Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1940 — Page 1

XXXVIII. No. One.

ADAMS COUNTY MAN IS KILLED SUNDAY NIGHT Henry Gallmeier Is Fatally Injured When Struck By Auto A traffic fatality marred the end of the year 1939 in Adams county last night as Henry Gallmeier, 78, a prominent Preble township resident, died at 8:45 o'clock in the Adams county memorial hospital of injuries suffered less than two hours before when he was Mr. Gallmeier was struck by an auto driven by Ed Walt, 24, of this city, as he was crossing federal road 27, seven miles north of the city, shortly after 7 p. m. He had just stepped from a car driven by his son-in-law, Lawrence Bultemeier, on the west side of the highway and started across to the St. John's church to attend New Year's Eve services as he A group of residents of that community, standing in the service station, operated by Rudy Meyer, witnessed the accident. Gallmeier was thrown to the pavement. Witnesses carried him into the service station and summoned an ambulance. He was brought to the hospital in the Zwick & Son ambulance by Robert Two physicians were summoned and administered treatment, but he died after being in the hospital little more than an hour. Mr. Gallmeier suffered a skull fracture, internal Injuries, a compound fracture of the right leg at the ankle and a fractured left leg. Officer Russell Prior of the Indians state police and Sheriff Ed Miller were called to the scene and investigated the incident. Young Walt told them that he was driving about 45 miles per hour as he approached the place where the accident occurred and that as soon as be saw Mr. Gallmeier he reduced the speed of his car. He estimated that he was driving about 20 miles per hour when his car struck the victim. After making his report, young Walt was released to return to his home on Madison street here. County Coroner J. Jerome Yager of Horne was notified and was to open his investigation today. The victim was a life-long resident of Preble township. He was born in that township April 15, 1861, the son of Conrad and ChrisHe was married to Wilhelmina Kleine August 25, 1897. He was a member of the St. John's Lutheran church and had been actively engaged in farming during his Surviving, besides the widow, are a daughter. Mrs. Lawrence Bultemeier and a slater, Mrs. Wilhelmina Fuhrman of Preble township. Four brothers and two sisters are deceased. Seven grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock at the home and 2 o'clock at the church with the Rev. A. R. Treulzsch officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be returned to the residence this afternoon from the Zwick funeral home and may be viewed there after 2 o'clock until time for the funeral. Auto Is Slightly Damaged By Fire Firemen were called to the corner of Third and Monroe last night «bau a car driven by; ■ Roes of thia oRy. caught fire GM Rule damage rssun-t Os tophus Metehi and Waetal FaSto™... Raymond Rbickkr aid ofiO UM acana.jjKr Year’s Bay b I Observed At Church «msswsa»s IM •**«!» i' rri* Mlflh the feast of the ClreumelWfcjk Jesus was eelsbett’d in St. MHI Cathoik, church today It day of cfiltgatlon and nMMiia were said al 7. H 30 and ■■bPKRATURR RRADINGb |Mk>CRAT YHSRMOMffTBR •W a.m ...• 10 00 am... 10 liHa.m...» 11:Mam...!3 j WRAfHIR MNKily fair tsaipht and Tussunsettled this aftt'noon I 4HBriy Malpht in estreme ear* i portions; esnitnued |

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Annual Inventory At County Infirmary The annual inventory at the .county Infirmary was msdr this i morning. Tiw county eontmliwkmrrs W.,M at lief- «OUft bMM at 8 o'- j t ioefc end procm-ded to the Infirm ' ar» to take the inventory. i t'nuety commiMioners Phil Htri'mn. Frank Llniger and Mose-. Augsburuer, roanty attorney Henry li Holter, appraisers Paul Bar-1 ker of Root township and AFber Bert of Frendt township wore tn the putty that made the inventory. ONE KILLED AS i TRAIN CRASHES REAR OF OTHER Forty Reported Injured In Rear End CoHbion Thia Moriiing iHBtiUMI il Arcola, fit. Jan. I—(HP)— The Illinois Central railroad's crack' Panama limited pioagbM Into an other New OrleaaaOilcago train al I the Arcola railroad station today. The Ma than agent reported one' dead and about 40 injured. The dead man was Thomas V. | Talmadge. Kvanaton. 111., He was! a paim>-nger on the first train, which had stopped to take on a i paaaenger M Arcola ■Nathan Hill. Chicago a porter on the Panama limited, waa said to be I jmoat critlmlly Injured Injured: wore taken to hospitals at TueroH. j and Mattoon. ' The wreck was reportedly due to a mistske In train signals. Roth trains ware northbound and the limited crashed into the rrar of th--i'CoMatnao* which had stooped here | at Arcola, a flag stattoa, to pick up ; |h paanencur. A apeetei train, made up at Chanapilgn. was rushed here toj give medical aid to those less nor-' lonely hurt and to return them to hoaphals at Champaign A wroeSr-' lag crew accompanied th* train to help clear the right of way Bwlnswro and firemen aboard 1 th? two trains wan have been hsri. Fred Faulkner. (Campaign, a fireman on the limited. jmnpnd before the crash, and; sustained broken legs and fractured rfte. R. S. Hcott. also of Cham-1 TrytMTrxtricn ov‘vsni~rnm> Catholic School* Re*open Wednesday The Dascatur Ctotheiic high school and the Ct. Joseph grade school will resume c Ism st Wednesday morntag. fellowlag the Christinas, racwtlosi. No Births Reported At PreM Time Today Vp to noon today no New Tear's j batoMe had been reporied h» the, Daily Demosrnt A lalepbone cheek with the physicians and the hospital showed no births reported. The Urtb of a child os New Years Day has always been coo siderod of internet from a hews angle tnd this your R is to he er»« sldered rapM-toily interest lug becaaoo ot the New Tsars baby roetee*. A group of morehsMs ike city are cooporsltag in the evaleot and will give a number of use fal artwieo 10 the pareats and the first baby born in 1»4» in the north half of the eouuty. NEW OFFICERS i ASSUME DUTIES TroutMr And Blakey M same County Officer At Noon Today ■Nearly sleeted county official*' aseumed their offices In th* county court house at noon today. I Clyde <). Trmttner. Democrat, -who «ms eßt-ied Adams county clerk In November of 1*33 In the tall election, took over the duties of that office He eueeemied G. Remy Merly, who held the office for the taat foeryeur term Asototlag Mr Trout nor In ’he clerk's doth* are Mrs. Marls Dwßok as duputy clerk and Mrs. Cr«o Arnold as office clerk I’nder Mr Merly these poets were hold by G««»rwe R Merly. Jr M sad Mias Her niece Dubach John W Blakey. Democrat, am ■turned his office as twenty trouserjsr of noon today. He was elm tod ■ to the otftco last November also. I Mr Btakay succueds Jtrff UochtyJ Mio* Alice Lmrhati. who .erred as deputy under Mr Uoetoty for the past four years, has been relafo1R the' jaaittaa. i. I

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INTERN TACOMA AFTER FAILURE TO LEAVE PORT — Supply Ship To Scuttled | Graf Spec Interned At Montevideo Montevideo. Joo. 1 <UJ»> Tbe Gorman freighter Tacoma, enpply ship to the scuttled German poeteet battleship Admiral Graf Spec, wna ordered interned by the I'twguyan government today after Its failure lo comply with a 34 hour order to leave port because it waa adjudged | a German naval augilis y vessel. Otfk-tal announce men' that the Tacoma will be interned for duro-i (ion of the war coincided with | conferences aboard ship and ashore to work out flnsl details of Internment The Uruguayan gunboat Im Val-j teja. carrying ■■ arased party of! IS men. pul oat from the Inner harbor to the Tacoma's anchorage outside the breakwater to supervise htternmen: procedure. The BJM ton German ship was ordered interned despite strenuous German efforts to obtain an eatenslon of the government * order. ' A 34 hour order to the Tacoma , to leave port or submit to Internment ou the grounds that the ship | was a German naval amlliary veesel expired at 3:30 a. m CBT. | She had aided the pocket battleship Graf Rpee before the tetter j was scuttled two week* ago. Upon receiving the Uruguayan government's order. Cap*. Know faced a choice similar to that posed for the master of the Grgf Spec two weeks ago With British warships lying off i th* Uroguayaa coast ('apt. Hans landsdorff took bi* ie.UM ton fighting ship just outside the harbor here Leeember 17 and burned | (CTNmNUED ON PAGK gfX) INSTITUTESTO START JAN. at Annual Farmers Institute* To Start Last Day Os January The annual former*' Institute* of Adams county will begin the j taat day of January and run into February until completed These meetings will consist of two day time session* of Instruction for men and two for woman and the speakers are seut out by the Extension Depsrtmem of Purdue University. The evening entertainment for each institute bus gsined s high reputation lu the various com munities sad as a special feature. 'it te quite likely that a special I ecfety film ran be secured from j the State ToUco Deparunent and that the officer in charge will al iao speak on rural safety council 1 work. The Purdne epenkent thia year are Mr. Reiff and Mr*. VaMifce and they will appear at the Hart ford township institute on January 31, Berne farmer*' Institute on February I, Us km township farmer's test Hute on February 3. The secovxf group of speaker* are Mr. Chasey and Mr*. Colling* and they , will appear al the Root township farmers' Institute, on February «. Kirkland farmers' Institute ou February 7, Ht. Marys former*' last: ■tut* on February 3 and the Mon roe township farmers' tnstltate. . Februatv 3. ; The chairman for the various former*' instttuts* aro: Hartford. Joha Stably. Genas*. Barna, Curl Berne; Union, Walter • Tbiems, Dacatur; Root. Norvu! ; Fuhrman. Dceatur; Kirkland. Kd ward Arnold. Decatur; St Mary's. ; Harve Beils. Decatur. Monroe. £. W R. Scbwurta. Beras, and the 'county agent's office has been te icniMrti :aat in moot cases the chairmen of the Institute* have bad a meeting of tbeir officer* and that the variou* committee* have bee* eetected. Terms Faith Greatest Need For The New Year M. Louis, Jsn I—4Special)— A cat to nw Ide reded'.catton of faith In Christ was recommended as Ute most importsnt rraoluttott of the Now Yser by Dr. Waiter A. Msler of Concordia Seminary- in bls I coaat-toeoMt Lutheran Hoar broadcast yesterday in* Uuil ths |M•Mtn* war ■ among th* Buropsan aatfons may I Involve wldssproad and erg: steed! attacks os the Chrtetten railffiott. Dr. Maier urged a rodsdlcatlon of ibe Chrtetlan faith la the American home and a spiritual htvsntoryi th-ougtout th* tend at the beglnn tug of the new jreer.

Decatur. Indiana, Monday, January 1, 1940.

Moon Vetoes Ixindon Blackout When is a blackout not a blackout? When the moon's full. The picture was taken in London, looking across Westminster bridge toward the houses of parliament, with Big Ben rearing its majestic head in the sky.

RECORDER FILES ANNUAL REPORT Yearly Report Shows Gain In Instrument* And Fees Collected Mrs. Rutk HoUtagsworth. Adsms county recorder, today submitted her report for the year IMS on ths Instrument* and fees collected : m the recorder's office 11 The total number of inetntmenis recorded during the year was 4.175 1 and the total amount of fees collected waa 13.73LM. Both these figure* *how a decided gain over the previous year, ‘ IMB During the preceding year 3.3*7 Instrumente were recorded, MS lees than the. past year, and (>e amount of fee* collected was 1*3473.34, or »4rt« SI less than for The detailed report of the kind «>f Instrument* recorded and frog , > collected for each separate kind is i as follows: MS deed* SM7 7« | 3 transcript*, *10.7*. 3M mortgages. *Stl.3« 47 mechanics' lien*. »13. - Ml chattel mortgage*. |4NM 182 assignments. *ll. No power* of attorney 1 rttete ot incorporation. |2. 2 plats, *4.w. MS marginal rdesaea. SIU 30. 1< marginal assignments. *3.M. 814 miscellaneous 147*35 73 old age aaatetanre, no fee C old age releases no fee 5 old age correct l<m« no fee 5 honorable dtoebarg**. no fee. >■ —- Report All Quiet On Western Front Parte. Jan. I.—QJJD--French war office communique No 238 said this morning that "there waa nothing to report on the entire front." Berlin. Jsn. 1.- tu.B - The Garman high command communique , aaid today that "there were no particular event* on the western ! front" TEMPERATURE | IS NEAR ZERO Temperature Drop* To Two Decrees Above Zero Sunday Morning A tarn-rear low temperature mark was shattered ov«r the weekend when the Dully Democrat thermometer fell to a two degrees übfse sera minimum A cold, bluakery snow atracic lb* city abow * o'clock Saturday evenJug and continued In Intensity for jsaveral hours. The snowfall abated but the mercury kept slipping steadily i The two abov. mark waa report •d early Kundty teorulng Ry I a. m. Buwtay th* temperature bad climbed to four above. Tbs temperature never paaaed th* twu-flgure mark Bunday, turnover. raomlniitc under 10 W»ove all day long and again slipped teal 1-r.4 »*.* > Thu. tnornluff th* hmriory 13 the □nib Democrat thsraomsict sbsrwsd ata above st 3 o'eteek. : Th* two above reading I* th* rotdsM of tbs ssaaon and six ds- i gree* tower than the minimum of stgbt aßev*. teat winter** lowest i mark. No Immediate change In the i westhea is seen. »lnce the forecast I . Mjfi cold tar liMwdty* i

First 1940 Marriare Licence h liwued Floyd M. Klehl of C<n»ley. OMo ■and Barbera Lucille Jacoba of; B»ni* were the first couple to apply for a marriage license et the j ccanif clerk’* office here In IPfit Tk* couple called Clyde O. Trout-1 ner. new county clerk, at hl* hoiw. and after learning the opening time , at the office waited In the r-orrldor ‘ until be arrived Froepectlvw New Years marriages , were also seen sot Carl Bommers, ftolumbe*. Ohm tnd Virginia Frye of Dor*tar. Theodore K'eeke of Decatur and Margaret Tinn-'v, O«w---««r. who secured their Hcenaes Bat-, urday. Dccemirer ». DEATH CLAIMS ALBERT F. HAIN Popular Y»unf Decatur Man Die* Os Heart Trouble Saturday Funeral service* for Albert F Hain. 33. popular Decatur young man and former Mar Decatur Uatholte high school athlete, who died Raturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at hl* home, will be held Tuesday mornlnt The service* will be held at • o'clock tn the St. Mary's Catholk church, of which hr wae a mem her. with the Rev J. J. Seimetx officiating Burial will be In the 8t Joseph cemetery Hate, known among hi* friend* aa "Johnny Boy." a nickname given him a* a youngster when he flrat acted a* a mascot for tb<Catholic high tchool tmaketball team, was born In 1 treat nr August 1». 1»H. the son of Blmeoa and Anna Blrtel Hain He was graduated from Decatur Catholic high school in 1*34. He played on ths commodore basket ball team four y*ara. After graduation be waa empinyed at Lose'« Restasrant. until Illness forced him to quit. Ilia congenial personality formed for him a large number of acquaintances. About one year ago be Grot became acutely ill and waa confined to hi* home Treatment here and al Chicago failed to aid him Hie, death waa attributed to myocardial Inaufftetettcy, • | Burvlrlny are th* fotber, two sisters: Mrs. Richard Ryan, ot Chi j rago. and Mr*. Cassius Keller ot New Bedford. Maasarbuaetts; three brothers. Bernard. Herman and Bimsou. Jr., all at bom*. The hody w*a returned to th«residence. 217 North Sixth street. Bunday afternoon from th* Gtilig j ou pL>b vhbjgh ' At Leaßt 168 Dead Over New Year Holiday —- 11 By United Ureas '< The nation counted al least IM ( dead today from violence on the | throe day New Tear weekend | A survey by United Prone show- , ed auto scctdsata bad taken *7 lives since Saturday night The , «3 states and the District of Co- < lumbia reported 2« suicide* and « j dosen slaying*, while other tatall- , tie* were caused by fir*, drowning. | esploelon and a train car collision. | — Name Omitted From New Officer*! Lint j The name of Floyd Acker a* captain in the Roy»l Arab Mason» waa unintentionally omitted from 1 the Het of new officers of both th* ‘ chapter and the Blur Lodge who ’ were formally Installed st the De 1 calur ItAßvak; UfuMble Fri4ay iitclKl *^svt*e evw“ v 1

BERNE MURDER BIGGEST NEWS STORY OF YEAR Murder Os Anthony Michaud in County’s New# Interest Today is January 1. IMO —a day that mark* the beginning of a new year and the passing of the old. What Iles ahead in i»4o remain* to be *een. but what occurred during i fie past year may be easily seen in • survey of the near*. Th»- year I*3* waa not a "banner year" for news. That te. "hot" new* storira were few and tar between. Undoubtedly, the most Important news story of the year, in so tar as Decatur and Adams conn- ! ty are concerned, wu the murder lof Atstbony Michaud as Berne on I August 33 during * holdup of his filling station and fruit market. Civic, rellgtou* and political news ' all attracted their share of public interest during IMft but th* spotlight of attention waa undeniably focused the brightest on the wan- > ton slaying of the aged Berne num i -an Incident that stunned the ■ town of Berne and aroused the he of the entire community against I the perpetrator of the edme. Initial work on the new iwo.ooo I by-pass for federal road 37. which ! is to change through traffic from downtown Decatur !o Thirteenth , street on the outskirts, the begin- ' nlng of a half million dollar improvement at the municipal light plant by th* aid of a |3M.O«e braid iaaue; the centennisl of one chart fc. 1 the remodeling of one and the new structure of still another — these and oMter new* stories held public attention for a while — but all 1 save way before the holdup murder In the public eye It was ei August 28 with an ; appur-ntly sm-ventful year halfway over that a merciless young kilter stalked Into the fruit market and filling station office of Aotbony Michaud In tbe gray dawn of e*rly mornln* and poured two bullet* from a .33 calibre revolver , Into hi* body while robbing him of the money bag be carried for the store, and hi* wallet. Not since I tores* WrrttaK waa shot down by Joe Everett st Fira sent Mills about * decade ago had the citisena of the county been stirred tc a fever pitch by th* story that a murder had been committed. In Droeanber 1. a courageous Berne woman, Mrs. Ham Hchlndler. unhroitatlngly pointed out Jerry Mangeno. a 72-yesr->ld Italian Chicago youth as the kilter — thu* climaxing the week* and weeks ot intensive Int veetigafion by authorities of the ! city, county and stale This was j undoubtedly "the news story" of I the year 1839 In Decatur and AA am* county Off With A- Bang" i January 1. IMO Itself should < have been a forecast of what was to fnitow. Tbe unusual began on that day. Ou tbe first day of tbe ' year - tot the first lime in more than 20 year* — Republican* took over the city's reins by virtue of a eurprietag landslide hi the November election two months previous This same Rrpnblican administration shared the spotlight of altent ton with mu tonal news InterICONTINUBD ON PAGE THREEt ' QUIET GREETING i FOR NEW YEAR Orderly Celebration Greet* 1940 Here Early Thu Morning Decatur and community started on a new year today after ushering ' In the new -tnd out th* old at mid I night test night In a noisy tai' orderly cetebrstton Abortly beta-a midnlcht. a far tory whistle sounded the signal for !or tbe bedlam that wa* to follow Factory whistles, cheering and horn blowing added to the din as oele-. brant* barat out with a pentap urge. Official* reported the mo»t orderly cetebratmn In years Police CMef J-tme* Border* staled this morning that no arrest* were made, no accident* rraorted and no trouble was even eallod tr the stt ratlM of the officer*. The largest celabratton In the cMy <wa« stag'd at tbe Ada-as theater, wh«r* a special New Years movte mi* shown Private iparUe* wen* provaten’ all over town, and *ll night restaurants did s heavy bm-lnes* In tß* j surly hour* this morning aa opte-i foram* sought food <o rrpk-niah, their *nppl.« of energy, used for th* l

Finland Reports Soviet Division Is Annihilated

CLUB LEADERS I TO CONFERENCE Home Economics Club leader* To Attend Purdue Conference Twenty-eight Home Economics club leaders from Adams county will attend the Purdue agricultural conference at lotfayetia. January • 9 and Id They will leave from ' the post office *1 Dec slur at 7 am., on Tuesday morning, the 9th. and will make atop* st tbe intersection of federal highway 37 and stale highway 134. at the Borne bus station and at the Geneva bus station. The leaders who are going are' ' Mrs David Belt ter. Mr*. Henry Schindler. Mrs. Chester Bryan. Mr*. Austin Merrtmsn. Mr*. Alva Buffenbsrger. Mrs. Elmer Altspaugh. Mary Catherine Bents, Olga ’teller, Mr*. Rufus Bose, Mr*. Hol- • man Egly, Mr*. Luther Arnold. Mr*. Ida Yaney, Mr*. Gerald Timmons. Mrs. J. D. R. Schwarts. Mrs. Gilbert Stuckey, Mrs. Verl Sprunger, Mrs Elmo Stuckey. Mrs. Glen Stucky, Mr*. Kenneth Runyon. Mrs. Archie Stmdorff. Mr* Mary Caster. Mary Koos, Mr*. Harry C. : Lahrman. Mr*. Homer Bittner, Ixw.ene E Fenstermaker, Letmo Snow. Mr*. Belle Walters end Mra. Hasve bells. Mrs E W. Busche, county pnsridest of the Home K<oii<>mlc* clubs, will also attend this conference. COMMITTEES TO MEETTHURSDAY ■ 1 ms* Short Course Committees To Meet Thursday Afternoon. Night G. M Frier. Purdue short course j specialist. a nd county scent. L. K. Archbold will meet Thursday with a number of the committees set up • to take care of special feature* for the short course whk h will be held in ths middle part of February tn Decatur. All Ute committee meeting* will be held In the'saaembly room of the Lincoln school., corner of Fifth and Adams streets in j Decatur. The Home Economic* comm It! ro ' will begin It* meeting promptly at 11:3*. The membership te a* folk I ow*: Mr*. E W Rusche and Mr*. Helen E Mann, co-chairmen: Mr*. | Thurman Drew. Mr* Ralph Rice. Irene Bcberry. Mr*. Albert Reineke, Mrt Gale Took. Mr*. O. Remy flirt ly. Mrs Waller J Krk k. Mrs Ckarle* Holthouse. Mr* Lol* BiAck. Mr*. Forest Eltey. Mr* Herman Krueckeber. Miss Juanita l-ehman. Mary Koo*. Mr*. Ida Rltey. Mrs Alice Gould. Mr* f'harto* A bra hum. Mrs. Irvin Lockuer, Mr*. Walter Meyer. Mrs Flossie Lyhargrr. Catherine Moaser, Mr* Rufus Muarr and Mrs Fred Blum. The bahquet committee, with J Ward Callamd and H. P Bchmltl ■ochairn>eii. will meet at 3:45. The membership of thia committee I* the co-chairman mentioned and Adolph Bchamerloh, Winfred Berks. (tecar Ewel, Homer W. Arnold. E L. Ha r lacker. Brice Denials. Le- 1 . tend Ripley. Harry Eaaes. Ed Neuhauaer, Chris Etcher. Herve Inetehen end Howard Coffee. Tbe advertising or publicity com mltlee will meet promptly al 7; 30 Robert Heller of Decatur la th* chairman of thte group and be will be assisted by the following persona Victor Eicher. John Bchnrger. Clarence Smith. Boyd Stpter, Kv erett Johnson. Gerald Visard. Ben Tickle. Paul Itahner. Ed Llacbty. La Marr Shoemaker. Marcus Staley. < OONTINL-nO ON FACH: THRBK r 1 • F Buys Health Bond Adam* county federation of club* ha« volet) purchast- of * »!> health

bond. W Oar Brown. chalHaan of the Chriatmae •Ml drlre. announced today. Proceeda lions the health bond fund •re need to aid In the tight against tubercalonia aid to carry m work •Bd orogram of tho tuber* uioUa aaeociaUoA.

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Russian Casualties Are Estimated At 18,000 As Entire Division Is De* stroyed. MAJOR VICTORY Ry Webb Miller (U. P. Staff Correspondent) H'-I*tnkl, Jan. 1 (U.R) Finnish troops fought todsy to capita I Isa on their reported major victory over a Russian division which official dispatches said waa wiped ant. yeaterday in the central sector near Ktautajaervi (Lake Ktanta.) Etiiering (he pew year with what military experts said wa* the moat important triumph of ih<v month-old war. the Finns aald that tbe I<3rd Russian dlvlston «mld be regarded as destroyed While their troop* pressed mopping tip operation* In the Klantajaervl area official announcements claim«d that since the Start of the ws: 139 Russian planes had heest shot doom. The liattle of Ktemajer. experts said, had definitely halted a Russian attempt to cut across the center of Finland to the Gulf of Bothnia. Re.oslan casualties were estimated variously at from 15.00* to lU.Mfj men In another less spectacular tmt Important victory the Finns said they had frustrated an attempted Russian advance on the latke lotdogs front. For tbe flrot time since the start of the war. they aaid, the Russian* had tried to attack by crossing the ice of Lake Ladoga but bad been repulsed During sacceasful Finnish land operations. Finland was subjected lo intensive bombardment by the red army air force. At least 11 place* were bombed yesterday. Including Turku (Port ■ Aho), Temper* and Hyvlnkaa, 115 toiles north of Helsinki At Hyvlnkaa a sanitarium waa set afire and twe person* were killaS ' The Deal Finnish <<>mmunlqu« of 193* said: Dec 31. laud: Fighting in the Ktautajaervi country of the Kuomuasulml tommune on our eastern frontier resulted in a greet victory for our troop* on Dec. 28 sad 31. The enemy's l«3rd dlvHlot. was definitely cut off and for (he moot part destroyed Remnants of the division are partly scattered In the forests and partly fleeing, pursued by our troop* toward Juntusranta (about five miles from the Russian frontier at the northeast end of Ktautajaervi’. Mopping up operations continue around Kianujaervl. War mater* tel so for collected hy us include* 37 gun* of various calibres, il tanka, two armored car*, four antiaircraft machine guns. 150 motor lorries, one transport column of 400 to 60* vehicles 250 surviving home*, 13 field kitchens and an abundance of other arm* and ammunition "Enemy losses In the fallen can be counted in the thousands. ’ "In the HaHa sector (north of Klantajasrvi) the enemy launched an attack against our position* but waa hurled buck by a counter attack. Two tank* were destroyed. The hattie northeast of latke Ladoga which liegan Dec 39 continued all day yeaterday All of the enemy's st tack* were repulsed and nine tank* were destroyed "Ou the lathmu* tof Karelia) I iCONTtMUBD GN FAGS BIXI LOCAL MAN IS HURT IN FALL Charle* Helm Suffers Fractured Hip Early Sunday Morning j Charle* Halm. 79. wall known Decatur resident suffmwd a fractured hip early ffundsy morning when he slipped and foil on tbe icy pavement Me wa* taken to the Adam* county memorial hospital for troatment Mr. Helm, a local tasuranro agent, arose Sunday mornin* abo*t 7 o'clock as ws* hi* custom and started to walk downtown He slippad *t Uta lacllued driveWay to tbe Hiiyard servkw stalion. cornet of Fourth aad Monroe. Altar aa examiMUoa al lb* toasplul. it waa reported Ast be sustained ths fracture. Mr. Helm haa been making bla roMdeacr wltk Mr. and Mrs R M. , Wynn at the Helm home on Fourth t aunt, *im* lb* (Bath o( bla wil*.