Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1939 — Page 1

j Mml No. 271.

Ban nuys ■SES THIRD RjMTOF.D.R. Senator I’rices | gtjßich To Make * I®*"' 11 ' known li "* jXZyW ■ i • »■■ 'i f ' 11 &£§.■, i i ■ : i >■ ■ Bir .hat .. Hj ■ ■ BEK Buffalo <N ’ h '’* 11,1 ■“ l ii“ i MIM :H'.-l.' ll|Hi|l III" Xuv« questionH|B I ..-. n.i reason foi hi I ill" d|| i i'tu- in<-«i Io 11.n<- would oppo-. f..i ho >'■ "lie ■>,.. situation ■■ I >■ 11101 so selection |||B Would Hol In lif' ait 11< W and llirold I. I. k. s ar.. the third term drum of man) leaser u'lal admiiiix’ialloii in.'Uf 'ha' M R .oseIndii atnil ho would IKK I indldate was mad.' Hi of his political assoJJy ' would reject n third i.dr,< |H.|hl<al for H'V l.li OK PAGE HtXt . -o fße Station I Being; Remodelled '• It .<•• service station Monroe street is beI. Hit. k and mod. nilm which la to Include §B > ti|. ".on of 332by 40 lule |Hrooni and a 22 by 20 *tor<« MB fa*'' of the front w ill be M '<■ match the present s'nalso planned to re -loci'*- ■ al ,d tl , ins ult ( and o'lw-r pump |F. CORDIER tIKSTUNIDHT g ■heater Colle<e ProBoor To AddrcNH Meeting Tonight ■Andrew W Cordier, head of Bl'-al science department of ■s'ei college, Sorth MunchesH»l< tonight at * o'clock al ■ntnr public library. Baddies* is sponsored by the ■ business and professional dub fie will also apeak at B* 01 ** •** • dinner meeting of ■*>. with guests from other district. ■Hsrratlona for the dinner ■ have been filled, chili memyrtM this morning ■■bile la Invited to attend the Bl st the library thia evening. Hr. Cordier will discuss the ■n situation No admission Border was also scheduled to I'" the students at the DecaBlor senior high school this ■®n. before going to the din Beting to deliver Uh address J

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PEACE DRAMA TO BE GIVEN Thank Offering At Zion Reformed Church Sunday Evening As a special future of the thank offering service of the women's missionary sm lety and the girls’ mlsslotiary guild of the Zion Reformed church, Sunday evening at 7 :.lt» o'clock, a peace drama entitled •'The Oreat Choice," hy Dr. Fred Kist man will l«. presented. The play assumes that the United States has become involved In a war. and the setting Is the private office of Thomas Kruger, who Is the dvllian commander of the middle west region. Tlte phy Is tiridi r the direction of Mrs. Adolph W- idler. who has directed thia production lu tho city of Cleveland on several orcasiona. The following is the detailed pr> gram of the service; Organ prelude. Miss l.ulti Gerber. Scripture reading i’rayer. Meditation. Rev. C M I’rurh, "The Thank Offering" The peace drima. produced tty special arrangement with the Waiter II Baker Co. Boston. Maas. Cast of characters Paula, a secretary. .Mias Alice Yost Anne Goodman, leader. Mrs Robert Jones Isabel Goodman, a slater. Miss Phyllis Hunter. Thomas Kroger. <ivHhit. T I, Recker Miss Ix-e, an informer. Mrs. 1., J. Fogle. Herman Kroger, Milton Hoffman. Rev. Dr. E’olterl Thompson, Robert Kgly. A Lieutenant, Richard Goldner The thank, offerings Special music, young people's choir. Renwllction. K. Os (’. To Meet Thursday Night The Decatur council of tho Knights of Columhus will hold the regular meeting Thursday night at s o'clock Instead of st'S! Monday.because of the chiMren's annual flail' bazaar at the Kt Joseph school. Three turkeys will be given away at the meeting and nil members are Invited to attend q. Airplane Beacons Built Near Here Considerable attention has been attracted Io two airplane beacons recently built near here along the Fort U'ayne-rtayton. Ohio passenger transport route The one beacon is located near the Allen-Adams county line, oast of federal road, and the other In the county Is stationed west of Willshire on the Indiana side of the line. FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE AND BARN Arthur Sprungcr Farm Is Scene Os Blaze This Morning Fire completely destroyed a house and barn on the Arthur Sprunger farm, one-half mile weM of Linn Grove this morning about I" o'clock. The fire started am<*ng a pile of soy beans. M*n were working on the 1 farm, combining tb» beans, when the fire ftrat broke out The flames stirted in the barn and spdead to the house. Both buildings were completely destroyed. The house was untenanted. No estimate could lie made of the damage. The Berne fire department was summoned but wia unatde to cope with the fire because of the (fOXTIKVKD ON PAGR SIX> Wahaxh Civil War Veteran h Dead Wabash. Ind . Nov. II - (U.B Funeral services will be held Thursday for George Washington Brooks. H. Civil War veteran who died yesterday at the home of his son. Jesse Brooks. Brooks took part In the first battle of Bull Run and was taken prisoner latter he was ezchangcd and rejoined the army under General Hherman with whom he waa serving when the conflict ended. '0 Baptist Prayer Meeting Tonight —— i Rev. Lemasier of Berne will be the guest spmker at the prayer ' meeting at the First Baptist church at 7;10 o'clock thia aventag.

Here Are Byrd, Aides and Cruiser on Pole Trip | Top. left to right. Dr Poulter, Commander Lyttad and Admiral Byrd: brlow. snow cruiser

Antarctic i-xpedltlon of Admiral Richard E. Byrd ; lutcri-sts all Americans Here is Byrd and bls associates and the snow cruiser snapped In Bostun , shortly Ix-for* th- party sailed fur the South Pole Top. left to right, are Dr Thomas Pixtlter. de-

EX-KLAN HEAD CHARGES FRAUD Stephenson Files Affidavits Os Forged, Framed Evidence Noblesville. Ind. Nov 15 <UB —1». (' Hlephenson. former grand dragon of the Indiana kit klul klan, today filed a supplemental petition In the Hamilton county circuit court which accused Hiram Evans. former Imperial witard of the klan of conspiring to convict him of the murder of Madge Oberholtzer for which he is serving a life sentence Stephenson is making his 12th attempt to obtain his freedom on the grounds tn.it he was prevented! from testifying In ills own behalf at his trial in l>2a because <•* threats of lynching and murder from members of the klan whom Evans had assembled in Noblesville Judge t'assitis M Gentry merely accepted the 14 page petition, which Is supplemental to the writ I of habeas corpus filed last month | and on which arguments have not ' yet been heard Hlephenson. who is being held In the county Jail here pending disposal of his vat• | ious legal maneuvers, was present j In court briefly today. In other affidavits filed In the court late yesterday. Stephenson accused Earl Gentry, his former j bodyguard who was later murdered in Wisconsin, of the fatal attack on Miss Oberholtzer He claimed In Ills affidavits filed yesterday that actually he was with the wife of a prominent state official at the time he was i supposed to have been raping i Mias Oberholtzer He declined to rrve.il the name of this woman Hr stated he saw Miss Oberholtzer on a Hammond street s March IS. IMI with Gentry, who was acquitted of charges similar I to those on which the klan mogul was convicted Stephenson late in 1925 was convicted of attacking Miss Oberholtzer. a statehouse stenograph, er. and Inflicting Injuries which later caused her death Minco hl* conviction he has made eleven icoNTtNttWn r»w P*nW sivui o Defiance, Ohio Men Visit Sugar Plant Merrtbers of the Klwanls and CirIc clubs of Deflsnce, Ohio, made an Inspect ion tour of the Central Sugar company plant In this city Tuesday evening Approximately 40 leading business men of Defiance went In ths group.

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Former I.oral Man Dies in Chicago H Word i.ns been received here of i the .le.th of t'harlea McLeod. aged I about sd. a former resident and native of Adams county. Death occurred In Chicago Tuesday (tiornlng Burial will be in that city Friday morning The deceased was born here, the son of John Me-, Leod. former deputy sheriff of Adi ams county. Kelatlres here include lames Hendriks. Monroe and Jesse Steele. Pleasant Milla, both cousins. and Mrs. Kunnie Fristoe. of le-oatur. au aunt. DEATH CLAIMS MRS.KUKELHAN Mrs. Henrietta Kukelhan Dies This Morning At Home Os Son Mrs. Henrietta Kukelhin. M. a native of Germany, died thia morning at 4:4" o'clock at the home of a son. Fr.-d Kukelhan. three and one-lialf miles northcast of It-ca-j titr. Death was attributed to complications resulting from a fractured hip sustained In a fall seven weeks ago at the Kukelhan home. The deceased was horn In Westphalia. Germany October 13. 1*43. the daughter of Frederick and latuin | Kegrfled-Melehl. Hl.e came to thia country with her parents when two years of age and had resided In Hoot township since that time. She was a member of the St. Peter's Lutheran church at the Fuelling settlement. Iler husband. Wilj Ham. to whom she was married In April. IMIO. preceded her in death In Iftlfi Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Henry Fuelling. Mrs. Otto Fuelling and Fred K-ikelhan. all of near Decatur, and Mrs. William ! Molthor, of Fort Wayne. Three eons are decouned. The following broth(CONTINUED ON PAGE RIXI ."O— Charles 11. France Brought To Hospital Charles 11. (Jinks) France was admitted to the Adams County memorial hospital thia morning, being i brought here from Van Wert where he has been seriously ill for 10 days.i Mrs. France and a daughter from Chicago were with him as was alee his partner. Frank Holland They opened a picture show at Hockfurd Ohio recently and were doing well. Mrs. France and Mra. Holland returned to Rockford this afternoon and the daughter returned to Chi- | cage.

i signer and driver of the glt-.intic snow cruiser; t'ommander Isaac Lystad of the North Star, one ! of the Byrd ships, and Admiral Bytd himself Below l» the snow cruiser alxiut to l»- dismantled and placed alxiard the Byrd ship

COMPLETE PLAN : FOR FALL RALLY Christian Endeavor Societies To Hold Rally Saturday , All plans have Item completed ■ for the annual fall rally ot the ■ Christian Endeavor societies of ! Adams county, which will be held j Saturday evening at Bethel llreth- ! ren chttr.-h, sis miles east and one mile south of Hern.-. The rally will open at *:M : o'clock that evening. All memI here of Christian Endeavor societies and others Interested in the work are Invited to attend Th.- theme of the rally will be ! centered around devotional, educational and inaplrailonal I thoughts The devotions will be given by , the members of the Bethel Brethren ('. E society The .-ducatlon--1 al talks will be given by Mrs ' G T Roeselof. w ife of the D- N a tnr First I' B pastor, and the 1 Rev. Kenneth Timmons, pastor of ' the First Christian church In De.-atnr. Mrs. ICossehit s subject will be I "Missions while Rev Timmons 1 will speak on Christian Endeavor > xtensioii work Th.- Rev Stacey Shaw, pastor of the I nlo't Chapel . V. B church, will deliver the In- > spiratlomil sermon In closing A free will offering Will bo ’ taken to help defray expenses and promote Christian Endeavor 1 work .. W"— War In Brief I By I'nlted Press LONDON — Hill's that the British soon may start seizing German exports from neutral ships and Germany's*announced I'boat campaign against atnted allied vnerchant ships set basis tor furious war at sea. BERLIN — German army high command announces that one submarine during past few days sank Mmm tons of shipping and captured one J prize ship, communique reports only minor, local urtll lery activity on western front PARIS — Dispatches from front report many German patrols active Tuesday west and east of the Haar river, northeast of Bltche and north of the Vosges mountains but failed to contact French outposts; bad weather reduces air activity but French re. on nalsaah.e planes penetrated (CONTINUED UN PAMM *lVtcT~

iNazis Warn Allied Powers Os Threat Os New Attacks From Air And Sea;Report Losses

CZECH STUDENTS RIOT IN PRAGUE Stage Demonstration ‘For Freedom’ After Comrade’s Death Prague, Nov. ID <UR> Two hun dred Czei'h students demonstrated near the tomb of the Vnknown Soldier today, shouting: "for freedom !" German storm troopers and police dispersed them, arresting 10 The demonstrations followed the death of a Czech stud ill who was injured in demonstrations on October 2Sth the anniversary of the founding of the now dissolved Czechoslovak republic. The laxly of the dead student lay today at the home of his par cuts. He was fatally wounded when police and storm tro«»|H-ro broke up Czech demonstrations on the anniversary At that time, the demonstrators wore black In mourning for the republic and. according to Nazis, shouted insults at the German p<e lice and storm troopers. Several persons were Injured and many arrests were reported In connection with the October 2kth demonstrations, which occurred In the center of Prague (Foreign reports In Paris and Lindon had said on several oceanlons that there wax widespread sabotage and unrest In (he Ger- - mutt protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the former Czech state, 1 hut these reports lacked substantiation and were denied ivy Berlin. A* one time the British ministry of Information ssued a report that . rebellion was spreading among the Czechs but Germans strongly de- ' KiiNTlwvtcn nN paoie rival O Escaped Convicts Held At Richmond Richmond. Ind . Nov. 15 <U.P> Lulls Cross. 2M. and Rolw-rt Mi • Call. is. fugitives from the Ohio I hospital for the criminally insane > at Lima, were held today pending ( return to Ohio I They were arrested by local police when they sought to contact a Rlihmotid attorney who had befriended McCall two years ago. ( McCall called the attorneys from the Pennsylvania railroad freight yards, but his conversation was . overheard by a railroad employ* who reported to police. FINE RESPONSE FOR USED TOYS Many Used Toy# Donated To Repair Project, Report Shows A fine response to the appeal ' under th* WPA t'hitatmas toy repair project was reported this morning by Gerald ZKnnierman. who stated that a number of toys have lx-en collocted. An additional appeal waa Issued however, by those In charge. Wheels ' for trlcycks and roro are especially needed. Pertona having parts of toya are asked not to hesitate because of their apparent worthlessness, as ihey will ell be used to advantage, H was pointed out. Plans are now underway for a group of cars to canvasa the city early Rtntdiy morning and pick up toys at the homes in tlw> cityAnyone having toys to donate Is asiied to phone 472 and Dr. Joe Morris will make arrangements for the collection. If It is Inconvenient for anyone to call, the toys will be picked up by drivers off front porches, providing they aro placed so that they may be reen. —— o-— ■ ■ ——— Prague h Plastered With Soviet Sticker* Prague, Nov. 15 (U.RI — Walls and fences In sections of the city Inhabited by Germans were plastered last night with thousands of small placards bearing the hammer and sickle emblem of Russia and advising Germans to "clear out before Rtalin comes." Squads of storm troopers were mobilized st dawn to remove the posters before the public could jSeu thvm

GILLIE SPEAKS TO LIONS CLUB Congressman George Gillie Speaks To Decatur Lions Tuesday George W Gillie < ongresMiian from ll>" fourth congressional district, was the speaker al the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lions club, held last night In the Rice hotel Congressman Gillie, who recently returned from the special seni sloli of congress, gave a description of his experiences at the . sessioii I His talk was "Scenes Behind the Keenes in Washington" He commented upon the Impressiveness of the first day when 435 I congressmen. Sti senators. the i members of the supreme court. and a crowded gallery heard the address of President Franklin it. i Roosevelt In discussing the neutrality , situation, he stated that unless . some unforeseen complication arose there was no danger of the I I'nlted Htates being involved in I war and predicted that 75 per . cent of congress would vote against sending troops to war on foreign soil I He also described the activities of a congressman whll- in WashI ington and outlined tile work that lie must do ea< h day Dr. II Frohnapfel was In charge of the program and Roy Price pre- ; sided over the meeting AGED WOMAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Bertha Secsengulh 1 Dies This Morning At Home Os Son , Mrs Bertha Si-csenguth. M. a > native of Germany, died this , morning at i> o'clock at the home of a son, Bett KeesengUth In . French township Death was t attributed to pneumonia and heart . complications The deceased was liorti In Geri many May *• I*s*. •!.< son of Mr. and Mrs Fred Ginther She i came to this country In ISM after » the death of her husband In 1»PI. .Surviving are two sons. Arnold and Bert Seesengtith. of Bluffton, route four, and a daughter. Mis. Emma Ktatike of t'hl< ago Two brothers, a sister, a son and daughter are de< > a«ed Four ' grandi hlldreti also survive I Fur. ,i! -. . I Friday afternoon at 1 30 o'clot k at the home of the son. Bert, four I miles west of Monroe, and at 2 o'clock at the it John's Reformed church at Vera Cruz, with burial fCONTIWUBD ON PAUE SIX) I ~ n ” ‘ ~ Woman Killed M hen • Train Hits Auto • Albion. Ind, Nov 15 <U-R> Mrs. Levina Dicer. 7R. was killed InI slantly late yesterday when the • car in which she was tiding was • struck by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train at a crossing here. , ——o Burkhalter Rites Friday Afternoon t Funeral services will he held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the , Berne Mennonlte church for Miss IdVina Burkhalter, woo died at Los „ Angeles last Thursday. She was en „ gaged In missionary work on the ( west coast. The body will arrive In Berne I Thursday afternoon and will be takt en to the horn* of her father, Peter I Burkhalter, where a short service at I :flO P m. Friday will precede the church service Burla) will be In tbe M R E. cemetery. ■' 1 -9 I TEMPERATURE READING* t DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER r —— . kOO a tn... 39 2:00 pm ..64 I 10 00 a m 46 3 oopm .64 r Noon 59 I —- WEATHER i Fair tonight and Thursday,* I * altghtoly warmer tonight, eonI 11 nu e d mild temperature Thursday.

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Nazis Warn Attacks Made This Week Are Only A I Beginning; Surprise Attacks To Follow. EXPECT THRUST Ity Joe Alex .Morris (I P Foreign News Edßort Nazis warned tixtay that the ali Ilex had felt "only the very beI ginning" of Germany's fighting ■ power on the aea and In the air, The long-expected offenalve ■ against the English In which neutrals must necessarily face In- ■ creased dangers still Is to come, • according to comment In Berlin ■ on this week's allied sea losses t and on Monday's Nazi aerial raid on the Shetland Islands I The official German news agen- - flying boats were destroyed and - cy statement said that two British • a British cruiser was believed hit In the Shetland Islands raid. "Dea ist niir der anfatig (that - la only the beginning ) It can be . expected that more surprise attacks will follow," the statement ' added In line with recent Nazi I press threats that armed pasaent ger and merchant ships will lie - attacked without warning hy l’t boats r One I’ boat alone in "the last ■ few days' sank 26.000 tons of i shipping and took a prize at sea, the German high command ani nounced Allli-il commanders have lx-en ' expecting a Nazi thrust for a long Hine In fact, they have been sur- ’ prised by Adolf Hitler's slowness ' to abandon the totalitarian technique of "nerve war." threats and political pressure and hy his delay in starting a war of military assault Some of them believe that the I fuehrer or his advisers are now so gravely concerned as to the outcome of a big scale offensive hy land or air that it will lie attempted only in desperation, ' hut the general view is that some spectacular thrust should Im expected Against sinh an eventuality, the British and French are pret pared and at the sam-- 'line they were devoting all their etiergieg ( toward completing the encirclement us Germany which, in tho , final analysis, they expect to strangle the Nazi military machine with as little military I action as possible _ In regard to the German threat of intensified sen and air war. the British retaliated with announce- ! meiit that royal air force Iximhlng plains had completed a series of daylight re< iinnaissance flights over the relch. photographing ( many military objectives. Gieat Importance waa attached by the- British to these- flights — I some of them 2’“' miles Into Ger- ( many because they were carried out successfully despite heavy , enemy fire and because th- planes j flew al low altitudes which Would I have mad-- accurate Iximhltig possible In connection with efforts to tighten the blocked- of Germany and to speed up economic pressure against the Nazi regime- the British were understcMNi to lie considering seizing German exporta ' from nc-utrsl ships to deprive the relch of foreign exchange Hitch action was taken during the world t i icoctTtvt'gn on pxaw smvbi ALTERCATION ON BARBER PRICES I I — ' Berne Barber Filet* CharKes Aaaiiixt Monroe Barher Today , —— . An alleged altercation ovar thff r rolse In barber prices at Berne lata n Tuesday resulted In the arrest of , one person. It was reported today s Marslull Dave Dubach arrested Herschel Johnston, a Monroe barber, this morning on a surety of peace action, filed sgalnat him by Marcus Imhrnan. a Berne barber. Lehman alleged li> his action that Johnston threatened him. Johnston waa brought before C. H Musebnan, Berne Justice ot pence this morning but the ease wag continued when Prosecutor Arthur E Voglewede was unable to appear. Hubert R. McClanahan appeared for the defendant. The price on barber service was recently raised in tba county by union shops.