Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1940 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Infirmary Head TO Sam Reinhart today aa.iimed the office of mi|M-l Inteiidenl of th,Ada ma coitiitj, infirmary under ap poiMtaMmt by th,- <-o,tniy comm la-j .loner, hi January He raeroed. Harvey lai Fontaine who rraicned after 19 year. a. head of lh<lii.titntlon SAM REINHART TAKES OFFICE Assumes Office Os Superintendent Os County Infirmary Ham Reinhart today a*.um*-d the office of .uperintendent of the Adam. county Infirmary, mcceedlne Harvey lai Fontaine, who retired after 19 yearn of .ervlce The Reinhart, moved into th., infirmary yenterday. Mr*. Reinhart will Iw* matron of the inrtltutkm. a poalllon formerly held by Mr. lai Fontaine The Reinharta have «|g children four boy. and two ffirl.. The yotingewl child la fowr year, old while the eldevl hi I* They will an.l.t their parent. In performing awnof the nnmarrm. duile. required in the management of the county farm and earing tor the patients. Th<- children are. Helen. Harry. Maliel. Ted. Max and Wayne. Mr. Reinhart slated there were 47 inmate, at the Infirmary today Funeral service, for a patient who died Wedne«day were held today. ,Mr la Fontaine acting a. one of ( the pall Iwmrers. The appointment of Mr. Reinhart waa made Uat January, following Mr. Ga Fontaine's resignation . which wan tendered to the Imard of county commi.skmer* In Ih.emIter. Mr and Mrs. Ist Fontaine ate moving Io their farm east of Monroe. • - o Adams County Man Pined For Speeding John Arnold, of Ihu-atur. route four, waa fined |1 and ,o.t». amounting to 111 thia afternoon in city court by Mayor Forrest Fltey on a charge of speeding. Arnold wn* arrested at 11 o'clock 1 this morning by polite chief James ilordrr. on Monroe street The chief charged tha' Arnold was driving 45 miles per hunt In a Ihmlle per hour rone rm West Monroe street Arnold entered a guilty plea —— ♦— - IVAN CARWOOD UNDER ARREST — Wei la County Officers Arrest Decatur Man On Prison Release Ivan Oarwood, of this city, who waa serving a 1 lo 10 year term at the Pendlettm reformatory for . grand larceny, la being held In the Wella county Jail at Bluffton on a forgery count. Harwood waa arrested by SherIff Fleming French of Welle connIty at Pendleton Thursday, as he was released after hla eentrm, <■ es pl red The arrest was made on a Well, circuit grand Jury indictment charging him with stealing checks from the Cmlgvllle elevator and forging a number of them In Bluff ton stores Garwood was one of a gang of Bvs men and one woman arrested here when authorities broke up a robbery gang that cun fessed to a score or more of thefts and forgeries. He is to be srrsigned before Judge John neeker In the Welle ! circuit court to answer lo the jchargu

SOVIET TROOPS NEAR CAPTORE OF FINN CITY Finns Virtually Admit Viipuri About To Fall To Reds thy Kdward W. Beattie, Jr.) Helsinki. March I <U.R) Itus■lans blu.ted their way to the out- 1 skirts of Viipuri today, bringing the war now entering ll« fourth < month to a critical point < • A Moscow war committiiqu,- < Mild Ifu.Kiari troop, were in V'll-ji purl's summer residential section, h a mile south of lh<* city proper and were advancing all along the Mannerheim line after having captured 27# fortified |H>sltlon. yes- ’ terday t Finn,- virtually admitted that their second largest city was untenable. that Russian occupation | was only a question of time and that the Russians were now so close that they toilld sec the fire, their artillery had set sttalegh ally Viipuri is of great importance to the invaders It lie. at the head of the Karelian lathinns and once established there, they would lie oh <ty road to Ib-I i ■lnk! lying 2<u> mile, southwest ( l,y a broad coastal highway | Viipuri » fall wointl mark the end < of oih- phase of th>- war the R.ts sian advance, at terrific cost tn men and materials, northward from the 1,,-ningrad area, through the outer defense, of the Manner- '■ helm line to the western end of th« Isthmus The advance from Viipuri presumably would Ite west and south, toward the capital Not mltiimizlng the seriousn. as of the sltuptmn. the Finns dispelled any doubt, that they would continue the fight after Viipuri falls The present retreat, it WSS said, was ordered beesua, of Finland's numerical inferiority and the value she places on the live. rOiNTINtIKt, tW PAGIS SIVB) YEARLY ISSUE IS PUBLISHED lliuh School “Gab-Fest" h Pu l»lished By School Students The Issue of "The Gab Fest.” yearly publication of the Decatur junior-senior high school, has been released. “The Gab-Feat" Is published hy the commercial cluh of the school, under the direction of Hlgurd And ernon and Vaughn Millikan, staff Inal ru<-tors. Thia year's publication Is a 2«page mimeographed edition, replete with new. from the students, student ttocisl and athletic activities, in addition to “*sch<ml gossip " Flossie Htelner. Anna Brandyberry and Harry Bleeke are the editors of the publication Contributors. In addition to the , editors, are: Dorothy Hoffman, t Carl Hann. Phyllis Hunter. Ha m„na Oliver. Bob Hunter. Dl< k fbhniti la»l» Baughman. Joan Cowen*. Edward Beavers. Annta Mae Merriman. Martha Macy. Vera Sauer. Kathryn tfc-hroyer. Fat M< • Connell. Eileen Bowman. Ena Mae kchultt. Margery Linn. Irene Brooks. Patsy Edwards. Gob Gen Mary Frank. Mary Fuhrman. BUI . th. Vivian Hitchcock. Peggy Gaunt. Brown. Hob Stapleton. Warren Harden. Bill Archbold. Betty Ros*. 1 Thelma Smith. Peggy Gaunt. Ervin Thieme. Arnold Martin. Boh larrd. , .CONTINUED OH PAGE THHEK! List Broadcasts Os Interest To Farmers R. M Evans, administrator of the AAA will bo interviewed by Jay Franklin, columnist and commentator. in a radio broadcast to be heard by eleclrb-al transcription on several radio stations in Indiana and surrounding states on Sunday and Monday The subject for discussion will be “Trade Agreements and the Farmer ” Listed below ar* some ’of the atatlon* which will carry this broadcast: WHIIT South Bend. Ind 5 »!> to •:!>« p m Sunday; WIND Gary. Ind —diSO to S 45 p m Monday. WLS— Chicago. IU »:46 to •;M p m Sunday. !| Monday. March 4. the Indiana AAA will have a radio broadcast I over WOWO at Fort Wayne, from It o'clock noon to If: 16 p m Roas Blttlsr. farmer flsldman. and William A. On. a Kosciusko county farmer, will dlsruaa the rotation ! ship of the AAA farm program to j - the rural electrlflcation admin), i |tmttan. a I

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 1, 1940.

Aged Sinter Dies ■ Sister M Kostka. formerly Miss Catherine Srhurgcr of this city, died Thursday at the Slaters of Providenc,- Molhm-houae. at St Mary's of the Woods Hh, was 92 years old and join*-,! the convent about 70 years ago SISTERKOSTKA DIES THURSDAY Dcratur's Oldest Nun Dies Thursday After Lona Illness Sister M Kostka. 92. a sister of th,- late John S< hurger of this city. I and a Catholic Sister of Providence I for more than 70 years, did Thursday at the motherhouM- at St. Mary’s of the Wood*, near Terre i Haute. Death wa* attributed to infirmities She had l>een a patient In the convent lioalptat for several months Sister Kostka wa* well known In Decatur. Her last visit here was , in August. 193*. when St Mary's |Mtri*b celebrated It* Centennial. Sister Kostka was an honord gue*t at the celebration and re-1 niatnd here tor a several day* visit with relative*, and friend* Her name lu-fore entering the convent wa. Mis. Catherin, Schurger She and her sister were th • first two Decatur young women to rgtter the convent, following the tbiablishing of St Mary'* nurl*h Staler K,dka was lawn in Sene ca county. Ohio. August 29. 1*47. Among the survivor* are two niece*. Mr*. James Murphy. Sr and Miss Tens Schurgrr of this city. E'ltneral service* will Ih- held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at St Mary's of the Wood* and burial will l>e there Relative, from here, in eluding Ml.* Tena S< hurger John F. and Mark S< hurger and. Mr. Frank Kurlier of Delphos will attend the service. 10 - Valuable Gifts Arc Presented Hospital Mia* Ellialwth Pitman, .uperintendent of the Adam* county memorial hospital, today anooonced the receipt of a valuable gift from 'the estate of the late Dr. J. M. Miller, veteran Decatur physician, who died recently. Included were a Imokr asc of valuable medical work*, a Iroi of drug*, and the do, tor's surgical instrument*. Miss Pitman e»pre**ed appreciation of herself and hospital (attaches for the valuable gift ■ Q - ■— -— ■— Marion Price Rites Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Marion Price, who died Thursdav at the Adam, county Infirmary, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Winchester I' H ‘church near Monroe and burial will Iw In the Ray cemetery, also near that town.

LENTEN MEDITATION lßev. Alvin Jasinski. Assistant Pastor Nt Mary'* Church) ”•* ye kind on* te another; merciful, forgiving ono onother. oven ae God hath forgiven you in Chrlot." Eph 4:32

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Ing them to though'leasnrs* rather than mak Inga persons! matter of them Consider our Lord's example The whole life of Jesus wa* one act ot love Far from being a burden 'o any on*. He passed III* life In doing good lo all. wlth,mt complsinlng of the Ingratitude He received In return. After a life of sacrlfire, He died the martyr of love, finding excuse* even for Hi* executioner* "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." (Luke tS:!4) Our Lord wishes u* to love one snother a* He love* n* He love* ua with a love supernatural and universal Our love should he supernatural, based upon faith, wblrh enables us to dlseetn and love In our neighbor a living Image of God If our charity Is supernatural, It will be also universal; for all our brothers sre children of G,h| and brotbets of Chrisl. W<- *h,mld pray for lively faith, and active I and reedy charity.

NAZI FOREIGN j MINISTER AND WELLES CONFER U. S. Envoy To Hold Con- . ference With Hitler Saturday Berlin, March I <UR> Foreign minister Joaehlm Von Ribbentrop today gave Humner Welle* an "extremely Interesting'' survey of Nail foreign policy as a prelude to the American undersecretary of state's conference tomorrow with Adolf Hitler Welles said that he hoped to talk with marshal Herman Goering In connection with hi* Inquiry In Itehalf of President Rooaevelt Into war and peace prospects in Em ope He talked with baron ‘ Ernat Von Weluaeeker. underJ secretary for foreign affairs, durI ins his two and a half hours visit i to the foreign office At the same time. It was learned that leading Nazi party functlon- : aries and district lemlers were arriving In Berlin for conference* Iwdleved to lie connected with th,Welle, visit The time for Welles i conference with Hiller wa. filed ; for 11 a. m The American representative said that h<- had received every |M,s.il,|e coti.lderalloii and i-otirtesy i from the Nazi government and It was understood that Von llll>l>e'itrop gave him a b-ngthy explanation of the German attitude toward the war and th,- German demand ! for security of "living apace" *n I central Europe Th<- foreign minister's exptanaI lion for relay to President R<*,w- --; veil was understood to have covi ered the German view of fundamental reason, for-the war and the deletmlnation of the Nazi, to break British domination and gain , ■ a fair .hare in the world economic structure. S<> far a. could Is- learned and icoNTINUKD ON PAG» FIVB) II . TWO INJURED IN ACCIDENTS Mrs. Joseph Hunter. Kenneth Parrish Hurt In Two Accidents Two person, were hurt In auto accidents near th,- city late Thur.i day Mr*. Joseph A Hunter, wife of | th,- local .< hool board member, sustained a probable fracture of her .; no.,- about 4 o'clock In an act I- . dent east of town I Mr. Hunter wa. driving toward , | Decatur when her igr veered out of control rounding the curve, about one mile east of the City. The car went Into the ditch and .{struck a telephone pole, snapping I the pole She suffered the nose injury, other cut* and hrulaes I Further examination was to M I, made today to determine If her ! nose I. fractured. Kenneth Parrish. 17. .an of Mr. and Mrs Homer Parrlab. of Berne, wa. admitted to th, hospital for I treatment of a cut on the head about midnight last night. ParII rtah. with a group of young Berne ■ people, wa* returning home after ■ { the baaketball game when their • car failed to make the curve south ot the railroad track, on federal I road 27 near the city limit. He was the only one hurt officer Russell Prior Investigated.

What motlvH are set before us for cultivating the virtue of charity? First, our Lord makes II His great commandmem. “A new commandment I give unto you. that you love one another, as I have loved you" iNt. John 13'34). Second. He wishes charity to b<- the distinctive mark of Hl* iru-« dlaclplea "By ihl* shall all men know that JAM are My disciple*, if you have love for one anolber ” iRt John 13.35. > If we consider attentively these motives. • our love for charity will increase We will desire tn faithfully observe the condition under which alone II can exist In our every day life That I*, we will bear patlenily with th,faults of one another, and we will readily forgive and forget Injuries done to its. attrlbut-

Berne Bears Defeat Decatur In Feature Tilt Os Opening Session; Monmouth Triumphs

MEN’S CHORUS ~ HERE SUNDAY Ft. Wayne Men’s Chorus To Sing At Methodist Vesper Service The men's gospel chorus of l InFort Wayne Bible Institute, will present a sacred concert at the vesper service of the First Methodist church In this <lty Sunday afternoon al 4:30 o'clock. The complete program follows: Organ prelude Mr* Harry Dailey Hymn. Prayer Rev R W Graham Program, including solo, by the director and u short talk by Dean L A. Witmer “Christian War Hong," Fllmore "I’m A Pilgrim.'' Shellhimet "Holy. Holy, laird God Almighty." Gounod "Now la-t Every Tongue Adore Thee," Bach "You Better Run." negro spiritual "Give Me The Old Tim,- Religion ' negro spiritual "la-t Him In." Gabriel "I Heard th,- Voice of Jesus Say," Protheroe "Victory Song." Towner "Great Is the land " Do.im"Tho Your Sin. Ik- as Scarh-f." Doane Them "There's a New Name Written Ito an In Glory Offertory Mrs Dailey This service is lielng sponsored by the music committee of the church and the general public I. invited A special offering will lie received lo defray expense of bringing the chorus to Decatur, and also to secure music for the local church chorus o President Roosevelt Arrives In Florida Alxiard Destroyer lamg March I il'Pt President Roosevelt arrived off Pensacola. Fla shortly before noon today, completing a t.tuut mile trip through the Panama canal on the cruiser Til-caloosa Tin- Tuscaloosa with its escorting destroyers anchored In a heavy fog at the entrance to the harl*>r and awaited Iwtter vision before docking The president will transfer to the fatng and dock at the airlaise pier. He expected to start for Washington by train late this afternoon Heavy Purchases Os Nareut’cs Revealed Indianapolis. Ind March 1 Il'Pt --Gene Ryan, head of the narcotic* division of the state health department. .aid today that state reformatory record* revealed that orders for narcotic* at the Institution during the last year were ataiut 1# time* greater than normal consumption Ryan asserted that an investigation may reveal that Dr. Elmer J f'atal. former thief sunt,-on. ordered thousand* of dollar* worth of of narcotics that "apparently were never used on Inmate. " CITY PROJECT IS APPROVED Street Improvement Project Up To Washington WPA Approval Rtate approval of a |49.0<0 project providing for extensive street Improvement work in Decatur, wai announced today by John K Jennings. state WPA administrator Mr. Jennlng. said the proje, t. which wa* approved hy .tat,- WPA official, recently, ha* lu-en sent the Washington WPA office for final approval 'The project wa. filed by the city council and prept red by Ralph Roop, who was employed the first of the year a. the city engineer to whip the work Into shape It includes sidewalk and curl, I work and re.urfaclng of unimproved streets and when work gel. underway will provide employment for a number of men The city ha* an appropriation of this year lo buy material to aid the WPA work program and as soon a* formal approval ot the project is received from Washington, activities will start Mr. Roop is a former city engineer and served four years In that ' capacity and as civil works com jiii.Hioner from 111!, to 1*39.

Candidate Eh 1 Dee Fry ba, k. well known Decatur man. today announced his candidacy forth,- Democratic nomination a* county recorder, subject to the primary election May 7 DEEFRYBACK 1$ CANDIDATE To Seek Democratic Nomination An Adams County Recorder Dee Frylia, k. well known Decatur man. today announced his candid a, y for th<- Democratic nomination for county recorder, subject to the decisirm in 'he primary lo be held May 7. He is the *>-<<>i:d to enter the race. Mr* Ruth Hollingsworth having announced several day* ago. Mr Fryback was born in W«-ll< county and received hi* education there, attending high school at Lite erty renter and Murray He came here 19 years ago and was associated with hi* father-in-law. E A Beavers, in the furniture business for a number of years H«- then engaged In the Insurance Imsiness and alsrnt four year* ago was appointed manager of th,- local automohD* license bureau, a position he held more than three years. Mince retiring from that office he engaged in business In this < iiy and continued his Insurance agency until recently when h«- was forced to take a rest on account of 111 health. He ha* recovered and plan, a vigorous campaign Mr Frylmck served In the World War and wa* commander of Adams Post. No. 43. In 193 S w hen th,- lo< al |H,«t pur, hased their home at Madison and First streets. He ha* been active in th,- Legion since it was organized here ll,’ is a member of the Methodist church was president of the la-eatur f'hamber of Commerce one year and served as chkirman of the fair board four years. He ha* Ireen a meutlrer of the Ih'iroH rati, county central committee 10 year, ami has iu-en quite active although never a landidat,- for any office. He I married and ha* one daughter. Ml.* Mary Kathleen, a senior in the Decatur high *< hoot oMan In Fatally Beaten In Attack Green.butg. Ind . March 1 Il'P) i—Police today questioned two men who*,- identity they refused lo reveal concerning the death of Henry Lawrence. f>x. from injuries suffered In an attack outside hi* home near here early yesterday Sheriff Ham Curry said apparently latwrenie wa* assaulted by bandit*. He *ald Ambrose lx>g»don. 2D. a brother-in-law of la»wronce, a.aertcd *om»- stop,-* were thrown against the lavwrence home and that the two went outside to Investigate A. they Ktepped out. a man camo .from the Rhadows and .lugged Ijiwrence. he said H<- added that the thug and a companion fled TriiNtceN, Anncnnofn Meet This MorninK Trustee*, assessor* and their dep- > utles were present t,alay ala meeting called in the county court house by Enrnest Warthman, county Me . seoor, Plan* for the assessing work were discussed and all aaae»»or« were given a list of today’s markrta. In which iwtMsment* will be t based.

Price Two Cents.

Bears Nose Out Yellow Jackets By 26 To 24 Score; Monmouth EaKles Down Jefferson. CAPACITY CROWD The Berne Bears, battling valiantly all the way against a hard fighting but 111-fated Decatur Ye|. low Jackets quintet, came through with a 28-24 victory Thursday night In the feature tilt of the opening session of the Ib-calur sectional tournament. Th,- Monmouth Eagle* opened the tourney with a 29 to 17 triumph over the Jefferson WarTlor*. a team which had defeated the Eagle* three times during the regular season Decntur's new gym was packed to capacity by th<- lime the Deca-tur-Beme dash opened Th,- Yellow Jacket* drew first blood when Htapleton went tinder wide often to score on an out of bound* play Burry's free throw and a one handtal shot by Lehman gave the B<-ar* the lead Lynch'* foul toaa tied the count hut Behindler. Burry and Lehman all hit from the Held to make It 9 3, Berne. Free throws by Hann and Andrews mad,- the find quarter score 9-5. Berne. Th,- Jackets were able to cut this margin by only one point during the second Period and at halftime the Bears were out In front. 14 to II The third quarter wa* packed with rapid Are action all th,- way. The Bear* were out in front all of the period but a* the quarter dosed the Yellow Jackets had crept within one point of their rivals at 22-21. Btmky hit from the side for bis only fielder of the game to make th,- count 24 21 as the quarter opened. H Johnson counted a free throw on Schindler's fourth personal and Hann hit from close range to tie the count at 24 24. la-hman hit on a pivot shot to mak*- the score 28-24. Berne. I*e- < atur had many shot* in the closing minute* of play but could make none stick Burry, veteran Bern,- guard, was the outstanding star of th<- game with five Held goal, and two fii-e throws for 12 points. Chib,tale wa* lb-catur'* scoring leader with ,-ight point*. Monmouth Win* Monmouth, thrh'e victim of the Jefferson Warriors, pulled away in the first quarter to take an 11-S lead In the tourney opener, hut Jefferson came back to pull within three points of the Eagle* at 129 a. the half closed The Eagles Increased thi* margin two point* to hold an IK-13 margin at the end of the third .quarter and pulled away rapidly In the , losing minutes of the game <rX>NTl!«t ED ON PAGE NTX) Deputy Recorder In 111 With Influenza Edwin H Kaufman, deputy county recorder, was confined to his home today with an atta, k of in fluenza He was reported feeling better at noon ASSUMES DUTIES AS POSTMASTER Leo Kirsch TakeN Office An Decatur PoNtmaat* er T<>dai l,eo Kirsch today became postmaster of the Decatur post office, ■uccewling Mrs laila Macklin. Who held the ponltlon since August I. 1937 The transfer of the duties of postmaster and the audit of accounts was coinpletcsl last evening following the close of business for the month, by W Lytle, postal Inspector of Fort Wayne. Mr Kirsch assumed the offlco this morning and waa busy signing the necessary paper* and receipts required In the InstaltaHon of n new postmaster. A wist Ing in tho transfer of the offire to Mr. Klrsrh wa* Carrol Cole, deputy postißMter. { Although no announcement wa* I made th* garage and auto Mie* Maine** which Mr. Kirsch operated for a number of years, will continue to be known as F Klrsrh and son For tlie present no chang -f , will be made. _ __