Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1940 — Page 1

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Ifllll MW Ml MUTE TO SEN. BOR AH u funeral For Veternn Idaho Senator h He ld Today . t ,, nf , 08 . Jan » ~ '«-» ~' g RorJh »«» £"** n * n (un'Til today 1,1 ’*•* * .here he »ai an senator liabu for M y« r " . _ 1( , colleagues. Presidetr .. supreme ,ottr ' ' m-n>i*rs. diplomat* d, »wembl«t in tribute to ynr-M ir * n "< ,h “ ** iu,e Lj Friday evening rested in a gray *'*M .li the ■-Il o* ,fc * ' ham, "* r U It flowers were lianked Aiaonr rbwm *•*•** 8 wr,, “ | a Ik mrMlion’ from the White , naf Os lillies and white from the senate. ji, ib,- nation’s (treat and ma; offered their final hornj|r» Borah, the senator'* p; .ompanlon in th< years hit sane spread around the .<m not In the senate p r she had borne up braveg, r the strain of her hits- • Midden Illness and death, pr visit was not to witness r»ta«ny 4 rhair that could lie plac'd , senate Sas occupied sa.’e tn, ass Borah's the place vbkh hr- rose to thunder Woodrow Wilson's plan I League of nations, againat and upeclaJ privilege, a. presidents from William St Taft to Franklin D RowHis rhair was vacant and Im th-- copper name pint- on pt was a single spray of red bp there was no oratory In Mate only the solemn and r KplM-npal funeral service, I tena-r rhaplsin Barney T. p intoned iM-ginnlng: )■ th- resurrection and the »f»'h the Lord " KE PLANS ON SHORT COURSE hi Committees. Exped Irord-BreakinK Short I Course Here ■ ears: shoe coarse managemnsistins of nearly W” and country men and & bars groan so enthusiasf*' '** corse in agrical■sd Nome economics. to he ■at hsrstar on February ■ »sd 15 that they nave defl- ■ ••sniiNl to make thia the ■t and best shot t , ourse ever ■ W in this section of the ■ hssspacted that anon the ■* W to make tt the finest •* »' any tone | n all lh« ■j" latte, ambition means J* >*» ditfi-n-ni individuals ■’’"'•"'-nd the short < nurse ■ tin» or another during the leasiona start prompt ■ on the 13th and attend are asked to be in to B** 1 *"* »f the best IP"** r *<ttlat staff of the ■■JiMten.t,,,, ssnrfc, „ f ■ J,*”*” 1 ' 1 ' " Hl «l»* the it B’2**"ira | lii.!r.|<tion that H " ,hr ,wo •‘•y* B I ** ,on or any other, ■**7 to distant points and ■"***• superior Ur that B™ 1 he Siren at lhe whori ■ M aerator „ a February 13 ■ to be eight perfor men and Bl. l» 'be two days *' * fh nf ,h « ,o « r F"' 08 ' Pur '*"* will stvs ■’LL’ 111 k «‘f day The mT* 13 ' wh|<h Will be KL*" 0 " wlll '* followed ■kw*"' * M ” *’" r ’ P° tn ' Ka kln «‘ '« "h the Instruction ■Thai!*" 1 "I 'he MEZZ?’*' 7 »• will he of •**<>■ THKBHI ■ OC ’* T ™IRMOMtTER Bl g n ——l Bl U BhV — 14 I _ - »4 E, ‘•"'•M *nd B •. ,w ** m s nerth ' ’“idea . ? **

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Faces Life Term I Joseph Rnssano. IS yesrold Chicago youth. Raturday wan convicted by a Jury in Chicam criminal court for the murder /of Harry Francois. Chicago policeman. The Jury recommended life Imprison ment. Jerry Mangano. !3. Idotlll- | fled as the slayer of Anthony Milhaud. Bertie, last August, has lieen sentenced to die Fell *3 for the Francois killing halo Began!, third member of the gang, has pleaded guilty and is to lie welil• ent ed Isler. PLAN SERIES OF MEETINGS Soil C’onscrvation Program To Be Diacuflsed At Meetings Allotments on corn acreage and total depleting allotments, in connection with the soil conservstbm program, have lieeu sent to all farmers in Adams comity There have been relatively few changes In the rules governing partidpa lion in the IMO conservation program. bat theae changes are very important: therefore, to bring these matiera to the attention of - the farmers of Adams county, the , soil conservation coauwiuea haa arranged for a series stf t.-iwaahip meetings in whl< h the following topics will be discussed First, agricultural nutlook sot : l>4t» which will covet the supply of ’eeda and llveutock on band the probable demand, the probable buaiueu situation arid possible price trands Second, changes in the coMervatlon rules as they ap ply to !*4d; third, snnouncementa of coming events of Interest to farmers of Adams county The first series of meetings will he held at ? 30 p m Tuesday. at the following pointa Monroe. Monroe high school; Blue Creek township. Jacob school; 1 French township Election smool. Hanford township. Hartford high school The aeries of township meetings for 7:30 p m Wednesday Kirkland township. Kirkland high school Washington assembly room of the Lincoln school, coiner of Adams at Fifth street. Decatur. Root township. Monmouth high school The nest aeries of township j meetings is arranged for 7:M pm Thuraday Jefferson. Jefferson high school; Vnlon. Immanuel Lutheran school, hi Mary’s. PIeastCOMTINVCD ON PACE THRKB? CHECKAnEMPT TO AVOID TH AaaeMror Report* Effort To Pay Lower Poll Tax Here Chanty Assessor Ernest Worth man waa today < becking what was believed to be an attempt on the part of a local young man to avoid full payment of poll tales in securing his IS4O operator a license Mr. Worttaman reported that the young man. whose realdence la believed to be in the city, bad signed a special aaeeeement sheet, giving his address as Root township Since the poll tai In Decatur is 32 So per year, while In Root township It is only 31 M the youth. If aoccoMful in the attempt, would have saved IL A thorough Investigation of th* Incident la to be made. Mr Worthman stated. He called the attentloa of the public to the fact that a IMM fine may be imposed upon conviction of the offense of falsely signing a paper under oath. Scores of special assessments have been made In the aaeessor’a office In the past several weeks as delinquent tagpayers made the payments to be able to secure their aew driver's Ucenaea, be stated. >

,ANNUAL MEET IS HEW HERE Farm Loan Association I Stockholders Hold I Meeting Here The annual meeting of the stockI holders of the Adams County National Farm laian association waa held Saturday at the K. of P. home In this city Henry B. Heller, secretary treasurer, Oliened the meeting. which was attended by nearly ICO members and friends Lawmce E. Archbold, county agent, was presented and he introduced the "Teens and Twenties club chorus" who responded with ' a group of songs In the absence of the president, Jacob C. Barkley, Severin H. Si hurger acted as chairman of the meeting The business of the association was transacted. In which reports of the directors and of the loan committee were given The financial report waa given by Mr. He|- ( lei. who reported the progress of the asaiM'lation In the past year The report showed that there were 1 no delinquent borrowers on January I. IPfo Oswald A. Hoffman and Fred M Bleeke. directors of this association for the past six years, were re-elected fqj- a term of three years E. V. I binder a of the Federal l-attd Bank of Louisville, who la district manager for Eastern Indi ana. addressed the' stia kholdera. congratulating them on the fact that their aasocluHon was the only one In the state of Indiana which ion Id iMiast of a perfect collection record He suggested that each borrower serve his aaaoriatiM a little better thia year not only by keeping bls own record perfect but by telling his neighbors and frleuda about the work of the Federal laind Bank and of their association He also Invited the Imrrowers and their friends to go 1 through the Federal Und Bank should any of them have an opportunity to visit Ixmlsvllle During and at the close of the tCONTINL'KD ON PACE Foil Hl , LOCAL OIL MAN AT CONFERENCE A. C. Preuss To Attend Standard Oil Sale* Conference A. C. Preuss, sales representative. of Decatur, will hr among the Standard Oil salesmen and sales executives who will attend th* company's annual sales conference in the (*laypool hotel. Indianapolis. Tuesday. Speaker* at the conference will include Amos Ball, vice-president In charge of sales. R F McConnell, general manager of sales; H E Hanson and H. J. Bemis, assistant general managers; H L. Porter, manager of sales promotion-whole-sale. C. H lamomux. manager of sales promotion-reseller, and W. I. Nunn, advertising manager, all of Chicago. N R Grimshaw. South Bend manager; R. A. Miller. Evansville manager, and R S. Orr. Indianapolis manager To demonstrate how the company's !•«> sales plan will help the salesman and benefit the consumer. a cast of IS will be on hand with IS tons of stage scenery and properties. and a Hollywood motion picture "Penny Turns Pro". A feature will be the announcement of the spring and summer advertising campaign more than 75 percent of which Standard will schedule In dally and weekly news papers thia year. o Former Local Man Hurt In Accident Mlles Raker. 31. formerly of this city, was injured Bunday afternoon In Fort Way.va when struck by an auto Baker, a salesman for the Continental Coffee company in that city, was unloading his truck when the auto driven by l-oy I'nderwood. of near Fort Wayne, bit him He sustained bruises and ahra elons on both legs He was taken to the Bt. Joseph's hospital In that city, where he now resides —-—O " — District K. Os P. Meeting At Bluffton * —I Third rank work is to be given at a district K. of P. meeting to bo held at Bluffton Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock Grand lodge officers will bo present. Members of i the Decatur lodge are requested to I meet at the home here at 7 o'clock i Tuesday evening and will leave In I -a body. »i

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Guarded After Extortion Threat —J—— ' .BL W ■ f \ k !■■ 1 Ac. : MU /■ . Ehen Parsons, prominent attorney of Marblehead. Maa* , la shown with his daughter. Estelle. 12. <1 men and local police pl med the- girl under strict guard after her father received an extortion note threatening her life unless he left 3500 under a tree

WORK MOVES ON TAKING CENSUS Ed Christen Completes District Two Os Business Census E<l Christen. who in taking the business census for Adam* county, said today he would complete district two and begin on district three today District two comprise* French. Hartford. Wabash and Jefferson townships District three, in which h<* will 10-gin to work today includes Monroe. Blue Creek. St. Mary's, and Washington township (With the exception of Decatur.) District three also ln< Inde* the town of Monroe He has completed the business census in district one. which in eludes the north part of the county. District four, which take> in only the town of Berne, and district five, which include* only the city of Decatur, will lie done at » later date. The Information taken by Mr. Christen is confidential and will not be divulged His reports must he done in black Ink so they may be fed Into a nun him- which photographs totals and complies the results for the census division. In this way no human mind reads the reports from local business men. Totals by district*. state* and other division* will he made public but no Information will be given about Individual concern*. Mr. Christen asked that he be permitted to egpress bl* appreciation of the cooperation he ha* received from the borine* men he ha* contacted III* work mu*t be completed by March 31 On April the agricultural and the population census I* to begin. MRS.KLICKMAN t TAKEN BY DEATH Mfk. AugUMta Klickman Dies Sunday In French Township Mr*. Augusta Klickman. 7*. a native of Germany, died Sunday morning at her home in French township Death was attributed to pneumonia, following an lllneM of one week The deceased was born In Germany. August 37. IMO. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Take. The was married to Ferdinand Klickman in June, mt»4 in Germay. The couple came to thia country In BH. living In Ohio for two year* and then moving to French township The husband died March IK. INK. Surviving are the following children: Bertha. August, at home; William of Ohio; Otto. Ilitlda. Anna and Cora, all at home. One son. four brothers and one sister are deceased She was a member of the St. Duke's Evangelical and Reformed chureb In Kirkland township. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the borne and I M o'clock al lho| churcb with the Rev. II H. Meekstroth officiating. Burial will lie made in the church cemetery. |

I St. Mary’s Church Names Two Trustees 1 ' Fredrick Schulte was elected a* | a new memlrer and Joseph .Murphy j was te-electd* a member of the liourd of trustees of Ht. Mary's I Catholic church, at the annual meeting of the congregation Sunday morning Casper Miller retired as a trustee after serving two terms The other three memlter* of the > board are, Barney Wertsberger. , i Robert'Gage and J. Carroll SEEK WORK FOR WPA LABORERS ' City Project Is Filed With WPA Representatives Todav 1 A possibility that WPA work would he available to more than a wore of men in the city of Decatur ’ within a 30 day period, wa* seen today following a meeting of representatives of various WPA spoil*<»r« in the county The meeting wa* held In the city hall building this morning In an effort to secure more work tor . WPA laborer*. Those in attendance lac I tided Waller 11. Giiiiom. county surveyor and highway sup- . er vigor. John M. Doan. Washington township trustee; Mayor Forrest Elrey and city engineer Ralph E. Roop. commissioner* Phil Htrahm. Frank l.inigrr and Mose* Augsburger; Wendell Macklin, county WPA foreman; Frank P. Joyce, area WPA engineer and John Bender, area WPA supervisor. both of Fort Wayne. An application for approval of a city project which would employ approximately 30 men wa* prepared by Engineer Roop and returned with the WPA representative*. It is hoped that approval will be given to the project within the nest 30 days This project Includes street and sewer work No WPA work has been available In the city for approximately one year Figure* shown to the group disclosed that only 17 men tn the county have had WPA work since the first of the year. The figure* also disclosed that <7 were assigned to WPA labor in the county, of which M were to work on the dam project. 10 on the sewing project, live on the recreation project and two oa record* la the-court house' The 17 working since the ffrst of the year were employed on the latter three project* The figure* ■howed that IM worker* are certified but not assigned The representative* of the WPA asserted that money and project* iCONTINUBD GN PAGK THRKK? « O'Rev. Jacoh Heller Rite* Held Today Funeral service* were held at the Floral avenue Church of the Brethren thl* afternoon for Rev. Jacob HeUer. M. father of William H and Roy Heller of Decatur, who died Saturday morning at his home In Portland. Burial was made m the Pleasant Dal* cemetery Other survivor* are the widow, and the following children: Orville HeUer of Preble. Mr* Margaret Jones of Fort Wayne. Mrs Lewis Murphy of Monroeville. Mr*. Pearl Brown of Grand Rapids. Michigan jaod three supaoaa-

Neutral Nations Os Europe Resent Britain Suggestion Os United Front On Germany

SHIPS SEEKING SURVIVORS OF BURNED LINER Fear 50 Or More Missing Ak Italian Liner h Destroyed Marseilles. France. Jan. 22 (U.B ! —Ships and airplanes snarched the Mediterranean today for passen gers and crew of the bnmed Italian liner Orallo as the first surI vlvors and their rescuers, landing hern, told of their escape It waa feared here that at least one of the Oraxio's life boats, coni tainteg (terhaps 5o passengers and r crew members, had lieen lost r Official Italian advices from Genoa repott.-d three lifolMtats. containing 54 persons, were missing but It wax believed that some of these had Iteen picked up by I French ships. The first 45 survivors were i landed here by a French liner this ’ morning. • The liner's captain told a story t of a fight through a storm to the 1 rescue after his ship received an • SOB at 10 a m Bunday He reached the Oraxlo at 4 p tn "The ship was a naming torch." |he said "Two Itallar, liners, the > Colombo and Conte Blancamano. . were there alotig with an Italian freighter and small boats , "When, we arrived there were paaseugers still aboard They w>re grouped In the middle of the ship l>e<aiiee both bow and stern were afire ' "We watched as the main mast ) fell Into the sea "It was evident that the ship could no! last long so all ships be- ) gan taking off [wssengers despite the toughness of the seas ' "The fire was so hot that the sea water around thq ship's heated plates were Imillng. "Evacuation of passengers was . most orderly Women and children came off first "French and Italian rescue ships 1 sent small hoata alongside regular- ' ly removing them as fast as poxj xlble But xome paxxengerx jump , ed into the sea. holding to keep them afloat ropes tied to the burn- , Ing ship" Survivors said that the fire in •he Orsiio originated In an explo aion In the engine room Five of the ship's engineers were killed in the explosion they said Official Italian sources at G-u-on had announced that the fire started at 530 a. tn yesterday. 40 miles off the French naval base at Toulon, near Marseilles A complete tabulation of survivors waa difficult because of a conflict between Freni h and Italian sources At the time the first 45 survivors landed here, the Italian ship lOS-TIMI Kt. ON l-SOS- VOI Kt ~ FORMERLOCAL MANPROMOTED Lewi* Amuitrong Named Vice-President Os Elkhart Bank Lewia B Armstror.g formerly of thia city, has Iteen elected a vicepresident. In addition to his post as cashier of the St Joseph Vai- , ley Rank, at Elkhart. Mr. Armstrong at one time waa . an assistant cashier of the old Peoples latan and Trust company of lAecatur. and prior to going to Elkhart waa employed by a Fort Wayne banking Institution In ItlS, Mr. Armstrong and lam- ' lly moved to Elkhart, wh-u h. liecame asanclated with th Ht Joseph Valley Bank Mrs. Armstrong Is also formerly of this city, lieing Mias Marcella Kern, before her marriage Th< y are the parents of three children The Elkhart Truth published | the following Item, relative to t Mr. Armstrongs promotion "Following the annual stockholders meeting of the St. Joseph ' Valley Bank, Lew Armstrong was promoted from cashier to viespresident and cashier Armstrong came with the bank five inoi hs after Its opening In Angus' I*ls ' as caakler of the new Institution. , ' \cO3tnMUS& ON FAQB IMJUMD •<

C. C. BANQUET HERE TUESDAY Annual Banquet, Election Os Director* Here Tuesday Night The annual banquet and election of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Masonic temple in this city Tuesday evening at 6:30 o’clock. Advance ticket xalex. ax reported by Roscoe Glendening. ticket chairman. indicate one of the largest gatherings to attend the annual banquet in the past several years. l-ewlx P. East, livestock trafficagent for the Pennsylvania railroad system, will lie the ptincipal x|ieaker He will discuss transportation problems and the development nl agriculture and industry. The president of the organisation. Pete Reynolds. Will preside at the meeting Herman H Krueckeberg xecretary-treadier, will read the annual reports. Music during the banquet will lie provided by an orchestra under the direction of Gerald Zimmerman. W P A. mucic supervisor. Three directors will Im- selected from a list of 12 candidates, with the three high men to serve terms of three years each Those elected will sui-i eed Pels Reynolds. John L. De Voss and J Ward Calland. who will complete three y»ar terms tomorrow night. The 12 candidates are as follows: Beorge Auer. C. J. Beavers, G. Remy Bierly. Brice Butler, Earl D. Colter. Harold lAeVor. Carl Gerber. J. L. Kocher. Jr., Richard Ma< kiln James Murphy. E V McCann, and Guy Tester. DUBACH SEEKS COUNTY OFFICE Eli Dubach Announce* Candidacy For County Commi**ioner Eli Dubach, well known Hartford township farmer, today announced that he would be a <andidate for the Democratic nomination to the office of county commissioner, third district. In the approaching May primary Mr Dubach served as trustee of Hartford township one teitn, which expired last year He is one o! the township's best known residents and has le-en an active worker In the Democratic party here for almost a score of years He Is married and the father of three children They are: Miss Berniece Ibthuih. an employe of the Graham Abstract company here and a former clerk in the county -.-leek's office: Robert and June, both students at Hmlford township high school The offl< <- is now held by Moses Augsburgi-r Tin- term expires Itecemher 31 of this year Mr Dubach la the first to announce his candldat y for thia office and the second to announce for any office in the county Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, who announced last week that she would seek the! office of county recorder, was the first Clarence linight I* Heart Attack Victim Clsrence Vsnce Knight. 41. of Fort Wsyne. a aslesman for the R M Kaough company, and well known in thia city, died suddenly 1 Bunday afternoou at hla home in 1 Fort Wayne Death waa attributed to heart disease Knight made regular weekly trips to his city for the company The ixidy was taken to the Kluehn and Kona funeral home - • Arrest Magley Man Following Accident 11 1 I Robert Kolter of Magley Is to i be arraigned Thursday morning be- i fore Mayor Forrest Kiley lo ana- | wer io a charge of falling to signal i a left bsnd turn Kolter was arrested last Friday by Otficsr Russell Prior following a two car ctaah la i Magley | The other car Involved in tha accident waa driven by Wilbur Dodd < ot IltMmie, Officer Prior reported, i No one was hurt but both care were . damaged. 4 I

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Neutral Nation*Condemn Churchiir* Suggestion That Rest Os Europe Join With Allies. 10 SHIPS LOST Ry Joe Alex Morris 111. P. Foreign News Editor! The threat of war on new ironM Increased the worries of Europeim neutrals today and ec hoed ax tM uvuy us Washington and Tokyo. With in more ships iniiuding the British destroyer Grenville and Ilk lives lost over the weekend in Beu warfare, the |M>axlblliiy of a general European conflict waa brought into the open l>y alatemen's of British cabinet iiilnlshm and '-y the angry reaction of m-u---trni capitals. In almost every neutral country thore was condemnation of the suggestion advanced by British first lord of 'he admiralty Winston f'huri-hlll that the rest of Ettrope should Join the allies to guard against being absorbed liy Nazism or Bolshevism. Bo strongly unfavorable waa th" reaction to Churchlli'a speet h that the British spokesman at lumdon Issued a statemenl today saying that the remarks of the first lord of the admiralty were merely a presentation of "self-evident facia" and denying that they represented tiny attempt by Britain to pr.-sa the neutrals Into a state of b< Illgerency Both Churchill and British foreign secretary Viscount Hall'ax emphasised the increasing tendency In latiidon to link Itussin with Germany as a common foe. As yet this attitude merely has Iteen expressed In speeches but the first lord of the admiralty left liltlo douht that it is a government viewpoint and that the allies c >ni aider It vital lo stop the ted armies in Finland with the aid if possible of other European atalwi that might help strangle Germany at the same time. There waa an echo of the same sentiment in Paris. In Berlin. Churt-hlH's speech waa regarded merely as confirming Iho Natl viewpoint that the British are set-king to spread the war fronts a development not likely lo help the reich at pn-seni but In the neutral countries there wag open anger that the British cabinet minister should ihux inlet>s|fy the difficulties of the small nations. Regardless of whether the little neutrals sympathise with the allied cause, none of them wants to Increase th<- rue-pit-ion or hostility of Germany it this point In the Finnish war, lher" ap- ■ CONTINUED ON PAGE THREM* Report Tony Kohne I* Critically 111 Tony Kohne of Dletkes street ha* been critically 111 since Friday evening when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Mr Kohne has been in a coma since about II p m. Friday and little ho|w- is extend-d for his recovery He Is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Alva Nichols of thia city. ONE-MINTERM TO GIVE WORK Augurt Heimann To Fill All Chair* In Elka Initiation An unusual and unique exempli ficalion of ritualistic work will t<w presented at the regular meeting of the Decatur B P O. Klka lodew Wednesday night, when August Helman will fill all the rhalra iff the degree work to l>e given to a large class of candidates. Mr. Heiman, who ia esquire ot the lodge, and acts as exaulted ruler for the degree team, will take all l»arts on the degree team. This will be the first time for such a presentation of the ritualistic work in the Dacatur lodge, and a large number of members Is e» perted to attend. In addition, del* gatkms are expected from neighboring Elks lodges. A class ot It candidates la elated to take the ritualistic work Wed* ceeday Bight. Tha meeting will open at 8 <A clock Wednesday night and all members are urged to be preeeuU A free luncheon will be served lot , lowing th* mvalihg,