Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1940 — Page 1

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Insurance Company F'iles For Judgment The I nion Central Life Innttran<e com pa nr ha« filed a milt tor declaratory juditnent in Adanta rlr<uit court aaalnat IMvld K. Viola and <llen Jone. The anil < hartree default in the payment of a lit,MM real eatate purr ha ne It aake for the judamrnt and poaaeaalon of the real eatate. PROGRAM GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT Mephen Foster Prtffram h Presented At Reformed Church Three- hundred persona rn|oye<l the Stephen Coater party and prte gram at the Zion evangelical and Reformed church Friday evenlnf. aponaored hy the lad lea' aid aoclcty of the church Mrs Fred Heuer waa (eneral chairman of the affair The aeftlni for the program represented a Iwatitlfnl garden with ruatlc hem hea rm which the enter tainera aat Mrs Mmodle Fogle, who gave the prologue and epl logue. unveiled a portrait of Stephen Foster which was at the luck ot the stage Rev C M Prngh. pastor of the church, who represented Stephen Footer, then road Incidents In his life The entire program was moat Interesting and the Immortal Foster -onga were enjoyed l>y the entire audience At the close of the program, the gueats were invited to the dining room where re freahmenta were enjoyed The social room was Iwautlfully and cleverly decorated with Irouqueta ot flowers and branches In the center was a miniature garden In which atood replicas of Stephen Foster and Jeannie Miss Marjorie Miller was the a< companlst and Mi* L A Holthouse. the directress o— — — John Walters Joins U. S. Marine Corps John Walters, son of Mra, Lulls Witters, of Ttees’nr. route fife, hss enlisted In the Vnlted States marine corps, according to word received here from the Fort Wayne recruiting station. He will undergo a ala weeks' training course at Han Diego. California at the start of his enlistment e. ... — — | Greek Armament Plant Destroyed Mew York. Aug. Id—(OPi—The German radio, in an A'hena dispatch. reported the destruction of one of Greece's largest armsment plants by a mysterious eiplosion The explosion of ammunition stores caused detonations heard for many miles and "It is assumed that many perished In flames or in the explosions," according to the German radio account as picked up here. McNutt Offers To Debate With Willkie Mew Haven. Conn. Aug !i — j <U.R> Federal security administrator Paul V. McNutt has offered to deflate Republican presidential candidate Wendell L Willkie. who has i>een seeking to get President Roosevelt to debate iasnes with him. McNutt, speaking before the Connecticut slate Democratic convention, deviated from his text. In which be predicted Mr. Roosevelt's re-election 'unanimously." to say: ' "If he tWIIIkle) la so keen about having a debate. I'll take hltn on. I've done It before.' 1941 KIRKLAND BUDGET LISTED Trustee Submits Budget Calling For 81-Cent Tax Rate Trustee Karl Martin's budget, t submitted today, proposes an Hl I cent tax rate for 1»11 in Kirkland < townahlp. The 11-ceat rate Is made up of the following levies: township. It I cents; special school. 41 cents; i tuition, t< cents and library two centa. A total of 510.4157 la to be brought In by the levy. The individual levies would bring In the follow Ing amounts: township. 11.515: j special school, U.nt; tuition |».- 411 and library. IMO The neat valuation ot taxable property la Hated at ILSM.M3 A comparative statement shown that lO.MK Is to ba collected in 1*40; 11,201 was collected In 1*39: IL»W in IMS. |

OFFER HOPKINS POST TO JONES Harry Hopkins Retigna; Jessr Jones Offered Commerce Post Washington. Aug 24 UP) Harry L Hopkins has submitted his resignation as setrelary of entn merer and that cabinet post has been offered to federal loan administrator Jesse Jones, the While House announced 'relay The effective date of Hopkins' resignation ha* not yet he<-n de- < idej. Hopkins' letter of realgnaHott ascribed hl* decision i» prolonged 111 health and explained that her had postponed offering hl* realsnation last May In the hope that he would recover hi* strength during the summer White House swrefary Htcphen T Early revealed orally that Jones was considering the offer to he Hopkins successor attd that the post of under secretary of com merce ha* hem offered to (anils Johnson, who recently hud to resign as assistant »er relary of war Early said Johnson I* < onaldrriug that offer and will prolrahly >ll*r n*a It with the president next Sl-ek - " ■ O • -r* Young Bank Robber In Held At Capital Indianapolt*. Aug 2i I' S Marshal J M Moore of the eastern Kentucky district brought Janie* Arnold lloarman. !• to this city where the youth I* held pending federal grand jury artion on th" charge that he robbed the East Side branch of the Fletcher Trust company of 212.N1! last week lloarman was arrested last Saturday al Frankfort, Ky. (iirl Held In Trotsky Death Relief Worker New York. Aug 24 Municipal record* showed that biondr Sylvia Ageloff. 31-year«ld Brooklyn girl held by authorities in Mexico City for questioning in connection with the slaying of la-on Trotsky, was an Investigator for the city welfare department'* bureau of home relief The girl, the record* Indicated, had Ireen granted a leave of ale M-nce which wa* due Io expire In two more week*. She wa* graduated from New York university In 1»3«» with a bar ltelor of science degree after doing graduate work at Columbia university. ■ —' o ——— - - URGES VOTERS TO REGISTER County Clerk Points To October 6 As l*ast Day For Registration Comity Clerk Clyde O Troutner today Issued a *tatement urging early reglatrallon of voters in the county. Clerk Troutner called attention to the fget that only M actual regl»- > (ration day* remained October « I* the final day for the clerk * office to accept reglatrallon Vnles* an rinuniially concerted last minute rush I* experienced, a large number of voter* will not be qualified to eaat their ballot* thia fall, a survey dlacloaed Os *everal hundred notice* sent out In May and June by the clerk * office notifying voter* of their imminent disqualification, many were not returned, the clerk stated Person* who did not return these notice*, properly filled out. within the required To day period were not re-inslated and must register before they will l>e permitted to vole Only *0 registration* have hwn made In the clerk's office to dale. It wa* shown Registration officers have also Ireen appointed In the county to take care of the workChurch Leader To Speak Here Sunday It Brooks Shake, superintendent of the Fort Wayne fflstrict of the Methodist church, will speak Sun- ' day morning at the » JO o'clock service at the local Methodist church. HU subject will be "Clvllllation'r Critical CrUls." TRMPtRAYURK RCADINOff OKMOCRAT THKRMOMKTIR i 1:00 a. m. — -• M 10:00 a. m. r- 57 11:00 a. M ’ - -y j I WEATHER Indiana meetly eloudy. eccntional ehowere er thunder- I atorme In nerth and central I portion* tonight: slowly rising I temperature. |l

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 2t, IffHL

Alien Reffiatration Under Way ' V jibe »-1 L 1 kfl 1 Ek Ji Anderson Hope-Gill Wilson Registration of 4<'.<mo aliens in the Pacific northwest gets under way with the |hhii office d>-|iai tmr-iit < o opera Ung with the Federal Bureau of ItifoiniatuMi lit handling the trgi*traihttis Mrannliig registration lists In Seattle, Wash are It II Anderson, left. Cecil HopeGHI, center, and Raymond Wilson Hope Gill is Hilll*h consul tniost of the slim* are English speaking > Anderson mid Wilson are |H>*lal < ashler* conductIng’tbe tegtatratlon

ASSERT RELIEF COST TOO HIGH Adam* County Ont* Os 11 In State Showing Higher Conte A release from the Indiana taxpayer* association today disclosed that Adam* county wa* one of 44 countie* in the »tate that showed increase in poor relief for 1*39 over 193* According to the bulletin the coat of poor relief In 193* was 240.12* in comparison to *34.371 for 193* Allen and Well* counties were nelgbltoring tountie* which also showed an increase. Jay county showed a decrease. The bulletin state* that "the Indiana taxpayer*' a»«<K iatloti Insist* that many direct relief cost* are too high It ha* been shown in several tountie* that when farmer* and buuites* men *it down with the trustee- study individu.il cases and take reasonable needs Into consideration. drastic cuts in this burden on tbe property taxpayers is possible. Direct poor relief, administered by township trustee* ha* continued high despite the enormous outlay by the state for old age pension*. help for dependent < hlldren and other form* of aid ” , ...... —-Q — — Schrickcr Would Change Income Tax Fort Wayne. Ind. Aug 24 H'l’t Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Hchricker. at a reception here yesterday Indicated tbe DentiM rath- party, if returned to office In Novemlw-r planned to adjust the controversial gross Income tax law so it will "more nearly do justice to the retailer." The Democratic gubernatorial candidate said manufacturers "appreciated" the present tax structure a* It applied to them but admitted It wa* a "burden for the little fellow." REFUTE RUMOR OF EPIDEMIC Dr. Grandstaff Spikes Rumor* Os Infantile ParalyatN Here Dr. Floyd L. Grandstaff, county health officer, late Friday afternoon spiked a rumor that the infantile paralysis epidemic had spread Into Adams county. Dr. Grandstaff asserted that no case wa* reported In Monroe and In fact no casea In the county had Ireen reported to him at that time. A rumor wa* rampant Friday and and earlier In the week, in which at least one case of tbe dreaded disease wa* reported In the town of Monroe. The same report told of at least three catte* in the county The disease ha* been reported spreading in various counties of northern Indiana. It I* considered likely that a discussion of this fact might have been responsible for the origin of the local rumor A check earlier in the week with Dr Grandataff and Dr. R E. Daniel*. city health officer, disclosed that bots the city and county were .free of the disease.

DEADLOCK OVER I NEGOTIATIONS I Hungary And Rumania I nabic To Agree On Territories Tiirnn Severin, Aug 24 'U P) — I Negollation* between Hungary and I Rumania over territorial tttnees*hut* collapsed today The breakdown had betnt anticipated due to inability of the Hungarian* and Rumanian* to arrive at any formula on the transfer of I Transylvanian regions demanded by Hitngaty » i The tiual .mifrrente lasted three , hours and a half, after which It liecame apparent that the conferees had arrived at a hopeless deadlock. It appeared that unless Germany . and Italy intervened to force a , < ompromise. the Translyvanlan I question will he shelved so far a* I direct negotiation* between Hun- , gaty and Rumania I* concerned. I thus nullifying the effort of the axis power* at Halzburg and Rome ! to work out an understanding on southeast European stability SELECT YOUTHS FOR TRAINING Ten Adams County Youths To Take Farm Foundation Training Ten youths from Adams county have Ih-cii selected for a national farm foundation training course in this city, which will extend over a 12-weeka' period. The youth* are Ralph Grote, of Decatur, route five; Rllsaell Watkins. Decatur, route six; Elmer Franz. Decatur, route three: George ■ L Boice. Geneva, route two. Den1 tils Lehinan. Brone; Floyd Huth. Detatur. route two. Dwight Frederick Darr. Decatur, route five; i Harbort Malland. Decatur, route one, Kenneth Bchnepf. Ib-catur. route one; Robert Bucher. Preble. The school I* sponsored by the . Ford Motor company, the FergusonRherman manufacturing company ' and 'tn- lii.ik.- Ante I'' • 1 '• enter. Classes will be held once each ’ week for 12 weeks The student receiving the highest rating at the ; end of the course will be awarded a one-year contract with '.he E'er guson-Sherman company at 1150 per month and traveling expenses Additional training and prizes are also given other students of the courM. Red Crohs Only SBO From Quota The Red Crim* war relief fund of the Adam* county chapter wa* reported a step neareg the 22.M9 ! quota today. A rport from Mis* Annie Wlnne*. chapter secretary, disclosed that the fund here ha* reached 21,920.42. A donation of 25 from the Hartford township home economic* dub. one of 25 from an unidentified person who signed the contribution a* “• friend." 22 collected in Peterson and *7c in box collection* are Included in the IntMt report Person* who have not contrlhuied toward the fund to date are urged to make their donation* early -<» that ,he quota may be reached

German Planes Renew A Hacks On England, Causing Air Raid 1 Alarm In London Rush Hour

LOCAL PASTOR ISRETURNED Rev. Paul Brandyberry Is Returned To Church Os The Na/.arenc Rev Patil Biaiidylo rry. pastor of the Church of Ute Naxarene m this city, has been returned to the local charge, following the Itth mutual a«*eml>ly of the Northern Indiana district, held at Kokomo this week. Rev Brandyberry ha* been pastor of the Detatur church for live year*, during which time the church ha* had a steady growth and erected a new church edifice. Rev. J. W. Montgomery wm reeled ed district superintendent during the Kokomo assembly, a position he ha* held for the past 15 year*. The district superintendent re- , ported during the assembly that the district ha* shown a net gain of 12 percent in tnemberuhlp during the past year. Rev Brandyberry announced today that hl* parents. Rev and Mr*. Millard Brandyberry of Morovia. Cal. will amdst in service* Bunday at the Decatur < htirch Rev. Uda Brandyberry will preach at the morning service Sunday at 10 Ju o'clock. Rev Millard Braadyberry will pteath at the evening servile Sunday at .I > o'clock —o Legion Auxiliary Seta New Record Indianapolis. Aug 24 t'pon receiving the live hundred thousandth mwmlterahlp card *t national headquarters today, Mrs William <*orwith, national president, anmmmed that the American Legion auxiliary ha* established a new enrollment record The previous record of I*2 It* was e»tablt-he<l in IMS o Bluffion Youth Hit By Decatur Truck James Gaunt 13. of Bluffton I* rei-overing from a fractured collar i Itctn*- sustained late Thursday lit Bluffton when hl* bicycle was struck by a truck driven try E J Smart, of Det atur. Smart took the boy to the Wells county hospital after the accident ... ._ . _ .. o . Man k Sentenced For Stealing Auto Angola. Aug 24 Ben 2*. of Maysville. Ky who ha* lu-eti working a* a farmhand lit Steuben county wa* given a sentence ot 1 to lit year* at the state reformatory Friday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of vehicle taking The t a»e wm heard by Judge 4'lyde ('. Carlin in the Hietiben circuit court Johnson wa* accused of Mealing an automobile Itelonging to O»cat Parsons, local garageman III* flight in the stolen auto was halted by all .icchletit ami he * is hitch hiking bulk to Steuben comity when he was attested INSTITUTE TO OPEN TUESDAY Annual County Teachers’ Institute T« Be Held Next H eck Plan* for the annual Adams county teachers' Institute Io be held next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Lincoln school in this city are rapidly hea'ring completion. Topics of the speakers for the Institute were announced today by C E. Striker. Adstns county school superintendent. ETdward Howard Griggs of Orchard Hill. New York and Jesse II White, of Indiana university, will be the speakers. They will address the institute at Loth the morning and afternoon sessions on Tuesday. "Youth Look* at t.ife" and "Representative Government In World Crisis" Will be the subjects of the former's addresses. Prof White will speak on "The Challenge of the Commonplace" and The Love of Difficulty." All teachers of the connty are required to attend the Institute Departmental meeting* of teachers will he held at the Wednesday sessions.

Escape iniurt l IN O WRECK i Six Pemons I ninjured As Two Autos Sideswipe Friday Six persons Im luding tom young ■ children, escaped Injury about 4 tn , o't lo< k last evening when two cars I -Ideawlped The one vehhle was drawn by , I o Klelnlght. *l, of Cralgvllle Tbt- other was operated by Mr* Ellxulm-Oi Templemann. 4:1. of , Lincolnwood. Illinois, a Chicago , suburb. According to the Mory of the accident. a* told to Sheriff Ed Miller. . Klelnlght was attempting to pass another tar when the ctash occurred The left side of both cars Were badly damaged. The two driver* anti the four children of Mr*. Templemann all escaped unhurt. Mr* Templemann wa* enroute to Pt-nnaylvania on a vacation trip with her children, while Kb-hilght was driving west, returning from n trip to this i Ity. — n— SCHOOL OFFERS SIX COURSES Vocational Agriculture In New Course At Decatur High School Sil comses are lielng offered at the iH-talur jiinior-senlot high school during the touting teim. which iipcii* here Ttn-tlay, September 3 The courses are academic, com menial, general. Industrial art*, vm-allonal agriculture and home economic* The vocational agrk ul titre course I* offered to Mudelit* for the tlr«t time this year. The school is backed by the experience of 3<> continuoti years a* a first class, commissioned high school ami as a member of the , North Central assiH-lation of college* ami secondary schools , Registration of Mudent* start* Monday morning. Senior* will reg- , ister Monday junior* Wednesday, sophomore* Thursday ami fresh- ■ men Friday. o OECATURLADY NAMED TRUSTEE I Mrs, William Keller Trustee Os Nitional C. L. Os C. Mrs William Keller, of this city 1 wa* elected -upreme trustee of th-- 1 national organisation of the Ca'lto- ( lie lardie* of Columblt at Dayton. , I thio Friday. Mrs. Keller wa* one of five wo- t men chosen from councils through- t out the nation as truatees of the organization. ‘ She will serve for a six year per- I iod Mrs. Helen Doyle, of Spring- ' i field. Ohio, was renamed president I of the national order and Mrs. .Mary C. Lut k of Defiance was renamed secretary. The election of officers wa* held as closing business of the national convention Friday. The convention opened Monday Mr» Keller ami Miss Chrlstena Schurger of this city attended the meeting as official ttelegafe* of the , local council. Enter Appearance In Damage Suits Eggeman. Reed and Cleland, a Fort Wayne hw firm, has entered a special appearance for the defendant In the damage suits brought by Clifford Everett and Clark E: Rom against the Mesbberger Bro*. Stone company, filed recently In the I Adtflns circuit court. i Aquatic Event Is Postponed By Cold The aquatic ovent at th* city swimming pool, scheduled for Sunday afternoon, ha* been postponed because of the cold weather. Mar- i |lon Feasel, pool supervisor, an’nottneed today.

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British Naval Gun# Fire On German Artillery Operating In French Coastal Bases. REI’I'LSE RAIDERS London. Aug. 24.— <U F) —At least JOO Gsrman plane* were sighted tn daylight raid* over Britain up to 2 p tn. <7 •- m. C#Ti today. London. Aux 24 tl'P) German plane*, renewing big scale attack* on southeast ami south England, swept over the const in wares today and penetrated so < lo»e to Ixmdnn that they cau«ed air raid alarm* in the metropolitan area during the morning rush hour. German big guns, firing from across the English t hannel. opened up on the Dover area a< German plane* at tai ked Haidly had 'he first shell struck when British long range naval guns emplaced along the coast for the long threatened German invasion, le-gan blasting tons of shell* into the German gun position- They had been spotted when, in bright daylight, they had fir»*l on a British ship tonvoy In the channel Thursday. There were unofficial report* tha* at one coast town British fighter planes had shot down six out of 2* German plane* which crossed the uoa*t. Over land and out at sea. where they raced when warned by coastal observer* that enemy plane* were coming, the British fighter* engag<d the German* in furious air bat* tie*. Score* of German planes. It wa* indicated, were trying to force their way through the anti-aircraft gun and fighter plane screen to reach inland England. A report that a strong tormtffion of German planes was crossing the -outheast coast brought lailidon an air raid alarm this morning a* million* of people w--re on the way to work. Buses, subway train* and pedestrian* continued on their way tinperturbed and air raid shelter* in central i-ondon were almost empty. The all clear” signal wa* sounded after half an hour. First editions of the afternoon newspaper* appeared an hour lat« because of the alarm, with headline* such a« ' London's Kush Hour Raid" The alarm was London's lllh of the wai Most persons Who took to shelter walked coolly. Some who intermitted their breakfasta finished them tn the shelters A German hit and run plane had {dropped three Itomb* on the southeast outskirts of lamdon late last night. The bombs fell in open ground and did little damage. Searchlights went into action but there was no anti-air< raft gun fire. It wa* reported without lonYirniation that parachute* wer- dropped by German planes over the midland' in raid’ early today. There was no indication whether, if parac Illite* were dropped, they contained parachute troop < or. like those dropped over several area* recently, were empty and intended to spread terror. Two bombs fell on a Welsh town early this morning, neatly wrecked four working das* home* and caused Wound* to some of th" people in them. British fighter planes were lielOGNTINI'ED DM PAGK <tx7 ~ SI.33TAXRATE IN ST. MART'S Township Budget h Submitted By St. Mary’s Trustee Today A 11 33 tax rate In St Mary'g township for 1941 hu* been pro* po-ed In the budget submitted by trustee Ben McCullough. Tiie levy bi composed a* folIowa: township, 15 centa; special school, C 2 cent*; tuition, 35 cent*, and bond. 21 cent*. The levy next yeur I* expected to rai*e 117.7M7. broken down a* follow* township 1I.9K8; spe< ul school. 23.292: tuition, 24.995 and bond. 12.514 A comparative statement of thtt taxes show* that J17.9(N wa* col* lected in 1940. 214,324 In 1939 and 213.412 In 1939 Taxable property I* listed at 21.334.501,