Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1940 — Page 1

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GERMANS WITHIN 12 MILES OF PARIS

MS ON WAR MT URGED lit SENATORS Aimndmcnt To |k-fen*e Bill To ■ fax War Profit* ■, .■ I? 'i i-i i>. , ,n war profits lli-f !. r.-t.-e lax bill In |K" strived sth |K (U " '■ "* House ■ M. . ■ I-. Follette Pros !■' , 1.1 lurlHan group . srittoiini ed that hr- l< l|K . ,r prttfl’* alnelit) |V' i: <H,| XXIIXM) I 11..1 ■».-.-ur. Hr ’aid !>• ■■ v\ . ■ i'l" 1 -- 'I l,J ' ll,r '*'• . ,i. lt , until next by the House .UIIMII |->l list', |V ... finani < <»nun >' . ......-nna to hear t* . . > Henry Mo-,. !■; 4,..| oilier treasury oHt ,| to gel the bill ...i' by Thursday or Fit My up for Senate dseek '•• end Lal .1 .... -aid hr would t’..' ■> i ...-it ready !.. '■ ■■ .otto >|o U .e IlH'llil" enlargement of th. bill a ■■ ttedule of tax---thrrr wax no way in ■ •Vj ■ -ild obtain actum it. ■, ton.. gag” rub- barring ■ town D Thill. Hr. Wh Mill .-ffort toward that -nd -to ..nly avenue available to recommit th. bill ■t- . to the llou — * .» .onimlttae Io draft .n ■ ;-»fi'- on war matrix... Mr-- more than all hour, of ■ to-mto-rs were in no it I Kai th.' delay, and shouted to the senate, the tax bill ■ > an addition 1322 ■ Kuto-I. f..feral Income taxexemptions would to- Io» ■ nr in more than 2 and raise the tax- - K now paying Surtax.". ■ to imposed at higher tat.". ■ bra< bet- from N.<*M to 1" ■>7 super taler for five y.-t« ■<’ raise another |«92.W ■ ’bat period. A Id per cent ■ tai would lie added to all in- ■ isle,, a similar rupee taxi ■ I* levied on excise taxed Ratae < oiiimoditles taking a ■ mcrearr; corporation taxer B to in. reased one per cent ■tini KI) ON PAOW FIVBi ■ —O- — - ■"I Delegate To I Annual Congress j X A Bixler of Decatur. a| y r of tbe Indiana board of ■r- and eaamlnaliim In Retry waa elected a delegate ■ annual congrrwa of the ■an optometric association Brlnnatl June 23-27. nt the mid B*r meeting of the Indiana ■'ton of optometrist. whl.h B Monday at Michigan t*lty B FUND IS OVERJIM Crow War Relief •nd In County Coes Lbove SI,OOO Mark 1 w «r relief fund in Adatna y today went over tbe 11.000 i according to the report of Annie Winnee, chapter tec ky'a report by Mien Wlnnea •«l that a total of |1.015»7 *»n contributed. ► flrat quota set for the county * p waa 11.000 Thia waa later 1 to 12,000 by the national teattoa. P*l chapter leaders have issued *»nt appeal to eltltens of the » for Immediate contribu ' m an effort to reach the note u soon aa poaatble ,tp al unit laadera outside of •'f have not reported and *» being held by the leaders • drive that these contrlbu*•ll hooet the total consld-

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TURRET BREAKS OFF RELATIONS WITH ITALIANS Turkish Battle Meet Reported Heading For Dardanelles Istanbul Turkey, June 12 up) I “Turkey broke off . otntner. ial re- ■ latlons with Italy t.xlay. ordered j.its ships io take shelter In the nearest Turkish ports, and waa re | ' ported to have sent Its battle geet ateamlhg through the Sea of Mar-! I mora toward the Imrdanellea It was reported that tbe Herman : and Italian ambassadors and lhe I Itulgarlar* and Hungarian ministers 1 i had held an emergency meeting at ■ the capital, to consider lhe situation and the likelihood that Turkey might enter the war on the Allied side News of the br.-aking off of commen ial relations with Italy came : <>n< tally from Ankara Turkish 1 Italian rommerctel relations had ' been based on a i leaving agree- . merit Iminesliately afterward came the news that all Turkish ships had I been orderer! to prrx eed al once to the nearest Turkish port to , await orders Turkish ships had ' Ixo-ri restricted to Turkish waters i j by a previous government order. Next ram.' lhe report, disseminated by reliable sourres (hat lhe Turkish fleet had been ordered from Its bases at the east end of lhe gea of Mormora and was steaming toward the Irardanellea. whi. h lead into th. Mediterranean Shippers and Inhabitants of certain Istanbul suburbs received noli•cation today that anti-aircraft and costal defense batteries in certain se. tlons would start Bring prartlce today for an indefinite period Two British merchantmen in Istanbul harbrrr rereived orders to remain in port, but other British and Frem h ships in the Black •*» continued their voyages planning i to put in at Istanbul on their reI turn BOYS STATE TO OPEN SATURDAY Ten Adams County Boys To Hoosier Boys State At Indianapolis I Ten Adams county boya will Iw I among the more than 7'*’ l« «•’ | Indianapolis Saturday to attend I the Hoosier Boys Slate 'or one week All tarya from tbe county who are to attend are asked by II Vernon Aurand. Adams Post. American I legion Boys State chairman, to be j at the lor al la-glon home al » « m i (CDTI Saturday morning From there the boys will I* furi nished transportation by the I legion to Bluffton, where they win i go to Indianapolis by interurban Th« bor» w" rH “ r " " ! after a week at Boys State Ninety nine boys will be sent I from the fourth district. Including lhe 10 from Adams county The names of the boys, who will attend and lhe «po'"«< *» ,h Richard (loldner. P<«'u p I-'' l "’ club; Robert Beery. Adams Lodge 1311 Loval Order <»l -Moose, laul Lord, by his father. Sol Lord: laiwren. e E Ruub' ’ llary of Adams Post. FA'ek < ’ hr,,n ‘*’ I ter HP- <’ ®* u,: ohn Krick. F»• I lota Xi: Morris Slangier. Decatur i Holy Name society, Earl I D«wtur Rotary club; Robert Briede and Eugene F Smith Adams Poet No. 43. Amerlcin Ufion. o— C. C-, Fair Board To Meet Thursday The board or Directors of tbe Decatur Chamber of Commerce and chairmen of the various street ai committees will meet at the Fli« State Hank Thursday evening at M oelock All directors and committee heads are requested to he prentut- „ — ' Commemorate 10 th Wedding Anniversary Mr and Mrs. city are commemorating wedding anniversary lodu • ; Burns is chief engineer at the mun icipal light plant.

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Allied and Axis Lineup Depicted on Thin Map WITISH I U RUSS I A S ».B«IA | J VD y\ EG v \ \ \ .<7 ARABIA A -JT EGYPTIAN EUROPE AFRICA X BLACK AREAS SHOW/TERRi- / TORV AND POSSESSIONS HELD .Yi BV NAZI-FASCISTS Z* ALLIED TERRITORY IS SHADED ’ ’ Z . —-J BCl.u: /.r • * • MF

This self-explanatory map prepared by K George I Green. International Illustrated News cartographer. I xhows the lineup on the map In the Kurojiean |

HILL TO HEAD DECATUR LIONS Glenn Hill I* Elected President Os Decatur Lions Club Glenn Hill, local salesman. was elected president of the Decatur I Lion* club. Tuesday night in the} weekly meeting of the organisation. j Nr. Hill succeed* Roy Price, who [ I served a* president during the past . term. Otbter officer* are: D. Burdette 1 Cooter first vice pre»ldent. Robert Zwlck. second vice president; Ed I Highland third vice-president; Herman H Krueckeberg. treasurer; Ed . Boknecht. re-elected secretary. Phil : , Sauer. Lion Tamer. I Dale D Moiei and Harry Knapp were elected to the hoard of director* of the club. The meeting la«t night was held at Hanna Nuttman park In the form of a steak fry. A large crowd at-1 i tended Plan* for the Decatur club'* i • part In the sponsorship of the opera •Carmen" at the North Side high | school field In Port Wayne July . 9 wan tnadt* Retvrvations for °P ,,r * I lie made with any member of the | < lah Complete detail* on the event - are espected Io be announced by I the local Club in a few day* AnORNEYSTO ; | CLOSE OFFICES - Decatur UwyersTo Close Offices On Wednesday Afternoons The Adam* county bar aaaocia- ' tlon met Tuesday afternoon In the court room* of the county court house John L DeVoas. secretary of the association. presided over the meeting in the absence of J. T. Merryman, president The association rr.wnbers decided to close their law office* In the } city each W-dnesday afternoon . during the summer court' l< ’ n ' Thu closing hour* will be effective : June It to August M. inclusive. The association also approved a ' plan of holding a dinner meeting ' at the opening of every court term Matter* and procedure pertinent to the association and court will be discussed at these meeting* Mr. DeVow nutboHied »y the association to name a commit- . tee to make arrangem-nt* for these , meetings Harry Oru»>e was named chairman, with Earl B Adams, Ed A Ho*** and Vincent K*'li»*y •** Ihe other metubere.

Deratur, Indiana, Wed nesday, June 12, 1910.

IconGlct today Territory now held by the G-nnans to shown aa are tbe Mediterranean poxsesxloos of both sides.

I * Red CroMR Fund For War Previously reported |»7«H IB J Rh e • *<* No Ind Pub Service Co. lute | Berne ! ' '•'* ; Mr and Mrs Walter Whlttenbarger 500 Total 31 "17 ADAMS COUNTY FARMER HURT — Ed Gerber Seriously Injured When Truck Hits Bicycle Rd Gerber. «L well known Wabash townxhlp fanner, was seriously injured shortly after noon today when he reportedly rode his bicycle directly into the path of a truck In front of his home, two miles south of Herne on federal highway 127 Gerber sustained a severe In- ] Jury to the l>ai k of his head, but the extent ot the Injury had not lieen determined late ihlx afterj noon. 1 The Injured man was rendered unconscious by the blow He was ! taken to tbe office of a Berne physician for treatment anti was then lirought by ambulance to th" Adams county memorial hospital in this city He partially regained con|s< lousneas after being brought ber ‘ ! . . | Ralph Beaver, of Medora, driver of the truckfl. told autorltles that iGerber rode directly Into this truck Tbe Gerber home la close to the highway Beaver was enroute south.

Today’s War Bulletins Cairo, Egypt. June 12- ( U*-The Egyptian chamber of deputies voted today to sever diplomatic relations with Italy. Berlin June 12—<«•»—A German submarine encountered the American refugee ship W “ hin^ B y^ r iial noon, the official German news agency DNB reported today. The agency said that the German government had been informed onlv of the Washington’s voyage from Bordeaux to Lisbon anil that the Washington state department erred when it said that all warring nations had been told in timely manner “ the voyage of the Washington to Eire to pick up additional Americans. Wuahimrton June 12—State department officials conceded tX that the German M"™™* "s "Xfugi S received word of the course which the U. S. refugee amp Washington was taking prior to the time the vessel stopped and threatened with torpedoeing yesterday. London June 12-British heavy bombers'bombed military «Skives at the city of Turin in northern Italy and SKStTiAhc ports of Genoa, the air (CuOltoued ou page Thrw)

LAROR OPPOSES DAVID M. LEMS Opposes Marion County Man For Democratic Gubernatorial Race Indianapolis. Ind . June 12 tl'Pi I - The campaign for the Democratic j nomination for governor of liavid ’ M Lewis. Marlon county prosei u tor. struck the snag of organised la-1 ter today, causing a series ot state- ] house conferences which may as feet the makeup of the ticket and possibly jeopardise Lewis' cbances , Also If a compromise on the pre-1 sent difficulty is arranged, it pro ' bably will mean that the beautiful thought of an ''unbossed'' < onven- 1 tion will be heaved out the window , Lawls. youthful Indianapolis attorney. was projected suddenly In to she limelight when the allies of Gov. M. Clifford Townsend and the MiNutt-Mcllale forces could nt get together on either R. Karl Peters, former federal housing director for Indiana, or Lieut. Gov.. Ht-nry F Hihrlcker. The Mifiale group reportedly took the lead in virtually handpicking Lewis, on the surface Townsend is pointedly keeping his hands off but all >f hl* dose aides are scuffling furiously to work out at least the top places on the ticked by agreement of leading factions. The Peters camp, which previously had been assured of the support of tbe statehouse, is In an incandescent rage at this sudden switch to Uwls. The Hchrlcker forces are no less Irritated and are beating the bushes to provoke a revolt among the convention delegates io .CONTINUED ON FAGK THHKttr

Hitler’s Legions Knocking At Gates Os French Capital; War 'Rages On Front Os 4,000 Miles

YOSTBROTHERS GIVEN CONTRACT Given General Contract For (’ity Liaht Plant Improvement Contracts, totalling 1121.211. in the Improvement of the muni. Ipal light plant. Were awarded lasi night by the city council Voat Bros. of thia city, was a-' warded the general contract for the construction of the addition Io lhe building and the foundations on a total bid of l(C MO Their alternate number two bld. I which called for < ommon bri< k wall with face brick exterior, was accepted with a I2W de<|uctlon for the use of aalvable material Their alternate bld was K7.IM. the third In a field of nine proposals. The low proposal. liased on the same alternate and deduction, was that of Hagerman Consttm tlon company of Fort Wayne which to tailed IU.M3 Next In line was the bld of the Hues, hlng Bros Const Co. Fort Wayne, which totalled 1M.3P7 The other proposals ranged up as high ax the lIM.OOO mark The coal handling equipment contract was awarded Io the Columbus Conveyor Co., of Columbus. Ohio on lheir bld of l« tix'> plus an addition of fsr.f. for the steel liush.’d roller chain, which brought the total to light" The base bld of thia tomLpany was the lowest of seven subI milled. It wax explained that th ? tetter type roller chain was decided upon as furnished by that comi pany at the |x. f . 5 cost. In compariIson with a bld of |d.»3t by Down- ■ ing and Hotrick of Fori Wayne. ! which included a roller chain at !|M<. and that of IS 71S by WebI (CONTINVKtI ON PAOK FIVKt LET CONTRACT FOR 22 SHIPS Navy Leto Contract* For llutfc Shipbuilding Program Washington. June 12 (Cl’t Acting secretary of navy Lewis Compton annount ed today that concontrails totalling |127.231.n00 for 22 new ships under the 1911 fiscal yesar program have been awarded In the largest transaction of its kind in lhe nation's history The mass award ot contracts to Speed UP the fleet expansion comes while the navy already has 6« wari ships under vonstructlon In its own private yards. j The contracts were signed late iast night after President Roosevelt had signed the 1911 naval appropriations act. I'nder the awards and allocations. ntellt |252.909Wm was estimated as the cost of construction of 13 ships to lie build in navy yards including two <5.000 ton battleshipsThe balance of the work, comprising nine ships, was awarded to private yatds. ( - O -- - 1 " Geneva Man Fined By Bluffton Mayor Willis Dickaxon, of Geneva, has been fined »l« and costs and sentenced I« nerve 30 days in the Wells county jail •< Bluffton The sentence was Imposed by Mayor (ranklin Buckner on a drunken driving count. Dlckason was granted until July 14 to start serving his jail sentence TffMffiRATURYRtAOINOI democrat thermometer 3:00 a. m- -- 10:00 a. m. Noon 2:00 p. m. 3:00 p. m. ®* WEATHER Cloudy, showers in extreme north portion; slightly cooler In central and south tonight; Thursday partly cloudy to eloudy and slightly cooler.

-SHORT OF KIRAIDTOHLIES GIVEN IMPETUS ConxreM Make* New Stride Tow ard* Strengthening Defence Washington June 13 UP> The; I'nited States hastened ■ , short-<rf war'' aid to the Allies today as congress made new sftldes toward strengthening national defense Leas than 24 hours after Fresh dent RiniSeVOlt pledged all the material resonnes of this country to help lhe Allies, the following moves were being made to fulfill that promise 1 Th*- I'nlted States Steel corporation announced in New York that a subsidiary company had completed arrangements for lb*purchase of 117 «<*i«hh> of surplus munitions and that it will resell them to the angle French purchasing mission at no profit 2 Ninety-three .Northrup attack planes were ordered by the war de i partment to prin-eed to Houlton. Me, where they will lie sent across the Canadian border for shipment , to Great Britain Fifty navy bomb I era already have to'eti assigned to' i the Allies under the adniinlstra ! ■ i thm's -trade-in” policy 3. Congress received a presl- ’ d>ntial request for |soo<H<.mm for' relief work among European clvlllan ftopulations. The “trade-in" policy, whereby i war supplies designated as surplus | or idi-olete are returned to manti fai'ttiters for re-sale Io lhe Allies, ' passed Its first congressional test i late yesterday. The senate voted to lb. to grant the admlnistra tion authority to make available to the Allies through that prte i cedure surplus army and navy | 1 guns and ammunition. Authority l for auadtafl uteptaM* ' h - Alttau I by that method already exists. Congress, eaget to isnnply with ’ th* chief executive s defense re-j I quests, neared complettlon of the |5 ttuo.in* l ’>tm army navy expansi ai t program Administration tenders] 'said that all phases of It proltably ] would lie "t'llt to th" Willie Holts. 1 before the end of the week Mr llooxevel! signed yesterday the 31 492 mat.mm navy approprlU' I tion bill, and la egpact-d to sign I today legislation authoi Ixittg an 11 i i per cent expansion In warship {strength, a In isnt-plane naval air > force, training of l«.*Mt pll'»i» »“d i establishment of 22 naval air bases Meanwhile, authoritative coni gresslonal sources said that the administration would support a • resolution Introduced yesterday by ' Hen. Claude Fopper. D. Fla to give (CONTINCBD ON PA'kK FIVKt NONE HURT IN TRUCK ACCIDENT Two Trucks Collide This Morning At Interaec- . tion Near Boho i Two persons escapeil injury . aln >ut 9 o'clock this morning when , two trucks collided at a county . road-lane Intersmtlon south of| Boho . Jess Wittwer, of Berne, was | driver of the milk truck and Dur- , ' rell Van Fleet, of Willshire, waa the driver of the bakery truck 10-i vidved in the ce.illston Th" entire front of the bakery truck, purchased only a few days j ago. wax demolished Sheriff Ld , .Miller was called to the scene and Investigated the ao nlent. Police Chief James Borders and Hl.hard J Macklin, local garage proprietor, succeaded in extinguishing the flaming cushion In the back neat of a Fort Wayne auto parked on Madison street early this morn Ing The fire was presumably started by a lighted cigarette Little damage resulted The identity of the car's owner waa not learned.

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Allied Airplane* Bomb Industrial Area In Italy; Barricades Are Erected In Paris. CAPTURE RHEI.MS •omswtisrs la Franca. Juns 12 — <U.F) — Huff* * ,r ** ringed Parte today as German armies battered at the defenses of the French capital and German airplanes bombed areao through which probably 2,000.000 refugees streamed southwoetward. The raiding German airplanes dropped bombs on areas far behind Parle through the night and this morning. In the darkness the flash and esploaton of bombs added to the terror of the refugees, although the bombers were striking chiefly at military objectives By Joe Ales Morne ll' F. Foreign News Kdltorl Gertnan armies crashed to within 124 miles of tbe war-torn city of Faris today. Allied airplanes Iximb"d Italy's northern Industrial area and fighting raged on land, on sea and In the air over a 4.M0-mlte : front fmm Norway to Kthlopla The sweep of Adolf Hiller's legions in a semi-circular attack around the French capital brought tbe battle ot Frame near Its climax and according to the German high ' command carried an offensive by some I 5»6.<HiU men to ' complete success.'' The high command reported the Natl forces had xtablu-d Into the ttise rive valley orn the nothwest j of Paris to a point only 12A* miles from the City, which would be . I<»er even than a few ledd German Chian, ot Kaiser Wilhelm approached when they reached M*aux 2" miles east of Paris In i the world war Paris was barricaded and Allied tCONTIJfI.'BD ON PAGN THHKF.i War In Brief By I'nlted Presst FRANCE: Three German armies, led by tanks, attack French along Beme. Oise and Marne rivers in attempt to encircle Pane from oast and west and overwhelm It from north; French planes attack German linos and communications and bomb strategic supply points in Germany. ITALY: First communique of war announces bombing of Malta and repulse of British bombing raids on Italian North Africa; authoritative sources say Italians bombed Aden and Italian treeps advanced Into French and British Somaliland; Rome has air raid alarm but no planes fly over capital. BRITAIN Air ministry claims Royal air force planes bombed military objectives in northern Italy; African com mand claims that empire forces attacked and successfully bombarded from air Italian posltione at and near Moyale In southern Ethiopia. TURKEY: Turks sever com merclal relations with Italy and order ships te take shelter In Turkish ports: reports say Turkish battle fleet steams from Bea of Marmora toward Dardanelles. SWITZERLAND: Army staff communique announces foreign planes bombed Geneva, Lausanne ad Dailleno, causing some casualties and property damage. EGYPT: Cairo government rounds up Italians hut Egypt still refrains from outright war on Italy despite military pact with Britain; British bombers from bases in Egypt raid Italian air bases in attempt to cripple Italy's striking power In middle east. GERMANY: Authorized military quarters say German armies slowly close 35-mllo semicircle around Paris and predict that fall of French capital | “may be expected in near future." Prose describee fighting In France as “not a battle ' but pursuit of broken enemy.'* •