Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 22 July 1940 — Page 1

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BRITAIN REJECTS HITLER DEMANDS

REE BALTIC IATIONS JOIN SOVIET UNION lia. Estonia And Lith* L a Submit To Run4an I’rrwurc u July ” 'UJ» ’’«r L . to n»!loii»hf . . U l of Ul Fj" ( uuciiunous Jwl L h Mrltomwitii of l-atvia I nd Lithuania to seek ad I L ~ the Soviet I'nloli L. •<*> L ■ 'iiiiultnii under 't" ■< [ tMrlinnvnt Estonia bii uiiu sere •« h’***ul«-«i to Endon regret •»« expressed I Ljirw fUltir •••* Lu, Soviet onion In Berlin . |,. 4 by »ti authorized L . wvletlsatlim »t ,h *' ,ul ' ■ sot disturb ti' iinon rela-l Kkk 'be th'•* l,r w|,h I I Many hr«.- German land ; ■ kifim-ti repatriated from Rovlet of Russia . L -d io n».’t within a few | >«np! Do- three Baltic t mto their union an Its ■4'n <tid loth auionomoon I Ln dispa!* b*-- reported that Et Ki*n*ta<ttln Paets of I K i ion Let Johannes Varen, but , Etoter officially denied E lots* here and at Tallinn L.,, Ru’.it riiii-d K.ooo I Lie end Ct l ""' square mile* ■ Kury It had •■st' tided Ila ' Kum.c the northern aide of ■mu to the Haiti* and had 1 ■ ipdnt within <>" inllea of Kfex key town ot East j ■a->k.' hy 'l» parliaments i ■ litrf Ril ii • iiulilha was ■ty nmlar In each case ■ottd.tis tor the Itii’orpoia-I ■ Eitonii latvia and l.ith I ■ p«>h>’d through all Mat see brief altttnr and In | Bw 'be flail »ote was unanll B «*k kuaaia a agree to 111Bum In the Soslet union I ■SWUM* republic B» onum of parliament | ■tawi’t of Interior Villa ■"• I a declaration ashing I lade Li'l la a< a Hovlel I B tad 'll. dei laiallon wan I Bd inanitn„u»li »ith nhouta Bl lit, 'he Soviet Union 1 I •>> adjourned until ■ st' 1 ! nationalization of In ■ zsd banks on the pt ogre r y* ‘fd demonstrations in ■K union «nh Russia were the day le fore pad's B** of the Lithuanian parB tsni»d over full (kiwi- In ■ ttwn’ry tn workers and ■f badet a Soviet regime th*- three l|u| i B Wrr: ' "V PAGE FIVkT - Girl To Tomato Festival July!- tli-t-u,. ■*’ ■’■mr-old Butler I’nl- ( from Greenwood, will y ,c ** n of the Indiana tothis week ■ 1 w| ' , ’«d from a field of r*°'‘ ■»< will be crown-1 ■Jr 4 / on th- opening day i ■tww-day celebration. ■ ■ »»» BULLETIN fc' ** « E today tn El t, T V,Ch >' Fr «"«- * Chautempa. form■J™ IWsmt.r. will leave ■ * m «rica to ''soPOMesoions In KX”* "•""bPhera and ■ ’'o* Untted fitatee ■ Latin Ameel- ■ * tR * Tu ’>l READINGS r** T thermometer ■‘•■**** l>- “ ■ 84 ■ »-s, 88 ■ m? »2 B M ■ * nd e *"<l"ued fr 4 '^C. h TuM< “ y: ■by. ,r * i Portions

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Dcmmrat Speaker J Andereon Ketchum, liennx rath' nominee fur lieulenaut governot of .Indiana, will tie the principal I speaker al the meeting of the Ad ima county central committee Tuesday ultfhl at MunS< t |urk KETCHUM TO BE SPEAKER HERE Democrats To Hear Nominee For Lieutenant* Governor Tuesday Anderson Ketchum, of Greensburg. Democratic candidate fat lieutenant governor of the state of| Indiana, will head a list of lhm<> I crallc notables who will attend an i l organitatlon meeting of the Adams county Democratic cent tai i-onnnlt I iw Tuesday night The meeting has b<-en set for '* *& p m. K'DTi at Hun Set park. I southeast of the city, by G Ramy j lllerly. Adams county Democratic ; chairman. In addition to committeemen and vice committee Women, present ' county officials and candidates have also been invited to attend Organization of the party in the county tor the fall election will be , str- aaed at ths* meeting. Chairman lllerly atatad. A public meeting of i county Ikemocrals will lie held later ' to enhance the campaign plans In addition to Mr Ketchum, i I Frank Corbett, of Fort Wayne. , Democratic candidate for congress. 1 will ap« ak to the meeting One or two other liemos-ralic leaders are I expected to appear on the apeaknr’a ■ program. Mr liierly has raqueated that any ' ■ commute, man or vice-committee-woman unable to attend, to send a substitute to represent his Individual pres lnct at the meeting The numlier present. Including the committeemen. vlcsecoinmlttee women, the candidates and officers Is expected to total about IN. Mr. Hlerly atatsui. SnnSet park, scene of the meeting. Is located two miles southeast ot the city on federal r<»d S 3. The facilities of the park will lie thrown I open for the meeting •— — w— Berne Mun Is Named Republican Director Kdward I*elchty, city editor of the Berne Wltnaas. has lieen named , from the fourth district as a director of the Indiana Kepubllt an editorial association. The directors will meet soon to set the date for the annual fall meeting of the assoclaI tlon. DESTROYER IS SUNK Bl PLANES — British Destroyer Sinks After Attack By Nazi Aircraft London. July 22 — <U.P) — The Admlrallty announced today that the destroyer Brasen had been sunk by an airplane "The Brasen was damaged dur- , Ing an attack by enemy aircraft and aubaequently sank while being towed to port," an announcement said. **Ther» was no loss of life." The Brasen was the 2dth British destroyer lost In the war. It was of I.MO tons and carried a normal complement of 128 officers snd men. Its torpedo tubes were quadruply mounted, the first In the British navy thus armed The admiralty also announced that the submarine Salmon was LCOsiTUiuisit uir FAUSI FIVBJ

HEAVY TRAFFIC THROUGH CITi Detoum On Other Hiith* ways Brings Heavy Traffic To Decatur Decatur and Adams county look-1 ed back tinlay on a weekend that I •aw the ultimate In two things us- II ually prevalent on summer Sundays — heat and traffic. I First of all the broiling rays of ttld Sol were so terrific that < it Is-I ena hopelessly sought shad’-. < old drinks, auto rides, lake resort trips. I etc. etc.. In search of relief — all I to no avail. The mercury In the city moved i up to Us and '•» degrees Hunday afterniHiti and even a slight breeze that arose in the afternoon proved to Im* hot Alr-conditloned theaters of this and other cities, swimming pools, lake beat hes and a few other plaies were reportedly the only sites giving even small respite from blistering temperatures Front porches and lawns were flll<-d almost to caperlty far into the night Hunday as the eltreme I beat defied ordinary sleepiness In ! In-iaturltes As for the traffic, police author Hies and highwaymen agreed that I a re*ord was probably set oyer the weekend through the *|ty The high temperature, of course. I was largely responsible for keeping Decatur residents in their cars as they sought the breezes that an 1 auto trip brings Traffic to and I from lake resorts was reportedly the heaviest of the season Then. too. authorities pointed out. detours on other state roads threw a huge amount of traffic to routes through Decatur. Detours on federal road 21 between Huntington and Fort Wayne, on state roads 3 and 1 southwest of Fort Wayne, they said poured hundreds of motorists onto federal road 37 north and south through Decatur. Htartlng Saturday afternoon the string of tars, hundreds of which bore out-of-state licenses, started its practically endless procession. All Saturday night Sunday and tCONTINt’KI- ON PAGM FIVHI LIST BANDS TO PLAY AT FAIR Appearance 0 f School Bands To Feature Wednesday Parades W S Bowers, chairman of the music committee for the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agriculture Show, July 2!» to August 3, today announced the official parades to lie held during the week, and also the list of bands which have given definite assurance of being present during the fair. The first parade of the week will lie the official formal opening parade Monday tiitgit starting at 7:30 o'clock This parade will form In the jail yard, and move north on Second street through the midway Tinopening parade will he short, and will be followed Immediately by the crowninff of the 411 clubs king and queen. The second parade of the week will Im the pct parade, which will be held Tuesday afternoon. July 30. at 4 o'clock. This parade will also form In the Jail yard, and will move north through the midway to Jackson street. The feature parades of the week, the float and bend parades, will be held Wednesday at 3 p. m and 7:30 p. m. Eight out ot the city bands have given definite assurance of being In the line of march for the Wednesday parades. In addition to all these bands, there will be more l than a score of floats in the par- < ades These float parades will be t formed on North Third street, near I the city plant, and move south on t Third to Adams, east to First, and thence north I The final parade of the week will t Im* the livestock parade, which will ~CT»NTINUBD on paob sivri J 7° I Attend Meet At Pokagon i i A number of Legionnaires from I Adams post went to Pokagon statu < park Sunday accompanying the Junior legion basehall team. They t heard addresses from legion not* I ablss while there. <

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Deratur, Indiana. Monday, July 22, 1910.

Scores an A Mint W JF \ » 9 • h Rejected Iw-cause he, was half an inch 100 short for tne New York police force. Ikmald Hosted (abovel 23. proved height has nothing to do with courage Grabbing a fallen |Mih< eman's pistol, hr fired live I shots at a dangerous eg-convict. I •topping the man long enough for other iMillcrmrii to catch him. AMERICANS IN CHINA ASK AIR I’. S. Citizens In Shanghai Report Threats By Japanese Shanghai. July 22 -UM I'nitrd States marine patrols were reinforced In the American defense sector ot the International settlement today and Imdy guard* were provided for Americans who had been threatened by Japanese dominated I elements Americans who have been threatened agreed to send a message to President Roosevelt utglng him to Inform Japan that it would be held responsible for the safely of Americana In China, on the ground that Japan controls Chinese authorities In territory it occupies The message also suggests retaliation against Japanese newspaper men In the I'nlted States In event of mistreatment of Americans herd. The situation caused by several i recent incidents was Intensified to* I day when a Japanese embassy spokesman said that suppression ' of terrorism In Shanghai depended lon the recognition by foreign pow-| era of the "realities" In Shanghai. A new Incident was reported also by the Japanese Dornel news agency from Tsingtao. up the coast. Japanese authorities, the agency reported, are taking a "strong" attitude regarding an incident Satti r dag night in which It was complained that American navy men had olistructed Japanese police. Two American sailors were Involved In a brawl, the dispatch said, and four men of an American navy shore patrol "obstructed" four Japanese policemen attempting to arrest them. Dome! quoted Japanese as complaining that one Japanese policeman was Injured but It waa added that according to American navy men the patrol did not use force. Members of the consular corps, < at a meeting Thursday, plan to ask their governments to cooperate to combat a terror campaign being waged against persons In the Inter- I (CONTINUffD ON FAON FIVBj FILE PETITION FOR PAYMENTS Liquidator For Berne , Ixian Association Files Petition Today < A petition has been filed in Ad- 1 ams circuit court in the dissolution of the Berne Savings and - lAan < association to list any amounts un- < paid to shareholders after a 70 percent distribution. The petition was filed hy Ernest Stengel, liquidating agent for the savings association. The petition lists approximately ISO persons to whom smounta. ranging greatly In slae. are said to I be owing. i The petition asks that authority • be given him to make the payments | as allowed by the court when col- i lections permit. The company was i dissolved In 1337. Nathan C. Nelson, as attorney for the liquidating agent, filed the pe- ' tltlon in court vacation with the i clerk's office.

COUNTY SCENE OF ACCIDENTS Several Auto Accidents Reported In County Over Weekend Several persons were hurt, none seriously. In auto accidents Id Adams county over the weekend Most seriously Injured was Carl Rockwood, IM. Celina. Ohio. In the Junk car races east of Decatur Sunday afternoon. In the last race of (he day. Kim k wood was thrown from his racer when It collided with another Two other racers »pe*l over his Iwaiy as he lay on the track, according to observers lie was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital hy state officer Bussell Prior and police chief James Borders M'ukwood Is believed suffering from a broken . bone in his shoulder, a dislocation of the shoulder and possibly several fractured ribs Ills racing car was not badly damaged Witnesses •aid bls escape from death was nothing short of miraculous. Hits Calf. Tr«e Herman Anderson, of Haghiaw. I Michigan and his wife escaped with minor cuts and bruises Hsturdsy ' afternoon about I 3>i o'clock when hla car struck a calf, then careen I *-d over against a tree on the side ' of the road. • Hherlff Ed Miller who investigated. stated that the Anderson car struck the calf as It wandered out onto the road at a point about five miles north of here on Federal road 27 Then the car. Jie stated. , skidded sideways and strut k a tree. The tree, •!* in* hex ' through, was torn out ny the roots. ’ The vehicle was practically demolished. having been bent Into a Vshape by the impact The calf had to Im- destroyed. Five Escape Five persons escaped with minor Injuries Sunday aftenuxm about 4 p m. when a car driven hy Donald Holing. IS. of route four crashed , Into an auto driven by Burl Gause. 1 55. of 21!' Eighth street The accident occurred one and one half (CONTINVKD ON FAG« FIVBi — - O STATE WEEKEND TOLL IS HEAVY Drownings, Auto Accidents Take At Least 13 Lives In State By United Press Drownings and automobile accidents claimed at least 13 Ilves In Indiana over the weekend The toll of drowning* amounted to seven while •'<« lo«t their live* in highway crashes. The dead by drowning are: Homer A. Fruuer. 54, ot near Indianapolis. Clarence W Borders. 29. of Indianapolis. Dorothy Lynn White. 12, of near Greensburg. Hasel Marie Kipker, 11. of near Milford Charles Carmichael, 6. of Hartford City. Harry K. Spann. 30. Wirt. Walter Bcalf. 30. of Indianapolis. The dead from automobiles accidents are: Buell E. Biggs. 40, of Connersville. Mrs. Helen Biggs. 38. bls wife. Miss Estbell Fitzgerald, of Chicago. Harry Anderson. 32. of Rochester. Ricjiard Ixitnont. 18. of Fort Wayne. Hastan H. Reason. 51. of Anderson. Pruner was drowned near Shelbyville as he attempted to save his 12-year-old son from a similar fate. Others saved the boy. as Pruner drowned unnoted in the excitement. (CONTINUED ON PAOE FIVE) Suit For Divorce Filed Here Today Isabelle Dawson of St Mary's township has filed suit for divorce from Arthur Dawson, charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The plaintiff asks alimony and custody of the two children. Fred, aged one and one-half and Barbara, aged three. The complaint states that they were married July 21. 1935 and separated July 22. >940 John L. De | Voss la plaintiffs attorney.

Flat Rejectionflndicated In Labor Leader’s Call For Men In Factories To Speed Work

CORDELL HULL IS LEADER AT HAVANA MEET 21 American Republics Meet To Form Pool Os Interests Havana. Cuba. July 22—-U.K' —Secretary of state Cordell Hull, presenting the views of the United States to the PanAmerican conference, proposed today that the 21 American republics establish a collective trusteeship for Dutch and French possessions in this hemisphere to prevent the possibility of totalitarian administration. In a forthright address with denunciation of "ruthlOM conquest” abroad. Hull indirectly but plainly pledged the "cooperation" of the United States armed forces in connection with the proposed trusteeship "should the occasion snse" when they would be needed Havana. July 22 UR> The 31 I American republics meet today to I consider the status of the western I hemisphere possessions of conquered European countries and to • weld themselvea into an economic I and defensive unit I’. S secretary of state Cordell 1 Hull sound* the keynote of the I conference this afternoon liefonI the first plenary »easlon In the i houae of ropresentatlvea of con greas He was expected to give u broad outline of President Roose velt's plan for a cartel of the west ern hemispheric nation. pcMilltig their Interests, laith military and economic The I'nlted Hlates probably will play a leading role In the conference. There ware Indications that Hull would outline only the broad aspects of Mr Roosevelt's plan, delaying Its • onsiileratlon until the delegates had discussed the fulure of French and Ihtli h pos sessions In the western herniaphere. Another subject to lie given early conslderatlnn was methods for dealing with "fifth column" and other subversive activities In the America* The purpose of ili*cu*shig rou tine matters first, it was Indiiateil. was to see what degree of cooperation could Im- obtained among the (CONT INI' ED ON PAGE FIVEi ~,, , .q —— Kenneth Shoemaker To Speak To Lions Kenneth Shoemaker, Geneva, will address the Lions Club tomorrow night at their regular meeting, hi* subject being "Americanism." Dr. E. P. Field* will nave charge of the program 4-H CALENDAR FOR FAIR WEEK Outline Os Activities For 4-H Member* In Announced A calendar of activities for all 4-H club members wax announced today from the office of L. E Archbold, county agent, for all club memberx at the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, which openx next .Monday The complete calendar follows: (all times are CDT.I July 24 — Wednesday — Girls clothing, canning, room Improvement exhibits, record books and secretary's books due at the DeVoss building, 149 Routh Becond street. July 25 — Ezbiblts put in place, (private I July 28-27 - Exhibits Judged (private) July 29 - Aug 3 — 4-H eiklbiia ! lUUNIINLEU UN I’AUE FLVBJi

Britain’s Defender Lieut Gen Sir Alan Brooke, 58. < commander of th- 2nd Corps of the Hiltlsh Expeditionary Force In Fi ance was named to succeed Gen • Sli Edmund Ironside e« Command I -i lu-Chlef of British home forces The move was made in an effort io i I strengthen home ilefl'tises NO IMMEDIATE HEAT RESPITE 11 Summer’s First Wave Likely To Continue To Midweek (By I'nlted Press) The first heat wave of the sum- i m*r which seared the western plains spread across more than 1 half the nation today and the V , S weather bureau forecast that It | would continue until midweek At • least 53 died of prostration or drowining and scores more were I killeil on the highways where they | sought refuge from aconhlng fem-I peratures and Increased humidity ' Rahts were expected In sections | of the eastern seaboard and the | middlewest today and showers i were forecast tor Tuesday in the Tennessee and Ohio River Valley* On the west i-oas' thundershowers dampened forest* and reduced danger of flv*'* which resulted from 15 days without rain The Missouri valley corn crop wax saved by a downpour which caused temperatures to drop from 104 to 74 de- ' gree* In 15 minutes The crop had been shriveling In the field* at tassellng time A survey showed at least 13 deaths csttsed by h*-at prostration and 40 by drowning New York led the states with 11 drowned and two dead of heat Illinois and Minnesota each reported three death* attributed to heat and three drown Ings North Carolina and Wisconsin each reported two dead of heat and one by drowning Youths, even 'teen age children wore among the heat victims. One man was killed when a Norfolk. Vs., amusement park rocketplane gondola crashed 20 feet to the ground Reaches were crowded Coney Island at New York had 1.008,000 customers Stmday and other New York City beaches reported a total attendance of 1.000.000 more. Seven were drowned at New York City. Temperatures were lower throughout the nation during the they would return to the abnormal night hut the weather bureau said highs during the day At New York where the temperature htt 98 degrees Sunday, the weather bureau early Imlay recorded 78. Kansas City reported 78 during the night but the mercury wax expected to return to yesterday's level of 91. The west coast, which had escaped the extreme heat, reported temperatures of 59 at Oakland. Calif , and 85 at Portland. Ore., early today Phoenix. Arlz. reported 101 degree* and Washington. D C. 98 Sunday —a. o - Swimming Pool Open To Adult* Tonight The swimming pool will he open to adults from 8 until 9 p m to (night. It was announced thl* afternoon by the pool supervisor, Marlon Feassl.

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Halifax And Churrhill Expected To Present I ncomprumising "So’’ To Nazi Fuehrer. RENEW ATTACKS Ixindon. July 22 'UPJ Great • Britain's Gat reji-i-tion of Adolf I Hitler'* demand* for submission or destruction was Indicated today by i minister of lalwir Ernest Devin's i-all for armi-d factory workers to : keep up a high rate of production I In order to "get thla wretched Job over with on our terms.'' Ili-vln. speaking :n advance of formal statements liy forMsr secretory Viscount Halifax and prime ! minister Winston Churchill, said I workers, soldiers, sailors, airmen land other* would "all go along togethei In a mighty effort." "We will *how the Hitlers and ' the Mussolini* we can not only work and fight but can lie cheerful I In doing It." he *aid in a «peei h I delivered while German plane* ! were renewing scattered thrusts at ; Britain Halifax apeak* on the radio loI night (about 5:15 p m CNTi and | Churchill is expected to apeak at j greater length in the house of coinI mon* tomorrow There was every Indication that laith men would give an tini-om- ; promising "no" to all suggestions i that Britain abandon Its fight and , accept Germany's terms regardless ',of any threats that Hitler may ! make or attempt to make good Halifax probably will speak for only five or 10 minute* A well Informed diplomatic correspondent said "In an address thl* evening, broadcast through the empire and I the I'nlted Htates. Lord Halifax will answer Hitler's suggestion that the British should call off the fight which mean* haul down their flag "No doubt Mr. Churchill later will Im* asked in parliament If h» I himself ha* anything to say and he I may reply. But dearly. Hitler had *o little new to propound that BritI l*h minister* dealing with It short|ly can only repeat what ha* often I le-i'ti said before " Il was forecast that If Churchill made a verbal reply to Hitler, In a house of commons Speei h he would make It plain that Britain Is ready for peace on Its own term*. Including restoration to freedom the countries Germany ha* overrun, and guarantees against future German aggression guarantee* which would assure the security of the Biitish empire Lad Is Asphyxiated By Gasoline Fumes Fort Wayne. July 22 i|J.P) Kenneth Andrew Miller, age 8. died last night at Monroeville from Inhaling gasoline fumes His lanly was found on top of his father's gasoline truck Coroner A P. Hottendorf said the Imy apparently lincovered a vent and waa overcome by the escaping gas — O — ADAMS POSTTO NAME OFFICERS American Legion Post To Elect New This Evening •> Adams Post No. 43. Amerlcatl Legton. will elect officers tonight In the regular monthly meeting o| the organization. The meeting will gtart promptly at * p. m. (CDT). All members aro urged to be present. Two contests appear on the ticket to date, these occurring In the naming of the trustees and three delegates to the state convention. Adrian Raker, local timekeeper, today is the sole candidate for tlm office of post commander to succeed Ed Hauer, who served in that capacity the past year. t Important business to be <-on> ducted at the meeting tonight Includes the selection of a date for the dedication and formal opettlng of the new legion home, turner First and Madison streets,