Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1940 — Page 1

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Salvation Army To Mark Prison Sunday Next Sunday m "Priaoii Sunday ’ for the Salvation Army. On that day. officera tmtidaitien and < liortatera wllf conduct devotional wt vlc ea hi each of the 2dd city, county. Male and federal penal or cotreellonal in'AtitutiotiH In the eleven mfdweat- • rti alate* that make up the Artny’a Central State* Territory. Brigadier 11. K. Burtenaliaw. prl-< non aecretary for the Army in the territory, ha* charge of phna for Prinoti Sunday, which ha* been ole nerved annually, on the firat Sunday In March, for more Hum twenty five year*. SPEEDER FINED IN CIR COURT Several Minor Auto Accidents Are Reported By Police Chief A hit-and-run arcldent, an arreat for speeding, the iamtaiire of two II traffic violation ticket* and xeveral minor accident* In the city were report.*! on the police record* today by police thief J*me* (birder*. I alloyed Stetier. of near thl* city, waa fined 11 and coat*, amounting to *ll. by Mayor For real Kixey when he pleaded guilty so a charge of apeedlng Rtetler «a« arreated Sunday or North Second al reef A hlt-and-nin accident waa di*covered thl* morning hy chief Border* and officer Adrian Coff<*. when they found that the anto of Clarence J. Reaver* had lieett 1 (truck by a track a* It wa« parked In front of hi* rvaldente on North 1 Second Mreet It wa* learned that an International truck waa involved in the cojhalon No other deacriptlon of the track could be 1 found The' Beaver* car wa* damaged considerably Ben Kroetzmann. of near IVeca tnr. waa given a *1 ticket thia morning as 11 o'clock by chief Border* when he allegedly failed to Mop at the corner of fb>*enth and Nutt man avenue for a (top algn Illa car (track an auto [ driven by Rom Mumma of thU efly. At 11 JO o'clock thia morning a car driven by Herman Hiltner, of Itacatur. failed to atop at the ■top algn on Niittman avenue at Fifth atraet and forced a car.. driven by Ulmer Alllaon of MonI roevllle. into a directional algnal. I chief Border* reported About *JS In property damage rmmlted. the chief ataled Rittner wa* alao given a *1 ticket It waa alao reported in the chief that a car. owned by Melvin Mai lonee. of thia city, waa (lightly ' damaged when it waa (truck hy another car. a* It wa* parked on Court Mreet near fkcond The, Identity of the other driver waa not learaad. Chief Border* railed attention 1 to the fact that violator* of all 1 hit! minor traffic law* will be arraigned In city court with only t minor offender* heing given »! ' violail.m "red tlcketa." Th beta will not be given for apemling. but , the offender will he arraigned in ‘ court, hr ataled Sheriff’s Wife b Taken From Hospital Mr*. Fd Miller, wife of the Adam* county aherlft, ha* l*en re- ■ moved to her home in the county . jail residence from the Adam* ' county memorial hoapltal where I *he underwent a minor operation i laat week She la reported recovering nicely. IRO LICENSE DEADLINENEAR Auto Licenite Bureau To Remain Open Extra Hour This Week The Decatur auto lieenae branch , bureau will remain open each evening for the balance of the month ! until < p. m it wa* announced to- , o«y t | Nathan C. Nelaon. branch mana ger. ataled that thia wa* Itelng don - In an effort to afford proepectlve auto lieenae tag purchaaer* with the extra hour each day in which I to aacure their plate*. It had been cuatomary to <io*e the bureau a« t p m. each day pre vloualy With only three day* left In which io aecura the lieenae and «*nply with the Indiana alate law. the bureau ha* been axpeHencing a hoary dally bualue** Mia* Ruth Nelaon la aaai*tin( Miaa Betty Macklin, bureau taabier. and Mr Nelaon during the raah .day*.

SUPREME COURT TO HEAR APEX COMPANY SUIT To Review Action In Damaxe Suit Against CIO Union Waahibffton. Feb 2« iupj The aupreme <ourt today agreed to review the action in which the Apex hoaiery company aeeita *711.932 for damage* aMtertedly committed by the American federation of full faahioned hosiery worker* tf'lOi during a 193* »|t-. down atrike. The caae wa* carried to the! ■it pre me court by the Apex company. which won a federal dldrict court damage verdict under the Sherman anti-traat act The verdict wen then aet a*idv by the I' s cottit of appral* Other court action today: Refuaad to hear the appeal of 1' S circuit judge Martin T Man- • ton from hl* conviction on charge* of judicial corruption Held that a lalatr union do«-« not have the right to bring a *uit Independently of the national laltor relation* Iwiard charging employer* j with a violation of an NLHB order. IhH-llned In a der-lalnn to which three new deal member* dl*aentad. to rale on conatittitlonallty of a Florida cltrua fruit coat of production law and remanded the ca«e to the lower court for further hearing The Apex ca«e waa .-xpet ted to bring a ruling of wide aignificance from the court In view of increaaIng intereat In the poaaible a ppi I catkin of the Sherman act to union* —— ———■&■■■■-■' Prominent Berne Man Is Reported Critical Jexs Michaud, prominent Berne reaident and aucllonwer. la reported critically ill at hi* home there, ■offering from < omplicatlon*. STUDENTS HEAR NATIVE SYRIAN Salom Rizk Speaks To Decatur High School Students Today Salom Rizk a Syrian born Ameri-' can. wbo eacaped the aqualor and 1 terror of hi* native, war-torn land i to win *uccea« In the I'nlted State*, wa* the npeaker thi* morning at a •perial chapel program In the Decatur junior-*enior high uchnol Rizk never knew hi* mother She died when he wa* horn In a primitive Syrian Village Almoat Incredible acene* of horror and deoolaHon whlih he wltne**ed a* a lad during the war were briefly touched on by Rizk it wa* at thl* time that Turkey allied with Germany. Invad ed hl* native bind, burning, piilagering and murdering At the cloae of the war. Rizk learned that hl* absent father wa* actually a citizen of the I'nlted Statea. but hr had no proof and the con*ulate at Beirut demanded hia birth certificate Five year* later. in IMT. he received hl* paaipnrt and aalled on the money hla brother had *ent to him from thi* country literally an (migrant to hl* own country. When he arrived here be could neither read, write nor «peak the Knglteh language How he mailer rd the language, made hla flrat friend*, eduialrd hlmaelf and roae to bi* pieaent portion were all related to the atudent* Hla addreane* throughout the i-ountry are being aponMned by the Reader * Digest. He wa* Inlrnduted to the atudenta hy Principal W. Guy Brown In part of hla addrea* hr aairalled the dictatorahlp* of Kurope for their peraecutlon of Cathoflca. Jew* end innocent peraon* and ridiculed the practice of the dictator* for their awarding of 'piece* of tin" given aa medal* to the Mrldiera. who had "covered thrmnelvea with glory " Hla addre** waa punctuated with burleauue imitation* of Hitler. Stalin and Muaaollni. Local Lady To Give Book Review At Berne Mr*. Roy Kalver. who recently gave a *plendld review of the hook • The American Way." at the golden jubllae and kllver tea of the Federated Cluba In thia city ha* buen invited to give the review at Berne to the book club of that city. Several ladie» from Berne attending the tea were very much Impreaeed with Mra. Kalver'a pleasant style and manner In reviewing the book The review will lie given the evening of March 11. |

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Decatur, Indiana, Mon day, February 26,1910.

Film ('owboyn in Real Killing fl I%' X flkjfb fl fIW L 37?. . Blackjack Ward John Tyke IH-al life gunplay ha* brought tragedy tn these cowluiy movie actore <lraih for John Tyke. ft. western film Ml player, and jail for hl* slayer, and one-time |ml. Jerome 'Blackjack! W»rd. also a player in western'..! After the shooting Ward told polk-e he uhot Tyke on a Hollywood afreet after Tyke had repeatedly threatened hia life and called him "name* " Ward I* shown, left above, wearing a lieard grown for film purpose* Tyke i* at tight

MILD WEATHER FORMIO-WEST Moderation From TwoDay Cold Snap Is To Be General (By i'nlted Preaa) Mild temperature* replaced abnormal cold In the mid weat today a* an arctic born maim of frigid air moved to the Atlantic seaboard, extending from New England to the northern tip of Florida. Forecaster A J Knarr of the V. S weather bureau at Chicago ■aid that moderation from the two- I day siege of cold would lie general ! from the Rmky Mountains to the Atlantic state* by nightfall, with markedly milder weather in the : north central and plain state* Intermittent light snow* were I predicted for the mid west from | Canada to the Ohio river tonight | and Tuesday, hut Knarr said no severe «now is expet ted Snow | ourrie* which accostpanted the j vane of the cold wave had ended this morning. Knarr said Sub-aero readings were general today In New England and’Appalachian mountain regions and freezing temperature* were recorded In north Florida. Alabama and Georgia Divorce Granted In Circuit Court Dorothy Rex wa* awarded a divorce in Adam* circuit court Saturday from Earl Rex by Judge J Fred Fruchte. The court also ordered that her maiden name of Dorothy Krick lie restored No alimony was granted In the tomplaint the plaintiff had asked *l,. omi A petition for modification of an allowance wa* withdrawn as wa* an affidavit showing failure to comply with order to pay support money previous to the *ubmission ' of the evidence. Mrs. Jesse Steele Has Hip Fractured Mr*. Jesse Steele, of near Pleasant Mills, was admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital Bunday morning after *he sustained a fractured right hip In a fall at her home

LENTEN MEDITATION i Rev Ralph Waldo Graham. First Methodist Churchi THE COMPASSION OF CHRIST “I have aampaaatan on th* multituda." Mark t:2

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fulneaa the debauchery of human conduct, the unbelief and discern, the "trade-mark" of God upon the human anol, and claim it ■■ hla own. and love It to the extent that He waa will Illg to Buffer and die for It. Oh. that the maltlludea of thia mlaguided world would realise that Ood haa given enough and mor* to aupply every physical need and every atornal need and that they would turn to Jesus Christ whose forebear* nee and com passion is keeping Him In readiness to forgive once sine, wrong*, and neglect* and lead him Into th< abundant life Many Individual* make up a multitude Christ would have you know that aa one ol the modern mnliliudes you ran come to a God who kuow* aud care* aboui you 1

Richard Mies Hurt In Fall Saturday i Richard Mies, »ide*t son of Mr and Mr*. Carl 11. Mie*, of this city, is suffering from painful bruises and lacerations sustained In a freak atrldent Saturday The Mies lad wa* hanging on a flower box Saturday when the imx broke away from the wail, throwing him to the ground and failin'; on him He *u*talned a deep laceration of the forehead, which required several stitches to close, lacerated lips and cheek, and bruises and cut* on the leg* and track. FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT DIES — I>ewiii Springer Dies Sun* day At Home Os Son In Ohio Lewis A. Springer, Ml, former well known Rt. Mary’s township farmer, died Bunday morning at 12. IS o'clock at the home of a son.' Clyde Springer at Cairo. Ohio. Death wa* attributed to carcinoma. following an extended Illness Hla condition had been serlou* for the paat few week*. Mr Bpringer was born in Wren. Ohio. June 29. I*s*. the son of William and Bufanna Bpringer Hl* 1 wife. Esther, preceded him In death four year* ago He had retired from active farmlift a number ot year* ago and had been making his home with the son for some time He wa* a member of the Wren V. II church and fraternally was *fllliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellowa. Hurvlvlng be*ldes the son. Clyde, ■re the following children: Mr*. Dove Flealer of Celina. Ohio, Mrs William Miller of Bluffton. Charles Springer ot Rockford. Ohio. Mr*. Fred Enge and Mrs Walter Eli har. Imili of Decatur; Virgil of Lima. Ohio and Mr* Velma Smith of River. Montana Two brother*. ! Mi-lvin of Kansas Missouri, and I Albert of Toledo. Ohio, also survive. | Funeral services will be held ' Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock , tCentral standard time* at the i Wren V. B church, and burial will be tn the church cemetery.

Our laird waa beholding a great multitude of human being* when he spoke word* aa they are recorded In the gospel of Mark They were then and are now the glorious man I featatkHi of the true compaaalonaie nature of oui Chriat ae He beholds the milling million* of needy humanity It la but another revealing tone or shade of color In that Divine Love of Jesus aa He relate* Himself with all th*’ need*, the anxieties, the suffering* and want* of living peraon* In spite of their unwillingness to receive the truth, to live the abundant life, to receive salvation, we see thl* outburst of ( Oinpaaaion. of deep burning (oncern whl< h wa* and la now breaking Hla heart ot love It la thia peculiarly delicate nature of Hla Divine love that makra Him able to pat aside the aln

Finnish Troops Are Forced To Abandon Important Fortified Island Os Koivisto To Reds

WELLES MEETS MUSSOLINI ON PEACE VENTURE Special U. S. Envoy To Europe In Conference With II Duce Rome. Feb. 26 (U.K) Sumner Welles President Roosevelt's special envoy to Europe, today started hi* delicate job of Investigating the state of the war and the outlook for peace by conferring for 90 minutes with Count Galeazzo Ciano. foreign minister and son-in-law of Premier Benito Muaaollni. Myron C. Taylor, the president's special envoy to the Vatican, at the same time visited Cardinal MagHone, papal se< retary of state, preparatory to presenting his credential* to the pope otmorrow. Welles saw Ciano at the Chigl palace, the foreign office. He had driven tn King Victor Emmanuel * Quirinal palace to sign the royal visitors’ hook William Phillip* American ambassador. accompanied Welles to the Ciano conference This afternoon Welles sees Mussolini Welle* and Ciano were believed to have laid the goundwork for Welle s talk with Mussolini, and it was understood that Ciano arranged to confer with Mussolini before the conference In order to Inform him of the nature of Welle'* question* and the Information which he sought a* to Mussolini's viewpoint pn the war A small crowd saluted W.-He* aa he and Phillips' drove away from the Chigl palace In a motor car , which flew the American and Ital lan flags Taylor conferred 3<» minute* with Cardinal Magllotte Nothing wa* expected In the way of s revealing statement on Welles’* talk* But m view of MussoI Uni's s -ofessed friendship for Adolf Hitler it was forecast that he would be able to Inform Welle* not only of Italy's viewpoint as a neutral state the sole neutral among the great powers-and of Italy's position a* concerns Germany. hut of Orman s own war alms as they are known here Os equal importance. In the view of diplomata here, was the statement thta Mussolini might set forth his attitude toward communist Russia and toward any Russian or German thrust Into the Balkans, which Italy regards as within its "sphere ot influence Both Ciano and Mussolini speak excellent English and It wa* Relieved that Welle's talks with them would *be conductetl In that language Welle* came to Rome from Naples hy train. Taylor hy automobile — ——o Adams County Man Kills Larffe Fox Alton Schindler, of near Berne, killed a large red fox Saturday in Wab**h township He gave the animal a twiemlle* < ha*e liefore he wa* successful in bringing It down LEFT $40,000 IN DEPOSIT BOX Unde Os Berne Pantor Die* In Honolulu. Ixpave* 140,000 Rev E It Hartley pastor of the Berne Nazarene church, l« a nephew of William Edward Hartley. 70, who died Thursday In Honolulu and left 140.M0 In a safe ty deposit box. according to the Berne pastor Rev Hartley, In a statement to newapaper*. *l»ted that their was no doubt of hl* relationship to the man. who supposidly died an Indigent. with the money being found after hi* death, The deceased man was a former resident ot Portland, leaving there about 30 years ago. He wa» not lirard ot aince leaving that city. H* waa n*ver marrisd John Charles Fremont Hartley, formerly of Bertie, now a resident of Topeka Kansas. Is a hrmhei of the decraMd, No mention of th* mixiey had been mnde In t wHI left by Hartley

BERMUDA STOP IS ABANDONED Clipper Ships To Abandon Transatlantic Stop At Bermuda Washington, Feb 26 <U.R> Abandonment of the Bermuda stop on Pan American airways' TransAtlantic route removed today a source of friction between the I'nlted States and Great Britain. The controversy over British seizure of I'. 8. mall reached a high point last week when It was reported but denied at Washington. Bermuda and Ixmdon that mall had lieen taken off a clipper at Bermuda by force of arms. latsf night Pun American airways announced that after .March 15 it would omit the Bermuda stop in flflights from the I’nlted State* to Europe The announcement made no mention of the Bermuda mail Inspection and said elimination of the stop bad been made (Missible by the decision of the I'nlted States government to station two vessel* in mld-Atlantic for went her reporting State department officials said they had had no previous knowledge of Pan-American's decision, contending that it had been made by the company without prompting However, officials here had known for weeks that the company was considering eliminating Bermuda On Jan 19 the day following the first seizure of ( lipper mail Se< retary of State Cordell Httll told hi* pres* conference that if the British continued search of (CONTINCEfi ON PAOwTivkU DEATH CLAIMS MRS. BEINEKE Mrs. William Beineke Die* This Morning After l/ong Illness Mrs. Ixtttlka Miller Helneke. 71. wife of William F Beineke and pioneer. Adam* county resident died this morning at 11:17 o'clock at her home. 121 North Fifth *treet. after an Hines* of xeveral month* Death wa* attrilmted to Influenza She had lu-en bedfast for nine dayt Mr*. Beineke wa* laim near Preble February 7. IM6. the daughter of Adam and Mary Miller. She wa* married to William Beineke on Decetnlier 9. ixxx. and the couple celebrated their golden Wedding anniversary in 193* Mt Beineke at present I* reported seriously ill at home. The couple after th«lr marriage lived in Kirkland township until 1919 when they moved to this city The de. eased wa* a mem tier oi the Zion E’.angelnal and Reformed church of this city. Surviving lieslde* the husband, are the following children Mrs. Hex Andrews snd Alliert Helneke. i*ith of Kirkland township; Mr* M A llus-.-witZ of Milwaukee Wi*c.. seven grandchildren and one great grandchild She wa* the last of a family of 1.3 children. Two daughter* are also d«'< i-asi-d Funeral services will lie held Wednesday afternoon at 1 15 o'-, clock at the home and 2 o'clock at the church, with Rev. Charles M. Prugh officiating Burial will he In the Decatur cemetery The body will not lie leturned from the Zwlck funeral home to the (CnNTtNinen on waow fivbj ■— "■ — Kettering Rites Tue«rfay Afternoon Funeral service* for John Kettering. 57. of llocbford. Ohio, who died Saturday night at 920 o'clock at the Adam* county memorial hosptial. will be held Tuesday afternoon ai I 3<> n'rlock K'HTi at the Bethel church near that Ohio town Burial will Immade in the church cemetery Hla death was attributed to septecemis Surviving are the mother Mrs. Kathryn Kettering of Rockford, three daughters. Mrs Marie Sample* Mrs Eva Bayles and Mra. Betty Miller, all of near Rockford; I a son. Ray. of near U'lllshlre. Ohio, ' three sisters: Mrs Charles Lottamer. Mr*. Sam Purdy, both of, Rockford and Mr* Carl Hart or near that town. The hod) waa taken to the Krlrhnm funeral , home at Rocktoid

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Finland Officially Says Important Kight Wing “Anchor” Os Mannerheim Line Abandoned. NEAR VIIPURI Ihlsliikl. Feb 26 (UP) A war communique today announced that Finnish force* had ahundom-d the important fortified Island of Kolvlato. The Koivisto fort on several Island* In the group of the Gulf of Finland wa* the right wing "anchor" of the Mannerheim line. A Moscow communique had clal.n* ed capture of the fort on Saturday after "heavy fighting but Finn* continued to Insist as late as this morning that the fortress guns ■till were firing. The Flnniah communique failed to explain the Island, who had bora the brant of fato of the defender* of Kolvlato red army attack* almost since the war started. Fot days the fortress had been Isolated bin held out ■■ a constant menace to the Russian flank Into which its big guns fired with devastating effect Lot*** Frightful IBy Edward W Beal tie. Jr.) With Finnish Armies. At Vlipurl. Fell 26 ‘U.PJ The ancient gateway city of Viipuri Is a dead city today but the battle flag of Finland still flies from Its old castle tower A tired but determined army is fighting within ten miles of Viipuri. after 21 days of battle against the Russian offensive up the Karelian Isthmus North and west ot Viipuri new defense lines have sprung up in the forests and Finns say that the Russians face new and staggeting losses liefore they can hope to take the city or to join force* with other Itusslan troops operating north of taig»- laidoga tin Helsinki. Saturday night. Finnish sources estimated that the Russians had suffered from so >mn* to S6.tum killed in the 25-day offensive against the .Mannerheim line.) For the moment, there was a lull in the fighting at the Gulf of Finland end of the Mannerhelm line before Viipuri, which for many days shuddered under the lamni of guns and the scream of shell* like a numbing shadow rolling up from the south The Finns' answer to the Russian threat is the battle Dag streaming from the old caatle, which has stood for 610 year* as the key io the ' IriH-k of Finland" and around which tin- Nordic armies of t'harlea XII and other soldier king* fought the llu*«ian aimiea For the last 21 h-iurs only the distant sound of batile has teached the center of Viipuri and even the Russian airplane* seem to have shifted their operations to point* further east on the Mannerheim line Even mi a visit toward the front line*, newspaper men fonnd 'tear ea strangely quiet lu compari«on to Ute kettle-dium fire that marked the peak of the red army offensive through the Humin* aectoi thcasionaily there was a burs' of gunfire in the ,||*tan< •- o> ih- ( hatlet of machine gun tire 7rom a Russian fighting plane, hut otherwise only the deathly numbness of the city and the scar* of shell lite on Its street* emphasized the i nportauc* of th- war on th- Gulf of tcoNTiNi’gn on" paob nvgi WM. HARDEN IS TAKEN BY DEATH William Harden Die® Sunday Morninji After Long Illness William Harden. Mt. brother ot Ros* Harden of Cnlon township and a former resident of Adam* county, died Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of a brother. .Mont Harden In Bluffton He had been 111 for aonie tint* ■nd his condition waa described ■■ serious for the past two weeks. Hi* wife and one child preceded him in death. Hurvlvlng. braid the brother lu Bluffton, are a sis* ter. Mra. Leora Caasldy of Fort Wayne and a broiber. George -it Battle Creek. Miditgan and thn brother In Adam* county. Funeral servlco* will be told Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Thoma fuoeial honoi Hi Bluffton Burial will be In tha| city