Indians "Telephone company, will conduct the demonstration, assisted by Charles D Ehinger of the Cltlsens Telephone company of this city. The public meeting will be preceded by a joint dinner meeting of the Rotary and Lions clubs at 6:30 o'clock. also at the K of P. home. ■ 111. ■ sifb . — Scout Heads Meet Thursday Evening AH Scoutmasters, troop committeemen. and scouters are asked to meet at the junior-senior high school Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Moving piftures of th* recent ' noting In northern Michigan will be <bown Plans will be discussed for the scouting program for the winI ter months. CANADA TO TAX FOR WAR COSTS Canada Parliament Rushes Action On War Budget Today Ottawa. Ont.. Sept. 12 ■ <VPI — Parliament, rushing to put Canada on a war footing to aid lb* allies, 'ton’ldered a war budget today. With action completed on a 000.000 war appropriation, 'he hou*of commons set out to levy tales 1 to meet the costa of tear and con- | alder bills regulating war charities : and creating the department of | munitions and supplies. An excess profits tax was ex- , pected to be Imposed and increases were anticipated In at least the I higher Income tax brackera. Additional taxes were expected o:i tobacco alcoholic beverages and other , luxuries. The swift action of • parliament yesterday, spurred by Prime Mlnj later W L. MacKen-ie King's warning that enemy submarines were . known to be In the Atlantic and ' Pacific oceans. Indicated that fib h use might be able to adjeurh by Thuraday Colnctdent with hi* warning. King gave the house a special or der-in-council forbidding Canadlat •rade with "the enemy" All enemy property was ordered placed In . charge of a custodian, with heavy penalties provided for Infractions i of the order. President Moves To Stop Price Rise Presidon* Roosevelt took steps i last evening to atop the rise In th« price of sugar, which ha* been soaring the past ten day* and ha* advanced more than two cent* per pound, wholesale and retail. The rise came because of the consumer purchaaea added to the world demand. To atop this the president Issued a proclamation discarding the present quota limitations upot the quantity of sugar that may be sold on the domestic market this year This released 500.000 ton* of sugar now being held In Cuba. Hawaii and the Phllllplne* and it is expected will Immediately show, its 'effect In leveling oft the wholesale end retail price. 4

JOHNSON HEADS SENIOR CLASS Ned Johnson Is Elected President Os Decatur Seniors Ned Johnaou. senior athlete, wa* elected pßßaidenf ot the senior clasa of the Decatur junior-senior high school abort ly before noon today during the claaa organisation meeting Richard Walter* wa* elected vice-president ot the class at the same meeting; Ml** Marjorie Miller wa* elected secretary, and Rob--1 ert Stapleton, treasurer. Miss Mildred Worthinan. of the school fatuity, wa* renamed sponsor ot the senior class. Fifty-nine of the 63 memlier* of the aenlor clasa of the school were present and participated in the voting The other classes, the junior, sophomore and freshman, will he organixed later in the week. Principal W. (luy Brown presided at the meeting today. Strike Is Settled. Men Go Back To Work Detroit. Sept. 12 —(VP>— Teu thousand men went hack to work . today at the Packard motor company after settlement of a strike at the Bendlx products corp., plant at South Bend; Ind. Settlement of tne Id- day Bendlx strike, called by the UAW-dO. released a supply of brake part* which had held up production here. Officials of the Nash Motor* diviaion of Naah-Kelvernator corporatton aald here that the company's plant, also closed by the Bendlx ■trike last Thursday, would reopen to-norrow at Milwaukee and Ken-os'-ha. Wl*. COUNTY CHORUS NAMES OFFICERS Mrs. Roy Price Re-Elect-ed President Os County Chorus The Adam* county home economic* chorus, in regular session Monday, reinstated all old officers, who are an follow*: President. Mrs. Roy Price; vice-president. Mr*. Victoria Stoueburner; secre-tary-treasurer. Mr*. William Affolder; assistant secretary-treasur-er. Mrs. Harvey Koo«; pianist. Mra. Kate Smith; assistant pianist. Mis* Viola ilabogger; historian. Mrs. Erwin Stuckey; director. Mrs. |C. T. Habegger; librarian. Mr*. ' Edna Shady, and assistant librarian. Mr*. Theodore Heller. This chorus will meet every flrat and I third Monday at 1:30 p. m. at the Moo*e home In Decatur. Paul Edward*. Decatur photographer, was called In and look a picture of the group. The choru*. through various activities. has earned sufficient money to pay the bus fare for the member* to the agricultural conference week at Purdue in January, at which time they will take part In a mass chorus from all over the atate. Thia chorus has also been invited to give a 45-mlnute recital nt Willshire. Ohio, on Saturday. Sep•tember 23. 4

France Keeps Up Drive As Germans Admit Casualties

NO CHANGES IN I BUDGETS MADE BY TAX BOARD Tax Adjustment Board Approves All Budgets. Tax Rates J The Adams county tax adju*tment board adjourned this momhtg after approving all the'budget* I and 1940 tax rate* submitted by the various taxing unit* in the ’ county. No changes were made In any lof the levies. Only Bve of the 18 • governmental unit* come under the statutory rate limit* of 91.25 In the townships and *: in towns and cltie*. Preble township agaht 1 holds the banner for the lowest lax rate. The total rate in that 1 township is $1.28 on the sltm. with a net rate of only sl. after deduc tion* for welfare and bond leviea. The four other taxing unit* which come under the statutory limit follow. Union township, net rate $1.12; Blue Creek township. $1 17; Monroe township. $1.25: town of r Monroe. $1.65. • Decatur has the hlghcwt 1940 tax rate of any governmental unit .in the county. The rate for next ; year in this city ia $3 21 on each SIOO of taxable property. The budget* and levies will be submitted to the state board of . tax commissioners for tins) decision. emergencies being declared by the county tax adjustment hoard in those unit* which do not come under the maximum rates, i The tax rates payable In 1940 t and those in effect In 1939 follow: ■ L'ntt 1939 1940 > Rate Rate . Union $1.35 $l4B r Root l,«o 1.76 , Preble | <t| i.gg f (CONTINUED ON PAGR TWO) WILL REDUCE : POWER RATE City Will File New Schedule Os Rates For Industrial Users A revised Industrial power rate I for the (’ity light and power plant will Im- filed with the Indiana public service commission this week , by engineer F. H. Froehlich and city official*, with counclluutnic approval. which was given In the council seaalou last night. The rates are embodied In a contract between the City of Decatur and the Central Soya Company. Central Sugar Company and McMillen Feed .Mills, for a 15month period, beginning October .1 . 1939. The contract I* for five years, an adjustment in the rate schedule* to he made In 1941, when the city hopes to have the new power plant In operation The three Industrial companies 1 agree to purchase all Its power front the city of Decatur. A clause la Included In the contract, which was prepared by Mr Froehlich, that will automatically Increase th price per kilowatt hour. ha*ed Imt coal price*, If they exceed by 20 cent* a ton the 1938 cost*. The new rate affect* only the McMillen lndu*trles, a* the other Industries In the city are not on a demand kilowatt or load factor basis. The newly designed rate* mean an average decrease In the present schedule of approximately six and one-half percent. The same demand charges of $1 Ro per KW for the first 100 KW; $1 per KW for the next 100 KW, and 50 cents per KW for all over 200 KW are ON PAGE THREW)

Price Tw4> Cent*.

British Troops Arrive In France, To See Action Soon; Poles Continue To Offer Resistance. ' AID IS PROMISED || Paris. Sept I.' <U.R) Th.- Brit--1 Ish prime minister Neville Chamberlain and French premier Edouard Daladler met with the allied supreme council "somewhere In Franrt." today and decided to "devote all of their power and resources" to the war against Germany. All the aid In the power of Britain and France was pledged to Poland, an official communique announced shortly after unofficial report* from the western front* had told of troops fighting off another German salient from the Saar to the Belie* river. The allied council, including defense leaders of both power*, met secretly somewhere between Pari* and the English channel, it was understood Reliable Sources said the meeting place waa about half way to the channel as Daladler left Parle at 9:30 a. m. by auto and returned at 6 p m. Nothing was known of the meeting or of the departure of Chamberlain from London until after Daladler'* return to Pari*. > It wa* said the British prime minister had requested the meeting In order ; to bare the allie* take a firm an I final position regarding the question of a separate peace with the Germans Nasi propaganda has been In nndating allied and neutral countries with proposals of reports concerning a separaff- peace on the haala of the Natl conquest of Poland Britain has rejected anch suggestions In advance and the Nalls have sought to split France away from Ixtndon by Indirect suggestions for a settlement, such as Nsxl marshall Hermann Goering made In a speech to German workers on Saturday when he assailed Britain but took a friendly tone towards Pari*. Duladler and Chamberlain. In a formal announcement after thalr meeting, stood firmly together a.’d rejected any thought of slackening their war against Adolf Hitler. The council also was repo.-t-d to have studied the question of Italy's position as a neutral in the ■ European conflict. Although the official announcement by the premier's office took up the question of separate peace Indirectly. It waa considered a certainty that the two government (CONTINUED ON )*AGE THREW)* $4,000 DAMAGE SUIT 1$ FILED Suit For Damages Is Outgrowth Os Collision Os Autos A $4 000 damage suit han been filed In Adams circuit court by George G. McKetiilw against Albert and Velma Thiele a* result of an auto accident near the Adams-Al-len county line last November. The complaint charges that the plaintiff's daughters. Dorothy E. and Wlllma D McKenxie were rifling In an auto driven by Ewald Koch when the accident occurred The complaint chargee the defendants with carelessness and negligence, and that the car which they were operating failed to have two headlights. It further charges that the two McKenxie girls were Injured and as a result a hospital bill of sl,824.21 was accrued, a stirgeon and | physician's cost was SI,OOO and that they were rendered Incapable of working, causing a further damage of SI,OOO. Chester L. Teeter la attorney for the plaintiff,