Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1939 — Page 6

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ASK FUNDS TO CONDUCT PROBE Republican House Com-j mittee Aslts SIO,OOO From Governor Indianapolis. Doc. 20.— <UP> — Gov. .M. Clifford Townsend void today h<* would not allocate 110,00® from his emergency contingent y fund to finance a homie committee investigation of state governmental departments. 8m h an allot ation would bo illegal, the governor contended, because the fund was established for uge in emergencies or disast-1 ere, such as the Ohio river flood of 1937. Indianapolis. Dee. 20 <U.P> The Republican house committee appointed to Investigate state departments today asked Gov. M Clifford Townsend for 110,000 from his emergency contingency fund to | finance the study. If the committee la able to obtain the necessary funds it plans ; to begin the Investigation shortly after January 1. The request to Gov. Townsend was made in a letter from Rep Paul 8. Brady. Muncie Republican. ’ which reached the governor's office today. Brady Is committee secretary. The contingency fund Is a special fund of 175.000 per year appropriated for uses in emergencies. As an example, a considerable amount was taken from this fund to help finance relief operations during the Ohio river flood of IM7. Statehouse legal experts contended that the governor legally could not allocate any of the money to the committee because an emergency does not exist. The Invest! gative resolution was passed dur- i Ing the last legislature, It wax pointed out, and If an emergency existed the legislature was in a 11 position then to make an appropriation. The resolution was passed only I by the house of representatives and this presents a possible legal barrier to the Investigation. The at-, tomey general has held that such a resolution must be a concurrent one approved by both houses. Because the Democratic party held an over-whelming majority in the senate, the resolution was presented only in the house and thus contained no appropriation. Rep. Herbert H. Evans. R., New Castle, committee chairman, estimated that from 110,000 to *15.000 would he needed and if Gov. Townsend refuses the request another source of revenue would have to be found There was some discussion that the Republican state committee might attempt to finance the probe but the Republican treasury

Helgoland, Nazi Base, Where Air War Is Staged Eik. - ' *■*» '• r t v m Herr Is a view of Helgoland. Natl naval ba*r In I the war baa Iwen fought between British and Garth* North Sea. where the biggest air battle of | man pianos Claims differ on the outcome Mighty Nazi Battleship Scuttled by Crew Ww&hVf I ■ I WW fW i .” i t ’ **\J - Hm b I hitherto unpubUubed photo of the Mart | mmtttod by Its erew ta <fte harbor of MoaUvodoo pot-het battleship AdMM Graf Bpee which waa | Uruguay, to keep It from becoming miwf priaa

As Ickes’ Son Took a Bride MMII I • _3t’ / j na. .... £ I ; // w KI I * \l M ‘I L BIMI V. 8. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes himself acts as beat man at the wedding of his son. Raymond, to the former Mtralotta Sauer u> Chicago. The group is pictured after the wedding.

Is at a low «-hb now and funds obtained in the future will be needed to finance the IPto campaign. ■■■ --o I). C. Stephenson Is Returned To Prison Michigan city. Ind . Dec. JO — H’Pi —D C. Stephenson, former i grand dragon of the Ind Una Ku Ktox Klan, was returned to his ( state prison cell at 7 J" p. m yesterday to resume serving his life | sentence for the slaying of Madge I (fiterholtger in 1926. Il- was transferred from the Hamilton county Jal! at Noblesville 1 by sheriff Joseph C Newby of Ham- 1 | ilton county on orders of Judge Cassius .M Gentry. Stephenson had been taken tn ;.Noblesville to attend bearings on motion* made by his attorney* to attempt to gain his release from 1 the prison.

French Communists Taken In Custody Paris. Dec. 20 —(Ute)— More than 100 communist* were arrest••d tod«y In a n«w police drive which came Immediately after a < (inference between Premier Kdoti|ard fMladier and interior minister i Albert Sarraut. About !•» communist* were arrested here. Seven were seised at Toulouse and Angouleme. A quantity of literature, held to I lie seditious, was *-ixed. o Would Force Payment Os County Salaries — Connersville, Ind. Dec 20 -<U.R> I - Mandate suit* will be filed to force the Fayette county council 1 to appropriate salaries for a county attendance officer, a probation ' officer and a relief clerk. It was

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Sun’s ‘Virginia’ Still Has Faith In Santa Claus “»«, Firguiu. there is a Senia C/aus. He exists e» rwtsm/y as fate and genera,,ly and dn'iliai nut. and you kntnt that the, abound and file to fi/e ill hightU btauty and joy." Forty-two years ago an editorial writer for the New York Sun penned these now-famous lines in answer to a scrawled letter from a little girl named Virginia, wnose faith in Santa had been shaken. Today Virginia is grown up. married. and serves as assistant principal in an east side New York school. Her name is Dr. Laura Virginia Douglas and this Christmas she's playing Santa Claus not only to her pupils but her own daughter. Meanwhile. In 42 years she's evolved some ideas of her own on what to tell children about Santa Claus. Pink-cheeked, vivacious, yet shy and hesitant in speaking of personal matters. Dr. Douglas is not in favor of breaking the news boldly to a child that there is no Santa Claus. He will learn naturally, she says, as he turns from the free. Imaginative stage of early childhood to an Interest in the world around him. When she first became oid enough to realize the full meaning of the Sun’s editorial, she felt badly because poor children were not able to have Christmas gifts as tangible evidence of Santa's existence. Later. she says, she grew to realize that material gifts were not so important as the faith which even the very poor child could have In something spiritual. Saltation Lassies Retain Yule Spirit Os Founder Booth Christmas will be happier for thousands of homeless people this year because Catherine and William Booth carried the torch of evangelism from their New Connexion churcb in England in IMI and started the Salvation Army. Today that torch is being carried by the second Booth to succeed the founder. Gen. Evangeline Booth, who in turn sue-

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in the youthful reformer of ID who was almost stoned to death preaching in slum* and denouncing "rum." ( Penniless and with four children, the Booth* worked tireie**ly in London amid taunt* of critic*, yet old General Booth lived to banter with jovial King Edward. He also lived to tee th* Salvation Army become better established in th* United State* than m England, to see it acquire bank*, insurance companies, factories, public bouse*, farm*, hospital* and cadet school*, aU th* outgrowth of the "expedi- ‘ tionary" force of seven lassie* sent here in INO under George Scott Railson. Christmas Tree Useful During Rest of Winter AMHERST. MASS-In northern states where Christmas heralds the coming of cold winter weather, th* tree that warm* th* living room December 25 is being put to work th* balance of the winter outdoor* According to Arnold M Davi*. extension horticulturist at Massachusetts state college, fir trees can make excellent "feeding stations" for bird* and offer them eocy shelter on frosty winter night* Suet is often tied to the branches. The tr«* I* also used to protect climbing plant*, or the branches can b* ripped off and laid as a mulch over low-growing plant* or bulb* Northern beekeeper* find the tree* handy as windbreak*. Indicated today Th* council recently refused to appropriate fund* for the poor relief clerk and for the council members' eelarlea. Earlier It had | eliminated appropriation* for the other officer*. The county tax ad jimtmeut board restored the Item* and the state tax board ruled the adjustment board waa unable to restore the Item*. Plead* Not Guilty On Rioting Charge Boonville. Ind.. Dec 20-<UJ9 John Soucle. 44. of Evansville, today had pleaded not guilty to a charge of aaaault and battery with Intent to kill filed against him In connection with a riot at a MUleraburg bridge project last July In which one mtn waa killed g (kz h '.ftl WV'IVWI W’Sgvevo ’VWWVvf’'WT Regina. Saak. —(UP)—A dtagustod Regina boy. just starting school, returned home unexpectedly one morning Ito comprised: "Why should I spend nN day there juet to l<wt TH Diddle DiddleT «cm learn that al home."

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CREW SCUTTLES CONTINUED rnox tape ONB> aboard the Tuscaloosa and that : thia had shown that only two men I - fireman Carl C. Lapaat and HeiI ninth Mlets—were missing. So far as could be learned, he said, there ’ | were no casualties. His message , indicated that he did not regard i the missing men as "casualties'' and It was wandered If he used I the word in regard to injured men and not to lost or drowned men. Captain Hadt did not say. but It was assumed that the Columbus' master. Captain Baehne, was aboard the Tuscaloosa. t'ntll her voluntary demise, the Columbus was the 11th largest , merchant ship afloat. Rut she was | 15 years old and. If there had been ; no war. could not have survived many years more as a first class passenger liner. Unarmed, built for trade and not for fighting, she would have been no match even i for a launch armed with a one pounder if the launch was able to travel at her speed. Therefore, when the little but powerful and fast destroyer hove into view she had the alternative to surrender

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or suicide. Her end came well within the [ “safety sone” set up around the i hemisphere by the 21 American re-1 publics. The zone goes south along the doth parallel from the J tip of Maine and passes approxi mately SOO miles east of Cape i Henry. Rut the White House In Washington Indicated that no shots had been fired, ihat no attack had ; been made by the destroyer, and. | therefore, there had been no "belligrent" action and no violation of the safety zone The Tuscaloosa was expected; here around 2 p. m. She will tie I up either at a Manhattan pier or at Staten Island and transfer the | Germans by launch to Ellis Island | where they will be held pending a I determination of their status. Immigration commissioner James ! L. Houghteling was studying this I question In Washington. If the Columbus was unarmed—and there was apparently abundant evidence that she was not armed-the men will be classified as marooned marIners and will be entitled to 60 days of liberty in this country before they’ll be under compulsion to leave. In this case, it was aasum ed that the German embassy would

see that they were housed and fed | until arrangements are made for their return to Germany. If the Tuscaloosa reports that the Columbus was armed, they will be interned as combatants. No Violation Washington. Dec. 20. — (U.R) — Presidential secretary Stephen T. Earley said today that late reports on th>- scuttling of the German lux ury liner Columbus confirmed that there was no violation of the American neutrality safely zone. The Incident occurred well within the safety zone. Early said, but did not constitute a violation of American neutrality' because no naval action took place. He said that late advices convinced American authorities that the Germans scuttled the ship because they feared they would be attacked.

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