Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1940 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

AWARDS MADE TO EMPLOYES Ixxal Industries Accept Smcfestiona From Plant Employes The tuppeaiiciii cornmitiet of the f'entral floya f’otnpuny and McMillen Feed Milla of thia city an-' nottnee . prmip of winters in the ' suwell'm content after being flooded with --ereral hundred «ur .rations during the pant few weeks. Considerable- interest han treen shown In this content atid the management la pleased with the response nt the employees fine of the employees made the ' suggestion that the >aah awards lie supplemented with a permanent award such as a pencil. Thia has been followed and the committee, thia lime, la awarding a number of the winners with a high quality liencil lithographed "Awarded For Suggestion by Central Soya Co, Inc . and .M< Millen Feed Mills, Inr." In the Kapeller Plant, awards were made as follows: Roy S< hllc kman, Ib-catnr. for suggesting pendis as an award: K Heed. »27 IMerkea street, for the idea of a safety grathig in rolls; L. J Kelly, 123 K West Monroe street, for suggesting a guard rail at a hazardous location. A. Babcock. 412 South First street, for a suggestion covering a |>an setup to earth oil drippings. C. J Kelly for a method of setting up oil drums to eliminate a difficult Job; M O Hurley, 11. H 3. for a better method of feedings hammermill: Hay Heller, fitX Patterson street, for a device to regulate the feed to a hammermill: M la-vy. 224 North Fifth stneet. for hla suggestion of rebuilding blns to separate different ktnda of meal more effectllvely and K. Nylfeler. 22S North Thirteenth street, for his idea on eliminating a dust condition An award was made in the Feed Plant to G Runner. H R 3. for his suggest lon for revising the meal lines to Increase the capacity of this product. In the elevator, four awards were made as follows II F Huff, ,721 High street, for hla suggestion nt an unloader apron to prevent the spread of dirt, T. Haggariy. dS4 Mercer Avenue, for his idea of ' ccwwHMtnen on park rrviti ' TWO DEPUTIES FOR ASSESSING l E. A. Beaver* And Thom* a* Baker Named For City Os Decatur fc. A. Reavers and Tomas R Raker of this Hty have been named deputy aeaeMor* in liecat:ir. assist1 Ing Will Wlnnes, township assessor K /. Worthman. eonnty as«’-«or 1 announced The work of asaMslng got un derway Saturday and will continue for the nest U day*. The city of Decatur has been dl vided in district* for the assessors. Mr. Reaver, ha* the territory north of Madison street and Mr. Baker will onver the area south of Madison street, in the residential districts only Assessor Wlnnes will cover the business houses and mere entile establMunsmt* The copemtion of laipayers was asked by Mr. Worthman and the deputies la the job of assessing perMnal property and in filling out the required blanks Mr. Worihman pointed out that the aaeeaaors ar. duly Itound to make assassin eats and cilled 1 chapter of the law whic h governs the Hating of tumbles The laws follow* "BotuMl to make cetnm - penalty It Is the duly of the counit auditor to add fifty percent as penalty to the value of the proper ty of any taxpayer who shall refuse to make and deliver to the ass-Mora proper schedule and statement of hl* property ’. In v*ew of the number of new hone, built in Decatur and other improvement* made- during thr year, it I* expected that the valuation In this city will he highei than a year ago Mid-Week Service At Lutheran Church , The gfth in a aeries of aid week fjeaten services will he held at the Zion Lot herns church Wednesday evening. The service tomorrow evening will again be conducted by the paetor. the Rev Paul W Bckuiu and will begin at 7 M p'elock. The special Passion services have always boon highly esteemed in the Lutheran parish and are attended by large audience* The public Is cordially Invited tn attend the aervke, ,

Abandoned Mine Caves in, Section of City Sinks . tHHB i i uSK, - jr I .J Bz / A 11 * jßl'' ; - ■ t a, ' F' I Bwßfco u— —»■ WV? in m I A group of wide c-yed Shenandoah. I’a . school children guther about a crevice In the earth, mo- of the cracks whic h caused a six-block segment of the city, built over an abandoned anthracite mine, to sink 1 slowly Into the mine workings There was no loss of life or injury

UNION SERVICE GOOD FRIDAY Ten Decatur Churches Will Participate* In Three Hour Service I’nion flood Friday service* con-1 ducted by the Decatur .Ministerial Association will be held thia year | at the Methodist Church. Iwginning at 12 o'eloek noon uud tontinuinr through the Three Hour* commr moral Inc Christ's agony on the •tom. Ten Decatur pastor* will parti cipate in the service. which will feature the Keren.Word* From the Croaa There will hr ait thirty-' minute period* of worahip. ea< h in eluding congregational Ringing aperial music. prayer and meditation. | i An organ Interlude will begin each period during which time the pro pie will lie permitted to enter O' leave the sanctuary Kprciai musli will be rendered by the various cooperating churches, and the minister*’ quartet will wing several time* during the nrogram | A detailed program will Im- provided through the various < hur< he* | and will abu> appear in the new*-! paper in the course of a few day*. I Rev. Charles I'rugh. president of the Ministerial Association stated - * ——■ C. Os (’. Director* To Meet Thursday The director* of the Decatur! Chamber of Commerce will meet | Thursday night al *46 o'clock at j the Finn State Dank. Ileorgei Thom*. *e< retary. annoum ed today. I CLUB MEETING SET AT SCHOOL Conservation Pictures To Be Shown At Lincoln Building The meeting of the Adam* county fish »nd game conservation league tonight will be held a' the Lincoln school auditorium Instead of the Moose lodge, as wa* previously announced. The regular meeting place of the organisation was changed In order to hotter accomodate the large crowd elpected to attend Moving pictures of wild life In f'anada will be shown at the meeting. which has heen opened to the public with no adtniMdon to be charged. Member* of the organisation are urged U> attend and bring their famine* The meeting will start at JU o'clock and showing of the pictures will follow iaaatediaiely after a short business session Roy Johnson, president of the league, will be in charge of the meeting and will introduce the speaker, a Fort Wayne conserve* ‘lion enthuctast. who will show the , movie.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 5, 19111.

Rev. Ryder Will Deliver Sermon The llev J Rryder. pastor of St , John'* the Baptlat church In Fort I j Wayne, will deliver the l-enteii *er- i tnoti at St Mary'* church thi* eve-1 I ning. The service wilt begin at i i 7 30 o'clock Preceding the sermon the litany ; will be recited and following Fath i er Ryder '* dlxouse, there will Im- , I Benediction of the Blessed Sacra | ' men STUDENTS HEAR AFRICAN TALK — Charles Blooah, Liberian Author, Speaks At High School "From Cocoanut* to College." |he itory of a runaway prince, wa* told to the «tudeiit* of the Decatur ' junior-senior high tu hool thl* morning by an African-Liberian native The speaker wa* Charles Blooah. a native of Liberia, who after receiving all the poaalble schooling In hl* native country .ante to Am erica to further hl* education, and ■ »lnce ha* been recognized a* an Mthor and educator of the highest , repute. Blooah told of the legend*. <u* i tom*, ceremonies and stories of his I I native country and described hi* 1 early life in that tend. He waa Introduced lo the tlu ; dents hy the Rev. R. W Graham pasthor of the First Methodist <hurch in thl* city, who was a classmate of Blooah. while they were attending Ib-Pauw uulverally Principal W Guy Rn.wn was in charge nt the program, pietwmted during a *pe. lai chapel period at I i the school early ihl* morning.

LENTEN MEDITATION rl.uke J Martin. Nutiman Ave. I'nited Brethren Church' “SELF PRESERVATION* 4 "For whoaoavsr will savs hl* Ilf* snail loss it. but whososvar (hall lose his Ilf* . . . shall save it."

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Jeeu* said, "whosoever shall lo*e hl* life for my aake shall save It." In the possession of Jesus l%rl*t I* life abundant Itfa. eternal life, and In J-aua alone I* our preservation If anyone will deny himself, hla own will and way will forsake hl* *ln*. lake up hl* cro** dally and follow Jesus he I* accounied a dlsclpl* and a child of God. To preserve our Ilfs, is lo lose 11. or to sot it aeM*. that th* life which I* In Jmus may be manifest In our mortal bodies Tha< which la born of the flsah la fle*h that which la bom of the spirit to spirit. The fleshly desire* must he crucified that th* life of the spirit may live In us "I am crucified with Christ," wer* Paul a words "Neverthvle** I live, yet not I but Christ llveth In me and the life which I now live In the flesh. I live by failh of the Non of God who loved me and gave ÜbamuU lot me." Jesus really saves out Urea.

BARBARA DUKE IS CONTESTANT Local Winner In Kendallville Oratorical IHrtrict Meet Mis* Barharu Duke, daughter of IMr and Mr* Ben II Duke of thl* city, and winner of the Adam* county oratorical contest, will go lo Kendallville tonight t > particlpute In the district contest Miss Duke will Ih- accotnimnled hy M Bauer, commandei of Ad;am« Post No. 43. American 1-egion .and approximately 15 other mem tiers. The local post ngtonsorod the Adam* county contest and the district l-egion Is sponsoring the district contest Command'-r Bauer in a short ceremony at the Decatur jun lot-sen-ior High m h<sd ihl* morning presented Mis* Duke with a gold medal. awarded by the lisa I post to the winner of the county contest each year Ferd L. Litterer. local attorney .and member of the Adams county liar association co-sponsor* of the contest here, will act a* a judge of the district event tonight The winner of tonight's contest | will lie rnteied In the state oratorical content, lo lie held ala later date. I Christian Church Board Metta Toniaht The official Itoard of the First Christian thurt h I* asked to meet I thia evening at 7:30 o'clo. kat the home of Dorphu* Drum Thl* I* a i tegular meeting and every memiter I* asked lo attend.

Protection and preservation of hi* own life I* one of man's first thought* Trying to live long, happily and aucceasfully and lo fll oneself for eternity are some of the thing* man ha* tried to do hhrtself. In hi* own way. but on every aide ha* met with disappointment. The person who fight* to have hl* own way to hold hi* life In hi* own handii. lo count hl* way dearer than any other, and to live hl< Ilf* for himself, misses the "eternal I fe" which God Intended for him De lawn the great explorer, sought a fountain which would make him young again and preserve life, but In trying io save hla life he lost It. The same to (rue of those who fall tn lose their life for Jesus sake and withhold Il for their own selfish desire* They lose II

England Nabs Five Italian Ships Hauling German Coal Via Holland; Stop Shipping

EMBEZZLEMENT JURY IS NAMED Prosecution Opens Case Against Harter, Peru Secretarj Routh Bend. Ind . March ' <l'l’l The- government calls additional witnesses today at the trial of lionaid H. Harter of Peru, former secretary of the- Wabash Valley Trust c-onipany. on < harges of mi -application and embezzlement of bank funds A jury of 12 men was selected yesterday when the trial started, the opening addresses of both the defense 1 and prosecution were com pleted. and the first government witness, Joseph Kennedy, sec retarytreasurer of the hank, described the bank's history. Luther M Swygart. ass'stant I’. S district attorney, opened the case for the government, outlining each of the 16 counts In two Indic t-• merits against Harter. He accused the defendant of making false entries in th<* laink's t>ooks and embezzling funds totalling approxl mutely SM.OOO. Floyd <> Jellison of South llc-nd. chief defense coun<-el. traced Harter's career with the Icank and said that the two complaints had only praise for him until teverres made ihem turn chi him " Re names! the complainants as Mrs. Bessie L. Bowers, widow of Bert Bowers, an associate of the Hagenheck Wallace Circus, and Mrs. Cora Fowler, a sister of the widow of the late Benjamin Wallace. owner and operator of the circ us and founder of the trist c ompany "Harter kept the Icank open and the circuses which it financed on the- road without ever a los at anytime ” Jellisou -aid. He asserted cCONTINCKII ON PACJN *IVN> COMMITTEE IS HOST TO GROUP Purdue Short Course Workers Entertained At Program Monday Committees and amateur entertainers at the- Purdue Shor 1 Course held here recently were the guest* of the entertainment committee at a party and buffet supp'-r at the Junior-senior high school Monday night. Approximately 25e person* attended Arrangements were made by Carl Pumphrey and C T. Ilabegger. ccechalrmen of the entertainment committee but due to the absence of Mr. Pumphrey on account of Illness George Kric k, one of the directors of the short course, presided Several reels of rural film were shown, which was followed by a group of song* by the- Berne winner quartet under the direction of C. T Hal>egger. W A. Klepper. general manager of the Cloverleaf Creameries, and Mrs. Roy I’rlce. president of the Adam* county home economic* c lull*' cborn* sang a vo< al duet. ctYiNTtwiran on psette rtv«» South Bend Students Being Fingerprinted South Bend. Ind . March S- it'Pi Rtate and local police tomorrow liegin fingerprinting l&MMI school children from the fifth grade through thr high schools The project Is part of an Identification campaign Icelng conducted by 22 St. Joseph County Club* - ■— - —o— — - Evangelical Men's Group Meeting Set The March meeting of the Albright Brotherhood of lhe First Evangelical church will be held In the church basement Monday. March 11. at 7:M P m Thr meeting will commence promptly with Ed Warren a* chairman All men of the church are urged to attend —. -p —— Report 0. L. Vance Condition Critical The condition of O L. Vance, well known Decatur merchant, who suffered a heart attack last Friday, was reported as In lug very cilth il 'late this aftetu'Ntu

DETROIT JURY RAPS SHERIFF. DEPUTY D. A. Charge Vice In Second Indictment, Resisting Raid Attempt Detroit. March 5.— 'U.P> Warrants charging conspiracy in operation nt vi«- and gambling were issued today against Sheriff Thomas <■ Wilcox and Prosecutor Duncan McCrea and two score other persons by the special grand jury Investigating graft and corruption. The warrants were Issued after a «pe< tacular midnight raid on the grand jury offtcer. Judge Homer T Ferguson, a.tliig as the one-man grand jury, said that IS men led by an assistgnt prosecutor attempt(ed to invade the jury * room* to seize record* and arrest the jury otfi< lab on charge* of ''torturing" wlinr-s*.'*. Tin- jury eontlniied Its activities Imlay hi a virtual "state of siege" after a special police detail had "dispersed th" Invaders," The warrants, signed by Judge Ferguson, named in addition to McCrea and Wilcox Carl Staebler, chief of the civil division of the sheriff's offee. Bernard E McGrath, chief deputy of Sheriff Wilcox. Harry Colburn, chief Investigator for McCrea. Albert J Garska president of suburban Crosse Pointe Park Thirty-nine other persons and six John Hoes Police were ordered immediately to arrest all those named Judge Ferguson said they would be arraigned as rapidly as they were taken into custody. Tin- warrants charged conspiracy in two counts. All were accused of complicity In operation of house* of prostitution in Wayne county < Detroit >: of permitting gambling In the form of mitlii'-l*. handbook*, and minor betting games to operate, and of paying public offii lais or being paid for l>ermls*ion to do business The action against McCrea was the second by the grand jury la-»s than two weeks ago he was named in an indictment charging complicity In operation of a milliondollar baseball pool and now is awaiting examination H>- also 'CONTtNCKtI ON PAGE FlVg. O Bovine Services At Bluffton W’ednesday Funeral service* for la-e Bovine 7g. retired Wells county farmer and uncle of Charles E Hocker, of this city, who died Monday, will lie held Wednesday afternoon at I 30 o'clock at the Jahn funeral home in Bluffton Burial will lie made in the Vera Cruz cemetery. -o L. ('. Perry Stricken At Work W ith “Flu” L. C Perry. j«>t» printer al the Daily Demm-rat office, wa* removed to hl* home this morning when , he liecame ill while at work A physician. who was summoned, slated that he had an attack of the flu". KNITTLETERM IS SUSPENDED I Chalmer Knittie Fined $lO. Given Suspended Term For Forgery Judge J Fred Fruchte shortly before noon today Imposed a fine of lid and costs and a 2 to 11 year sentence i:pon Chalmer Knlttle. confessed 23-year-old Decatur forki The sentence was suspended by the court on the defendant'* good ! behavior, howevar. Knlttle had previously entered a plea of guilty to a charge of forgery filed in three count*, a* a result of hl* aUegedly passing a aerie* of forged check* through' I Rhode* grocery in this city. He wa* arrested by Sheriff Ed' Miller after an intensive search for > the forger. The fine and coots wore to be I paid or stayed before hi* tele*** t from custody. (

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Britain Move* Toward A Showdown On Holland As Export Route; All Coal Liable To Seizure VATICAN TO AID London. March 5 <U.PJ Great Britain mov<-d toward a showdown on German coal export* to Italy today by detaining five Italian coal ships ami announcing that German coal exported byway of Holland to Italy no* is liable to seizure a* a priz< The detention of the Italian ships five of lo which sailed from Rotterdam for Italy was announced in the house of common* by minister of economic warfare Ronald Cross after the Fa*<-i*t government had protested strongly against the allied blockade decision a* compromising relation* Iretween Italy and Great Britain Cross emphasized that the five ships had been detained tialay and said that Germqn shipments of coal byway of Holland had now "ceased " The statement by Cross was a result of questioning by Emanuel Nhinweii. lail>orite. who brought Into debate the question of Italian resentment against the stoppage of much needed coal supplies In the Fascist state and the implicatiim of that attitude In the larger question of Dalian belligerency In the war. Vatican City March 5 'U.PJ Authoritative quarters disclosed today that the Holy See has Informed the Italian government that Vatican diplomats are at Italy's disposal if needed In an effort lo solve the Ital'cllrP.lsh coal dispute Vatican decision to aid if possible in achieving an amicable settlement of the controversy arising over the seizure of Itsliau Imports of German coal by sen wa* said to be in line with the Vatican policy of doing everythliifl |>o«*ible (CONTINUKfr ON PA<JB FIVKi DEATH CLAIMS MRS. FOREMAN Mother Os Manley Foreman. Deratur, Dies Near Berne Today Mrs. Miranda Foreman. 73. died this morning at #:25 o'clock at her horn.- six miles east of Ih’tne Mr*. Foreman had Iwen confined to her lied for the past four weeks, lacst summer she suffered a light stroke hut wa* able lo lie up after a *horl lime The deceased was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Belarnt and lived her entire life In Adam* county on the farm where she wa* married She la survived by her husliund. James M Foreman laiat May Mr. and Mrs. Foreman celebrated their K3rd wedding anniversary. Hix children also survive They are Mr*. Hulda Hl|h- of Jefferson township; Manley Foreman, a city employee of Decatur; Jesse of Fort Wayne, Arlie and True of Jefferson township. and Mrs Ethel Tlnkham of Linn Grove The de.-ea*ed is also survived by her twin slater. M •». John Huffman of Muncie, and two othei al*ters, Mrs Lillie Wendell of Berne and and Mr*. William Foreman of Willshire Ohio One brothei John lielaiut of Jefferson township I* ai“'» living Three brother* and threw sister* are deceased Funeral aervi. •■« will I* h. Id Thursday afternoon at 1:30 al th« home and 2 o'clock at the Mt. Hope Nazarene < hurch with burial in thn Mt Hope cemetery The Isaiy will he returned to Uta residence from the Yager tenet al home in 8.-rne and may be vb-wed by friend* and relative* after 7 10 o'cliM k this evening. o . I—.— - TCMPCRATURK RKAOINGS DCMOCRAT TMKRMOMKTIR i 1.00 a. m. 20 li 10:00 a. m. » Noun a*, . . M J OO p m .30 ll 1:00 pm .30 WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight: Wednesday party cloudy; rixmg ( temperatur*. j