Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1940 — Page 1

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Famous Swiss Trio To Appear At Ikrnc .llernn, Ind., Jan. •; Th*. Mn«*r flrothora Iri't. lamoim world reDowned SwiM yodlern. will give a tom-ert a» rhe IWti.. kiiditorhitu HalurxUy evening. JnniiHry io Th<. ( ] Mover Hn»«her« ore native* of rtwilwrktnd and are on a tour of the t'nlted Stntev. Their a|>te>«r---aie-e here will le> th*- only one they will make in Indiana They arrood frlneda at Chrin Zuercher, Io- ’ ml arcordlon manufacturer, al«n a native of Switzerland, and he |u i in charge of th-lr toneert here ’ t PRAYER SERVICE CLOSED FRIDAY I Week Os Prayer Service Is Concluded Here Friday Niicht Closing a»TVI<-ea of the week of , prayer were eondurted hy the l»e- ( catur ministerial aMoriatlon in the , Methodist r-hurch last evening. Rev <’. R. Moser, pastor of the liaptisi chureh. led in worship IS. Hurd Allyn frrake. of Kokomo. Ind, gave the c.itwludlng tnessaae in the series, entllleri "At The lx.rd’a Pisposal ' . Taking his test from St Matthew 14:1>. Tiring Them Hither Ito .Me." l»r. IWak< gave a timely eiposltlon of the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand "The record of the feeding of the five thousand is a superlative appeal for the yielding of all to Hint who la aide to supply life’s every need ( The yielding of life to which this Scripture invites us includes the yielding of substance, of service and of self." Making an appeal for the prat lice of the principle of tithing among people of the chwrt hes. the speaker said: "The true Chris- , tian's problem is not so much, how much at mine shall I give to Ood. as how much of God's shall I retain?" In his closing remarks. I>r brake asked for complete < onsecratioti <d self to Jesus Christ. 'The highest duty as well as the chtdcest blessing Iles along the pathway of the complete t onset ra:ion of our children to the will and work of, Godin the prayer period which fol lowed the message, there were numerous prayers of gratitude lor the privileges anti blessings which had Iteeu enjoyed during the week The hope was also expressed that the observance of the week of .coyrnxrrD ox pagk thrkki ♦ — Police Seek Bandit Believed Wounded Rirdtmond. Ind , Jan. •—tl’Pi -! Police today asked eastern Indian i physiriMs and hospitals to watt h for ». man tbeiievad shot In the shoulder by a filling suit lon operaJ tor here whom be attempted to rob last night. Carl Ronan, (he gas station proprietor. told poirce that the Irandit <aane into the station and ordered him to place the day's receipts between |4O and >6u. in a paper sick, and then locked Roman and Don Uutfnot in a rsaUoom. Roman said he opened a window and fired seven shuts at the bandit as he fled. He said the thug stumbled and he believed that the mnn was hit In the shoulder D - Man Admit* Killing His Mother-In-Law Chicago. Jan. S (UJ9 Ham De 4>, told police last night that t he beat to death his mother in-law and stuffed her body In a trunk ''because she was always nagging me for not getting a joh“ The j trunk containing the body was found In a south aide alley He said he clubbed Mrs Nellie Sharp. 85 after an argument early Thursday and had left the body In tbeii apartment all day At night, he said he crammed the body into the trunk and called j Nauls Pantro. a Junk dealer. to help him cart It away Pantro •aid he had been unaware of the contents of the case. Draatic Warning Ir Iraued By Holland The Hague Jan 8 <UJ» -' Holland today Issued a drastic warning that all violations nt neu frailly will be met with force regardleea of their source The warning, which attracted Immediate attention because It, *•» so Strongly worded was issued by the government's press wrvlce which said 'For soma time past, reports h*ve appeared In the foreign press '•••rdlng HoMand. Indicating ««mbt In connection with Holland • dsUrtu last ion to wtthstaud any •or*lgn attacks or violations with i «ll powers the couglry posseaaoa.'

STSTETOTAKE OVER HIGHWAY State Believed Likely To l ake Over Farm-To-Market Koad In all probability the state highway tomrniMlon will take over th !<• 145 roller; of Improved fartrs-to-martlet road west of Geneva to the Wells r rritnty line, county offi< laN who presented a petition to Cliff Hiniff. tn-mle-r <4 the <otnvniswlon. stated on their return from Indianapolis today Mr. Hiniff Mated that he did not »ee any rea-on wh> the r-ommis-slon would not take over the road. It hat been improved with a pre-1 coat tao and the state intends to top surface It with a seal coat The petition asking the slate to add the stretch of road to th" state highway system wax signed b> the tartrd of county conwnixsionerx, Walter H Gilllom, county road superintendent, John H. Duff, trustee Harvey M Fontaine, superintendent of the county Infirmary and Henry It Heller, county attorney. The road wax turned hack to the county after the state improved It and now the county desires to have the highwar coinmixxion take It link and complete the Improvewent Mrs. Glen Ramsey Dies In Toledo Mrs. Glen llasnx-y, 44, daughter Mrs. Pheotie Schumacher of this city, died uhlx morning at a hospital In Toledo. Ohio, following an operation performed Friday. She had resided in Toledo for the pas’ 2“ yetw - Surviving b- sides the mother are the huH si nd and five children all of Toledo, and six brothers and sisters Funeral arrangements have been completed . but the body will be brought to Decatur for burial — o— Senate Committee Approves Jackson Washington. Jan 8 Tl’Pi A senate judiciary subcoitimiwoe headed by Her. William 11. King. I . D rtah. today apprnv.-d untnbnonly the nomination of Robert II Jackson to Im* attorney general COLD WAVE IS AID TO HEALTH Old Timers Point To Belief That Weather Will Check Colds ■ .ending rredence to "It's an 111 wind that blows no good" theory. , local citizens have predl; ted a decrease In colds. Influenza and similar ailments with the arrival of cold weather t'nusually warm and damp weather throughout the greater part of the season has been responsible to a great extent for the epidemic of colds, some of the "oldtimers" pointed out. Head colds and coughs have been rnnn'ng rampant among Incatitrltrg but ii is believed by many that the cold weather will halt this ' - providing of course that proper precautions are taken against suffering from the low temperatures Chi; ken pox la also reported to be prevalent among the school children of Decatur Dr R K fhtnlels. secretary of the < Ity board of health, stated Friday that the prevalence had not reached epidemic proportions, however. Modern medical science has also lessened the seriousness of the child'll disease. It wax pointed out. | No other diseases are reported Io any extent In this community ■III —• ——XKinit Carol Declares Rumanian Defense Klshinrff Rumania ajn fi <UJ*> King Carol. In a radio address here within sight of the Russian frontier declared today that "no enemy wljl be able to put foot ou Rumanian soil while Rumania gives evidence of her present spirit of unity " The declaration was regarded as especially significant because Kiahlneff la th' apltal of theprovlnce of Hesaaral.l. to which Soviet Russia never has renounced Its claim The province was given to Rumania after the world war. Vevay Man Die* Os Accident Injuries Pent tud. Jan 8 -(VPi-Tho-mas L. Clements. 41. of Vevay died yesterday from Injuries suffetwd Dm- 47 whe he was rtruiA by a car driven br Uucerln Wright. Mr of Anu Arbor, Mb*. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 6, 1910.

Murphy Feted as New Justice - a . . i _ , W _ „ ai Frank Murphy Named to the i' H supreme court to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Pierce Hitiler several tnoiiiha ago. Frank lilnrphy lx caught by the camera In lop hat and tails ea route to the Whitt- House where a ption was held foi the justices Murphy has In-ei. I' K attorney general

REVENUE MAN HERE JAN.III Deputy Collector To A»uist Taxpayers To File Returns A deputy collet or from the In- I tertial revenue service of the trea- j »uiy department at Indianapolis > ♦tax been :i*«igm-d to thia city Jan- 1 aary 11. it waa oMeouni ed today The collector will b sta’ioned at the local poet office for the purpose of assisting taxpayer* In rendering their IftiS federal Income 1 tax return* Those required to file the return:* are: any single person lor married anti not living with hitshand or wifet whose net income is RI.IHMI or over, or groan Income in la.uoo 01 over, any married perwon living i with httabind or wife who. net tn coms in IJJWm or over .or groan Income in |fi.i«O or over All corporations and partner-, ship*, regardless of their Income are required Io file .. return March 15 Is the last date to file the returns, to avoid resulting pen- ‘ allies. The collector will lie stationed a" the local post office from vW a m until » p. nt. o— ~ — One .Man Killed As Two Truck* Collide Jbdfird. Ind.. Jan 5 (t’Pl Irving Fountain. K, of Norman, was killed last night when a light truol. i he wan driving crushed into a park-1 ed coil truck five miles east of I here Charles Alton. RS, of Milan, driver of the coal truck, was held by sheriff John Payton pending In vemigation of the accident. COLO WEATHER IS CONTINOEO ——-• Temperature Again Drops Below Zero Early I This Morning -Hanging on with bulldog tens- , ettr. the current cold soap sen' - the city and community Into Its second day of oub-eero tempent Aureo this morning. VnoNiclallr. the low mark last night was afrotii the same as the previous night when temperatures of two and three below sero were r.grorted on the Dally Democrat thermometer. This morning at * o'clock the Democrat theimometer registered exactly sero. but early risers as serted that oom- time previously the thermometer had shown two and tl»re« below As far as could be gathered from the prediction of early morning forecasts. no Immediate relief from the cold can be expected. An early morning forocaat. after describing whether conditions re j Utlve to cloudiness and clear aklre. ended up with an almost sarcastic., I raUter cold,'

Former Minnesota Governor At Berne Ib-rne. ind .Jan fi Hx-flovemor Theodor. Christensen, of Minnesota. will address the flerne Chamber of Commerce at rhe January hinquet and meeting here Monday levelling. Jan 15 -Mt Christensen will speak, on "local ownership nnd invnmuntty preservation A numIter of Decatur. Monroe, Aleneva. Illuffton and A'elina business men ihave be.-n invited to attend the ItatMiues and meeting as guests of the Chamber Officers for HM|[ will >t>e elected at this meeting. NAME TRUSTEE TO COMMITTEE John M. Doan On Committee Os Indiana Trustees Association John M Doan. Washington township trustee. ha> been appointed to a <<gnmittee of the Indiana trueless is stela t inti to confet with a committee nA the Indiana medical association. It was announc' d toiler. The appointment of Mi Doan was made by Odell Art het . president of the state trustees assot fation Mr Distil will serve on the comrnltte.- with Mr. Ar« her. Charles -M Dawson. Mrs Frankie Helman of Gary. Dr J K Carbo of Hit knell and Charles Haviland of Brasil. Mr. Doan and the latter threw Iteraons are vice-presidents of the state assot iulion The conun it tee and that of the ; medical group are to meet soon Io set up a state wide medliat program for relief client* McNutt To Speak To Auto Dealers Detroit. Jan « Paul V. McNutt. - federal security administrator. Is ’ announced as a speaker at the 2-trd annual convention of the nat- ■ tonal automobile dealers association In Washington. January 22IM He will deliver the opening address Tuesday afternoon. Jaiiut ary 2-1 rd Two other government representatives on the program are newly appointed supreme court justice Frank Murphy and Congressman Wright Patman of Texas The jus- ' Hee will lie the banquet apeaker Wednesday evening, and his subject la "The Iron Law of Progress." with observstlons on prlvale enterprise. TEMPERATURE READING* DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER R:ooa.m <* | ld:Ma.m t ft ott s m 2|llon s m |o WEATHER Fair tonight except poaaibly snow In extreme southwest portion; not so oold tonlpht; Sunday fair in extreme north, meetly cloudy In central and south portion; probably snow in extreme aouth; somewhat warmer In south.

British Press, Angered Over Dismissal Os War Minister, Demands Widelnvestigation

URGE PROBE OF DEFENSE NEEDS CongreM Demand Grows For Probe Os Roosevelt Budget Wasliington. Jan fi IU.R) House opimsltion to a proposed I joint t ongressloiial committee to study financial problems brought demands today for an independent , senate investigation of President ( Roosevelt's budget. Sen William E Horali. R Ida . joined othei Republicans in proponlng a senate-house inquiry into , national defenxe expenditures, past and present, florah said that defense needs are new computed I in "haphazard fashion " , *'l think we'll have time enough to make the study before Hitler gets over here." he added The joint "budget committee" ( plan sponsored l>y chairman Pat Harrison. D. Miss of the senate finance committee and endorsed by senate Republicans, got a cold r<-< epilon In the house Chait man Robert I. Doughton. D N C. of the house ways and means com milter- approved it, but othei influential house members, although endorsing It in principle, said that it would get nowhere, at bast at this session of congress House , sentiment crystallized aliout the time that senate Republicans plumped for the Harrison plan The house is jealous of Its prerogatives Some of Its members saw in th-- Harrison proposal a senate attempt to interfere With thetr authority to originate .ill tax anti appropriation bills tltheis fear'd disniptlotl of plans to act on appropriation measures at th* t rale of one a week until all 11, i-omprlsing President Roosevelt's 1 I* 424 mm mm budget, are disposed of "I'd favor an independent senate study of, the tuidget if the house turns down Harrison's proposllion.’ said Sen Preullss M Drown. D Mich . a member of th;- finance committee Rrown's Republican colt'-agiie Sen Arthur H Vandenlierg who also is a cotmnfltM member, said "If you don't tie appropriations and revenues together somewhere lit the congressional process, you have no yardstick by which to measure your necessary economies ” Harrison sought to strengthen his proopsal yesterday by pule i Itshliig a statement by secretary of the tieasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr. made at a ways and means committee hearing last May which said that "simplification and greater effect Iveness would result If the fiscal luilicy committees of the senate and house could meet each session as one joint committee to consider the overall aspects of the expenditure and revenue pro- ' grams ' As senate and house leaders debated Harrison's plan, senate lie- ' publicans, already engaged In a 1 l;l partisan drive against Mr. Roosevelt's request for new taxes and eut'-iision nt reciprocal trade agreement authority, defended it. REPORT SHOWS RELIEFLOWER Washington Township Costs Lower In December Than In 193 N Relief costs in Washington township for December, 1 were IJtnt i 5s less than the costs for the same ■ month In 15.104. the monthly report * of Trustee John M Doan dlsclos- - cd today. A total of 143 families were glv- ■ ett relief in December. IM4. Including 543 persons Twenty-four cases of relief to single clients were noted for a total of M7 at a cost of SI.4M4X This total hicltldes the following Items: Food. 4744.10: fuel. 4414.71; shelter. 433; clothing. 4147.04; medical care nutside of the hospital. 48372*. medical care tn the hospital, 441454; household ne<eMlties. 44.44. burial. 440. school books. Ik--44. sewing project, 4244.42, surplus commodillos. 120 2o A decrease of 23 cases was not- - ed In the relief load for December. r»3*t In comparison with that of the same month In ih< previous .yeat, 1434 |

FRUCHTE RITES THIS AFTERNOON Funeral This Afternoon For Wife Os Circuit Court Judge Fiiner;l services for Mrs. J. Fred Fruchte wife of Up- Adams circuit ' court judge. wlu» di'-d Wednesday noon, will ii<- held this srftemoon, The service will be held at the residence. 303 North Fourth street at I 45 o'clock and at the Zion Reformed ithurch. of which «he wax a member, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Charles M. I’ribth will ' offk-late and burial will la* in the Decatur cemetery All off hex In th'- county court houxe will close this afternoon for the funeral. The offices will close <;t noon and will remain closed during the Imlance of the day. No court has been hel i since the death of Mrs. Fruchte. Sessions are expected to be resumed .Monday. ... o-- - -— School Bus Stalled In I’nique Accident B. rne. Ind., Jan. fi Just the fuct tluit a farm home wax neat by. saved a Ims load of school children front possibly freezing to death A school buss driver by Ernest Skhwartz and headed for Monroe to take the chlldreii to their studies, stalled on (he rood In un unique mishap Friday morning The accident happened four miles north and one and one-half miles west of Herne, where a ditch had been dug across the road recently to lay a pi|*e|lne. When tth<- loaded bus passed over tlie freshly filled ditch the rear wheels sank down as far ax the axle and the truck was marooned. The childr'-n made their way to the near-by farm home of Dan Kaehr. where they were kept warm until the school had-, was freed, and that required quite a long time as well as th<- services of several men wit It picks and shovels. HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL Hiram Sprunger Die* Suddenly At Indianalis Friday Hiram Sprunger. 4H, of near Berne, died suddenly «• 1 3,> o'clock Friday afternoon at rhe Robert l-ong boapltal In Indianapolis H* wax taken to Indianapolis for a gen-ral examination and died of a heart attack while being examined He wax born near Berne October 23. IMm the xoti of Stephen and Anna flpntnger. H<- married Delia l-ehntan Nov-mbet 4. 1414 He wax employed at Toledo. Ohio, until about !<• yearn ago. whet; h<- was Zoned to retire becaiis* ;»( ill healtih. Hlnce then he hod lived with his wife's parents. Mr. and Mis. David Lehman, thr-e miles nortbw st of Berne Surviving besides the widow are one son. Got don Fprunger. of Bern • three brothers. Tobias and Jonas • Hpriitw-r. Fort Wayne, and Ezra ‘ Nprunger of Indianapolis, and five sisters. Mrs Catherine Hadertarfwr, of Bluffton Ohio; Mrs. Helen** Had-ertar-her of Pandora Ohl; , Misses Adlua and EU»a Sprunger of Herne and Miss Zelht Sprunger of Ogg wood Ky Th.- body was taken to the Vagcfuneral home at Berne Funeral services will he held at the l<eh iimii lH»iue at 1 o'clock Monda- >;f ternoon and at I:3® p m. at the Herne Memmite church Httrlal will be In the M R E cemetery ....I ■.I. ■■ -—O mil—' ■ I — - Attempt To Slay British Official Shanghai. Jan. « — 'UPJ An attempt to assassinate Godfrey Phillips British secretnry to the municipal council, the governing body of Shanghai's International settlement, quickly developed into a British-Japanese Incident today Two gunmen, said to have been Chinese, tired four revolver sbota at Phillipa aa he entered bls auto in front of hia home He escaped injury. The gunmen fled but police of the International settlement said the Japanese controlled gendarmerie admitted I' w • hol-lf'ii: , three suspects.

Price Two Centa.

British Newspapers Flay Chamberlain Government For Forced Resignation Os Hore-Belisha DEMAND PROBE Ixmdott, Jun. fi <U.P) Demand® for a parliamentary Investigation of war minister la-slie Hore-He-llsha's forced resignation from thn cabinet were made today aa newspapers of alt political leanings led a blast of criticism against the government. The lila-ral lllrmlngham Gazette, of prime minister Neville Chainberlaln's home town, led the dimaud for a parliamentary investigation of the resignation and the reasons for it. But newspapers of every shade of political loaning, even those representative of itnpot taut |ue litlcal interests, made no effort to temper their anger The general view seemed to lot first that dynamic Hore-Bellsha had been thrown out of office at the demand of reactionary elements In the fighting services and politics and se;*o>dly that the result might );c a storm which woult! force a larger and even more sensational shift in cabinet personnel It was Indicated that the situation might continue to !»■ in the spotlight until Hore flellsha and Chainhet lain made speeches in the house of commons on Its reassembly Jan Ifi Afternoon newspapers agreed ibat a quarrel between Hore-Rr-lisha and army generals had led to hia roxlgnation "Why HoreHr-llsha resigned’ opposition of 'the military caste.’ said the Liberal Star in Ils headline "Hore-Bellaha is wishing his staff good bye, 1 said the conservalive Evening Standard "The comment ts: The army old gang have defeated him' The conservative Evening News, under the headline "Heliaha's quarrel with the generals." said: "All Hrilain is wondering what actually happened lietween HoreHeliaha and the army generals to cause his resignation It ix freely stated that Hore-Belisha himself was amazed w hen on Thursday the prime minister suggested ha should leave th'- war office and go to the board of trade Developments leading up to hix departure are ireliev.-d to have Ireetr sensational " Angel In the press, reflecting the views of Important political Interests. 10-w lldet ment by th« public and a general feeling of uneasiness were evidences of lb.* shock with which the country learned t|iaf Hore-Bellaha had been deprived of his office In favor of Oliver Stanley almost as well known because he is the younger son of the patrician Earl of Derby aa because of his political career. Stanley has served in important posts and is known for his high Integiliy and Intelllg Hut the first view of hia appointment Was that he « » leas strong-willed than Hore-Hellsha. that lie was the army nominee and was likely tn be more amenable to the wishes of cotixervalive minded army leaders It was pointed out that at present he is in iwil with grippe and I that It was not known when h<* • would be able to take over his duties In the key post in the war cabinet. As president e» the board of trade, the portfollc from which he was promoted, he was not ,« metnliei of th" Inner war cabinet, Hore-Bellaha, It was reported, did not even know that he was going to "offer" his resignation until he was summoned to No l'» Downing street yesterday and offered the alternative post of thq board of trade Political quart; ’s generally t;H>k the view that Hore-Bellaha had been forc.il out by high army men who objected to hia drastic reforms which included the elevation of young, vigorous-minded Off); era regardless of seniority. These quarters said that Chamberlain, faced by the prospect ot ‘lack of harmony." decided that Hore Hellsha had to go. — ■ — — Berne Town Balance Above Previous Year Barna, In 4„ Jan. 4—D. D Stauffer. retiring c lor k-tree surer of th., town of Berne, announced today that a halanr.- of 42i.2»3A1 In left tn the tr. asui yat the present Thia Is more loan H non above the balance ( ,f text year.