Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1940 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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Red ( ross Can’t Donate For Nurse The American Red Croaa cannot donate Ila con I r Urn t lon a toward a pitblk- health nnrae to Adame conn | ty. ac< ordinc to a lower received l.y Victor Richer, county auditor. i John W. Ferre, medical bureau of local health administration of the Indiana atnte board of ‘ health The Red Croaa fund cannot lo«e its identity. Mr Ferre inform <*d .Mr Richer. The Ked Croaa Is oillinc lo donate up to lino toward the alary and egpensr of employing a health nurse, but the amount must lie kept Intact in the name of the organlMtion. This Is a national policy and no eiceptlon can lo* made, the stale authority ad vised. FIMILV MMKS ITS CENTENNIAL More Than 5M Persons Attend Bleeke Family Centennial More than MM) of the nab descend ants of J II Bleeke pioneer settler | of this community, attended the .entennlan obaervan.e of the Bleeke family at the Immanuel Lutheran chnrch and the fMto Bleeke home In the Bleehe Settle , inent. I’nlon township. Sunday Five generations, down to the great great grandchildren of Mr and Mrs Bleeke were represented at the reunion Relatives came from far and near. Among those from a distance were, Mrs Eld Kruse. Seattle. Wash Mrs August Ruckles and family. Iveshler. Xebr. Mrs Frank Imnkenuu and family of Napoleon. Ohio At the family reunion held in the afternoon at the Bleeke home stead, which was built by the fam , lly founders In 1552. election of officers was held but the place of holding neat year's meeting was I not decided upon The officers elected are: Hugo Retaking. Fort Wayne, president; Herbert 81.-eke, Fort Wayne, vice-president; Rudolph Heckman treasurer; Bleeke. I’nlon township, Adams county, secretary Comtnemorstlng the century of life in this county, homage was paid to the venerable ancestors In the sermons delivered by great grandsons of J H Bleeke at the morning church services Thanks- . giving for the untold blessings showered on the family In the past' one hundred years was expressed by the ministers Rev Herman Retaking of Woodburn. spoke In Herman at the > 10 j o'clock service. He chose for hie j text. Psalms 71. verses 19 and aata I in part: "Our centennial In mem > ory of God's blessings upon our ; forefather. 1. H Bleeke. These , memories should move us to true j humbleness, to heartfelt praise lo God for his untold blessings and give us the fervent resolve to walk in tlM> Service of the laird in the future." Rev. August Bleeke of lies : Moines. lowa, took for his text. Genesis If-verses I*4. He Mid in ! part: "It Is a most unique occasion : that has called uk from far and i near lo this festive gathering. Seldom do we read or hear of a family celebrating the centennial of Its settling In our beloved America. We have met here In the house of the Lord to recount all ths blessings God has showered upon our family, to rejoice in the CONTINUED ON PAGgi THHEKi WILL INITIATE CLASS TUESDAY Mooiie IxxigeTo Initiate ClakM Os Candidates Tuesday Night Initiatory work will be conferred . Tuesday night on a claaa of fS ' candidates at Adams lodge 1311. Loyal Order of Moose, It was an- ( nounced today. The meeting will start at I o'clock (CDTL All members are requested to attend and bring their respective candidates or assure their present*. The degree and drill team of Adams lodge will have charge of the work and confer the degree A social aeaaion will he held following the meeting and refresh meats will be served Heber Faasel, as lodge governor, will Preside.

LOSS OF EACH UNIT IS SHOWN Auditor Prepare* Slate* ment Os Fund* Lori In Closed Bank* Statements showing each taxing unit's loss In the final charge-off of public funds remaining In defunct banks of the county, were lielng prepared today by Victor Richer, county auditor, following stale lamrd of accounts approval of the auditor’s work sheet The total loss from the three lianks which did not pay out In full, to the state, county and local taxing units is IS4.MUM The county treasurer will Rise 19 l«3 09 and the state treasurer will lie charged with I1.1&2U. In the November settlement sheet Only a small portion of the total deposits was lost The amount on deposit when the liatiks ilosed was f|&X.lM)<l It was de posited In the following banks I Farmers and Merchants bank. Ge I neva. IZU.uHiifi. Peoples laian and Trust t'o, Decatur. |f>.'>T!>l 41, old ! Adams County iMitk. Decatur. 173.1 954 3g Through liquidation and receivership payments, these amounts were ' j paid down to small figures The I amounts left In the three banks I i after final payments were made I I follow Farmers and Merchants Im ok. (7.42(74; Peoples laian and Trust Co. II0.7&9 OS. old Adams i County Bank. 14T4&12 The loss In the latter bank was less than 10 percent of the total deposit. Auditor Eicher's dlstrllmllon of the loss among the Imbl taxing units follows. In the townships the charge-off Is distributed between the township and special school funds I’nlon. |23<*9l II" IT Root. 1377 11, 1224 x 2; Preble. 1297 73. 114040. Kirkland. 1197.33. 1294 14; Washington. 1945 43. |22l M; H> Mary’s. 1234 10. 1192 47, Blue Creek. SIM M 1244 Os; Mon roe. IXI2 31. 1407 70; French. 1243 47. 121173; Hartford. 1209 43. 1475 To- Wabash 1345 49 IlT'tTI Jefferson, 3219 33, 1374 54 Geneva. 1144 24; Berne, civil, ' (CONTINUED ON PAOW SI VBA FHEEMANFALf DIES SUDDENLY Native Os Decatur Dies Os Sunstroke In Yank* ton. South Dakota Word was received here today \nt the death of Freeman Falk a ! native of this city, who reportedly died of d*heart ailment at Yankton. Booth Dakota, following a sun stroke. No details of his death had beoß learned by relatives here late to -day. The deceased, who was about 3N years of age. was visiting an uncle. I Ix*e Dailey, professor of music at Yankton college when his death occurred He had been residing in and touching music In Virginia. The deceased was born in Decatur, the son of John and Cora Dailey Falk His father, a former Decatur druggist, is living In Pern ’ The deceased was a graduate of Yankton college with B M and A. B. degrees and taught there several years. He studied music in Chicago and last winter taught | music students of William and Mary college In Virginia He was never married Surviving, besides the father, are the following brothers and sis- ' ter: Glenn of West Palm Beach. ' I Florida; Daniel of Peru. John of ‘ Lake Worth. Florida. Mrs Mary j Zoll of Virginia and Robert of I Yankton. South Dakota. Mrs Kenneth Butler of east of I Decatur and Mrs. Fred Reynolds of 1 Fort Wayne are aunts of the de- ' ceased. Funeral services will be held at * 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Zwlck funeral home In this city. * with burial In the Decatur ceme- * tery. ___o — 66 I’erxons Lori , In SinkinK Ship t i Valparaiso. ChHe. Aug 5 <U.R> - ‘ Maritime authorities today announced the staking of the 8 8 c Moraleda near the Straits of Ma « gellan Sixty six persons were re- c purled lost and 33 saved. a The ft 8. Moraleda Is not listed c In Lloyds registry of ships Cause II of the disaster Is not yet known, ti

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, Auguri 5,1910.

Am Hull Returned to (J. S. es». lx I I-, WE jml United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull Is shown, (enter. In Washington as lie returned from the Havana. Cuba conference of the Americas With Hull Is Thomas A Saloinonl, left. ParagUan minister of foreign relations, who attended the conclave, and George T Summerlin, chief of the division of protocol of the state department Most important agreement at the conference was the plan involving an American trusteeship over Kuropean possessions in thia hemisphere threatened with a change ot sovereignty from one Kuropean nation to another

HEAT RELIEF IS TEMPORARY Mercury Starts Upward Trend Again After Relief Sunday Night —■ IS The mercury started skyward 1 again today after the city and, community experienced a levnpor | *4y respite from the heal last night in the form of a welcome rain This morning at 4 o'clock, the! Dally Demo*-rai thermometer reg iatered 74 above and by ikhui had : (limb*-*! to 93. thus *treiigth>-iilng the belief that It would climb up Into the 90 s this afternoon The mercury fell rapidly Sun day night as the cooling rain started falling early In the evening. Hard bhowers fell for an hour or so and then clouds and cool breezes remained Walter B Gladfelter. lotal precipitation observer, reported this morning that the rainfall Bunday was .42 of an Inch The showers were hailed as a boon to farmers and their crops as well as to city reHidents who for days had lieen hoping for the rain to bring down th*- ntercury Much heavier rainfall was reported In other places in the county At Berne the fall was reported to be 125 Inches, while just north of that town an estimated three Inches fell during a hard storm. Humidity High By I'll Red Pre** A low pressure area that extend ed from Wlaconsln to Texas brought cloudy skies and lower temperatures to Indiana over the ((VINTINUKt* (*N PXGN fflVßt ASKS FARMERS TO AID SAFETY Safety Council Aaks Farmer* "Top” Corn At IntenectionH Judge J. Fred Fruchte. director of the Adams county safety council. today issued a statement in behalf ot the council requesting farmers to "top" corn at county road Intersection*. Judge Fruchte expressed hl* and the council's appreciation to farmers who have cooperated In the safety program to date and urged continued cooperation. "Topping" of high corn In field corners at county road intersection* will aid vision of approaching motorists greatly, thus lessening chances of collision*, he stated. Many farmers have already heeded the request of the council by planting low growing crops or even leaving the corners vacant to aid the vision of motorists. A campaign against hazardous county road intersection* was opened last year by the safety council. The campaign proved highly successful in that many farmers cooperated and county traffic colHalons, caused by this hazard, were minimized

Church Board Will Meet Tuesday Nizht The official board of the First Evangelical church will meet Tuesday evening of thl« week In the church. Important matter* relating to the program ot the church will Ibe considered The member* of the aboard nt truwt*-e« and the l**ard of I stewards, a* well as th** official I representatives from the several auxiliary urganlxatlons of the ‘( hurch. are urged to be present. OPENADCTION SCHOOL TODAY 19 Students From 2N Staten Enrolled For First Clanae* A total of 49 students were enrolled in the Fled Reppert school of auctioneering, which opened classes this moi nlng In Ih-lmimt park Several more were expected later In the day and tomorrow The student* represent 24 state* of the union Th* oMeat enrolled Is William H Drury, 62 and the youngest. Ed L Brammer. 12 Claaae* will In* held for three weeks. The first of the public auction* will be held Saturday afternoon Auctions will then be held each weekday night during the remainder of the school term Following is the list elirolb'd today Glen Adam*, Blatts Mill*. W*-*t Virginia; Bill Brown. lan khart. Miss ; Hubert Barker. Wray, Colo . Ted Burgess, le-lm Kan : Edd L Brammer, New Bern. Tenn Willi* ltalH-(M-k. Dudley. Mass.; James B Cook. Aliquippa. Pa : Donald Dies Ing. .Manistee. Mich ; Howard Day-! ton. Navarre O ; Win H Drury, I Troy. O.; Joseph Donahue. Darlington. Win ; Frank Erhart. Dun bar. Nebr ; Phil Ford. Abilene. Texas; Stanley Frits, Fairview. Ky ; Lee Grave*. Vaiden Mia* ; Edwin Gueck. Bcotlshluff. Nebr . J. Clifton Harper. Edinburg. Tex; Wilson S. Hawk. Effingham. Kan.; Orvin H Huob-y, Elkhart. Ind.; Robert A Hamilton. Pendleton, Ind.; Gilbert Halania, Antioch. 11l ; Elmer Hortln, Albion. III.; Oscar Harding. Oak Hill. 11l : J L. Kai h ler. Ewing. Ky.; Harvey II Krall. Lebanon Ps ; Mike Kravclsln. Orwell. O.; Blanford Lo*. Russell(CONTINURn ON FA«»W WIVB) — ' O -— Women Os Moone To Meet Tonight The Women of the Moose will meet a< the Moose home at 7 o'clock this evening, from where they will go to the home of the Iste H E. Black. 0* 1 Red Croft* Fund For War Sufferers 4 « Previously reported 11.449.30 No name ... l®-0® Mrs. Paul Seesenguth 1 <H» W P. Robinson 200 11,902 30

Churchill Warns Nation Nazi Blitzkrieg May Be Launched Any Time; Others Threaten

FDR PROPOSES STATES AID TO COMBAT ALIENS UnceN Companion lapkh* lation To Fiijht Sub* versive Elements Washington. Aug 5, <U.R) President Roosevelt proposed today that congrooa and the state legis , lature enact companion legislation "dealing with subversive activities with seditious acts, with those i things which slow up or bresk ' down our common defense pro ’ gram ’’ His proposal was made in a message to governors and representatives of 43 states ine.-tlug in 11 Washington with justice department and federal bureau of investigation officials to draft a nation wide system of protection against espionage and sabotage of the national defense program It was j read by attorney general Robert II Jackson. Mr Rcacaevelt observed that ! Vniled States counter espionage In I the last war "was proved not to be efficient’ and for that reason I he has asked that defense polic y be directed by the federal bureau of investigation "so that It can be handled with the singlc-ness of treatment that smh materials de- - J (CONTINi.'CD ON PAGE SIX) Forrrial Named Al Assistant To Knox H Washington. Aug 5 *U.PJI Presl I dent Roosevelt today nominated 1 j James V Forrstal of .New York now one of his administrative as 1 . slstants to the newly created post i I of under secretary of navy He will l be second In command to secretary | of navy. Frank Knox — — — - -o— ———— . Attend Hearing At Bryant Today i Charles D Ehlngc-r, Arthur E • Voglc-wede. Leo Yager and <'. E Bell, went to Bryant this afternoon . to attend a hearing before the Jay county commissioners and the town - board of Bryant, relative to grant- > Ing the* Cltixens Telephone Com- ; |cany a franchise for constructing a new telephone system in Bryant I The Indiana Public- Service commission has already approved the granting of the* company's petition , to purchase the existing line- and Improving the telephone system in ; Bryant and vicinity ' I DECATUR YOUTH PLEADS GUILTY Doyle Sheet* Pleads Guilty To Charge Os Breaking And Entering Doyle Sheet*. 17. of ibis city, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of breaking and entering when arraigned before Judge J Fred Fruchte In Ads ns circuit court this morning Sheets was remanded to Jail in the custody of Sheriff Ed Miller while the court took his punishment under advisement He was charged specifically In an affidavit signed by Archie Busdorf with breaking and entering the home of the latter last Thursday night A first report that Sheets took money in a child's bank and ‘’eight" chicken* was reported Incorrect He actually took the money and "ate" chicken from the Ice box while In the house, according to the sheriff The family had prepared the chicken and left It In the Ice box for the evening meal, upon returning from a visit to the Decatur fair. A sentence of 1 lo 10 years may be Imposed on conviction of the charge

FAIR IS CLOSED LATE SATURDAY i Deratur’s Sixth Annual Free Street Fair Closed Saturday Decatur was back to near normal again today, with practically all | sign* of last week’s street fair HP 1 moved The dty light department crew removed the extra lines and lights . strung for the fair, and the only vestige left ot the fair was the Infix mation iMMith on the court house square. latst week's fair, the sixth annual Decwtur Free S'reet Fair and Axthultural show sponsored by the • Chamber of Commerce, came to a tumultuous close Biturday night. . with dense throngs crowding the midway until a late hour, lamg after midnight, much of this crowd was still milling 4he midway, seek- | Ing more fun and entertainment. ' Splendid crowds attended every , night of the fair, with the Wednesday. Friday and Saturday night crowds the largest of the fair. Intense heat most of the week held down the daytime crowds, but cool--ing breeies in the evening swelled I the throngs. city. <ounty and state police authorities report the 1940 fair one | of the cleanest ever held, and the ' crowds as among the most orderly j they have ever pntroled. Through caioful < ailing of con-j cessions, rides and shows, the fair 1 IsHird selot ted only the highest i type available and to the officers of j *lir*s tors of the Chamber of Commerce go the < r*-dH for conducting < an es, optionally clean, high typei of street fair, a credit to any * ity. LIGHT SERVICE IS DISRUPTED Service Is Disrupted As Sturm-Damaged Turbine Again Fails Electric light and power service In the < lty was temporarily disrupted several times today when the; 3 non kilowatt turbin*- at the municipal plant failed. The turbine was the same one which was heavily damaged by lightning during a severe electrical storm on June 2*. At that time It was first thought only the 125 horsepower motor to! th** turbine had been damaged. A . day or two later, however. It was discovered that the turbine had I lieen ruined and repairing was started The repaired turbine had been in use for several days. The trouble . first developed early this morning. Alwiut 9 30 a. m. lights over the cHy went out and again about 10 . minutes later, service was disrup-1 ted. Temporary dlstruptions occurred once or twice more. Investigation revealed that the trouble was again in the turbine. The load was shifted to the other turbines and the damaged equipment is being torn down prepara-1 tory to repairing o —— Tall Man Visits In ( ity Saturday A giant of a man who walked , down the streets of the city Satur- , day attracted fe lion's share of at , tentlon from shoppers and faltgoers. t The man was Chester Cass, tall | man of the Johnny Jones expos!- | tlon show*, enroute from .Muncie ( to Fort Wayne, where the shows , opened Sunday Cass, who is 36 years old, said ho i was seven and one-half feet tall. | The way In which he towarded a- 1 hove a six-feet two Inch reporter t from the Dally Demo* rat. who In- 1 terviewed him. gave ample cred- 1 ence to his assertion. Cass stopped In the city tong enough to visit Hie i Decatur fair. His home Is In Eau i Clair, Wisconsin. * t

Price Two Cento

Mediterranean, Far Eari Areas Under Threat By Italy, Japan; British Raid Nazi Bases ITALIAN ATTACKS By United press The British empire battled against powerful military and ecoi nomlc pressure of th*- totalitarian bloc today In three vast but widely separated fields of ((inflict. In all three spheres western . Europe, the Mediterranean and the far east there were renewed threat* of big scale action against British Interest*, any one of which might strongly Influence the trend of European war and the future of many nation* Germany continued the Natl i campaign of • altered hut unceusi ing aerial attack on British shipping and land objectives, but auf- ■ sered lo*« of three plane* this morning on the southeast England I coast and felt the power of persistent British counter attack* on j bases from Which a bllttkrelg Invasion of Btitaln might Ire launched Dispatches from lamdon said | that prime minister Winston Churchill's warning that Brilon* I mu*t keep on their toe* against i the (-ontiniied threat of invasion was followed by report* of Nazi military activity in Norway (where troop* were being trained in landi ing operations) and I>y meterologI leal condition* whir h for several i day* notably from August S to 1 August lo would favor an invai slot! attempt Similar report*. Including Information regarding extensive Nazi i precautions in occupied France. 1 have 10-ett circulated In recent day*, till the basis of past events there | was a general tendency to acr ept ; th*- repot is as accurate, but It was i jMilnted out that It was the Nazi I technique to make threats In a I number of directions and at varI ions times In order to conceal both the time and method of striking at the enemy Thus it continued impossible for Briton* to find any definite *ign a* to Adolf Hiller* Immediate Intention* or hi* decision if It Is yet made a* to whether Germany would attempt an invasion or seek to defeat Britain by aerial blorkade. , The Nazi high command reportI ed that German airplane* last night sank a British merchant ship at the entrance of 8t George's channel. lietweeii England and Ireland, and i*ombed oil de|H*t* at the Sheerne** naval base The Thames Estuary region also was homlied again The pressure of Italian military i operation* in the M- dlterranean zone. Including north and eastern Africa, seemed to be increasing and at Cairo it was said in British circles that Fascist premier Benito .Mitssohnl ((ipeared to be throwing every resource into a campaign (CONTINUED on I'AOK FIVE) WAR FUND IS NEA RING GOAL County Rud Cross War Relief Fund (Joes Over $1,900 Mark The war relief fund of the Adams county chapter. American ll*-4 Cross today went over th*- 1190(1 mark and was less than IHMI short of Its goal. The goal of the local chapter a* set by the national organization la 12,000. It was first set at II.UOO but when the suffering and need of wartorn Europe became much greater the quota was doubled Today Miss Annie Wlnnes. chapter tecratary, reported total of 11.902 30 In contribution*. Threw individual donation* today, uno from an unidentified person, brought the total up to Its present figure Chapter officials are hoping fot* an early end to the drive here by reaching the two thousand dollar mark the latter part of the week.