Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1939 — Page 1

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■fSDLONS ■NEUTRALITY |jw REVISION B . ■ Itidu.iU - '• 'I Hili' M.itti l ■ 1 on'i<l»n<l B B desire. to elltew . . '• > ■ .- r jL.tnda:-' J etnba-- ■ ■ |K,«A .. »Him of war time M*«*»*' nt * ** h * d . aga tut prorrrl.lon of the neutral* -jp- t» > no*' prt incut today appeared to im- * a coin rm'-haslzing ■ ■ larres.mr government perU >•!> •:.'■ pondem, referring to the In ■ laterssts requre them KnU -•>>►: rw.H Im weiss I IS CONVICTED ■ \nd l our Other Bbui’i.tn.t Politicians ■ Found Guilty "•■*•■• ir. (UJD - " r '”‘ “ " '■•»• from mlli.mai... as K th. late Huey P Hr* : 1 ■ f" ur ||p • l ”>d*r i»o. ~f |j>m«latia ■ " ’ ■ '•'!• ■ '•-•>< .-s t.alav ■ »-' fhsd B. - ' took only B'"''* law night to convict ; »z u».<l th. malls t«> y- li'.li;.W ** *• Hotah deterred sen* R kt«| with W* i»< «ere Dr »• Stm-h whom |x>ng B*• obwiirlty i<> preaident .tat,, university. Spt’l- Hart, an electrical con- ■ ha« had many Mate K ’• latui, (■ la., a)t ,. wh „ g l ' of a large oil V“f nit’ll he « 4> Indicted, and i Adarna. Smith » nephew ■ to under more than !o fedK ‘ ! «te indictments growing K •‘ tnul'l million dollar fiaud 1,, Weiss has lieen Indict dealings In hot <>|| •■ Smith wan re. K ’.J***' ,h, ‘ o'hera were K ’ ’” (r freedom on the hall |** i *Mr had posted. 1 • t-ong first entered poll. ■L ’ton wan a shoe salesman I tr< u? *‘ l ” **** «"»ornor FL n * ! " W " Hfiht manager r»R«»eV.| t h0 ~| hpn , |xm< C h '‘‘‘''l''*Hers there and IL Increasingly useful t *• tr»aa Ur e r of (h|t mg K* * M f’qulred to testify C • "mate committee. Asked C, ,a ' l ' h * l <1 *■ , • lll, hp *°M the F*- bitaitJi*. " mW * ° f mr Welaa be. LZ_* > owner Os the Roosevelt ‘ TlS ' l;tn "M PAOB nvg) ’ MAOINQ* THtRMOMKTtR .7 ’'*•« an ’W P m 100 Hoot, *1 *:oopm ...10» 100 pm. io« w «ATHER **•*1000 ?' r eo " t, "“»0 ‘-'to.? J '7 da) ' n ‘« h ‘ «f '••much coaler Bunday.

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Heat Again I'orces ('losina <>f School The ptUillc schools of the city closed again at 1B;3O o'clock this morning when the heat forced the <nrtallment of claaaes for the third I conswutlve day. No school was held th'c afternoon. Xo Damaae Is Caused By Trash Fire Today The local fire department was called to the rear of the W.-mhoff Monumental Works at 8:43 o'clock (thia morning to extinguish a trash 'ire. No damage was done. NO RELIEF IN HEAT FORESEEN Only Srant Hope Offered For Immediate Break In Heat By United Press Three Hoosiers were dead today and docens of others pros'.rated as a result of an unabatlng September haat wave that has shattered si.-time records for the month -n -irtually all parts of th- state and has forced schools to close In several cities and counties. No relief from the blistering heat was predicted for today, and weather forecasters offeied on.y scant hope for a breal: tomorrow. John Viney. 4f>. of Logansport, and John Plantg.-.C and Mrs. Mary K Trash. S 3, both of Rochester, died from heart attacks Induced by heat Schools were closed for afternoon sessions or for the day at Indianapolis. Fort Wayne. Lagansport, Marlon, l-afayette. Kokomo. Heymour. Crawfordsville. Bedford. Aniterson. Pern. IMrtirnrt ‘Hotntngtoit. I ilratil. and others. Some school officials said the schools mignt be dismissed completely until cooler wer-ther arrives. Al Logansport an additional danger of a water shortage arose at residents raised their demands to a new high The Eel river, source of supply, was dangetoualy low. city officials said, and they asked all residents to conserve. Th» water supply of other cities was reported decreasing as the result of the prolonged drought, but at no other point had the shortage become dan/erous. For the third time in less than a week the all-time Beptemlier record at Indianapolis was broken yesterday when the temprwture clhutHMi to l‘W degrees and remained there for i three hours. Other cities reporting new ailtime Srptivute-r records and also new marks for this summer were 1.-gansport. 103; Kokomo. lUB.S; Portland. 104; la Porte. »03. Bedford. IW; Plymouth. M; Evansville, 110": Huntington. 1<»S; Fort Wayne. :•»: Marlon. I«S3. Bloomfield lu<; Rushville. PS; Noblesville M; Crawfordsville. Nt; Seymour, luj; Bluffton. IM; Alexandria, its. DALE MOSES TO HEAD DAIRYMEN Named President Os County Dairy Herd Improvement Aaan. The members of the Xdama Cotini ty dairy herd Improvement association met at the Lincoln school. Thursday evening to reorganise, thia to be effective October 1. The following officers were elected: Dale Moaea. president. Homer Arnold, vice-president; Peter 11. Lehman, secretary-treasurer; dlrI ictora. (Henry Aachlem.tn and (leorge Fosnaugh It was also decided ot tender the testing Joo to the present tenter. Banford Fra see. After the meeting of reorganization had been cared for. O A Williams of the Purdue extension dairy <1 'partment. spoke briefly and outlined some work that could be undertaken this winter. President Dale Moses stated thst It Is still possible to accep* membership for two or three herds In the association for the coming tenting year and If any one han not not been contacted, he can get In touch with either Mr. Moeen or the conn- ■ ty agent's office In regard to thia matter. I -1

11,1 - - - - W indsors Back on English Soil » F* "—“ — • jSwL Y / tISEg if* i F-I ■r- .' tfli feL— I j After a Voluntary exile of a | m . w t thr-e years, th.- Duke of Windsori f ' ,, u Knt "* h *•« •'»*• American born duebooa. the woman t for whom he gave up an empire Th- couple is shown, above, at Calmest a Hatch. Busse*. EngUnd Th.- duke returned to England to : nerve ni» country during the war.

PRISON GUARDS : ARE POISONED Illinois Prison Guards Poisoned In Futile Escape Plot J Joliet. 111. Rept. 15. — (UP) — I Forty-Eight convict* were held In t solitary confinement at Statevill' ► penitentiary today while officials r investigated an unaucceaafnl eecape I H»t In which 11 guard* and a tru*r ty were fed a powerful drug in their I "offee Five guard* were trade »er- . .ouvly ill but will rcover. > Warden Jame* E Ragen (aid the . poisoning* had l>een engineered, apparently with the assistance of ( other Inmate*, by three iong-term . murderer*. Patrick Joyce. 31 Joseph i Jaaorak. 44. and Peter Balelttli*, St, ’I all from Chicago. After the guards , j had been poisoned—<|V" of them 1 were drugged Into uncons -lousness —the convict* attempted to scale a ( wall with a makeshift ladder They were seen by other guard* and surrendered without resistance. The drug was slipped Into coffee prepared In the officer’s kitchen * and served at lunchtime. In add!- * tion to the murderer. 46 convict* who worked In or had *ce»«* to the kitchen were placed In solitary confinement. Ragvn said toslcologlst* lad not' Identified the drug but believed from the lyniptimi* of the atricken guard* that It might have been at-; rophlne. which paralyse* the cardiac and respiratory center*. It also was reported that the .drug might have been stramonium. | from the dried leaves of the Jim-' tC<»XTINI'KI> OS’ I’AGFT FIVKI ' Lorkhcad Resigns Government Post Washington. Sept 15 —(UP)—| The treasury announced today th«| ’ resignation of Archie Lockhead, dlrI -ctor of the |2.mn»,t,ou.OOti stabtllxai tlon fund. M Merle Cochran, former secre•ary to the embassy In Paris, who ' handles much of the treasury'* bus- ’ Ines* with the French government 1 will emceed him Fort Wayne Youth Drowns In River .I—— Fort Wayne. Ind.. Sept. IS—(UP) * Deputy coroner C. R. Ihirker today ■ returned a verdict of accidental death In the drowning yesterday afternoon of Charles Wormcastle. ■l4. In the Msumee river here. n Authorities said yesterday'* eg- ■ 3M*lve temperature of a record 109 degrees probably was indirectly restonslble for the boy’s death Worm- ■ castle and • companion de r led poeti ed warnings against swimming In I the river. ’

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tecatur, Indiana, Friday, September 15, 1939.

Purdue Enrollment Increase Reported I Lafayette. Ind. Sept 15 —(UP) — A five per rent increase In enroll..'ent at Purdue University was re ' ported today by Edward C Elliott, i president, lie said that 4,<74 stud- • tits had already registered. J*W more than last year. He Indicated < jthat total enrollment might pan! T.#"O however as graduate -indents can register until Oct. 1. Brooklyn Opens Grid Season With Victory S'ew York. Sept 15—(UP)--The; Prooklyn Dodgers headed the eas-| tern division of the national football I league today, having op-med the season with a 12-? victory over the. Pittsburgh Pirate*. Ace |*arker'* spectacular passing. • tinting, running, and all-around p!av enabled Potsy Clark's Dodgers to top the hard-fighting Pirate* before a crowd of JU,444 at Ebbetul field last night. Parker figured In I every Dodger scoring play, a touch-’ down, field-goal, and sate y. German Troops Blow I’p Bridge Today Luxembourg. Sept. 15 —(UP) — German troop* operating on the the German side ot the Moselle I river at 10 a. m. today blew up the! 'bridge connecting Teri. Germany with the Luxembourg villager :>f Schenden. DISTRICT MEET HELD THURSDAY District NCCW Meeting Is Held At Besancon Thursday A delegation trem th" Decatur' parish attended a first district meet-' lag of the NCUW at liensaucon la*’ night, Mrs. Charles Lose, district president, reported today. Th" meeting aws held at the S', i-ouls church with the Rev Joseph Hesston as host pastor. Rev. Hesston delivered the address ot welcome. Two missionary catechists appeared on the program and showed moving pictures ot their work 1n Mexico and other places. Father J H. Conway, superintendent of Central Catholic hign school' •n Fort Wayne also spoke. The CYO glee club presented several ntunbur*. A business meeting was held be-* fore the close of the season. Mrs Lucy Overly, parish chairman and Mr*. E. W. Proegler, assisted by ladles of the parish, served as the hospitality committee

WORLD SERIES DATE SET. TO OPEN OCT. 4 World Series To Open In American League Park Oct. I Chicago. S.-pt 15— <u,R) Baseball commissioner Kenesaw M Landis today net Oct. 4 In the park of the American league pennant winner for the opening of th.- IMP world aeries. iaindin said th*- first two games would be played In the American hx.gue |mrk on Wednesday and rnursday. the teams would travel on Friday, and resume play In the park of the National leagu. winner on Saturday Play will continue In the National league park through Sunday and I Monday, he said, and If the w >rld ! championship la not won by hat : time the teams will travel ag.ln j on Tuesday, resuming In the AlsterI lean league park Wedn< sday and Thursday if the full seven sam.s I are necessary. There will In- no changes In , basic world series policies. ( told National league preside »• Ford Frick; American leagu*- presi- ! dent Will llarridge; and r-pre-I sentativea of four of the clubs con- | ceded a chance to participate In | the series Clubs repreaent.-d at th" meet- | nig were the American )e<ig.» Yankees and the National league Chicago Cuba. St latuls Cardinals | and the Cincinnati Reds Series tickets will coat more In | St. Loala and Cincinnati, for any I games played there, than they ! would in New York and Chicago, lamdls said He said New York I and Chicago prices would rang** from 41 1" to <6 fill but that state and city taxes would make the range from *lls to *fi <H> tn S( *<Y>\TlSt Et> ON PACK TWO) REMOVE BODIES FROM SQOALUS — 21 Os 26 Bodies Are Removed From Sunken Submarine Portsmouth. N H.. Sept. 15. — U.P> Navy men removed th* l bodj lea of 24 of the 2« victims from the submarine Squalus today and the navy court of Inquiry recon--1 vened to determine officially thi cause of the disaster. One of the two bodies still withjln the battered hull that of John IJ. Ratlck nf Kittery. Mo. electrici lan's mate. Ist class was pinioned so tightly beneath the aft bat- : tery room that workers had to cut away a s.-.-tlon of steel floor to : reach It. The three-man Investigation I board. In charge of Rear-Admiral i William T. Tarrant, planned to inI sped the salvaged submersible as j ' soon as It was cleared of dehris ' I They wanted to confirm or disprove an official theory that n i faulty high Induction valve caused I *4..W,O<M» underseas craft to * aihs. n 4" fathoms of water dur-' Inga routine dive off the laleg of . Shoals Muy 23. Five bodies were retrieved before the submarine, lifted from the I ocean floor Wednesday, was drydocked at Portsmouth navy yard I early today. The others were removed as the Squalus lay cradle.) In the drydock which was pumped free of water. Government fingerprint experts i from Waahlngton Identified the re -covered bodies as those nf: t John P. Hathaway, fireman first class. luiPnrte. Ind Joshua Casey, fireman Ist class, i fIMM Ridge. Fla Eugene A. Hoffman, motor machinist Ist class. Cleveland. Ohio. | H. K McAfee, elc-trldan's mat*2nd class. East Point. Ga. John A. Chestnutl, chief machinist's thate. Oakland. Calif, Robert L. Coffey. Electrician's - * ICONTINVKD ON PA<»W FtVIC) O Holiness Group To Meet Sunday The monthly meeting of the Adnm« county holiness association will 'be held at the Monrie tabor.taele Bunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. V. S Vardaman, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church of II! if ft on will be the speaker.

Allies Claim Victories On Land And Sea; Nazi Advance Through Poland Intensified

United Press Head Says War Has Not Really Started On Western Front. LIMIT OPERATION By Hugh Baillie, < President of I'nlted Pressi London. Sept, is.. tu.RI -It is becoming Increasingly obvious that the war has not really started on the western front. With the French conducting limited operations and the British not yet In act km on land, it la apparent that the Germans are following the course forecast, mainly, to finish the l*o|.-a first, if possible, and then offer peace to the western powers. Then if peace Is not accepted to turn on the heat. Whether they would Ite able to seise the Initatlve from the British and French on the western fr.mt remains to be seen, since It would appear that the French have as yet done nothing to demonstrate what potential striking powers may be there. In other words, nobody has as yet slung a Sunday punch on the western front. Diagnosing the German program. British spokesmen have already gone cm record declaring thai no such peace would be acceptable. and the French have been equally positive. Meanwhile, how- ■ ever, the Germans have done noth- • Ing to indicate any change In their - program apart from submarine activities. They have, up to the - time of writing thia, been content to remain <m the defensive in the west. How long this will last no man can say. At th- same time, of course, the Germans are giving the works to the Poles, and it Is ! a matter of conjecture how long the Poles will tn* able to keep large numbers of the German , troops occupied Delay In starting the slugging on the western front is obviously giving the British and French more time to prepare. An important task In Britain may be to keep the people geared up to observing precaution. The ■ day war was declared everybody I expe*ted an air raid any minute and the air raid alarm which came Sunday morning Just after t’hatnbi erlaln finished his radio announce- ; merit of war produc ed an alertness and tension which lasted for days, . and was intensilled Ity succeeding air raid alarms Nobody was complaining about hla< kouts then. Now. however, small changes are being made In the rules about headlights JURY TRIAL TO BE HELD MONDAY First Jun Trial Os September Term Is Scheduled Monday The first Jury trial of th* Septem-’ ter term of the Adams circuit court Is scheduled to he trl*-*l Monday, when the paternity case of the state cf Indiana, on relation to Marcia Carner. against Gordon Welker wilt : te hear. Juda*' J Fmd Fruchte, who will ; preside at the trial, ordered the Jure I summoned Into court on Monday to hear the trial. Vacancies, created by the excusIng of three members, have been |f!ld by th Jury commissioners. The places of Fred J. Colchin and O. L. 1 Vance of Decatur and Lewi* Schaadt. of Jefferson t.iwnshlp. aho went excused, will bo liken bv Mrs. Antoinette Daniel, Decatur;' Helen Mann. Washington township I and Walter Hofstetter. Geneva. The other members are: Alvin Gelneke. Preble township; Flold W. Ehrntan. Kirkland township; Fred Bluhm. Monroe township; Sophia • flchamerloh. Union township; Ros* il W. McKean. Washington township. ■ Jesse E. Clark. Berne; Adv Kolter. ■ Kirkland township; Mr*. Ivi • Teeple. St. Mary's township:, f August Blomenrtiorg. Pmh'e towni ship.

MUNCIE MAN IS BADLY INJURED Frank Beyer Critically Injured As Auto Overturns Today I Frank Rever. 53 Manclo Insur- ■ mice salesman. Is couflnof to the Adams county memorial hospital i today in a critical condition from injuries sustained early this moru- : Ing when his auto let tthe road near ; the Ohio state line, east of here and j tolled over several lanes. At a late hour today h« bad not ’ regained consciousness since the in:*- of the crash, shortly before I I o't 'ock this morning The attending , Physician stated that Heyer was | peobably suffering from a skull I fracture, although his condition did j not permit the taking of X-rays. The accident occurred lust west of hte curve at the Indiana-Ohio i altat* line on federal road 324/ i Tracks and marks disclosed thM the I car left the road, careened into the [ ditch and crashe dfar Into a field.| aiming turtle several times, The niosr of the accid-ttt awak- ■ ned the family of John Russ, aer-i | vice statio novner. who lives near (the accident scene and they brought > him to the hospital. Considerable difficulty was exper- , ienced by authorities in learning , th« victim's ideu'lty. Sheriff El _ | Miller, aided by several civilians . combed the scene and th*- wreekod , t auto In an effort tv find some clue . to hi* Identity. He had no 'dentifys , lag marks in his clothing when takI •••» to the hospital. . | It was Uter learned that Beyer. '' tCONTUKVED ON PACK TWO) ' SAL VATIO N ARMY FUND CAMPAIGN Salvation Army Campaign Is Continuing In This City The Salvation Army campaign la progressing splet.dldly Thirtyfive men are working on the drivel with good results Du<- to the hot Weather, the cni»|mlgti will be ex-1 I tended to next Tii.-silay afternoon Al) the Industries in Decatur are, cooperating to the fullest extent. | Factory Hats have been placed In j some of the larger planta, Bram Stevenson, campaign di- | rector, gave a program at the Jun-ior-senlor high achmd this morn- ■ I Ing. He was well received anti I gave a varied program of solos, j | vocal uuni tiers and monologues, I He also spoke on th*- activities of • the Salvation Army and said that thia la the only army that is fight- ' Ing on both aides of the trenches ’ in Europe tialay. fighting against the ravages of war. , All th*- workers are requested' ■ to report as soon as possible to H. IH Krusckeberg. th*- campaign treasurer. Following ar<* th** names of th** /additional workers: Paul t'alrtt-. , Rev George Walton. Edward Engeler. George Sprague. J M Dna»t. | I Clarence Welter. <’. M Ellsworth. Ed Bauer. Felix Maier. Forrest Elsey. James Ellhtsoii Th** following are th** aubscrib- i [ era for Thursday: Clifton Striker,! Vl.K.r El<h*i. Ed Mlllei W II 'Gllllom. E Worthman. Forrest Elzey. Jeff Liechty. Ruth Holllnga worth. Faye Smith Knapp Viola I I Ellsworth. Bvtrs South End Grocery. Glen Oswalt, Bonifaa' heat-! autant, Vernon Aurand. Burk Ele-| vator Co.. Jam*** Elhoraon. Edward. 1 Lose. Oscar LMkenau. Bprngtie I Furniture Store. Paul Edwards. | . Cloverleaf Creamery. Carl Gerber. 1 Dr S D Heavers. French Quinn. Auto Reported As Stolen Recovered An auto owned by Charles Meyer .'of Dlerke* street was reported stolen last night about ? o'clock. The ■ -ar was later located In the alley hack of Second street abont 11 p. tn.,

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British Admiralty Says “A Number” Os Subs I D<‘stro\ed; (iermans C ontinue Drive. KILL CIVILIANS By Joe Alex Morris i United Press foreign news editor) . The allied powera reported land J and sea successes today In their I war to offset the battering advance i of the German war machine .I through Poland -j On the high seas, the British ad(jmlralty announced, many attacks I have been made mt Nagi submar/Ines and “a number" have been , destroyed Both British and t French warships sought out German vessel* acting as supply stathins for the u hoats. I On the Rhineland front. French |. troops reported more local ad- | vances east of the Saar river and J near the Luxembourg frontier. ( The French, holding their ground | against greatly Intensified Nasi artillery fire, penetrated German i territory east of the Saar until . they were In contact with Nail ’ forces before the Siegfried line | and also carried out a strong at* | tack In the Sim k sector, which J some Irelfeved to be a Weak point iu the main German fortifications. The Natl drive through Poland, meanwhile. progressed rapidly, with the Germans blasting at the f > fortifications before Brest-Lltovsk L and driving hard through the south ‘ in an effort to cut off the Rumanl tan frontier communications •| Warsaw still held out. reporting that Germans again had been hurlerl back in fighting In the suburbs. and Polish artillery was re- . ported brought u|> to stand off a strong Nazi attack on Lwow. in | the southeast. In Paris, the Polish transcontinental agency reported a Lwow broadcast charging that German i air raids over Poland had killed 29. PM civilians and that refugees had been machine-gunned by low* flying Nazi planes The speed of the German drlvn eastward through Poland put th* Nazis in a dominant position In far more than half of the country and advanced so rapidly toward th* Soviet frontiers that an ear'y showdown appeared likely on Iho Russian government'a role In the European war Dispatches from Poland byway of Rom*' asserted that Lwow had been encircled hy Nazi troops and Bucharest heard that Polish sot <liers had retreat>-d across thn frontier Into Rumania and been I Internet) In the north, fighting wan reported spreading toward the Lithuanian frontier but most of the reports continued to Indicate that Warsaw was encircled and that i the Nazi thrusts had broken up the Polish fronts In a movement that was forcing the defen i< ra eastward toward the great Prlpet marshes where their -avalry might be dominant and whet* Nazi (CONTINimD ON PA<IK FOUR) SONS OF LEGION MEET MONDAY Sons Os American Legion Meet At Legion Home Monday Night The Sons of the American T<eglntv will meet Monday night at 7 o'clock st the local la>gioti horn*, it wag announced tmlay. All members are urged 'o attend aa plan* will be made at that thno Ur the coming year and a d*talle | Program will be outlined. Ud Jnberg. the new squadron leader. will be present and hart chargq I of the meeting. Ed BRauep gewlo Installed commander of Adam* Pos* No. 43. American Legion, will also I Attend All boy* of local Legionnaire* arg | invited to attend the meeting. ‘ whether or not formerly enrolled. A group of member* of the auxl* H Mary of Adam* Post went to Marlod 'I yesterday Io visit lhe soldiers' hoa« jpltal there. It was reported