Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1939 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

.Monroe Democrats To Nominate On Thursday Monroe Democrats will nominate I •nelr candidates for the Noven.lier | < 'oct lon at ajnaatfog in that town ' Thursday evening, rd today. The meetln« will be h-ld at 7 o'. lock In the town hall of Monroe. Three councDm-n* and a clerktreasurer will be nominated for th.Democrat ticket In the tall election. November 7. RED CROSS PLAN FOR ROLL CALL Red Cross Leaders In Conferences Plan Member Drive I — Fared with inrreaaed ohllaatlona hecanae ohthe war in Kurope. Red eroaa leaders in Indiana are hold Ina a aeries of conferences thia week to atrenathen local capter organisations and plan for the annual Roll Call. Aimlstice Day to November W. Conference, were held In Connersville at the First l*reshyterlan church on September IS: Turkey Run State Park. Marshall. September 2« at Turkey Run Inn. and will be held at Culver September M at Maxlnkuckee Inn. and Potawatoml Inti. Pokagon State Park. Angola. September » Delegates representing the Adams county chapter. It was announced by chairman O R Went hoff. will attend the meeting at Angola Miaa imena Allison, special Red Cross representative from national headquarters Washington. D. Cu will meet with the chapter delegatee Nationally the Red Cross la gearing its peacetime organization of 1.70<> chaplets to aid war-torn Rurope with medical supplies and ie aaatei m the repe.rTtte.n of American cititena fleeing from danger tones Needs arising from the flrat three weeks of hostilities have resulted In the Red Cross setting up an emergency fund of S&o.ftoo to aaaist the Polish Red Cross in Immediate med. al problems. The Hrttlah Red Cross and the French Red Cross have also expressed the. urgent need for hospital stores and equipment. The Red Cross chapters are engaged in a preliminary program ! for the production of the hospital and refugee garments, and a limited number are engaged in the product km of surgical dressings to be used in the war tone In response to the offer of assistance from the American Red Cross through the International Red Croaa societies tn Oenevs. the German Red Cross society acknowledged with appreciation the offer of aaslatance. but stated that It did not have any special needs to i<X*NT!N|-m> ON PACK THItKKI ■'■'<> —- Hold Convoy Man For Public Intoxication John Reldenbach. of Convoy.! Ohio, was arrested about 5:45 o'cloca Tuesday evening by Officer Rephus Melchl and lodged In the county jail on a charge o* pubil-t Intoxication. He wss expect.d to be •’resigned late today. LOWELL SMITH TALKS TO CLUB Decatur Teacher Discusses War Situation At Lions Meeting Lowell Smith. Decatur junior-sen-ior high school teacher, was the speaker at Tuesday night's meeting >f the Decatur Lions club held at the Rice hotel. Mr. Smith, who la reputed to be welt-versed on the topic, .liked to the club regarding the International situation, the war in Kurope and other conditions, dependent upon the war. A current events teacher at the '.oral school, he has collected a wealth of material and data on ths subject, and hla address was acclaimed Interesting and well recelled. Dr. Joe Morris, local dentist and bmd of the program committee, was In charge last night Plana wme alao opened lest night for the annual Halloween party of the club Ladiea* night will also be observed that night. The date has not been definitely set. j

ARMS EMBARGO ; REPEAL HEADS CLAIM VICTORY Claim 56 Assured Senate Votes For Repeal Os Arms Embargo Washington. Sept. !7 — (U.R) — Administration Isadora today claimed M assured senate votes-sev-m more than a majority—for President Roosevelt's srma emltargo repeal program Frb-nds and foes of neutrality revision booked new radio time to carry their fight before the pen Pie. who already have been responding with thousands of telegrams. letters and postcards tr- j 1 their legislative representatives. | An Informal poll conducted by a senator high In White llmt'e conn- 1 ells showed 51 Democrats. 4 Re publicans snd I independ-nt on record in favor of neutrality legto- J latlon repealing the embargo and substituting a mandatory "cash and-carry” requlrment on sales of i all goods to belligerent nations j Forty-nine votes constitute a senate majority A United Press compilation placed 47 Democrats, & Republicans and 1 Independent In the president's camp today. It Included Sen. Ernest W. Gibson. R . Vt.. I who lold reporters he intended tn , vote for repeal but appar-nt.y had ! not made hla position known to, the administration. It .emitted | De mix-ra tic senators Josiah \\ | Hailey. N. C w James M Slattery.! 111. Klllson D Smith. S C. and Hurt on K Wheeler Mont, iewanae they had not given a Gat publl. declaration of their stand The senator's poll Hated nine "doubtful'' Democrats — Daniils . Chaataa. N. M.. Vic LXmaliey. V-. Peter G Gerry. R. I„ Guy M Gillette. la.. Francis T. Malonay t'onn. James E Murray. Mont.. (CONTUfUBb ON PAOB F1VB) 1939 RAVELINCS IS PAID HONOR First Class Rating Is Awarded High School Yearbook Word has been received here that the 1539 "Raveling*' yearbjok pubI "cation of the D"cautr ’ur.ior-sen-inr high school, has been, accorded i i first class honor rating by the ! National scholastic Press assortsi tion. ’n according the honor to the yearbook, the second In Decatur to be given the honor thia year, favoral le comments were pa»e« d upon the contents and makeup. The book, the first to be publish- ! «d after the complrtlou of '.be new ■inurter-mllllon dollar jun>or-aenl<>r ! nigh building, was dedicated to that' t.neme. Blguard Anderson and Mias Mild--1 red Worthman. members of the school faculty, acted as advisors of the publication, with Gladys Miller as editor-in-chief and Lewiv Kr'deway. her assistant. Jack Trlcker ser’ed aa business manager, assisted by Dixie Millar and Karl Bromer. Ralph Scott was I the photography editor with Robert Grntia hla assistant; Rill Spahr and Richard Hammond snapshot editors. John McConnell was boys' sports tCONTINUKP ON PAUg TWO " - - 0 A*k Divorce From Former Local Man Emma C. Rhamerloh has filed suit for divorce from Arthur Scheme.--loh. formerly of near thia city, In Allen county superior court No. 2, charging that he drinks end gambles. does not support her and a child, and has frequently struck her. TEMPERATURE READING! DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a.m. 50 2:00 p.m 72 10:00 a.m. 55 3'oo p.m. 72 Noon 88 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Thursday except poselbly showers In extreme north portion; somewhat warmer Thursday , In central and north portions.

Ik'catur. Indiana, Wedneutay, September 27, 1939

WARSAW CAPITULATION

Senate Foes of Embargo Change a/ tBBHKjZwa. -4 Senators Hiram Johnson and William E. Borah Staunch foes of any change In the arms eml>argo provisions of thi existing neutrality act. Senators Hiram Johnson of California, left.' and William K. Horah of Idaho are shown in Washington at a meeting of senale foreign relations committee drafting the neutrality change

HOGG IN RACE FOR GOVERNOR David Hogg Candidate For G. O, I*. Nomination For Governor Fort Wayne. Sept 17 - (UJ>> -| The fourth district. hotbed of poll , tie* In northern Indiana, today aaw one candidate come out oefln-1 Itely for the GOP gubernatorial i nomination. another tentatively! toaa hla hat Into the ring while' ■even other* from both paitieal were bhing mentioned a* possible j candidate* for the office by hope-! ful backer*. In an addreaa thia noon before I the Allen county Republican club. I David Hogg, four time* congrea* 1 man from the district, announced hla Intention of necking the nomination and outlined hla platform." Mayor Harry W Raal*. In * < statement iaaued to the United. Prea*. declared "I have been aakr.l' ( whether I am intereated in being l . a candidate for the Republican .! nomination for governor My I anawer to that question la that I , am intereated In doing anything I ( . can to advance the intereat of Re ( i publican principle* If there la a i J feeling on the part of other R. pub ' I llcana that I can perform a service j to the party. I am willing to ac- ’; cept the assignment.** 1 Other oft-mentioned possible GOP candidate* were It Ruma ‘ Douglass. Fort Wayne attorney ' and candidate for the gu be mat or- ’ lai nomination In I*3*. and Ralph Gate* of Columbia City, fourth j .j (CONTINUED ON PAOB FIVg) TESTIFIES TO i THEFT OF MAIL I . Tells Dies Committee Os Activities Os Soviet .Agents I i Washington. Sept 37 — (U.R) - David II Dubrow*ky. former head of the Russian Red Crn*a. charted ! before the Die* committee today that Soviet secret agent* arranged ; to steal mall In thl* country while . the Ink waa scarcely dry on the i 1*33 treaty by which the United , State* recognised the Soviet gov- . ernment. > Dubrowsky laid an agent of the OOPU or Soviet secret police tni sent to hla office a* an assistant Immediately aft* the recognition In November. 1*33. He named the agent aa Jacob Htemgiu**. who he aald waa former OOPU agent In Afghanistan end wa* without any prevloua experience In Red Uroa* work Dubrowsky said he proteated to Bort* Skvlriky. then counaelor of th* Soviet embassy, but that Shvlrahy aald: "Understanding he damned" referring to the understanding with the U. S. government not to , (OONTDtUMJi UM FAAM BUM

Pleasant Mills Church To Hold Rallv Sundae The Sunday school of the Metho | ul*t church at Pleasant Mills will have a rally Sunday, with Rev Mil--a-d Rrandeberry of Ontarto. California, former pastor, as the guest j -p»aker. A goal of 25" baa been set for the attendance The ladles' and ’ men's choir and the cCilldren'a deI partment will famish special music. The meeting will conurence at 19.3a o'clock Sunday mor.i'ng and • very member is urged to attend. REV. LANTIS IS TAKEN BY DEATH Retired Methodist Minister Dies Suddenly This Morning Rev. ('lark M Lmtls. 75. a retlr- ' od Methodist minister, dl< ! suddenly at ll:4C o'clock thia morning at : hla home two and one-ha>* miles northeast of Herne. Me bed been M>r.ou*ly 111 since Monday evening ; o' ohm ruction of the bowels but his ld*»th today was unexpected. Rev. taint is waa pastor of th? I Mai hie M. K. church for msnv years. retiring five tears ago. when he moved onto the farm where bd‘ed He waa born In Ohio April If. Itu't. the «oa of Du vid and Nancy Lan t Is. He w*a first married to' CnrollM Dehaven and she died In 1*23. On June 1. 1*74. he married I Rose Zurcher of Brrne. Surviving are th* widor. three i'rother*. William of Huntington, Oscar of Warren, and David of Michigan and one slater. M.a. Mary Hoover of Huntington. Funeral arrangements have not *een completed, feu’ services will be hold at the residence, and later st the Markle M E church. Rev. H. W. Mohler of Markle and R--r. C. A. 'Sthmld of the Bern* Reformed | church will officiate. Burial will be i In the Spark* cemetery at Markle. Legion Declares For Peace And Neutrality (•hlcago Sept. 37 —(UPI— Th* American Legion today declared itself for peace and neutrality but tsked congrew* to determine the course of America's neutrality poller. The l*eu convention will be held in Boston Sept. 2-1-2 C. inclusive. Pair Sentenced For Slugging. Robbery Vincennes. Ind . Sept. 37—(VPl— Paul HUI. S 3, and Badollett? Ravellette. 24 b<rth of Vlnceno**. today were under two to 14 year* senft ace* at the state reformatory afwr making an abrupt guilty pion la superior court yeatartlav aa the twilfth juror wa* being chosen to hear their cbm.' They were .charged with Mugging end robbing Glib*-1 Aldridge, M. of Washington. Ind., near Wheatland last Majr. At that time they signed confeaaion*. Police raid.

Nazi High Command Says City Captured; British In Denial Os German Claims In Air Raid

Winston Churchill Flatly Denies Nazi Claims Os Smashing Victory Over British Fleet. WATCH RUSSIA By Joe Alex Morris. (VP. Foreign News Editor) Great Britain and Natl Germany . made conflicting claims of sue- : cess today in the first battle be- | tween warships and war planes. The Nazi high command announced that a British airplane carrier bad been destroyed and a battleship damaged by a swift aerial attack against the British blockade in the North Sea The British government, through flrst lord of the admiralty Winston Churchill, announced that two of 30 attacking Nazi planes had been shot down and that the British fleet suffered no damage or casual- ; ties. Thus the flrst of the long-await- 1 <>d tests between Britain's greatest weapon — warships — and Germany's mightiest threst—airplanes - was a deadlock of words pending further clarlflcatlon But in eastern Russia there were definite developments that appeared likely to weigh far more heavily in the scale of triumph or defeat In Europe's war. The dramatic story of Warsaw's . defiance of the Nazi war machine appeared near Its climax From Berlin, the Nazi high command I announced that the Polish commandant had offered to surrender after 19 days of siege that left half of the city In chaotic ruins, the people facing starvation amid flervely bunting Urea and the defending troop* low on ammunition The German embassy in Washington said that Warsaw had surrend- ! ered But at almost the same hour the British exchange telegraph, in a ' dispatch tiled at noon today in Warsaw, reported that the defend era were still holding out. were ; determined to show that Adolf Hitler could not break their spirit and were confident (hat the allied powers would yet aid them Still farther to the east and of still greater moment In the future of eastern Europe was a aeries of diplomatic developments that took the foreign ministers of Germany. Turkey and Eathonia to Moscow. Conferences either directly or indirectly among these foreign ministers and Soviet foreign comrmiaaar Viacheslaw Molotov were expected to result In dramatic realignments In eastern Europe, whr a some reports indicated that ' the Baltic states would fall into ' the Russian sphere and the Balk ana would be formed Into a Arm ! peace bloc with a broad sphere of 1 Influence from Germany Eathonia appeared moat directly In the path | tCHNI lM CD <»N PAdK THREE! WOMAN'S CLUB PLANS BANQUET — Decatur Woman’s Club To Open Season With Banquet Monday | *he Decatur woman's <lub will open Its fall snd winter s'ltivltlra Monday. Octobet 4 2- with a banquet | at the Zion Reformed church at fl'.flfl o’lock, followed wit a a program In , the auditorium Miss Mary Cameron of Chicago, pianist, composer and lecturer, will present a lecture recital entitled “Humor In Music " Miss Cameron offers a delightful program of me Skat numbers, apme rare, •imr nee to the concert stage and alao others ■ of classic interest. All. however, ■ demonstrate ths value of humor. H»r tall, preceding the musical • numbers la Witty and xparalina and ' she Interpolate* further description i between the numbers. Miss Camcr- » on has played In recitals In mam > cities of the United Stites and comes with the highest of recom- ’ emendations. ■ Reservations for the baniuet may • be made aa tote aa Thursday. Bep- ’ temtwr 2*. with d n partm”"t chairmen

POPE TO ISSUE ISTENCYCLICAL First Encyclical Os Pontificate To Be Issued October I Vatican City. Bept 27— (UJ9 — I Authoritative vdllcan quarters understood that Pope Plus Xll will Issue the first encyclical of! ; his pontificate on Oct. 4—the feast day of Bt. Francis of Assisi. The pope has lieen preparing his | encyclical all summer in the seclu- i 1 sion of his villa at Caatel Gandol- 1 i A high source said that the en- j cyllcal. In addition to dealing with the pontiffs program regarding ' rhe European conflict, will point out that the difficulties confror*-> Ing the world represent principal- , ly a moral crisis. The Vatican source said: It Is our belief that the forthcoming encyclical will warn mon that unless they return to a con-; sideration of world event* In their 1 just value, subordinating them to 1 spiritual value, the crisis which i has Iwen tormenting the world for so many years cannot be aur(CnjrTINVRD ON PAGE TUIII ■“ —— > » no * Four Girls To Enter Nurses’ Training The Misses Ruth Grelb»r, V'lr- , gintu Shady. Man- Worthman and Libel Worthman. ail of Preble township, will leave Thursday morn- , lug for Cincinnati, where they will enter nurses training at the Deacqaeas* hospital. CLASS OFFICERS ARE ANNOUNCED Pleasant Mills High School Class Officers Announced Officers of the various classes of the Pleasant Mills junior-sen I lor high school were announced j today by Olen Marsh, prlucti'al. , One hundred at d 21 students are enrolled Members of the faculty I are Mr Marsh, principal; Mrs. i Ralph Vager. Mrs. Harry Fortney, Gerald Visard. Dale W Roas, and ■ John Mowrey The claaa officers are aa follows Senior — Herald Bailey, president; Glen Clark, treasurer; Mary I Tope, secretary; Mr. Marsh, sponaor. Junior-Donald Harman, presl dent; Mildred Bhifferly. secretarytreasurer: Mr Vizard, sponsor Sophomore — Harold August, president. Lorraine Johnson, vicepresident . Eileen Johnston, secretary; Kenneth Human, treasurer' Mr. Rosa, sponsor 1 Freshman — Winifred Shoaf, i president. Wanda Garner, secretary; Lyle Bailey, treaaurer. Mrs Fortney, sponsor Eighth grade- Fern Case, president. Donald Everett, vlce-preai dent. Boneta Thatcher, secretary. laiVera Geyer, treaaurer; Mr. | Mowrey. sponsor I Seventh grade- Dora Mae Me- , Cullough. president; Carl Bragg. | vlcepresldeni. Wilma Halh-y, sac- ( retary-treaxurer; Mrs. Yager. , sponsor During recent assembly periods, splendid addresses were given by I R«-v Glen Marshall of Decatur. . Rev II J Johnson of Pleasant Mills, and Rev H F. Hart of Monroe. ‘ The sophomore class party will be held at the Hanna-Nuttmati ‘ park In this city. Thursday. Octo- ' her 5. i Second Rank Work At K. P. Thursday Second rank work will he fliven I seven candiatex at initiatory ser- • vices to be held al the Ku'gbta of PytbiM*home here Thursday night r at 7:30 o'clock. J. C. Tritch of Fort • Wayne, a member of the Decatur • lodge, will give a talk. Foilywing the program, a lunche a will ba garved.

Price Two Centa.

Polish City, Bombed And Burned to 'lnspeakable Inferno,* Surrenders On 20th Day Os Siege. FOOD EXHAUSTED Berlin. Sept. 27 <U.»-The city of Warsaw capitulated unconditionally today, the Nazi's high command said, on the 20th day of Immhardment. fire and starvation. Ending an epochal event and vlr- ! tually ending all resistance In conquered Poland, the defenders of the Polish capital agreed to end their fight against a supenor Nazi army encircling the city. ”1 he high command announces that Warsaw has unconditionally capitulated." the official communique said In a terse, military announcement of the war's most dramatic capture. Formal surrender of the city to the German high command is expected to occur September 29. The military garrison consists, according to present estimates of more than 100.000 men" Bombed. Burned Umdon. Sept 27— <U.R> -The city of Warsaw—bombed and burned "Into an unspeakable Inferno" - was reported by Nazis to have offered to surrender, but an Exchange Telegraph dispatch said I that at noon today defenders of i the Polish capital were still flght- | Ing l-ack. .i ' Warsaw was again bombed and I shelled and fires are increasing . but a heavy rain Is facilitating the . fighting of fires." the exchange I telegraph dispatch, filed at noon . Warsaw time (5 a. m CBT» said. “A spirit of resistance triumphs and Adolf Hitler's belief that he I can smash Warsaw's spirit is shown to be an illusion, although ■ half of the city la destroy’d." Whether the dispatch was filed j before the reported offer to surrender—announced by the German high command In Berlin was uncertain. ft appeared however, that the two developments came at about the same time The exchange telegraph message said that on the toth day of siege Warsaw still helieiet! the allies would send help and that "eventually they will apply to Germany's capital the measures used by Germany against Warsaw" Conditions' In Warsaw were de. scrHied as chaotic Food was almoat exhausted for perhaps a million persons Troop* that had fought off Nazi attacks for 19 davs were running low on ammuni'tnn. Radio Warsaw was silent. Survivors of aerial and artillery bombardment were burrowing Into d<--bria. More than 2.000 person * were reported killed this week Conditions In the besieged city, where the population was reported eating horse meat while many fires raged around them, were deM-ilhed graphically In an earlier ——————_ ______ —— —o ■ MOOSE MEETING STARTS DRIVE Annual Membership Campaign Is Opened At Meeting Tuesday ■amWWMss A large crowd attended the meeting and entertainment at Adams lodge 1211. Loyal Order of Moose, which opened the "| Will" memlierahlp drive nf the order John Hackett and a group of entertainers from radio station WOWO in Fori Wayne were unable to attend, hut Mary Truelove and her dancing girls did appear on the program Each of the members who plodsi nd to aid in the drive was given j a button, proclaiming the campaign motto. "1 Wlir, These members pledged to secure at least oaa new 1 member, ' Gerald Cola, as lodge governor. ' presided over the business session. 1 preceding the entertainment Mr. Cole announced that free * lunch and refreahmrints will be * served at the next meeting ol th« - lodge.