Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1939 — Page 1

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IITLER PROPOSES PEACE CONFERENCE

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

First Hailstorm Os Season Last Night The flrat hallstora’. of the aeaadn i waa experienced la Deca'ur last night, during the rain which start|cd aJxiut 10 30 o'clock. A resident at the Hothcstead re-| ported unusually large hailstones' falling. Despite the hall, the mer-! cury climbed this morning to go decrees at Ba. m. according to that Democrat thermometer. MANDATE SUIT IS FILED FOR MONROE SCHOOL Seek To Mandate Advisory Board For Addition To School Sult waa Instituted hi the Adame circuit court today to mandate the advisory board of .Monroe' township to appropriate and issue! bonds up to 840.000 for the build Ing of an addition to the Monroe ; high school building. In the town { of Monroe The com; laint was filed by the | ' state of Indiana, on relation of . 'Homer Winteregg. Noah Rich.l . Wilmer Roudebuah. John Halt-' sell, and others, and Glen Nvuenschwander. trustee of Monroe township, against the advisory, board members Alfred Ryf. Jonas Sprungei and Noah Neuenschwander. who aa the complaiqt seta out. refused on September 21. to take i action toward the school Imilding remodeling and addition The trustee and members of the ; advisory board members are divid- , ed on the question and for several months the matter has been the i cause of several acliuua. finally | lending up to the mandamus projceedlngs Attached to the complaint la "exhibit B.” which sets out that in addition to Homer Winteregg. Noah Rich and Paul Bahtier. 324 taxpayers signed a petition asking that the advisory board take steps I toward providing funds for the school building project. In the ; exhibit is a communication from i Trustee Neuenschwander. deliver- | ed to the advisory board. In which he declared an emergency existed I for the immediate remodeling of the building The complaint sets out that present facilities provided in the old building are "wholly Inadequate ito meet School requireI menta," and that "said building i has q<> gymnasium nor auditorium (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — - W Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting at Adams ppat number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the lx-gion ' home. First and Madison streets. Monday evening at X o'clock. All members are urged to be present. o Children Story Hour Will Open Saturday The childrens' story hour, cont ducted by Mrs. R. I). Myert at the I'uhllc library. will open .Saturday at 3 o'clock All grade school children are Invited to be present. SOCIETY PLANS ANNUAL EVENT Father And Son Communion Sunday, Entertainment Monday The annual father an dson communion of the Holy Name society will be held at the Bt. Mary's Catholic church Sunday morning at' 7 o'clock. The fathers of the society will also entertain their sons Monday night at the K. of C. hull at 8 o'clock. A special program of entertainment has been arranged for the evening by the committee in charge. The event Is attended each year by a large crowd and thia year Is expected to be no exception. Members of the society are urged to attend with their sons. Ralph Roop, as president of the Holy Name society. Is In charge of arrangements, ,

NAZI ADMIRAL SAYS IROQUOIS WILL BE SUNK Some Authorities Scoff At Report As Mere Propaganda Washington, Oct. 8. (UB Orand Admiral Erich Raeder. head of the tierman navy, required the Amer- | lean naval attache In Berlin to ! sign a statement acknowledging he had been Informed that the American liner Iroquois carrying 788 persons would be sunk aa it neared the American coast, it was reported In authoritative quarters today. Several destroyers and a coast guard cutter were moving eastward on the North Atlantic today to meet the Iroquois and accompany her the rest of the way home. ■ They were expected to pick her 'up tomorrow It wax emphasised I that this did not mean American ' authorities placed any belief whati soever In Admiral Raeder's Impli>ed charge that the British navy { would sink the Iroquois thinking | Germany would be blamed. tin New York, officials of the United States lines, which is op-I I erating the Iroquois under chart- , er. termed Admiral Raeder's warn-; : ing, propaganda). Government sources refused to I I reveal the position of the Iroquois. , I but calculations, based on the' i ship's usual speed, showed that she was about 900 miles from Cobh. I Ireland, early today. She is due I at New York Wednesday. The White House announced ’he I German warning, and the dispatching of naval ships to accompany the Iroquois home. Press aecre-1 tary Stephen T. Early said that he ( placed little credence in Admiral I Raeder's Information. Raeder summoned Commander I A F Schrader. U. 8. nr-val attache I al Bei liu. to his offi< e Wednesday and told him that he believed the Iroquois would be sunk "through a repetition of circumstances which marked the loss of the I British i steamship Athenia.” the White House said. The Athenia was sunk off the Isles of Hebrides on the day that England entered the war. with a • CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) LOWER RELIEF COST REPORTED September Cost In Washington Township Less Than In 1938 A decrease of 8*244 82 was note 1 In the relief costs for the month t.f Reptetnler In comparison with those of the same months In 193 S i:i Washington towuahip. according the report made today by Trustee tonn M. Doan. The total cost for the month of September this year was t1.M)303 In comparison with W.l4ti«4 In 1938. School books and extra clothing for school children of fsmllies on relief boosted the total this month' over that of the previous month of August. The cost in August was It.284.74. 'School books cost |3*)714 and clothing cost 8152 4) for a total of 8459.58. Other Hemal In the cost: food. $457 70; fuel. |U>; medical care outside of the hospital. 8317.88; medical care In the hospital, 8338.78; transportation. 821.C5; sewing project. 834.01; commodities transportation. 821 18. The 82! 55 item for transportation. Mr. Doan explained, was the cost of sending a family beck to Ohio under the new deportation law, which permits t. trustee to deport a relief client If not a legal resident under the tellef law. ■ — ■ O— ——— Seven Are I'ninjured As Elevator Falls Huntington. Ind., Oct. 8— (HF) — f’-cven persons "scaped Injury yea•ciday when the elevator In the courthouse fell from the third floo-, hit steel springs at the bottom of the shaft, and bounced to a stop less than three feet from the first Tie elevator had been out of service for several days nnd had hem In use only a few minutes when it fell. > . j

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 6. 1939.

Warn U. S. Ship To Be Sunk * \ I o \ II x 4 k *r * .fWywA jjgSWtEßi • 'ail

8. 8. Iroquois The 8. 8. Iroquois. American coastal steamer now en route from Ireland to the United States with a capacity load of American refugees, is to be sunk, according to a warning sent the United States government by Grand Admiral Dr Erich Raeder of the German navy The warning, which waa revealed to the American people In a statement by President Roosevelt, said the American ship was to be sunk by "a nation now at war with Germany."

MRS. ANDERSON TO HEAD GROUP Mrs. J. E. Anderson Elected President Os Church Group Mrs. J. E. Andersen, of this city.’ was elected president of the Adams-! Wells County Christian church sssiciation at the convention held here Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Anderson Is also the president of the Adams county organization. Other officers: Mrs. Arlln Brown. Bluffton, vice-president; Mrs Dorphus Drum. Decatur, secretary; Mrs. Oren Schults. Decatue super intendant of the w<vnan's nilseli.n sty society: Miss Eva Acker. Decatur. secretary higher education; Mrs. Henry Johnson. Bluffton, superintendent of Christian education. The Rev. Kenneth Timmons, pa*tt.r of the First Christian church he*e. presided over the afternoon session of the convention. Dr. F. L. Rowe. Congo. AMca missionary. was the main speaker. The meeting was dosed mat night with messages from visiting delegations on local, county .Inu state i Interests of the group. A devotional period was also held. ADAMS COUNTY LAOY IS DEAD Miss Jessie Diekison Dies Today At Hospital In Berne Miss Jessie 1. Diekison. 7«. died at the Hossmau hospital In Berne at 1 o'clock this morning Death was attributed to heart coinplica | tlona. . The deceased was born In Lisbon, Ohio, November 10. 1882. a daughter of Morgan and Louise Diekison. She was a member of the Christian church there. For. the past So years she had resided In Adams county with an aunt. Mrs. Elizabeth Scherer, who preceded her in death n week ago. She hnd never married. Surviving are a brother. Max Diekison of Lisbon and two sisters. Mrs. Daisy Alberts and Mrs. May Miller, both of Youngstown. Ohio. Funeral services will be held this evening at the Lohenstein funeral home In Monroe at 7 o'clock with the Rev R. F. Hart officiating. Fnmi there the body will lie taken to Lisbon, Ohio.

— Muncie Man Released From Local Hospital Prank W. Beyer of Muncie who, ' was admitted to the Adams county I memorial hospital September 15 I after a skull fruelmt when his car; overturned on federal rood ?24. east I of Decatur, was released from the institution today. Beyer was unconscious for sev* i tral days following the crush and little hopes was held for his rsI cowry. He rallied, howeier, and I was able to leave the hospital toDEDICATE NEW i PART OF ROAD I - - Section Os Highway 224 In Ohio To Be Dedicated October 18 i The dedication of the new section I of -he Benjamin Franklin highway on U. 8. Road SM. in Putnum and riaucock counties in Ohio. Is achedi. - ii for Wednesday. Oct. ISDecatur and Adams county good'i road boosters are Invited tn attend' •ne cerinionles. which will be held at the Ihitnamdlaucock line and to , the banquet which will bo held at ir-on at Ottawa. Ohio. I Ohio road officials will attend the I prot-ram. John H. Williamson otl Findlay, president of the l>enjamln Frajiklln Highway Assoclat'on, will' pretide at the Boon prog-am aud barquet. Largely through Mr. Williams* efforts, sentiment was created in Ohio and Indiana and states east of Ohio, for sstablisulng the east and west route. Later It was tuken over by the state highway com missions and la now known as i U. H. road 284, a federal aid project. Tickets for the banquet may be obtained at the Dally Democrat of(CONTINtJKII ON I’AOK BEVKNI' Rotary Club Holds Buftinettti Meeting The quarterly business meeting of the Decatur Rotary club was held at the weekly meeting Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Reports of the officers and committee chairmen wore presented. Ernest W. Busche, clnb president, conducted the meeting. District Meeting To Be Held Here Saturday There will be a district meeting of the Travelling Men's Protective SMoeiatlon Haturday afternoon at 9:80 o'clock in the Masonic hall here. Delegated are expected from! tuauy surrounding cities. j

Adolf Hitler, In u FinaV f Bid For Peace, Proposes Meeting Os Nations; Suggests Program

French, British Sources Indicate Hitler Speech Failed To Offer Basis For Peace. SPEECH STUDIED Faria. Oct « <U.R> France ind England. If necessary, will wage total war against Germany’s attempt to establish a European hegemony. Premier Edouard DalaI dier said today In a two hour speech before the senate foreign relations committee. Daladler did not comment on Feuhrer Adolf Hitler's «pe»-ch before the rvlchstag because the text had not arrived when the senate committee met However, he reiterated his Wednesday statement to the foreign relations committee of the chamber of deputies. He said that he would examine and submit to parliament reasonable propositions accompanied by iron-clad guarantees. But. Daladier said France would not bow to a fait accompli by violence or to a dictate. Highest French sources said that Hitler's proposals for the restoration of European peace are "wholly Inacceptable." They said that the Nail Fuehrer had attempted to “dictate" an end to the war. Hitler is seeking merely to give Russia and Germany a free hand in eastern and central Europe and offering nothing substantial in ex- , change for colonies and trade ad- . vantages except his own promise I -often broken in the past -to sign Jan arms limitation psci French circles said French government sources said they saw "proof” of what they , termed the "bad faith" of Hitler in inacrurate and false statements regarding the Polish war. For Instance. they said. Hitler described the attack on Warsaw as beginning Sept 25, whereas It actually began with a German air raid ou rCONTINL'Eti ON PAGE FIVE) — Monnier Funeral Services Monday 'funeral services will b« held at the St. Mary's Catholic church In tats city Monday at » a. m. for Joseph A Monnier. 19, who died Filday at the Adams coun’y memorial hospital. Rev. J. J. Selmetx will officiate, and burial will be In thu Resan eon cemetery east of New Haven. Surviving are the parents, Mr. •nJ Mrs. Joseph Monnier. of near Decatur; six brothers. Ralp.i of New .Haven. Elmer of Fort Wayne. Bernard of Monroeville. Maurice. An.- | brose and Roger, all at ho-ne; and ' four sisters. Mrs. Francis Lothsmer of Payne. Ohio., Mrs. William Shan••r of Fort Wkiyne. Mrs. D. H Me Comb of Columbia City and Ruth Monnier. at home. ELIZA EARHART TAKEN DY DEATH Mrs. Albert Earhart Dies At Adams County Hospital Today — Mrs. Elixa Earhart. 78. died at the Adams county memorhl hospital at 8 o'clock this morning following sn appendicitis operation. She had been 111 about a weekThe deceased was born February 7, 18*1, a daughter of Enoch and Katherine Moyer Reiff ot Adams county. She was married December 18. 1879. to Albert E. Ear hurt who survives. Two sons, Altus H.. Galion, Ohio and Charles E., Bluffion. survive, toge'her with three grandchildren and one great grandchild. A sister and two brothers preceded her In death. The body will be removed Saturday noon from the Jahn funeral home In Bluffton and taken Io the residence In Magley Funeriu services will be held Sunday morning at 10:SO o'clock at the Magley Reformed church »f which | the deceased was a member, with j Rev. David Grether officiating.

FUNERAL RITES FOR MUNDELEIN Funeral Services Are Held Today For Cardinal Mundelein Chicago. Oct. 8 (UJD The bells of Holy Name cathedral tolled a | monotonic dirge today, summoning I .multitudes of all faiths to maje.<-1 tic funeral riles for George WH-1, I Ham Cardinal Mundelein. Hundreds already had crowded Into the old cathedral at an early I ' hour for there lx no Catholic- i ■ ceremony —excepting the obsequies { > of s pope of more solemn gran-! , deur than the funeral of a cardinal archbishop. And these rites for : i Cardinal Mundelein, who had earn-1 ed the love <»f non-Calholica. too, {during his 24 years as spiritual | leader of a million Catholics In I the Chicago archdiocese, were the i more impressive because all prln- ! clpal officers of the mass were archbishops and bishops. The cardinal died peacefully Monday in his 88th year. Today. ' his body, vested in- the purple re- ' Kalla of a cardinal archbishop I aleiut to offer the sacred sacrifice of the mass, lay In a solid hronse i casket before the cathedral's high altar A million mourners had > paid him homage. Tncounted I thousands still were filing past I his bier as the most Rev. Arch- - bishop Amleto Giovanni Clcoc--1 nanl. apostolic delegate to the ‘jl'nlted States, made ready to cele-; i brate a pontifical requiem mass II All through the nigh' religious > i and civic dignitaries had arrived I to partici|H«te In the services. > President Riamevelt was repre- ' settled by his natal aide. ('apt. i Daniel J. Callaghan. ' | Nearly ion archbishops and bishops had registered, including Archbishop John J. Cantwell, lata (CONTINL’KD ON PAGE FOUR) O- — DEATH CLAIMS NOAH MURPHY I —— Decatur Woman’s Brother Dies At Fort Wayne Hospital i —» Noah Murphy. 88. of Minroevllle, died at 11:45 o'clock Wednesday , night at the Methodist hospital. 1 ■ Fort Wayne, of heart disease and 'I complications. He was a mesnber . nf the Union Chapel U. B. church, . near Decatur. I Surviving are hit wld'w. Mrs. • '-THaabeth Murphy; five son* Harry, . Hnrschel. James and la-o Murphy, i all of Fort Wayne, and Frank Mur- ! phy of Benton Harbor, M'ch.; one 'liughter, Mrs Miry Beeman .ts Fort Wayne; one slater. M.-a. Char-I les Barrel ot Decatur, and one brother. Ixntls Murphy of Monroeville.l. The Itody was removed to the C. | M. Sloan and Sons' funeral home.' I where funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:15 o'clocK and 3:30 o'clock a - . Union Chapel church three miles east of Decatur. Burial will be In the Deca’ur cemetery. ' o— Pastor Is Convicted In Daughter’s Death Camden. N. J„ Oct. 8 -<UI»)— The pastor of the Polish Baptist church, the Rev. Walter Dworeckl., prayed on his knees In jail most ot the night asking god not let him i be electrocuted for abett'ng the murder of his 18-vear-old daughter, i Wundn. Jurors. Including two women who almost collapsed and required medical cam after the verdict, found him guilty last night and failed to recommend merry, making the death sentence mandatory. Hr was charged with murder. He I '..ired 31-year-old Peter Cb.bwchuk, a former circus roustabout, to airangle the girl, a 82.50 t) life in- ■ surnnee Dworeckl carried on her, and her reputation for lo.:»e mori ality which Dworeckl believed Wpi ard lied his Job ss pastor motivated him.

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Plan Touches All Points From Disarmament Down To Colonies And Jews; Reveals Casualties. SEEKS ARMISTICE Berlin. Oct. 8 4UJO- Adolf Hit- ' ler. in a "Anal” bld for peace beI Yore his Nasi relchstag. proposed today a conference of nations to j achieve absolute security and peace hi Europe and suggested the poxwlblHty of reducing armamenta. In an apparent hid for a war armistice, hr said a conference of nations would be impossible "under the roar of cannons." Disclosing. In a review of the Polish campaign, that Germany had lost 44.315 men In killed, wounded and missing. Hitler argued that there was nothing further for Europe to tight for now that Germany had crushed Poland. He estimated the total number of prisoners taken by the German army at nearly 700.000. Hitler's program for European peace touched on everything from disarmament to colonies and Jews. His points Included: 1— The conference ot nations. 2— Disarmament, or failing that, an agreement to forbid the use of IMilson gas In order to reduce the liorrora of war. The moat important pre-condition to security and peace waa a return of armaments to “a sensible and economically tiearable level." 4 Solution of the European Jewish "problem.*' 4 Possibly a restoration of a Polislt stale under GeraMn-ltnssian Mtverignty. to contain only Poles. 5- Ormany now has no demands to make but for colonies, and the ' need for colonies does not repre- ; sent an ultlmatlve demand. "Our only demand is for colonial possessions fitting for and suitable for the reich—that is. the return of former German colonies," he said. 8 Germany will respect the neutrality of Denmark. Belgium. Jugoslavia and all other neighbors and desires only strong economic relations with them. 7— Security Is possible only on the basis of German-British friendship 8— If Britain and France ar« fighting solely to defeat Germany they can not do so. but even If they did the present situation would ho the same In another io years. 9— The line between German ' and Russian interests is clearly drawn anti there is no reason for hostilities between the Nazi and {Communist states so long as they I stick to their respective spheres. Having outlined this program. Hitler said: "If peace and security are not | achieved, and if the conception ot Herr ('hurthill and his cronies prevail, then this will be my last (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WOULD DEPORT RELIEF CLIENTS Two Trustees File Suits T<> Send Relief Clients Back Home Two suits are now pending hi John T. Kelly's justice of peaco cort, involving the new deportation law for those receiving poor relief from a township. One suit waa instigated ty Trustee John M. Doan of Washington township and the other by Trustee Ben McCollough of St. Mary's township. 1 W Under the new law. poor raliot clients from another county, who have not been a legal re»:dent for more than one year and those from cut of the state, not a resld -nt over three years, may be deported. The law provides that the proceedings may be Instigated by thn trustee and the client forced to return to his native county or state. The Washington township clients are from Ohio City and the Blue Creek township from Calumet townzhip in Lal.e county.