Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1939 — Page 1

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laegion Speaker jf-.. r flSllKa I Hay Townaley. alate .-ommander ;of the American l.eghm. will l». | the prill. Ipal speaker at the fourth district meeting of th.- legion. | which will he held al the K of I* home in thia city Thursday evening. LEGION PLANS ' DISTRICT MEET HERE THURSDAY State Commander To Speak At Meeting Os lA*gion, Auxiliary Decatur will be host Thursday evening to one of the outstanding American lation meetings of thdistrict! when legionnaires ..nd auxiliary’ member* of the post* of the fourth district will gather In thh chy as guest* of Adams pn*t number 43 and the auxiliary unit. The district mealing will be featured by Ute addr.ms of Ray Townsley, commander of the Indiana department of the American legion. Other notables on the program -will be William Muyrp. adjut int of the Mate department; Mrs. Opal Ferguson stage president of tbs auxiliary, and Mr* Iva Reynold*, dfatrlct auxiliary president. Vincent 3 Bomtann, of Decitur, commander of the fourth district, will be present, and other district commanders are also expected lo attend. The district meeting will open with a chicken dlon-r at 7 o'clock In the dining room of the Knights of Pythias lodge The dinner will be served by the Pythian Bister* The meeting prop-r will be held In the lodge room of the K of P. Ed Hauer, commander of Adams post, will conduct the meeting Tickets for the J>int|*iet ar» priced uvwTtvrtrn n* p*nr fivbi ■ — 1 Clash Initiated By Moose Lodge A class of candidate* «a* given Initiatory work at the Moose lodge >i*t night during th- regular meeting of the order Following the Inillatlon. a social session and luncheon was held in the club rooms -. UPicture Is Shown To Decatur Lions "Planning rour life's savings” was the title of a picture shown to the memtews of the Decatur Uona <ilu» in the regular m.-chlng it the Rhe hole) last night Hurry Knapp, lore I service station preprletor. was In charge. ANNUAL DANCE PLANS LISTED Annual Christmas Charl ity Ball Will Be Held December 23 Frankie Schenck and bls sophisticated awing orchestra will furnish the music for the annual Cbrlr.tnras charhy hall at the Decatur Country Club December 33. Ulse Hudson is the featured vocalist with Schenck's muah-al organisation. which ha* gained a wide reputation at dances and "octal •vents in the nation. Hr ha* played recently at the Neil Hou*e In Cohimbu*. Ohio; Commodore Perry hotel. Toledo. Ohio, Ohio State unlverr.lty. and Waco at Laks Wawasee. The dance will be held from W: 10 p. m ontH 1:30 •- m on that fete, under th* sponsorship of the the rtrl lota XI and the Delta Theta Tan mrrorltles AH proceeds derived from th* event are U» be need for charily by the aororltles.

THOUSANDS IN CLEVELAND ARE WITHOUT FOOD Governor Os Ohio Again Refuses To Aid City Obtain Funds Cleveland. Iler-. C. <U,|& Hungry i thousand* pleading for food were told tinlay that no relief fund* were in sight. Social workers advised th.-in to ask their grocers for i tnorec redlt and their friends and relatives for more help. I City relief commissioner Frank lone* was attempting lo obtain eggs, potatoes and dried skimmed milk from the federal surplus com- 1 module* corporation to supplement flour and apples, the only I foods avallnble for dlstrlbuilon. > Gov. John W Bricker remained adamant in hl* refusal lo call a i special session of the legislature . to provide funds lo meet the crisis | • In Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton. Akrun and other large cities. He has announced that "Ohio cities must j quit running to Columbus and ( Washington to ask for more relief ; money.” i Mayor Harold H. Burton, of <i Cleveland again assailed the gov-1 ' ernor In a 1,100-word statement | t asserting that "the need is for ... I siale-collet-ted local funds . . . and I adequate slate legislation to permit counties and cities to raise the i rest," At Washington, work project* commissioner F. C. Harrington assailed a* "unwarranted and ina<- , curate" Bricker's charges that the Cleveland relief crisis could be attributed in part to political manipulation of WPA jobs He said the number of persons on WPA In Cuyahoga county • (Cleveland! had been cut from ( 74,187 in November. IMS. an elec- I Hon year, to as low as 25.125 be- 1 cause of reduced WPA appropri- > at ions and the Improvement of in- I dtiatrial condition* in the Cleveland area He said approximately i 31.000 were on WPA rolls In the . county now and that an additional 8,000 would be added as soou as ■nitabte projects and ”rertHl*d YCONTINL’in ON PAGE FOUR) LENIENCY IS SHOWN FORGER I i Judge Fruchte Suspends Prison Term For Eugene Krugh 1 Leniency was shown IS-year-old Eugene Krogh, confessed check for-1 ger. this mornltwt when Judge J. Fred Fruchte suspended a 2 to 14 your sentence on good behavior. Krugh. when arraigned laM week, entered a plea of guilty and asked 1 the court for lenbncy. ' When recalled to the court this ’ morning to be sentenced he pgaln asked for mercy, stating that the ' forg-ry had occurred liefore he was sent to the Mansfield. Ohio refor-, rnatory for a similar charge He repeatedly asserted that he I had learned his bason In nerving his teiin and promised to go . at might Rmprirnanding the youth for hl» ' check forging and reminding him that he must Is- on his good behavior. Judge Fruchte siispen(b-d the sentence, placed him on prehetlon ' for two year*, fined him |lO and cost* and ordered him to make res-1 HtuHon for the cbwka. Young Krugh slated to the court tbit he was one of nine children, living at Ohio City. Ohio and had I forged hl* flrat ch«-k at the age of U He Is to repon regularly to the i protiatlon officer. 9 — — - H oman Hurt In Fall Tuesday Afternoon Mrs Nellie Gould suffered pain ful lacerations about the face late Tuesday afternoon when she foil; down th* steps of Ute Young Fur- * allure store on Jefferson »treH. • In the fall Mrs. Gould's specs taeles were broken end a number of the gltoa part Idea were lodged <■ In her face Nhe was taken to the office of a local physician for treat- * ment. I ■ T>MPCRATURK RKADINQ* OBMOCRAT THIRMOMKTKR t 1:00am. 2A 2:00 p.m. 31 10:00am. 32 3:00 pm 38 * Noon 38 < I ' , WKATHKR a . Oenerally fair tonight and * Thursday: net gaito so cold In y nertheast portion tonight i •lightly warmer Thuraday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 6, 1939.

——— ; Seeks to Adopt Son’s Slayer Bp I I I Mrs. Arthur Comb* and Burford Loney Burford Ixmey. Kenton. <>.. youth, accldentiilly shot and killed Arthur Combo Jr. hla Inseparable companion Instead of feeling bitter toward Loney. Mrs Combs seeks lo adopt the youth "so he can lake Arthur's place In our home " lamey Is u ward of lhe court. Tin- accident occurred while’the iwo Ixiys were hunting

MOVIE STAR IS ij BADLY INJURED Joe E. Brown Critically Injured In Hollywood Collision Hollywood, t'al.. Dec 6 tU.RJi - Jim- E. Brown. wld*mouth*d comedian, was Injured seriously loduy In an automobile collision hi the heart of Hollywood He was unconscious when taken to the California hospital and hl* condition was reported critical Police said Brown's car. traveling ala high rale of speed, cob. Ikied with another machine, turned end over end for 27& feet and crashed down s 30-foot embank-* ment. Charles E Weaver. 85. of Mont Rose, driver of the other < ar. s;tf-; sered minor injuries and was given treatment al the scene by a crew from a private ambulance. The accident occurred in front of the home of Jane Withers, juvenile film star, and was witnessed by the young actress' mother. Mr*. W. E. Wither* Brown, driving a lightweight station wagon from hl* home In Belair was headed down town when the two car* "sideswiped." fCpNTINL’ED ON PAOE SIX) 0 Beverage Board To Hold Hearing — A bearing will be held by the Adams county ek-oiiolic beverage hoard at the courthouse December 2S on the applicatkm of Willi* Marlon Dlckason ('Shamrock Inn Heatauren* i at Geneva for a liquor wine, and be*r retisHer's license 1 ‘ - Former Local Woman Killed In Accident — Ml*a Juanita Kiracofe, foimet resident of this city, lost her life | In an auto accident at Ronan. .Mon-1 tana, acixirdlng to word recalved hereJiy relative*. The accident occurred <>n Nov- i ( ember X Det.il+* of the craali were not learned. Mias Kiracofe, an artist ws* the daughter of Mr and Mrs. J H Kiracafe, former residents of thia city. Mr. and Mr*. N. J. Kiracofe of i Wren, Ohio are the grandparents.

Good Fellows Club Explains Methods Os Investigation

(Editor's not* Th* foliowins ar'tide. unv of <i series pratared by th* Decatur flood Fellows club. *«• plain* the method* followed in investigating needy person* to be aided at ChrMmaa time I In eplte of the fact that our purpose ha* been to hare the public know about all the working* of the flood Fellows club, for the benefit at those who do not know or those who have not read ulamt It In previous year*. M will be captained In detail. The civlna •• not confined only to families on relief, but any family whose wage earner dote not have Heady work There may possibly have been eickneaa. eonw- misfortune or the going mi* lough The name* of these families are authentically presented to the Inveetlgatlng committee *>me are

Good Fellown Club o " - — —- o Previous total (8060 I Ho t'ha Rea 5 00 <;<wm! Fellows .15 Total ttt W Money boxes for the Good Fel lows dub are located at the |M,st office, First Slate Hunk Adams county memorial hospital, anil the Dally Democrat office. _«l o ORDINANCE TO AID CHILDREN City Council Pannes Ordinance To Regulate Traffic Near Schools The city council in regular session last night at the city hall unanimously approved and adopted an ordinance requiring all vehicle* to stop at all atop signals and devices in the vicinity of all schools . in the city. The first section of the ordinance. a* approved by the body, make* It unlawful for any driver to fail to atop when approaching any of these signals or devices which are now or may in the future be placed In the streets near the schtMtla Section two of the ordinance provide* for a fine of not more than 1100, lo which may b«- added Imprisonment of not more than 3o day* upon conviction for a viola- : Hon. Section three of the ordinance repeals all ordinance* and parts of ordinance* In confllt I. The fourth section of the ordinance provide* that the ordinance become* effective immediately afi ter It* passage and publication for > two weeks. Allowing of MH* and other routine business was conducted by Ih* I count 11. I oBoyx To Be Given Tickets To (’ircus Approximately 125 hoys from fnmllles on poor relief will be given ' free Hcketa to the Indimr circus ’here Decemle r 12 by the members |of the Detatnr Lion* rliih. All boys over six year* of age whose names appnir on th* Christmas toy list of the club, will be given tickets

-Isent through the mall, occasionally i a neighbor will report a n-edy fa Imily, or church organitMtlon and the teacher* of the Schools will recommend where -we shall go. The members of Delta Theta Tao . |sorority go to these homes and find out how many children, their name*, age* and Sties Also, we aak the mean* of support Th.- children ■ tell u» what they mint from Kania ■ (Mau* i We can promise them nothin* a* there la never any aasurame just 11 how much money there will be in she flood Fellows club fund > Therefore much of the buying ' must be postponed from day to da> until the report ihoa* each day's | contribution* 11 Won't you help to guarantee a lit • | tie joy to three kiddies who tetve so • 'little of thl* world's roods!

Russian Pressure On Rumania Feared As New Development In Grave European War Situation

BRITISH CLAIM I U-BOATS BEING I SUNK RAPIDLY < Churchill Claims Two To Four Submarines Are , Sunk Daily lamdon. Dec 6 <U.PJ Deetruc- ’ Hoti of German l'-hoat» Is contlnit- ( Ing at the rate of two to four a , week, first lord of the admiralty ( Winston Churchill told the house ( of commons today t Churchill. In u statement on the f naval situation, said that the allies , are destroy Ing German submarines ( faster than Germany can produce them. , Churchill said he believed the ( allies had sunk five German subs ( this week If Churchill meant ( that the I'-boat destruction had ( begun at the start at the war 13 ( weeks ago. It would mean thal at ( an average rate of three sinkings | a week. 40 of Germany's estimated | 70 undersea* craft had been de- f strayed. ( (Berlin dispatches eat Iler said | that Germany was building sub- ( marines at the rate of one a day < | Churchill said that Germany ( was concentrating her attacks on ( the British navy and merchant , marine. | Repulse Air Raider* laindon. Dec 8 U.PJ -German , plane* swept up the Thame* ( Estuary early today, laying mines ( In an effort to cripple shipping lo ( the vital port of lamdon Royal air force fighting planes and anti-aircraft batteries drove ' off the raiders Two of the plane*, flying high . over the Estuary, were picked out by anti alrcrat searchlights They swept down low over the sea. to estape the beam*, and disappeared A two-motored German plane which crashed into lhe sea near Sheringham. on the Norfolk coast, and narrowly missed a gas plant and several buildings, was believed to have been one of the German fleet which sought to mine the Thames Its yonthful pilot, whose liody was recovered, was believed to have lost control of the plane It had not been touched l>y antlair , craft gun bullets. Royal air force planes tried to engage German raiders at an un- , specified point off the east coast, but failed to sight them because of bad weather Wreckage from Hu- German f monoplane, a Heinkel reconnaissance plane, was washed ashore as was the liody of the pilot A life boat was sent out to seek for a survivor of the two seated plane, but found no trace of one An employe of the Nheringham gas works said ihut he heard the plane and then saw Ils outline and a tail light as It skimmed 2» feet above a gas tank ■ TURN ON YULE : LICHTS TONIGHT 1 — Christmas Lights Erected By City To Be On Tonight ■ The Christmas lights, recently put up by employes of the city light department will be turned on • tonight foi the first Hm. III Nash, assistant city light superlntendent. announed today. y The lights were tested last night ( and then turned off Beginning tonight they will be turned on each ’ night until after the holiday seas I on. Mr Nash staled lhat the lights it will probably be removed about, il January 3. r The Christ mas decorating by k the city thia year Includes evern green on the ornamental lamp a posts, the string of colored lights Ip a crlas-crosa design overhead » and the Christmas tree on the 4 courthouse lawn n The city hall building has also been decorated by the employes g with a large "M. 0." praclalmlng v Merry Christmas In colored lights a The lights over the streets have been strung from Jackson to Ad I- am* on Hecond. Third to First on o Monroe and Hecond to Third on | Madison street

LIONS CLUB IS CIRCUS SPONSOR Service Club SponnorM Indoor CircuN Here Next Tuesday Gaily cohired lithograph* and window turd* herald the coming of the United Indoor Clrctt* which will exhibit aS the new Junlor-aenkir gymnasium for a matinee and evening performances a! 2:30 and X o'clock. Tu«-*day DecenAHt 12. School* throughout the cltv will be dlsmlKsed at 2 o'clock circus day In order to give the children an opportunliy to attend the matinee performance. The evening performance wIH consist of mostly lhe adult crowd. Ht' llar acta from Ibe larger circuaea will be brought together info a one and one-half hour program of fine act*. The roputatl-in of this clrtsis is well known here for the cleanlln-e* of the performance and of Hie high class acta. Notable amtmg clown alley will -lie found Joe U’wis the Ringling Bros, and Burntim and Bailey circus, with a cast of clowns from Cob- Bros., clrctt* with Harry Lal’etirl. Mi«« Bernice on the htgli Wine, direct from the New York World'* Fair Is known as Anierka’s premier wire dincer; Kelli's dog*, potties and monkey* will thriU the children with their antics. The Rooks on high pen h and head latlant-ing 1s known as an ont«ta*idlng thriller, done 'only by Viola Rooks The clown Iwnd Is a scream from start to finish, keeping the audl*n< - In un uproar during Its entirety. No mat*or If snow I* on the ground circus day. there will lie sunshine In the hearts and minds of lli<- young folks and adults s* well, a* a circus Is a splendid attrition whether summer ut winter "cCONTfNttgn ON PAGE PlVg; SORORITY PLANS KIDDIES PARTY Tri Kappas To Entertain Kiddies With Christmas Party Extensive plans to 4 nsiJe other* to enjoy Chrlstnia* with Its sharing of joy* and pleasures, were mad* last eveningly the Tri Kappa sorority when it held a bust lie *s meeting at the Elks home Tuesda.' evening December IS u Christmas party will Im* given for girls from th- first, second and third grades of the Decatur schotd* year a party included both girls and hoys but thia year, as the Lion* club is ettteriamliig the boys on the same day the party will Im* limited to girl* I A Kulver and Rov Kalver. pro prletor* of ttie local theaters, have donated a picture house to the sorority for the afternoon of December 2e and will funibdi Hie delightful picture "Heide.” All children from Hie first to the sixth grade* inclusive. In both th* D-o-aiur and Catholic school*, will Ih* Invited. .No admission will be charged latt in order that all may TcONTINVeIbON PAGE TIIKEK! O — Root Advisory Board Will Meet December It The Root township advisory board will hold a special meeting Detcmber 14 at 7:3t> p m at the office of Trustee Ralph W Rice for the purpose °f considering epei lal appropriations, totalling IH.'< Os this amount »2»« I* for repair of the school building. >lm> for repair of the <M|uipm*nt. ami lift for light and power — ———O — Buvm Health Bond p. — • The Decatur Woman's club has voted purchase of a fflo health

bond. W. Guy Brown, chairmen of the Christmas seal drive, announced today Proceeds from the health bond fund are used to aid in the light against tuberculosis and to provide milk for undernourish* ed children

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Tremendoun Importance Attached To Rumrian SuKKcntion; Finland Battling Reds. PACT PROPOSED By Jim* Alex Morris IV. I* Foreign News Edllori While Finland braced Itself for a major Soviet offensive In lhe fur north, new handwriting on tton wall appeared today In a Moscow suggestion lhat Rumania conclude a mutual aid pact with the Ru«* alana. In view of Italy's pro<-lalme4 determination lo keep Soviet infilleuce out of the Balkans and reported Italian aerial aaalstant'e to the Finns tremendous Importance was attached to an article In the "Communist International" of Moscow, official organ of lhe com* miinlat International organisation. It proposed thal Rumania negotiate pacta similar to those which Russia forced on Eathonla. l-atvla and Lithuania and which she sought to Impose on Finland. Because of the source of lhe Russian suggestion It was regarded as n strong hint of Immediate Russian policy toward Kutnanla. "Moat friendly relations with the Soviet I'nhrti ate a vital necessity for the people of Rumania." the Moscow article said 'The people'a (Rumanian) free development and aettled future are Impossible without the Immediate conclusion of a pact of mutual assistance with the Soviet t'nion. similar lo the treaties In-tween lhe Soviet Vnlon and the Baltic nations " That newest development in the International situation occurred as fighting continued <m all Finnish front* with the Russian* continuing to claim steady advance* liut with the Finns insisting that they are standing fast and inflicting heavy losses on Soviet for<-es Possibility of Russian pressure on Rumania coincided, too, with renewed German threat* against neutral nations for not making more than "paper protests" against extension of the allied contraband control to German exports. Pointed warning to neutrals to oppose the two-way allied blockade of Germany was contained in information made available to the foreign pres* All was quiet on the western front except for continued German patrol activity I;: attempt* to lake French prisoners. All German raids Into their line* were repulsed with heavy German losses, the French said German reeistance to the allied blockade of her exports was intensified when German planes swept up the Thame* Estuary, ICONTINI'F.I! ON PAIH-? S-IVE! ' Democratic W omen To Meet Friday Night The <rp>nlng winter meeting of the Adam* count) Democratic wo> rnMi’s club will Im- l-eld above lhe ttwls* case In Berne Frldiy evening at 73» o'clock Fortner niembere are aaked to renera their member- ' ship* ai this time and new members will be welcomed Al lhe (lose of lhe meeting, refrshnients of doughnut* mid coffee will lie served. All women of the county are Invited to attend RED CROSS ROLL CALL OVER TOP Adams County Red CreM Coes Over Quota Set At 11,500 Adams county went over the (op th the annual roll call membership ' drive. It was reported today by Mis* Annie Wlnnea, secretary at the ’ county chapter, American Red 1 Cross. 1 A preliminary checkup by Mis* ' Winn** today revealed thal more 1 than th* 11.1 WW which had been set 1 as the local goal was subscribed • b» county reeldents. The esacj amount which has been • collected had not been figured st a I late hour, but II ‘j definitely essuri ad that th* goal will be mirpaaeed. I Workers considered this fact unI ttanally encouraging since the goal t this year bad been set a&oo higher • than that of previous years A detailed report of the campaign to <o be published at d lais* date.