Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1940 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

For Governor ' I M ft -ft B 1 Be | It Eurl Pot. r« nalh. <if l>. . . ( nir formally annonu. ..<l hi* i rtn.li ! ila.y fur th<- ItmniM-rarli nomlim tlon for governor at u rally held <it Fort Wayne Monday nigh' \ ni n 1 her of Adamo . oiinty I>• >no< i at* attended th. rally | ASK HIGHWAY BE IMPROVED I I CommiHMoner* M e e t With State Officials On Highway 116 The county < ommlanloner" will auk th iMOiinty <oun.il fur an appropriation of Ifi.oou from the • gaaolin.. tat funtta. for the pur- ■ rhaalng of the right of way* need ed to bring ahout the improvement of road \o lift eaat of llern-v.i to r the tthlo »tat< line The <ommt«- ■ alonera met with Freds rl< k II Mendenhall, siting dtatrl.: •np«-r. • intendent at Fort Wayn. thin • morning and he Informed the hoi d that If the right of way» w- <• ohtalni'd the atate would mprove . the road thl» year, over the orlg Inal route, whn h ha* already he. n •urv. yed Improvement of the tretrh of road improvement plan now m effort by county and tat.- highway 1 leader* wa« a»kwl yesterday by .1 ’ drelgatlon of property owner- from ' near Geneva The delegation for the »e<ond lim<- appeared before the r-onimt*-eioner* at th>-u regular nir-etlns Monday in •eekmg the improv.- - merit I nder the plan the county would put. haw the tight- of wav ne< <••- •ary to Improve the road, which would tto-n Im* taken ovt. by the ( . '"iTviwrtNvmi on paok fivbi — <■ Ask Cooperation In Taking Census l Enumerator* for the cetiaii*. which got underway today thr i|gh- ’ out the nation, made 1 r«|Ue»t for I information which the hou»ewtfe 1 could obtain from the huiband atid J nave them an oltra vi»it to the home The blank* a*k for the period • of unemploym*-nt and the aalary ' of the huaimnd If the houaewife 'I ha* thewe an*wer* all the Inform* ' tion tan be given by her and will gave the enumerator a aerond trip to the hou«e It the htiHlmnd ha* lieetr unetn ployed any time up to Man h I ' IP4O. the period of unemployment ahould be given the e-umeralor. •« the information can Im- li»t.-d on ! the Mank LOCAL STUDENT PLACES THIRD Dick McClenahan Third In District Oratorical Contest fMck McClenahan, «on of Mr and Mr*. II l< McClenahan. and Junior ’ in the public high »< hoot of tbl* city, placed third in the di»trict notary oratorical conte»t at Hunting’ ton Monday night Robert Kafei. of Fm’ Wayne South Hide, wa* Judged winner of the conteat. and will repri-ent thi* dlatrict at the »tate control at l<a. layette later th** month Paul Rawley, of Columbia fity. pla.ed second Other conte.tatit* were Gene (Jure of Bluffton tnd Clarenr e Cline of Huntington Mct'lenahan won the local content. held before the Decolor Ro tary club la«t month, defeating three other Decatur high »< bool atudrnt*. The topl< of di« u»*ion for this year’* Molest, an annual event »pon*ored hy the Rotary club* of the state, wa* Rotary Ser* rice* In the Realm of Voulh " The local conte»tant wa* arcoinpan led to Huntington hy E W Huccbe, preaident of the club. W iGuy Brown and P. Biy<c Tbutaa*.

PRIMARY VOTE IN WISCONSIN IS FIRST TEST Wisconsin Voters Casting Ballot* Today For President M.i<ll«<>n W . April _• <u.p) Wia.i>n*ln v<>t..r» engage today In th. nation * fir*. t.-*t of the com- 1 paratlve •tr.-ngih of President it<Mi-. v< I! VPresident John S’ 11. <ll*tn.t attorney Thoma* F. I* »• y ami Senator Arthur II VamleiiberK a* candidate* for she pre*identlal nomination* of the Demo, .th and Republican partie* El-. t on oftl. ial« e*tlmated that 'h> otal vote would ei< eed 40<l.<xm. but the I S w.-ather bureau fore- ' ' ■!•• 'hat rain* whi.h fell early today itt the *outhern and .entrail jh.hloiik .if the alate would con- I tin !•• throughout th.- day Rain or 1 •now wa* fore<a«t for the northern 1 .... tjon The Inclement weather w.c . te.| ... keep many from the poll* Os principal interest In the eler ■ ' tion wa* the test of third term o-nthm-rd Tw o pro-Roo*evelt ■late* were before the voter* I'.tno.ra'* oppostd to the third term I ■ M Rooaevelt supported Garnet B> < au*e of the «plit In 'he pro Itoosi velt for. es It may be possible for the pre»ident to lead Gani.-r in th. In-mo. tain primary voting but still lose th.- convention delegation Tit.- name* >f Inos.-y ami Vandenberg were not entered on the l ballot*, but delegate* pledged to-th.-m had b.-. n announced Ih-le gates am bound to their i-andldate* at th.- national conventions as long a* the candidate* have a chine for nomlntlon I Tw.-n’yf.ti delegate* will be I. hos. ii for each . .-invention, two. f om • a h of 1U congressional d.» tri. t* and four from the entire . "S tiM’Kli nw PA<IW rival SATURDAY LAST DATE TO FILE Only Four Days Remain For Candidates To File For Office With four day* remaining before the deadline 11! candidate* to file declarations with the county clerk, several interesting contests are already in prosper t all on the |iem<>< ratio tt.k. t n the primary. May 7 Foremost in the interest among Adam* county voter* will probably be the rare for prosecuting attorney on the Demm ratio ticket In this race. II Muselman >d Berne ha* filed his declaration of land!dacy. while John L DeVoa* and 1 H Burdette Custer, both of Decatur. have announced but have not filed a* yet Two candidates have filed their declaration* on the Democratic ticket for county recorder Th. y ire Mrs Ruth Hollingsworth Ineiimhent. and Dee Frybn. k Both are Decatut residents Two Democrat* have filed their declaration* for county surveyor Walter II Gilllom. Im mnhent. filed Saturday and Harley t> Ehrsam also filed the •ante day Gillium I* from Berne and Ehrsam from near 1 Monroe No one ha* ofll. tally announc ed for the offices of sheriff and county treasurer but lAcmocratl.- Incumbent*. Ed I’ Miller and John W Blakey, respectively, are e*pe< ted to *eek re-nomlnation. A* for the comity commi»*ioner». 1 a race* for the third district post I* forecast with Monea Augaburger. | Democratic incumbent.* «eeklng renomination «galn«t Ell Dubach, former Hartford township trustee Both reside In Hartford township. Phil Htrahm I* unopposed to date for the first dlstrl.t commiwloner’s nomination A commissioner from the se ond digtrict will not be named at this election Rolcert II Heller, of Decatur, incumbent. ha* announced that he will again he* a candidate for the crnNTtmiKD ON PAO» MIVBI 0 — National Safety Award To Decatur The- city of Decatur today received a national *afety certificate In recognition of the fact that no traffic fatelltle* occurred within It* boundaries during I*3* Mayor Forrwst EHey and Police Chief James Borders are to go to Indianapolis Thursday to attend a safety banquet There they will receive the stat* award, given for the »atue tecord. I

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DiTatur, Indiana. Tuesday, April 2, 1910.

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CONTRACTS ARE LET BY BOARD County Commi'isionerN Award Contracts Late Monday Afternoon Contracts for furnishing supplies to the Adams county infirmary for' three months, April. May and June.! wet,, jw.itde.l late- Monday by the Adams county Imaid of commissioners in the meeting at the court house Rhoade- Bakery of Geneva wa* awarded the- bread contract on a bid of si* and one-quarter cents per loaf One other hid that of the Hon E Kru»t Bakery of Decatur at si* and one half c ents pet loaf was submitted The grocery contract war award-1 ed to Htult* Home Grocery of Devalue on a bid of I MT. go Another bid 'ha' of Sprungei a l.ehnian at Berne for 1103 75. was .evolved, Htult* Home Grocery was awarded the tobacco contract Their bid o: 377 7.0 was the only one sub- , mined. Truck Insurants The contract for the fleet inscirance on-truc ks own.-d by the .ounty was awarded to the |!o< kman Insurance Agency on a bld of 31*134 other bidder* and their amount* W W Bugg-. Geneva. 1230 29. Sc hug Insurance Agenc y. Berne. |22*f>9. Ed Boiling Decatur. 3234 S* and la-land Smith |H-<a-tur 3227 03 —o Naturalized Citizen Registers To N ote William Edmond Miller of Fren< n township after being granted his c itizenship papers by Judge J Fred Fruc ht<- in Adam« circuit court Immediately availed himself of that great tight of every law-abiding Americ an c itigen over 21 the right to vote Miller. It was revealed today a* *oon a* the naturalization hearing was completed went to the office of County Clerk Clyde <» Trouttier and registered with Deputy Marie Deßolt so that he might vote in the approaching primary Miller, with a number of other citizen* who had not been naturalized. wa* denied the- tight to vote when th*- present registration law Icecame effective several years ago

120,000 Enumerators Start Today On Population Census

Washington April 2 <UR* A force of 120.04 H) enumerator* began counting nose* today for the 194" census which I* expected to show a population of 132 taco not/ person* — an lucres*.- of about 10.000.04w> since the last census In ‘ l»3c> The great fact-finding army engaged In the moit comprehensive Inventory of people ever undertaken —started early today to rap on doors In crowded city tene meats snd along Isolated country roads A month will Ice required to complete their poll of f.0M.000 farms In cities calls at 33.iwm.iWHi home* will be completed In two week* A* the enumerator* betan their colossal task, the controversy over the I<th decennial census wa* kept sllve hy Hen Charles W Tobey. It. N H Challenging the government’s tight to a*k two question* concerning personal l» come, be tepested hl* assertion that be would not answer tbem snd Introduced * bill lu the senate to ellmlna’e from existing law a provision for imposition of to-day jail sentence* on person* refusing to answer I lu a radio addte** last night, hc>j

Veterans To Meet Wednesday Night Final arrangement* for securing a charter for a local po't of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will lomade Wednesday night In a meetling at the city hall at s o’clock. Temporary officers of the newly organized post will be elected and a name for the post itself will lie ,chosen If was announc ed today that men who served tn an engagement or expedition in Mexico, china Nicaragua. Haiti. Santan Domingo, and in 1 the valley of the Yangtze ilvei. are eligible for memlo-rship in the- post All other veterans who served on I foreign soil or in hostile waters are < also eligible CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT Swimming Pool, Daylight Savings Time Subjects Os Interest The city council will meet thievening and subjects of interest on < the c alendar inc lude the swimming - |»x.l project and the proposed claylight saving ordinance The solving of the daylight saving question will Ice submitted to voters at the May primary City attorney V(n< ent Kelly w ill In all probability submit a -uggestion on the l proposal, relative to the legal aspc-ct of the ordinance City officials weie In Indianapolis yesterday appearing before i the Mate lioard of health relative to the swlnrmmg pool project A report will Ice made *1 Hie meeting this evening in tegard to ■ the latest step In the mu< h discus*. **d new pool project Although the state board of i health ha* condemned the pool In It* present state, with the- cßy Icoard of health supporting the state * c ondemnatlon of the sanitary conditions it is believed that with certain improvements the- old pool .an he u'lllZed Regardless of the outcome of the vote on the daylight saving question cities which observe eastern standard time will go on the new schedule on the- last Saturday In April Since the pi Imai yis not un til May 7. the- question will not bedecided locally until that time

■aid that any person refusing to answer wa* within hl* legal right ( because he claimed there I* no ■tatutory authority for the disputed question* The census bureau . claim* that Tolwy I* wrong Census expert* *ald that the 1940 cen*u* would show that the t’nited Htate* la nearing maturity In population growth Basing 'heir deduction* on birth death ami Immigration rate*, they prc-dlc tcl that » maximum population of about 145.0C1C1 cccwi will In COB between 196.'. and 1975 After that unless preaent trend* change the re will be a gradual decline bec*ii«e rhe birth rate I* declining *t a faster rate than th. death rate. I* drofiplng The last c-ensu* In 1930 show.vl a population r< 122.775.04A compared with 105.710.A20 In 1920 A major part of the Increase In the years between 192" 30 was a result of Increasing Immigration That trend has been revised since 193" The last estimate of population l>y the census bureau wa* mad. in . IMA On Jan 1, 1939. It c sttmited that thete were 129X19.000 peri iGUNTLML'WU 0N FAUB ffWURj

Pennsylvania Cities Battle Flood Waters Which Claimed At Least 12 Lives To Date

BRITAIN WARNS PLAN TO PRESS WAR TO LIMIT Warns Neutrals Os Europe Economic Warfare To Be Pressed lamdon. April 1 (URj Prime, minister Neville Chamh.-t lain warned Europe* neutral* today that the allied power* have d<-< bled to go to the limit In lh*-ir economic warfate against G.ttii.>ii> and that aid to the Reich miah' ; "render them liable to tin hid- -us • fate” of past Victims of \dcclf Hi' • let’s foreign policy hi the firs' explanation 'o th. house, of c ommon* of decisions r taken by last week’s meeting of I the allied supi-me war council th. • prime minister said that ..-Katd les* of neutral suffering and pto I test 1 Britain will do ev- ythi n - possible to half shipment of S. tni dinsvlan iron or- to Gemi.niy 2. Th.- allies will tak. suitable measures" ..nd otherwise do th. : i Utmost to hull supplies •a. hitii • Germany over land route* which 111. hide* Soviet Russia and south -astern Europe I N> utral* w ill b- d-tn.d em plre product* utiles* they gnaran tee to limit trad- with <l-iin.iny I 4 Th- In* *<|ii- ri >..y pence move* h*v- igre. dto m ikp.so only by common t ot-.s-n - and to stand tog-'h.’i in th. .-on strncffoii of Europe I Th- p-Ime min st< took Istlc attitude toward th. dlffii lllty of proscc-'itlng — onotnt. w.< ’■> th'Utmost hut h<- e»pre«*e-d th- coin plete determination of th* alll.-d power* a* dr< id-d upon at the ■ aupreme War council Hl* remark* 1 colm idee) with a floml of |-..t-si t by smail neutral* pre-— d by Nazi tht-'ats again*! th.- ..Ind endeavor* o c lamp th. I>b>< kade • tightei arocind G-.tnany ' Wattling neutral* of m-.i-u:-* I that might be uaen bv the allied ! power* .a' into German i I sources, c'hamb-rlaln said Neutral* must realize- u- can not agree to make available to th-nt product* from emplte soeirc-s , unless they guarantee- to limit their future trade with G-itnany , The prime inlnlst-t • w ning ’ (CONTINUKP ON PAGE PHO • o Report Bicycle I* Stolen Here , A bicycle, belonging to lt.lly Fr-el.y son of Mr and Mr Roliert Freehy. of Fifth street, ha- been I reported stolen The bicycle wa* taken fiom neat th- Zwb k A Son store SHIPPING TO BE DISCUSSED Special Program I* Arranged For Rotary ( lull Meeting Here The program forth- w-.-kiy meeting of the Dec atur Rotary dub Thursday evening is planned as c 'part of the activity . f the G - a' Lake* regional advisory board in whose territory Decatur I* Included. In making April a 'pet tec shipping month Ea. h yc .tr during April shipper* and receiver* of freight through their dlitrict regional advlscny hoard* join with the lalhoal- and express coinpanl..* In a nationwide effort to determine and remove the <nu*e of lo** and damage to freight and express E 11 Plasmati. freight claim agent for the Erie railroad at Chicago. will discuss briefly some of the efforts of shipper* and rail road* In recent yen* to reduce losses arising from freight claim* The freight claim division of the American asaoclatlon of railroad* ha* arranged also for the showing of th. vo<.. film. "On Guard laical rallrool express and Industrial traffic men a* well a* a number of out of town official* have been Invited to attend the meeting 41 D Mar Lean. general traffic' manager for the Otctral Hoya o.m patty of thi* city, will be ch.ilim in of the ptogiam

ESCAPE INJURY IN ACCIDENTS Only Minor Injuries Suffered In Three Auto Accidents Sc-v.-ial persons escaped with minor Injuries In thr— auto an i-d-nt* last night in and nc-ai the < By la-slie Hunter. 17. local theater employe- and five young people tiding with him <■*. ap-d serious Injury about ■' p m when the- -ar h- was driving careened out of control on North Seventh strv-t neu' Short street The- car left the stx-.t unci turn-el over city police Investigated Dr D D Jone* of Berne, and Holman Egley, of Heine route two. esc aped injury about a 3o o’cloc k last evening in an .tec dent lour .end one-half mil-* -a»t of B-tic-on state road 11' Dr Jones told Sheriff Ed Miller and State I'oit.-man Rii»«ell I’-lor. who investigated that h- stopped his car on th- highway to talk to a farmer of that community The ■ ar d’ r-u by Eg!-y e r.csh-d into the rear end of the- Jones auto Both cars were c onsld.-rubly darn aged Thompson Brown true k driver tor th- Portland Produc t Company ■ last nigh' when hi* truck fa !ec| to mak- th- turn at t'h ■ k’« Corner, south of Ix- atur on federal road and turbc-c! over Sheriff Miller Investigated DEATH CLAIMS MARY BARKLEY Mr*. Mary .1. Barkley Dies Thi* Morning At Home Near City M Mary J Barkley «7 sot mot- than y-ars a ie«ident of Adam* county died this morning at 1» o < lew k at hei home in th- Belmont addition -a-' of D-<a-'ur Death wa- attributed to complication*. following an illn<-«- since la»t D Th- decea-ed w;i- luirll In Wells county February .’1 1*73 the dauglltei ot Mt and M l.«ns. M Rantxey ll* ■ fit*t hti«l>and Tho ma - Gallogly di--d in i9|7 and lie ond hit-band. 11-nry Barkl-y preceded her in death 10 year- ago Sit- wa« a liic-inb.- of Ci- First Evangelic a l , church and of the la die* aid sch 1.-ty of the c hutch Surviving .. • the follow-ng chil dren Melvin Ftanci- >' home Mi* Margaret J Satk of Bartlesville. Oklahoma Mr* Carrie David of Fort Wayn- latwrem e D-w.-y of fe-iatuc and a *tep»oti Glen Barkley of Mat ion On- »on I- dec *-a -ed The. follow ing sister* and brothers also survive Mr* J.oolc Tedtai of ea-'of Bern- M lohn MeDonald of Stuigi*. Michigan. Ell Ramsey of California. Ale. Ham* -..y of Fort Wayne and la-o of StUl* Kl» The liAdy wa- removed to the H E Black funeral home Funeral attatigenient* were not complete late this after noon o More Candidates File Declarations Additional candidate* to fib- today ami late Monday in the county . lerk - offl< e im ludElmer C Beet, for Ih-moeratlc precinct committeeman. MidcllMonroe Elni-r Winans, f - Democratic piec Im t commltteeimcti Sov'h Ht Mary « William Hir*c hy foi D-mcM rath precinct committeeman East Jeffersoii o Methodist Church Meeting Wednesday The- first annual meeting of the Fir«t Methodist church cd Decatur will be- held Wednesday evening at 7 'bloc lock Dr F E Frihley, dl« 1 trld superintendent, amt Fred Bu*< he lay leader, will Ice In c harge of the meeting. Short talk* will be given hy Miss Glady Milter. II B Hi-Iler and Mr Bus< he spec ial mush Will he pre •-nted by the young people * cfiolt

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Rivers Receding Slowly But Forecast Os More Rain Bring Fears Os More Danger. 3(1,00(1 HOMELESS Sunbury Pa April 2 HJ.RJ Working against thm .-tm-rg-my c rows succeeded today In erecting a . edfee dam to •upper' a Weakening dik- that remained 'he only Icarrb-i Ice!Ween this flood devas-tatc-d community ami the rampaging water* of the- Stisciuebatma river. Forty w-ary WPA worker* who had tolled throughout the night won th-lt race- against the crest stage- expected latet today Although the river had been receding from th- high reached durlnc the n.ghf, obs-ivet* said a new ci-st appeared Inevitable because, of condition* in the- Wllk-« Harm area above Sunbury Bridge* G »e Way Wilke s Bane P.i April 2 <U.P> Bridg-* conmu’iing Wilke* Bo re to Kingston and Plymouth began giving way today under the reletl' less poumlbiK of flood waters from th.' tot rent c hoked Hmcquch eiiiu river Th<- center ot th. span linking this city to Plymouth was carried away l.y a I’.mlb an horn current HI person* w.-ie barred from thebridge between Wilk-s ll,ore ami Kingston when engineer* detected weakening supports Th- river w,.s receding slowly here but forecast of rain and warmet weafhc-i caused fear that a new crest might be reached From a high of 31 r. th. rivet had dropped tu 31174 at lo .i in Twelve persons were known dead six reported missing and .'tu.iuHt were homeless a* the raging water* swept downward toward Sunbury In addition 'o the Susquehanna the l.ehlgh Delaware, latck.iwan na. Schuylkill and Juniata rivers were overflowing, as w-re numei on* small < re. k* that fe.-d thc-t*i 'lor- than main hithw.iyt. of the 'egliin were c |o«cd utd many communities were thieal'ened with food shortages Vast lowland stretch.-s . tiiincl Wilke* flattr wr-re tlild.-r w.if<end 'wothiid* of the evacuee* W.-C fiotn th'.* vicinity f'ondltlons w-ie critical In fom towns with a c otnhin-d population of I'.nooo Wilk- -Hi S I'.liii i K ;:-ton and Plymouth ami sot a tint.- last night F had been f.-.n.-d 'ha' 'hey would have io Ih evacuated completely All hitslnes* was snap, tided School* and I hurt he* Were till tied into r. fug— c entet* Th- I'Gul cavalry of ih- national guard w.c* called to duty a 1 Sunbury at thccowTiMttffn on osar 4'ivki o Local Physician At Specialists’ Meet Di and Mrs Ben I hike m e ex. pec c.-d home today from I'hi-ago whet.- the former ha* bee n at'end* mg the meeting of the I lilted Slates Army no»e and throat specialists at the lllimti* infirmary. Di Duke i* attending the — • ■lon- of the meeting a- a gue*t of th.- chK.ir-o lltol.itnyrulo; . al society LEGION TO GET BIDS TONIGHT Adam* Post To Receive Bids For Construction Os New Home Bid* foi thi <on*timt|on of tho m w home of Adams Po*t No 13. American Legion are tn Im reeeiv* C'd tonight at the present Le/.'ion home. The- estimated cost of the n. «V structure is approximately 115""". Such a home will he a one *tmy and basement structure, modern id exterior and Interior design. Accomodation* for the Legion* naiies the auxiliary me inker* ami other veteran* In addition to rluh room*, dining and kitchen facilities ar* tn b« combined In the new 1 structure, (cconliiig to preMUil plan*. The bid* will he received by thn building committee of the Legion. Several contractor* have *lgnlfl-<f their Intention* of submitting pto* posals fine or two local coniructom ate expected Io Ice in this liunili-r,