Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1940 — Page 1

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Institute Speaker Wl- - f Jeaae White of Indiana itnhei 1 ilty will he one of the a|<e«ker> , i d the annual Adaina toiiniy tea. h ,e.> Inatltute whl.h »111 be held hn the l.lneoln tnhuol In thia city | I Aiiauat *> and 2* HEARSCHRKKER IN ACCEPTANCE \dam* County Democrat* Attend Bas* Lake Rally Friday Nearly two wore Democrata I j from Adam* county heard the a. ■ eptanee apec-h of Henry I. Hehrkkwr. ttemocnitlc nominee for governor, at Hana l-»ke Friday In addition to the approiimately '■ 30 pwrnoM who left here In the raravan Friday motnlm. a d.-r.-n more motored Io the wife Individ ually. Several perwonn from Herne, Ad ami county realdenti worklntt In Indlanapolli and other titlew, alwoj •welled tiw luuU tMtutaiiou The delegation returned lale| Friday after hearlna Lieut <<•»' 1 R< hricker i addreww in the after noon Praties Roosevelt liaww latke. Aug 17 Lieut <1 >v Henry F Sr-hrl. ker. INetnm rathnominee for governor, declared ( Friday "the thought uppermoat hi the mlndw of the voters la safety first with Roosevelt " The former newspaper editor.’ banker and farmer spoke In Ran I nell’a park, on the aonthweat shore 1 of Hasa lake at a rally party lead , j era said attracted approximately 12. WM) persons It was the same plate In which 1 S< hrlcker announced a willingness | two years ago to seek the Demo { cratic nomination for I'nited Blates | senator He did not make the ra--e. how ever, after the Indiana statehouse organisation headed by Oov Town send made peace with Hen Frederick Van Nuya and ronomina.ed him in the IH3s state convention Bchrlcker. outlining accomplishments of the national admiiti-tru-tlon since 1*32. said In part In hie prepared address: "In this time of natlon.il enters ency and world crisis, one of the moat Important features hi the Ilves of our people Is a reaper- .ml faith and love of government Itself “And so the election of v.rvtrnmem executives and admlnlatrat rrs is probably more Important tuiav than at any time In out history since the birth of our republic "It la the administration of govtOONTHWBIr ON t’MB HIX) WRECK VICTIMS ARE UNCHANGED Condition of Frank Burger And Robert High In Unchanged The condition of Frank Hurger of Decatur and Robert High of Convoy, Ohio, who were severely injured late Thursday tn a two-car collision near ike I’nion Chapel church, east of Decatur, was reported unchanged today. Hnrger may Ire more seriously hurt than was first thought. It was revealed last night In a report from the attending physician An Injury or. the side of his head may have resulted In a brain concussion. High's condition I* still critical He sustained a severe skull frac- . lure In addition to numerous bad 1 lacerations. Both are confined to 1 the Adams county memorial hue 1 Idtol 1

STATE LEGION MEETING OPENS! Indiana American Legion Convention Open* Today At (i«ry V Clary. Indiana Aug I? Two candidates 10 >u< ■ vd Haymond II I Towusly. of Danville, as depart I tnent commander of the Indiana | American Legion were jostling for > advantage aa the vanguard of 1 Hoosier M-gbmnairea arrived in Oary for the four day annual. I twenty set Olid colivenlh.n of the 1 Indiana la-gam today to Tuesday. | August 22 Th.- men who have conducted a. live campaigns In the la-gion to ih.-ad th.- organlxathm during the coining year are Di <• T Turfling er. of Bloomington ind John A Watkins of Bloomfield Ih.th saw ■ service In Fran, e during the World War both have been aevI enth district commanders of the . Legion, and active in various <a 1 |>a< it’e* Mrs lamise VoUllg. of ' frown point. Is the only candidate for department president of the 1 Auxiliary ami Mrs Josephine KimI trerling. of Nhelhyvllle. Is nnoppoa'ed for alate se. retary B.eh the U-gb>n and Auxiliary elections will | take place <m Tuesday A spirited race for the office of southern vi< e < ommand.-t of the Indiana Legion has developed The four candidates In thia race In . lude W L Brunton of Nr-otts-burg, present ninth district com tnatider. George S Nlofl.-th of Lvansvllle. past district commander and present eighth district mem bershlp chairman: Kd II Bonham. .it Klw.mhl past district command • r and James f Ahern. <rf Indiana polls, past twelfth district com- ! inander and present state memln-r---ship chairman There Is but one candidate In the rare for northern vice com--1 maiider at this time and he Is Hom■er McDaniels, of Dunkirk, retlr ng district commander. There are no I candidates in the field on the eve of the conVentHHl for the ele. five offices of state treasurer state judge advor ate. and slate . haplaln > Contests for these offices are ex 1 pectwl to develop during the- convention South Rend is bidding for the VtV.NTiNI EH ON CAGE HIXI DEATH REPORT PROVED FALSE CroNNcd Wirts Lead Io Rumor Os Death <H Decatur Man Newspapermen. |h.|l< .- authorities and the Imai telephone company employes spent a busy 15 minutes last Slight “checking ' a report that Fred Reppert. prominent local auc tloneer, had lost his life In .111 auto accident. The revelation that the report was nothing more than a rumor was substantially corrobrorated ' this morning when Col Reppert. himself, asserted. In the words of Mark Twain, “the report of my death Is grossly exaggerated The report Is believed to have started something like this Glenn HI 1 !, local Insurance agent, was answering a long dlstan. e phone call from Chicago Bob Whit.- was taking a message for Col Reppert from Kansas City by long distance telephone at the same time a re port of a man being killed near jarulsvllle In an auto accident was i being relayed to Chicago This much of the three conver nations was heard by Mr. HUI. as the long distance lines evidently "crossed " "Fred Reppert . . Yes. he was killed . , . »:U p m." In an effort to keep down the report, if It were a rumor Mr HUI quietly attempted to contact Col Roy Johnson and other local friends of the auctioneer. Soon, however, the word was on the street and a numlter of persona had heard of the reported "fatality." Newspapermen, authorities and telephone Operators soon branded the report aa false, however Cloverleaf Provides Ice Cream At Elwood The Cloverleaf Creameries of this city furnished 4.000 gallons of Ice cream al the Willkle notification ceremonies at Elwood today. Special trucks were engaged to transport the Ice cream.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, AukuM 17,1940.

(•iris Injured in Croydon Raid * kitCSv.-'’ 1 ~i tV’ '•<. jLJsIA Ji /■* 1 * r 1 ' i ~ ■Kmk * Theii wounds bandaged, three Etigllsh girls are shown In this International Illustrated New- cshh-pholo after the German bombing of lam don’s Croyditn airport, during whhh they were injured, according to the Biltish censor They sit with thumbs up. the RAF symbol of victory

FOURTH SUIT FILED TODAY Fanny Hite File* Fourth Suit In Death Os Iler Brother Another suit ha« Iceen filed ini Adams circuit court, as result of! an auto accident near Anderson' which claiim-d the life cd Hugh, Hite. The latent suit was filed by Fanny Hite, as administratrix of the estate- of the decedent, and' names the- t'ilix-lcs Telephone com patcy and James Ehinger a- defendants The demand Is 4l'"h«> In this suit, it is charged that Herman F Ehinger. general man ager of th-- local telephone com patiy. who was also killed In the crash went to Indianapolis to trail . sact Ictisliie-S for the company that I he extended all Invitation to the| late- Mt Hile to ac c ompany him I and that Mr Ehinger authorltc-d and appointed his soli. James, to’ drive foi him It further avers that James | Ehinger thereby became- an em-l 11 ploy.- and agent Ilf the d- f--u l.ilit corporation, the I'Hlxeiis Telephone company. Tin- complaint "de- ' niancl- Im ...I-- --I ’!"• - g.-lu e careless and reckless di* , regard of James Ehinger. 4l"'**’ and all other proper relief E<l A Bosse and Earl II Adams , are plaintiff * attorney* Four] suits have been Hied to date as | result of the accident Th*- first, | of the Western Inion truck flh-d in I*3* by I’ G Britt, driver against the Ehinger family, has Iceen dismissed Three »ults. with demands total ling 43".""" have Iteeic filed in the pa*' Week by Fanny Hite, a* ad minlstratrlx of the- late Hugh Hite s estate Th. first name- Britt and the- telegraph company a* defend ' — I < oNTINI’ED ON PAGE THHBB4 WOUNDED MAN IS IMPROVING Condition Os Eli Christman Is Reported Much Improved The attending physician today gave Eli Christman. ««. of Geneva, who was critically wounded by a shotgun discharge. Thursday, a "good chance to recover." The elderly man. who sustained a full blast from a 410 gauge gun in the hands of his son, was said by the Geneva doctor to be rational today, able to take a little nourIshiiieut and steadily Improving The sight of the man's left eye is not impaired, the shot having missed the eye His left ear. however. has l»een pierced aud it Is not known whether or not his hearing will be affected Christman Is still confined to his home. He was wounded Thursday while he and his son. Charles, were hunting In a woods southeast of Geneva Sheriff M Miller term ed the shooting accidental after completing his Investigation.

Men roc Town Budxct I* Submitted Today The I*ll budget for the town of Monroe, whhh has Ic-en prepar- < ed Icy Paul Rahner, c lerk treasurer. I totals 41.406 71 The- proposed tax : levy on eac h 41"" "f taxable prop erty la 4" c-nts. an Im rease of 15 i cents over th.- 35 cents payable this year one reason for the- ln< rease is ' I th.- c harge for money lost in the | ! i |>*sed bank*, which will he d--dm t-1 •■d in the Novembe-r lax settlement. ' Only 475U'3 will be raised In taxes with the- I'leent rate, the- balance- ’ ! coming from the gas tax in the ! street fund. DELEGATION TO WILLKIE MEET Adam* County Delegation Leave* For Elwood Gatherinx An even doxen cars and tw.e IlmsM-. carried Itccatur - delegation jto Elwood this morning to 10-ar. Wendell I. AVillkle s a-. ,-ptanc - , , speech. The 'wo Intsse-s leore the- memleers of the Dc- atur girls' liatid Al- ' lu-rl He-llrmeyer and Mt- Mildreel Worthman arecctnpauled the band . memlcers In the- passenger cars were the I dty s staum hest GOP members. ’ numbering »l*>ut two score The Monroe township scluhil busses c arried the band girl* At Monroe. Berne and Geneva the caravan was to pick up GOP enthusiasts from (hose town* befun- priM ceding to Elwood The- caravan was to proceed dowat j federal road 27 I" slate road 67 and i h.n Into FJwood from west of M uncle. Viment Kelley, city attorney. Cal F Peterson, county Republic an ;. haltman. Cal E Peterson and cither Republican leaders of the c ity supervised th.- forming of the caravan. Reports from B--rne stated that au ambulance was to lee taken along and a nurse was to ac’company the delegation. These I stops were taken in event of some one becoming ill or injure 1. o_ Muncie Exposition Will Open Monday The Muncie Industrial and labor exposition will be- held in Muncie August 1* to 24 The- exhibit will feature Indiana manufactured products. The exposition will open Monday night. August 19 with a big Illuminated stree-t parade. In the par ade will be the Central l-abor unions of Muncie, and the Cemtral laclscr unions of many enatern Indiana towns Slid cities, state, county and city officials, lodge and other organisations. 0 No Rexular Church Services Sunday There will Ice no church service* at the- First Pr.-abyterlan church tomorrow and the following Sun- < day. August 25 Regular Sunday school services will lee held as usual, however.

Londoners Angered A t Bombing Os Civilians; Retaliation On German Cities Urged By Some

GOP THRONGS AT ELWOOD TO HEAR WILLKIE GOP Nominee To Make Acceptance Speech This Afternoon Rushville Ind Aug 17. IU.P> Wendell U-wls Willkle lawyer. I business executive, country gentle tnan an*-*' early towlay to rettini to the eutDitry town where hr born and accept the biggest Job of his colorful career. At midmorning he boarded a spe, ial train to the Rushville sta lion and traveled to Elwood. Indiana. to tell an estimated Jihuhio Republicans and the world that he ' will accept nomlnathm as the presidential <andi<lale of the Hepubllcan parly an<l opinrse President HooseVeit who seeks a third term in the White House. 11l his pmket as he goes will be his acreptance speech 111 which he will tell his stand on i the major issues confronting the 1 nation. He had come hert Thursday i from Colorado Springs. Col where I he had spent live weeks. < impaigllling vacationing and preparing his i address He came to this, the home ! town of his wife Mrs Edith Wilk ( Willkle. to rest for one day. and ' the quiet Hoosiers of this slow | moving community gave him the . j-rivai y he had sought To the home town folks he was -just another i itiien who had come ba< k to Visit his friends and In-.|»-<t his tive Rush county fauns. When he drove to the business district to buy cigarettes and news papers and when he strolled through the barricaded streets near the Wilk home he stopped to < hat and liked it. I Tonight he expected to return to Rushville to rest Sunday and then address a Imai audience at Memorial park on Monday Then ! he will board a special train to ■ travel to a Minnesota lake resort ■ where he Will be the guest of Gov Harold E Stassen. < hairman of the national cain|»ign and advisory committee. There. In get luslon. be . will work on eight major addresses he la scheduled to make when he Mart* th<» <•<»*• to < oa»t < ampaiKn b«*gliinhiK about S»*pt«*mb<*r 15. o Germany To Make Diplomatic Move Berlin. Vug 17 U.R) Diplomatic I quarters reported today that lo r i many is expected to make an Ini ' portain diplomatic move In connec ’ lion with th<- war in the next 34 1 hours There was no official conflrtna tlon of the repot t but it was understood that the move was In no way connected with any sort of p,-an-offer o — MAKING PLANS FDR INSTITUTE Annual County Teacher*’ Institute To Be Held August 27-2 K Further plans for the annual Adams county teachers' institute to be held in this city Tuesday and Wed ne-day. August 27 and 2V. were announced today by C. K. Striker, county school superintendent The- institute will he held at the Lincoln school In thlx city Morning and afternoon session* will be held each day The first day will be devoted to all teac hers of Imth city and county schools. On the second day of the institute, Mr. Striker has called all ele metitary teachers for the morning session and all high school teachers for the afternoon The speakers are to b» Howard Griggs of Orchard Hill. New York and Jesse While of Indiana university Plans for the institute will be completed next week

COUNTT'S RATE WILL DE LOWER Exact Fifurc* Not Available But Louer Rate Predicted Adam< county tax rate payable In I*4l will lie lower than the present levy of SI cent- on the JICHC' of taxable property. Victor Eicher | county auditor, predicted today , Ac tual figures were not available 1 but a tentative- draft of th. budget I ' estimates show- a lower figure than 1 t the original a year ago > Included tn the county rate ar,I the levies for the county welfare ■ department ami the Is,nd fund Both I'of these levies will be lower than a year ago The levy submitted by ' the welfare department for next ’ • year is 13 c ents, c ompared with the ■ fixed rate of II cents this year Tin- frond fund levy wilt Ih- only i two cents for next year, compared with the three c ent levy this y.-ar ' Th,- only lionds outstanding are • forth,- Adams county memorial 1 hospital and the final payments will ' be made in I*4l. the two-cent levy ' le-ing suffic lent to liquidate the IS.IMNI Iculanc •• r Due to money recovered from Washington township in the poor ■ relief levy and the 4l7i«Ht from 1 other taxing units In the- distribu I ' tlon of the losses from the dosed : 1 bank balances, the county fund Is Lin good shape. Mr. Eicher stated- ' This will make- It possible to reduce the- county general rate, whic h wa- , I fixed by the county council at 44 ‘ Ic-nts ccn th,- ll'«' ‘i Tin- county rate may Is- reduced ‘ six oi eight cents, making the- total • estimated levy around 53 cents ’ compared with th,- til coin rate this y.-at ~i Eicher stated it would . I Ih- a few days until the- final draP j ' of the budget was completed and ' the estimated levy determined 'BERNE LEVY TO BE INCREASED Propowed Berne Tax Levy 56 Cent*. Increa*e Os 11 Cent.* II •--- A 58-cent tax levy has been pro j posec) in Ih-ftte for I*4l. according 1 to the budget submitted by the town Ic.crd l This Is an increase of II cents 1 over last year The budget totals |IO 2«I 4«. In I comparison with an amount of fs |m; forth,- year I*4" Th.- n>-t taxable p pc-ty for l''ll Is IHted 1 at 41 *32 **2 la»st year the net i taxable pio|H-ity was listed al I ll.sol 24* A loss of 44*<l 45 was Incurred in the closing of hanks \ repent by the Herne schmd board showed receipts at |*5,3M01 land expe-ndhures of 472.M71 S 3, with a balance of 1125*4 3« In the treasury. — ——-O ! Bcchtol To InMall , New Lexi<>n Officers Ed Hauer, < ommander of Adams ’ post number 43. American F.eglon. today announced that Dean Bechtol. of Garrett, recently elected fourth district commander, will be in charge of installation of officers ‘ of the- bc-al post Monday. August 2S Adrian Baker, purchasing agent ’ for the Cc-ntral Sugar company, will • h<- In-ctalled as commander, succeeding Mr. Bauer. TEMPERATURE READINGS I • — DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER i ' TEMPS 8:00 a m. 71 10:00 a. m. - 78 ; 11:00 am. 84 WEATHER I i Scattered thundershowers tonight and tomorrow; warmer 11 this afternoon; probably cooler 1 tomorrow.

Price Two Cento

Casualty List Runs High But Britain Scoff* At "Fantastic" Claims Os Germany. PLANES DOWNED London, Aug. 17. — <UF> — British bombers smashed deep into Germany last night and early today as aerial warfare continued over the British Isles with little respite. New flights of German bombers over the battered southeast coast were reported but at least in the early hours of the day the attack was not as fierce as on previous days. Lmidcin, Aug 17 UP) German iHimlwcs begdii thr seventh ionsecutlVe day us max air raid" over England today a* British ang -r mounted over what was d«-scrlh--d officially ar an "unwarranted" bccinblng of civilian-- yestenlay when raiding plam-» flew up the Thames and iMcmbed lanidoli'a -cil-cii ba. One raider dropped 18 Incendiary Iscnchs on a southeast coast town this morning Fourteen none Immhs were dropped near a ci-lf c ccuise on the southeast coa- . l-ut there was little damage Britain was prepared for anothe.I clay of massed plane attac ks on ' harbors, airports, railroads and Industrial areas The n, w raid began as air raid proreettnn worker* dug into Mt« debris cef lancdcm's south west sub- ' orbs whit h had Iceen battered lev i German bombs II was lx-llev> d the casualty list from yesterday'.: aftac k- would run high The rescue- workers were tc.emit. -ced by delayed action bombs which the Germans had dropped i yesterday and which had been exploding Ihroiighoii' tlo- night and early morning hours Xuthor.tles said the woikeis knew the locations of the bombs and had warped all persons to slay away from them larndoners w<-r- angered by :hn attdek on the suburbs and many suggested that British planes strike at thickly populaied iicdtistilal districts in Germany Th.- British have bombed military objectives around Essen end Munich British planes also have flown over Berlin, but have never dropped bombs on the German capital Kwxrnts of Gee m tn Icnmla-rs and fighters some estimates placed rhe nuntlu-t at 2.-cut swept mt: of lead-n skb-s from dawn to dusk and blasted England, Scotlatcd and Wales, and some broke- through the defenses to reach London, the heart of Britain * far flung empire. The gceal Tilbury docks attd the Industrial gourhw.-siern suburbs were -subjected to a lertlfh bombing and t-day the police and home guards still were digging In the ruins for bodies of civilian dead The British fought ituck stubbornly. counting an offh ial "bag" of 71 German plane- while- admitting the loss of I* j’ilota of |o of CONTINVED ON PAGE THHEEr HARTFORD TW. LEVY IS 51.33 Trustee Duff Lists Pro* posed Tax Levy For Hartford Township The proposed tax rate In Harfs ford township for 1941 is 11.33, ac. cording to the budget submitted by Trustee John Duff. The budget totals 114.758. The total levy Is broken up a* follows: township, in cents, special school, 75 cents, and tuitions, 43 cents. The amounts to be raised are: township. 11.759, special school, 15.395 and tuition. 14.fi"4 The rata Is based on net taxable property of 11.119.191. The- budget shows In comparison t-c the 414.758 to be collected next year the following amounted collevied In previous years 1938, 412.1*5; 193*, 110 630 aud 1910.