Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1939 — Page 1

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Fiesta Queen To Be Announced Tonight The queen of Ihe "Fleatg Fatria", I which will be held Saturday night I at the Decatur Country clttb la to S? announced at 1J o clock tonight ■ at the Country Club, following a p.-orram. All votes must be turned in iwfore midnight tonight POLES REPORT NAZI BOMBING OF OPEN TOWNS Report Terrific Bombinx; Britain Seizes War Contraband I Andon Sept U - <yp) offl cial Pollah radio broadcaata told today of terrific bombtnga of open clllea by German fllera It waa aaid that 70 planea took I part In one raid on Warsaw yesterday and that M ctvillana. in < ludlng IS women and children. I had heen killed Thirty German ' planer were ahot down during the day. It waa announced The Pollah embaaay here, reporting on condltiona up to Sep* I*, said that I.SM civlliana had been killed and many thouaanda wounded, in the first three day* of the German Invasion; that caa ualtlaa had been eapeclally high among women and children and that the bombings never have ceaaed despite Adolf Hitler's prom lae on Sept t. In reply to Presidebt Roosevelt’s appeal, to spare open cities. An embassy spokesman said the Germans were now bombing the centers of cities from low. altitudes 4At Budapest a Pollah radio broadcast waa heard tn which a i ’Cape Poiealnakl described a :m> j of Warsaw with two American I motion picture operators during! yesterday's bombing The broadcaster said "As we went Into the street we were caught in the midst <d a bombing The Americana succeeded iu photographing the ■ COimNCKD ON PAfJK TIHUMI* — - —"»■ DEMO EDITORS BOOST McNOTT McNutt Speech To Feature Indiana Democratic Editors* Meet Ry Paul T. Smith. < VP. Staff Correspondent t Indianapolis. Sept 14 -ftI.PJ The Indiana Democratic Editorial Asso- | elation meeting at French Lick this week-end will be one final outburst of Hoosier democracy to demonstrate to the nation Its -solidarity behind the presidential I candidacy of federal security administrator Paul V. McNutt. It appeared today McNutt will be given the com- ' plete spotlight, with all the lendera of the party standing on the fringes Th" former Indiana governor whose presidential atatua showed a definite gain In the last Gallup poll will deliver a "ncn polltlcar' address before the tnd'ana Rar Association tomorrow night, which will further accentuate the sig j nlgcance of his visit. It will hold him up to leading ; Hoosier businessmen as a high federal official of virtual cabinet rank and permit a new scrutiny .of McNutt in the light of a statesman rather than a politician Saturday the resolutions adopted by the editorial association are ! etpected to include a new clarion < call for McNutt, as they have in the past At the evening banquet. McNutt's address will be broad cast and other state Democratic leaders will Y»e subordinated, with the possible exception of Gov. M t'llfford Townsend. The governor In an unusually I (OONTINUKD ON PA<IK g«VKN7 —-■ —— -- » ——■■■ ■ TKMPKRATURR RiADINQg OKMOCRAT THIRMOMCTKR R:<X>am. 77 l:Mpm .OT 10: oo a.m 17 toop.m 104 Noon «4 1:00 p.m. 102 WIATHCR WKATHtR Fair and continued warm I tonight and Friday.

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This map shows the latest moves on the European war front Germans driving north between Raws and Radom <1) and south from East Prussia have been trying to close (he botllenerit (8) west of Warsaw Gdynia <«» still holds out. Russia la mobilizing along the border (1). A back dooi route (5* exists by which the Allies could aenu relnfori emetite to Poland from Egypt and In ila

LINCOLN SCHOOL IS DEDICATED French Quinn Speaks At Formal Dedication Os Grade School “Naming thia arhool after Abra ' !.am Lincoln honors Lincoln, of ••ourae but it hoi-ora m >re this school Itself.' 'French Qulnx Deca-* tur historian and authority on th* l.fe of Lincoln, stated this morning It dedicating the Lincoln school at Fifth and Jefferson. "What a beautiful, wise and gracious gesture it la to name this school the Lincoln School." he stat--1 ed. “Those responsible for so naming the school have the consent of J ■ veryone Interned. "Little children from th» first io the sixth grade will, year In and >ear out for all the years to come a never ending precession of precious American children, be taught the living of the life under the careful guidance of the puhlL- schoil systmn of these United States. "The Inspiration ot Lincoln's life, his love of country, his love of his fellowmen. his love for God and bH yaralonate desire that thU land of the free' shall always be a land of God fearing free mer. shall make It--elf felt to every little heart and i*ttl that climbs tht steps of this l ulldlng to seek to be moulded into the highest American cluzenahlp. "I am honored In being permitted by the authority ot tboae la' charge now to dedicate thia school , . she Lincoln Mchoo!' " • i P. Bryce Thomas, principal of the tchool. was In charge of the pro-1 xram Walter J. Krick, city school, superintendent. Introduce tha *p*aker and the R< v. C. M Prugh delivered the Invocation. The Cub Scouts r resented a flag drill fiid Mlaa Helen Hacoold led I In group singing of America and The Star Spangled Banner. The school was formerly the old Decatur high school and tot a time was known as the Central school. { The new name was chosen by the school board after a vote among the v'.udents and teachers of the buildI ia«. K. P. To Initiate Candidate* Tonight A class of candidates will be given Initiatory work In tha first rank of the Knights of Pythiaa order In the local lodge home. Keklonga No. •!>. on Third street tonight ’•Tie meeting will open at 7:30 o’clock and the ceremonlei will begin shortly after. The class of candidates will Include- Inland Smith. James Chrisa ten. Richard Moses. James Kitchen. Oren Schults. William Hunter. Richard Macklin and Harry T. Grube. The rank team will b* assisted, hy the dramatic team of the order. ((insisting of W Guy Brown. W F Beery, Roy E Mumma. Fred V., Mills and Robert Arhbaucher.

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Decatur, Indiana. Thursday. September 14, 1939.

War Flashes Honolulu. Sept 14.—<U.P>— Fourteen U. S. bombing planes of the “flying dreadnaught" type arrived here today after a non-atop flight from San Diego to strengthen Hawaiian Island defenses. The planes crossed the PaI elflc In a routine overnight flight, completed successfully without incident. Washington. Sept. 14.—<U.R> —Secretary of State Cordell Hull today served formal notice on European belligerents that the United States will defend all of ita nationals under international law. “The principles of international law as regards neutrals and belligerents has been evolved through the centuries,” Hull said. London, Sept. 14. — (UR) — ' ; The ministry of information announced today that two strikes were reported last week in the great German industrial Opel works at Ruesaelheim. Arrests followed the strike. Paris. Sept. 14.—<U.R>—British airplanes were active today over German lines and British troops moved into quiet sectors west of the front. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWoT AUGUST RELIEF COSTS ARE LESS Washington Township Relief Coslr Show Decrease In August R*llef coats for the mdnth of Aug- . u»t In Washington township are lower than for the month previous nr the same month last year trustee John M Doan announced today. Tha total cost In August was |l.218.74 In August ot 1938 the cost was t1.M1.8l and In July ot 1938 the coot waa fl .447.13. During the month of Auguat the case load was 10ff. including 94 families and IS single caa»o. Four transient families, made up of eight persons, were also given aid. Cf the total amount. 1470. M waa expended for food. 120 for fuel. 110 for shelter. 172 44 for clothing. 1853.83 for medical care outside of the hospital. 8122 10 for care In the ; hospital. 23 for household necessities. 83 for transportation. 821 08 ; fnr surplus commodities. 11050 for orders of previous month not reported and 871 23 for sewing pro- | .'eels. Mr. Doan stated that 24 cases were closed and 37 cases reopened, seven new applications were recelvI ed of which four were rejected and ithres accepted.

On the western front, the French attack (Al throuich th«* valley make* proKienn Into (he Saar German counter attacks on Burgundy Gale Invaders iBl were repulsed French divisions aie | massed at (C) should Italy Interfere. Italian passes (Di leading into Germany have been opened to trainloads of supplies In the north, the Brlti.li I fleet has tiotlled up the German navy In the Baltic

DIB SWELTERS IN HEAT WAVE Marks Os Over 100 Set Heat Reward*: N« Early Relief — Tbs mercury reached a peak of 105 at 2:40 o'clock thia afternoon. according to the Democrat thermometer, to break by one degree the previous high seasonal mark set Wednesday at practically the Mme hour. After that time It started declining. "Fair— continued warm tonight and Friday " Just that and no morn was tha tera*. unsympathetic forecast of the weatherman this afternoon. |l 'To the forecaster It waa probably! an easy day’a work, a prophecy 1 that waa short, straight to th*| point and not aa ambiguous aa many he la forced to make. But to the suffering, peraplra-, t lon-cove red Decatur fltlsen who for the past three days has swell-, ered In the mldat of th* almost 1 unbearable poet season heat wave. It waa a cruel blow. It dashed hla hopes of an Immediate respite from the mercitear sun and hot winds that have shattered seasonal heat records the past few days. The premature curtailment of classes at arhool. the shattering of an all-summer high tempera-' turn record, a continuance of the already sustained drought — these facts and many others were be ' moaned today by realdenta of the] city and community. Up to 104 Wednesday afternoon the mer- ■ cury seemingly broke all luxinds • and loomed up Io a seasonal r*c , ord and one that rivalled all-time i summer temperatures when the Democ'-st thermometer recorded . I'M degrees above at 2:35 o'clock. By 3 o'clock the mercury had , slipped back to 100—at 111 an un> i usually high mark. J The mercury served notice that , It had Intentions of trying fnr still . another record late thia afternoon I when It recorded 94 degrees at . 12 o'clock noon—even three de- | grees higher than at mam Wtd- ( needsy i At 1 o'clock this afternoon th* , mercury had gone to ’>9 degrees and waa still climbing -c.ldeiiily lo a new mark. — ——o— —. I! | Old Metal Awning Is Removed From Front The old metal awning on the front i of the McConnell whoelaa'e tobac- , co building on North Second street • waa removed today. The front of I the bulldlnr le being remodeled and 4 redecorated.

I - r . - -i... _ Nazi Troops Speed Drive In Poland In Order To Release Troops For Rhineland Area

Heavy Artillery Action Is Reported On West Front As French Claim Steady Advance. HEAVY LOSSES Paris. Sept. 14 —(VPl—Germany put its heavy artillery in action on the western front today in an ap-t-arent effort to stop the steady, methodical advance of the French tov-ard its west wall fortifications. German fire had now reached Ila greatest intensity since the war. started. The Germans were shelling road intersections beh'nd the French sdvanced bnea so heavily that there waa unofficial speculation whether they were preparing' for a counter-offenaive or merely seeking to prevent further French* auvancea. • A communique of the high command 21st of the war, sai l at 11:15 A. M (4:15 A. M. CST): "There Is heavy action by the enemy's artillery on the heights south of Saarbruecken." This communique was Interpreted to mean that the Germsna had brought up big guns tiecause French operations were now threatening important German positions It was reported unofficTatly that the French bad captured many | mines In the famous Saar valley i coal district. Numerous other (nines nominally still under German conI trdL had been rendered anworkI able because French Mg guns con- | Stbatfr sheffed iriaripal roads. The . French guns were not bombarding I Swbru*ken. but were concentrat--1 Ing their fire on three sidea of It. Unofficial reports said that at I the northwestern extremity of their ■ front the French pressure had bei come ao heavy on both banks of the l<3sar river and on the right (east)) I bank of the Moselle near the LuxI enrbourg frontier, that sections of I i the west wall were In serf >us dan j ger. Heavy German reinfo -cemenat j were reported to h--e <beea rushed. 11 Trier. Saarlouis and Sarrbruecken. Other reports raid Greman rellnforcementa were arriving oppoaltai i Strasbourg, on Ute Rhine. French troops in the MTarndt | forest sector were reported to have' passed the Carllng-Ludweller road.' It was reported that farther east th* French had made an important zaln between Saarbruecken and Hornbach. British airplanes were reported cooperating with French ones In rounding the German heavy artl!-l lery which had been sent to the .CUNTINI'RD ON PAQC THRKK) CAL PETERSON RE-OPENS STORE — 11. Veteran Clothier To ReOpen Store At Same Location Friday Cai K Peterson, announced today he will re-open his stoie at th* no-thweai corner of Second and Madison streets Friday morning in the location he has occupl-d for thu last 32 years. All his merchandise waa destroyed in the fire tn the Kof C. building last spring. Mr. Peterson said today he had | reatocked his stor-> with new fall merchandise. Ma will again carry a line of nationally advertised clothing for men and boys, including Levy Brothers and Adler and Hyde Park dothea. Van Hua«n shirts. Crlumhla shirts and pajam is. Interwoven socks, and Alpago-a over--oata tnade by Homstlne Newman. I This week a representative of Kahn : Tailoring company la taking measurements for Kahn tailored clothes. Nell Highland, who worked In the I v'ore before the fire, has again been reemployed. Among the many features of the remodeling is a daylight lighting system, under which colors, shades and patterns may be seen as well as they can In the day time. All new furniture and fixtures hare been

ASK PUBLIC TO ’ AID IN SAFETY lAWion Safety Committee Urjces Cooperation Os Public Members of the safety committee of Adams post number 42 of the j American Legion have asaed the cooperation of th» genera; public , in aiding direction of the safety plan of the year. ,i Ed Bauer, commander of the post, has appointed a member of the post ,i to act as safety director In each ' city and town of th« count). J The public is naked to report to I those men all haantds of safety so I these can be reported to officials of the Adams post. All dangerous road intersections where the view i is obstructed by brush, trevs, corn, j weeds or any other haxard. all daa- , --rous bridges, dead trees along , highways, broken light or tdephqno , poles, should be reported Immedit ately. ; In commenting on the safety Pict'S. Commander Rauer said, "all t road signs should be properly erect- ,, ed and placed so they can be read easily The public is asked to drive carefully at all times, obsc-ving all road and traffic signs, drive on the ,‘r'ght side of the road un'.e&a pass- . Ing cars. I ) "Tlie old adage still holds tewa, > 'watch carefully the car behind the . one in front of yon.' Driver.* should be especially careful to observe the signs at churches and schools, an •hese places are among the most dangerous sones." Members of the safety committee are also asked to se* that all cemctries near thfr town and townahip I.ire kept in an orderly manner. With (CONTINUED ON PAGE RIX) HEARING DATES ARE SET HERE Hearings To Be Held September 21 For Adtional Appropriations County Auditor Victor H Eicher i has received word from the state tax board that fonr hearlcga will be held here Reptember tt on additional appropriations. The hearings will be held In the county commissioner’s offl In the afternoon of the above dale. The first will be held at 1:30 o’letvck for Vnlon township, the second at 1:45 o’clock for Monroe t iwnahlp. the third at 2 o'clock for Washington townahip and the fourth 2:15 o'clock for Ada ns coun-, ty. The township requests sre seek--Ing mainly appropriations for repairs snd transfers. The appropriation sought by the I county la to be used to par deputy, j »ttrveyor'a hire and costs of trans-1 I parting persons to state Institutions., o Erect New Bleachers At Worthman Field — Plenty of fans who witness the opening of the 193f* home football: season Friday night at Worthman Field between th* Yellow Jackets and the Rluffton Tigers w'll be able to watch the activities from new I bleacher seats. Superintendent Walter J. Krick announced this afternoon that the i new bleachers which arrived today, Vbout 100 people may be accomodated on the blewcherw. which will he erected on the south side of the < ft Id. o—— • Announce Purchase Os South Whitley Store Mr. and Mrs. Jess I-eßrun. former Decatur theater owners, have purchased a general dry goods, store at Routh Whitley. The Le- i Bruns are visiting here at present. I

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Russian Newspaper Hints Soviet Might Approve Os Partitioning Os Poland. PORT OCCUPIED By Joe Alex Morris (United Press foreign news editor) German troops hammered their way swiftly across Poland toward the Rumanian and Soviet frontiers today as the first hint came fron. Moscow that the Russians might approve creation of an Ukraine , state. Reeking to free Nasi forces for fighting on the Rhineland front, the Germane said their war machine had picked up speed after a series of Polish ccrnnterattacks. encircled Warsaw, took the port of Gdynia. thrust southward against Lwow and eastward almost to Rreat-Lltovak. Dispatches from Paris. Bucharest. and Berlin agreed that the Polish defenses were being smashed In both north and south—al'hough Warsaw still held out — and that the Poles were sallying l>ack Into the swampy marshes in southeastern Poland On the western front, the German high command reported that the French forces seeking to advance In the Saar section had heen hurled back under German fire, but Paris dispatches said that the French continued their me- . thodlcal advances and held their ground under heavy Nasi arliUnry tmrrages I In the house of commons In London, prime minister Nevllie Chamberlain said that Great Britain never would resort to deliberate bombardment of civilians but pointed out tha twarfare would necessarily be adapted to whatever military strategy proved necessary In event of German violation of agreements regarding itomblng of open towns. Berlin announced that a aeries of arrests had been made In th* I protectorate of Morabla and Bo- ; hernia, but denied reports that *<M> Cxechs had been seized as "heat ages" to prevent salmtage tn the ' former republic. Os greatest interest in Europe's International struggle, however. I was the still unclarified position 'of Russia. With a reported 4.000.- * '>oo men under arms, the Soviet government permitted the newa- | paper Pravda to blame the ’defeat" of Poland on the Warsaw government's alleged exploitations of minorities. The newspaper’s editorial and i other dispatches published In Mos- ; cow were believed to lie a poaaible ‘ groundwork for future approval *of the fourth partitioning of Po--1 land. If not the creation of a new (CONTINUED ON FAGB FIVE) MARY SHOBEIS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Mary Ellen Shobe Dies Today At Home Near Linn Grove Mrs. Mary Ellen Chrlstman-ShcM 51. died this morning at 4 o'clock , at her home one mile south of Linn 'Grove. Rhe had been 111 anl confined to 'bed for the past three yeare with complications. The deceased was born nene ’.lnn Grove May 9. ISRf> a daughter |nf Mr, and Mrs Georg* Sheldon. In iMff she married Chariaa Christman. who died In 1922. fn 1928 ahn married J. W, Rchobe. who died In 192«. Surviving are a son Harry. o| Montpelier; a brother. John Sheldon i # of Connersville, fwo slst*-s. Mm. Emma Gregg of Bluffton and Mrs. Lizzie Thompson of Fort Wavnc. home of Mm. Clara Piemen and The body will be taken to thn may be viewed after 2 p. tn Friday. Funeral eervlces win be held at the Pierson home Saturday at 1:80 p. m and at 2 o’clock at the Linn Grove Christian church with Rev. Lee McKinley officiating. Winial I wIH be In Greenwood ceinetery.