Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1940 — Page 5

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—M—WI» I* H>—«" ■■■' Bl ■dH John L DeVoss BBr IIIMIH hath CANDIDATE FOB L> w | Prosecuting Attorney K ADAMS COUNTY i •“"* »<-*»••*> •* •’* •" ‘ sBMv 1 M% priman <dm al ><hi obtained in the cwhmiL <>l tht . C iK of lleealur After itltgadmg Indiana where m> pre lau course »M t.ken I graduated Irom * • Indiana Law School with a degree of Bachelor of Lawn. 1 Slice m« graduation. I ha»e practiced law eontinuowd) Jk in Decatur, having xned as, CHy Atissrnej for 8 >« ar * during thi*> period. The office of proMtuling attorney. iaome »l Mlal '?J the people of Adam* county and should Im conducted fur inlereat of its resident* with equal right* and protection to all. 1 hope my Mtwhfkalion* and evperiunce will merit your ctmaideraliun. Vuur vote and aupporl arc earnenlly mdicited. puilikal Advt

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aervea ths area eoverlng Adame. Alton IHK.Ib Jay. UGna£ Noble. Steuben. Well*, and Whlt-i .toy counties and Moat»eltor and I vicinity in Blackford county, report ' rd that benefit claims paid la the terilory during March totaled |7| MT against |kll4i in February, and 1 1107.44 k during March. IMS Payment. were made to an average of 14»u peruons In the Fort Wayne area during last month. *O4O per week during February, and *450 per week in March. Ikk* GREAT TEST OF NAZI CONTINI'BD FROM PAUB HIX porta will be lu perii when they anchor off the cuaata to disembark laud forces. aa will the commuuica tlona by which the tones must be supplied Official quarters said Iha I .an egpedltlouai y force was "being stead lly reinforced .” For this first cam paign lu hialoiy above the Arctic circle. Britain has supplied its troops with while fur jackets, white sweaters, fur caps, sleeping bags aud jerkiue War Bulletins London, April 17.— (U.R) — Stockholm radio, in a broadcast heard here today, said that righting was m progress on all fronts in central and northeast Norway and that Norwegian troops had captured about 150 prisoners The radio said that the Norwegian high command reported that German forces have advanced at some points but that Norwegian resiatance io still determined. Vatican City, April 17.—<U.PJ —Fops Piue XII asked for paryers for peace throughout the world in a letter to Luigi Cardinal Maglione, papal secretary of state, made public to--ay The Pope, whose letter was dated April 15, asked for the peace prayers in view of war threats menacing neutrals and non-beiiigerents. Berlin, April 17—(UAl —The war now has entered a "deeleive stage." Or Paul Joseph Goebbels. German propaganda minister, said in a speech at the Berlin sports palace tonight. London, April 17.—<U.R>— The air ministry said today that royal airforce pianea had bombed the Norwegin post of Trondheim. where there are heavy German troop concentrations The RAF attack on the Trond- | heim airdrome, the ministry said, caused a large hre. Ths attacks which occurred last night included one of a GerNOTICE Mm in* Io 215 N. FIRST ST. Will be closed grinding week of the 22nd. REED FEED & SUPPLY CO. ‘

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17,1910.

ATTEND MEET ATFT.WAYNE Spanihh'Amcrican Veteran* And Attend .Meeting The Hpsuhb-Amerkau war veterans and the ladies auxiliary from this city were the guests of the Fort Wayne encampment al Fort Wayne Tuesday night at a muster meeting Those who attended from iJecatur were Mr. aud Mrs Aif Hahn ert, Mr. and Mix A W Tauvaa. Mix Frank Peterson. Mrs. Roy Wolpert and Mrs. Enoch Eady Also among the 3ou present were members from Huntington. Columbia City aud Auburn. The program wax opened with a banquet al 4:30 o'clock. Following the meal "America" wax sung by those present. At the close of the evening "tied Bless America" was snag, During these aougs. a tableau was presented by a young girl who xlood beside an American flag aud a light house with a Bash light. Also on the program were accordkin music given by the Jones band of Fort Wayne and a talk by Rev. Jones of Auburn. GREAT TEST OF NAZI fONTINIiBD FROM PAIJB ONO on the bluff Rombak Heights, across the Fjord from Narvik, its Jim- ot retreat covered fay ths big guns of British warships. The way from Narvik to Sweden is dotted with German and Norwegian dead, lying In the snow More than 1.000 German. Nor- ' wegtan aud British dead lie al the ' laritom ot Narvik harbor The harbor itsell is the graveI yard of some 4" German. British and Norwegian warships and GerI man. British. Norwegian and ncu- ' Hal merchant ships. My Information Is that among | these ships is a British cruiser I have reached Kiruua, one of th,- two great Swedish ore centers, far above lire Arctic circle after escaping with the last Norwegian troops and refugi-ea from Narvik I and keeping aa near aa I could to the scene ot a< lion, in the frontier I area on both sides, sometimes using skis. The silualkm aa it appeals as I telephone to Stia kholui Is lhat the whole German iMiiipatloii force In th.- Narvik urea is i-omidulely cot off from conlacl with lhe main Gennan forces by laud and n-n Their sol,- ho|u- of supply iu the | Inhospitable arctic snows Is the airplane. By a de»|>erate flghf along the railroad Hile to Sweden a small detachment of the Gmiiaiia have reached lhe frontier. Ten of I hear at least have crossed brio Sweden to lie interned The remainder of the Germana man seaplane base In the vicinity of Trondheim. Goebbels spoke at a gathering marking the conclusion of the winter relief campaign. "The success of the armed forceo in taking Dan-sh and Norwegian neutrality under German protection puts them in a poeition to lead the war to a succesaful conclusion.

More Murder in “Murder, Ina” "-i. ■' —, X mfr- - KKI3 > 1 K ijQ/kf liJ 7/3 ■ Bissau v <’Vz . /J ,-‘'O. m • w I « ■ Efiraß k F 1 > fl I ' ’■ % w ~ j B -S' rF ' William (FDwyer. right, at seme Another body has been unearthed In connection with the slayings attributed to the New York murder eyndicate. The victim was Hymsn Yuran, dress manufacturer, whose body was found buried near Monticello, N. Y. In ths photo, investigating oßlcials, including District Attorney William ODwyer of Brooklyn, right, who is leading the probe, view Yuran s body

may try to fight tbelr way along this road, or elect to iiimm on , Jlomlusk Heighla for a last mail fight BERNE NEWS By B. M. SCHWARTZ Chaplain T A. White of the Indiana llefortnalory at Pendleton was tile speaker at the Chamber of Commerce dinner and meeting alcove the Swiss Case Monday night. Seventy people attended the dinner, Including the members ol | the Berne Beers loa-kctl>mll team, who were guests of the organise tion The Chamlcc-r voted to again I elKiuxoi weekly Icaud concerts here . thia summer. and the matter of | Saturday evening entertainments, was left up to the sanction and i*and committees. The chamber also went ou record to preaeut a resolution to the Berne town council that iu the event the < ity of Decatur votea down daylight saviug time, that Berne also remains on staudard time, even If the voters of the town would favor fast time. It la considered prolwble that the daylight saving time vote which was to be held here May 7 In connection with the May primary will lie drup|H-d. inasmuc h as the vote can nut be c onduc ted lu couiiec tiou with I the primary vote, and It la uot believed likely that the town will spend Hie additional mone y whic h would be necessary to conduc t the election uu the time question. The Cbambet also dec ldc-d to hold the May meeting on Monday evening May 13. instead ot Monday evening. May Zu. the regular banquet uight. because of the Berue bigu school commeuceuieut which will be held on the- evening of May JU. Mrs. John C. Augsburger ot west 1 of town suffered a fracture of her ! light shoulder when she stumbled aud fell, while carrying her grandsun. Joiiu Harvey Augabuiger The baby was not injured Hoy Girod of this place Ims received Word that bis brother Jesse Girod, plasterer of Grand Itapids Michigan was seriously injured iu

Italian Fleet in Axis Strategy? T” £l3 **'*’» RUMAMI* Z t”• "• y * Utk e O J? TURKty z;/ "*>' -'v. c " Jt «X*. A “ 7: r MMM.AAM) K < ■ HALIAN 7 agwtff m>vaV 1 According to report* from Balkan diplomata, I'ramlar Benito MuaaoHnl la concentrating the Italian fleet around the IXxiacaneae lalanda at the entrance to the Dardanellea The map above show a how thia ia alao in quick elriking diatance of the Hues canal and the Turkiah ooaat It la preaumed thia atrategy will tend to reatrain the Allied Iroaa Moving agalnat Germany in the near eaat while Hitler aecuraa hi. dununatlon of Scandinavia

■a fall from a scaffold. Mr. Girod I suffered bad head Injuries which* required 22 stitc hes to close, but , he Is ex pec ted to recover. Kev. Wade C. Smith, nationally ■ known author, cartoonist, evauge-l list, and Bible teacher, will conduct [ a series of Illustrated Bible- lectures at the Memionlte church here April M to Z». Meetings will Ice held Wed . nesday Thursday and Friday evenings and Sunday afternoon aud I ' evening Plana arc being formulated to install large flood lights or reflector lights on the local baseball aud soft ball diamond A special meeting of j the- town board was held Munday i night, aud was attended by many softball players Plans call for the I erection of Ik such lights, some us , the money to be raised by popular isubscriptions. A soltlcall league may i Ice formed with several Berne teams aud outside learns Hum Geneva. I.imi Grove aud Moarue. Dr. klrnest Piaui promiueut pioneer physician of this place. recently celebrated his 76tb Idithday aud was honored with a special dinner Dr. Krun has been a physician here since the horse and buggy days aud la widely known. He Is still iu good health. Ilaymoud. 13-year old sou of Mr. and Mrs. Nurval Chauincas of near Beiue. was Injured when he was hit iu the eye with a bull teat. He : suffered couslderable pain irom tile injury. Carl and Curtis la-hrnali. Edward Burkhalter. Kober Dee Kpcuuger. Ixrns llabegger and Duson Hpruu I ger conducted services at the First Baptist church at Wren. Ohio, lu I the absence of the pastor. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Heller of tills place motored to Decatur to visit Mrs. Heller's father. P B. ‘ Dykeman. who Is seriously ill. Mrs. Ituse lacutls of Mgr here ' has returned to her home following slay of several months iu Holiday. Hbc- reports that the winter was au unusually never * one iu Florida. with frequent cold spells, but that the- last several weeks have Iceen very pleasant. Mrs. Dale Stout and Miss Vera Stucky entertained at a shower for their sister. Miss Kathryn Stucky.

whoso marriage to Hormaa Alber ding of Decatur will be an event ot ■he near future. Victor Stuckey, manager of the Berne Equity Exchange Company, attended the opening CincinnatiChicago National League game at Ciuciniiali Tuesday. Mr. Stuckey reports a corking good game and an overflow crowd aud excellent baseball weather. 135,000 VOTE ■ coNTiNfaiw rsoo rauß on* lories. The two AFL craft unions were on the liallots In only 1> of the plants. They are the International Association of Machinists and the Pattern Makers League of North America. Employes vote during working hours In plants in Ohio, Michigan, New York, Wisconsin. Indiana. Georgia, Miaeuuri. Maryland. New Jersey. Connecticut, and California. The ballots will be counted tomorrow. o 1 GERMAN NAVAL — iQOWTINUKW FItHM fAOB UWBI | were made In the vlcluiiy of Narvik." Os lhe death of Boule, the most important casually in lhe German armed forces since dul-tien. Werner Vou Fritsch died iu action before Warsaw In the Polish campaign. the communique said: "In defense of Narvik, destroyer leader. Captain and Commodore Boule fell in a heroic fight against superior British forces. About twothirds of lhe crews of lhe destroyers which were damaged or put out of action al Narvik, and whose ammunition was exhausted, reinforced occupying troops in defense of Narvik." The cominuiiique claimed turllier 1 successes against Norwegian I troops, and said that on the westI ern front. "Urrman shock troops I blew up four enemy posts southmF uin TO Choose Wallpaper Here. (1) We have a complete selecI tion. (2> We have new IHL patterns. (3) We have the price you want. Come in today. HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

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“tn the Trondheim region. German troops reached lhe Bwedlsh border and occupied the railway bl Meraaker 0 -wIndiana Elevator Destroyed By Fire HiooniDeld. lad.. April 17—(DPI —lnvestigators today sought to determine lhe cause of a fire which yesterday rated the Marco Grain Co., elevator and which for a time tbieutened the entire town. The blase was extinguished by firemen from Bandbora. Linton and Lyons. Fire fighters drew water from a uroek after bucket brigades pumped wells dry. Less was estimated at llO.Md.