Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1940 — Page 1

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Portland Woman To Be Gueat Speaker Mi»« lon n !<• H**« lleriwh of Portland win b“ th** neat <xfw>ak<*r at the m<**t!ns of the D>«ralur btisl n*-»« anil profe»Monal women'* eh»> to be held at the Riee hotel Wwln w*fay evening Jannary 17. MUk IferMih la the alate chairman of public affair*. Ik*' nulijer t 1 ■H ttte meeting will be "R.taTne R and (loventwnenl Grows up.” The commltte*. on arrangemen.* I* comptmed of Miwt E.lltiiTiorli Pit man and Mix* Matilda Helb*me>ei. AERIAL BATTLE IS RENEWED BY WARRING SIDES British Drive Off German Planes Attacking English ('oast Ikondon, Jan. 11 <U.O German’ plane* which attempted to reach the Newcaatle area and lrn|M>rtant region* along the Plrth of E'orth' and the river* Humber and Thame* were driven off today the air ministry announcetl German alrernfl alao attacked a merchant vessel and wa* ciir.ige.| by Hrlttah fighter plane*, the mitt latry said The appearam • of the plane*, with the first sound of anti-air-craft gtma at |o a. m In the New castle area, caused Intense activity l»y ground defense and royal air force fighter patrols. The ministry made two announcements. the Hist sayhiK that German planes had been driven out to aea near Newcastle, that no Itombs were dropped but <hat one hmtae was damaged slightly byfalling anti-aircraft *hell splinter*, intense Activity Toender. Denmark. Jan. II LU.R> Intense airplane activity was heard all night along the Ihinlsh const from the direction of Sy It. the German seaplane lutse Immle-d yesterday by British planes i j At 5 a. m three unidentified plane* passed n*f>r Kongsmark. Itanish South Jutland flying low . In the darkness The plane* ex- - pec ted a renewal of the air fluhtIng which the Copenhagen newspaper National Tidetide* de*< rile d a* the iiiggest of the war to date Nearness of the fighting kept Danish coastal and Island realI dents in a state of near panic and . many women were treated at hos--4 pital* for shock At Kabjerg. farther ttp the coast. It was said that yesterday's ‘ bombing had severely damag 'd the Hindenburg Dam. a narrow breakwater and roadway connecting German Jutland and the Island , of Bylt. cutting y completely at t one point, and that the damage . could be seen from the Denmark I MMt. , Anti-aircraft guns on Hylt still were In action a* late a* 7 o'clot k last night, it was reported The {blasts shook windows In Ikenmarh Story of Victory By Hubert I'exkuell J (U. P. Staff Correspondent> t With the Finnish Northeastern Army. Field ileadttUailei*. Jan ll . dJ.PJ Finland defeated a Russian army corp* here on th.- latke ( Klant* front by using the tatties by which the late marshal Paul Von Hindenlairg and Gen Erl< ! latdendorff *ma*hed the second ’ ICONTIM’ KD ON PAGE BBVKNy TH KENT TO ’ DE IN DECATUR r Field Agent For State Gross Income Tax Division To Be Here >. i _ , C. C. Baumgartner, field agent of the Indiana gross Income tax dirts- , lon. will b* in Decatur. January is. 26. 2* and 11 to assist taxpay l t era In flltng annual gross Income ( la* return*. It was aanotimed today by Nathan C. Nelson, auto II f cenao branch managsr i Return* are due by January 21 , The geld agent will be stationed j*l the license branch and it wa* t urged th*t person* who have tin'usual problem* In connection with _ their lax return* obtain hi* assist*nce Service of regular employees I* available dally at the llcenae branch throughout the year Il was pointed out that all tho*e whose taxable gross Income or taxable grog* roeslpt* are In excaa* of 11.000 for the year IMb *re required to file an annual return and report thereon thalr entire inroma, both taxable and non-tsble. making the proper dednetmn of the non-taxable Income in the •chedule provided on the return form tor that purpos*.

JURY SELECTED FOR TRIAL OF JERRY MANGANO Four Women On Chicano Jury Trying Alleged Berne Slayer chnpgo. Jun. 11 (t'P) A jury of four women and eight men wa* impaneled i.n criminal court today to try Jerry Mangano. 22. for the slaying at a policeman who Interrupted him and tw«. companion* in a holdup Nov. 2b. | Court attaches xaid it was the youngest jury ever selerted to hear' a murder charge. The average age was 22. Coun< II examined 7b venI' tnen adore selx-ting the panel. Fortvdour were dismissed for ex-1 pre*ung conu lenlkw* idtjertlon to imposing a death «e>nt*-nce in event of conviction. Manga IHi m Hie first <rf the three youth* ot face trial He and Joe Husxanc, a compatrion. pleaded not guilty, while Halo Began!, third inr-nxte-r <*f the alleged robbery pat 'ty. pleaded guilty The shooting occurred in a west sWe park when iwo cruising police found three youth* attimnptlng to roti a parked coufl”. In th ensuing ex« hang -of gunfire, poHceman Ham Francois was killed The youth* were arreste-l the next day and Mangano w-i* charged with firing the total shot. While In custody here he wa* I deniKie<| by It*. Sant Hcbindler. Berne. Indiana a* the slayer <if Anthony Mk-hand. filling station attendant. in a holdup attempt severs! months ago. _ — — ......0... . Ernie l.tinibardi Refuses Terms San Francisco. Jan. II (11’1 Ernie laimbirdl. Cincinnati ll<-d catcher, ha* relitrnel imsigii'd hl» ItW contract which reportedly re ditcexl his salary of |2<t,n<ri by IS i too "I'm not mad at genera! manager Warren Giles, but I can't figure wher- I'm entitled to a cut lltej i that” he said. STATE POLITICS BOILING AGAIN li Hoosier Political Activity Hitting Rising Crescendo y ■ By Paul T Smith. I i (UP. Staff Correspondent I Indianapolis. Jan 11. LU.P) — . Note* on rnrrent Indiana politic* The Jackson Day dinner mark ,ed the end of the holiday lull I among Hoosier job seekers, and . there I* expected to be a rising , crescendo ot political activity culminating in the summer nominating convention* . . . Both parties are not even discussing date* until their respeitive national com- , mittee* act on President Roose- ‘ volt's suggestion Ui delay them beyond the usual time In June. , Attorney General Omer Stoke* , Ja< k*on I* reported to bare reconi sldered hi* plan* to run for the DiHnocatlc nomination for goverI nor . . . Unnt. Gov Henry F H< hrh ker and It Earl Peter*, fed eral housing administrator, are still th* front-runners among the Demo* rat* for governor . . line district chairman polled hl* county chairmen and found an almost | tmanlmou* sentiment for Nchrkki er . . . Peter* will have to resign ' under the Hatch act to h«com* an avowed candidate . . . Regardless , ot wbal slate chuinaM I'l'd Bay* ' say* about an open Democratic convention It appear* certain that with Paul V McNutt as a presidential candidate, hl* master mind* r will *gert their influence to pre- . sent the mo*t attractive state ticket possible ! Dr Edward C. Elliott of Purdue. , who rent he* retirement age next tCONTINI'ED ON PAOR WIX» laicr! Truck Driver i Given Recognition i For the eighth consecutive year. , Fred Pickford of this city, truck driver for Cloverleaf Crenmerla*. i Inc., bi* receiv'd recognition from ■ the Kraft Cheese Corp of Clih ago. for a "no accident" recor-l. In addl- » lion ton letter from 0 A HlaoMnirn. r secremry-troasuror of the Kraft company. congratuKia-g him on hi* ■ outstanding rrcotJ aid extending t th* wJah thM be go ten year* with - out an accident. Mr Picklord re- . reived a gold plated pin. which he f highly prise* Mr. Pickford hold* • the record for tmfely and no awldi ent* In Ihr Clov.rleaf Craamerle* urgauiaallon.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thu rsday, January 11, HHO.

Charges Lynch Bill “Buy” gp ]■* ' J I aRM J \i K ' / I(I OHt I

am* Representative* Cavagan and Mitchell In the midst of a qnlet session. Representative Arthur W Mitchell <D I of Illinois only Negro member of the house, hurls a charge that the Republican party I* "trying to buy Imek the Negro vote" with the ami lynching bill Nhown with Mitchell, right is Repraaentalive Joseph Gavagau of New York, spoosor of the anti-lym-hing bill, passed liy th • house previously only to encounter a southern filibuster In the senate

AUDITOR GIVES ANNUAL REPORT County Auditor Vidor Eicher Submits An* mi a I Report The annual report of Victor 11 Etcher, county auditor, shows that the auditor** office transacted near ly one million dollar* worth of Ims ln.*ss during HSS. total receipts amounting to |9'tt .455 56 Disbursements amounted to |S3H.416.27, leaving a book balance of i 4106,6(7.41, The actual cash hat- i a»tce In the county treasury la less than that amount. Iteeause the loss- ’ ex In cl.med banka In the county have not yet been charged off It | la eathnated that the amount will Im* around 426<HMi. which under the I new law will Im* dlwtril.uled among all the tutting units and funds. Records a** far back aa IS3O must be che. keiFand verified liefore the charge-off can be made, Mr. Either mated The common school Interest fimtl. the congressional Interest fluid and the permanent endow-1 inent fund Intereat fund continue to show a deficit. The total of these overdraft* amount to 410.-! 612.12. Interest in the school fund* t loaned to property owners on home , mortgage* has been delinquent for many years, although the amount j wa* reduced considerably last year. The receipt* Include all taxes, fund* and fee* which the auditor " i V tXTIXt Kli ON PAGE EIGHT) Bi-Weekly K. Os (’. Hance This Evening The Decatur council of the Knight* of Coliunl.it* will hold the bi-weekly dance at the K of C : hall tonight The dance la for mem-1 tiers th»lr wive* and sweetheart*. METHODISTS TO CONDUCT RALLY Four Bishops To Speak At Methodist Rally In Fort Wayne Feb. 20 Plana are being perfected for a Methodist rallr to be held In th* e|ty of Port W*yne, Tuesday, Fnb--nary 20. The morning and afternoon aeastona will be held In the Warne Street Methodist church, with the evening session In thShrine Auditorium. Thia meeting I* egpected to attract 5.666 friend* and m<-nd*era of the Metffiodlat church from a mdlns of 76 mll»w. Four bishop* of the church are Included on the pr<«ram. DI shop Ivan l<ee Holt, of Dallas, Tel Bishop Aleiander P. Shaw, of Sow Orlean*, lai . Bishop J. Lloyd Decell. : of Birmingham. Ala. and Hlahop | Tftu* lx»we. of the Indianapolis are*, who will provide The afternoon session will be In charge of the women of th* Tolled Methodist church. It will be held In the Woyne St Church beginning at 2 0o o'clock On* of the gues* bishops will aPMk Ther* will be ■ luncheon for the mlulwteis and laymen of the chinch at I2:2«. held In the V. W C. A 1 . \uMNZuiuKUOftFAOM kiVK)

General Electric Business Increased flcht'wtatly. Jan 11 Order* received i.y General F.l elite <’<wnpany during the fourth qtuirter of IS.Tt amounted to II 12.1 W *• »>, compared with 165.414.265 in the fmui quarter of 14CI*. ?n Incroisc of 77 percent. Pr* sklent Charles E Wilson announced today Order* for the year 162 S were 1M0.745..1M. compared with 1252. 176.223 for I*:H, an Increas** of 43 percent. Sale* bill d and net .arnings for the ytwr are not yet available. but will be gi'en In the -mumil report for l’€W. to Im* isatted In th- latte pc' o' Mar. 11 CITY TO TAKE BIDS FEB. 8 To Receive Bids For New Equipment At Municipal Plant Proposal* for furnishing the new (impound ateam pressure boiler. ' water healers and pumps and other necessary equipment 111 the half million dollar Improvement at th<* dty light and power plant will he ' received by the hoard of publn wink* and safety, at the city hall, up until lo a m. on February ti. The *|tei Ideation* as prepared by Froehlich and Emery Engineering Company of Toledo, employed by the city lo design the new plant, were adopted last night I.y the board. Herschel Nash, assistant super Intendent of the plant announced t.Mlay. Bids will Ire received on four nnlta. They are Hteain generating unit, including 400 pound steam pressure boiler at 735 degrees F. stoker and fan*. Ileaeralmg feed waler healer. Two closed type feed waler heatI er*. Two centrifugal In.ller feed pump*. The engineer'* estimate on the * combined equipment I* 4127.n0n Alon* with the boiler Is a self supporting stub steel mack und many other accessories. The new i boiler will have a separate smoke I stack and will not Ih* ermnected .with the present brick slack Blds on the building change*, raising the roof, the foundations for the new 6.000 K W turbine and *nrfa<e condenser will Ih* received at a later date The piping and electric wiring contract* will also be let at * separate letting latai November the board of public Work* and safely and the city council awarded contract* to the General Electric Company for a 16.000 K W turbine and to th.Westinghouse h Mfg. Company for a condenser. The ■ turbine price was 118.000 and the condenser. 414 mb) To help finance the halt million dollar Improvement, the city bonded the plant for IIMI.OOO. Issuing bond* for that amount list Novemi her The balance of the Improve--1 men! will he paid for with the torwTiNttin nw paiir riv*~' ~.-0 . — Unidentified Ship Sinks Off England London Jin. 11—(t’PI—An unidentified ship sank today after an egploalon rdf M*» east co**t A cos jtal lifeboat went to the acene of the enpkmion wdtich was witnessed by 'crowd* uu the cliff tops

Rescue Crews Work Feverishly To Reach 87 Miners Entombed After Explosion In Coal Mine

DECATDR LADY FATALLY HURT IN AUTO CRASH Mrs, Charles W. Teeple Killed In Collisitm Near Decatur j Sheriff Ed Miller Indicated today that Harry Brewer. 51. of Delphi, would be exonerated of all blame in the auto crash east of here late Wedneaday which claimed the life I of Mrs. Gladys Teeple. 27. of this city. Mrs. Tm-ple died In the Adams county memorial hospital at I Io o'clock Wednesday afternoon, little , more than an hour after her car was slrmk by the one driven l>y Brewer on federal road 224. three miles east of this city. Mr* Teeple, who was employed by a metropolitan tiewspajw-r on a rural paper delivery route, was driving north across road 224 Hewer told Sheriff Miller that she drove her car across 224 without stopping. Tlie Brewer auto st rink the Teeple auto and hurled it against a telephone pole ami then Into a field The Brewer car lareened down the road and stopped. Mrs. Teeple was thrown out of her car. After getting out of their car. Brewer and a companion. W E Funk. 29. of Kentland, went to the aid of Richard Fairchild. IS. son of Mr and Mrs Tom Fairchild, of this city, who was riding with Mrs. Te< ph For a lime they were tieaide Io find Mrs Teeple She was loiiiol lying some distance away pear a telephone pole. i Al the hospital. It was learned that she was suffering from a frac- | Hired skull. Fairchild suffered a , fractured left arm and severe laceration* on the right f<u>t Brewer and Funk ie>th suffered head and , leg injuries. After treatment. Brewer was released Fairchild and Funk remained hi the hospital. Tlie Teeple auto wa* badly damJ aged and the Brewer car wa* almost totally demolished. First Fstality [ It was the first fatal auto a< <I- . deni in Adam* county In the year . Ib4« Mr* Teeple wa* born In Woodhunt. November 25. 1912. the daughter of Jay and Eva Chapman. 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) ’ | — <> - • -eCentral School Band Will Be Here Friday i. ~— A* an aided feature for Ih-catnr |l>a»keib,il fan* Friday night a' the • juniorwenior high school gysnnaisium m this city th-- high whoo! [ 4>and from Centra! ot Fort Wayn» i will be on hand to boost their t<mm during the gam>- between the t'entral Tiger* and th" Decatur Yellow Jacket*. ' MAN IS FINED ; IN CITY COURT i Lewis Hoile In Fined SI And CostM For Reckleno Driving Mayor Forr- st Klxey In city cour' this afternoon found !a*wi« Hoile I 51. of north of Decatur, guilty of reckless driving and Imposed a fine <»f 11 and <o*U Tie- mayor In pas*f Ing *cntrnc«-. informed Hoile that . Stowe he dll not believe the de- ( fondant made a practice of reck- . lew* driving hr would not revoke his driver'* license I’rosex-utor Arthur E Voghvwrd , condlietod the state'* cosr against Hoile, who was arrested on Decent- , tier 14 by Officer RilMell Prior of . tin- Indiana strut.- police following ( a three car crash on tite north . bridge over the Hi. Mary's river. Carl Whlllertbsrg-r. Morri* H to , v<r and Alfred Colib. occupants of , the other two cars involved In the crush, all testified Gum Hoile was on the*wr<mg side of the toad. Officer Prior, th* last wltnoa* c tiled | by prosictitor Voglewode. tewttfled to the same effect Hoile conducted hl* own defense , and wa* not represented by coon set Ht- did not cronexnmlno th* , state’* witnesses but testified him t srN He told the court that he did ' (UUNTINUED ON PAUK TWU|

HULL DEFENDS TRADE PROGRAM Secretary Os State Defends Reciprocal Trade Agreements Washington. Jan II <(j.R> Seer*-lary of stalo Cordell Hull vigorously defended hl* reciprocal trade agreements program today as the only iHtllcy of International relations that can prevent a complete reveqslon io economic chaos, dictatorship and recurrent wars To "unscruptllolis" critics of the program Io- replied that II was the 1 only way of advancing domestic prosperity and promoting world pe.nc He cautioned that alianil- ' oliment of II now would mean a repetition of our condliioit after tin- World War when the United Slates wa* a "prtM-essioit of destructive protectionism " I Hull read a prepared statement to th.- house ways and menu* commlH<-<- which Itegan hearing* today 'hat would extend the trade program ait for three years Th-.-presi-iit act expires June 12 Tlie program I* nei-.ssary while pii-si-nt hoHtllitie* abroad are In progress he said, "to defend our 'X|«ort» trade from the In--1 roads of foreign control and dis- ' location am! onr ai-ilon now will have an -.-iioriuous infltti-me upon the problem* of econom’ii- r>- ■ i'i>n*lrii<tlmi when hoKtilith-s have ceased The G*> year-old secretary of state, who i-mislders the trade .*gn-.iin-iii program the major achievement of his long career a« ( congressman, senator and. finally, as iiiimber om- member of Pre*! dent Roosevelt's cabinet, opens, I the congressional battle on tariff which will reverberate throughout' ! the coming campaign. Republicans .ind Democrat* are attacking it. SELECT SITE FOR BANQUET Dvmorratir Woman’s (’lull Banquet At K. Os I*. Tuesday The banquet to be given at 'i > o'clock next Tuesda. evening by . the Adam* County in-mot rath Wo- - m-n’s clip', will lu- held at the Knight* of Pythias home on Third Mreet, it w<* announced today by Mrs c, M Ellsworth, dub presidf ent This wa* decide! Upon by the dinner committee whi--!i is compos- ,. ed of Mesdame* ('. A F’apl-ton. , N. C. Nelsen. Uriel Chase. Velma . latke, Justine Everhart and Harold I Kaittter » xHher armng'-ment t for the ban- , <|ii t ami for tin- big ptl>lic meeting . to li-- held at * o’x-liM'k at the high ( school auditorium are going forward. Card* urging worker* in eai h precinct to bring their n«ic?>t*ors to the meeting have Imm-u s.-nt to Ssii in the county Bills and card* are also b-it»g distributed and it is I*--B lii-ved the even* will l-e a MMMS. Fred Hay*, slate < Italrman. will atten l the banquet and will apeak l.riofly. He will al-o tuak the prin- < i|*il addrrs* at th- ptildii meet- | Ing. Hi- is bringing with him hl* troupe of 3fl vaudeville performer* who will give a down *«*<« during the evening, entertaining the crowd and int* rest tag the worker*. ||e will ' send five apodal decorators here 1 early Tile* lay to get th- meeting f places nstdy. • At Xhe hanqu «. Mrs Ellsworf t • will present Mr*. J W Tyndall. ! chairman of the program commit- ’■ tee, who will introduce Mr Ha>« • At the public meeting, N C Nelion ’ county chalman will pr>*ent Mi Hay* who will turn the meeting • over to 111* floor manager t ■ Q ... * Buys Health Bond I b 1 The Decatur Shafce»|M*ar* Club ha* voted purchase of a |5 health CHRISTMAS cp At c Brown, chairman C'hri.tma. < ■"| I'JF'■ ~.a | drive. an '■ *** j { nounced today. ' > Proceeds from the 1 ! ” t ! health bond fund IVYyMJ the fight against tuberculod* and • dWwWwvds to carry on work NWp to F/atocf and program of _ Yew Waste f*am lb* lubet. ulosl* Jebe*cW*nt awudaUoa.

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Rescuers Working Under Hazardous Conditions To Reach Men Trapped By Blast. FOUR ARE DEAD Bartley. W. Va. Jan. II <U.R> • A rescue crew worked under extremely haxardou* conditions today toward S7 men who had itov-n trapped dead or alive. It was not known in a coal mine explosion more than 2» hours ago The Itodles of four mlnr-rs had Iteen recovered Although officials of the Pond Crwk Pocahontas Coal Corporalfoil were encouraged by reports from the fio men digging toward the entomlted miners, state mining department representatives eottld give no aasurance that atty would Im- found alive The first Indication that the miner* trapped In the explosion may sti’.l lie alive came today from the third rescue crew as It dug through tons id fallen slate to within a few hundred feet of the men "Condition* down here look a little lietter." was the word that tame from the rescue workers nearly tit** feet In-low the surface as they Worked a* speedily a* the foul air and precarious condition rd the passageways would permit. J G Hammond, secretary to the vice president and general manager of the Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal company, explained that the Information received at the mine office was that the force of the explosion at 2 2'l p m yesterday had been straight out the main entry. That meant, he said that most of th>- miners imprisoned far down in the mine had a chance of «ttrvfv:il Xfost of them were working In a passageway to the left of the main entry at the time of the explosion Hammond said the air in the mine should In fresh for several hours if the force of the explosion i W.ir. not directed .It the section of the mine where the s'* men were at wmk Exhausted from their work under most difficult ami dangerous iiiudhimis. the first two rescue crews could say little about their work They had no Idea whether the miners would Im* found alive. More than 2.000 persons, many of them relatives of those entombed waited quietly In n ro|M-doff area Son feet from the mine entrance for word from below. There were murmurs and occasionally someone would burst into tears but the crowd was orderly. They built bonfire* to keep warm. Wives and children of the miner* stood in another enclosure 75 feet from the tipple The lights strung up outside the mine during the night cast < dim glow over the Dry Fork river, near the mine entrance The explosion in the Pond Crci-k Pocahontas Coal corporation's No tCnNTfNCBIt ON PAGE WIVE) - $5,000 DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED Robert lliibeggcr File* Damage Suit Against Railroad A |5 imo d*tma*e »uH ha* b on filed in the Adam* circuit court bv Hilbert Habegger against the \i--v York Central and Hl Igrul* II tilroad company (Nickle 11*1 Roudt. The suit arose out of a train -tut* crash at the Line street crossing of the Nickle Plite tracks on Januniv !.' I<CA The complaint charge* that the plaintiff had sharped al the crossing to permit a train to pass that ' he looked both say* and then cautiously pro. e- led across. 1 The complaint states that li • ' hter learned upon investicattan 1 that a train wa* stopped 20 feet west of th • cro*«lng. He charges • that the engineer careleaslv and 1 n.-gllgenily drove tba train onto hl* ■ <wr He charges that tb<* sigual - lights were not working. i Ths convptotat avert that he *nfI sered permanent Injuria*, that hn i suffer* loss of memorny and move* about In a date and will contmu* I to do ao; that he is unable M I work ! Ed A Bo»se and Harry T Grub** i are attorney* for the plaintiff in , the xult.