Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1939 — Page 1

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DVIET RUSSIA WARRING ON FINLAND

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Evangelist i' _ I ®|F* ■ ' — - f J lt»-V <’. It llllllli-. of lluillillKtoll. I« ih<. oratiiMln m th.- revival KH V!<•<•« now liehlK l omllK I..<| at the Church of <kxl hi ihln ■ it) ROLL CALL TO CLOSE TODAY A„„ m1 M.. m - hers hip Roll Call Drive Ends Today A total of |<(77 »5 han been re | ported to <U'h In the annual II <1 Croe< drive in Adatn- lo'iit'v M " Annie Winner, chaptw aecretary. report»il today, the last day of the drive. WbU<- thi» i« far below the i|«<»t:i. Mika Wlnnea silted that It wai lelievwl that 11.-'i'hi goal would be nearly reached alnce much of the money »a< thoualH unreported Several Decatur indnntrlM have not reported and only a »mall portion of aouthern Adama county ha« Haven reported. »he Mated A more < <<nplete retort i« expected to lie anUalile Saturday The new contributor*: I Better l!onie«. Club. Monroe, »«M <kf> t'nion Township Economic* Club ',r.7 «5. I»!n« Cn-ek Frlendahlp VllhMfe. ,' |B3 *«• Berne Woman Marks Her 91st Birthday • Mi% S F Hprunxer, who la M ■ year* old and the oldeat resident of the town of Berne marked her flat birthday Wednesday at her home i The iM’casion will also be coni memorated next Simd.iy when a dinner, with all children mid other relativea In attendance a ill te held She la 111 apparent «'"»1 health I o THIEVES LOOT OENEVA SCHOOL |75 In Red Cross Money Is Stolen At Geneva High School ' A thief or thieves broke Into the , Oeneva hlffh a< hool last nlltht and 1 stole approximately >7.' In money gathered from contributors Io the Adams county chapter of the Am- , erlcan Red Cram. H *“ m " d " known today. Principal H. O. Hunt, who la solicitor for the fund In Geneva, notified Sheriff Ed Miller of the theft this morning after ipenlng hl* of flee In the Geneva school building Investigation disclosed that the thhf had probnbly hidden In a dresslos room after the I'ennvlll*Bryant bndtetbi.il game, staged In the Geneva high sch<«»l gym last night. Prom there he work-d hl* war up to the primlpal s office by forcing open door* with the aid of a bar and gained entrance to the of- ’ f |r<» The theft was not t»otl<-*d until thia morning KhoWf Millet and his aide* are working on sevetal Hues left by the thief

SUGAR FACTORY IS HEWS EHD OF ANNUAL HUH Slicing Os Beets To End Next Tuesday, Plant To (’lose Soon Hiking of bents in the seventh annual <MMrar-making campaign at the Centra! Hugur factory in thia city will be eontpleted by next Tuesday and plint operations will cea»e not luier than December 9. Harold W McMillen, president of the company, announced today. With the exception of a fewtruck loads, all the Iteets of the 1939 harvest will be In the yards |tonight. J Ward Giiland. field man■ager for the company stated. The lauloniatic unloading dump will lie iiclmhl this evening, official* of the I company stated. I Erou the standpoint of safety, tin h interrupted operation and dally »llc1 iligt (’.parity, the present run of Ind- . tana’* only beet sugar plant has teen one of the moat succMaful in I the local company * history. Mr. Mr Millen declared Xo fatal or aerlou* accidents have occurred during the run and a daily average of uiu tons of beets 'were sliced and pro'-esaed into sugar during the <ampsign. which I opened Heptembt-r 115 More than imt.ms, ton* of beet* were harvestisl this year, the product of 13 t'Hi planted acre* The |exact figure will fie a few pound* under iol.iMMi tons, oimpiny offi,ctal* estimated The production of Migar will exceed J7 million pound*. Although the sugar content in th t eet* I* not a* heavy a* a year ago. the yield t« considered normally giaat Big Payment Coming 1 On or before De.en.ie-r 1.7. the in1 It Ist guarintee payment of IS « ton I fair all licet* delivered to the company will b» made Thi* mean* an outlay of more than half a million I dollars In grower* in Hu- Decatur urea. I.i»l year the lieet grower* re- ': reived a total of |7 SC a ton, IncludJ ”’<>NTIM EI» "S PAGE TWO) ARREST MADE OH TH DE BILL Herbert Oakley Held On Indictment Returned By Grand Jury " Another stand Jury arrest was to lie made late today and the al leged offender returned to this I county to answer to a criminal I charge. Ilcrte-rt Oakley, former realdent of Pleasant Mills, was being held today by Richmond police authorities on a grand Jury Indictment rei turned here, which charged him with desertion Sheriff Ed Miller left thi* morning to return Oakley Io the Adam* county Jail, where hr la to be held lodged until arraignment The indictment, returned by the grand Jury of the September term of the Adam* circuit court, chai gee Oakley with deserting his wife. Flora, and child. Donna Belle, aged three. Prosecutor Arthur E. VoglrWede Stated This make* the third arrest on Indii tinents returned by the gtonp. Homer Fisher, of thi* city, was arrested on a failure to provide (•(milt and Paul Kirkwood wee er_KN>XTIS!’RI ON PAGE EKIHT) Local Woman’s Hip Fractured In Fall Mrs Amanda Tmwblooon of SIS Maple street Is confined In the Adam* county memorial hospital suffering from a fractured hip. ainWalnnd In a fall at her home NC(’W Is Sponsoring Benelit Movie Here Th* local organisation of the National Pouncil of Cat hoik Women la holding a benefit movie al the Adams theater Friday and Haturdsy The feature pkture will be Edward 0. Robinson's latest star attraction. “Blackmail.” Also In the cast arc Ruth Hussey, (lens taa-khart. Robs Watson and many more Proceeds of the benelit will be used for the work of the conn <■ll

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 30, 1939.

Honor for Belgium War Dead B® ~ I J* Belgium'* royal males. King l.eo|M>ld. 111. canter, his son ami heirapparent Prince Itaiidoin. right, and th>- kiiig'sybrolhe . Print •• Charles, left, atand at attantion a* they honor the country's war dead in Brussel*. Belgium faces another Nazi threat today

RED MEN MEET IS HELD HERE I Bob Heller Speak* On Americanism At Red Men Meeting A large crowd ut guests and mtvnfsers Mt ended a special meeting and entertainment of th* Pocotallgo 1 tribe of the Improved order of Red Men Wednesday night at the Red Men's hall. The program was opened by J M Brelner. chairman of the meeting. Several number* wen played hy the I’. B. church orchestra. Thcrowd then Joined in Hinging •’America" The talk was given by Bolt Hel-! ler. Deiutur newspaperman and Joint representative of Adapts and Wells counties, whose subject was "Americanism" Mr. Heller began hl* talk with a review of the history I of America, tracing If back to the time when the country was Inhabited by the Indians He told of the establishment of principle* of free dorn. equality. liberty and 'he other i attributes of our present day Am ■ erlcanlsm He told how it developed i through the founding of patriotic I orders and later fraternal orgamtatlons which he said are on our main line of defense today agilmt I the *pr<ad of tyrrany and imperial- • Inti The program was concluded by a i concert given hy the U. H. church choir. Refreshment* were served by a «'i>XHXt!BD OX PAGE FtVßj DEATH CLAIMS SARAH WAGONER Mrs. Sarah M agner'Die* Thi* Morning At County Hospital Mr*. Harsh Wagner. 75. of 235 Wes' Monroe strest, died at the Ad mns county memorial hosplt il at 11:111 o’ciiM’k this morning of com | plications Rhe had been in poor btmlth for five year*. Iwdfaat for t two week* and was taken to the . hospital last Hundt' The deceased was born la Mer- . ear county. Ohio. Angus*. 13. IM4. the daughter <d Sat ban and Klien Johnson Rhe was first married to Marlon Becore and he died in !»16 Rhe married John Wagner in IP2I I and he died in IK9 Surviving an- two children. Mrs. 1 Harry Rip* of Berne and William Hacore of Peru; one slider, Mra Charles Mohn of Mendon. Michigan and one brother. Bert Johnson of • Imontug. Michigan. Two children preceded Mrs Wagne- In death I Funeral services will Ire held at ' the (Jlllig and Doan funeral home ' ttaniiday afternoon si lid# o'clock I Rev UJ. M«rtln officiating Burial will be In the cemetery at Willshire. Ohio

Prepare Toy* And Dolls For Christmas Dr. Joe Morris, chairman of the Lions r litlt committee in charge of | the toy repair project co sponsorJ ed by the club with the WPA reci reatlon department, announced today that women employed on the WPA sewing project are making doll baby dresses for dolls donated to the project. Toys and dolls an- being repairI ed by the workers In the recreI at lon craft shop, and will be dis i Iributed to the needy children of jlhe city al Christmas time Any one having toys or dolls to con- | tribute is asked to call Dr. Morris or John Doan DISTRICT MEET IS HELD HERE II Knight* of Pythia* Lodge Hold* District Meeting Here ■in i »■ ; Representatives from many stirrounding lodgi* attended a district meetißg held al the Knights of Pythias home here Wednesday as a reward for the Decatur lodge winning a recent membership ionteat. 1 The principal part of the program i was the initiation of a cl is* of first 'rank candidate* In which the play “Datnon and Pythias" wa- used This wa* given by the team under the supervision of V.', F Beery. i which has achieved ftme in Ind--1 lana for the quality of Its work. Members Included W Guy Brown Mr. Beery. Roy Mumma. Robert I Aahbauclter. James Christen. George Istolta, John It Parrish. Clarence Smith. Frank Peterson. Orrin Htult* Hand William Hunter Following the inkhiory services, the meeting was turned over to Don J Brighten, district deputy, who acted as toastmaster. He called on French Quinn. George Rtults. chancellor commander. W F Been. all of Docatur. J C. Trltch. of Fort - Wayne and the Rev. A. H Eltey. of Ossian, for talks. The principal address was given (CONTINVRD OX PAOW KIOHTI O'— — ——- — Board To Request Fund Transference A request Is to lie made to the Adams county cminc I by th* Ixvard | of the Adams county memorial ho* pltal. seeking the transfer of If.lkri of fund* on hand to snake up deflclencles in ceri-iln < iassif leal ion*, required because of the unusually large number of patients at the hospital this year. Tlte board has sufficient fund* ' on hand to pay these extra costs without drawing upon county general funds It Is antleipited by the board that the hospital may. this year, for the first time In Its history operate ala profit. Final isllmate* of costa and expenditures are to »*• made’ «' a noising of the h -• -p---'al board thia week.

Russia Attacks Finland From Three Sides In An Undeclared War; Planes Bomb Helsingfors

Capital Os Finland Ih Shaken By Terriffic Aerial Bombardment, Ton* Os ExploHiven. BUILDINGS BURN Helslngfor*. Finland, (via Telephone to Copcnhapont. Nov. So 'U.R> Terrific aerial bombardment shook the center of Helsingfors today I saw several fires started, buildings damaged and windows shattered a* I telephoned this dispatch I was hurled to the floor of my hotel room by the terlfllc explosion of the iHimb* I saw one automobile Ims crushed ami bodle* thrown out into the street. At east a dozen bombs were dropped and there were two gigantic blasts among them Windows for a dozen block* around were broken. Anti-aircraft gnus are tiring continuously as I telephone. From my hotel window I can see at least three burning build ings. There I* smoke and apparently there are other lire* In the background It would appear that the casualties llitllcted by the Soviet planes were high because the people recovering from earlier air alarms had returned to the streets hi midafternoon when the bombs began falling from a cloudy sky The attacking planes were high .in the sky. They presumably struck at the railroad station, hut if they did their alm was poor and tons of high exploalvea rained on the center of the city of 26N.M0 population. Observer* believed that the raid Tcontinceo ON PAGE THHKKI War Flashes Helsingfors. Nov. 30—<UPV— A state of war ensts against Soviet Russia. Pres. Kyosti Kallio declared today in an official decree. A state of war was declared throughout Finland. Helsingfors. Nov. 30—'U.RA— Unofficial sources believed today that 200 persons had been killed in a mid-afternoon air raid on Helsingfors. The new Polytechnic college was almost completely destroyed. An apartment house was destroyed by a bomb which officials said apparently killed many persons. Copenhagen, Nov 30—.U.Rl— Reports from Helsingfors said today that Russians have completed the occupation of Fishermen’s Peninsula in the Arctic regions of northern Finland. SLIGHTLY HURT IN AUTO WRECK » I Two Men Escape With Minor Injuries As Auto Overturns Two men. who gave their name* as Kenneth (' Walter* and son. of Jackson, Kentucky, suffered minor Injuries about k:3O o'clmk this morning when their car overturned north of Deiapir on federal road 27. Tile accident occurred north of the bridge over the Hl. M try's river Walters told police authorities that in passing a truck the car left the road and skidded In the soft herm The < ar rolled over Into a dlich The two men were broitglii tu lh<offlcs of a local physician and given treatment The cir waa timed to a local garage. <XfU-«r Russell Prior of the Indiana state police form Investigated the act ident The nien after treat •Mt, wete able to cintinue tlielr trip to Michigan by Ims The ear wus bsdly damaged Walter* told authorities that he <vss a school tnicher In Jackson

JURORS RETURN GUILT VERDICT ON FRITZ KUHN Gcrman*American Bund Leader Liable To 39 Years In Prison New York. Nov 30 Fritz Kuhn, the Nazi fuehrer for the ’ United Slates, was locked In a Tombs prison cell today and enemies of hi* movement saw In his conviction of larceny a body blow . to American Nazism Anti Nazis expressed themselves privately They gathered around , Proaeculor Herman J McCarthy, asaiatant district attorney, when [ the verdict was ertnrned Inst night, to congratulate him The Jury had found him guilty of grand larceny and forgery in ! hl* handling of the fund* of the German-American bund He received the verdict with a poker face and marched off stoically to jail to await hl* sentence, when Judge Janie* T Walla,,' announced sentence would Iw- lm|H>*ed Tuesday He is liable to 30 years' Imprisonment. The 12 business men of the Jury | deliberated eight and a half hours i before fie, Iding that he had stolen ! 11.217 from the bund. The origin- , al Indictment had accused him of thefts totaling more than lIf.OOO. I but two of the 12 counts were served before the trial began and ( Judge Wallace threw out five others for last of evidence Kuhn was convicted on the live remaining counts. Under the first two he was guilty of first and *c<irOXTINfED ON PAGE HIIVHNI LOCAL MAN TO SERVE SENTENCE Mayor Revokes 120-Day Suspended Sentence Os Decatur Man Mayor Forieat Elzey this afternoon revoked a SUSfiended sentence and ordered laiwrence Hoop, local restaurant proprietor, committed to the county Jail to serve a 120•lav Jail sentence On Augu-t 30. Roop was arrestid on a public intoxication chirge and given the sentence It was stts pended upon the defendant's prcsii ise of good lehavior Rnop was rewrresled last night on Ninth street by Officer Roy Chilcote on a similar count When first brought Into court. Roop asked for more time to secure a lawyer and prepare a defense Prosecutor Arthur E Vo-lewedy, who rweuMtad the state, explained to Roup, however, tlut he wa* rot belt! tried on a second charge of public Intoxication but that he had violated the terms of his bus- 1 l>end> d sentence Tlie sentence waa revoked after Officer Chllcote wa* room and upI on (pteatliming by Prosecutor Voghwed* told of the arrest and Roop's condition He was t.-ken to Jail to start serving the sentence. 0 — Ml*. Herman Co liter In In Critical Condition Mrs. Herman I. (’outer, who ha« been seriously 111 the punt month, (was reported to be in a very serious '.condition toda>. Hhc has been in a deep coma the past 24 hours Frame Center, a son, and family «»f Crown Point are al her le-dsldr o. ■ . TtMPERATURE READING* DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 1 ■■ ft oo a m 4o 2 00pm 41 10 oo a m 40 3 oopm 41 Noon 41 WEATHER Cloudy, probably occasional rain tonight and Friday; conI tinued mild temporatura.

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(Bant Russia Attacks Little Finland From I .and, Sea And Air Today. I CITIES BOMBED I Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. 30. — (UJ»> floviet Russia a land, sea and ■ i air forces attacked Finland today I In an undeclared war. Soviet airplanes, twice raided Helsingfors, dropping five small bombs on the airport, failing In an attack on (he capital's fortress and losing at least one plane (some ’• reports said two) to the barking Finnish anti-aircraft guns The red fleet, according to unconfirmed reports, passed Jlogland Ir-and en route Io Helsingfors and red army forces landed at the Island of Heiskarl. in the Gulf of Finland. Finnish advices said that Russian warships had fired on Tammelaiiti on the Karelian lathmu* from the Gulf of Finland, that Russian artillery had pounded the FinRussia has a standing army < of l.liOO.lMN) with IflJteO.MM trained reserves -> total potential army of H. 000.000 including ftO.utW in the air force. The percentage of the population In the army and on the reserve list Is 9 4 Finland has 29,300 peacetime ' actives; 240.7 M trained reserves—a total of SM>M) including 1,300 in the air force. The 1 |*ercentage of population In 1 active service and available a* (••serves Is 14 2. — nlsh sector* of Nnojarvi ayd Klv* . ena. that red troop* had Invaded I Finland at Huojaivl and that Horfet plane* had raided the Entso valley. Viborg and Imatra. I'm onfirmed message* said that Hangoe had been bomlted and that Russian troops attempted to land there after the bombardment. '■llangoe Is a lip of land and an island at the eastern end of thu Gulf of Finland, one of the areas which Russia demanded f -om Finland as a naval base 1 An air alarm was sounded at Ht. 1 Michele In the middle of Finland during the day Russian plane* appeared over Helsingfors hurlwrr and the Finnish anti-aircraft guns tired on them, apparently without scoring any hits The Cnlted Ntate* legation an- . noum eil it wa* moving Immediateiy to Grankulla. 10 mile* from Helsingfors, and Amerl< an* employed at the legation wen- given Instructions by the military attai he as to how to use their gas masks The government of Pfetnler A. K Cajander object of bitter attacks by the Soviet prepared a declaration <>f a state of war. t ailed reserves to the army of 300,<mh) men and formaly put the hero of Finland * fight for Independence 22 year* ago. Gen Baron Karl Gustav Emil Mannerheim, in charge of the nation s armed force* Mannerheim is a veteran of Finland a war against Russia after the bolshevik revoutlou and he holds the confidence of the Finnish (CGNTINItRn ON PAOH PIVEi PERMER BURIAL HERE FRIDAY Brother-In-Law (>f Decatur Man Dies In Toledo Hospital William Permar, 74 a brother-in-law of W E Moon, of this city, died Wednesday at a Toledo, Ohio, hospital llretli was attributed to I complicnGous His wife, the former Net* Mmm. .1 slater of Mt Moon and former Decatur resident, preceded him In death 12 years ago. A son, daughter and grandson are the ony living nsar burvlvora. Funeral services will ba held Frl day afternoon at ? o'clock (central standard time) at Toledo. Ohio. The body will then he brought to Decntur for burial In the Maplewood cemetery Mr Permar waa a member of the Soittlsb Rite Masons.