Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1939 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ON LY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Preble SodbuKtera Hold Final Meeting Th* Preble Sotfhuitteri met fori ■heir final m*etln« at the home of their leader. Loren Kreutrman M Wedneaday evenlh,' AuruM JO. at' 7 W. The meeting wan called to or-1 .■kr by the president. Robert Rephert. and tb* old and new biiMnevv wti dlacu.aed. Th* roll call wa. nnewered by .lx member, end one vi.ltor. Ruaael Krentaman • 0 ~ ■ - War /n Brief ■Ry I'nlted Pres. | PARIS: French repoiae etrong German counter-attack* in Nied valley aector of Moeelle front, German artillery ehell* French poaltlon* aouth at Saarbrnecken: Fr«mch and German air Meet* engaged In heavy combat over weatern front position* LONDON: British contraband control *elte« enonnou* quant It le. of war «nppllea de* tlned for Germany, including oil. Iron, manganese, haematite. wood palp and phosphate Belgian liner Alex Van Opetal sunk off southern coast of England, apparently by mine TOKYO: Government an- ■ nounceh truce with Russia. halting fighting on Outer Mon gollan frontier, troops hold present positions and obeer vers enforce truce pending diplomatic settlement MOSCOW: Sovirta. confirming Russo-Japanese truce on Outer Mongolian border, said | many pending problems remain to be solved before any Japi anese-Sovlet non - aggression pact ran be negotiated Indi- , isled truce negotiations occurred on German Initiative. BERLIN: High command announces occupation of PresemysL <« mile* west of lumber* wi.h German caplore of X.MU Polish prisoners and IM guns Command also announced German capture of Bialystok, 100 miles northeast of Warsaw. German* put Polish prisoners to work on German farms POLISH RUMANIAN FRONTIER: Vangard of diplomatic refugees from Poland. IncludFrench and British mission*. Bee* Into Rumania on advice «f Poltah government. President Mom l< kt and other member* of Polish government remain in ramahackled quarter* tn frontier town of Z*)e*gciyki Flying columns of German tank* plunge deep into southeastern Poland, cutting off retreat Into Rumania. OTTAWA: Canadian government intenslfle* help to allies, create* war supply board, plan* to send purchasing comml* stem to United State* If neutrality law revision* allow American purchase* of war auppllea and organise* foreign exchange control board WASHINGTON: Debate on how to keep U- 8 out of war ■paired by Lindbergh neutrality speech: Henry L. Stimson I and Nicholas Murray Butler join In demanding repeal of arm* embargo TEACHERS HOLD INSTITUTE HERE Rural Teachers Institute h Held At Lincoln School Today Dr W. B Townsend, of Butler i.alverslty. wa* the principal speaker at tha morning session of the annual Adam* county rural teachers' institute, being held toda at the llncolti school in tbl* city. Approximately I<HI teachers of tbo rural schools In the county are attending ths t»o *e**lons of the Institute Dr Townsend's sddre** featured the morning session of the convention. under the supervision of Cllfion K Btrtker. Adam* county school •uperintendent. 0 H. Clevenger, of Ball Mate t. schers' college al Muncie, also «Dotoe at the morning seaalon in organising extension clause*. Mrs. Carrie Templin of ndlanapoll* was th* other speaker to appear before th* teacher*. She discussed reading of th* third and fourth grad**. New textbooks V’ill be explained *o the trvebsrs before the close of th* convention late this afternoon. Decatur and Berne teacher* will algo attend the afternoon noMion.

NO EXTENSION FOR DEADLINE Wheat (J rowers Warned l Crop Insurance Deadline September 20 Adam* county wheat growers I are warned by Winfred L. Gerge. I chairman of the county AAA committee. that there will be no extension of the deadline. September 30. for acceptance of completed application* for “all-rtak'' crop Insurance on their IMO winter wheat crop. "The deadline previously established I* final," said Mr Gerke "We have received instruction* to accept no application* on winter Wheat after close of busines* on the closing date." He pointed out that under the IMo program, growers are eligible to make ap- ] plication* and pay the premium only before they have planted their crop, and that no application* can be accepted, even If the crop has not been planted after the general cut-off date for the county. This means that eligible wheat grower* In thia county have only four day* to make application* and pay the premium if they have not already done so. To date more than 300 grower* tn Adam* cqunty have filed paidup application* for crop Insurance. Mr. Gerke said. This compares with 107 received a year ago. when all-rtak" crop insurance for wheat wa* first introduced to farmers. More than »5 per cent of the growers who hsve applied have taken advantage of the new AAA "offset" provisions, under which the premiums for the Insurance can be paid by executing an advance against future payment* to be earned under the agricultural con aervation program Decatur Works k Liven First Place The Decatur work* of the General. \ E'ectric took flr»t place in Augu*'; m Good Housekeeping. Laving a ' percentage of >l.lß for th* month. The grade of excellent was given <o the departments represented by the following foremen and supervisors: A Fruchte. C. Smith A. Butfenbarger. G. Buckley. M Hoffman. ' D. Kimble and W. Kohl*. The contest Is between the Fort Wayne works and the local plant. ENROLL NYA IN COUNTY OFFICE NYA Enrollment Now Being Taken In County Welfare Offices Indianapolis. Sept. 18. — CertlßI cations for employment on one of I the NYA work projects In the <0 ; Indian* counties In which the pro- : gram operate* now are made by the local county welfare office a* a result of a resolution passed by I the Mat* board of public welfare. The national youth administration fat composed of two main division* a work* program for out-of-ochooi youth and student aid The county departments particl- ; pate In certifying only those tnj dividual* desiring work on the ' out-of-achool phase of the program Official* of the various school* are responsible for the selection of appllaant* for the student aid proj gram Work project* will be started In > countie* that have no out-of-scbool i program just a* soon aa a sufI Belent number of young men and women receive certifications from th*lr county welfare department, i according to Robert 8. Richey. ;*tat* director of NYA. To be eligible for employment on one of the many NYA work project*, youths must be between th* age* of 18 and 14 Inclusive, unemployed, out of school, and member* of low Income families Young men and women working In the program receive from 114 to *ll a month for 80 hour*' work. Formerly certification was under the supervision of th* goverI nor's commission on unemployI r*ll*f and later the unemployment relief section of the welfare department Certification of out-of- \ school applicants for work projects remained In th* welfare department when the unemployment relief section was changed to the unemployment relief commission recently by order of Governor M Clifford Townsend.

pecßtm-, Indiana, Saturday, September 16. 1939.

ATTACK ON TWO FRONTS

Mapping British Army Moves B rff W* FI Kfl F While the allies hammer sway at the German defenses on the western front. British military strategists study a map in the war office in London Those pictured are General Sir Kdmund Ironside left chief of the imperial defense staff, and General the Viscount G«rt. coin-mander-in-chlet of the field force* 01 HR DI AMQ TA Armour Packing Plank ULUD iLRHO IU Threatened By Strikes PRESENT DI AV Washington. Sept 18—tl'PI—AIlLuLll I iLn I tour and Cb.. meat packe.’S today * was threatened with a strike in all I ' Cf it* plants unless it agreed so <-<mTeens And Twenties Cluh trxet negotiations by next Tuesday To Present Play Dur- *“* ' hP P“ c, “ n < workers orwj .*■ .. -tanlxlng committee of th- CTO. mg Xext Month The strike deadline was Jlxed by I’WOC Chairman Van A. Rittner. A meeting of the play committee and play cast of the Teens an-1 nniRAII vmaa/> Twenties dub was held Friday UU|\|lM TLDrI\ evening at the home of Mr. and Mr* IllluUll iLDITIO R. J Mann for a reading at the play saxanaidx which the dub W!ll present soon- Tfl 0(1 ITI PIA Kl Q The date has not been definitely ||| | I lUlrllvV set but it will be given some time in October. * j ——• The play cast at the present time Fiv® Prominent LoUihi* consists of: Mary Koo*. Huida ana Residents Given steury. Alice Ranking. Lydix Prison Terms Frcsch. BaUUa Steury. Irene Fos- * r,M,n 1 vrnv ' uaegh. Mrs. Boyd Stepler. Rotorrt tg-Fedetal !.rown Tom Adler. I Boyd I Stepler lmm a .„, WM . e , Jo Prominent u I P ‘? L’ ", < convicted ol msing tie mt I i" o t-mi-tana Stat. will help in the production of this gnlver , lty (>r , TS(Wo p'ay. such as stage setting and also « . . ... help with the make up of the cast. "**«*?’ ° f 10 Ticket, can be secured after Sen- ®° n ' h ' " nd of ’ l '" 00 on w, | ' •ember 31 fr«. any member of th*. '2° ,ra “ d u"?"" a*’* m v |to Seymour Weiss, dapper New ’ I Orleans hotel man and key figure ■3 . " m the late Huey Long's poll tic nJ Screen Actor S Mother machine; Di James Monroe Dies At Fort Wayne w * k >** resignation aa pr*al r | dent of the state university p.e Fort Wayne. Ind.. Sept. 18 ''P*'*’** widespread inve.tlgaiion — Funeral service* will be held 01 Politic*. «t‘d Monte here Monday for Mrs Cora De UnHaiana conttacMoaa Wycoff Weaver. M. motliet "* r of screen actor Leon Ames Mrs. Louis C. Lesage, former StandWeaver died yesterday st her ard OU official, and J Kmory Adhome following a two year llLieas. ams. nephew of Dr. Smith by mar a rlage. were fteaff |WO and given flf" ■ Til Al A 111 Q concurrent sentences of a year and UIH I n bLAImo • **’ on ° r '*■ "T* All promptly filed notice of apPIJ 1 Q 1 | C QUID IT l**'* l (rom ,h '' convU ' ,l,l,, a- voted by biinui ALtunlnt “ f “ ,b " l " ,,rt ,u ynl ‘ tl " "* qpsssswrs viititfe t j„. government's first major coutt ‘ - teat In Its drive against corrupw.t,.»h Town.hipF.rmCF lilt’s At His Home gin his prison t*rm at once since • Near Berne bond on doxen* of other charge* ha* been set so high he han Charles Lee Aleshire. 77. a real •>**» unable to post It. dent of Wabash township for the The five were convicted of using past 15 year*, died this morning the mall* In a deal In which the at 1:4( o'clock at hl* home, two university paid for furnishing* of and one-half mile* south of Berne the Bienville hotel although the*. Death was attributed to com- furnishings allegedly had leen inplications. He was born In Vir- eluded In the school s ea.lter purglnla January 31. 1883. the son of chase of the building Reuben and Ha rah Brubsker-Ale- 0 Surviving are the widow and Yw O Radios, $17.1 In three staters: Mrs. Lulu Vutner. Cash Taken B.V Robbers Mrs. Mollie Shirley end Mrs. Susie —— Strickler, all of Virginia. Richmond. Ind . Sept 18 <u.R) One brother and four sisters are Police today sought two bandits deceased The body was taken tn who obtained approximately |I7S the Yager funeral home and will and two radios tn s daylight holdbe returned to th* residenc* to- up at the Taylor and Thompson night. It may be viewed there Wholesale Co. here yesterday, until time for the funeral The bandits locked up Jack MorA short service will be held rls. 34. manager of the couipsny. Monday afternoon and then at 1 and Carolyn Gibbons, stenograph o'clock at a chapel In Mttnclo er. In a vault while ;hey made Burial will be In that city. 1 their escape.

Germans Attack On Polish And French Fronts; Soviet Russia With Japan

CUT PATH FOR NEW HIGHWAY Men Working North Os City On New By-Pass Os Highway 27 An apparent herculean engineering feat is in full awing north of Decatur where several crews of men. with the latest type of targe construction equipment, are working feverishly In cutting a path for , the new by-pass of federal road 37. W'hlle the entire job will he I classed aa one of the finest road building example* upon completion. according to prediction*, the sub-contract work of preparing a way through the field* north of Decatur to the junction at Monj mouth I* undoubtedly the more outatandlng. Depending for the greater part upon huge, mechanical shovels that lift yards of dirt In one mouthful, and powerful tractor* rather than , the feeble efforts of man-power a- ; lone, the contractors are making rapid strides. Starting at a point about the 1 middle of the hitherto unchartered Sffi-etck betw-k" Monmouth and ■the Thirteenth street termination > on Washington street along the proposed route, the contractors • have been working both ways for ’ the past Week in excavating and I clearing At present the excavation work ' is about one an u one-half mile* ‘ from its southern termination at Washington and Thirteenth street. ' ■ While the right of way of the road is lot) feet, at places In the excavation work a 185 foot temporary right of way Is being used. There the giant task of moving hack the levee* of the McMillen ! industries' settling pond must be . done The new road 37 will start at a point north of the junction of the , Pennsylvania railroad and federal road 37 at Monmouth, staying always on the west side of the railroad. A distance of 90 feet from the center of the railroad will be i maintained practically all of the i time the road follow* south parallel with the tracks to the McMill- > en farms. ■ There the road makes a sweeping eurve to the southwest and i straightens out tn strike thirteenth i street and follow out to the present I junction of Thirteenth street extended and present road 37. The new stretch, all In all, will .be about four and one-half miles ■ in length. A new 33-foot pavement will be laid the entire way. j Three bridge* will alno be let i under separate contract. Two of . these bridges will cross small creeks while the third will span i the St. Mary's river west of the 1 present railroad bridge of the Pennsylvania over the Bt. Mary's <CONTiNtr«t» oNYsTTBYiviT--1 -o WRECK VICTIM STILL CRITICAL Muncie Man Still Unconscious 30 Hours After Auto Accident Shortly before noon today—3o hours after he wa* Injured when 1 hl* auto turned over on a curve ea*t of Decatur—Frank W. Beyer. Muncie Insurance man. wa* still ■ unconscious at the Adam* county memorial hospital The attending physician stated that there was no change In hl* condition, which wa* reported cvrltical when he wa* first admltt- ' ed Friday morning about I o'clock. It is believed that he Is suffering from a skull fracture, although 1 the seriousness of bls condition 1 has prevented the taking of X-ray* The physician stated that Beyer sustained a severe blow on the head, which probably resulted In a fracture Hl* family was summoned after the accident and they have remained at hta bedside In the hospital.

DEBATE GROWS ONNEUTRAUTV ISSUE IN U.S. ('ol. Lindbergh Pleads For Isolation In European War Washington. Sept l« <UJ»> -The debate on how the United Bute* I* to stay out of war qulcke ted today Col Charles A. Lindbergh. He>i ry L Hllmsou. President Hoovei * secretary of state, and Nichol *• Murray Butler, president of Columbia I’nlverslty. had added th.-ir voice* to It. Lindbergh addressed the ll*t«tier* of the radio networks of the National broadcasting company, the Columbia broadcasting system, and the Mutual broadcaating system an audience of a *i*e usually enjoyed only by the president Btim*on and Butler expr-s*ed lheir view* In letter* to the .dl or of the New York Time* Lindbergh's plea wa* for U .I*tlon In Kurope's present struggle. He saw no circumstance, beyond that of evident self interest in which America would be justified in undertaking q foreign war. He *aid nothing concerning the neutrality law — which congress |* meeting next week to reconsider — whose proponent* believe will keep America out of war and whose opponent* believe I* uniieu tral and could involve America tn war But hi* speech seemed more nearly related to that of Ben. V\ llllam K. Borah Thursday nigh: in opening the neutrality deliate Borah pleaded for Isolation and opposed repeal of the neutrality lad and It* mandatory embargo on arm*, ammunition, and Implein.-tit* of war Lindbergh asked only for Isolation and because he did the proponent* of the present law tCOXTINuib ON PAOW FlYffi) WORK STARTED ON LANDSCAPING Grounds At New School House Are Being Landscaped K O Little began this morning to landscape the grounds of the new junior-senior high *ch<a>l building Mr. Little, who I* from Auburn, received considerable favorable comment here a few year* ago for hta landscaping of the east part of the municipal light and power plant ground* The landscaping is to Include new shrubbery and the seeding ■nd planting of the lawns Work on the school wa* cam pleted too late la*t year to do any landscaping The school board provided for the landscaping of the grounds In the budget which was announced racwutly. When completed, il I* expeel >4 that the ground* will be one of the most beautiful nt any *cbo>.i In this area. Mexican Fiesta To Be Held Tonight All plans have been completed for the fiesta tonight st tbs Decatur Country Club In commemoration of the 1?» years of Independence for the country of Mexico. Scores of Mexicans will take part In the fesUvltles. with foods, dances and entertainment all being planned Mexican style. The affair will start st 8 o'clock. Bob Ric* snd hl* orchestra will furnish the music sot the event which is to be open to the public An admission chsrge of fit) cents hss been placed on th* affsir. Chita V*la. a Mexican sencrita, has been cho**n as queen of the celebration. She was namd by bello> from a dosen contestants.

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. Allied Operations On And Sea Grow In Intensity; French Repulse Attack. SEIZE MATERIAL By Joe Alex Morris. (VP. Foreign News Editor) German troop* smashed into southeastern Poland today to cut off Poltah line* of retreat into Rumania and attacked French armies in foh-e on the Franco-Ger-man border. On the diplomatic front Soviet Russia, part of her armies mobilised on the Poltah frontier, strengthened her position by negotiating a truce with Japan. • The Moscow-Tokyo truce halted fighting on the Outer Mongolian frontier but in Moscow it wa* stated that negotiations have not progressed to the stage of concluding a Koviet-Japaneae non-aggrea-•lon pact Many problems remain to be settled before a non-aggre*-sion pact can be arranged. It waa said But it was regarded aa significant that the negotiation* for * Soviet Ja pa nene truce in the i Far East were conducted on GerI man Initiative. Allied operation* against Germany were Intensified on land, sea and in the air. Fighting on the western front wa* accelerated aa French troope in force approached the main German position* tn the > west wall line of detenae That deveiopment foliowad ani nouiuement of French repulse of I a strong German counterattack in the Nied valley sector of the Mo* 1 elle front, heavy German artillery bombardment of French positions south of Sarrbruecken and war in the air over the French and German position* French eonrcea said that in fighting on the western front during the past 34 hour* the German* had lost more men than in any previous engagement of the new war on the western border. Britain, maintaining silence rm garrflng activitta* of her large expeditionary force in France, claimed that her navy has dealt crushing blow* to German economy The first week of Britain's contraband control, enforced by a naval blockade, resulted the ministry of Information *ald. in *el*. . ure of enormous quantities of war material destined for the relch. | Heixure* included petroleum, iron, manganese, wood pulp, phosphate and haematite The newest casualty of the war on the sea wa* the Belgian liner Alex an Opatal, 5.985 ton*, which ■ank after an exptoahm off th« south coast of England Friday night. The vessel wa* torpedoed or struck a mine, tbe British ministry of Information asserted, but In any event Its dost ruction wa* the result of enemy action If a German submarine torpedoed th" Belgian ship, the British said, it wa* In violation of th* *ubmartti« protocol, to which Germany adhere* If the vessel struck a mine, according to the British, it waa an it ONTINUfiB* ON PAGE riVff) CHURCH PLANS FOR SERVICES Cornerstone Service At New United Brethren Church Sunday A cornerstone service will ne _ held Bunday afternoon at the n»r , United Brethren church helm. 'I erected ut Nuttman avenue and ■ Eleventh ntreet. It will replace r |the Eighth street V. B church ■ The service will begin at 3 ■’o'clock and will constat of singing. 1 scripture reading, prayer and tbe unveiling of the new cornerstone A free will offering will be taken • ( for a new hospital on the African 1. mission field. ■I The service will be In charge of I; the pastor, the Rev L. J. M&rtln. I, He will ba assisted by the llnv. I 0. M. Bill of Rockford. Ohio i The senernl public has been exi tended a cordial Invitation in attend the service*