Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 277, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1939 — Page 1

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JURY CONVICTS KIDNAP-KILLER, DEATH IN CHAIR i Kidnap-Slayer Os Kansas Salesman Sentenced To Death Chicago, Nov 22 <up> uilver ■,Uwien< e premier, alia* Ja. k I i Raseell, H. wan found guilty toI day and aentenred to die under “(the Lindbergh law by a federal court Jury for the kidnaping lant • July of William Scott Hamilton, >1 Kanua aaleeman • Preauler kidnaped Hamilton > after encaplng from the Oklahoi ma mate penitentiary at McAle*. II ter and shot and killed him July - 14 near Kingwood. HI. • ' A* the verdict waa announced ! Drearier threw out hi* hand* in I a gesture of despair and cried: •I "Oh. my tiodf ■ III* egclamalion belied his _ bravado of a few hours earlier when, while paring hl* cell In the • federal building, and of hl* own volition, he offered lo bet deputy ■I marshal Joseph Tobin IS cent* i that he would "get the < hair." I f| "Sure. 11l take the bet." Tobin Mid. After the verdict was read > Tobin said he would pay off I I The five men and seven women ■ Juror* the firm mixed jury lit ‘ the history of Cook county tchtf cagoi qualified to impose the I death penalty received the case • at 10:20 p m last night after • watching Dressier reenact the - slaying with defense counsel ' Itanlel Kogers taking the role of Hamilton. They deliberated s' I hours and .11 minutes li A* the jury left the room. • I Dressier, who was sent lo the Oklahoma prison after his wife. Mary. In Chicago, had told poi lice where he could be found. (CONTINUE!) ON PAGE POUKI LADIES GUESTS OF LIONS CLUB Decatur Lions Club Ohi Nerves Ladies Night Tuesday Eveninx > —— ‘j Kenneth Shoemaker, assistant I I cashier of the Geneva bank, waa the speaker al the meeting of the llecatur Lions dub. held last night at the Knights of Pythias home The club held Its snnttsl ' Thanksgiving banquet last night, with wives and sweethearts of the member* in attendance The ( banquet was served by the Pyth- ’ ian Sisters. Mr Hhoemaker deliverer! an i Interesting talk, discussing main--Ily the necessity of unity In ' thought and effort, whether In marriage or bualneM. - A trio from the Decatur Juniorsenior high school. Kathryn | '<CONTINI Kt> _ ON PAGE THKEKI i Note Sharp Rise In Business Conditions i > Indianapolis. Ind . Nov. 22 d'P) —Business condition* In Indiana mad<- one of the sharpest rises in I more th art a decade during October. . the Indiana business review lamed . hare today by the Indiana Vniver- , sltiy Imran id business rwarch re- : ported. The hueau's business conditions tor Octo'ier advanced nearly in percent over September. 'Xhtly opce since the upswing k. the early twenties has the Index made a similar gain; that was in November. IKUi. the review said. 1 Upholds Freedom Os Speech And Press i Washington. Nov 22 — (U.R» The supreme court ruled today that municipalities In their exercise ot control over public safety, health and convenience, must not • abridge freedom of speech and ! press. ; In an unprecedented Wednesday "decision" day the court held unconstitutional the ordinances i of four cities which had been challenged on the grounds that i they violated civil liberty. — — ZTT TCMPtRATURt RIAOINGd DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 1:00a.m. J« 2:00 pm SO I 10:00 am 36 3:00 p.m. Id i N00n... 10 WEATHER , Some cloudiness, Ollshtly cooler tonlsht; Thursday genJ erally fair; somewhat warmer j in the afternoon- |

British Trawler iuateHt Victim of Sea Mines — ll ’ is J ■ Mio. I o w MBr I KwMßMtee--it-'.' . i I Trawler Mastiff sent to bottom

Submarines and outlaw sea mines take a heavy 101 l of shipping In European waters as the opposing armies apparently mark lime on the western

WILL OBSERVE I THANKSGIVING Business To Be Suspended For Thanksgiving Observance In Decatur as all over the ' nailon. "thank* to God for a land of peace anil plenty" will be the theme of tomorrow's holiday. ( when clllxens follow the example set by their Pilgrim forefathers. I who after a memorable landing I on Plymouth Kock, paused to pay , divine tribute t "He mindful of the unprece-di-nted distress and suffering I people In wartorn areas of the' world. ' I* to be the urgent message at the annual Thanksgiving union service for Protestant churches at the Methodist church Thanksgiving morning at S o'clock. The business life of the city will be practically »t a standstill all day tomorrow, a* all but a few confectioneries, service stations and other stores, dose to permit workers and employer* to be with families. Tlie post office, the bank, she library ami all pttblli offices will be closed No edition will Impublished by the Ihiity DemtH-raL In accordance whit ait annual custom Groceries and meat markets experienced "an extra Saturday’s business" today as citizens made last minute purchases for the Thanksgiving table which prole ably will feature turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and other recognized delicacies of the occasion. Theaters of the city are expected to affo-.d the main attraction Thanksgiving afternoon and evening as citizens turn there for entertainment to climax the day A reverent note was added to the occasion in the schmd* of the city this afternoon, as students heard appropriate addresses by local pastors before being dismissed, not to return to classes until .Monday morning Library To Close Thanksgiving Day Miss Huth Wlnnns. Decatur librarian. announced that the library will lie closed all day Thanksgiving ' in observance of the holiday. BUSINESS MEN 10 VISIT PLANT Gibson City BusinesN Men To Inspect Central Soya Plant Here Business and industrial leaders of Olbson City. HL. more than 7!i hi number, will visit Decalu, neut , Tuesday. November 23. officials at i the Central Soya lompany announced todaq Th- Central Hoya cotnpvny la constructing a huge soy bean processing plant, similar to the one In operation here, at Gibson City, and the Chamber of Commerce of that city I* sponsoring Ute Inspection tour of the Decatur plant. A special train has been chartered over the Nickel Plate railroad, and will arrive In Decatur shortly before noon Tuewday The visitors will be greeted by Koya cesnpany officials and by officers and directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. After luncheon, the Gibson City vial tors will be taksa on a detailed Inspection tour of the soy bean pro ceasing plant, the McMillen feed mills and the Central Huger company. The train will return to Gibson [City late Tuesday afternoon

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Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, November 22, 1939.

I’rgeß Payment Os Delinquent Taxes I Coisntiy Treasurer Jeff Liechty made a request today to those per | - sons whose taxes are delinquent lo | pay them at once. Notices are being sent those whose current or former year* taxes are delinquent. Treasurer Llchty pointed out that this year he must turn hl* book* and accounts over to the state accountants who will check him out as he Is retiring at the end of hl* fowr-yaar term. Because of this he *ald. Il Is Important that delinquent taxes Im- cleared up before I he turn* his records over to the ac- | rountants. WELFARE BOARD MAKES REPORT 308 Persons In Adams County Receive Old Age Pensions At five regular monthly meeting of Adams county public welfare department held last evening at the court liouse. it was reported that 3oM persons were recipients of oid age pension relief, th- average pension for November bring 317>3. The |w*n-loii case load Is not as heavy as It was a few months ago. when It reached a peak of 320 Several deaths In the past few months removed recipient* frym the roll. Dependent children assistance was rendered to *1 families. Including IM children during November. Assistance to the blind numbered elgiit. The board reviewed the new cases filed during the past month and reports were made by Mr*. FMye-Smlth-Knapp covering the last 30-day period. o— — ■ Nazi Plane# Bomb Shetland iNland# London. Nov 22 — iU.RI -German airplanes which bombed the Khetland Islands today set fire to a moored royal airforce seaplane, It waa announced officially Thers were no British casualties and the raider* failed to damage ahipplng. the announcement said -—--o Three German Flier# Rescued By Briti#h Ixmdon. Nov. 32—(l'P>—Three German fliers—two officers and a ' private —whose plane was shot down near the Kent coast yeaterj day, were rescued from a rubber ' boat In the North sea by a British 'destroyer th* air ministry and admlrwlt* announced today. Two of the Germans were se>louel/ Injured

Misplaced Article Contest To Mark Christmas Opening Here

A preview of the Chriatmaa •hopping aeaaon will be afforded to cltlMM of the Decatur trading area neat Tueaday evening. November 88. when atorea of the city will hold a unique Chriatmaa opening, a "mlaplaced article" content. Window* of participating atorea will be blocked off. and will be thrown open Io the public promptly at 7 o'clock neat Tueaday evening In the window of each participating atore will be placed an article from another participating atore, an article not told by the atore in whoae window It la placed. Entry blank* will be available In each of the atore* The peraon auhmlttlng the moat complete Hal of "foreign

I front. Here'S one of the latest victim* of a concealed mine, the British trawler Mastiff, sent to; the bottom after striking the terrible sea wsewaeq.l

CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET IS SET M - Many Civil Ca#es Set For Trial In Adam# Circuit Court One of the moat crowded court, calendars In recent terms is in prospei t for the November term of the Adsm* circuit court, which opens Its second Week next Monday with a Jury trial ached uled. Judge J. I‘retl Fruchte called the dor-ket this morning and dispensed with usual formalities in cheeking all <aaes. since the calendar for the term was already replete with case* Eleven Jury trials are sch'-dul-ed for the term The cases follow : | November 24 Striker V*. Ben-, der. injunction. November 27 4'harle* N Fuhrman vs Echo Tornado, a contract suit Jury. November 23 t'lllllles Engineering Corp. v». Clifton Amstutz. contract suit. December I--State of Indiana, on relation of Eaathaven hospital vs. James Nelson. Jury. December 4 — Federal lauid ■ Bank of IxMilsvlllr vs. Kmhel Glendenning Dccemlier 4 Federal Lain! Bank of Ixmlsvllle vs. Robert Glendenning December 4 Glendenning vs , Brown December •—Kiunder vs. Boschet and others, money owning. Jury. Decern tier 7 — Mathilda Wehmeyer vs. Schafer Co. receivership December » Cecile Kessler vs Roxie Kessler, divorce December S Treace Bailey vs. Wayne Bailey, divorce December 11 — William Staf-i ford vs. Iloffbrau. and others. . false arrest. Jury December 13- Homer Starbuck vs Harold Lehman, damages. ' Jury. December 14 Lillian Mygrant vs. Nancy J. Shutt, wages and account, issues December 13 — Frierwood vs. City of Fort Wayne, damage*. ' Jury. December 21 -Lincoln Natkinal Bank. Fort Wayne vs Edward ” (CONTD4VED OK PAGM MVgl ■ ——... Decatur Man Opens Mt. Vernon Store WajMie E Beavers, formerly of > this city, has opened a variety store | at Mt Vernon, with his formal opening held last Maturdev Nationally taown merchandise priced from five cents to 31 is 'eatured In the store

article*" will be adjudged win uer. nett beat will be aecond. next third, etc. Only one entry blank m*y be «übmltted by each conteatant. which mud have the name and addraaa of the conteatant A total of W" In ca*h price* will be awarded, with flrat prlte of |Bi, aecond ptitc- It. third prlte |O, fourth prlte of |5 and five prlte* of |l each The mlaplaced article* will r>main In the atore window* until Saturday night. December 8. when all entry blank* muat bo. turned in by the oontealaalt Winnert will be announced the following week The Chriatmaa opening I* apon aored by the Decatur ('hamher of Commerce and all bnalne** hoove* of the city are Invited l»| participate

Great Britain Orders Naval Forces Seize Exports From Germany; Italy Loses Ship

Nazi Newspaper# Allege Briti#h Agent# Are Respon#ible For The Munich Bombing. TWO ARRESTED Berlin. Nov. 22 <UJ9 Reliable German sources said today that within a few days the pollc" probably will issue a statement i containing alleged proofs that ' two Britons, a Captain Stevens and a Mr. Best, were Implicated ' In lhe Munich beer cellar homie Ing Afternoon newspapers, without offering any concrete proof*. Im- : piled that there was a more or less direct connection lielween the British agents and the homie lug. Reliable German sources believed the (220,000 award for the arrest of persons held responsible for the bombing will not be paid since all arrests have been made ■ by the gestapo or secret police The gestapo appealed lo lhe public for Information alaiut thrust life and associates of George Elser. .13. German, who they said had confessed the Ixcmbltlg . They want.-d to know who Elser waa, where h<- had worked and traveled so they could prove his contact with Hto Strasse', exiled German 'black front" leader whom they have charged witn organizing this plot to kill Adolf Hitler, and with 'he British In telllg.-nce service which they said had Instigated and paid for (iXNrmn i on page rivKt LAY PLANS FOR SHORT COURSE Preliminary Arrangement# Made For Purdue Course In February The first definite plans were laid last night for the greatest • HVCcwltural event held In Adam* j county for jn i when committee chairmen selected recently. met at the Lincoln schcMcl and sei t*>« calendar and tentatively selected •!>< *. »■ -al committees for the Purdur short course, tn l»e held here In February The committees will be annoum J in a few days after acceptances are received The Purdue short course Is to ' Include two days of Instructions by Purdn* extension experts and will Include a banquet and enteri talnment The dates for the short course [ are to be Tuesday and Wediw*- , day. February i.l and 14 Talks and demonstrations will be given each morning and afternoon on these days tin Tuesday night. February 12. the greatest assembly of Adams county talent ever collected for one even' la planned In one of the large auditoriums of lhe 11 Ity On Thursday night. February 15 a lianqnet Is to conclude the program, with a record attendance expected Chairme n of the c tmmlttees i who mad* the first definite arrangements at a meeting In the Lincoln school last night are G. A. Thoma and Benjamin D Max<»Itn* finance. Boh Heller, adv . llslug Mis E W Busch* and Mrs Helen E Mann, home oco- ' noffllcs; Cart Pumphrey and C. T. Habegger entertainment; II P Kchmltl and J Ward Calland. goodwill banquet. Walter J. Krick and Father Alvin Jasinski, place of meet Illgs. (leotge M Krick, E W Huache and L E Archbold, coordination of pro grams, and Heckmeyer Meetings of the committees and tbe members, represent itig every township In the county, will be snnounced stter acceptances are received Lad E#cape# Injury When Struck By Auto Botch, six ic-arold son of Mr and Mrs Fra ml* Grimm of Flf4*Mith street, escaped serious Injury about * o'clock this morning when riruc k iby an automobile driven by Luther : Singleton Mr Grimm had tsksn bis son to tbe Lincoln grade school, where ba Is a pupil, and when Hobby slighted from the auto, he stepped In i front of Mlngleioa'a rar He sustain led only slight bruise* on the htad. ,arm end legs *

ASYLUM DEATH TOLL RESULTS IN INDICTMENT 3 -- - - i lllinoi# Jury Return# Indictment# After 52 I Deaths i Kankakee. 111., Nov. 22 — UJJ>> A. L. Bowen. 70. state director of l public- welfare, and three- officials ■ of the Manteno state mental hosr pltal. were expected to surrender i voluntarily today under Indictments charging tnalfeaMiice In of-flc-e. The charges resulted from -a typhoid epidemic and outbreak • of dysentery which killed 52 of the > hospital's inmates and employes I A special grand Jury returned • the Indictments last night before Circuit Judge Luther B. Bratton. • In addition to Bowen those- Indic t- ■ c-d were Dr Kalph T. Hinton. 62. ■ suspended director of lhe hosplial; . I his assistant. Dr. D L Steinberg, M: and Mrs. Lillian Williams, .16. dietitian. I The charge is a misdemeanor ■ and the four. If convicted, could . lie sentenced lo removal from office and fined up to IDc.Ochi each. I Bratton set bond of |5,000 each ' for Bowen and Hinton and |3,Mff each for Htelnberg and Mrs Wil r Hams. He set arraignment for r Monday with provision that they - tie given a chance to surrender Itefore arrest warrants were it (tied. The- hospital .housing 6.2tk» mental patients and appoxlmaic-ly Too attendants, la one of the largest 1 institutions of its kind in the mid--1 diewest The- first typhoid c ase or- • i urred In July and within the next month more than sno inmate* and employes were stricken by the 1 disease. The Jury's reports said 4‘t died from typhoid fever, two freon amoehie dysentery and one- from a , mild form of dysentery. Th*- report blamed the eplenilc on a fult} sewage- system that per- ' mined sewage to seep Into wells from whhh the hospital obtained . Its drinking water. It deaerbed 1 conditions In the hospital kitchen ' as "disgusting and deplorable" ’ and said the average coat of a meal at the hospital, Im lading one for staff members, waa five and one half cents. The report charged that lhe ( stale health department had warn- , ed that the hospital's waler was I contaminated but that Bowen and hospital authorities had done noth'“cnMTfKUKD OK FAGK FIVE) , o Catholic Schools (’lone For Holiday The- Decatur Catholic high and, r the Kt Joseph grade- schools c losed Tuesday afiernoo-.i for the Thanks I giving holidays. Clauses will is- re- , sunc-d next Monday r A large crowd attended the children's Icazaar and festival in the f school auditorium last evening. Dinner was served in th-- school dining room by the- women of the (car-. , lah REPORT GIVEN • ON RED CROSS 100 Percent Club Enrol* le# In Red Cro## Are Announced '• The "100 percent <‘luh of lhe " Amerkan Red Cross" was annotincrd today by Miss Annie Winnea. ‘ chapter secretary. 1 The club Is formed of firms, or- • ganlzations and places. In which each employe member of lhe staff has enrolled on a II membership Tbe Institutions that have reported a 100 percent membership 1 to date are: Adams county memorial hospital I Decatur Junlor-aenUtr high school, i Lincoln school t Routh Ward school t The enrollment total of the lor cal chapter to date la 1270.30, Mias Winnes reported A large number i of worhers, especially those In the ■ rural districts have yet to report, she stated. i The quota for the county In thn annual membership drive is 11,306, , a raise of |soo over last year's quota |

Price Two Cento.

Britain Brave# Wrath Os Neutral Nation# By Order To Halt All German Shipping. . SEA TRAGEDIES By Joe Alex Morris <V. P. Foreign News Editor) Great Britain and Germany ended any doubt today that Iho European war l| a fight to tho bitter end. The British government stood firm before the wrath of neutral nations In Its order for the allied naval forces to seize all exports from Germany a blow In the sea war designed lo ruin Nazi Germany economically . The government of Adolf Hitler denounced the British action as piracy, announced that Nazi warships had sunk a number of vessels in the- North Sea In defiance of British naval power, sent more reconnaissance planes over England and Increased fegru that the mounting bitterness of yar would now send the- longdreaded German bomhlng planes against the British Isles In larger iiilinbers And liehlnd lhe spc-ctacular moves of the belligerent powers there continued the steady procession of tragedies at sea. with the Italian steamer Flationa rolling on the- waves after a floating mine had torn a great hole- in her ride. The- Fianona was the 17th victim of war off the English coasts since Hnliirday. not Including a French fishing Iwiat sunk across the channel or tho German steamer Hertha Flsser which was scuttled when Intercepted by it British warship On Un- western front there was little action. Millions of soldiers on Itoth sides watched each other along Rhineland, the Moselle and the Kaur rivers, facing tho occasional hazards of patrol skfr(COKTIKUBD OK PAGE FIVB) Din COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION Little Business Conduct* ed At Regular Se##ion La#t Night The- city council met in regular session at the city hall council chambers last night, conducting only routine business In a short meet* Ing. Tbe city clerk-treasurer's certificate of delivery and ;*ayment of tbe *310,000 worth of utility bond*. i>ur» c hased recently by the City Securities Corp, of Indianapolis was read and placed on tecord The certificate also declated tho jtaymetit of the Etsu.mio principal, 31.351 "5 In ac-crtt- d Interest and 32.» ■NX premium Heading of hill* and other rou(CONTUfUBD <>K PAGE MIX) Two ('( ( Lads Are Killed In Accident Lebanon, Ind. Nov 22 <UR» Two youths, inc-mbers of a CCC i camp at Thorntown, northwest of here, were killed, two others were Injured and several more were shaken today when a truck on which they were riding colllde'l with another on a ctrrv>- a mile- and a half from Thonilowtc The dead boys are Neal Hoggs, 13, of Churubusco, and John HurInger. ID. of Routh Bend

f 6 A Christmas Opening TUESDAY. Nov. 28 A Real Thrill!