Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1940 — Page 1

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ROOSEVELT ON INSPECTION OF PANAMA CANAL Warns 21 Ameriran liepublics Canal Defence Vital To All Alma rs Th«- Ike-'royer Ijiiik F. h 20 ‘UH Preahb-at RilMevelt in»l>e< ted th* cater Pnelflr defettaes of the |*e;«ama today after warning the 2i Amrkan repiiblka that the canal wa« vital to the defence of the entire wewtern hemisphere. In his first press conference : aboard the I’.SS TuscaitMisa since. he eniltatked. the president de. I.ired that protection of the canal Is of utmost importatite to all ilu f.pnidiis as well .IS to the In .-<| States. The whole policy of hemispheric defense offer IS tso h republic just ' as mttrh as the I'nited Hi tiles he said He anticipated the heartiest cooperation of all the Americas In measures to make the -.anal Impregnable against attacks from land, air or waler The Tuscaloosa rrtllsTd In West ( Panamanian waters a day out from I luilsra. the president r A pin hit ng that he Is making a comptr te study of the Canal Zone and Central American defenses on the Par ific side with *pe< lai attention to distant canal defenses rather than fortifications near the < tnal TRIBUTE PAID K.P. MEMBERS Two Geneva Members Honored On 50th Annivenarien Tribute to two of the outstanding memlters of the Knights of Pythias lodge In the state was paid at nn anniversary meeting held s.t Ueneya Monday night In honor of W W Rriggg and Willis | Ulendeinung of taat town. ■ These two men have been tnem-la-ni of the Knights of Pythias 1 lodge for So years and were given life memltershlp cards and pins In I commemoration of their years of service to the order Mr llrlggs and Mr tilendennlng are two of the tout surviving chartor members of the first Geneva Knights of Pythias ledge and the only two chatter members ifilt affiliated at Geneva They receiv-. ed their life membership a month after the Soth antilversary of the founding of t’ae first Knights of Pythias hatge In Geneva. January it. I2SO A special dinner was held in their honor after the regular meeting of the lodge The table was decorated with two triangular cakes, each hearing the crest of the Knights rd Pythias lodge Kach had the name of one of the honored guest a. W. O. Smith preaided at th'* meeting and Introduced Kenneth Shoemaker, cashier of the Geneva hank, and a member of the lodge , The speaker paid tribute to service rendered by Mr Briggs and Mt Glendenning to the lodge and their community He spoke on the "fortune" they had warned In friendship, and other fields of hnman endeavor in which they excelled He closed by saying It Is right to give honor to distinguished cltlsens while they are living, rather than wait until they can no longer* appreciate them Walter Cross of Geneva gave a I tnOMTIMI'KD ON PAGE SIX* —•— - ■ Communist leader Is Given Sentence New York. Feb 2P (|-pi Fed eral judge John C Knox today sentenced Wellwell WarfsoW'-r. Kuss ian bom financial secretary of the ( American communist party, to two years in prison for using an Hie- , gaily obtained passport Judge Knot said he also wtutld 1 recommend Warfsower's deportation after he served the two-year sentence. He refused to grant the ( prisoner hall but said be would ' stay elevation of the sentence for ' one week While the defense filed ' petition with the V. S. circuit court of appeal* —a — Holiness Group To .Meet Sunday t - 1 1 The monthly meeting of the Ad i sms county holiness assoclatl m will be hold Sunday. February 2S i •t I p m at the Mt Hope Kat- i arene church The speaker will be Rev Gerald Bright • Special music will be furnished I by Mr and Mrs flrance Kdwards i The public Io Invited to attend J

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WILL DISCUSS POOL PROJCET Swimming Pool Project Listed For lliseussion This Evening The city swimming |«>ol project I I* listed for one of the principal Heme of discussion at the regular meeting of the city rohhcll this evening The pool project will be discussed from two angles The first will be to d»-< Idr- what to do with the old pool ai Waterworks Park. In view of the order of the state hoard of health to Improve II and make It sanitary, or no' operate It neat summer. The state luMiid ha* condemned the pool a* It Is today and will not permit its operation miles* the < ity revamp* the system of purifying the water and remodels th>- bath house The second point of discussion ’ will deal with the p>**slhillty of building a swimming pool on a new site and making II modern In every reaper t. The principal hitch i in that program, a* viewed by sev- j eral conncilmen Is the financing of the project. ’ Il is estimated by city oflh ials. bato-d on information obtained from W’f’A engineers, that <t would <oat around SH imhi to remodel the old pool. tb>- be.lh house and meet state bo».rd of health requirements This Item almie I* dltfirult to rinance without Increasing the tai levy, as the cash reserve* in the light and water utilities are being used to make a half million dollar Improvement at the city plant. W’PA engineers Informed Forrest Klsey. mayor, and city t ouncllmen. that In their opinion a modern , new pool. In< lading a bath house, could be constructed under a WPA | project at a coot to the city of ' llT.imhi to 111,000. On this basis, with the WPA furnishing all the lalair and part of the material, mi a H per man plan, the total cost of a new pool would run somewhere around I25"oo to 110.000. Kime the city ha* not had a WPA project going on tfee past year, of filial* representing the federal work relief agent y are anilou* to have a construction job here which wonld employ a number nt men In either case the city would have to provide from IH.OOO to to remodel of build a new swimming pool, and the matter I* <<VHVTIMI'«t' CHS PAtIW PIVEt SONSOFLECIOH HEAR OFFICER - — Former U. S. Army Official Spcakt* To Sons Os legion Arthur Rchrock. former I' B. army battalion commander during the Philippine Insurrection spoke to the member* of the Hon* of the la-gion Inst night In their meeting at the local Mgkm post home The speaker stressed ••Americanism" and urged the member* to carry on program* that had been outlined In the furthering of Am erlcanlsm. Commander Ed Bauer of the g|o* post also spoke to the members. giving an interesting resume. of the work now In progress and | the program eipet led of the squadron and Ed Jaberg. squadron tom mander. was lhe other speaker of the evening Flfty-flva members were present at the meeting In charge of squadron commander Vernon Hebbie Following the meeting a luncheon was served by Frank Hebbie. Paul Hendricks and Robert Owens The lumheon was prepared by lhe ladles auxiliary.

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i Mac Went In-i-h She’s Lady Who < hr;iK Nohody Hollywood. Feb. 2d (U.Pi Mae West, "the little chlcadee," stomp ed Imo court in flvednch heels today to insist that If anybody's Iteen done wrong. It's her with a I! mm.ihhi divvy-up Mil In her lap The curvat-eoiis Mae. who has spent considerable lime in court arguing the relation of sex to art. Informed Judge Wm F Baird 'hat she’s a lady whod cheat liolualy. i not even Mark Linder, who claim* *he did A* co-author of "Diamond LU" .which later became the movie > "Rhe Done Him Wrong" Linder' charged ihnt Mis* West paid him hi* part of the 121.000 *he ostensibly goi for the pli-iure and then took a secret share of the profits* He said he figured he had at least fi.000,000 corning to him maybe more, and he demanded that lhe court order an uccountlng Miss West said »be asked Paramount Studios HDO.OM far th<- | "IHamond Lil story, but she could " get only 121.000 heronse the movie , maker* were a'raul of censor* PLEADS GUILH TO AUTO THEFT Calvin I’rauhiuer Pleads Guilty When Arraigned In Court Calvin Frau hirer 21, of northwest of Berne, entered a plea of guilty this afternoon when arraigned before Judge Pro Tern Ferd L. Lltterer in Adam* circuit tourt. Fraublger I* charged with vehicle taking He wa« arrested Hunds y morning by Sheriff Fat Miller at hl* home. He I* sper iflcally charged with taking a car lieiong- 1 Ing to Ed Rlngger. of that cornunity. Frauhlger wa* remanded to jail tiy the court, while hl* pnishment is taken under advisement Sheriff Miller also charred that Frauhlger had stolen a pistol from the Ed Baumann home near Berne ; It Is believed by authorities that Frauhlger planned to commit it ' robbery or robberies with the Molen gun and auto Senice Wednesday At Zion Lutheran The regular mid-week Lenten servfa-r will Iw- held at the Zion | Imtheran church Wednseday evening at 7:10 o'clock Rev. Paul H< hultx. pastor, will conduct ; the service.

LENTEN MEDITATION (By Glen E Marshall Pastor Church of God I GOD OUR BURDEN BEARER "Cast thy burden upon th* Lard, and He shall sustain the* " Psalm IS 22

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Yon may caat th* hu-*en of your aln upon Him Th* prom in* | la "I will give you ml “ Von may caat th* burden of your trial upon Him for H* promlaea "to rnahe away of eacap* that yr may . be able to beat It.” If we will do whai la romtnanded by ranting ottr burden upon ■ Him. He will do what He batt protuiartl by aunlalnlun ua flotl la faithful 1

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CHANGE MONROE PHONE SYSTEM Monroe System To Be Changed To Modern Battery Type Telephone acrvlce on the Monroe exchange of the Citizens Telephone company will lie diar-onUnu-ed all day Wednesday. Charles F. Ehlnger. company manager announced today The disruption will be occasioned by the ( hanging over from the old type magneto system to the modern common battery type. Mr Ehhtger staled Individual drop lines and lhe phon:* will all Imchanged, he slated. The change will start at about 7 30 o < b» k tomorrow morning and work will continue until lhe change i* entirely completed I hiring this lime only emergency calls will Ire handled into, out of Monroe, or within th<- exchange All service will be resumed a* usual Thursday, but until that lime patron* are urged by Mr. Ehinger to make only cwlh* that arv < l absolutely ne< essary The new i phones will be installed and the j old one* taken out. while the | change* are being made by a crew of II men In approximately three i wrok* new numbers will be given subscribers aud a list will be di*j trlbuted to all patron* of the comj pany The old number will remain in effect until that time, however Approval of the change by the public service (-ommiMkni occasioned the change at thia time Mr. Ehinger also stated that the commission had granted It* approval to a change to the modern system in rural line* where all rural subscriber* on that particular line ar« In favor. Mrn. Zeser Condition Ih Reported l nchani<ed Little change wa* reported today in the condition of Mr* Dun Zewer. who ba* Iteen critically 111 at the Adam* county memorial hospital for the pu»t several day* - Land Lse Committee Will Meet Wednesday A meeting of the executive comj mil tee of the land u*e planning < ommitteea In the county will ba ! held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock In the Lincoln school. L. E Archlmld. county agricultural agent, announced today Chairmen of the various township conservation committees and lhe land use committee will represent their group* Township meet I Ing* will l>e detailed later

Burden* are lhe common lot of the human family. Hln. temptation*, alcknea*. sot row bereavement, care* of life, problem* of the day. questhm* about the tomorrow*, all bring burden* The weight of such burden* will teat the atrength of any *oul It require* faith to accept the fact that God la the great friend and burden liearer of humankind Nevertheless. Hl* promise*. Hl* manifest goodness, and the enperb-nce of tho*)who have trusted Him all combine to teach u* to believe It. Mms that the command of the scripture ’ Is "Cast thy burden upon the lx>id ' God has ' never promised to-take our burden* until we first cast them from ua and upon Him Petri < teaches that w* may caat all our care upon Him for. He caieth for you '' t

Rations, Big And Little Alike, Make Preparations In Fear Os Furious Warfare This Spring

NASH TRIAL TO BE CONTINUED Suit Against Estate Os Ida Edris To Be Resumed Thursday —— The trial ot Mary Nash against the e*tate of Ida Edri* Is scheduled to be continued In Adam* circuit court here Thursday. The trial wa* started some time ago, but war. continued. The trial is being heard by Judge J. Fred Frucht)- Although Judge Ftuchte ha* l>een confined to hl* home by Illness, word from hi* residence today slated that he expected to tie able to resume lira ring of the trial Thursday All office* in the county court house will Ih- < lose)! Wi-dm-sday afternoon and court will Ih- recessed for the funeral of lx>l« Worthman. daughter of County Assessor Ernest Worthtnan The clerk's office will also < lo*e Wednesday afternoon With the excepllon of the < lerk's office, the balance of the office* In the county will remain closed Thursday for the olrservance of Washington's birthday MARKBIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON Post Office. Bank And County Offices To Close Thursday A partial suspension of Ituimes* will mark)- the blrhday of George Washington here Thursday February 22. ’ The Decatur post office *lll be > loxed all day and no deliveries, except spolal deliveries, will Ihmade out of the office on that day The First State Bank, the local license bureau, all lounty office* will Ih- among th)- plates to be > losed Thursday in observance of the national holiday The Daily Democrat wilt publish a* has been customary, but the closing of the post office will prevent rural sulmcrllters from receiving their Wednesday night edition or. Thursday morning No offlt lai (elebration will mark the occasion In Is.atui although the usual number of *chool program* and parties will carry ih<theme of the day TAXPAMPHLETS RECEIVED HERE Meaning Os Taxation Explained In Pamphlets To County Auditor A number of pamphlet* have Iteen received from the state board of tax commissioner* by county auditor Victor H Ei> her explaining the meaning of taxation. Th>- pamphlet* were lasued by th)' tax board with an eye toward rountoractlng destructive criticl*tn and answering a qUMtion asked by non believers in the system The definition of taxation wa* taken from Welch v» Henry. S*'s United Ntate*. page 111 It explain* taxation as follow* Taxation la neither a penalty Im posed on lhe taxpayer nor liability whh l\ he assume* by contract It I* hut away of apportioning the cost of government among those who In some measure are privileged to enjoy It* benefit* and must bear ll* burdens. A number of the pamphlet* are on hand In the auditor's offi)e and may be secured without ro*t In a limited amount Spelling Bee To Be Held Tonight A spelling her. ronducled by the WPA lecrentlon department, will , be held at 7 3o tonight at the Lincoln school auditorium, with the eight best spellers from troth the | Lincoln and Hl Joseph's whool { competing The winner will ropmoMt Dec*- , tur at th* district tournament to , be held In Muncie March l!> Miss | Elnlse English Instructor In the junior-senior high school | will lie lhe pronouncer. with G , Remy lllerly. Victor Either and i Harold Mumma a* Judge* . <

JERRY MANGANO ASKS FOR STAY OF EXECUTION Berne Killer Asks Stay Pending Appeal To Supreme Court Charles A. Bellow*, Chicago attorney. appearing in Chicago criminal court Monday before Judge John A. Sbarlairo. requeated a stay of execution for Jerry Mungano. 22. convicted slayer of Harry Francois. Chicago park policeman. Novein-In-r 21*. Mangano was scheduled to die In the Cook county electric chair this Friday for the murder. Judge HbarImro indicated he would grant a stay until April IH. Mangano. who ha* been Identified a* the holdupslayer ot Anthony Michaud. Berne filling station and fruit market attendant, was convicted by a jury in the Chicago court Friday January 12. and sentenced to death In the (hair Bellow* requested the stay of execution to permit perfection of an appeal to the llllont* supreme court. Mangano wa* positively identified in the Chiragu court room December 1 by Mr* Sam Schindler, of Berne, a* the man she saw emerge from the filling station where Mlihaud wa* shot early on the morning of August 2S. Mrs. Schindler was the only person who saw Michaud » slayer and she gave *m h an accurate description of the man that an artist'* conception drawn by Walter Lelleyne. of the Indiana state police, from tCONTINUKD ON PAGM *lX> • -o- —— — No Auto Accidents Reported To Police Despite the visitation of rain fog and other elements that cause hazardous driving condition*, no auto accident* of any imitort were re|M>rted by police authorltie* in this vicinity overnight Temperature* hovered neat the freezing mark most of last night and today. 1 a* skies remained r loudy and over east. o Plan To Commemorate 7th AAA Anniversary Kokomo Ind Feb 2 1 ' A movement ha* been launched In Indiana to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the .‘minding of the national AAA farm program on March *. according to Guy H Wilson. a farmet t<-*ldtiig northwest of Kokomo Wilson Is the chairman of the Indiana national farm program anniversary dinner committee, conlisting of three Indian* farmer* The other memlier* of the com mlltee arc William t'arr la-ntz a Clark county farmer from near Charlestown and M A Carver, a MForte county farmer t siding near Michigan City Wilson said that two other farmer* are expected to be added to the anniversary dinner committee thia week The committee plan* to hold meeting* and dinner* on tha- night In every county In Indiana POLICE BUILD PISTOL RANGE Rangr Built In Citi Hall Basement For City Police Force A pistol range ha* been built In the basement of the city hall building for the member* of the city police department. The pistol range will lie used by the local officer* and regular practice session* will be Inaugurated soon. Police Chief James Bord -ra announced today The range I* In feet in length Ample far little* for receiving th» hllllet* have been set up *1 the >-nd of the range, the chief stated The entire range wa* coii*tru<ted by member* of the department at * total co«t of 2<l cent*, Chief Border* stated Natural construction of the basement Im* mode the range almost soundproof and very little of the noise reaches the upstairs, the chief stated. j

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Finland Still FiKhtinK Off* Red Army As New Developments Show In Other Sectors TURKEY SPEAKS By I'niterl Press Finland still fought off the red urmy offensive today. Sweden made struggle* to guard her neutrality. and th>- Turks prepared agalUNt new war danger* In the near east. Throughout Europe and in the -astern Mediterranean, almost every move Dy btg and little power* wa* jminled toward the possibility of furious warfare on some undeslgnated front this spring or toward precaution* to prevent the spread ftf war to new fronts In Turkey, the non-belligerent but unneutral government. Premier Reslck Saydi-m emphasised — especially to the Nazi* that It wa* preparing for any emergency. The supreme artny coiincll met. the cabinet Invoked the drastic national d*fen*e law. exerted currency control, restricted travel The full intention* of the Turk*, however, were difficult Io discover They have no desire to fight Hovlet Ituasla The Germans are showing no signs of any plan* to move toward the near e-isl. or even the Balkans The allies have a military "pool” of somewhere around l.tMio.tMHf men hi the eastern Mediterranean and a Russian pre** has charged that limy are planning to move against the Soviet Baku oil fields and against Germany byway of the Balkan* Turkey has given no Indication that she would facilitate any new military venture although sh- now is regarded as on the allied side If war breaks in the near east The difficulties of the Hcand'navlatt countries caught between German and British pressure contlnnad to mount and were complicated by internal controversy over whether military aid should he extend,<d especially by Sw.-dcn to the Finnish fight again*' the red army A meeting of th>- Hi ,m---dlnavian |H>wer* at Copenhagen is )-x|h'( ted to go more deeply into the issue but the prospect of military aid to Finland seemed remote, Air raid* over Finland temporarily disrupted communication* again and made uncertain development* on the Karelian Isthmus, where the red army still I* (rounding at the new Finnish defense (CONTINUED ON PAGE FDEI GIVE JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF Judge Pro Tem Renders Judgment According To Jury Verdict Judge Pro Tem Ferd L Mtterer in Adam* circuit court Monday utternoon rendered judgment for Charles N Fuhrman against the Echo Tornado Insurance company of Jefferson township Well* county The judgment wa* rendered in accordance with a verdict of the Adams > ircult tourt Jury in tho sum ot 1311 32. Th)- judgment wa* rendered after a motion had been filed by tho plaintiff before Judge Lltterer, who I* presiding in the absen. - ot Judge J Fr>-d Frut hte, til at hi* home On January 1» the petit jury found for Fuhrman in bi* conl-act suit agaln*t the Insurance xmt* pany. In which he sought to recover money allegedly owing for damage* to hl* property by a windstorm In 1933. covered by the E< ho Insurance company The trial. whU>- It wss being conducted here, attracteo wid.-*pt‘ id Interest, due to the fact that many farmers and residents of rural *eo lions In this community were in* sir .d by tin- company and affectr-d by Ilk assessments. TEMFERATURK READING* DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER S oo a. m. 33 10: tot a. m. 33 Noon aa. 31 2:10 p. in 33 3 :00 p m 33 WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with *«*ow fluet rie* and slightly coldar tonight.