Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1940 — Page 1

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Lnmodores Lose Kpening Game Os I Catholic Tourney

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BEET GROWERS PLAN MEETINGS Series Os Nine Meetings Planned By Central Suitar Company A aerie* of nine meeting*, which will lie attended by more than 2 tnwt farmer*, have been arranged by the Central Sugar company for th<> two week* ntartlng February M. The flrat of theae meeting* I* to be held at < 3« p tn Monday Feb •d. in the high achottl auditorium at Woodburn. Thl* meeting will I It. lor beet grower* living in II E ttvermyer'* territory which cover* IteKalb county and northern Mien county. Wednesday Feb !M, grower* from Tully. Harriaon. Plea»nnt and Inion townahlp* of Van Wert county. Ohio, will meet at 7:30 p in in the town hall at Convoy. < th io The third meeting In thlw aerie* ha* been arranged for the grower* in the eaatern part of Van Wert county and the waMgrn town*hlp« of Allen and Putnam countie* <> Thl* meeting will be held In the St John'* auditorium hi Ih-lpho*. Ohio, at 7:10 p tn. Thurmlay February !* The fourth meeting I* *chedul»-d for Monday. March t and I* tall ed for 7:30 p rn In the high tchool building at Monroeville Thl* meeting will be for grower* in the *onthea*l »i» townwhip* of Allen county. Tne»day. March d, at 7 30 p m grower* from Well* Huntington Blackford. Jay and the two *oiith weat townahip* of Allen county will meet in the community build Ing at Bluffton • The aigth meeting I* achedtiled for 7 30 p. m . Tkttraday. March 7 for grower* In the *l* central town*hlp» of Van Wert couhty Ohio Thl* meeting will lie held In the People* Hauk bulldltig Van Wert. Ohio, and will lie attended by grower* in the territory of W E Miller. Friday evening. March ». at 7:30 P m . grower* In Adam* county. I and northern Mercer county. Ohio, ( will meet in the auditorium of the high *chool building at Decatur. Thl* meeting will Include all grow era In the terrltorlea of E I. Hur-. lacher and Harry Kaaer and those Bring In the western part of Bryce Daniel*' territory The eighth meeting will be held Monday. March 11. at 7:30 p m In the high *<h<K>l building at Koanoke Thl* meeting I* for grow er* in Whitley. Weatern Allen and Xortbeaatern lluntlngtmi countle* The ninth and laat meeting In this set lea will be held at * tut p m. EHT. In the high achool building at Ansonia. Ohio. Thia meeting will lie for grower* In the territory of Jack Haven*, which include* Randolph county. Indiana Shelby. Itatke and southern Mercer county. Ohio. At theae meeting* E W Bn«<-he. president of the Central fleet Grower* A*mm latlnn. will dl*<u*a the Importance of growing sugar beet* In !»««> J W Calland vicepresident and field manager of the Central Sugar company, will discern the Mi-M grower* contract and eiplaln the various feature* tCONTINUBn ON PAGE rtfllEKt PRESENTS STAFF LETTER OPENERS Wooden Ix‘tter Openers Are Presented To Daily Democrat Staff The office staff of the Dally Dattoocrat was the recipient Friday of •tv letter opener*, constructed of wood. More unusual, even, than the the fact that they are made of worul. is that they were made In Africa by African native* and all work wa* done by hand. The opener* were present* from Rev O. T Itosselot. pastor of the First United Brethren church, who recently returned from Africa, where he served a* a missionary for years. He captained that they were made of cam wook, a wood second only to ebony In its hardness, and red In color They represented long ted ton* hour* of work foi the na‘Uvea, he staled.

BRITISH HEAD GIVES ALLIES VIEWS ON WAR (‘humberlain Makes Explicit Statement Os Allied War Aims Birmingham. Englund. Feb. 21 'U.RI Prime minister Neville ('hamberlaia. In th<- most eipllclt stutemeni on war alm* since the war started, tuiid today that the allies were fighting against Nail world domitm'ion. to nev-ure the I right to live for small European i stale*, to abolish the spirit of mill- 1 tarism and to gain Independence for the Pole* and Cgech* Chamln-rlain indicated that Britain would welcome I'nlled Stale* participation In the reconstruction of Europe after the war “It I* for Germany to take the : nest step to show u* that »he for once and for all ha* abandoned the the*l« that might i« right. *he Mild France and Britain would not wish alone to settle the new Ettro|H- Other* must come In to help n». above all to bring about disci in.imam, which I* the essential feature of lasting peace " In the last of a serie* of war preparedness «|>ee< he* liy cabinet ministers thamberlaln said the allies did not want domination themselves and did not covet anybody'* territory They were fighting he said, to right wrongs which Germany had Inflicted on people who were oner free And Germany herself, he said, could do more than any other nation to rr>>stal>ll*h i-onfldeiue "since she herself ha* done most to destroy It " ■ When she is ready to give reliable proof* of h.-v g.ssl will she will not find other* lacking in the will to help her overcome the c-ccmomlc diffhultie* that will ac company the transition fconi war to peace." he said "In our aims there I* nothing humiliating or oppressive for any one, and on such a basis we on conunukd on page thkkki -O *. Herman J. I’ndcntoes Operation Herman J Yager, well known local retired furniture dealer and busitieasman is reported slightly improved according to word from Ht Joseph hospital, where he has lieen a patient the past two weeks 1 A second major operation was per--1 formed yesterday and while very weak last evening his condition was reported satisfactory by the physician* Mwmbera of hl* fatnlv ‘have liven with him moat of the time CHANCE MONROE PHONE STSTEM Change To Modern Battery System I* Completed At Monroe Telephone service in Monroe- ha* lieen restored completely. Charles F Ehlnger. manager of the Cltigens Telephone Company hete, stated today The work of c hanging the Monroe e»c hange over from a magneto system to a modern common battery type system has lieen finish-' c-d. be Stated All phoen* have- lieen checked by the crew from the telephone company and are thought to be in efficient working condition Mr Ehlnger requested, however, that anyone experiencing any dtffi’culty call the office at lAecatur at once and the Itne will be checked. The cutting over of the system at Monroe gives the town a newer type system and eliminates the necessity of ringing for the operator More Than 500 At McMillen Meeting More than Soo persons at I ended the dinnec and program given by the Me Millen Feed Mills In Fort Wayne last evening Feed dealers from Indiana. Ohio and Michigan were guest* of the company. The moving picture, “Feeds and F»lks. H was shown The principal talk was made hy Roy Hall, pre ident of the company. Hl* subject wa* "American-, Ism I* Opportunity". Hl* talk was Illustrated with placcard* In book form, emphasising the subject* covered In bls Interesting lecture. Heveral person* from this city attended the meeting- Including eiecatlvea and employes of the local offices of the McMillen Indus-j irles. I

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Jap Puppet Head in China V -I— ■—"f ImKuLSHHH Selected by Japanese invadi-rs as head of the puppet government they ate trying to set up for all China to replace the national government of Generalissimo Chiang K.ii Nhek. Wang Ching Wei, left above. Is shown us he read a summary of his peace aims and plans for the “salvation of Chlm ' at a conference of press representative* in Tslngtao

SAYS BRITISH SHIP DAMAGED London Denies Nazi Re* ports Fla«*hip Os Home Fleet Damaged Berlin. Feb 24 Adolf Hitler's newspaper, the Voelklecber Beediachter. said today that tho battleship Nelson, flagship of the British home fleet, had lieen Ml severely damaged by a mine in mid Den-m---iter that It wa* still out of service Authoritative sources In Ixmdon discredited the report t The newspaper said the Nelson, a 33.1*fbt-toi> warship with a complement ot 1.381 officers and men. mounting nine 18-lnrh. 12 six inch aM many smaller guns, was undergoing repairs Sink U-Boat* Ixrtidon Felt 24 tUPI The sinking ot font r ihiat- in the past 4s hours Wa* reported i.-day by ‘t;« l*ally Herald The newspaper said that In uddl- 1 Hob to two sunk by Royal Air force coastal patrol planes Thursday CCONTIMRED ON PAGE TtIHEKt Trade Treaty Bill In PaNNed By House Washington. Feb 24 tl'Pi Administration leaders today hailed house passage of the bill extending the reciprocal trade program for three year* a* Indication nt eatly approval by the senate Senate leaders predlr ted that the senate would vote on the measure within two weeks DemiM rats said It would Im- approved Republican* ■till hoped It could Im- defeated •— • o I ami Kirnch To Take Office On March I I mhi W Kirach today wa* noil fled Icy James A Farley, imitm.i* ter general that a postal Inspec tor will lie in Decatur nevi Thursday. February 2>. to check out Mr*, larla P Macklin ac ting pototmaitc-r. and that Mr Kirsch will assume the office, to which he wa* recently appointed the following day. March 1.

LENTEN MEDITATION i Rev George O Walton. PresltytM lan t'hurchl “THE POWER TO ENDURE” "May His glorcsu* might nsrvs you with full power to endure end to be patient cheerfully, whatever come*, thanking God who hat qualified ue to ehare in the lot of the taint* m th* Light." Col 1 11.12. < Moffatt t A deep spiritual sensltlvenea* I* neces-

We cannot by th* moot exquisite / ci*clpline of human effort find courage to face life nobly unless ne ronceed a spiritual purpose to lit*. No man I* qualified to face life on hi* own term* It I* God who qualifies and li It Hie glorious might that nerves us with the power to endure The humanistic tourage that whistle* In the- dark will qot suffice The power to endure call* tor that kind of i imragi' hy which Je»u* f*ced the cro*s True relative values of life are not •emit apart from divine Illumination, but It I* thl* divine light that quallDe* ue to i-uduru "whatever comes

Files For Divorce In Circuit Court Mary E Oliver, of this city, filed suit for divorce Friday from GroI ver II Oliver in Adams circuit court. She c harges c-rurl and mbitI man treatment The c omplaint state* that they were married January 28. 1316 and M-|M«rated February 23 She asks for custody of a child. Ramona Jean. 14. charging I he failed to provide for her and the child She also seeks Ifc.ooo alimony The court sustained an affidavit for an order restraining the defendant from molesting her or the child al the home- or her la-auty shop and an ordet restraining him from selling his property ESTATE TRIAL IS CONTINUED Nash Claim Against Edris Estate To Be Resumed February 28 The claim suit of Mary Nash against the estate of Ida Edris in Adam* circuit c ourt was continued yesterday to Febiuary 2* Presentation of evidence was coniluded hy defense counsel Ihfore the close of court Friday evening and only arguments of attorney* remain. The case is being heard hy Judge J Fred Fruchte without the intervention of a jury In the case the plaintiff is asking 11 472 allegedly owing her for services and laoor performed for Ida Edri* before her death The case- was re-opened Thursday after being continued to that date from a date several weeks ago The time for the case to In-resumc-d was set at S a m February 2s .. •-o ■ CYO Will Present Show Sunday Night “The fdfe of Nt John Bosco." a second picture Will Im- ptesvnled Sunday evening at s o’clock *• the Decatur Catholic high M-hool auditorium by the Decatur CYO Admission I* 25 cents

•ary for * full appreciation of thl* M'rlpture No much I* happening In the world today that serve* u> mlllgate the potential spiritual capacities of which we have been taught to beHave the human race wa* capable The ad monition to be "patient cheerfully whatever come*" I* Inconelsteni with fact* The relevent evil* let loose tn the world today are a very discouraging testimony of the divinity of matt And all thl* IM-cau*e gradually and suhtlely w< have substiluted for Christian faith the humanistic' philosophy that boast* of man s Inherent capability of redeeming himself The power to endure and to Im- patient cheer fully has liecome nothing tail a glittering gen eraHUr Hut wooer or later we must conies* the (utility of 'rylug to save ourselves alone

Decatur And Berne To Battle In First Sectional Session Thursday; Draw Announced

REPORT TURKS MASSING ARMY ON RUSS FRONT Unconfirmed Reports Are Heard Os Turkish Mobilization Rome. Feb 2* <U.PJ Balkan c apitals heard tine ottflrm-d rejairts . today that Turkey had moltiliz.-d trtsips along Its llnssiaii frontier as Its first big scale move after invocation of a drastic national defense law Eic-ltement was heightened because telephonic communication between Tut key and Eino|« an capitals was Interrupted all night Operators insisted that the inter ruptlon was due to "technical reasons." clue to dantae -d lines at the Turkish end iThe I'tilted Press Istanbul correspondent reported that Turkey'* telephone and t.-l-graph communications with other countries had Ih—ii disrupted during the night and on several recent occasion* by storm*, bitt that the- wltel- s* functioned normally. Report* of Turkish mobilization of troops on the Russian frontier were ci tcied he said and were attributed to a report published abroad several day* ago. i The newspaper Messagg- to here, in a Buc-hacest dispute It. quoted a report that Tilt key had ordered full mobilization. There were c ounter report* denying moblliza Hon Messaggero added howevet that private information t-ec-eived ai Bucharest Indlca* <1 that Turkey was strengthening its Kussian frontier forces. Tilt key hati lieen under a state i apfiroat hlng mie of emergency since the government last Monday invoked the national defense- law empowering it to strengthen d<fense*. control exports ami Import* and reorganize k< y Industrie* to supply th- needs of the atm-cl forces Russian fleet maneuver* in the Black Sea arrival of Australian and New Zealand troop* in the near east and the ac tivlties of Gen .Maxine Weygancl Ftetsch com-maitdei-inahief tn the near east all pointed toward an explosive situa t ion t Moscow disclosed that blackout drills had lieen ordered in the great Baku oil area on the t'as plan Sea i W-ygatid recently i-onfe ted with Turkish high command officers a Ankara, then went to Egypt to in spec t British Egyptian forc es ami confer with th- British Egyptian command Fart* now report* that he is Ickc-ly to go bac k to Ankara to complete hi* conference,. An Istanbul dispatch to the newspaper Popolo Di Roma here said that th.- general impression was In Turkey that Germany would not attack the Balkans Inn that Wiyzand Intended to rush G- t many through Ruaaia by < titling off the supplies from the lliissian oil fu-Ms now lieginniiiK to move by tanker from Bat'iuni terminus tCONTINUKD ON PAGE SIX* — .. — o SCOUT BANQUET TUESDAY NIGHT Annual Boy Scout Banquet At K. Os I’- Home Tuesday Nijfht ( Th<- program for the annual !>«•- ( catur Boy St out* banquet, to lie held at the Knight* of Pythla* home Tue*d*y night at 630 o'clock, was announced today hy Sylvester Everhart, Adams county Scout commissioner T l' Smith ' will act a* tcuratmaster Scout*. Scoutmaster*, committeemen and their wive* will be among those in attendance The Lion* and Rotary club* will forego their regular meeting* to attend the banquet The program follow*' liivocatloti Rev <’, M I’rugh Song*, group linßing — W F Beery a* leader Banquet Remit k*—R L. V«it Horn. Fort Wayne, area executive i Presentation ot trophy I. A Cowen* Address "Scouting in Afrlc*.” Rev G T. Ro*»elol

FARMTENANTS GUESTS TODAY Central Sujcar Company Entertains Farm Tenants And Families Farm tenant* and their families from the- 33 farms of the- Central Sugar company in the Decatur territory, gathered here today and were guests of the company at a dlnin-r and program at file K of P he Cine Awards were given those farmers who achfevc-d outstanding records In farm management and production during the pn*t year The awards were based on four point*: ccHi|H-ratlon: timeliness. neatness, farm and buildings, cash return per crop acre Prizes were also given far: I.Higest avetawe- l»-<-( tonnage per air.-, highest average cash return per crop per acre liest soylieall yield per acre largest yield of corn, wheat ami oat* per acre The title of Master farmer was won by Eugene George of Vail Werl connty The event, the first of Its kind given by the farm department of the company, was hi charge of Ralph Me Millen, general farm manager and Watson Maddox assistant More than 150 persons. Including the children, wen- in attend am <• The program started at 10 o'clock with dinner at noon Scheduled on the speaking pr >- giant Were II W .McMillen, presl-dc-nt of the Central Stigat Co . who •poke on 'Why th< Central Sugar company owns farms E W Bn sc he. piesident of the Central Beet Growers association, cm "Advantages cef l»-ets in crop rotation." J \\ Calland. vh e president aad field managet for the company, on "Experimental Results" Roy Hall of Fort Wayne pri-»l---dent of the Central S..y« company and McMillen I Mills delivered an interesting talk on farm management and th* Importance of agriculture in regard* to national prosperity The talkie picture, “Feeds and Folks.' was shown cs a feature of the afternoon program Joe Sealiolcl led In community singing and mush and singing wa* pro-c-ccXTINCKD ON PAGE THREE* LOCAL LADY'S MOTHER DIES Mrs. Emma Kabish Is Found Dead Home Os Daughter Herr Mr*. Emma c Kablah. mother of Mt* Carl Hammond, of this < Ity. died suddenly this morning at a o'chuk at the iiammcvml home on Nutt man avenue Coronet .1 Jerome Yager attributed death to coronary ch elusion Mis Kabish was a life-long resident nt Fort Waytie. but had spent the winter here with her daughter and son-in-law Her husband. Rudolph, preceded her in death two year* ago Surviving, beside* Mr* Hammond. are a turn. Clarence and another daughter Mr* William Muellei. both of Fort Wayne: a brother. William Freeh of Cleveland. Ohio, and a half-brother Augu*t Roth of Angola. The body wa* taken to the Kiaehn A Sons funeral home in Fort Wane- Funeral arrangement* had not heen made this morning o Social Security Representative Here Tne mh lai *ec unty board ha* arranged for a representative to visit Decatur, according to Harold O. Mountjoy. manager of the Fort Wayne fb-ld office which serve* I hl* area For the convenience of employ4*r* and employe* in the Adam* county are* and to enable thoaa peraems who have rights and responsibilities under The social security act to get information and assistance In peiwn. a representative of the social security board will be In Decatur Wednesday. Feh 2* between the hour* of a tn and 1 p tn Temporary quarters will be In the council chamber of the city hall,

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Fortune Os Draw l*lare« Yellow Jackets And Berne In Important First Round Clash. COMPLETE DRAW The fortune of the draw frowned on the Decatur Yellow Jacket* and the Berne Rears, with the announcement this morning that, these old rival*, established by many as co-favorita*. will meet in the opening round of the Decatur sectional tournament, at x o'c loc k Thursday evening. The sc liedules for the c;< sectional tournaments. 18 regional iourniiey*. four semi-final meets and tho slate final- were announced thin morning by Arthur I. Trester, cummissiorier of the Indiana high school althletic asscM-iation The Jefferson Warriors and Monmouth Eagle* will open the tournament, meeting In the first till at 7 o'clock Thuradtoff evening, followed liy the all-important Berne-De-catur clash Toirrney play will lie resumed at 7 o'clock Friday night, with the Pleasant Mills Spartan*, comity champions, meeting the Hartford Gorillas At * o'clch k. Monroe Rearkatz will meet the Geneva Cardinals The Kirkland Kangaroos will play at H o'clock Friday night, meeting the winner of the JeffersonMonmouth tilt. Semi final games will be played at 1:30 and 2 30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the sectional championship game carded for M p. tn. Saturday Officials will lie Von Crowe of Markle and Donald Caar of Auburn With the uraw throwing the Yellow Jackets and Bears together in the- opening round, the tournament can be termed pretty much ot a wide open affair. In two meetings this set-son. the teama have gaticed uu eveu break. Berne- winning at Berne, 32-28 and the Yellow Jackets scoring u 30-3 M victory last night. The Kirkland Kangaroos apparently arc- favored hy the draw. Their first opponent will Im- tho winner of the Jefferson .Monmouth game, and both of these qtotntet* have been w.-ak However, the Kirkland seml-Dnal clash with either Monroe or Geneva could provide an upset, ns both the Bearkatz and Cardinals have lieen dattgerou* at times during the season. The Berne-Decatur winner Is expected to meet Pleasant Mill* in the other semi-final clash, as the Spartan* should have little difficulty with the Hartford Gorillas in their Friday night clash With the- two favorites meeting In the Thursday night session, seating *pace will lie at a premium and fans will be wise to purchase season tickets in order to lie assured of admission to the gymnasium. Auburn Regional The Winner of the l*ecatur sectional Will compete the following Saturday March ’> in the regional tournament at Auburn. The Decatur winner will play In the first regional tilt meeting the winner of the- Pierceton tournament Favored teams In the Pierceton sectional arc- Warsaw and Pierceton, the latter coat lo'tl by BRI Bryan, fortnet Kirkland mentor. The second Auburn regional tilt will b« CCIINTINVED <»N PAOK RIX) CHURCH RIANS FOR CENTENNIAL Presbyterian Church Plans Centennial In Month Os September Preliminary plan* for the cele, bratton of rhe centennial of tbo First Presbyterian church wen* made lust night in a meeting of tho c hurch elders. It was decided to mark the cen« tennial celebration during the lat« ter part of the month of Septemlcer. Rev George O Walton, church paw tor. announced today. Opening plans tor the celebration of the occasion were discussed amt given a temporary outline at tho meeting. Rev. Walton Mated Plana were clso made for th* Holy Week aervtees of the churth to be held previous to Easter *er» vice*. Rev Walton saM Detailed plans for these servlcoq and the centennial services will o* annoum ed shortly, according to thn pastor. — *