Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1940 — Page 1

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CLEAR RUSSIAN BORDER LANDS Rumania Prepares For Invasion Despite Reported Truce Rur hareat. Rumania. Aug 2* - rood and munitions stores were he Ing cleared out of the area border Ing Runala today despite a reported truce ending three daya of border tlaahea between Russian and Rumanian truopa In a communique last night announcing that all auullhry services vital lo the army wore being moved to the Interior. Ihe government advised the population as»t Io be frightened as authorities were staying at their posts In Ihe border re glotis There were reports In of A<lal quarters, however, that the government had ordered all tress , ures and archives moved out of border towns snd that some of i them already were arriving In Rurhareat. An informant at Galati told the I'nlted Press by telephone that leading banks al Galatt. leading Rumanian port on the Inniutre just beyond Ihe border of RusslansH < upled Bessarabia, bad prepared to move their cash on a moment's notice. f “A near panic ealsts all along I the Immediate frontier." Ihe InI formant aaid "The pulse rate Is pretty high ail the way up and down the line, especially tn dis trtets within range of Russian artillery." Persons arriving here from the i north said that during the Aghting last weekend, two whole reglI ; merits were Involved and the Russians had tihasaad into Mamaaus. . Aghtmg Mke wildcats ” They .aid • the. Russians dropped parachutists behind the Rumania nlines from r tri motored transport planes, just i as they had done in seising Bess arabia and North Bukovina two months ago and that It had appear > ed for a time that a full Aedged invasion was under way. Civilians were packing their belongings to ■ evacuate, when the Russian, midI denly withdrew in the face of Rui manian resistance the informants said. One of them said, "there were scores of dead and wounded ■ on the ground after the Russian* i withdrew" i Observers believed that if th* I Russians resumed their westward • march. Quints would be their Brut i objective, since it commands the i Moldavian plain, where Russians fought the central power. In the I world war and held their own until . the Bolshevik revolution They i were Aghting with the allies, hi defense of Rumania, then. i The propaganda ministry refused irvvwTtwt’wn ow FAOM rtvgi 0 ■' - — . Van Wert Man Dies In Train-Truck Wreck Goshen. Ind . Aug. J» —IUP I Harold K Murray. 11. of Van Wert. Ohio, was killed and William Wag ner. 2!. of Wellsville. 6hlo. Injured seriously yesterday when their trailer-track crashed Into the ald-v of a New York Central freight train which was derailed AARON ZEI6LER RITES FRIDAY Former Hartford Township Man Die* At Domestic Home Funeral vervicee for Aaron Zeigler, M. former Hartford township farmer, who died Tuesday at hl* home in Domestic, will be held Frl day afternoon at 1:10 o'clock (CDTi at the Domestic Christian church The deceased was born In Adams county December It. I(s* the »<>n of Mr. and Mrs. Norb Zeigler His first wife, Ellen Pollack, preceded him In death in IBA7. He was then married to Amanda Schott. Surviving also are three children; Ernest of Hartford township. Clifford of Uniondale and Mrs. Virginia Arnold of Corunna; a brother. L W. Zeigler of Van Wert. Ohio; a sister. Mrs. F. D. Farotte of Mendon. Ohio; five grandchildren. The Rev. F. R Aldridge of Do mesttc will officiate and burial will be made In the Westlawn cemetery ' • here. j

ACCEPTANCE OF WALLACE WILL PATTERN DRIVE I About 19.0 M To Hear Democratic Vice-Presi. dential Nominee ■MMwe —"■■■— - *. — ——o Hoosiers Attend Indianapolis. Aug 2’» <UP> Approximately l<ui Hodktor farmers left last night via «pe< lai train to attend the formal I not I Beat ion ceremonies at Iles ' | Moines today for Henry Wai | 1 lace. Democratic nominee for 1 1 | Vice presides:. The delegation was led by I Guy Wilson of Kokomo They I Were expected to meet approti- I ’'mately ISO sddlllonal Indiana residents who drove from cities 11 I in the northern part of the t state. * ♦ lie* Moines, la. Aug. 2* <U.F> — Henry A Wallace accepts the Deinot ratlc nomination for vice president tonight In a *|>eech egpei ted lo form the pattern for a national campaign More than lOtH*) perrons. Including delegations from nelghb trlng midwestern states, were expected to fill the colseurn on the bank* id the Des Moines river to hear Ihe 2t-mlnule a peel h in which he will stress national defense National, mldweatern and alate party leader* arrived early for the I ceremonle* The*e Included lleinie cratlc national chairman Edward J Flynn, the Missouri and Nebraska governors and national cemmlllee men from Kansas. Wisconsin snd Nebraska, Rep Marvin Jones. D. Tsi.,l chairman of the house agriculture committee and staunch supporter | of Wallace's filbiii program, will de liver the formal notlfli-allon of the Democrutlr national convention a nomination at Chicago last month After accepting the norninatl >n Wallace will go into pollUcal sedu slon at his home hete lie will leave | .Bunday lo make a non political" speech at Chicago Labor fMy H<will make a scouting tour Ihrourh Illinois by automobile next week. Flynn called mldweatern party leaders lo a coiifereme preceding the nomination He said campaign plan* and fatm problem* will be dlscua*ed The conference was arranged by (CoNTtNCKD ON PAGE FOCHt CELINA FIRE FATALTOONE Father of Mrs. Fred King, Decatur, Die* FinhtinK Blaze Fred Smith. veteran Celina. Ohio fireman and father of Mrs. Fred King, of thia city. <H«i la’* Wednesday afternoon of »uffocatlon and heat prostration, while fighting a fire In that city. The victim was holding a hose, playing a stream of water on the side of a burning bam at the edge of the Ohio city. When he suddenly collapsed Other firemen went to hi* aid and carried him away from the heat Artificial respiration and three adrenaline Injection* proved futile A physician and firemen Joined In ( the attempts to revive him The firemen had answered the call about 2 p m lEDTI when the learn was struck hy lightning and Mr. Smith wa» overcome shortly after. Surviving, beside* the daughter In this city, are the widow; three other daughters. Mrs. Mabel Shinn, of Fort Wayne Mrs. Verna Dibble and Mrs. Etta Yahn. both of Celina: j two brothers. Russell of Troy. Ohio and Harold at home Mrs. King was visiting at the home of her sister In Fort Wayne when she received word of her father's death. Her husband is the pressman at the Dally Democrat Funeral service* are to be held at 130 o'clock (CDTi Friday after , noon at the Lutheran church north northwest of Celina and burial will be made there. Jr. High Students Report On Saturday Seventh and eighth grade studenta of the Decatur junior-senior high school are asked to report at the school Saturday morning at 10; o'clock. Principal W. Guy Brown announced today. At that time the students will be registered and assigned their locker key*. Registration of senior high school student* has been conduct-1 ed this week. •

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Decatur, Indiana, Thumd ay, Augunt 29, 1940.

Thia Shark Im A Nazi. And Fliex wiABLA ZSKbA <■ ■ I vl • J ’ i I’assol hy the German censor, thia picture shows one of the Ger mall iHimtirra which ha* been painted to resemble shark teeth oh the nose and l« need to spread terror among the enemy. The plane is known a* the "Flying Shark "

DEATH CLAIMS D. S. H ABEGGER Funeral Rites Saturday For Monroe Township Resident David S Hal»-gxer. 3*. prominent Monroe township resident, died last night st * o clock at the Adam* I county memorial hospital Death was attributed to carcinoma The deceased wa* born in Monroe township May 25. I9ff2 the son of Samuel and Anna Maxelin Habegger For the past 13 year* he had been an employ- of ihe Illinois Pipe Line company Surviving, besides the widow. Barbara, are four children (Ilan Arthur. Merlin Imlh. Anna Jane and Donna May. all ai home Funeral services will be held Hat-j urday afternoon at l 30 o'clock iCDTt at the residence, northwest; of Berne and 2 o'clock al lh> Berne Meiinoiilte church with the Rev C. | H Hmkau officiating. Burial will' lie made 111 the M it E. cemetery. ■■ —— 0- . ■ - Rev. Vernon Riley Gives Last Sermon — The Rev. Vernon Riley, pastor of the Monroe Friends < hurch. who resigned recently, delivered hi* farewell sermon last night. The Rev. Riley ha* assumed a pastorate at Morristown. No successor is likely to I* named to Rev. Riley until the Septem-1 Iter conference of the church. It was stated. REGISTRATION I RUSH EXPECTED I ■ l.ittht Response Now Points Toward Heavy Last Minute Rush Present indications point toward the customary last minute registration rush In the office of the county clerk. Clerk Clyde Troutner observed today, Despite repeated urgings Issued from the offices of the clerk the response has been slight, he *lOnly 20 registrations were made In the clerk's office Wednesday — the bigest day since the new registration period opened. Thu registrations should totsl about 150 per day. Mr. Troutner stated, to Insure all qualified per sons becoming eligible to vote. Hundreds of voter* In Adam* county will not be eligible to vole In the fall election unless lhey regOctober • — 30 days before the i November election — I* the last day to register and voters are urg , ed to call at the office M soon as possible to avoid the last two vr three week rush Person* who have moved from one precinct to another, women who have changed their name by marriage, resident* who have tailed to vote in the la*t two elections. I and those becoming of age are a- | mong those required to register.

Judge, Mm. J. T. Merryman Mark 62nd Anniversary Judge snd Mrs James T Merryman were quietly observing their 42nd wedding snnlverslsry today i at their home, corner Second and Marshall streets. The prominent Decatur eouple was married August 29. I*7* Ini this city hy Rev John II Carns, a Methodist minister, now deceased. They have always lived In lhi« city Judge Merryman l» dean of the Adam* County Rar snd the first mayor of IXri atur. DISEASE TOLL REACHES 212 Two More Infantile Paralysis Deaths Reported In State By United ffr*** Cases of Infantile paralysis In Indiana < limb,-d to 212 today as two additional deaths were reported to raise the 101 l of fatalities to more thsn 24. Yesterday'* fatalities Included Horace Ransdell. 2*. of Muncie, and Marie Hammond. 2. of Mishawaka Randsdell. a Y. M C. A worker, riled at Ball State hospital at Muncie after being 111 four days The Hammond baby died after treatment In an artificial respirator Het death was ihe seventh caused by the disease in St. Joseph county thl* summer Meanwhile new rases of the dislease were reported In Elkhart. Indianapolis and South Bend. Principal* of four South Bend .high school* ordered suspension of football practice as a result of the near-epidemic and postponed two early-season games. After-led were Washington. Riley. Central and John Adams high schools. The action duplicated a previous 'decision of high school* at Mishawaka and Goshen. Mishawaka. GoIsben. Central. Riley and Washington are members of the eight-team eastern division of the northern Indian a high school conference. ■ ■' ■ ■ — - Man Is Killed By Train At Danville Danville, Ind.. Aug 29-1 UPI— John L. Deaven. 52. of Nashville was killed yesterday when hit by a New York Central Railroad train near Litton. • ♦ •PECIAL SUPPLEMENT IN TONIGHT'S ISSUE Today’* edition of the Decatur Democrat cams* a aptcial four- | page (upplement with announce- | ment* of Decatur merchant* of | opecial bargain* and the an- | nouncement of the open house | Saturday afternoon and Sunday | of the model house on Ditrko* and Meibera etreat*. Circulation es the apodal sup- | plement will be more thsn twice j | that of the regular run es the | Decatur Dally Democrat a* | these firms make a bld for oi- j j tea business in Decatur. ♦ —— - "■ -♦

Bitter Dispute In House May Delay Early Action On Draft; Senate Approves By 58 to 31

REPORT GIVEN ON INFIRMARY State Department Make* Two Recommendations For Inrtitution Copies of the report on the Inspertlon of the Adam* rounty Infirmary by F R Farnam. in*pe« tor for the Itepartment of Public Wei-, fare have been filed with the tarard of county commissioner*. The annual Inspection of the In- j stitutlon was made on June 13. covering ihe entire building, with Inquiry about the nervlces rendered to the men and women Inmates. The summary of the report reads: "At the time of thl* Inspection this instltutilon was found to Ire a well equlpped county farm." Two recommendation* were made hy the inspector. Nota'ion wa* made that the former order* of th» Department relative to rewiring the building and Installing fire escapes were carried out The present recommendations are listed a* follows: "That the law lie strictly met In the matter of all admission* to this county home and that the form prescribed l>y the Htate Department of Public Welfare lie used for each admission " ’That early and careful consideration tie given by the Board of county commissioner* to the mat--1 ter of meeting the need for more es fective care of the convalescing or ‘chronhally ill Inmate* by the Installation of nick ward care for such cases." « The report states that the Inspector found the building In good sanitary condition and that effl< lent l service wan rendered by Nuperin tendent Sam Reinhart and his fa ' mily to the inmates. j Annual Miaaion Event At Magley September 1 The annual minnion festival of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church, north of Magley will be held Sunday. Septemlrer 1 with service* at lo a. m. ! and 7:30 p. m l ifSTI. The Rev. William Anderson of Bremen will *peak in the morning, the Rev Hairy W Thompson of Decatur in the afternoon and the Rev Anderson will again apeak at the evening services Special music will tie furnished al all services. 0 ~ Fire Truck Chafes Truck With A Hot Foot For Mile* Braill Ind . Aug 29 (U.B A truck with a “hot foot” roared down the highway near here yesterday. the Braxil fire department screaming after It. An asphalt furnace trailer hitch-' ed to a state highway repair truck burst Into flames and members of the crew were unable to extinguish I Ihe blase or free the coupling Rather than lose the truck the drlv- i er started down the road about .7" tn ph hoping the wind would keep the Are away from the machine, i Firemen admitted the idea was sound but lamented the fact that they had a chase of several miles at top speed liefore Ihe blase was quelled with chemicals. o CommibkionerN To Meet On Tuesday The board of county commission er* will not meet until Tuesday of next week, due to the Labor Day holiday on .Monday. All offices in the court house will be closed on Monday. The commissioners will decide when they will receive bids for the building of a new barn al the coun ty farm and also where the struc i sure will be located Yesterday the county council approved an appropriation for tb.tHXl for the building and |3ou for feed, to replace that destroyed in the fire on August 9, Seek To Identify Accident Victim New Castle. Ind . Aug. 29—(UPi —Police sought today to identify a woman, about 70 years old. who was killed at Knightstown yesterday when struck by a car driven by Fred Howenstlne of Indianapolis, she had just alighted from a bus. Howehstlne was exonerated by poj lice.

TO MARK LABOR DIF ON MONDAY — legion Home Dedication To Feature Holiday This Year ■ Th» dHlcs'lnn of the new Amerl-1 can legion home on Madison street will feature the observance of Ijhor Day In this city next Monday I The General Heclrlc Work* and ! Decatur Casting Company will lie closed, while other factories will cease operations a* much as possible In the uptown retail district, all stores and office* will lie dosed, except restaurants, lunch room* and confect,onaries. Drug stores will tie open in the morning only. There will not lie any mall delivery from the Decatur postoffice City and rural carrier* will enjoy the holiday relieved of their duties for a day i A* has le-en the custom, the Dally Democ rat will not lie published on laitmr day All city and county offices will be dosed lailior Day The public and Catholic schools will open Tuesday morning for the fall semester. The rural schools will also resume classes Tuesday, following an organlxation meeting Friday A large crowd is expected at the la-glon home dedication and local families will take the opportunity to enjoy the last day of the vacation reason by going to the lake, the i state fair or preparing for the opening of school. o — I'niett ClvaninK Os Ditche* In Preble ~~~~ F.<l Zwlck. Preble township trustee, today urged all person* owning farm* in Preble townihlp to have their ditches cleaned or mowed. before September 20. the las’ day After this time, according to 'law. the trustee must clean out the ditches and tax the coala to the property owner*. SCHOOL EVENTS ; ARE ANNOUNCED Institute In October Gives First Vacation To Students The official calendar for the IMO--11 term of the public *< hool* In th*city of Decatur was announced to day by Walter J Krick, city sch<M>l au perlnlendent Mr. Krick also called attention of Decatur parents to the fa<t that any < hlld who will Ih- six years of age on or before December 31 of • this year Is eligible to enter the first grade this term The first vacation for students will occur on October 21 and 25 when the teachers will attend the I annual Northeastern Indiana teachers' Institute at Fort Wayne, The Thanksgiving vacation will be observed November 2* and 29. the Christmas vacation from December 21 to January 6 and the Easter vacation on April lo and II Comtneheement exercises will be held May 22 with school closing on the next day. The complete calendar follows Heptember 3 Opening of school October 21. 25 NKI Teachers' Institute. November 2*. 29 Thanksgiving vacation. Dec. 24 — January 6 —Christmas vacation, April 10. 11-Easter vacation May 22 Commencement exercises. May 23—School closing Darwachter Starts Compiling History Elmer Darwachter started work today on the Indiana writer'* project. which Includes gathering data for a history 6f Adams county. Ths first assignment deal* with the area and topography of the county. The data will be compiled In questionnaire form and will be edited by professors and students of the Indiana Teacher's College, which sponsor the project In the state. It is one of the Public Works projects carried out in Indiana Mr. Darwaebter will have hl* headquarters lu the county auditor s ottlge,

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Major (Controversy Occurs On Age Limitation*; Power To Commandeer All Industry Other. MAY VOTE IN WEEK Washington. Aug. 29 —4U.R>— House military affairs committee today approved the conecription bill in form celling for registration and potential draft of men between the ages of 21 and 46. The committee's final vote on the bill woe 20 to 4. House committee chairman Andrew Jackson Moy was instructed to ask the rules committee to approve the bill for two days of general house debate to begin nest Tuesday. May said the house st ould pass the bill by nest Friday night. By JOHN It BEAL I'nlted Preaa Hiaff <'orr«*n|M>ndrnt Waahlngtim. Aug 29 <U.R> — Bitter dl*pnte In the hiniae over two major provision* of the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill a* approved by the senate threatened today to delay early house actiM The senate approved the hill. f,« to 31. and sent It to the house last night after 14 day* of debate. If It become* law, it will be the first time In American iteai-ei Ime i history that men have twen «ubJ 1 jected to compulsory military training Tb<- house version of the bill still I* In romoHttee where the ' major controversy I* over the age j limits of men to he registered for | military service The senate bill calls for reglatra- > tlon of all the estimated 12.0ff0.000 i mm between the age* of 21 and 91. with the army authorised to pick 900 ihio of them for 12 months train- , Ing each year for five years The house military affairs committee ha* tentatively agreed to in< rea*e ! the age limit to include all those . between 21 and 45 The other major obstacles to early action la the amendment by Hen Richard It Russell. D,. Ga., i which the senale adopted shortly before final passage at * p tn . 'last night It would grant th<- --v- --! cutlve department power to com- |, m.inder Industry when such action I I* necessary to insure production |of defense material* The house ♦already I* formally on record op- < posing such a grant of power. In most respects, however, the senate and house Dill* are In harmony The administration's chanre* of getting the bill to the house floor next week depend U|m>ii its ability to resolve the fight in the house committee over age limit*. I'ntll yesterday the house bill provided for the registration of all men between IB and 44. with the draft limit to those between 21 and 4t. But just when the committee 1 was alsmt lo agree to report the bill favorably. Rep Joseph W. Byrns. D. Tenn,, made a motion J which was adopted. 13 to 10, and , which caused ih<- comm It lee to suspend further action for the day. Member* differed a* to what Byrns’ motion accomplished. Since it wa* made verbally presumably i the version of chairman Andrew J. May will prevail when the commit- ,' (ODWTINItKn r»M PAGE PIVKI PLAN SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETS ———— County Convention On November 10-11; Town'hip Dates Set Date* of the county and town* ■hip Sunday School ton vent long ' have been announced by the Adams county council of religious I education. The county Sunday School convention will bo held on November ! 10 and 11 at Pleasant Mills. !>*• ' tails of tba convention will be announced later. i The following dates were agreed 1 upon for the various township coni vent Iona: September 29. Blue Creek; R>-p» ' tember 29. Preble Kirkland; Octo* ■ ber ti. Monroe; October 4. Jeffer- • son; October 13. St Mary's. Octo- > ber 20. Wabash, October 20 Unioni Root and November 3, Washington. The respective programs for l these events will also be announced at a later date.