Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1939 — Page 1

VII. No. 267.

■AN POLICE ■HUNDREDS |0 CUSTODY To Blame ■n I or Munich ■tombing UP- N'-wspap- .. Hi.- iHcnliillg |^K,, . ■-,),< 1.. as«as*in- . iukml angry -iiroiirlioiil th* Hie Ruin' <l"' Hl* said l<> have have developed < |K, . ■ |,.,|ul<d l<> of i •wards willi > uni ■ in"' "*oio .1 it,.. wi. rkai’i of oil IIP .1 unman . p.. ■ studied ~|. Ilia! yreat for wivi-ii ami i : . minutes uff-r ■i. Io hall, bill Hi»i ibiim. might " |x i|» >raioi tin- bombing i Muiili li liml K liirii rolllllie. ill< IlHl lii.i. Iml the a .« hard al work -id> ri-d certain Ilia: ■». M .)• v.-lop from iho atetfuial li N B agetny Ixiiiih caused the exthai the plot wan not bn' had hi ioi long and ■ •.I Sarin nald obvious ot person* were Inthe preparation* ■& iiewapaper charges had instigated tin|Hll announced that < .a to a foreign conn:.«ki'd all persons who. 'ollowiiiK the broad- - .'7 minute speech ' had heard anyone fortunate nothing ••• the fm-hrer flnisli ■*•-< Il early" to report to ■ In- idi|ii:irter« .if ■nit,. .-li any mil'll re Hui In fait that the bomb ■s' moment Hitler not Ruhl have begun hln anti to Ihe oid guard vet- ■ hl- beer hall putsch of j Hi * year he spoke early, ■li'li hln old cron lon only Hfiiti-n and had been gone ■nii’es when 'he explosion ■at <i 21 p m ■atdmni waa of vital <-nn- _ — ■xi-KH ow PAOie kivbi ■" —o ■g Picture Im Shown Rotarians Ing picture on the advantI value of insulation of the presented at the weekly ®f the Decatar Rotary club r evening at the Rice hotel. ' T Dungan of Fort Wayne K the program. Ashbaucber wae chairman irogram. J Ward fall and. I of the ladies' night comannounced that the club trve ladles night Thursday, k ML TH CLAIMS ERNE NATIVE: Lavina Burkhalter e« Last Night At Ivos Angeles tavina Burkhalter. 53. a na- , ■erne, died Thursday night •pital at lavs Angeles. Call- , according to word received g today. Rhe had heed ill , ■May. Cause of death was , Rated In the meaaage recelv- | natives. Bmkhalter was born In , •h» daughter of Mr and Mrs. Burkhalter. She moved to *»lea In 1920, and was emIn church work with the EmMenuonlts church In that • f»lng are the father and the hr brothers and aleterr.' t Menno and Rachel Burkha IMl Mrs. Herbert Hpranger, 1 [■•rne; Mrs. George BaumR and Mrs. Carolina Zook, i Fort Wayne. i body will be returned to I •or funeral servkM and bur- I I the eiaet time has not been I »ed The funeral will be held I Mennonlte church. 11

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

NOTE INCREASE IN CORN SORER Increased Infestation h Noted During TriCounty Meeting The increase of corn bor»r Infestal lon was pointed otp at th«-trl-cotinty plowing contest and demonstration held lit Jackson township. Allen county, Thursday morning and afternoon Many from Adams county attended Il was stated by entomologists that the infestation in Adams county is now above tin per cent, as practically two-third of the fields in the county are suffering damage. This is higher than the average for al! of Allen county, but lower than the average for the corn producing areas of Allen county. It waa sighlfleanl that the wintier of the tractor drawn plowing contest. Ted Kaehr of the Jacob Kaehr k Sons farm In Kirkland township. Adams county. d< men st rated the Purdue trash shield, durhtg his competition This shield, which completely buries aii 'trash in the Reid is retognixed as the only practical control for corn borers as It eliminates, the protection the larvae have from cold, birds and their other hazards. Thursday afternoon experts from the Purdue university extension entomology and farm engineering departments explained the tmtirol measures for the Insect Another danger threatening Ad ams rounty corn growers Is the Japanese beetles, which are spreading slowly from the East, where U was reported this year they destroyed moat of the New York World's Fair horticultural exhibits. They sre spreading from trains and are now chiefly found in the cities near railroad lines. This insect lives hi sod. during one stage of its Ife, and does some damage latter It enters other! : crops, cutting off the silks of corn before it is pollinated I" Japan. (CONTINUED ON FAO» t-'IVEt - GIVES FIGURES ON SUGAR RUN Central Sugar Factory Run Expected To End About December 5 The IMfl run of the Central tngai factory will extend to about Om-ember 6, It was estimated today by J. Ward Caltend. field manager and vice-president of the company. Mr Culland Mated there were between 26 and .10 thousand tons of I beets yet to be delivered to the mill in this city. About half of this tonnage has already been lifted and . pitted on the farms. It la estimated that aU the beets will be harvested by November 1* and that the entire crop will hare been delivered to the factory not later than November 10. On these estimates it is expected that the mill will operate until about December 6. ® More than I.M» tons of beets are sliced every 24 hours and processed Into sugar at the factory. The annual campaign started Heptember 2& and operations have continued without a hitch ever since The beet crop will total nearly WO.Oon tons. Mr Calland stated The sugar content Is a iiiti— below normal, averaging about 14 9 percent. which Is under last year's yield, but la considered good in view of weather 'oudltions prevalent during the early growing sexson. More than 36<> men are employed In the mill and yards at present. The plant operates Z 4 hours a day seven days a week and is the only beet sugar refinery lu Indiana. The sugar, branded under the name of Sparkling Crystal White, is considered the finest sugar produced In the I'nlted States and has a tup rating whereever It la sold. Thia la the seventh year that the Central Sugar company has operated the mill. It being purchased by D W MoMlllen and associates In 19.13. H W McMillen of this chy la president of the company. Work Is Started On Toy Repair Project A number of toys have been collected and work has been started on the Christmas toy repair project, co-sponsored by the Decatur Lions club and the recreation de partment Containers have been placed In all of the churches of the city, and persons ar* asked to deposit the toys tn these containers as noon as possible Any one unable to do this la asked to call 472. and the toys will be collected-

Nazi Police Seek Clues in Bombed Beer Hall ( I ( I I ' I

German soldiers, storm troopers and Nazi secret | polite swarm into the wrecked interior of the Buergebrau beer hull in Munich. Germany, seeking clues which may lead to the conspirators who plated mid act off a time bomb in the attic of

U.S. BOMBERS ON LONG FLIGHT Seven Army “Flying FortresseN" Start Flight To Brazil Miami. Florida. Nov in UPk Reven huge I' S army bomlwrw 1 completed the first leg of a S.mui mile good will flight Io Brazil today when they dropped to the runway at Miami municipal airport from laingley Field Virginia . The Hying fortresses." carrying 57 officers and no-n to Rio lie' Janeiro to participate lit the 50th | anniversary celebration of the I founding of Brazil, finished their I flight from tangley field nt I 68 1 p m They took off from Langley field at 9 a tn . EST The flight, under direction of Maj Gen Delo* (’ Emmons, commanding officer of the general headquarter* air force, will arrive i in Brazil Tuesday In time in parllclpate In the < eleliratiiin of the 50th anniversary of Brazil's found inx The first slop here Is on a route that will carry them acioss the Panama Canal zone, across the Andes mountains to Lima. Peru, and on to Asuncion, Paraguay The flight, described by army officials as the largest mass good will flight of Its kind ever attempted by th* air corps, will Include several hops of more than 1.000 miles. The huge liembers. equipped with Ijmhi horse-power engine* and capable of a maxi mum speed in »xeess of 26" miles per hour, have a cruising range of more than 3,000 miles The flight was authorized by president Roosevelt us part of his "good neighbor" program with Latin-American countries. Each plane carried a complement of four officers and four men. except th* lead plane which also carried Emmons DECATUR MAH IS SENTENCED Dale Johnson Im Sentenced To Two Year* On Forgery Charge 4 Dale Johnson, 28. ot Decalur, was sentenced io serve two years tn the Pendleton stale reformatory this morning on a charge of forgery. The sentence was imposed by Judge J Fred Fruthte In the Adams circuit court when Johnson appealed in th* custody ot Sheriff Ed Miller to receive bls sentence. Earlier In Hw week he had entered a guilty pl*a to a charge of leaning a forged check for <6 to Ham Brooks, local clothier. In pxsslng sentence. Judge Fritchte state that had Jonnson been guilty of but one offense, he might have expected leniency from the court. The court stated, however, that •Ince several 'lmd check" counta had been admitted, he waa given no alternative but to Imimse the minimum sentence provided by tb« statutes. A fine of <lO wss slso Imposed ,by th* court Johnson hsd been held In Jail ■>»*<* he entered hln guilty pl<« Mnsanlly proceedings which had been Instituted sgainst Johnson were dliunlaas-d by the court after hearing the svidonc*.

ONLY DAILY NEW.SPAPAR IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 10, 1939.

Menhberger Brothen Reported Improved Th* condition of Oscar and Harry Meshberger. who were severely Injured in an auto accident In Munde. Is reported as fairly good An encouraging report was made by th* supervisor of nurses ot th* I Ball Memorial hospital, where the two Adatns county men were pa- , tfenta. Hut they were progressing ' satlsfaetorily and that* both would fully recover from their Injuries. I Omar, the most severely Injured of th* two. will be a patient at th* hospital for several weeks. The brothers were Injured when an alI legedly drunken driver crashed In- ' to their automobile HAROLD BUTLER UNDER ARREST — Arrested On Fort Wayne Charge Os Failure To Provide Harold Butler, 33 of St Mary's , township. Is being held In Jail here , on a warrant Issued by Fort Wayuu police for failure to provide Buller waa arrested thia morn- • Inga» th* horn* of a orother In that township on th* Allen county warrant He Is to be returned to Hut I city to answer to the charge. i Von B*am. 39. of Blue Creek . township, waa also being held in • jail today. Sheriff Miller reported. on a charge of hunting without a i license. Beam was arrested by state gam* warden, the sheriff stated, and lodged In jail, until an affidavit was ftli ed and he could l>e arraigned In i court. He *X|<ected to tie arraigned late ' thia afternoon, probably In justice ' of peace court I — — i O 111 - Nobel Prize Given To Finnish Author Btockholm. .Nov Io <UP> II The Nohtel prig* in literature was : awarded today to Frana F Hill- ': anpaa. noted Finnish novelist Frans E. Slllatipaa. 51 years | old. has written many works of fiction Best noted in th* I'nlied I Htates Is "Th* Maid Hllja "

Doctor Relates Operation To Take Second Head From Babe

1 Bristol. Tenn, Nov |o 'U.R> -• ' Dr. J <’ Htatzer. elderly I'outHry 1 doctor, said today the Infant son of a farm couple neat her* was ' alive and thriving nearly three t weeka after h* had itinpiitateil 1 one of two heads with which It was Ixirn The child waa born to Mr and 1 Mrs Emory Herron at their farm 1 home near Indian Hpiitig* on Oct ’ 17. Dr Htatzer. who delivered the * baby, said a seeonil. smaller head * projected from the luise of th* 1 ahull of a normal head ''There were Impressions for * note, eyes, ears and mouth on thsecond head." the doctor ssld. I “but no vents." > "I operated at once, amputating > only part of the head no the re- < matndei could I** used to fix a t ligature I dldn t waul a tics » bom liaby to lose any blnod. and v b* limi very little."

the Nazi nieeting plate RelchalUelirer Adolf Hit ler and other Nazi bigwigs had left the hall only a short time before the Itomlt exploded, killing seven when the ceiling broke ami fell Noir shatter, d t.-iitti. In photo above.

ISAAC BEER IS TAKEN BY DEATH Retired Monroe Township Farmer Dies Thursday Afternoon '. (Isaac Beer. 78. retired Munroe I township farmer, and a lifelong res■i Ident of Adams county, died Thura- ■ day afternoon at Hie horn* of a - daughter. Mrs. Jacob Kauffman. northwest of Berne. Death was I caused by dropsy, li* had been ill I 10 daysTh* deceased was born in Adams I county January 15. 1861. the son of i’.'hrlstian and Barbara Dubach-Beer. B ll* married Caroline Fuciw at Berne i in I**7 and she dtAl in 191*. Surviving besides th* daughter I are four son*. Albert anil Wilbert ' Beer, of Decatur. Edwin and Till- ’ tnan Ib-er northwest of Berne Al- -•> NUrviving are a brother. <’. Heer and a slater. Mrs. William Fuchs, both of B*rne. 25 grandchildren and six great grandchild- ’ ren. He was a member of the Cross 1 Reformed chureto at Berne. Funeral services will In- held at "I the Tillnun Beer home at 1:30 p. [ ; tn. Sunday and at 2 o’clock at the church, R»-v C A Schmid otflclat--1 Ing Burial will be In the M. 11. E. cemetery at Bern* Th* body was 1 removed from Hie Yager funeral 1 home io the Tillman Beer residence ■ this sf'ernoon i o ■ ..... .. German Plane Forced Down Off England i London, Nov 10—(DPI —The air ministry announced today that > royal airforce (Hanes engaged two • enemy aircraft off the east coast . of England this morning and forced down on* which later sank Memj her* of the crew were captured — ('yrliat Im Victim Os Hit-Run Driver lllummond. Ind , Nov. |O-—ItTP) Police today sought a hit-run driver i who yesterday craahed Into th* biI cycle of Uneii Di Witt. 18 near I her* DeWitt was killed In th* collision.

| Dr Mtntzer said he I'ompletrd ’ I the operation five days later and 1 since h>- could not lb- off the I , wound th* bleeding whs profuse. I "Judging from the amount of l blood. ” he said, "there was a wellformed system of blood vessels I and nerves leading Into the arci olid head " Th* doctor wild that alni'e the second operation the Im by had • been normal In all rrapecta and I was gaining weight He had ' weighed nine pounds at birth and now weight'd nine and a quarter - pounds, minus the second head h l have never seen anything like It and never heard of any- 1 thing like It In all my experience, "J [ the doctor said Dr Htatzer has been practicing i In Bristol for "about 36 years." and Is firqiieiiily called on iemote I country cases "beraiMW I know the roads "

Holland Intensifies Plans To Defend Country Amid Mounting Fears Os Invasion By Germany

TAX PAYMENTS ARE REPORTED County Treasurer Reports Over $220,000 Paid In Taxes A total of 1221.310 74 In taxes was collected at the treasurer's office during the recent taxpaying perlttd. it was revealed today in the offices of Jeff Llechty. county treasurer. The total amount Io !»• collected. according to figures in Abe counly auditor s office, was 1246.2M4.23 Os this amount <34.272 21 was to be collected In delinquent taxes and <221.022 U 2ln current tax Os the amount collected. <214. <35 SO was collected in tales due as the current fall Installment. A total of <S.MO4 95 in delinquent taxes were also collected during the period. A total of <766.31 in morn torlunt taxes and <5 In Insolvent tuxes was also collected to bring the total tip to the figure stated alHive The total payment in th.- spring of litis year waa <338.609 7tt the treasurer's figures disclosed The total paid on the last day of the full taxpaying period was <42. 650 35 I iiusual speed was made l.y the personnel of the treasurer’s office thia year in compiling the taxes and preparing the receipts for taxes that had Ih-.-ii mailed In. Mia Alice Christen aided Mr. Liechty and hie deputy. Mias Alice l-enhart DISTRICT MEET HERE NOV. 15 District N. (’. ('. W. Meeting To Be Held M edneNday Th<- regular meeting of Decatur district of the N. C. C. W. will be h*-ld at the K of C. hall Wednesday evening. November 15, at 8 o'clock The district Includes three parriahes besides Detutur. They are Fort Wayne. Bluffton and Monroeville. Au Interesting program has been arranged and many out of town guests and members are expected. At the close of the program light refreshments will be served by the committee In charge. The complete program follows: iOwning. Prayer. Rev. Paul Anderaon Welcome Mrs. Herman Ehlnger Business moot mg, Mrs. Charles Lame, district .-hairman Hhrln-s and spiritual activities. Mrs Henry Halaley. Musical Selections, D C JI S. trio Youth work, Miss Mary Ann Deiningen Muslcwl Helectlons, ' Alejandra" end "Las perlltos" Manuel Jauregui and Lupe Jauergui, accompanied by Salvador Jsttregui Address. Rev. Joseph Helmets. Rulet* Strikers Not Eligible For Benefits Detroit, Nov 10 <U.R> The Michigan unemployment compensat lon commlMiott, in an Important decision. t<4ay ruled that Chrysler employes made idle l.y a labor dispute were not eligible for unemployment benefits The decision was significant in that It placed blame for ressallon of work In the employes them selves Commission regulations provide that Itenefits ar» paid when employes are idle through no fault of their own 11 11 o— Louisiana Ex-I’rexy Sentenced Again New Orleans, Im Nov. 10. (U.P) Dr James Monr.w- Smlih. form er president of la.ulsiana alate university, whose wheat market apecultlon broke the Louisiana scandals, pleaded guilty today to one charge of mall fraud and one j of Income tax evasion Rmlfh. already under 30 months sentence for mail fraud, was sentenced by Judge Wayne (I Borah to 3<> mimths on each of the new charges with all three to run .on i currently

FINNS FAIL TU SETTLE DISPUTE WITH RUSSIANS Finland Announces Failure Os Finn-Soviet Negotiations Helsingfors. Not io tU.Pt Failure of the Fibt.lsh delegation in .Moscow io reach an agreement with Soviet Russia waa announced by a Finnish foreign office spokesman today No common basis for a SovietFinnish agreement had been found lit the Moscow negotiations, the spokesman said Th«v Statement followed a meet ing of th.- inner cabinet wliiclt considered the report sent l.y th.Finnish delegation last night after It had met for an hour and a quarter at the Kremlin with Josef Stalin and Soviet premierforeign comnilsaat Viacheslav M Molotov Foreign minister J 17 Erkki, and memliers of the government • were studying the latest reports ' from J K Paasikivi. head of the Finnish drlignilon to flu- Kremlin. to decide whether the Finns would remain in Moscow for ’ further negotiations i>ffi< lais indl.-aled that tit*' .itate ' of negotii.tlons between the Russians and the Finns wee- worse ■ (CONTINCED ON PA<IE TIIKKKt O Seriously Injured As Auto Hits Tractor lewis Frink Wells county farmer. was seriously injured and four Fort Wayne men wer. alxo badly injured Thttrsd.iy •veiling when an auto driven by Ted , Gennni'i of Fort Wayne tan Into a tractoi driven by Ft ink on state road 1 near the Wells Alien county Hue th ciipants of the auto said the tractor carried no lights. r Report German Liner Escapes Blockade Copenhagen, Denmark. Nov. 10 - • (t’Pl The German liner New 1 York passed through the skaggerrak into the Baltic sea last night. • carrying » cargo from Murman-b---1 Russia it was reported lodwy. Incoming fishermen reported that 1 the vessel, flying t. German flag. e was escorted by an airplane and German cruisers They said 'he liner's name was clearly legible The fishemen reported that they had seen the eciusers steaming north •■arller in the day. presumably to s meet the N>-w York in the Hkaggerrak. i. If the observations of the fisher- '• men w«-re accurate, the 32,337 ton passenger liner had successfully pas-eil through the Britiah blockade She sailed hurriedly from New York a few days before the war k started I INDIANA ARTS • EXHIBIT PLAN Indiana Art Club Exhibit t At IndianaooliK Nov. r 17-25 The Indiana art club exhibit will 1 be held on tl»e eighth floor of the • L H Ayres building at Indianapolis '• Friday. November 17, to Saturday • November 36 1 The Indiana art club is sponsored 1 bv the Indiana federation of clubs The exhibit will open with s pr<--vue luncheon In the Ayres tea room on the Opening day. November 17 I Mrs Clarence L Kittle, arts chsirman of the f••deration of clubs will , preside at the opening luncheon Principal wpetkers at the lunch- , eon will he Mrs George W JaqUS, ( of Winchester, president of the Ind- , diana federation of clubs, and (lor- , don Moss, president of the artists , duh Mrs John C. Livengood, of South Bend, fine arts chairman, i will assist in tlw reception. Reservations for the prevuo i luncheon must be made before November 14, and may be made tn D’cat ur with Mrs John T Myers or Miss Vivian Burk,

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Government Seeking To Quell Rumors Os Any Danger Her Neutrality Is Imperiled. BORDER INCIDENT The Hague. Nov Ift -<UJ9-The Netherlands Intensified Its preparations to defend Itself today although official quarters continued to deny that there lias been any apeciflc threat to its neutrality All army furloughs were cancelled. effective tonight A United Press staff corresponden! toured the zone done to the German frontier and found great activity in progress to complete the defenses there. Armies of workmen were busy on them. Ten thousand additional 'roops have IH-e|| moved Io the frontier In the last three days I ulted States and Brltiih consuls quietly urged their na'lonala to leave the country unless they have urgent reasons for remaining. No formal orders were issued by tin- consuls to the l.itui Americans and I 2<m Briton* in the country. Two airplanes of the royal Netherlands line, scheduled to leave ibis morning on regular flights to Lndoii. still waited at Amsterdam at 1 p m because British approval for the flights had not liei'H given The two transport planes finally left for lamdon alxiiil 3 p tn A shooting yesterday at the frontli'i n> at Venlo coutribti'.-d to Hie feeling of uncertainty a.i to what developments might lie forthcoming An official communique Isabed early today after a midnight rale Inet meeting said that only civilians were involved in the itn b dent, in which one Hollander was killed and hl* body dragged into German soil (lamdon heard a rep’.rt that arm.-d Germ.i'i nfflcial* and custom* officers had been Involved in the incident and had crossed onto " INIIED UN PAGE THREE! STUDENTS HEAR TWO ADDRESSES Rev. RfisNclot. Ed .laberg Speak At High School Chapels Students of’the Decatur juniob senior high school heard two addresses today during the school dsy a» part of special chape’ periods In the morning the Rev. O T. Rosselot, of the First I' B church, a returned mhsionsry from Africa, spoke Rev. Rosselot. wbo served for 13 year* as principal of a school In Africa compared the eduatlon of the youth in that country I® thoso in America The schools wore started entire ly by missionaries, ho stated, and • Ince have been aided by th* British government, which pays about one-third of the cost. Only about five per cent have tha privilege of securing schooling, ha stated, (lid ‘ill one POT cent attend a se. ond iry or high school for training English Is taught entirely, without I'Von the aid of book* In the h«ginning, he said. This afternoon at 12 45 o'clock Ed Jaberg. a member of the school faculty and a World War veteran, delivered an Armistice Dsy address. with the gloe club members under the direction of Mis* Helen Haubtdd presenting a patriotic mu* alcsl program —— O" ' - Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will be held al the Legion home. Flrat and Madison streets, Monday evening at x o'clock. All members are •••quested to attend. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 800 am 68 2:00 pm 42 10 tioam 64 1:00p.m .. 40 N<xin . 50 WEATHER Cloudy tonight, preceded by rain In east and south; much colder; generally fair and colder Eatur. , day-