Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1939 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

WELLES SPEAKS FOR PEACE AT PANAMA CITY Sumner Welles UYges Peace At Pan-American Conference Panama City, Sept 2d—tVPl—I Colombia today p’e»entel to tin 1 emrrganey Pan-American neatralHy' i (inference a draft declaration o' r American aolkiarlty and MrtralCy i with an eapreaainn of hope that the Knropean war would eeaae. The secret plenary eeaaion of the, I conference began at f:4d A. M. OST Ila r third floor conwnltte.’ -oom of the National I'nlverslty w 'h Mexico taking flrat place In ao-oedaace with a eeating ariangeme.it drawn by lot. The I'nlted State* waa expected to aak the conference to create a | <afty hand around the wertern ' wur’d to keep H free from threats ■of European aggreasion. The “safety band*' proposal j which would forbid foreign belllCtrent activity within prnh«bly 3VO, .miles of the coasts of N"rth and ■ tooth America, waa expected to be cm pled wHh a plan for Vnlted Hates financial aid to ecomumicalty ' dripped neighbors. While delegates from the Amerii can republics maintained secrecy | stout their activities in evocative i- Mioas starting today, the expect<<l Vnlted ■totes proposals were said to be planned in line u«th the jsneeeh yeoterday of und< r secr.«I 'ary of state Sumner Wells. Welle appealed for a program to make the western hemisphere al monument to peace, untouched b» threats of foreign aggresa.on and more secure economically than it Is b**w The South and Latin American natUas parttesstnety here beea IHt economically by the Kuroptan war that has blocked theft mafor foreign trade The •safety banti" plan, which W’ sources said may provide for a Joint naval patrol of thv sone's ' boandartes. was regarded as one of the moat important propose Is ever I suggested at a Pan-Amer can coe- ! frrence since It would pro / de <-.«> , plete safety for intercontinental COMTtMVKD ON PACK THRKK* AGED WOMAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mpb. Sarah Ann Gentis Die* Monday At Home Near Linn Grove Mrs Sarah Ann Gentle. »1. died |M •:» o'clock Monday evening at 1 the home of a eon. Charles Gentle. West of Linn Grove In Harrison township. Welle county, after a I week’s fllneas of pneumonia She was bom in Ena la nd April |IS I*l*. the daughter of Mr and Mrs. John Hill She waa brought to this country when three years old and lived moat of her life in thia community She married Noah Gentle hi ISM. and he died in llk». Surviving are the folhtwlng chll dren: Charles Cletus, and Bam Gentle, and Mrs Cora Boeaart all of Hluffton rural route, and Purl Gentle, of Geneva, and three alatars, Mr* Hebecca Stoller. Mrs Anna Franklin, and Mrs Hanna Phillipa, all of Dundas. 111. The body waa removed to the Yager funeral home at Heme and will be taken to the Jacob Hossart home thia evening, where it may iXJNTtNVKD ON OAtIK TllHgsi c ' - -—I— Bobo Man Is Fined For Intoxication ■I '■ Doyle Daniele, ot Bdbo. waa fined II and costa by Mayor Forrest Elxeylate last evening when he plead ed guilty to a public Intoxication charge Daniela was arrested Sat- , trrdny night by officer Roy Vhilcote. TCMFIRATURa RKAOINOS OCMOCRAT THKRMOMKTCR R:ooam ..47 1:00 p.m. 47 10 00 am. 47 1:00 pm 47 N00n... „....47 WCATHKR Probably occasional rain tonight and Wednesday; cooler In extreme couth portion toI night.

Senate Embargo Repeal Bl<m- Maps Plans Jr ■ . ‘ * WK ' • | A f J ' IflHbJrHtri. B While President Roosevelt waa reported to have discuss plana for congressional action. SWbwn. left t given his (ongrrasional lieutenants a free hand to to right, are Senators Allien lUrkh-y of Kentucky compromise any portion of his neutrality Uw re- Key Pittman of Nevada. Waller F George of! vision program except that calling for repeal of the Georgia and Tom Connally of Texas, all members I arms . mltargo, his senatorial supporters met to of the senate foreign relations committee.

FARM ADVISORS INSPECT HERDS Farm Security Advisors Os Four Counties Inspect Herds Farm security advisors. Charles ' Poe at Adame county. iiowavd T*!-. fer ot Grant county. Herm-n Mueller of Jay count y and Harold Cob ba of Wells county. In com pat-> with a ,» oup of Jo of their cllentA made a dairy tour in Adams couuiy Monday afternoon. The croup was alto .• ccom pan led by cow teeter Sanford 1 Fraaee and county agent L. E Arch- ' -x>ld. The first visit wta made to the C. J. Korte farm in Preble townahlp. •here the group Inspected a fine rroup of pnrettre* Jersey a and heard Mr Korte tell the story of bow he started In the Jersey bus'a»ea. This stop furnished a fine example of what a man could do after i be had definitely made up nia mind as to what he wanted to do. The ; »-<c<md stop was at the Olio Ewel I term. also in Preble towner <p. Here the group saw a splendid herd of ■ Holstein cattle. This herd has con* ' 'latently topped the dairy herd Im* 1 provement association work for the 1 pas’ year. The third and last stop of the day was made at the Henry Aschleman j term In French township. Here th** group saw an outstanlng group of Ayrshire cattle and heard the story «C 1 real brood cow This Is the first tour he'd under the direction of the farm security Adv Isors and they liked th* wort so well that it Is possible tha* similar •rents wiU be held In the future. PLAN BICYCLE CARNIVAL HERE Second Annual Bicycle Safety Carnival Here October 19 Plans for the second annual bicycle safety carnival were dtscussc-l Mot.day night at th* monthly meet-| Ing of the executive cmnmlttee of th* Decatur recreation program. The safety carnival will be held Thursday evening. October 1». and ail details and features of the affair will be announced as toon as ponslble The carnival, held here last fall for the first time under supervl- • alon of the WPA recreation deportment. attracted widespread Interest and favorable comment throughout th* state. Members of the Indiana state police force presented safety lectures in the school'* during the course o’ the dsy and assisted in conducting : the bicycle carnival at night. father pUns for the fall and winter recreation program were discussed by the committee members, who met with Robert Downey, ot tcoNTixuMD oet pAoa rival I

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday, September 26, 1939.

Stockholders Meet Here On October 10 A special meeting of the stocx.loiter* of the Provident Building .■nd Loan Associat.on of this city? •11l be held Tursd..y. October 1" at I “ P. M. at the office on South Sec- < nd street. The purpose of the meeting is to amend it* articles of as(delation, by fixing the nnmber t director* a five. elecUng new dirogtora and transnc’tng au--h other 'IMsIMSB as may come before the isrociation Henry B Heller I* president of the aaeoctation. MEDALS GIVEN DAIRY WINNERS Winning 4-H Dairy Demonstration Teams Given Medals Awards of special gold medals have been approved for the coun y sinning 4-H team In the national 4-H dairy production demonstra- ■ lion contest, according to word -e- ■ .-eived at the county extension . agrnt's office Members of the winning team are Elmer Nussbaum of Monroe and Leroy Schwarts ot lh me. Their demonstration waa on “Cooling and Storing Cream on the Farm." and they were coached by L. E. Archbold, county agent. Silver medals arc approved for the second plating team. Junior • Nldllnger of Decatur and Edward > Spiunger of Decatur. Their subject , was “Fitting a Dairy Calf to* Show."! The Adams county wlnn* 'g team won the state contc«t and -erelvet all-expense trips provided by the Krsft-Phenlx Chees- Corporation to j compete m the flna'» at th- nationiroMTlNUKD ON PAQB FfV ~

Expert Neutral Observers Say Hitler Can Not Win Long War

l-ondon. Sept 26 — ftj.p) — The I view of expert neutral observers 1 In ixmdon. after nearly four week* of war. la that Adolf Hitler ran not win a lona war and Great Britain and France can not win a abort [ one, The French and Britlah eonft- [ dently expect to win the war but they believe victory may be pre clpltated by the crack up of the : German home front and not nee**aarlly by an overwhelming victory j In the field. Without claiming Inside information of allied plana, it seem* tn Ime that the tactics and strategy ' i of the Frenc.it and Britlah al thia time may be defined aa pointed to- ’ ward a war which will surely if , slowly force Germany to capltu- , lation. Naturally later developments might alter these fundamentals, and also thia definition of FrenchBritish strategy does not mean that the allies intend to pull their i punches in military combat i lam convinced that the British.

SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING PLANS Annual County Sunday School Convention October 15-16 Th- annual Adams county Sundae school convention will be held thruday and Monday. Octolier 15 and Di.' The first two sessions win be held , > i Geneva October 15, and the foi--1 lowing day's sessions will b« held m ! 'he Evangelical church in this city.l Rev. Harold E Garner o' Chlcagi tnd Oglesby. 111., has been secured > ny the Adams county council ot j ' hriatian education to apeak at the | < oncentlon He is In great demand ' 'n the field of Christian education the council thinks Itself fortunate t being able to secur- his services. Others who will appear on the I program are E T. Alberstaon, of indlanapolia, field secretary of the, Indiana council of Chrisitiin education Mrs. R-rtha Mowhorr. of Forti Wayne, for the children's division and a large number of local county pastors and Sunday school leaders. The young people's and Christian workers’ banquet Monday evening Is another feature of the convention wu'ch has always proved to be of at eat interest and plans are being mail* to make It an outstanding event. The price jer plate Is 35 i c-uts and reservations should be 1 made with the county secretary. M’»s Frances Burkhalter, of Berne. Girl Slightly Hurt When Struck By Auto Norma Johnaon. X. daughter of Mrs. Ralph Johnson, was slightly injured Sunday afttrnoon when struck by an auto driven by Jim Wolfe, The accident occurred ou Winchester streel. ,

' for Instance, are planning and ful--1 ly intend to send million* of men i to the continent to right. That theory would account Mr the cautious way tn which the war haa proceeded so far nn th* western front Likewise the theory is borne out by the combats on the diplomatic front, namely the allied Insistence that th* war Is against Hitlerism and Nasi bureaucracy and not against the , German masses The man In the street expected that while the German army and ' air force were smashing Poland the French and British would 1 avail themselves of an opportunity ; for mass attack upon Germany's Hlegfreld line and for terrific air bombardment of Germany's indna- ' trial region* In the Ruhr, close to ' the French frontier and constituting Germany* most vulnerable area. But the allies are convinced that time play* Into their hand* • vCUNTINUBd'uN i’AUE FUURi"

Next Soviet Move Is Awaited By Europe; Chamberlain Tells Commons Long Struggle Ahead

TELLS OF TRIP II TO BOYS STATE Robert Stapleton Speaks On Week’* Outing At I-egion Meet | “The Communists have long ago ! abandoned any hope of succeeding . in their program oy euating a sub ' stantlal number of adults in their ranks." Robert Stapleton, who waa sent to the Hoosier Roys' Slate I this summer by Adams Post No. ’ 41, American Legion, told the post ’ I members In a special meeting last 1 • night at which the representatives * ■ were present. | 1 "They well know that the alti- 1 mate hope of success in their pro- 1 gram depends upon winning to I their cause the youth of this conn ’ j try.*' Stapleton continued “In an attempt to combat Ibis 1 > movement in a constructive way. 1 the American legion. Department of Indiana, each year la sponsor | 1 ing Hoosier Boys’ State. Briefly. It 1 la a program of education Frankly. It la Americanism propaganda In substance its purpose is to teach the youth of today, and especially 1 the youth of high school age. that 1 there Is nothing wrong with our j 1 form of government today; that [' it has not outworn its usefulness. ! that it Is just as useful, just as practical now as the day ■it waa founded; that all it neds la an ; intelligent citlaenry and a clean. ' honest and impartial adminlstra--4 lion. “In Boys' State, we had our own city, county and state government* We elected our own city, county and state officials. We were taught the duties of the various , public office*, their functions, their . limit lions and their powers. We , had onr own legislature, we introduced and argued our own bills. ' We had our own city council, our own city officials. We made and II ——— (CONTINUKD ON PAG® Ft* Bl 0 CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT Special Meeting To Take Action On Proposed Bond Ordinance t : A special meeting of the eity E council will be held this evening I (or the purpose ot taking action on •a proposed bend ordinance in con* . nectioa with the bonding of th# • cl’v light and powet plant n order to raise funds to rwlulld th* utility. Although it has not been definite- , ly determined, preliminary plans cell for bonding the utility for fW.- ' 000 toward a 1500 two piunt improvement The balance o» ISOO.tMM will come from the sale ot 'he lino - coo V. 8. rovernment bonds owned by the city and approximately |lMand In surplus cash which the utility has. The proposed Improvement. InI ng a 5.000 K" in line and a 41-0 pound, high pressu-c steam , boiler and other equipment la estimated to cost ISIKWI. Froehlich and Emery, cor suiting .1 engineers of Toledo, have been emi ■ ployed by the city to prepare plana and specifications for the n«w plant ■ F. H Froehlich, a memb*? of tho II firm, Is proceeding with the plans i and advising the <•«/ admlntstratio i i on steps to be taken tn designing 1 th# plant. The bond will tw leaned against i the city utility and will lie known as revenue bonds At the meeting • i tonight legal dMaila will be worked out. Including the emp'oying of I attorneys or legal counsel in preI paring the bond transcript, and II ether matters pe»talnlng to th* I bond Issue and Improvement. r — in i< ■■ — Infant h FatallyInjured In Wreck ' Redford. Ind.. Sept 2C -(VP)— ‘ Charles William Taylor. Infant eo>t of Mr and Mrs. Charles Taylor of near Bedford, was injured fatally 1 when his father lost control of his I ear and the machine cnt»hed Into a ‘I tree

GERMAN ATTACK ON NEUTRALS IS SEEN BY FRANCE French Assert Belief Attack To Come Through i Neutral Nations Parle. Sept. M- <U.R> Fr.*ncn sources expressed firmer belief! today that Germany soon would ' attack France through Switzerland ; or Holland or both despi’e Its!I assurance of neutrality, tn an, attempt to bring the war to a l quick end. An attnek through Hollaed, It l waa said, would pertiilt the Ger 11 mans to skirt behind Re'gium’s'i first line defenses and head i tto' i Flanders. Reports persisted of the massing 11 of G riaan troops on the Sv.-I ah frontier. High command communlitte No II 45 of the war said today: i “There waa persistent enemy artillery action southeast of Zw< I h bruecken During the 25th s-*ver al air combats occurred wl'h enemy combat squadrons." It appeared that the German big gun fire was due parti/ be i cause of concern at the extent of French advances in the salient, southeast of Zweibruecken and part./ to test the strength of the French advance positions with a view to counter-attacklnr. A German patrol attacked a small farm occupied by the French I In the sector yesterday but sas driven >ff Ar regards the official mention of alrpinne activity, the French' claim definite air supe-iotity It was said they had won the biggest | air fight of the war yesterday and i had shot down four or five G*r- j man planes, of which two, falling j wjthln the French lines, were listed officially The high command! i does not list German planes which 1 ' (all In German territory. French reconnaissance planes. I escorted by fast chaser squadrons I are flying behind the German lines, spotting troops and batter les. and directing th“ fire of French aetlllery The big guns now are firing di- ‘ rectly on the main Hlegftied line. | testing the|y strength and Imtking . for a weak spot. As regards the general mwltion. 'he French are moat confident that they can repel any German attack through Rwluerland or the Netherlands and Belgium The Maginot line they regard as impregnable. The French estimate the maximum Infantry strength wblcu the : Germans eventually can throw In(CONTINUE- ON PAGE FlviT” GIRLS BAND IN i LEGION PARADE Decatur Girls Band To Chicago To National Convention Hlxty-three girls. «nombe-s of the Decatur Glrla Band left early this morning for Chicago. wh»re they fiartlclpated In th# huge parade as a part of the National American : gton convention. The girls were taken to the ||t|nols city on a Chicago and Erl# rain, which left here shortly after! S o'clock thia morning The girls ware accompanied and ihaperoned by Miss Mildred Worthman and a number of mothers, who also made the trip. Afbert Hellemeyer. band director. ' is In charge. The band Instruments were taken In autos. The Itlp was sponsored by Adams Post No. 41 American Legion, of thia city, who assumed half of the cost of the trip. The other haff waa raised by the b’nd In staging ent* rtainm-t>ts. Upon arrival In Chicago the banJ was to be met by a sights* *.ng bus. which was to take them on a short j tour. They will leave Chicago about P.SO o'clock tonight to return here,!

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Red Fleet On War Basis In Northern Waters As Europe Waits Visit Os Nazi To Moscow. LONG STRUGGLE By Joe Alex Morris (United Press foreign news editor) The lied fleet went on a war hast* in northern waters today an Soviet Russia emerged In a dominant role in European diplomatic maneuvers The next move by the ,-4ovlets created wide speculation when It was reported in Moscow that Nasi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop would arrive there in the next few days Reports had lieen current that he would aunt a military treaty with the Itniuiens but in Berlin official sources denied that such a move waa planned While the .Moscow radio announced that Soviet warships were patrolling northern waters off Rnsala and Finland, a new naval battle possibly of major importance waa reported In the Skagerrak Strait connecting the North and Baltic Seas, where the allied blockade of Germany la drawn most tightly Five warships, a submarine and airplanes were involved In the second day of naval fighting oft the Norwegian coast hnl details of the engagement were lacking. In the house of commons at Ixmdon. prime minister Neville Chamberlain told the nation that progress waa being made toward economic strangulation of Germany's war machine but that it would be a long struggle Win- ; Mton Churchill, flrat lord of the admiralty. reported success In combatting u-boet warfare, with a steadily decreasing loss of British i merchant ships. i Adolf Hitler, returning from the Polish front, srrived In Berlin < CwNTINVED ON PACK THREKt DEATH CLAIMS VIRGIL MERCER Blue Creek Township Resident Dies After lx>ng Illness Virgil Mercer, C7. died at ht« home In Salem at 10:43 o'clock thtt morning after a two years' lib neaa. Ah hough he bad been In poor health for some time he was not bedfast until a week ago. The deceased waa bom tn Blue Creek township April X. 1572. a son of Jesse and Phoebe Campbell Met* osr. He married N*tt|e Ma'tox July 2S. IK>4 He waa a farmer and a member of the Salem Methodist I c hurch. He taught the men's class In the Sunday school for six years mill he lost his hearing. He also •erved a* a steward In the church. Two children survive, a daughter Mrs. Lee llllynrd ot Decatur, and a win. Jea»e L Mercer of Huntington. O'her survivors are twa gratitb •hHdren. three great grand-hildren, a brother, Garao Mercer of WillI thlre. Ohio, and a sister. Mts. Matt Lehman of Gaston. Funeral servlcea will be held Frh day morning at 10:16 o'clo k at th« home and 10;30 at the Sal«m M—tbodlst church, with burial In the Trlcker cemetery w Appropriations Are Approved By Board The state board of tax commitslotters today approved the additional rpproprlatlons trade by the Ad* am* county council. The approprlsj 'lnns are: Expen*- and committment of patients to state instltu- ' tlnns. Iioo; coroner, per dl»m clerk 425; county surveyor's deputy, |3<»o. The latter Item Is for salary of • ths deputy survsycr. Ths county commissioners fixed his salary st • 11300 and only food was appropriated I County auditor Victor Elchsr ah , so received a letter from the ststg ; board to the effect tbst a date would be set In the near future for .1 hearing on the lax rates.