Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1939 — Page 1

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0 PEACE WITH HITLER GOVERNMENT

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

SurceedN Moacicki WL I Wladyalav Racskiewcs Here Is the new president of Poland. Wladyalav llaciklcwii. for mer president of the Polish senate He took the oath of office 111 l*aris. atacreedlnx Isnace Mosclv-kl. who resigned BRIDGE AWARD I TO YOST BROS. Local Contractors To Construct Bridge Over St. Mary’s River Indianapolis. Oct. 3 — (U.R> — Low bids totalling 3375.H<7.7< • were received today by the state highway commission for bridge construction projects In Cass. Ad ama. Room-. Clinton. Fountain. Weft*. Dubois a*.d Steuben counties. Among the low blds were: Financed with federal aid funds: | Adams county bridge on road 27 over St. Mary's river overflow, channel one mile north of IJecatsr. and bridge on road 27 over 17-milc creek. 16 miles north of Decatur. Bergen and Bergen. Franklin. 135.076.03. Adams county—bridge on road 27 over St. Mary’s river. 0< miles north of Decatur. Yost Brothers. Decatur. HO MS IS. Financed with state funds: Wells county .bridge on road 3 over Elght-mile creek. 6 2 miles northeast nt Markle, and bridge on (CONTINL'Er >N PAtIK TWO) pState Townsend Meeting Planned Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 3 —(UP) —Hoosier Townsend plan supporters will begin the campaign to place < Id age pension candidates 'n office In the IHn election with a state conference of 23’tfi delega.es here Eat.irduy and Sunday. Robert Townsend, son of Francis E. Townsend, pension plan leader, L. W. Jeffery, vice-president of the Townsend organisation, and other haders will attend the meeting, p-espnl plans call for establishment of s committee of fire members In every voting precinct to coordinate activity of local dubs with those of the state organisations. BERNE TO HOLD JOINT BANQUET Joint Banquet October 16 To Supplant FatherSon Banquet A joint banquet of the Berne Chamber of Commerce, the Berne Mo'her’s Club and the Berne Boy Scouts will be held In the auditorInm of that city on October 1«, M was announced today. The banquet will replace the an nttal Fatherdton banquet, which had been held there for a num-tier of years. In addition to the members of the hbove organisations, the families of the mern’iers will also attend. The annual Boy Scout court of honor will be held as a feature of the program and merit badge awards and other recognition will be given the Berne Scouts for their auvancement. Scout officials of Berne. Decatur and Fort Wayne are planning to attend the event.

BORAH SPEECH SWINGS VOTES ON NEUTRALITY — Senate Neutrality Debate Interrupted By Logan’s Death Washington. Oct. 3 <U.R>— The senate neutrality debate waa Interrupted today by the death of' Sen M M lawm. D . Ky.. after i * the Initial Isolationist attack on [ the neutrality revision bill may | have cost the administration the i votes of sli or seven ’doubtful | senators A prominent Democrat said that I ■the two hour speech of Sen Wil ! Ham K Borah. H . Idaho, at yea-1 ! lerday’s opening debale probably, I swung that number of doubtful Senators to the Isolationist cause. Majority leader Allien W Barklev. D.. Ky.. announced that the senate would adjourn after a brief | meeting at noon out of respect 10l Senator tawn who died thl* morn-1 ing. When the debate Is resumed : tomorrow Sen Tom Connally. D. I ; Tex. Is scheduled to continue the , administration caae. The Democratic senator claimed I that the president still waa aasuri ed of approximately a two to one victory. He said that admtnisira-! ' tlon-condu« led polls showed 67 * I senators pledged to vote for em- i | Iwrgo repeal. The loss of a few, ; doubtful and unlisted senators, he j > added, would be Immaterial. i Isolationists, however, said their poll, a* of today, showed: Thirty-five for repeal. 26 pledged against It. 13 who have said priv- | ately they probably will vote "no" i but do not wish to be pledged, and 22 doubtful. Isolationists said they were greatly encouraged by the reception given Borah's long argument. They wen- seeking support for one of two iMmsible moves: I—A1 —A motion to send the propos- | kxvntinubd on pagk fivk; FORMER BERNE RESIDENT DIES Earl Patterson Dies This Morning After Short Blness 1 —— Far! Patterson. 21> forme- Bern.' restaurant proprietor, died thisi morning at C:M o'clock kt the Ind'ana state reformatory at Pendle-: ton. where he was employed as chief mall clerk. Death was aktrkbuted to streptoc- * nee'e infection of the throat, fol- * lowing an illness of five days. ' Jft» was born in Well* county and > was a basketball star during his ' high *<hool days at Union Center, i He moved to Berne about 10 years ago and about five ymrs ago was i first employed at Pendleton. . Surviving, besides the parents. > and the widow. Florence Soldner.. * are a son. Jerry and a brother, Le * Vere. of Berne. The body was to be! I ii turned to Berne today. i Funeral arrangements had not> > been completed at a late hour tof day. i O ■ 1111111 Ehler Automobile Is Found At Portland 7he car gtolen Saturday night fr-tn J. U Ehler in this city was reported recovered thl» morning In an alley at Portland. Police at Portland notified Officer J. Russell Prior of the Indiana state police of its re-cover,. Police stated the car was hot damaged, but was almost out of gasoline ■ Local Man’s Trial Set For November 29 . The trial of the state of Indiana against Hirbert R. McClenntian, Decatur man. on a charge of drunken I driving, has been set for November . 2S In the Allen circuit court. The case will be heard by a Ju.-y, The ! local man was recen'iy found guilty f of the charge In Fort Wayne city court but appealed the verdict. t Asks Officers To Appear In Parade Commander Ed Bauer *.uday Isused a request that all officers att tend the district Legion meeting i in Auburn Thursday and participate , in the evening panuk-.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday, October 3. 1939.

Forty Hours Devotion To Open October 27 The annual Forty Hours Devotion will open at St. Mary's Catholic I ■ liurch on Friday. October 27. conI I luoing over to Lnnday evening. October 2». It was announced today by Rev. Father Joseph Selmeti. pastor. Father Thomas Brandon a Crosier missionary from Fort Wayne, w II be In etarge of the services and deliver the sermons. Recently I'asbyr Brandon conducted a three day spiritual retreat for Lie Cwlboilc high school students. LUTHERAN HEADS PLAN MEETING Rev. Schultz To Attend Chicago, Valparaiso Meetings The Rev. Paul W SchuPs. of the : Decatur Zion Lutheran church, will | .ittcnd a meeting of the kutheraa i district chairmen of cen'rai west ■ urea to bp held at the YMCA hotel m ( hlcago Wednesday. Rev. Schults, who has served as Matatl Indiana district clalrmau tor the past eight years, will attend me dedication ceremonies of ths new >120.000 health and physical edin itlon building at Valparaiso unij vercity Sunday. The dedication will be part of t ' university convocation, wnkh wi’l ' be held In the new bulldinr at 3:VO P. M The convocation w.il open ' with an academic procession Rev. Dr. Paul Millar, secretary of thy : l-oard of directors of the university, 1 will give the invocation, and Dr. Walter E. Hauer, as social ) professor of history, will give the main address. Music will he furn-shed by the university chorus. An important part of the convocation will be the conferring of hon-; orary degrees upon three dialingc.iahed Lutheran educators, pr Walter O. Friedrich, acting president of the univesrity, will confer the deyric of Doctor of Letter* upon Dr W. H. T. Dau, president emeritus of Valparaiso, and upon Dr. L. Flier-b-tuger, president of Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis. The degree of Doctor of Laws will, be conferred upon Dr. O. C Krein-; heder, the former nresldent of Valparalso. The three recipients of honorary degrees will participate In the dedicatory exercises, which will clooi the convocation. Dr. O. C. Kreinheder will pronounce the deuicatlon. , Dr. W. H T. Dau will give the dedicatory prayer, and Dr. L. Fu-rbring- , er sill pronounce the benediction. I — • • o —— Township Trustees To Meet Saturdav — The monthly meeting of the townsnip trustees will be held Saturday. Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, anno-inced today. The trustees will meet at Mr. S'tikar’s office in the cou<*> house--1 during the summer the trustees hale met on the first Saturday of -ach mouth. In all probabiiby they will change back to the fl.at Mon- . d-y of the month, following this J month's meeting. I

Herbert Hoover Says Allied Powers Can Not Be Defeated

(Editor's note: Shuttling between the h«-lllK><r<'Ut capital* of Europe during the flrat halt of the world war a« head of the Belgian commission: American food administrator. member of the war > council, and of the war trade board; after the armistice delegated to restore economic life and feed the atrlckoti people of Europe; eight year* as secretary of commerce, and later as president of the United States. Herbert Hoover today views the pending tragedy In Europe, from a position in many aspects unequalled by any living American. On the basil of first-hand knowledge of the forces that count In war. and of the part which resources and blockades play in the ultimate result he is In a unique position to evaluate the situation confronting thia nation.) By Roy W. Howard Editor New York World-Telegram (Published by arrangement with the World-Telegram > New York. Oct.k— (U.R) — England and France cannot be defeat--1 ed. In the opinion of former Preaident Herbert Hoover. This opinion, and an analysis of

F. L ROWE TO |i BE SPEAKER AT , CHURCH CONFAB Complett* Program Given , For Christian Convention Thursday Frederick ta Rowe of th* Congo Christian Mission of Disciples of Cbiist. Coqullhatvllle, Africa will speak at the Christian church convention to be held In tula city Thursday. Mr. Row- will speak la lbe Christian church at 3.15 o'clockj •luring the afternoon session. Mr. Rowe la the mlsalun secre-i lary and treasurer of the Congo h < ('hr let tan Mission of Dis'iples of Chiist , His offices are at Coqullhatvllle, | where one of the six mission ata- ' :..M.s supported by churches of DisI • iples of Christ is located Ills duI ties Include, aside from keeping books and caring so.- the h>avy cor-iv-pondence, those of buying In : the supplies, filling orders ter those) missionaries located In the farther ■ emoved stations, and taking care i of the transport of European orders. Mr. and Mrs. Row- were the only Protestant missionaries In thia industrial city in the heart of Africa. : Ihhiiles supervising the work of | the Coqullhat vllle ehun-h. the Rowea assisted a native, ii Peter, in < ondu<-t:ng a chipel in the native village a mfle away. Mr. Rowe was educated at But hr university. Western Reserve univercity, and the College of Missions. He speak* under the auspices of I the United Christ.an Missionary ' rocirty. Program Given The complete program for the convention waa announc'd today. Following is the program: Morning, .1 3t:M Devotions — Rev. Kenneth i ICONTINURD ON PAQR FIVE) VAN WERT MAN CLUB SPEAKER John H. Karr To Speak To Decatur Lions Club Tonight John H. Karr. V’an Wert Ohio's , ‘*i*r gazer.'* will be the speaker at .1 the meeting of the Deestnr Lions ) club at the Rice hitel tonight. Hoy Scouts of the Lions troop will Le present at the meeting ta gueata i of the clulb. Karr will present slides and discma them. Karr in rrealdejt of the i Karr university, a former superintendent of schools, a member of the Van Wert board of educarlon. the ' K.ivanis and a number of ether so- • eta I clubs. A number of interesting views of i the heavens are said to be Included 'i in the slides which will be shown by Mr. Karr. The program Is taken 'rn*n the ii Yerkes Observatory ti Williams Bay. Wisconsin.

conditions supporting It. were expressed by the former president 1 today In answer to a belief voiced by the writer, that a dangerous emotionalism la diluting American reasoning; that the Idea is spreading rapidly In certain sections of thia country that France and England are facing defeat and. that in order to avoid catastrophe to civilisation and Io save ourselves the United Btates must sooner or later enter the European war. "It la true," said Mr Hoover, "there Is the utmost danger in war times of emotions overwhelming common sense. The moat regrett* 1 able thing that could happen to us would be the building up of a 1 war party In the United States. 1 But the premise of the Ideas you mention is wrong. "The war la only a month old. But the major factors are already emerging. The British and French can. and will, control the seven seas despite submarines and aeroplanes, and can alt there until their enemies are exhausted. By Ahelr sea power the allies can protect England and all the outlying I tCUNTIN UKU UN PAUN *1VB)

Chamberlain Warns Germany Os Allied Powers’ Intention For Putting End To Hitler Regime

SCOUT BANQUET IS HELD HERE Annual Father And Son Scout Banquet Held Monday Night Approximately 100 men and teiya attended the annual Boy Scout father and son banquet at the junior-senior high school last night, and witnessed the Boy Scout court of honor held in eon-' nectlon with the affair A banquet, served by the home economics class of the school, under the direction of Miss Mll-j dred Worthman. preceded the pro-, gram. Dr. K P Fields led the singing and W Guy Brown presided over j both the banquet and the court nt, honor. Scout notable* and leaders. : introduced at the affair. incliMied: I French Quinn. Lloyd Cowen*. Bar-1 'ry Grube. Charles Hemingway, laiwell Smith. Marlon Drum. Monroe Fuhrman. Joe Linn. Ed Jaberg. Carl C. Pumphrey. James Murphy. i Carl Gerber. Eno lainkenau. Tom Smith. Dr Fields. Dr. Harold F Zwlck. D Burdette Custer. Roy Price. Clarence Weber, Tillman Gehrig. Charles Langston. P Bryce Thomas. Sylvester Everhart, and Charles Gnienert. Fort Wayne Scont field executive. Mr. Everhart. Mr. Gruenert and Eddie Boknecht. who caught the prize fish on the camping trip made by the Scouts thia summer, all delivered short addresses The mounted fish, which Young Bok- ; necht caught, waa presented to I IJoyd t'owens for the Scouts. Preside at Court Presiding at the court of honor Mere Mr Brown as chalrm in. Mr. Everhart as scriiie and the following eommlasionera: Rev. R W. Graham. Rev. George O. Walton. W. F. Beery. Arthur it II and Dr. Fred Patterson Made Life Scout Jack Graham, of Troop 62. was given a Life Scout award, the hightCGNTtNI'KD ON PAGFJ FIVEI G. E. Employes To Meet Tonight The monthly mect'ng of the General Electrb- employes association will be held this evening at 7 o'clock in the room above the Dally Democrat office Th< members ars inv.ted to be present. —' • O C. Os C. Directors Will Meet Tonight 1 he hoard of directors of the Decatur Chasnber of Commerce will lu-et In the office of John L. De V'osa at 7:SO o'clotb. thia evening. All directors are u-ged to be prrsei t. PARTITION SUIT GOES TO TRIAL Judge Moran Sits As Special Judge In Partition Suit The partition trial of Clara Schenmann and Marta Sc hen mam sgsinst Amanda Berning am! Allrert Scheumsnn was opened today ib Adams circuit court. Judge James Moi an of the Jay circuit court at Portland Is sitting as special judge In the case. Judge Fruchte had previously declined jur'sdlction because he had at one time been represented In the case. Fcrd Lltterer is attorney for the plaintiffs, while John DeVoss and H. R. McClenahan are attorneys for the defendant. Amanda Perning. end R. C. Parrish Is counsel for Atbert Schaumann, lhe case arose over th« disputed ownership of an approximate 80ccto farm In Preble township. Edwin Kauteian. deputy county recorder, was the firet wtttMas called to the stand He testified regarding the recording of Instruments involved In the suit. Miss Marie Rrheumann. one o' the plaintiffs, hu. the next lu take the stand.

Prof Worked, Too w* J / Z 1 / / / I Dr. Charles G. Loomis lln emergences, everyone works. | . i Dr. Charles G. Loomis, professor j if German languages at Harvard I university, found that out when he | i tried to purchase pansage home ■ I from Europe. Dr lamiwils finally ’.arrived in New York almard a | freighter after having worked aa I an aasistant steward in the crew. I BANKERS STUDY HOUR SCHEDULE ■ I wmaiWMWMM Banks Os County To Arrange For New Schedule Os Hours Conaideratlon Is being given by 1 Decatur and Adams county bankers' , to arranging a new schedule cf hours for banks, in compliance with the 62-hour provision of ths amend-, ed wage and hour law, •'hich ba.l (.'me* effective October 26. ’ i Roscoe Glendening. cashier of the • First fttate bank of thl* c'ty and ’ uecretary of the Adams county bankers' association, state! that in ’) all probability a meeting of the: bankers would be held next wee/ j for the purpose of discussing the snhject and determining bow the banks would comply with the law.! The First Stmte bank is u >w open-! ; ed to the public from • A. M. to 8;3o' ■ P. M.. or 39 hours a week Several , 'lours of office work are required of I employes In the bank after thel >1 hank close*. The banks wish to ,i comply with the taw and it may be . necessary <o reduce the hours' which the bank I* open or space the ime of employe*. All together the employes work about 66 hours per week, and maximum under the law.) Beginning October 26. tie work w< i-k I* reduced to 62 hours and In October 1960. the taw reduces the , »<"k week to 60 hours. While the change Is being made, the tankers tiivor going to the 6;- hour week now and then be In step with the provisions of the taw In 1960. Oflcers and executives of bnnki are effected by the wage and hour law. ' Tax Return Forms Sent Through Mail Indianapolis, Oct. 3—As lhe cur(l rent state gross Itiiome tax-paying i period opened todnv more ‘Jian 62.I 000 quarterly taxpayers received i grcrs income tsx return forms . 'hroiigh the mall. 1 Under a poHcy adopted by the I state gross Income tax dlvl/ten test ■ tear rrtnrn bianka are mailed dlr- , ec’ly to retail merchants, partner- ■ ships, corporations, and Individuals who have been classed as quarterly I payers from the tax division's rec- ■ cnls. Thousands of nd dlt lon al return r forms of all kinds have been sent ■ to 150 automobile license bianchca ■ :md 260 special distribution poin's i where they will be available to alt i taxpayers during the present tax- , .laying period, which ex.ends to j October 15.

Price Two Centx.

Coldly Blocks Any Attempt At Peace On Basis Os Conquest Os Poland; Caution Urged BROKEN PLEDGES London. Oct. 3. — 'U.K) — Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain warned Germany today that the I threat of Nazi-Soviet military co- [ operation would not halt the Allied war on Hitlerism, but he offered |to “test" any peace proposals In • the light of Great Britain's determination to end the rule of force In i Europe. Coldly blocking a possible attempt by Adolf Hiller to make peace on the basis of the conquest of Poland, the prime minister told the house of commons that the Nazi fuehrer could neither “evade nor excuse" responsibility for the war and that no "mere assurances” ••<>uld be accepted from a governI ment which haa repeatedly broken j pledges. David Lloyd George, the world i war premier who haa repeatedly \ demanded strong a< tion against tlermany, surprised the house and • lashed with Chamberlain when he urged cautious consideration of the I proposals Hitler is expected to ; make In a speech later this week and said the government should consider whether the United States should be "brought In" to any peace conference. The German propoaala. Lloyd ; George predicted, will be farreaching plans for permanent readjustments, and “the United States could help ns as a neutral.** Chamberlain agreed to take a cautious attitude but said that Great Britain should wait and see what the proposal* arc. "No threat would ever indue* . this country or France to abandon i the purpoea for which we entered thia struggle," he said. “It pro* poaals are made we shall certainly examine them and we shall test them In the light of whatl have Just said . . . It ia quite possible I the offer might prove to be one which no self-respecting government could consider at all." Alfred Duff Cooper, former first j lord of the admiralty, criticized Lloyd George's speech a* subject ; to misinterpretation as a "suggestion of surrender." but the former prime minister vigorously contraI dieted such suggestion. Sbouta of “No! No!" greeted ; laborite George Bu< hanan when he congratulated Lloyd George for his courage, adding bitterly that the j masses in Britain oppose war. "I never saw in 1916 anything I like the hostility to war I And today," he said. “The responsibility for the war rests on those who conceived and carried out a policy of succeaalve aggressions . . . that menaced the very security of all Europe." ChamI (CONTINCED ON PAGE THREE)' MANY PHONES ARE INSTALLED Telephone Company Asks Indulgence Os New Suhserihers < harles Ehlnger. manager of th* Cltlgens Telephone Company of Decatur. Monroe and Berne, has asked the indulgence of persons -sho kava hoc-n requesting the Inata'l-tton at telephones thl* month. Under a special ruling of the ptita lie service commission, ‘he telephone company Is to Install and connect telephones at no charge during the month of October. The targe number of -eq.tests has put the service men boh Ind In their work. Mr. Ehlnger said today that all telephones will be installed within a very short time after they arc requested, but they are being conncted In the order that the applications are received. The company recently completed modernisation of Ito planta and lines, which makes tbls concern ona of the finest In Indiana. Two weeks * ago it held an open house for Itg patrons and friends, attraoliag large crowds.