Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1939 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

OPEN HOUSE AT PLANT NOV. 25 i Decatur Casting Company To Hold Open House Next Week At a tmwting of emplnyes of the Decatur Casting eompuay yesterday afternoon, peter E Rentschler i of Hamilton. Ohio, secretary treasurer of the company, told those present of the program for tip. open house on Saturday morning, November 2f>, and announced a change in the earlier plans, which I now include an afternoon session .ami tour of th* plant for the pule I lie. In addition ><> the general Invita- ) lion egtended to the people of De i catur snd vicinity, to visit the I newly remodeled foundry, the coinI fainy is inviting engineers, design- | era and buyers of iron castings to attend the open house, inspect the plant, see the production facilities and view the many types of castings that are made here. An exhibit of customer's liniahed pro ducts in which Decatur Quality casting* are used will also be displayed. The remodeling of the building i and the Installation of miMlern foundry type equipment, including the new oil flred continuous vertl- ' cal core oren. Is completed. This new system of producing castings will Im shown to the public al the open house program. Completion of the remodeling work has made the Decatur Casting company one of the most modern and efficient foundries In the country and operation of the plant 1 will no doubt attract a number of engineers and customer* Interested In this type of manufacturing At the meeting with employee, Mr. Rentschler showed moving pictures of the employes picnic held at Hunset park. July IS. and the J movie highlights of the fourth game of the world's series played In Cincinnati, when the Yankees ’ beat the Reds. 7 to 4. Mr. Rentscher attended the game and took the pictures himself. The pictures were thrilling and greatly appreelated by the employes. MRS.KOENEMAN TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. W ilhelmina Koeneman Dies At Home Os Daughter Mrs Wilhelmina Katherine Kceneman. *O. life-long resident of Adams county, died this morning at 12:4* o'clock at 'he home i■ ol her daughter. Mrs. Msrtln 1.. Witte In Fort Wayne Death was attributed to comII plications following an Illness of about 10 months. She had been bedfast moat of the time since i January 1. The deceased was born In Preble township January 4. I*so. the daughter of Ernest and Wlihel- , mlna Kickhaff. Hhe was married to Frederick Koeneman December ’ IS. 1877. He preceded her In death Io year* ago She was a member of the Preble l.ulheran church. • Surviving are four daughters. ' Mrs Witt* of Fort Wayne. Mrs ' Mary Doehrman and Mrs. Minnie Hockemeyer of Midland. Ml< h. Mrs August lUomenberg of AdIsms county: two son*. Fred and Theodore, both of Adams county; a slater. Mrs. Hannah Hcheumanti of Adams county and a brother, William EickhcS of Allen county. Seven brothers and slaters are deceased Twenty-three grand children and 21 great grandrhll dren also survive. Funeral services will he held at ! the Fred Koeneman home In Preble township Thursday after noon at I o'clock and 1:10 o'clock al the church. Burial will be In the church cemetery. R*v. W. H. Moeller will officiate. The tardy will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to th* Fred Koeneman residence this evening and may be viewed there until time for the funeral Zion Walther League Will Present Play The Watiher league t< the Zion Lutheran churh will present tbe play," Doni Darken My Door" November 1« and It al • o’clock In th* church basvsnenl Admission will be 25 cents for sdults 0 — French Quinn Will Speak At Wayndale French Quinn, locai historian, will speak to the members of the Waynedale Masonic lodge tonight on tbs life of Abraham Lincoln. |

Holland IntennifieN Her War MeawureH in Criaia ~.±_ _._l „ ju.l, —^ewe-I ' ~ ■ -- x r Buffi J * a. ‘ wSRc* * wßyAp -5 1

Holland intensifies her defense measures following i -two German liorder Imidetil* which put the Dutch--1 German relations al the straining point. Here'* |

GMO CHAIRMAN GIVES evidence! Sloan Testifies In Federal Trial; Case Is Nearing Close South Bond, lnd„ Nov. 14.— ((j.R) — The defense retted its com at 12:15 p. m. today in the trial of General Motors Corp., three affiliates and 17 individuals on federal charges of violating the Sherman antitrust act. The government announces It would offer no rebuttal testimony and Judge Walter Lindley gave each side three hours for closing arguments, which will etart tomorrow. Indications were that the case would reach the jury some time Thursday. South Rend. Ind. Nov 14 —'UJ9 —Alfred p. Sloan. Jr., chairman of the board of directors of the Gen- * oral Motors Corp, returns to the witness stand in federal court to continue his testimony at the trial of General Motors, three affiliates and 17 officials on chartea of violatint the Sherman anti-trust art. Sloan and M E. Coyle, vlco-presl-dec- and a director of the corporation and general manager of the Chevrolet division, both defendants. teat Hied late yesterday as ’! the defense neared the end of its f case. 1 Both denied responsibility for any actions upon which the antitrust Indictments are based and traced their careers with the orsanitation. Sloan said he was manager of [ the Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., at a salary of $175 a month when It 1 was purchased by United Motors 1 for sn.soo.iHN> Later I’nlted Mot--1 ora was abaorlted by General Motora and he became a vlce-presi- ’ dent In 11*23 he became president ■ * (OONTINt'ED ON PAGE NIX) KIRKLAND CUSS TO GIVE PLAY Kirkland Seniors To Present (’lass Play Nov. 20-2! "The Green Light" la the name; of the three-act mystery comedy to be presented at the Kirkland I gymnasium by the members of the senior t lass of the Kirkland school Monday and Tuesday nights November 20 and 21. The play will start at 7:46 o'clock both nights. The complete ' cast for the play was announced , today The cart follows: Miss Mattle, the sleeper- Irene Fosnaugh Doctor Spaulding, her physician , —rovsl Rich i Mary Maraton. her piece- Donna . Zlmin»rtnan. Jerome Forrester, her nephew - , Bud Johnson Kitty Corey, a novel Ist-Donna belle Aruold Donald Rhodes, a newspaper reporter—Darold Borne. Trlnka Anderson, a Norwegian maid- Juanita Cable. Aesop, the caretaker—Karl Beer. Madame Zenda, myatlc — Lorens Kerhn I The phantom spinster— T

ONLY DAILY NEWS PA PAR IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday, November 14, 1939.

Girl Is Recovering From Auto Injuries The condition of Norma Ixm Vei nls. 5. daughter of .Mr. ana Mrs.i Ray Vents, of near Ibis city, who was Injured Sunday when struck by 11on auto, was Improved today. The j girl suffered from bruises and '< shook when she was struck by an automobile driven by Dvlhert A. I’ushey, of Fort Wavne, on state road Jo near the Gndiana-Ohio line. The Venin family wan visiting the girl's grandmother at the time of the accident. After treatment by a Convoy. Ohio physician the girl was. brought to the Adasns county me■mortal hospital ,<he was not seriously Injured. OFFER REWARD FOR MURDERER State Police Publish Posters Announcing sl,000 Reward Indianapolis. Nov 14 - (U.R> State police announced publicsi tlon today of colored posters stating that Willard E Carson would pay SI,OOO reward for the capture of Willard EL 4'arson. wanted tor the murder of his father at Liber ty In 1926 Don F Silver, superintendent of stale police, said the reward would he paid from funds In the elder Carson's estate which are awaiting claim by young Carson. He said arrangements had been made with relatives to post the reward. Caraon was suspected of three other slayings including the fatal shooting of Alonso Whalen, a retired Kokomo farmer, in IMI Whalen was shot by an unknown assailant after he had allegedly told police Caraon was hiding at Kokomo The fugitive, police said, had escaped several traps. Including one al Kokomo in 1925 when he was cornered in u rooming house I I but disappeared through a hall of | machine gun bullets from national i guard squads Caraon shot his father In 1924 (CONTtNI’MD ON PAON BUD 4) 1 11 lajcbl Lady’* Father Dies At Connersville Word vela received here of the death early thia morning of fl. C.j ' Com of Connersville, father of Mrs.| Carroll Burkholder of this city. Mr. Case, who had been 111 for the past two months from a form of paralysia. died at ! o'clock thia morning. Mr. Osm had visited here a number of times and was well liked by all who knew him. Mrs. Burkholder and daughter. Barbara, went lu Con i Bernville Thuraday to be at thia bed aide. Mr Burkholder left for Cowneravllle last evening. Withhold* Plea When Arraigned In Court Ellas McDonald, of Monroe, who wan arrested last week on a Wells county grand jury Indictment charg Ing him with obtaining money under false pretenses, withheld his plea when arraigned In circuit court at Bluffton McDonald's bond was Mt at |L--000 and he was remanded to jail until the bond was furnished He has also been charged with perjury In Ute Indictment- '

I a gun crew of the Dutch army in action at Brabant. The Dutch army I* small but well equipped. - highly efflt lent _

SEA CASTS UP WRECK OF SHIP Wreckage Indicates German Ship Blown l'p Or Loat In Storm Daytona Beach Fla, Nov. 14.— 'UR) — The sea cast up wreckage today of what water front men believed wax a German freighter blown up by an explosion or battered by a terrific storm The latest evidence of a ship I sinking consisted of the side walls of a radio cabin, bearing radio terms In German on amall aluminum plates; the lop board of a lifeboat gunwale and other debris not Immediately recogtiiMbie. Seamen here who had served m the World War said the jagged edges of the cabin wall Indicated the vessel was either blown to hits or crushed by the storm The storm theory was born out (Continued on page six) o—- ■ — Uphold* Court’s Right To Fix Own Expenses Indianapolis, (nd. Nov 14—-(VP) The state tax board has no right to fix a limit on the expenses of any court In Indfina. attorney general Omer ft Jackson ruled today In reversing a recent order of the state tax board which refused an appropriation askr-d by the Vigo county circuit court to increase court attendants' salaries. The opinion, given al the request of the state tag board chairman Philip Zoercher. said: "It must be conceded tbit neither the legislature nor the county council can prevent a court from fixing the salary for .i page or bailiff. If this can lie done then It is taking from the court un inherent right and thus makes the court subject to the Interference of another department of government." DRUNK DRIVER IS SENTENCED I Wesley Winkle Sentenced For CraNhing Into Meahberger Auto (Special to Itoily Democrat) Muncie. Ind.. Nov. 14 — Wesley Winkle, of Muncie, ibis morning : wcv sentenced to serge 90 days at the state penal farm at I’utnamvillc when found guilty by Judge Frank | R. Wilson of the Muncla city court on a charge of drunken driving. Winkle wax also fined s2<»o and hla driver's license was revoked for ( one yytur. The convicted man wm the alleg- ' ed driver of the which crash- ‘ ed into one occupied by Harry and * Oscar Meehberger, brothers operat- ‘ Inga stone quarry at Linn Grove, and also well known Indiana contractors. The accident occurted Tuesday evening. October 11, on state highway 1 six miles south of this city. The Mesberger brothers, both of whom were Mrlously Injured, are still confined to the Ball memorial hospital here Their condition Is reported steadily Improving Earl (log. other occupant of the cir operated by Winkle, had pre--1 * (CONTINUED ON PAU It li*l

British Destroyer Sunk After Hitting German Mine; War On Merchant Ships Is Threatened

HOLD RECEPTION FOR COMMANDER V. .1. Bormann Is Honored On Return From Washington Approximately 125 members of legion post* hi the fourth dlstrh t attended a reception held last night at the local la>gion home honoring Vincent J Bormann, district commander, upon his retiirti from Washington. D <‘ Commander Bormann went to Washington as the representative of the Indiana department of the legion to place a wreath upon the tomb of the unknown soldier ami take part In the Armistice Day service. During the meeting. Commander Ed Bauer of the local |a>st presented Commander Bormann with a gladstolie bag from Adams post. Mr. Bormann made a brief description of his trip and expressed his appreciation to the post and the district. Tillman Gehrig, adjutant. who accompanied Bormann on the trip, also spoke briefly The ladies presented a basket of flower* from the auxiliary. Edgar Yoder, membership chairman of the local post, repo.fed that the enrollment of the ptu.t la now 224 Twenty-seven more n,embers are desired, so that the po't may he allowed an extra dek-ga.'e at the state convention A number of post commander and other notables w<»r-a present at the meeting, reported to be one of the largest tn recent months Lunch and refreshment* were served after the meeting NEW CLUES IN GANG SLAYING Two letters Give Police Clues In Edward O’Hare Slaying Chicago. Nov 14 (U-W - Two tetters one uncovered at Lon Angeles. the other at Chicago, gave police their first definite lead* today In the gangland aaaasslnatloii of Edward J O'Hare, millionaire race track Impreaarlo One gave i-liies to the actual killer*, the other said Bcarface Al Cai'Ofl* had sworn to kill O'Hare and indicated he still I* overlord of thChicago underworld Both letters Were unsubstanlia' ed Police at lata Angele* and Chicago began Immediate investigations to ascertain their aufli. ntlclty Police found one letter on the person ot Russell Stoddard. 21. who waa at’acked and stablu-d six time* on a la>* Angeles street Ist-* last night by two unidentified men. He said he waa a form t jtM-key at Tla Juana race track and had Iteen O'Hare's bodyguard until recently. The letter Indicated the writer knew the Ident'.iy of asMsalna who shot and killed O’Hare last Wednesday as he drove toward Chicago from Sportsmen's Park race track of which he waa president. Stoddard waa held aa a material witness The second letter waa found among O'Hare's effects by chief deputy coroner Anthony Prusinskl. it said two convicts teleaaed from Alcatrat had heard Capon*, while still In Alcatras. make threata igahiaf O'Hare and that “the big (CONTINt’KD ON PAoY SIX) Camera Club Will Meet This Evening The regular meeting of the Dec*tur camera club will be held tonight at * o'clock in tbe club rooms An exhibition by Eastman, containing prints mad* by som» of the country's foremost photographers, will be included In th* progratn. —— o — - TIMPKRATURE RCADINQk DEMOCRAT THKRMOMCTCR 1:00 ant M IWpm «> 10:00a.m 41 loep.m 02 Noon 54 WIATHKR Fair tonight and Wednesday; not se cool tonight, slightly warmer Wednesday.

FINLAND ENDS NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA Finn in h Negotiators Leave Russia Aa Confab Fails Helsingfors, Finland. Nov. 14 | (U.R) Finland risked her security today in the belief that Russia , would not attack to gain new ter- ■ rltory The Finnish negotiators ■ were homeward Ihuiiiil from Mos- ■ cow with nothing settled, and th* I people here prepared to endure the "war of nerves" they lielleved was forthcoming They had not long Io wall. The . Soviet radio al Moscow was heard i broadcasting that the Finns had withheld vllal meterologlcal in- . formation about a cyclone In the . Gulf of Finland The cyclone I swept gulf water up th* Neva . river and threatened to flood lent- , Ingrad, th- broadcaster said and If the Finns had not violated the Intel ilational COBVMIIOO !■> With holding weather Information l.en- | Ingrad residents could have taken precautions Diatribes of the Russian press and radio were officially Ignored t here, however, because, us foreign ’ minister Eljaa Erkko said, "we are not dealing with lh» press, even if I' is 'official.' but with responsible government representatives of the soviet union Nothing was said officially of the negotiations In Moscow but It was believed the Finns had agreed to give Russia some territory on th* Karelian Isthmus, near le-nin-grad, and some island* In the Gulf of Finland near the Russian naval Irase at Kronstadt, hut that they j had refused to cede th* Important I port of Hango. at the entrance to ' the Gulf of Finland, or I'.-laamo. In the north , On that point. It waa believed. ‘ the negotiations had become deadlocked and Finland called Its mission home To th* beat of her ability. Fin- , land was ready lo defend herself. Her Joo.uoo irtstp* were In poal- , Hon near the Russian border; , her water lanes mined and naval defenses organlxerl Although the . Finn* have little anti-aircraft de- , sense. their larger cities have (CONTINI'EI* OX I'AOi: HIX) • - — - -<r— — Native Os Adams County Dies Sunday I Mrs. Tred Reinhart. 54 of Dashin, died at the W-lls county hospital - Bunday night after an Illness of six week*. She was bora In Adam* • county, th* dauhgter of and . leiuls* Girod Surviving liesides tbe t husband ar* three daughters, three • slater* and two brother* Samuel GlI rod of Berne and Alfred Girod of r near Bluffton. i Fti i-ral services will b* held at I 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Qaaian • Presbyterian church Burial will be ' In th* Vera f'rux remolery. BLAST DESTROYS : BRITISH SHIP r i Two Men Are Killed As British Freighter Is Destroyed London. Nov. 14 —itV>~ Two were killed and 22 injured last night In the explosion of the British r fr.lghter Matra. * DO" tons, it was ’ announced today Th • captain, pilot. , 10 officers and about 4" latacar I member* of the crew were tcacued i by a lifeboat. ( The Matra went down in the , North fb'g. The rescue lir«rtx»at mad* three visits to the acene ot the explosion. Other members of the crew who were floating about tn a ship's boat were picked up by a tanker after the) had rowed for hours In the darkness The explosion which sank tbe Matra occurred about 7 p. m Monday Several survivors died after they bad been landed Other survivors said the ahlp went down at the stern. Owners of the Mstrx wore informed that all Kurporeau members of the crow were saved.

Price Two Cento.

Great Britain l-owa Her Sixth War Vensel With Lohs Os About Seven Men By German Mine. BOOST CASUALTIES By Joe Alex Morri* It’. P Foreign New* Editor) Great Britain lost her sixth war vessel a destroyer in the war at *ea today and the Nasi preen threatened drastic retaliation against armed merchantmen of the allied powers i An unidentified British destroyer sank with r. loss of about seven men after hitting a German mine, the admiralty announced at about the same time a British trawler was reported sunk by a I' boat and a British cargo steamer by an explosion off the coast of Hcotiand Still other message* disclosed the sinking of another British freighter by an explosion —and a Norwegian steamer. The sinking of the destroyer, following another German iHtmle Ing raid on the Shetland Islands yesterday, followed the officially admitted lows of the Courageous with 57-1 dead; the Kittlwajfe with five; the Royal Oak with 510; the submarine Oxley with M; and an armed trawler with 27 - a total of 1.4X3 dead Renewal of activities on the sea on a bigger scale—only one British ship had been lost last week—aroused interest again in the possibility that Adolf Hitler's long-awaited big offensive against England would come by air and sea rather than by a land offensive on the western front or through Belgium or Holland The German press warned that armed allied merchantmen could not be < onsldered as carrying gun* merely for defense against ' L'-I<oata and would he treated as “enemy warships' and pirate veaseis In tbe future German airplanes have thoroughly surveyed the English coast and the Hcottlsh naval base areas and after many bomb-less flights the Nsxl attack on th* Shetland Islands yesterday may have (wen a comparatively harmless warm up for renewal of big scale raids. The British and French reported that they were prepared to meet any German attacks by air or sea and. in view of failure of all peace maneuvers so far. it was believed probable there would ba spectacular test* of strength In the air before winter sets In. The diplomatic front also was comparatively quiet, with greatest Interest centering In Soviet Russia's nest move Two capitals that waited that move with greatest concern were Helsingfors and Bucharest The Finns were In the direct path of . Soviet anger aa a result of having | broken off negotiations on Rus- | sian demand* for naval base* on (CDNTINVeD ON PAGE HIX) ' —■ — —a War In Brief By t’nited Prana LONDON — Admiralty ani pounce* loss of deatroyer to » mine, with one dead, six miss Ing and 15 Injured. German I' boat sinks British trawler Cresswi'll. six of crew of 12 rescued. British indicate they may seise neutral ships num from operators who peislet in carrying contraltand cargo destined for Germany. BERLIN— Army high com maud anmmmes that German bombers which t aided Hl;* land Island* destroyed two British hydroplanes and may have struck cruiser. high quarter* expect formal Ger man reply to Belgian Dutch pr-ace appeal today. PARIS— War communique report* calm night on front. THE HAGUE—Dutch fear* of German Invasion subside hut reports from Venlo, frontier town, say fully equipped German army remains con centrated o.i border 1 HELSINGFORS Finns settle down to endure "war of nerves" after breakdown of ' negotiations with Soviets; Finnish delegation, returning 1 from Moscow; foreign minister. says no Russian ultltnat- ' um has been received—"yet.” ROME — Intensive conferI ences In Rome Indicate that both Pope Plus XII aud Premier Mussolini are striving ta t keep countries of southeastern Europe neutral.