Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1939 — Page 5

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another trial. If bn reject* It, Stephenson will return to the i Michigan City stair prison until ' new legal step* can be devised on hl* behalf. On the corum nobl* writ. Stephenaon claim* that he did not tratify at hl* trial because of fear Induced by threat* against hl* life. He now want* a new trial ao he can tell hl* irtory. and It ha* been understood that he plana to attack the deathbed statement of Ml** Oberhoitser which was Instrumental In convicting him of her death in April. 1925 Although Stephenson ha* «ald that he want* vindication and not Simply freedom, he will be eligible for a parole a year from nest month. Primmer* with life term* must aervr 15 year* before a parole cun be considered. In a statement to newspapermen on Oct. 8. Stephenson said that he should have been in prison for hl* political activities during the heyday of the kluxer*, but not for the murder of Madge (fberholixer a* a result of rape. NAZI SOURCES (CONTINUED ON PAGE BIX) cruiser damaged as the result of a raid by a dozen Nazi Inimls-rs on the Firth of Forth yesterday, the royal air force and an antiaircraft batteries were alert for new attack*. Indication* of a return visit by British bomber* to Germany were seen in reports from Holland that planes had flown toward Emden, when there were many heavy ex plosions near the German naval base. Germany claimed that at >ea*t I 100.000 tons of British warship* had been sunk -a figure tar high er than admitted as war losses by the admiralty in London. Furthermore. the Nazis stated officially, both the Royal Oak and the Repulse (which Britain denies was hit) were torpedoed in the British naval stronghold of Sea pa Flow. If this claim proved true, it would mean that the Nazi U-boats had . made a daring venture through ■ mine fields and warship patrols to invade the most strongly de . fended den of the British lion. There were further reportc of naval fighting off the Norwegian coast, where it was believed a running battle had been in progress sporadically since Saturday ' when three British ships were reported to have disabled a German warship. The fighting was not officially reported, however, by either Berlin or London and as a result its importance wa.i not known. On the diplomatic front, the meeting ot the rulers of Denmark, Sweden. Norway and Finland at Stockholm tomorrow appeared likely to center on efforts of the northern ueutral states to protect their positions aud maintain their international trade. Soviet Russia, pushing its zone of influence farther into the Baltic, appeared not to expect a decision in negotiations with Fili-

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land until after the meeting. The Finnish government, ordering evacuation of Hoagland Island tn trc Gulf of Finland, appeared to be ready to meet Russian demand* tor certain small isles ot strategic importance but to resist any infringement on the national sovereignty or any serious demands regarding the important Aaland Islands. Difficulties ot the Soviets in concluding a new treaty with Turkey were emphasised by announcement that the Turkish foreign minister. Sukru Saracoglu. would depart for home tonight without having signed an agreement. Saracoglu was reported taking proposals back to his government for further consideration, but it was insisted that the negotiations had not been broken off. The main trouble appears to have been in connection with the sovi -t desire for an agreement imiriltg use of the Dardanelles by any bellig erent warships. The Turks expect to sign a Mediterranean Sea pact with Britain and France and desire to avoid any conflict in the two treaties, thus strengthening their neutral position. The Soviet's official newspaper Izvestia, meanwhile, published au editorial asserting that Russia remains neutral but firmly intends to supply raw materials to Germany The Nazis have count ed on Russian economic aid to frustrate the allied sea blockade, but Britain also had been seeking

Another “Mercy Death” Case? ■ - * 's|Bk l r ■l ' w 71. 40***' M \ ‘f < //I _jflK *“* James Rougeau Lawrence Rougeau Because he ''was groaning and I was afraid he wm going craxy like hte mother.” Lawrence Rongeau, 26-year-old WFA worker tied hie five-year-old atepeon'e hands and feet with neckties and then •■held his head under water In the bathtub until he stopped squirming ” Such is the atorv police claim Rougeau told them when he surrendered. The boy was the child of the step-slater Rougesu married a few months ago.

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' | to increase trade with Russia in Ithe hope of cutting into the Nazi source of supplies. JUDGE BALE IS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ■ County Federation, .Mr*. Bryce * Thomas presented a flag to the I Decatur club for havlug the largest attendance. Mrs. Milton 1 Swearinger. chairman of the liter--1 ature department, then introduced - Judge Bale. The next general meeting will . be held at the Masouk hall, with I the art department in charge. — CYCLE CARNIVAL 1 I (CCNTXNUEM FROM PAGE ON Bi 1 awarded sl, and the most tomically , decorated bicycle and rider will be presented $2. These awards wih be presents 1 timing the demonstration at the school. Cash prizes for the best essays ' and posters in the contest conductcd through coopei alien of the i school of the city, will also be preJ seated during the tveniug demonstration. These contests have been divided 1 into three divisions each, the grade 1 schools, junior high schools, and . high schools. Prizes of 11 (first) 1 and 50 cents (second) will be given • in each of the th>’ee divisions in 1 each ot the essay end po.ter coa- , tests. > Judges of the essays will be Mrs

Leonard Saylors, Victor Eicher and 1. M. Doan and poster judges will ba Mrs J. W. Caliand. Dr. Joe Mort's and Miss Betty Hopkins. A number of special events will be held at the school program Thursday evening, with ribbon awarded to winners of the first three places in each event. The general public is invited to attend this safe•y program. 0 Nazis To Repatriate All Os Minorities Berlin. Oct. 17—(UP)- Germany intends to repatriate *ll German minorities from all European countries as soon as possible, a foreign office spokesman said today. It was estimated unoffic'ally that German minorities In Europe totaled more than 2.500,(>00 people. The spokesman said Germany dtd not intend to Include Germans In North and South America. Dance Sunday Sun Set.

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FORMER STATE HEADS NAMED Former Governor Os Louisiana, Other Of* fkials Indicted New Orleans, lai.. Oct. 17— (UP) Former governor Richard W Leche and speaker of the Louisiana house i orris M Wimberly were among 1* person* indicted today by two fed-, oral grand juries on charges of using the maiM to defraud. la>cbe and seven other* were indicted by the grand jury in New Or.euns. Wlmbley anti five othe'.s w«rw Indicted by the grand jury at Monroe. Leche and WUllasu G lUnklu,, firmer stale conservation commla-| signer, were Indicted here on charge* of using the mall* to de-l Laud in the purchase of a gifti yacht for Leches private use with lunservation department funds.' The yacht, presented Lech-.* in New Di leans l**i Dec. d. ostensibly was; g.ven by admiring cltlxeu*. A few weeks ago the resigned governor' Lave the conserval.on department 1 a check for Sll.ooj as reimburse-, nient for the yacht. SECOND TRIAL (CONTINUED FROM FAQS ONE) being moved to the Huntington hospital. The jury has beeu selected and presentation of evidence begun in the trial. Robert Freeby aud Harry Sheet*, local ambulance drivers, were among those subpoenaed. ■ ■ .....— Q - l - U-BOAT SINKING • CONTINUED FROM rAUL ON El gagement constituted a definite victory for the defense. Communique* and unofficial statements indicated that damage done to the cruisers Southampton and Edinburgh and the destroyer Mohawk was slight. It was asserted officially that at least four German planes of the 12 to U in the attacking squadrons were shot down and it was reported unofficially that seven In all had been downed. “Well done" was the comment I lioth in official quarters and in the I newspapers and among the pub- ' lie in reference to the defense-. Naval ami airplane experts said

Found in Trunk ft w T ■ * i sLs w- V - ' a IL-JL - w % If A' 1 Harry McOUI Beaten and stabbed. Harry McGill. salesman, was found doubled up in a trunk in the rear of a Long Island City, N Y., home. Police questioned Frank Hume! son of the woman who rewtdes in the house. that from the German viewpoint the raid had been a good gamble. The plane* had had the chance to put out ot coinmiasion one or more British ships, aud the loa* ot a ship would have tar more than compensated the Nasis tor the entire squadron of planes. Plane* are easily replaced, they pointed out. while British warships are the biggest menace to Germany, aud take a long time to build. The chief interest was in the tact that this was the first real German air raid within British territory—aud that it had beeu repulsed with relatively little loss. It was taken tor granted that this first attack was but a harbinger of others, and greater oues, possibly uot ouly on such base* as the Firth ot Forth but ou navy yard* aud even inlaud industrial areas. A peculiar feature ot the raid was that the air raid alarm was never sounded and that hundreds

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of thousand* of people In the Ed Inburgb-Rosy th district watched th- tight IB the air betwneu British and German plane*, and the reckless German dive* on warship* - HI Lad Fatally Burned As Heater Explodes Richmond. Ind. Oct. IT- (UP)— Itoward Parr. 5-y*ar-old sen of Mr. aud Mr*. William Parr, ot hear Pennville, died yesterday from burns suffered when a but water beater in the Parr home exploded. Mr*. Parr, 24, and another son, Fraak. 3. were b'wned *Miou*ly. UTILITY BILLS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEr mission for lower rate* Mull old that since 1*33. the commission has ordered or authorised utility rate reductions amounting to a saving to consumer* of 39.500.nv0 annually.

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