Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1940 — Page 1

lIITE PASSES Illi till ON km POLITICS l ur( Prohibits I’olitK| Activity By state ■ Employ** Luion Manti 1« <U.» KL, today P- "" l , ‘i.uniH.ll ■ Hi! *rakH'i''"i: P" 11 ’ I ' -1 ■ n i employe P"*' l ■afettl fund* •<** <f * x K<wW <" ■ !l! "‘ r ’* iu ■ a de house • l ""’ •here 11 i,,.1>. - *' ' ■> . V kill extend* 'he seven- 1 ewedltte ISttOO a,, En#Ul«r» <>f '>"« ■ir en' >o prluoti lor at ' l|p atn! fifiwl .it !<*••• , ' Ep „f th" Which 1 K\ |*nt« pi'poitloti of I lie 1 Kg ,ute and niiini, Ipal em- j ■ rtme afte, two weeks of ■ debate It *pllt the ■ .. n.i . majority 1 ■•K alons brand new lines ■ p„-v ..-i.lv approved to the Hatch act Ln" she It aonld prohibit 1 —— ■tm-edon r auh thhek> KL o inc Choir At Berne March 26 p' T llahegger director of Ba* ' nuntv home e. onomlr « I iMounieil today that the »rearer’ choir an outntandRn: nrgsnixa'ion of SO colpa and women will appear In ■MW hall Herne Tue»gt- Mar, h 24 \ilml««u>n will I rest* for < hildren and 35 Ip adult- Thia group will tt, very beat tn -a. red and Itttedr Mid 1 puled Io he ItbeMtatandinr college cbOT(Mahon- m the midwest. laptW that all members, lAtam, county home econottero will rake advantage of ppminity of attending thia ta The public is < ord tally In- ; —■ | 0 — - 1 rial Sen ice At Church Thio Evening ■ i ■.■ lie i » Mark/ story of Tire Pa» 1 thtut will lie presented at i hot Methodist church thia’ tfat : SO o'clock. The atory rOhntratwl with stereoptteoo Id Biblical painting* M savic will lie furnished * young people * choir The lb invited to attend. 'Meat Market Here Closed Today iCTty Meat Market, formerly •ter* operated here by KI lord for the pant several h »*» < loved today The prot 'told not he reached for a bnt ana the business tele- ' l)nd been diMimnected. r ffratinn Committee Meet* Thin Evening •tesrstive committee of the •» "creation department will l« the am,,, of th, , hairman. F* •tT** » the junior- sen ■ •rbaol at (a o'clock thia Fj l .* B committee member* *** so be present. I OPEN NEW store april i — - “Joseph To Open' “’eetkmery In Form* * hnk Building L ' " jsuhil.bment of * route t lon i T*** lfl 'b» old People* '•M Tr.« hnilfflag. •M Medium •trev-t*. occu HhlrwT* n " r ~r W "* , “ ■ torr, waa announced 1 »M*ms coafertlMcandy man aopen th* now bnrtrk?p.?l,hm*’” ** to •* bnown Mr. •3^ u ton to th* confect.rmwry w ‘“ "*•“[ »<*r Mr< *••** ,<>r a “ 8 c*deeorat*d. ||

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ABANDON HOPE FOR 69 BURIED IN MINE BLAST Mine Officials Abandon All Hope For Men Entombed By Blast Nefa, O . March IB <U.R» Hope waa abandoned today tor flu men entombed In the Willow Grove coal mine of lhe Hanna Coal company. Men labored in relay* In the narrow tunnel* throuahout the night, clearing away the debria of the egploalon which tore through the mine Saturday They eapected to reach the chamlwr* where the men had been trapped by late afterboon. Their leader* aaid that If any were alive. It wonld be a miracle. Four men wet.- certainly dead The bodie* of two had berg taken out and far down one of the tunnela the rear ue worker* could plainly are two other bodie*. They had been *ma*hed horribly again*! a huge electric motor which had been torn looae from ll* mooring* by the egplowion and flung acroaa the entrance to one of the crow* tunnel* Only twenty men could work at a time In the tunnel. They were aided Ity loading machinery whb h piled the rock. »late. and other debrla Into cara that were pulled out of the mine by power. Ga* menaced the worker*, but an al( current had been art up through the tunnel blowing the gaa out through an air ahaft The mine I* a "tunnel mine" There are three main tnnnel* entering into the aide of a great hill which run on a more or lea* hurllotital plane three mile* Into the earth. From the** tunnel* branch •mailer tunnel* at right angle* and from lhe»e are rooms or < hamlw-r* where the coal I* mined At S !& a. m . the rescue worker* sent out the crushed Immllc* of John Mark*. 34. and Kos* M< Fad den. 64. the crew of a mine train, wh" had been smashed horribly against a hngr electric motor whk h had been torn loose from »a mooring* by the egplosion and flung across the entrance in one of th» < ro*« tunnel* The re*< nr worker* had been able to see the bodies hour* before they could reach them Two rencur worker* were killed Saturday night by gas After reaching the bodies the worker* found the 35 car* of the mine era in Jammed together in a | ma-al of wre, kage which further icnttTtMiTßn <>f» pacite ••ivgi COLD WEATHER IS PREDICTED Considerably Coo Ie r H eather Is Predicted By Toniaht Considerably colder weather wa* expected to temporarily put a hull to the city and community * fir*t raal spring weathei of the season some time today. Marly morning forecast* of weathermen predicted considerably colder In the north portion of Ind lana today, and coldei in the south Tuesday. The highest temperature* of the season were recorded In Itecutur over the week end Temperatures throughout Sunday afternoon ranged near the flO degree murk To the delight of local cittern* a warm sun accompanied the high temperature* and visitor* down town Sunday were given a preview of the Kaater parade scheduled for n«xt Sunday Cltlgen* turned to spring wear leg apparel and the appearance erf a man or woman without a coat wa* I not an uncommon sight Traffic wa* extremely heavy a* localities "took a ride" a* I* I heir custom on favorable humlay after noon* The temperature held up to 47 degree* at II o'clock this morning, although the absence of the sun waa believed partly reaponsibh- for the mercury down that low. SS» g - - - Mm. Cooper I He* In Florida Word wa* received here Hunday hy Mr*. Marl Coverdale that her cousin. Mr*. Low W Cooper of Indlanapolls died Saturday night at the home of her son. Lew. Jr. In Miami. Florida Mr* Cooper wa* well known in Decatur, having vlbiied here many time* She wa* a Piece of Mrs Iter tha Kill*. Mr* Cooper'* daughter Mr* Robert flranham of Indisnupo ilia, left Halutday (or Miami.

MINE EXPLOSION APPARENTLY CLAIMS 69 DEAD if - ' ■ sHMK r VhL - <

Anxioii* wive* and daughter* cj" miners trapped In the Willow Ghiv,- coal mln,/ at Ht CtelrsvHle. G. await the effort* of r<-*< u»>r» at th ■ sc-tie of the dl

CORBETT RUNS FOR CONGRESS Frank E. Corbett, Native Os Iterator, Seek* Nomination Frank K Corbett, prominent Fort Wayne attorney. and a native of Decatur. Saturday announced hia candidacy for the Democrntlc nom (nation for congreaaman from lh<" fourth district. aubject to the primary May * Mr. Corbett left Decatur with hia family more than ?t< yearn ago. He la a brother o! Mia Fred Fullenkamp of thia city Although he ha» been active in Oemocrafl) politic* for many yearn. Mr. Corbett haa never before nought or held elective office in |»32 he atumped the district for the Democratic ticket In 1H.14 h« made *prr< hea all over Indiana under the anaph-ea of the Democratic state committee He wan a member of the apeakera hureati of the lk>mo<-rati< national committee In I».W and two yearn later waa again active In the < ampaign Mr Corbett attended grade and high aihool in Fort Wayne and • then went to Notre Dame univeralty where be wan valedictorian of hia graduating daaa He atiidlcd law al Harvard law a< hool While hi high achool. Mr. Corbelt won the etale oratorical content aponnored by the American Bar Aaaoclatlim At college he won the atate oratorical < hampionahlp for which repreaenlatlvea of leading Indiana college# competed. ~«ri>NTiNi:Kn <>* faiih vivst RURAL SCHOOLS GIVECANTATAS Annual Easter Cantatas Will Be Presented At Berne Friday The annual Keeler cglltataa of the rural high achoola of Adama county will be held Friday night. March n. It waa announced today by C. K Striker, county achool auperintendent. The cantalaa. aa la cuatomary. will be ataged In the Flral Mennont<- church at Herne Puplla of the (kmava. Monroe, Hartford. Jegeraon. IHeaaant Milla. Monmouth and Kirkland high achoola will participate In the event. Rehearaala are now being held under lha direction of the reaperLive mualc teacbera of the achoola. ‘ No admlaalon will be charged The grat cantata will be prraented at 7 *» o'clock Friday night, j 'The cantataa are entitled "Chrlal Fklorlmia " and The lledemptlon |b>ug.'

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Decatur, Indiana. Monday, March IM, 1910.

St. Joseph Pupils Give Playlet Sunday The grade pupils of St. Joseph's school presented an entertaining and clever three act playlet Bunday evening In the school auditorium. airage crowd attending The program marked the annual oteervance of Kt. Jo- > ph * day and the < etebration of the pastor's I name*day Itev Joseph J Seimetz The children of the first to eighth grade* tmrtl, iputed tn Hie program which was directed by th- Ki»t,-r» of St Agnes CHASE ELECTED SOCIETY HEAD Decatur Man Re-Elected President Os Adams County (’. E. Society J-tell Chase, of Decatur, was reelected president of the Ad-tm* .tirnniy Christian Endeavor »<s |,-ty. at th- annual spring convention of i the society, held Saturday night and Sunday aftenimm al the Croat Evangelical and Reformed < hur< h In Berne Other offlcera are Archie Parr, of Itertre, vice-president; Julia, PaMWaler. of Decatur, secretarytreasurer; Inda ffprunger Burner Augsbutger and Rev C P Mas* ail of Herne, memlter* of the ad vlnory hoard. Offhera of the *o<-tely reported this year'* convention one of th,- j treat held In the county ill arveral j year* More than 20" memlter* attended al each of the sessions Rev William H L Sprat" of the Mistdy Bible Institute at Chicagowa* the speaker at both aeaakma j Bi* sermon subject Saturday even | mg wa* "Christ * Call to Life " In I connection with this subject. Rev Spratt said that all youth receive* j different call* to different kinds of' life, tail that the call of life by Christ I* the only rail, if answered, which gives joy and pome In this world Rev. Spratt's subject Bunday afternoon waa "Chrtot'a Call Io Lire.” He eatd. "not only doe* Christ call lo life hut that after we have received that life, we Should have a high purpose, with CTiriM sa leader, to do service for him." Announcement waa made during the convention that moving piclures. In rolor. taken of the C >. UYIMTINI Elt <tS PAGE UIXI - -ff Local l-ady'N Slater Dies Sunday Morning Mrs. E A Robertson M, died at her home in Warsaw Sunday morning Daalh wa* caused by a cerebral hemorrhage Her husband preceded her In death two year* ago The itecrawd wa* a slater <rf Mrs. W H Foughty of thl* city Funeral services will lie held Tuesday muruw* m Warsaw.

«astet Lower photo show* an attempt to revive I ~,ie of the victim* Although 113 were r<-actt-d I hope w«* abandoned for #9 other* trapped within

FARMER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Chester McAfee (ommito Suicide At Hartford Township Home The llf,-les« body of Cheater L McAfee. 57. well known Hartford tnwnahip farm-r. was found lit th,haymow of the McAfee barn -arly this morning, the top of hl* head shattered by a ahotgun discharge. Coroner J Jerome Yager who 1 was summoned, said death wa* can*<*<l by suicide He said financial rever*,-* suffered by McAfee afforded the motive Th- body wa* found by Mra Artie McAfee, hl* wife, at * a m Coroner Yager stated that he had probably been dead 15 or 2<> minute* l»-fon- tha* Hm • A shot from a 41<» gauge shotgtiu had been fired Into the center of his forehead by McAfee after he had crawled up into the haymow The deeeaM’d Wa* fa>rtl 111 R<* kcre«:k township. Well* county Man h 4. 18X3. the son of Iteter and Mary Conklin-M«At,-« He wa* married in February. 19b* 11, moved with hl* family tn Hartford township about eight month* ago Surviving, beside* the widow, are a daughter. .Mt* II nty Harmon of Rimnoke and a son. Daniel at hottie; the following brother* and stetera. Cal of Bluffton. Burt of Riiaooke. Mrs H'OSTISITKIV nN PAOK StVKt C.C.COnRFLL TAKEN BT DEATH Adams County Farmer Dies Sunday After Extended Illness Cterence C Cottrell. 4*. Admn* county farmer, dted at hl* home on Iterator rural route 8. Bunday morning at » o’clock Death wsa caused by complication*, after an Hine** .f j:h v.-..i • The de. e.isoi ferson tnwnahip June Ik. I*7l. the ■on of Mr. and Mr* General B Cottrell Hl* Wife. Maggie, preceded him In death Hurvivpra Include two daughter* Mra Blanch King of Fort Wayne ahd Mr*. Oscar Teeple. of Decatur route 4. one slater. Mr* Alice Bier of Indianapolis, one brother. Samuel Cottrell of Decatur; and one grunddaughi,r. Otte loot hit. Enoch. I* decrasod Funeral services will be h’ld At 1:10 o'clock Tuesday afternoon st the Gllllg A Drum funeral boms. Rev John Pert of Berne officiating. Burial Will he In the tteialur cemetery The body may ta- view ,-d at the.fnnoral home until time of thv eet vices.

Hitler And Mussolini In Long Conference; Russia Promises No Further Territory Demand

Soviet RuMia Reported Ah Having Given Formal Diplomatic Promise On Territorial Demands. REPORT ASSAILED Bloc kbolm. March Ik <u.p) Soviet Russia wa* *aid authoritatively today to have given a formal diplomatic promise ihin Moscow has no further territorial demand* In notthwest Europe. The disclosure was made In connection with the announcement by a foreign office spokesman that Russia had withdrawn all objection to fortification of the Attend Island, lying between Sweden and Finland The spokesman denied reports that the Soviet* had requested three- fort rights In the Gulf of Bosnia. At the same time. It was disclosed that Germany formally had threatened to Intervene In the war in Finland If the allied troops went to the aid of the Finns, although Berlin did not objec t to passage of allied war materials and volunteers through Sweden and Norway to Finland. To Ratify Terms Helsinki. March I* (U.P) Finland tackled an enormous rehabilitation today a* Juhu K Paaslkivi and K. Volontnaa. members of the mission which last week negotiated the end of the war with Russia, Jest by plane for Moscow to ratify the peace terms. Paasiklvi and Volontnaa will exchange ratification* with the Russian government at the Kremlin and negotiate- concerning Finnish private property in territory ceded to Russia. At home. Finn* worked to complete evacuation nt ceded territory . and to organise a national defense and seek economic rehabilitation with which to cope with tfce aftermath of war Authorities faced the vital problem of avoiding epidemics arising from the presence of thousands of dead men and horse* killed in battle in Finnish territory Real dangers from disease were expe< ted to come during th<ctXtefTTinJKn ON PAUR HIXI DEATH CLAIMS MRS. SMITLEY Mrs. Virginia Smitley Dies Sunday At Home In This City Mra. Virginia Smitley *4. a resident of thl* community for 45 year*, died at her home 2i6 North First street. Sunday evening at R3O o'clock Heath was caused by computation* after an Ilin’-** of three weeks Mr* Nmltley wa* born in Ross county. Ohl". Decem'ter *. IBM. Her husband. John Mmltley. preceded her In death She was a member of the Mt. Hope church She is survived by the following children Mt* Bertha Foreman. Mra. Clara Bdgeli. Floyd Smltl y and John II Smitley, all erf Decatur; Mrs Anna Collins of Mi Minn vllle..Ore ; William Smitley of Sturgis. Mich . Henry Smitley of Van Wert. <> and Charles Smitley of Berne; 45 grandchlldten B 3 *’•■*’ grandchildren and three great great grandchildren Four children, three brothers, and two half-sistera are deceased Funeral »ervi<-es will be h -id »• the Mt. Hope church Werinisday afternoon at 2 o'clock. With Rev George S Legler and Rev Frank Johnson officiating Bartel will he In the Ml Hop < • in. , > The lesTy will I» I,h ~■• the Gllllg a Iman funeral home at 4 o'clock this afternoon to th«- residence. and may be view.-• th-re until time of the funeral —- - o Miss Barbara Burk In College Content Mis* Harluira Burk of this < Ity. daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Sim Burk of South First street. Is one of the co-ed* at Indiana university to be entered in the Arbutus Beauty Queen conte>t Mis* Burk ia a frewhman and a metnler of the Delta Telta Delia sorority at the university. About ?<«» girl* are entered In the contest, which will bo ilvvidvd I'uvsday uigUl.

NEW YORK GANG OF MURDERERS IS BROKEN UP Authorities Smash New York Syndicate Os Mass Murderers New Yoik. March 1* <U.R) District attorney William G Dwyer sought an Indictment today against the head of a murder syndicate which, he said had caused the assassination of 20 men. The *yndl<ate. he alleged, had contracted to murder as a ba*-ball player contracts for hl* servlcra It* customer* were the leading mob* of the underworld In custody were 15 men alleged by O'Dwyer to b>- the members of the syndicate. It* customer*, and It* ,-mploye* The customer* In-clutb-d Charles il.mkyi Luciano, former head of a multi million dollar vice racket now In prison. Ixmls tla-pke) Du, halter, big time industrial racketeer now fating a life sentence and the purple gang of Detroit. Among the syndicate'* victims, he charged, were a nuntber of It* own employe* it trained young punk*' to do the actual killing and when they got to know too much, they were assassinated by new punks." The syndicate collected anything from |stm up for each murder, depending on the impott-anr-e of the victim The actual killers. t> iNwyer alleged were never paid more than 15 or |lO. Detective* were *tlll nmnding up alleged employe* and customers of the syndicate today In Ijo» Angeles, living Cohen. 37 .a motion picture bit player who appeared In the movie. "Golden Boy." wa* arrested early today on *tt*pl< ion of first degree murder at the request of O'Dwyer He went there three year* ago from llriMvklyn O'Dwryet did not co.n ment on hi* arrest. In custody were MaHln tßuggvy t Goldstein and Seymour Magoon. lead'-r* of the dominant Brown* vide mob of hoodlum* and racketeers, Abraham Reles. Harry i Happy t -Maolne. Harry t Pittsburgh Phil i Strauss, alleged to be leader* of the syndicate and the unnamed head of the syndlcan Also in custody were two 'punks," Anthony iDtiio-i Maffe tore. 22. and Abraham t Pretty t Levine 21 who. O'Dwyer said, had confessed fully hnause they had had reason to la-lleve that they were about to go the way of their predecessors as the syndicate’s "trigger men " O’Dwyer did not name the other* in < usoaly O Dwyer said that But halter and his parttu-r Jacob iliutraht Sha piro had engaged the syndicate to rub out all th,- witnesses district attorney Thoma* F. Dewey had found to their racket astlvlHea At least eight of the victims were actual or prospective witnesses (CON'TINCI.’I, G.N PAGE TW’lt FILE NAMES AS COMMITTEEMEN Additional Candidacies Are Filed For Precinct Committeemen Democratic candidates for precinct committeemen outnumbered the Republican aspirants who ni« d declaration* of candldsey over the weekend The number of seekers for prerinct committee is,sis continued to outnumlter aspirants for all other ofllcea. Those who flb-d declaration for candidacy Saturday and early today Robert J Gas*. Ilemtwralic pre- < Im t commitiMman. Decatur lA. Reuben R Rotnty. Democratic preclnt t committeeman, South Hartford. Harley J Reef. Demoratlr pre- < ln< t committeeman West Jefferson. William Lialer, Democratic pre* clnct committeeman. Decatur 38. Lloyd V. Baker. Democralic precinct committeeman. Decatur IB .1 Forrest Ray. Republican precinct committeeman. North Mon ioc.

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Nazi Sources Say Germany Taking Offensive In War With Allies; Mussolini And Hitler Meet. PREDICT SURPRISE Berlin. March I* iU.R> — tiermany I* taking th<- offensive in both military and diplomatic war against the allied power*. Nail quarter* said today, and another "major surprise" may be expected this week a* a result of the meeting between Hitler and Mussolini. It wa* Indicated that the surprise predicted Ity the Naxls would concern Soviet Russia and effect German hope* for a powerful bloc to drive Britain and France Influence out of the Balkan* While the Nail pres* warned ’ that the German raid on Britain's Bcapa Flow naval base merely was the first of a aeries of thrust* at British naval power, political source* said the announcement of an understanding between Italy and Soviet RtiMla would not Ito surprising as a result of the Hitter- . Mussolini conference Long Conference Bnennero. Italian-German Frontier. March t tU.PJ Adolf Hitter and Benito Mussolini conferred wcretly for two hour* and 12 minutes today on l**ue* which may change the course of the war. The lw*t Information was that they had discussed 1. A peace offensive bathed jointly by the two totalitarian powers, nr 2 Some plan for closer cooperation If Germany intensifies the war with th>- allies Thby came from their taphate In special trains, retired to the «alon car of .Mussolini* train to talk and left for home Immediately after they finished their conversation. Spectator* said that a* they shook hand* In farewell. Mussolini wa* amillng and Hitler wa* pal,Communique* in Rome and Berlin said the meeting had Is-en cordial The conference ended at 12 42 p. tn Hitter's train started north through the pas* at 1 <t* p m and Mussolini's train got under way <,V»NTINt'K!> OR PAGE FIVE) TWO BROTHERS ARE ARRESTED Decatur Y<>u n k Men Charged W’ith Destruction Os Property Karl and Beryl Harmon, both of this city, entered plea* of not guilty to ■ barge* of mall, lou* destruct tea of private property thl* imo.iing. when arraigned before Mayor Forrest Elxey on the charge The Harmon*, twin son-i of O J. Harmon, of Winchester xtrret arc < barged with cutting a heavy rope, owned by Ralph Myer*, of Hartford townr-hlp Prosecutor Arthur E Vogb-wwle represented the state at the hearing thl* morning Mayor Kteey set their bond at J 25 each and the date of their trial I* to be held in city court on that date. Beryl Harmon one of the alleged ICrtNTINITBn nt* PAGW rtvwt . —o ■ - Regular K. Os C. Meetins Tonight The regular meeting of tho Knight* of Columbus lodge will lie held tonight at * o'< lock In the K. of C hall Following the business meeting a movie program will 1* staged Memlter* are urged to at* tend. oTEMPERATURE READINQt DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER B OO a. m. — 47 10 00 a. m 48 NoOn jin ■ ■ i ■■.mi.iivr•• ED 2 p. m. .40 J 00 p. m. 40 WEATHER Mostly cloudy, occasional light rain In south and light ratn or snow in northtaot portion tonight; becoming fair Tuesday; much colder tonight except in eitremo northeast, 4»'4»C r “4»4«<,. __.