Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1939 — Page 1

XXVII. No. 262.

JNMfNTOF IWAY f REES H OF FLINT Pgians Free City Os t From German Prize Crew iun<l Norway. Nor. 4Th.. American freighter Flint. freed by the Norgovernment from a GerL ( . r( . w went tn Bergen > await the decision of Ila Whether to run the gauntB< h a Herman submarine ( with it» "contraband" r Britain. ly by a decision regarded of the biggest develops the war had ordered the >ol Interned Its Natl which raptured It ». and pul an armed Nor-' navy guard aboard It Its departure. the decision was to lie bather the ship would ala pror eed, possibly under warship prelection. to a port with the "contraband" rhi. h caused the Herman ' battleship Deutschland to In mid Atlantic. or start : New York. Jity rd Flint had sailed ,* York October 3 with | cargo of goods for Brit|e Deutschland. making It Drtober S. had put a prise IIS men aboard. Voder un masters, the ship had i Tromeoe. Norway. OctoThen on the plea first had no adequate charts, kt it was unseaworthy. the p had taken II to .Murhe Itusslati artlc eotaiJ > remained at Muimanak yr, left there Octobei 27. ferhed Tromsoe again on [ M Trnmsoe. bl a 950 mile ioS’i the Norwegian coast the < ’Umax of Its odyssey, fear old 4.963 ton freighter. Io the Vnlted States Lines t'nit<4 States maritime' Mon had steamed down' M through fog and heavy I Haugesund. near the tip ►ay Wish cruiser had aceom it. the cruiser just outside, 1 y of Flint just inside, th- - limit of Norwegian lai waters Two Norwegtsbips had followed, Pity of Flint at the order terman captors had passed tsterday Then the Gertighter Schwaben had pul * roads apparently to con The City of Flint had reand plied to and fro In ids as If the Nasis were sp their minds what to do Shd police had cordoned docks to control the eager tuple who crowded to h The Schwahen had left By before 3 a tn today the B»i- admiralty announced American ship city of Uth a German prize crew •as allowed Io use NorI territorial waters after I Tromsoe. It arrived Frlfernoon at Haugesund. acHed by a Norwegian tor•Ost and the Norwegian > <minelayer) Oiav Tryggand anchored without perIt had no sufficient cause ihoting. Norwegian author Ikarmlned to Intern the rew amt set the ship free " ns disclosed that off Her •« of the Norwegian wartad fired a warning shot the City of Flint's bows. I' was asserted, the Nasi tr,B pleaded tlut it wantKtt ashore a member of the ►bo w«a ;n, as previously “bl (1) that the VHy of n« suitable charts and Mlt needed repairs Nor authorities sent a doctor and decided that the plea Ita ! aftermath of the decla.un •’be ship and Intern Its bile crew remained to Ire Med R»#glan motor boat chart’Vnlted Press put out V*'F of Flint, last night In *» «• contact It This was •b* Norwegians Interned 'Ghat's and freed the Amerl••Ponse to halls from ll.e a member of the Nasi **• shouted: *Z">lng Is order." have telegrams for the '►om tjtelr relatives at • member of the motor ►•• Mid •Ht'hing I, )n was P»rmans offered In answer. '*G"ans were asked if the *"* were all right. kood aboard." one anr,u’u "U on raun nvi?’

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ASK DONATION ' OF TOYS HERE Place Containers In Churches For Toys To Repair, Distribute — All persons who have toys to donate to the Christmas toy repair project, sponsored Jointly by the Decatur Lions dub and the WI’A recreation department, are asked to donate these toys as soon as possible, in order that repair work can be started Immediately. Containers have peen placed in the following churches Methodist, Zion Reformed. Vnlted Brthren, Evangelical. Presbyterian, Christian. Baptist. Church of God. Zion Lutheran. Naiarene. Eighth Street IT. B. A container will also be placed In the hall at the St Joseph school. Any person unable to deposit, toys In these containers is asked to call 472. Dr Joe Morris of the Lions club will take rare of the collection of such toys. All of these toys will be repaired In the craft shop o fthe recreation department, and will he distributed at Christmas time to he needy families of the community. - o Oscar Meshbencer Condition Serious Reports from relatives of Harry and Oscar Meahberger. patients tn Ball Memorial Hospital at Muncie following an automobile accident in which they were badly injured. Is that the condition of Oscar Is still very serious, due to indications of pneumonia which have developed. He is under an oxygi n tent and is receiving every possible attention Harry, who was also badly injured, Is reported to be slowly improving. o Treasurer’s Office Open Later Monday Jeff Lieehty. Adams county treasurer announced today that bls office will remain open later than usual closing time at 4 p m. Monday to accomodate last minute tax- , payers. Monday will Im* the final day *<> pay faxes without the delinquent penalty. SCHOOL GROUPS NAME OFFICERS Three High School Organizations Fleeted Officers Officers of three organizations at the Decatur high school were announced today by the leaders of the respective dubs The officers of the home economics club, as listed by Miss Mildred Wortbman. home economics teacher, follow: Dorothy Werllng. president; Maxine Hilton, vicepresident; Kiva Jackson, secretarytreasurer; Juanita Bluhm, newspaper reporter. The club Is formed of 45 girls under the direction of Miss Worthman. and have adopter "Etiquelt.i and Manners" as the theme for the 'year. Miss Helen Hatthold. mush teacher, also listed the officers of the two glee clubs In the achool The officers of the boys' dub; Robert Matin, president; I .onls Koldeway. vice-president and Harry Bleeke. secretary-treasurer The officers of the girls dub: Annis Mae Merriman, president, Florlne Btelner, vice president and Grace Grether. secretary-treasurer Miss Haubold stated that the first public concert wonld be given December 7. The complete program will be announced later. Fort Wayne Woman In Critical Condition Mrs. Nona Brown, ol Fort Wayne, who was Injured October 22 In an auto collision north of the Dent school. Is reported critically 111 at the Adams county memorial hospital. It was stated that a previous Illness added to the severity of her Injuries. She sustained several fractured ribs and a fradured pelvis in the crash Frankfort Publisher Dies In Evanston — Frankfort. Ind, Nov. 4 —(CPI— ' Funeral arrangements were being made today for Major Walter 8 Fowler. 49 managing editor and co-publlaher of the Frankfort Morning Times, who died yesterday at an KvMeton. 111, hospital after a short illness Fowler had been connected with ' the newspaper since his graduation fnmi Wabash cottage.

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Senate and house of representative conferees meet, above. In joint s-sslon to r.-jiott on the tuu»’r»l're IdH m-aieu. iett io right, are Senators Key Pittman of Nevada Walter F George of Georgia, Tom Connally of Texas and William E Borah ol Idaho

HOOSIER WINS HUSKER TITLE Lawrence Pitzer Wins National Corn Husking Title latwreiicc Kan. Nov I -latwr ence Pitzer, lanky lndlaii.i farmer with 160 acres of corn back home walling his attention, 1s the| new king of the cornhusker* He oulshucked the pick of 11 stales |n the national contest Frl : day. finishing with a net total I tit 28.29 bushela of corn fo< the Mctniiiiite seaalon. “Always felt I was entitled to one <>f these contests' eritini-d Pilfer known to his friends a"Slim " it was his fifth try at the title * Runner-up waa Richard Huth Granite F'alls. Minn, with 27 03 bushels Huth Minnesota « state champion, competed despite an attack of tonsllltla. The new national champion, although he hung tip a new record In winning hot state contest last week, was considerably under the national record of 41 5 bushela established by Elmer Carlson. lowa, in 1935 Pitzer won his state contest from 1932 through 1935 but his best previous effort in the nation al waa third pise* In 1935 Pitzer. 6 feet 2 and weighing' alatul 175 pounds, la 40 married and lias one son 17. He farms about 300 acres In Fountain cottn-> ty. Ind Almut lhat ICO acres of cor t still Itt the field ba< k home "Sh. I'll use a mechanical picker on moat of that." he drawled. With his victory Plreer won |l<Mi In cash and a trophy Huth won |5« Third place and *25 went to Ecus Vaughn. Illinois stale champion who finished with the greatest net load but who lost out >mcause of excess husks clinging to the husked ears. Hl* home is at Monticello TEACHESS' CLUB NAMES OfFICERS Lowell J. Smith Again Named President Decatur Teachers The officers of the Decatur teachers’ club, who will serve during th-1 coming year, were announced today by the organization. Ixiwell J Smith, member of th* junior high school faculty, will again dlrett the activities of the club as Its president. Other officers are Sigurd Anderson, vice-president; Mrs. Gladys Chamberlain, secretary and Miss Electa Oliver, treasurer. All of the officers were re-named to the posts which they held last' year. Th* reorganization meeting' was held In the Decatur junlor-aen-' lor high school A total of 34 teachers, all of those on tho city achool faculty, are mem bers of the group Plans were made for several events of the cltfb.

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Hamrick’s Condition Is Little Changed The condition of Earl Hamrick, of Jefferson township, who was critically Injured Wednesday night when the auto he was driving crashed Into the rear <-nd of a fann wagon on road .13 near Pleasant Mills, was but little changed today, ac cording to report*. The attending physician stated that his condition was still very critical, but that some little hope w».a held for his recovery. BRONZE TROPHY 11 ON EXHIBITION Trophy For Flying Ability Is On Exhibition In This City A large, bronze trophy, which waa rei ently awarded to Al Si-hurtz for a I'm per cent rating In out-j standing flying ability. I* on exhibition in the display of the England store here. S. hurtz. who la a fortner school- ' mate of Frank Wallace, son of Mrs Wesley England, loaned the trophy to Mr and Mrs England Roth of the Englands are "airi minded and have lieeu strong supporters of the proposed location of an aviatkm field here Schuriz won recognition In the 'fifth annual northern Indiana air tour, conducted under the «[>onsor-. ship of Fort Wayne aviation enI Ihualasta The trophy carries Hchurtz" name and the reason for whit h It , was given, ami bears a large bronze airplane as well as tao winged figures, , The recept proposed erection of , n landing field here has resulted in a number of persons becoming Interested 111 aviation. It la slated. , and at present several from this community either are taking lessons or contemplating learning 10, fly G. E. Will Observe Thanksgiving Nov. 23 The General Electric cosnptuty will observe Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 23. the day , proclaimed by I’resldent Roosevelt and Governor Townsend for Ind- 1 ' lana. Th# local works will lie closed on th# holiday and work will be resumed on Friday November 24. according to a notice Issued by M E. Lord, of Fort Wayne, general man ' ager of the company ■■■— 0 » New Claim Filed To Obtain Money I 111 I Valparaiso. Ind , Nov. 4--{l'l’l—- — An intervening petition to join th# claim of three Michigan residents • for 110.000 found on the body of an i unidentified lai Porte county hit i and run victim with two others had lieen accepted In circuit court toI day. : The claim was presented to Judge : Charles Jens-n by Andrew Jacobs. 1 ■ attorney for William Reeber of Detroit, Alfred Schroeder of Mt. Cl#i ments, and Walter Schroeder of ■ Clinton All claimed the dead man ■ waa Fred Reeber. formerly of Dt»troll. _

GERNARD HAIN HURT IN CRASH Decatur Man Suffers Fractured Leg In Auto Accident Bernard Hain. 2*. of this illy, la confined In the Adams county memorial hospital, suffering from a fractured left leg. suaiained early this morning in an auto ars-ldent east of the Indiana Ohio state line on C. S highway 224 The attending physician aisled that Ham's leg was fractured in two places Mrs Helen Keller, ills sister, and Mis* Goldine Krelscher. who were tiding with him. suffered cuts and lacerations but were r«lensed from the hospital after treatment. The physlt lan stated that Hain's condition was not serious, although he was suffering consld erably from shock when first admitted The accident at 1:10 a m or-i-urred when the Hain auto was sideswiped by the rear end of a semitrailer truck owned by the Hlmhr'iffi- trucking mmpany and driven by a youth »ho gave hl* name a* Donald The youth was unhurt The Hain auto win demollshcd —- — Doubt Any Protest Over Nazi Execution Washington. Nov 4 <l’l’l -State department officials .Innbted today whether there would be any ground* for protest bv this country over execution of Josef Sadowski, Chfago. by German military authorities. Ther pointed out that Sadowski had volunteered In a foreign army. tbet*r-by forfeiting his rights as an American citizen under neutrality pr<H'iamatiotiS CHILDREN PLAN ANNDALBAZAAR ■ I I Annual Bazaar At St. Joseph’s School November 20 And 21 ■ 1 The annual children's bazaar , will b»- held at the St Joseph’s ( school during Thanksgiving week. ■ m Monday and Tuesday. November 2" and 21. The bazaar will Ih* held In the auditorium of the school and will lie open in the evenings A tapper Will In- served each evening, beginning at f> u'cliH-k. In the echo’ll dining room. The committee in charge of prepailng and serving th-' supper is being arranged and will lie announced Bunday by Rev. Joseph J Selmetz. pastor The school children, assisted by the Blatfrs. stage the baltar as one of the feature attractions of the scir.ool year The event has been moat successful 111 past years and plan* are lieing made to make the 1939 bazaar one of the most eiiteitalnlng ever given

JAPANESE ARE GIVEN WARNING Ambassador Grew Bluntly Warns Os Economic Pressure Danger Tokyo. Nov 4 <U.» V «. Ambassador Joseph V. Grew called at the foreign office nt 10 a m. today and told the Japanese goveminent in blunt teniM that It Is in danger of economic pressure from 'he Vnlied States if it continues IIS present program in China. The ambassador's visit was the first of a series of conferences with foreign minister Admiral K Nomura to determine what shall be done when the present Japan-ese-American commercial treaty, the basic agreement between the two nations, expires next January 24 It followed his sensational address of last month la-fore the Amerlcatl-Japnn sm-lety In which h>- told <hi- Japanese "straight from the horse's mouth." (hat Americans do not approve many of ihe actions of* the Japanese armed forces In China Grew was equally frank in his conversation today He reiterated the points he made in hf« <><-io>..-e i« addr'-ff, asserting lhat the American pete ph- have a very clear conception of what Japan means when she says she Intends to "create a new order In east Asia ' Americans believe, he said, that the proposed "new order" will be one In which American rights may be seriously curtailed. Gi.w then reviewed in detail attacks on American property In China and other violations of American rights. o — - ('onwervation League Meets Monday Night Tin- Adams comity fish ami game conservation league will hold Its regular monthly meeting Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Moose Home. RAILROADER ON RETIRED LIST Erie Employe of 12 Years Os Service Placed On Retired List II H Moffett, employe ot the Erie railroad company for nearly halt a century, has retired from active service, it waa announced here today His retirement became effective the first day of the month. Mr Moffett, who with Ills wife. la*utitla. reside at the corner of Jackson and Tenth street, has been stationed as a car Inspector <m the Krle lines In Decatur for the past three years He first was employed by the company 42 year* ago when 23 years old He Is now (5. His first employment was at Lima. Ohio After working there for 30 years, he was shifted to Inspec tor alone the Erie lines In that sector and then three years ago was transferred to this city Mr Moffett stated lhat he and Mr* Moffett will return to Lima shortly to take up their residence again hi that city Mr Moffett is the lather of five children. They are- Mrs Bernice Newman. Mrs Pauline Stephenson. CONTINUED ON PAGE THHKEI — --O Local Man Member Os Raiding Party James Vollone. 26, of Chicago, was fined |2oo and costs by Major George Foster of Ligonier Friday on a charge of possessing untaxeq alcohol. Hr waa arrested yesterdav afternoon on U. 8. highway c, by a force of state excise officer* and state police. Including Burl Johnson of thia elly. member of the excls’ force. || .1 ■ W Seek To Identify Body Os Woman Michigan City, Ind Nov I <U.R) Blate police today sought to Identify the Itody of a woman, about fin years of age. which was washed ash >r* by latke Mlchlgon at Dunes Htate Park near here yesterday Police satil the Ixcdy welgh-sl about 155 pounds and was short and stocky of build She was dressed only In underclothing It waa believed (he body had been In the water for 10 or 12 days and that it might have drift ed from Chicago us recent ptvailing wind* were from 'hat dltc-cilon

Neutrality Act is Ready For Signing By Pres. Roosevelt

GERMANS ORDER PROTEST MADE TO NORWEGIANS Nazis incensed At Norway Granting Freedom To U. S. Ship Beilin. Nov. 4 .UR' Germany ordered a protest to Norway tee day against what official quarters ' called Norway's "exceptionally tm 1 friendly act" In freeing the captured American freighter City ot Flint. A foreign office spokesman sal'l that the German charge d'affaires al Oslo had been instructed to make the protest verbally, and 1 that It was believed he had already done so. The apukr «M>> aald that Nor- ■ way * action "to use the mildest expression was unfair" In view of 1 President Roosevelt a "appeal to Germany regartlhig treatment of 'he city of Flint's crew The Nazi prize crew aboard the ship, the spokesman said, acted in conform- ' tty with the president "appeal in ' trying to pm a sick American sailor ashore " 1 Though ..m. lal spokesmen were i restrained In their comment. Nazis left no doubt of their anger over the ship’s release and the Internment of the prize crew. An authoritative Informant said , that pendil-g the result of Itivesti- ’ gatiot' I* *us Impossible to say what Germany would demand of * Norway hut lhat It was taken for * granted Germany wouhl demand r the release ol the interned Nazi prize crew The City of Flint incident was now In the stage of diplomati<- Investigation and examination, the Informant said, as to .-pplicatton of i phaslzed that Germany would take the position that Norway's action was at least most unfair. If not •o'ually Illegal. 1 This informant commented that President lt<H>sevelt should perhaps have addressed a request for 'careful treatment of the City of I Flint crew to Norway as well as Germany, since the Norwegians "saw tit to reply as they did to Germany's humanitarian Intentions in anchoring at Haugesund. The Informant Intimated that from the legal viewpoint Germany might hold that "Illness of a mem ber of the ship's crew rendered it unaeaworthy. The spokesman said he did not know that the City of Flint whi> h arrived at Bergen today had left Haugesund Judge Halts Parade Os Silent Witnesses Mouth Bend Nov I tu.py Judge Walter Lindley today had halted a parade of "silent" witnesses at the government's prosecution of the to-u.ral Motors Colp GMAC. two affiliated concerns and 17 officials on charges of violrtlng the Sherman anti-trust act His ruling win made late yesterday alter 2o witnesses, who were permitted to tell only their name, address, business and how long they had been In business, appeared In court All dealers, they were called by the defense In an effort to prove they were not coerced to . use GMAC for flnanclng purposes as the government charges ■ — o Murray Auerbach Heads Social Work Indianapolis Nov I <U-F> Murray A. Auerbath today had heen elected president of the In dlatta state conf' nee on sru-ial work to succeed Allan Bloom Auetbach Is secretary of the In dlatta tuberculosis association Other officers named were la< M llappaport of Indlattapolln Dr Herman M Bahet jd Evans Ville. Mrs Mary T Hughes of Jes fersoltvllle. Judge Wilfred Brad shaw of Indianapolis, ami Handel Khaki- of ItidlamiiMdis ■ o— - ■ TFMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER •:00 a.m. 30 11:00 a. m. 3d 10:00 a.m. 12 WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday: warmer ( Sunday

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Roosevelt To Sign Act Designed To Preserve U. S. Neutrality In European Crisis. CONGRESS QUITS Washington. Nov. 4 >U.P> -• President Roosevelt signs the new neutrality act at noon today opening American markets to belligerent < ash and carry purchasers Statutory authority for thn arms embargo will cease to exist when the new act becomes effec. live, although a revocation pro damatlon may be Issued Quick foreign spending Is expected lo reach I.HMi.tHHi.iHHMr Roosevelt hopes before midnight to Issue a series of proclamations invoking :!t- provisions of the new act These are expected to: < Bail rredii io nil belligerents 2 Prohibit travel by American* on belligerent ships 3 Define combat zones front which American ships and nationals will be batted under penalty of heavy fines and Imprisonment. I Prohibit American flag ships tarrying munitions Io any destination The s|H-<lal session of congress which i-nacted the new neutrality policy adjourned at 535 p. tn. tt'HT t yesterday in an atmosphere of anticlimax The battle long had been over. Mt Roosevelt hi gay spirits sent congress his good wishes and a suggestion that legislators wouhl he warranted title year In celebrating two Thanksgiving Day* In states whose governors rejected the Nov 23 date Germany may protest the new legislation It was 'bought by some persons here as Mr. Roosevelt moved Io put It Into effet t. It was enacted In a triumph of Roosevelt laedershlp In which ths bitter conservative and new deal extremes ot the Democratic party were re united to steam roller con-gr<-*>tonal Republicans and a scattering of other opposition Catastrophic events abroad and the Deim.-ratle rally to Mr. Roosevelt s foreign policies have boomed his prestige to first term proportions and tremendously Increased his hol<l on the party and potential Influence in the 1940 Democratic national convention. There are political veterans here who believe anotlo-t White House term is Ills for the asking barring bail breaks The special session reversed the last regular session whl<h. in the house, would go only part way with Mr Roosevelt on neutrality and. In the senate, would not budge al all Thia time, by 56-to-24 In the senate and 243-to-172 In the house, the Roosr-vth plan went through in culmination of a series of earlier votes whl<-h dootm-d the Isolationists led In the senate by such veterans of th»« league of nations battle as Hiram W Johnson. It Calif ami William E Borah II Idaho Democratic majorities chipped a bit but did not crack while th" admiiilslialioii gained substantial Republican support In both house and senate Fewer than fit' persons were in senate galleries when the --urnpromise and final neutrality draft was offered last night The houstt ended In an uproar of one-mintilo speeches II was notable In both houses that there waa more roll call opposition to adjournment than t-i arms embargo repeal Rep John C Shafer, R . Wl-. had the last word In the houai-, warning that the drought situation would "rise Ilka Banquo's ghosi to plague you ' The neutrality adjournment Victory will be celebrated at mam today when Vice President John N Garner who is a candidate for president himself and administration leaders meet at the White House to see the bill signed. Blate department officials are drafting the pro- Imitations to be signed later today The adjournment of politics suggested by Mr Roosevelt also begins to fade with the end of the special session. Statesmen cannot avoid looking beyond the Immediate problems of foreign affairs towsrd the regular I*4o session of congress and the pre4b detillal election