Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1939 — Page 1

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Planning ■ I I or \miual Meeting - from the o il ’o 1 meetW.ntie. Wednesday .01(1 '-Ti. 'l^B 1 ' .f ration d ob’jined t> '.o.dai post gradual y I-. - ..t -I- 'l'is'l . |H II IHIIOI. Ml eV ’ >1: |i.it 'll ollghollt meeting .| ■ \|>e< t. il Io at- ' io This society is '.il - ~.- |.| B** B ■ _ ggg "' Bar In Brief illy I'nited Preu) Io HO, hi warplanes MB 1 ami eastern ■tai but no bomba fall; B^B I " IIS rejoice over AngloTurkish pact which 1,11 believe vastly strengthallied position and further BMb'rx Paly fl-,,.!! any (j e gj rp t „ on Germany'* aide. French enthusiastic |B‘ r Ankara treaty; war ofBM? '’Ports quiet night on front. gBHEfUIN High command that fighting has ended ®Bnli''asi () f Saarbruecken; gB" 1 " front reported quiet; press silent regarding HBltara treaty, official source I 811,B 11, ' v '' l ' door still open to Kuspact and contends l^r ul> * ll * l |, ' r “nce and HritIV I represents only will of LB** 11 'H'tue and not of TurkB 1 people. B HELSINGFORS: Finland ;W*pares reply to Soviet deB* 1 "!". confident of Swedish, Bj’rwegian g nd Danish support Rusiilans withyd '"'Hment an Ankara B’ w *’y but evidence of RussoB«rkish cordiality Is given in of messages between ■“’"lan and Turkish foreign Blitter*. B ISTANBUL: Turkish foreign K' nl "’ er Saracoglu returns B m Moscow In Russian crulsK. . ,le Turks, happy over ■ Pa, y with Fiance and BritK, ’ it aecurea peace W eastern Mediterranean. t

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District leading In Legion Membership Tha fourth dlMrlc; of the American Legion Mil) hold* flrat place in the state niemtorshtp drive, accordI Inp to the latest report received by V ncent Bormann of thia ell/, fotirt J district commander. The representative from Indiana [lto Arlington cemetery In Virginia, fcr the annual Armistice nay gerlilt s, will be the district command- <” front the district which enrolls l the largest percentage of members I In the Legion. Mr. Bormann would ,' he the representative If the fourth dlstrlt wins the contest and friends of hit are making a drive for mem- , t era. WILL CONTEST IS FILED HEBE Sister’s Will Is Contested In Suit Filed In Circuit Court A suit was filed In Adams dr- 1 cult court Thursday by Dnrwln Drake contesting the will of the late Myrtle IT. Drake, a sister of the plaintiff. The suit names as defendants Hulda Schroyer. as executrix and trustee, and Oteina L. Isch. Edward Inch. Arlo Drake, l-ester I*rake. Charles Drake, Harry Drake. Samantha Drake, Robert . Drake and Carrie Elizabeth Drake, to whom shares In the estate were bequeathed. The complaint avers that the will and codicil of the late Miss ■ bake are Invalid and seta out as reasons: that at the time the will and codicil were executed said Myrtle Drake was of unsound mind, that said pretended will and ' codicil were obtained by fraud. ' were executed under duress and . that they were unduly executed. The first paragraph of the complaint avers that on October I. 1 1935. Myrtle Drake died In this 1 county, leaving the plaintiff as her ’ only heir-at-law. Hubert R. McClenahan is attor-' ney for the plaintiff. The will, as probated recently, bequeathed to the niece, (htema L. ’ lach. “all of my household furnl- ‘ ture and chattel property" and some real estate. Edward lack. ■ husband of the niece, was named ’ trustee of a trust for the “benefit and use of my beloved brother, i Dnrwln Drake," wllh the cash money remaining after the pay- * in ent of debts and the granting of first provisions, to be distributed • equally to the other persons, Mm- ,| — (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIKEEi Logs Roll Oft Truck, Man Crushed To Death Wabash, Ind., Oct- 20-(UP)— , Robert L. Dillon. 20. was killed in- , stantly late yesterday when a load of logs slipped, crushing him and ,i breaking his neck and back. He fs survived hy his widow and a small child. o Local Man Testifies In South Bend Trial • — — South Bend, Ind.. Oct. 20. <U.R) | — Seven government witnesses were heard today by a federal grand Jury hearing charges of antitrust violation against General | Motors Corporation, three affiliates land 17 Individuals. They raised ‘ the total of witnesses to date to i 41 for the government. Included among those who testllived were William Kessler, former dealer at Auburn, Indiana; i [Chesterl L. Blades, fotiner dealer' ' at Elwood. Indiana, now living at i Decatur, Ind. All witnesses were ' formerly Chevrolet dealers. MOOSE PLAN TO INITIATE CLASS Large Class of Candidates To Be Initiated Here Tuesday A special feature Is being planned for the regular meeting Tuesday night of Adams lodgo 13'11. Loyal Order of Moose, It was announced by Gerald Cole, lodge governor. Inltiatlon»ceremonies will be conferred on a large class of candidates ' by the local degree team, Mr. Cole | announced. Fifteen or twenty candidates ar) i expected to be taken into tne lodgo ’ during the ceremonies. Following the Initiation and meeting a social time will be held, with lunch being 1 served to the: : members and candidates. Mr- Cole reported that the "1 I Will" membership campalgrTla processing rapidly. j

POLL OF LOWER. HOUSE REVEALS REPEAL FAVOR Check Shows Narrow Margin In Favor Os Revising Neutrality Bill 1 Washington. Oct. 20 — qj.P) — 1 A check of the house produced today a measure of support for the claims of leaders that it . would support. If It voted now. the administration's neutrality program hy a margin of 15 Io 20. votes. , An Incomplete United Press check among *0 house Democrats' who voted against repealing the. embargo last session showed at , least 13 now favoring President Roosevelt's proposal to lift the ban on shipment of arms, ammu- i nit ion and Implements of war. and subslltut-ioq of a strict cash and . carry requirement. Not all the opiMislng Democrats could be reached, and some who were contacted refused definite comment. A shift of 21 votes would be necessary to reverse the house's 214 to 173 vote last session when 1 the embargo was put hack in the Bloom bill on a motion of Rep. John M Voreys. Rep., Ohio House leaders, outwardly con-' fident of victory, have delayed a formal poll until the senate bill is put in final form. New and Influential support for neutrality revision came as the “non-partisan committee for peace through the revision of the nett- ' trallty law" claimed that a poll of American legionnaires at the Chicago convention last month showed M percent in favor of changes in the present law. The convention Itself took no (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — — O'"" STATE OFFICER TALKS TO CLUB Don Lash Speaks To Decatur Rotary Club Thursday Night • — Don Lash, one o( the country’s most Illustrious track stars, and now a member of the Indiana state police force, was the guest speaker st the weekly meeting of the Deca- . tur Rotary club Thursday evening I at the Rice hotel. The state officer spoke on “Safety and Athletics." He was in this city ail day Thursday, speaking to the ' school students in connection with ■ '.be day's program o’ bicycle safety. l laish, who at the present time is I on leave of absence from active I duty while completing his work at i Indiana university on a master's I degree, discussed in an interesting and educational fashion some of his experiences as a member of the ; state police force. The speaker told of the research work dong by the state police |u studying crime and more particular ly regarding traffic problems and violations. He told of the problems created by the speeding driver, the thought less driver and the drunken ! driver. Lash then spoke briefly of bls athletic career. He was born In Wells county, later moving to Auburn, where he attended high school. In Ma senior year, he won the mile race In the state finals. He then xt-j I tended Indiana university, where he developed into one of the fiuest distance runners In the country. At the ' present time. tosh holds the world’s ■ record for the twovnile run, indoors, and for the past five years has won i the national cross-country race, for. which he holds the time record. He formerly held the two-mlle outdoor record. In closing, the speaker warned against pouring too much hero worship and adulation on school ath- '■ .etes, telling of the adverso effects such things have on these youths ' otter completion of their school ' careers. Pete Reynolds was chairman of ■ 'be program. o Fire Inspection Os Schools Being Made Inspection of the schools In Adams county by a representative of the state fire marshal's office is being made this week. Ira M< Ilwalti, deputy fire marshal, of Indi inapolis. is the man assigned to the work j cf .inspecting the schools. Fire drills are being held and the Inspector Is examining ell of the school buildings and contents. He i conducted his inspection of the : schools in Decatur Thursday and t'j-h day he was to inspect schools in j Berne and Monroe township.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 20, 1939.

Nazi Plane Down in Forth | ■ I _I, Here la one of the German victims in that Firth of Forth air raid staged by Nazi Itombers. The plane, disabled. Is down In the Firth of Forth, which la off Scotland Picture is a radioph.ito from laiiidon.

CYCLE CARNIVAL HELDTHURSDAY Annual Bicycle Safety Carnival Is Concluded Thursday Decatur’s second annual bicycle safety carnival was brought to an enthusiastic close Thursday evening. with a colorful parade of bands and decorated bicycles, followed hy a series of special events at the Lincoln school gymnasium. The carnival, sponsored jointly l»y the Wpa recreation depart inent and the B. P. <). Elks lodge, opened Thursday morning with a safety talk to students of the Catholic schools by Don !<ash. ‘ member of the Indiana state police force, and noted long distance rnnner. Lash also spoke to pupils of the junioi senior high school and the Lincoln school. Last night's parade was headed by city and state police, followed J by the Decatur high school band. Also In the line of march were the Catholic school band and the De- ' catur City band. Gaily decorated bicycles and i tricycles were in the line of march to make up a much larger parade than last year. Prize winners In the parade were as follows: Best decorated hlcycle — Anna Catherine Friedly. first and Billie Bollinger, second. Best decorated tricycle— Bobby Jean Bollinger. Most comically decorated bicycle —Jean Metz. Judges for the parade winners were Don Gage, J. L. Ehler and Boh Shraluka Prizes in the poster and essay contests, conducted In cooperation with the schools of the city, were presented by Officer Utah. These winners were: poster con'test — high school division. John Noonan and Martha Macy; seventh and eighth grades. Mary Catherine Runischlng and Thomas Terveer; fifth and sixth grades, Marelyn Schultz and Kathleen IJut 1.-r. Winners of the special events held in the gymnasium following presentation of the awards were as follows: I Midget boys slow race — Don Eicher, first; William Porter. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CCC RECRUITS STOP IN CITY — 28 West Virginia Recruits Enroute To Camp Near Bluffton Twenty-eight CCC recruits attracted considerable attention in Decatur yesterday when they marched from the Pennsylvania i road station to the Nickel Plate station and strolled around the city while waiting for their train. The young men were all natives of West Virginia, who had recently enrolled In the CCC and were enroute to the camp near Bluffton. They left West Virginia Wednesday afternoon at I o'clock and arrived here about noon Thursday, leaving last night at 9 o’clock. Tired and dirty from their long ride, the hoys resembled a gang of hoodlums planning to take the town by storm, and created quite a bit of commotion among local residents, who speculated as to their identity. It is understood that more than one hundred will be enrolled at the Bluffton camp at an early date. ! with new recruits coining In daily.

Heavy Truck Movement Is Noted In Decatur Decatur is conscious of having one of the heaviest truck movements in rW> state. This iact was proved yesterday when 830 truck loans of sugar beets and soy beans were delivered and unloaded to the Central Sugar > v.-pany ard th? Central Soya company. The beets and beans are weighed at the central scale house and ( those in charge had one of ;he busiest days on record. The scale house opens at 6 A. M. DEATH CLAIMS JOHN RAILING Prominent Retired Farmer Dies At Home In Union Township John H. Railing, 75. life-long resident and prominent retired Adams county fanner, died last' night at 10 o'clock at his home, four miles northeast of Decatur in Union township. Death was attributed to a heart attack, following an illness of several years. The deceased was torn in Root township October 28. I*B3, the son of Henry and Louise Gessinger-1 Railing. He was married Novein-' her 25. 1893 to Anna Boehnke. who survives. He was confirmed January 9, 1887 at the St Peter's Lutheran church hy the Rev Frederick Berg. Surviving, besides the widow, are the following children: Alva Railing, at home; Mrs. Cletus Buechner, of Convoy, Ohio; Mrs. Ernest Thieme of Union township. Mrs. Edgar Reinking of Decatur i and Mrs. Carl Whittenbarger, of Decatur. One brother, William Railing of Van Wert. Ohio and a sister. Mrs.' Almina Kurt of Decatur, also survive. Four sisters are deceased. Funeral services in both English and German will he held 1 Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the house and 2 o’clock al the; Immanuel Lutheran church, of' which he was a member. The Rev. M. J. Frosch will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be Returned to the residence from the Zwlck a Son funeral home thia evening and may to viewed thero until time for the funeral. 1 '" ■ ■ O - - Army Sergeant Aids Girls’ Band Drill A drill in "about face" was given the members of the Decatuy Girls , Band this afternoon on W.irthman 1 Field by Sgt. H. A. Hoover of tha ('. S. Army, who Is here this week to recruit members for the army. Director Albert Sellemeyw had the hand out for regular drill and S*'t. Hoover agreed to tesch the , members the technique of about ( face as taught and practiced In the , army. The services of the army t sergeant were appreciated. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER j 8:00 a.m 60 2:00 p.m 80 10:00 a.in. 67 3:00 p.m 80 Noon 72 WEATHER Partly cloudy with scattered sprinkling or light showers In 1 northwest and extreme west central portions tonight and in south and extreme eaet portions Saturday; warmer tonight, eomewhat cooler In 1 northwest and extreme north 1 Saturday,

Mutual Aid Treaty Signed By Britain, France And Turkey | Important Aid To The Allies

REPORT FILED - BY GRAND JURY THIS AFTERNOON Seven Indictments Arc Returned By Jurors Late This Afternoon Seven indictinetits were return'cd by the September lerni grand I jury of the Adams circuit dburt, I in Its report filed with Judge J. ; Fred Fruchte late this afternoon 1 Six of the indictments were for felonies and one for a miadeI meanor. Names of the persons charged with the crimes will not be made public until the arrests are made, officers said today. David J. Schwartz of Monroe was named foreman of the Jury by I Judge Fruchte. Other members are Mra. Marie laird, Decatur; Theodore Oslermeyer, Preble; Ralph Bailey. Geneva. Mrs laii retta McCullough. St. Mary's , township; la-onard Baumgartner. Berne. The jury has also inspected the infirmary and other county institutiona. Open Navai Inquiry Into Plane Crash San Diego. Oct. 20 — (IJ.PI — I A naval inquiry was started today ' into a mid-air collision which sent I two tombing planes into a flaming crash yesterday and killed four young filers. The light, fast dive * bombers ; clipped wings as they roared through a fog bank while on a 100-mlle training flight with 10 ' other planes. They hurtled to the ground from an altitude too low for the fliers to parachute, and dug two parallel furrows on the flank of Black Mountain The wreckage exploded and burned, cremating the bodies. I■" * O Children Periled During Gun Battle Austin. Texas. Oct. >•—(OP) — A bank robber and highway patrolmen blazed away at one another today in a gun battle on a biiblic I ec.iool yard that endangered the i the lives of school children and ended in the wounding of th 1 ) bandit and Capt. George Schauer ol the pat"ot. The bandit, identified by police as Howard Tatum, was wounded in I the foot after he emptied two pistols at the officers who were forced 1 to fire from a difficult angle to ' avoid hitting children. K. P. Planning For Dance This Evening Arrangivnents have been completed to hold a public duice at the K. of P. home here after the football game tonight. The music will be -upplied by Bob Rice's orchestra. It is planned to continue the dances each week after games or on Saturday nights. GRASS FIRES CARSE DAMAGE Serious Grass Fires Reported In Various Indiana Areas (By United Press) Grass fires ranged In several scattered sections of Indlnns today and one blaze, now under control, threatened the residential section in the southwest part of Franklin causing damages estimated between 16.000 and 88,000. Other serious blazes were re- * ported In Clay and Greene counties. The Franklin fire detrryed a large barn and ti dwelling and damaged another barn and building before it wax brought under control. Sparks carried by the wind set the city dump on fire and forced firemen lo patrol residential streets blocks distant. It wan believed a cigarette accidently tossed on a strawstack , started the blaze. In Clay county the Brazil fire , department wax called nut on eleven runs yesterday to battle blazes , (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 1 1

CHGRCHGROUPS HOLD MEETING Fort Wayne Presbyterial Society Meets In Local Church The Fort Wayne Freshytertal so?-1 let/, the women's organization in the churches of the Fort W»yn“ xrea. held an all day group meeting (eday at the Presbyterian churcl in Decatur. Principal speakers were Miss F. A. Hildegard of the Pre-.byterlan Alpine school of Tennessee and Dr.. R. M. Metondress. direct yr of religious education of the synod of, I nJ. ana. At noon, luncheon was served by the Presbyterian women at the hvangellal church. The morning progiasn was as follows:: Worship in song, greetings by Mis. Jesse Rice; devotions, Ossian MK-iety; duet. Mra. William Vincent xnd Mrs. Oswald Jones; talk by Mirs Hildegard Dorman; business, Mrs. J. E. Jones; lunch. The morning session will open at 9:45 o'clock.. The afternoon program, which started at J o'clock, included: Worship In song, devotbmals by Mrs. T L. Wheeler; talk tv Dr. Melaindress; roll call of societies; j music by Miss Patsy Edwards: offering, bent-diction GAN SUBS FROM 3-MILEAREA Roosevelt Makes Clear Proclamation Regarding Restriction Hyde Park. N. Y.. Oct, 20-(UP) —President Roosevelt made clear i today that his proclamation liarring operations of belligerent sub-' marines applies only to waters with:” three miles of the coast, I but he indicated that in certain situations territorial waters of the United States might to regarded ax extending I.OOu mllex out to sea. Definition of territorial waters,; Mr. Roosevelt said, depends entirely upon clrcumxtancex. Three' miles lx the limit that has been | generally held to in international law. * Reviewing his efforts to keep America out of the war and the war out of American waters. Mr. Roosevelt refused to commit nimself on the possibility that operations of belligerent surface ships in territorial waters might be made subject to the same restrlc- 1 tions which he applied to submarines. Submarines mid surface ships cannot be placed in the same category. he said, arguing that they are as different as apples and pears. Mr. Roosevelt, meeting with re-1 i porters shortly after his arrival for a week-end nt his home here. ! said his Interpretation that territorial waters may extend as far at sea as a nation's interests dictate does not apply in his procltt- j mation barring belligerent submarines from American waters. In the case of rum-running during prohibition duya. he sale, the territorial waters extended out about 150 miles For the present neutrality patrol, the limit Is (CONTINI’ED ON PAtIE FOUR) 0 ■■ Krick Funeral Rites Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Henry Krick prominent Decatur lady, who died Thursday at her hottie cn Metcer avenue, will to held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence. The Rev. R. W. Graham will officiate. The name of a son, Virgil Krick, of this city, was unintentionally omitted from the list of survivors published in Th'trsday'a paper., — o Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Le-i glon will be held Monday night at' 8 o’clock at the Legion home. Dean Becktoi of Garrett will apeak on membership and all members of the post are urged to be present.

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Allied Campaign Seeking To Defeat Nazism By Economic, Diplomatic Measures Growing. DOMINANT MOTIF By Jim* Alex Morris (U. I* Foreign News Editor) The allied campaign to isolate and strangle Nazism by economic and diplomatic measures emerged today as a dominant motif in the European war. With the military phase of tha conflict settling into a state of siege on land and sea. the new 'mutual aid treaty signed by Great Britain, France and Turkey may work a sweeping change in tha development of a war that so far has definitely subordinated mill--1 tary operations. The full effects of the allies* alliance with Turkey depends on how and when the hostile powers make their next moves. Its favorable prospects for Britain and France might easily to overestimated. But for the moment lhera appeared to to sound reason to believe the allied powers' first diplomatic success had put an important key to the outcome of tho war in their hands. For the moment, the alignment of Turkey against aggression In the Balkans brings nearer the encirclement of Germany than at any time except when Soviet Russia was a potential Nazi foe On the north, the Nordic states have just re-affirmed their solidarity and determination to maintain their neutrality, creating hope that Finland would to aided and encouraged in opposing any Soviet demands Infringing on her soverieignly. On the west, the British and French armies are dug tn and luteked by the Maginot line; the Germans have so far refused to to tempted into any big-scale attacks that might coat them huge losses; Adolf Hitler has indicated that he would just as soon not fight France and the coming winter weather is soon likely to make any major operations impossible. On the south, Italy has maintained strict neutrality while expressing some concern that the Nazis and Sovleta got together in a bloc which might threaten the Fascist interests in the Balkans. And now. in the southeast. Tur* ' key has pledged herself to aid the I allies if they are forced to fight in the Mediterranean—thus making Italian aid to Germany less likely than ever-or to aid either Rumania or Greece against an aggressor. Only in the east, where Germany has done an ideological about-face to create an uncertain aolldarity with Soviet Russia is the way 1 open for the Nazis to escape the noose which the allies are attempting to draw. And on that front, both Britain and France have moved witlt utmost caution to avoid arousing the antagonism of the Soviets. They have side-stepped any sweeping criticism of Russia's grab In Poland and. It wax understood In London, the British and the Polish refugee governments have agreed that Poland will not necessarily seek to reclaim the territory taken hy Russia If and when the Polish state 1s re-created. Also important in connection with the Soviets were reports tliat (CONTINUED ON PA(lk"flVE> GUFF TROUTNER DIES THURSDAY Brother Os Adams County Man Dies In Van Wert Hospital Funeral services will be held Sunday for Clifford Troutner, 57, brother of Charles,Troutner. of near Decatur. who died Thursday In tha Van Wert, Ohio hospital. Death followed an operation, lid nas taken to the hospital with A : burst appendixsurviving besides the brothst* ' 1 ere, are the widow, Ell*; a dattgh- ] •.tf, Mrs. Ella Bachman of Fort Wayne; another brother, Lynn of Ohio City. Ohio, and a sister, Mra. ! Lewis August of Willshire. Ohio. The services will be held Sunday ' a*ternoon at 1 o'clock (CBTI at the heme In Rockford. Ohio. Burial will | be in that city,