Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1939 — Page 12

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FRENCH REPORT AIR VICTORIES French War Office Announces Nine German Planes Shot Down Par Ik. No* 7 'UP) The war offl<* announced today that French troop* still w*r< holding I th* Forbach ■ Splcheren salient. I dominating the Inditstriallted Saar valley, which th* German* hav<boon shelling for five day* Th* Gorman artillery action on th* salient wa* reduced yesterday It was announced, and ther-* Mill had been no advance there liv German tanka or Infantrymen, although the German* were en trenched north, cast and west of th* sullen' and will have to occupy It before the* can resitm* any pf the Iron, cnal and ateel operation* In the Saar Th* «allent I* on a piece of French territory pitting Into Germany The French left the salient'* ♦est flank exposed when they Withdrew Oct. 16 from the Warndt forest. The newspaper Petit Parlklen said it had received many letter* from reader* complaining again*) the French withdrawal from the forest, anti It exnlaln«-d i that nnon the collapse of Poland. French troops had been withdrawn .generally from the German > territory they had gained In front I Os the Siegfried line, and kept on the defensive on the French frontier. out of range of the German big gnns Today's communique announced however that the French still held two vlllsges and two commanding hills at the outskirts of the forest, thus affording th* Forbach salient some flank protection. It was announced that the} French had repulsed two parties east of Saarlouis which hsd constituted th* only notab;land action yesterday, and that details of the big French air vt lory yesterday would he annonm *d tonight It had been announced that, nine Frereb pursuit nlancs Curtis* fighters bought In th* United States hsd attacked a sauadrou of 27 German pursuit planes yesterday aod had brought down nine nf th> German [danes and drlv -n the rest away without <h» loss j ci a single French planNAZI SHIP IS rwwTtwtfwn pvtnw wans oww» been for the purpose of perfecting ■ plan to immobilise the |t*uts«-b---land and the Admiral Scheer, an other German pocket battleship which ha* been reported erasing

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jin the South Atlantic. The Inform- ; ant said the allied naval command had no knowledge of the praaen. whereabout* of the Admiral Hr beer i although It wa* believed to l» still In the South Atlantic. It was pointed out that a hunt for the Item*, bland and Admiral Scheer would be the logical sequence to the lifting of the I nil'-d States arm* embargo, to clear the Atlantic shipping lanes for th* transport of million* of dollars worth of American war supplies There wn* considerable *p*< it|lation. however, as to what tactic* the allied navies would u«e against these pocket battleships, which are too strong for allied cruisers and too fust for allied battleship* They are of lO.imhi tons, with a cruising speed of 16 knots. They tarry siv 11-hich guns; eight sft Inch guns and other smaller gun* They have eight torpedo tube* anti tarry two aircraft each, with catapult. The suggest ion wa* that a strong force of British or French warship* might Im» diverted from the North Sea or Mediterranean for action in th* Atlantic. — PENSION PLANS (CONTINUED FROM PACK ONCi are neither employe* nor employer*. It wa* in the form of a const it-t---tlonal amendment A les* drastic > measure received 1.143 bob »<>•■< last November but lost by it 1 i 255.000 margin Retting oils ■ were about & to I that ihe t-- ' ■ vised amendment would b>.< ■ to day. Opponents believed, h.iw > ver. that lt« deficit depend -tl tie 1 on their efforts Io get out 75 ot per cent ot the state's electoralof .360R.007 in offset the solid support of >he "senior eltlxen Federal social security reet.nl* list about 1 Jhli.OOo person* o-crl *>» nf whom shout Knnnnn ton u tdoyi-d might qualify for th* pen -•ion Th* estimated total of tax ■ money required Io pay tin- bill j runs into astronomical figure* The plan would he financed by a three per cent gross las on alii incomes over |1 i*Hi in addition ; to a fund raised by selling lw<> i cent stamps to lie affixed to each ' warrant every week The war-1 ■ rant would l>* redeemed at th • end nt 52 week*, with th* extra four cedis to pay admtaUtraftrr coats DEMOCRATS WIN IN ■ • CONTINUED FR"M PAGE ONMt th* loam clerk-treasurer. The vote for clerk-treasurer wa* } the most hotly contested. Mr* Gladys Cook. Democrat. winning hy a 16 vole margin. 227 to 211. lover her Republican opponent. 1 Forest Deltwh All four of th* Republican can didate* had held Office for the past eight year*. The other Republican defeated was John l«enharl. count ibnali. I 'hird ward, defeated by Claud* Ulugh Democrat. by a vote of ZdW ,to I*3 Alvin Windmiller, Republican, coiffirilman. first ward, defeated George Howe. Democrat. 235 to IM. Ralph ttnyder. Republican, councilman. second ward, defeated Milton Edward*. Itemocrat. 26.1 votes to 165 BEIaGIAN KING i ■•'ONTINUMt) FROM PAGE OMI offer will be accepted snd that thus the first stride can be me.de on the road to the foundation of lasting peace " The sovereigns' telegram said that since It was difficult "for both powers to contact each other

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THIS etiikiag ivinUng of a Red Cross airs# keeplaa tha symbol of mercy flying Is the keynote of the IMS appeal for membership tn the American Red Cross Faced with the need for strengthening dally tied Cross services In 1,700 Chapters, and with I’s chartered obligation to aid In some measure In meeting th* distress of the men. women and children refugees in war torn countries aernet the sea. the Red Coss asks every mtn and woman la th In order to declare precisely th< Ir points of view . We ::e ready la offer them our good offices . and the facilitate with all means at our disposal (efforts* ... to try to find a basis for agr< ei.ient " The sovereigns pointed out to the belligerent powers tha’ each had declared some time ago their readiness "to find a reasona'da and sound basis for an honorable peace.” The new peace move gav ■ Wil helmlna and la-opold th< had !u a field in which other world b ad-1 era, including Preaideut R - -aevelt and the Scandinavian monarchs, had refrained from acting on f.-el-eru Inspired In Germany "for mediation by neutrals " la-opold arrived unheralded In The Hague last night and was received Immediately by Wilhelmina crown princess Juliana and her consort Prince Bernhard of Germany They conferred and met with their foreign ministers until 2 a. m and again this morning they talked until noon. At one time silent watchers In the street outside the palace saw Leopold, in conversation with Netherlands' foreign minister Van Kleffena. pacing the floor and waving his arms emotionally Since last nit.nt crowds had believed that the palace conferences portended developments of International Importance (At Brussels court circles said 1-eopold's trip with his foreign minister Prut-Henri Speak was tn soma way a counterpart of the conference held recently iu Stockholm' by the King of Sweden. Norway and Dea mark and the President of Finland, and their foreign miutslers. (he trip wg« m-lnly In the spirit of the conference and there Mark of Death? s wiHi vMKt 4P|| Johanna Frederica, wealthy New York spinstar, Mints to engagement ring given her by Joseph Hue!-scher MS ad" aaaaaemuet hows ■ wuwiwsru BwiQ py police. Authorities say ho worked through “lonely heart" matrimonial bureaus, held him for questioning ia several murders, aa ho arrived at New York from abroad. »■■ ■ ■ « I mtem-ww » awsMo w '* 'ms

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1939.

I cation, able to do so. to join as s I member this yt»r and support i America's oflclal voluntary rwllsf i agency. Ruskin Williams, a distinguished I artist, is creator of this Ideal coo , ceptlon of the nurse heroine ► The roll call for membtrs will be held November 11 to >0 - join through your local Cbapier.*Hei| your Red Cress help others by be coming ot.« of th* miilWws wbo will -dd their names to the roll of mercy may be several more simitar meet- ’ itigs soon, court circles said I | So far. I nene had been .lot even 1 the customary communique on Leo- ' pold's visit here The foreign office Indies'-d tfrtt foreign minister K N Van Kl-ffen* would issne a statement when the conference had ended The Belgian King and foreign ministers had reached the palace : unobserved last nigh' by autegnoj bile. The conference coincided with a' growing fear among neutral nations of western Europe and the Baltic for their security In the face of reports that Germane might soon start a major offensive on her western front. Belgium protested to Germany yesterday, through its ambar-ador ! ia Berlin, against a flight of Ger- . man planes over Belgian territory Sunday. Belgtsn antiaircraft observers were sadd to have Identified . the planes S wit Ireland and Denmark report- . ed planes, believed to be German, had been sighted over those couni tries. Denmarls and Sweden were ■ alarmed by the number of mines, also believed German, floating in i their shipping channels Norway had incurred Nail wrath by taking I —————————————— f Student Stole Love? —- A r K V .1 V S WkSB Mike, j | ■ k w A k w 1 ™ A. ’G Mm. UMa Lang ' Wife of aa uwtntetor at Johns Hopkina university. Baltimore, Mrs Gilds 041 via IdHf,' K above has started wait for MO--000 against a n-year-old girt student tn one of her husband's elaasea. Mrs. Lang chargee the . i tri with aUcnaUcn of her h»teband's affections

the American freighter Hty of Flint away from th- Germ <n prfxe crew, releasing the ship to the Americans and Interning the Gennans. In the face of German demand* th6< th« prfge crew be relased. Nor-I way announced Hat ntght that the crew would be taken to the ancient | Klngavlnger cast!* near th* HwedIsh frontier on Wednesday. and kept, In internment there. - — W ■■■—— SAYS RED ARMY CCONTINUMD ON PAGE «X) tile square were mar* than 1.0tt0.000 civilians shouting anti-war j slogans and carrying banners with caricatures of British and French J "war aggressors" Voroshilov said: “We have noj unemployment; no crisis Our j troop* are U> Mtvla. Lithuania and Katbonla for the security of these countries and that of the soviet union, not to Interfere with the Internal affair* of these ttoverelgn states." He called the red army "Invincible" and wa* applauded thunderously "The largest powers of Kurope and Asia are Involved In war; attempting to solve the unsolrable problems es capitalism by war; but Ihe soviet union has la-en spared war due to Its successful peace policy.” he said. Earlier, in his order of the day to the army. Voroshilov had announced that Russia was "alert and Invincible" and he denounced! Great Britain and France for "in■tigating" the war in Europe -- - - —— o — V. J. BORMANN ■ 'ONTINUMD FROM FAUM ONM. lonal Broadcasting company. President Roosevelt and Raymond J Kelly, national commander of the American will be among the celebrities to take part In the program GIVE RESULTS rewTiNfßis from r*oe onni Roy Schwart*. Htlgar beets 2 first. Elmer Nuss- j baum. second. Dwight Roth; third. Milo Nussbaum. Other* exhibiting: | Itallls Jean Walchle, Robert Goelt and Itonaid Grot*. Sugar beets 3 - flrst. Robert Railing Sugar beet* ♦ — first. Alvin Nuss-’ baum Sugar beets 5 Frederick Rchatn-

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erloh The afternoon meeting started l at 1:30 and was In charge of I Elmer Naaabaum. Th* m*ting was I opened with community singing. ■after which a torn Judalng contest , was held The foliowhig teams wer* entered Kirkland 4-11 club. DeWitt Williamson and Don Am old Monroe Ml club. Alvin Nussbaum. Millard .Mchwartx and Milo ! Nussbaum Prebl* 4-H club, Paul Eugene Gerber. Dalll* Wab-hl* and Melvin Werling I nion 411 club. Robert Railing. Ralph Grote and ; flelmer Thieme The Preble learn was the winning team with Paul Eugene Gerber the high man. A demonstration war also given by Reuben Nussbaum, who Is a . member of the Munro* township 4-H Sodbusters club. His d*mon- ! stration wa* on “Barrel type hog ■ seifeeder." Warsaw (irand Jury Indict* Young Killer Warsaw. Ind. Nov 7— <U.» — Prosecutor Jacob Koontx announced today that Frank Pott*. 17-year-old confessed slayer of Mr* Florence Potter. 62. Warsaw widow, would be arraigned on a first degree murder charge as •wn as th* court schedule permitted. possibly today A special grand jury returned the murder Indictment against Potts late yesterday after his Mexican President I General Manuel Avila Camacho (above) unanimously nominated for the presidency of Mexico is a former war minister. Ho represent* lha dominant rovolutiunary party.

! Nazis Frisk These French soldim wrr* captured by German ooidw** the Western Front Se far, moet of the war * act.r.ty trsted in small raid* for pnwnera, with hope of getting s x

seven page confession was read tn the jurors COUNTY BOARD I (CONTIMUND ON PAGE MiXl two tract* In Blue Crgak and French township* and the placing of light and power lines on the other wide of the road as sought in a petition presented by the REMc, SENIOR CLASS 'CONTINUED Fltca CAtlt; ONAI Joan Zimmerman Carolyn Dwyer, the school teach er Maxine Hilton Mrs. Haven- Barbara Duk* Tickets for the event will soon go on sal*. They are to b* sold by members of the claa* and at the door on the night of the performant e -— — VeNReIN Are Warned Os Tropical Storm Washington. Nov. 7— (U.R) Vessels along the Atlantic seaboard were cautioned by tbe weather bureau today about a

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