Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1940 — Page 1

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- - Rotary leader C7' ■KKMB II 11. Kleluachmldt. of Gary. I governor of the 151th district of I Rotary International, will make hie official visit to the llecatur Rotary | < tub Thursday evening at the I weekly meeting at the Rice hotel BOARD STUDIES COUNTY BUDGET Adarnu County Council Begins Study Os Budget For 1941 The Adaasa «»uiy unuteU run vened this morning al the auditor's office In lhe court house and began the study of the 1841 budget following a Joint session with the board of commissioners The council will be In session Wednesday and possibly Thursday TMacussion of the estimates on a general basis occupied most of the time today Pruning of Items will get underway tomorrow Henry Dehner, president of the councilmanic board, staled. At the morning session the council approved the egtra appropriations which were advertised. The majority of the items were transfer of funds and appropriations necessary in the bookheeplng system In the auditor's office. These Included the H.M4U loss In closed banks, the county poor relief dlsliuedni' iit’ which were advanced to the townships amounting to ti&.MMi. and the IIP.INNI of highway appropriations which come from the gasoline funds. I Other items were for additional for election board rentals, surveyor’s deputy hire, special judges, circuit court and the welfare fund The commisaioners met with the council and discussed the appropria(CONTINI'BD ON PAGE FIVE) ESCAPEESKILL SHERIFF HUE 35 Or More Convicts Escape From Arkansas State l*riijon . Columbia. La. Sept. I—<UJB A posse of sheriff's deputies slid farmers resorted to bloodhounds and an airplane today to spot six escaped Arkansas convicts who shot their way out of an ambush near here and escaped after killing a deputy sheriff and threatening to hill two girl hos’agee. Chief criminal deputy sheriff A. A. Coates of Caldwell parish said the convicts were ambushed about two miles south of here at 11:11 a. m.. by Bve officers when they stopped to Bx a flat on their stolen automobile. Special deputy sheriff F. C. Gartman. a tl-year-old Chevrolet dealer in Columbia was killed In an exchange of shots snd the convicts with their hostages—two young girls snd a young man —escaped into the thick underbrush, abandoning their car. Coatee said the ofleers held their •re when they flrut saw the men. «Xk|tWtU«D OM FAMiIuU

CITY SCHOOLS SHOW INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT ■ — I Public And Catholic 1 1 School* Show (Jain Os I 30 Student* i Enrollment of students In lhe public and Catholic schools of the city of Decatur this morning show-i, nl an Increase of .10 over last year, i according to a first day survey, i The enrollment In the public schools today was St 2. according to figures released by Superintendent I 1 Walter J. Krick. Compared with • *!S on lhe opening day last year | thia Is an Increase of IT. i 1 The enrollment In the Catholic I achools, according to the report of I I Rev. Joseph J Selmeta this morn Ing. was 410 Thia la an Increase ‘ of 13 over last year's enrollment: of 3*7. Mr. Krick stated that his report I was only preliminary and It was I likely that the total would be I boosted liefore the end of the week I This year's seniors class at the I public high Is lhe largest In history 1 and the first dsy enrollment of I the class Is the first to be above I the 100 mark. There were 103 seniors enrolled today. The larger number Is credited mainly to the elimination of midyear promotions five years ago This Is the last of lhe classes which received the midyear students at that time. The major change created In the school system this year was the elimination of the South Ward building These students have been sent to the Lincoln school building and with one exception! the leaching staff absorbed there., Mlaa Eva Acker, veteran principal of the South Ward school, retired I this summer, The enrollment ot the various | grades at the schools follows: Lincoln School First grade. 63; second grade. 73; | third grade. 6»; fourth grade. MO; I fifth grade. <6, sixth grade, 76. total. 133. There are prospects of (CONTINUED OW PAOW >IVB» CHARLES OMLOR TAKEN If REATH Well Known Decatur Resident Dies Here Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Charles T. Omlor. 66 will be held Wednesday morning at » o'clock tCDTt at the Bt. Mary’s Catholic church, with Rev Joseph J. Kelmeti officiating. Mr. Omlor. a prominent Decatur resident and veteran retired employe of the Decatur Oenernl Electric plant, died Sunday afternoon at 13:23 o'clock at hla home on Adams street, following an extended illness He was forced to retire from his ) work about three years sgo be- | cause of illness He had been bed- , fast for about a year. Death was attributed to complications following carcinoma. The deceased was born In Decals January 31. 1376 He was a Spanish American War veteran and fraternally was affiliated with the Loyal Order of Moose, the B P. O. Elks and the Decatur Holy Name society. He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church. Surviving, besides the widow. Mary, are two sons, Jerome snd Charles. Jr., of Decatur: three daughters. Mrs. Ray Pool" °t c<> Inmbua. Wisconsin; Mrs Joyce Ellenberger and Mrs. Ralph Reed, both of this city. The body was returned to the residence from the Glllig A Doan funeral home Monday afternoon. It may be viewed there until time for the servlcea. Burial will be In the Decatur Catholic cemetery with military services being conducted at the grave. TBMFIRATURI RIADINGff OffMGSRAT THBRMOMffTBR 8:00 a. m. — *• 10:00 a. m. e3 Need — — ™ 3:00 p. —* 3:00 p. m. 82 WKATHCR Fair and slightly warmer tonlßht Wedneaday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 3, 1910.

Wehrk* Returns To | | France After Stay In German Prison Vichy. Sept. 3 —(VPI- Louis' Wehrle. Fort Wayne. Ind , and Albert Raymond. Chicago American volunteer ambulance corps member captured In France by the Ger-' mans, arrived yesterday from aI ’ German prison camp. Wehrle said they were held at a camp for officers 40 miles northwest of Dresden. He said he lost IB pounds in the camp. "The prisoners are badly fed." he said. "They get just enough to stay alive Ersatl coffee In the ' ’ morning with a spoon of jam. half a cup of soup and a few potatoes at noon, a slice of sausage and a teaspoon ot lard or margarine at night with a fifth of a loaf of broad." Wehrle. who gave his i evidence as Furt Wayne. Is a native of Berne. Hhe family having left Adams counity a numlier of years ago to reside lln Fort Wayne. Wehrle, prior to joining the ambulance corps, was proprietor of a hotel in Paris Hev feral members ot the family still reside in Fort Wayne. HUGE CROWD AT INDIANA FAIR 109,000 Attendance Seta 141 bor Day Record At State Fair Indianapolis. Sept 3. — (U.B — j More than 106.U0U Hoosiers jammed the Indiana state fairgrounds I yesterday to top last year's Labor Day attendance mark hy 16.0tw. Fair officials reported sellout I crowds at the hamesa races, horse shfws and stage shows, and capacity, thronga at livestock and other ' judgmgs and at al* exhiblta' ! throughout the exposition Lieut.-Gov. Henry F. Schricfcar. ’ boss of the fair saw need for Increased facilities at the fairgrounds when be declared that "so many exhibits are being entered that facilities in some departments of i the fair are no longer adequate." Decatur Winner Otto E. Hoile of Decatur captured the grand championship and the champion pen In the 4'bester White pure bred fat barrow class. Hoile also took the reserve grand championship for a single barrow. In a conference with members ot the state board of agriculture, gov- j erning body of the fair. Kchricker : claimed a new building should be , erected to be known as the Indiana atate building. In harness racing yesterday Spencer Scott, lUmblelonian champion, won the horseman futurity for three-year-old trotters In straight heats. He set a new stake record with a second heat time of 3 01H Big-time barttesa racing contlnuea today with a four-stake pro~(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVEI MRS. ECLY IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall’s Mother Dies In Fort Wayne Monday Night Mrs. Anna Egly. 76, mother of Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall of DeAttur died at 3:33 o'clock Monday evening at her home. 1118 West Jefferson street. Fort Wayne, after an extended Illness. Mrs. Egly was well known tn Decatur. having visited here many times with he: daughter. She waa a member of the First Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne. Surviving are the husband, Christian G. Egly; two daughters, Mrs. Guy C. Latchew of Chicago snd Mrs Tyndall of Decatur; one son. Henry D. Egly of Willoughby, O.; two slaters. Mrs. Catherine Gehrig and Mrs. Lydia Souder of Allen county, and six granddaughters The body waa removed to the Chalfant, Perry A Pook funeral home, and may be viewed until time of the funeral services. Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the funeral home, and at 2 30 o'clock at the Berne Mennonlte “ IwNflNuitb ON PAGE nv«)

UENEVAMANIS WRECKVICTIM THIS MORNING Wallace Schoonover Ik Killed In Auto Crafth At Portland Wallace "Shorty" Schoonover. 63. of Geneva, was Instantly killed at 3:BO o'clock this morning tCDTi when two cars crashed In downtown Portland. The accident occurred at the Intersection of Meridian and Votaw streets, which la also the junction Os federal road 27 and atate road 67. Schoonover waa riding In an auto driven by Rex McManus of , Ceylon. The other car waa driven by Everett Ritter. Portland, route five. Ritter told Portland police who Inveatlgated that he waa driving eaat at the time of the crash He charged, according to authorities, that the McManus auto, enroute south, bore down on him at a terrific rate of speed and ran through a red light. Schoonover waa thrown through the right window of the car. He died instantly of a skull tractate Hla right arm was nearly torn nff. 1 McManus, who suffered a laceration on the top of his head and on hla right eye, waa discharged from the Portland hospital thia morning He was not held by authorities and lute today no charges had been filed against him Other youths riding In the Ritter car escaped with minor cuts and bruises. They were. Leo. Ray and Edith Smith, all of Portland route | five, and Cecil Eatus of Portland Schoonover resided with hla mother. Mrs. Ella Schoonover at Geneva. He waa unmarried Five brothers and four sisters, including Mrs. Minnie Pottleger of Portland also survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning a: 10 o'clock tCDTt at the home In Geneva, with Rev C. M Fawns officiating, and burial will be In the Westlawn (CONTINUED ON PAGff F1V«» DENY PARALYSIS CASES IN CITT City Health Officer Denies Report* Spread In Decatur Dr. R. E Daniel, secretary of i the city board of health, today i Issued another statement regarding ; the epidemic of Infantile paralysis ■ prevalent In other communities Despite the fact that the dreaded disease has struck In practically all neighboring communities no case has been reported here, the i doctor asserted This latter statement was made i In denial to another rumor in the city Hunday and Monday that a child In the west section of the city bad been stricken. The city health officer staled that no report of j such case had been made to him He urged local residenta not to I become frightened because the ■ disease is prevalent in other communities. He did. however urge that no parent send? a child to school if be or she is ill. A physician should be summoned in event any child becomes 111 Any family aware of any child in the nehrhtxirhieMl showing symptoms of having the disease should report the tact to the besHb board Im mediately. Making speh a report should be considered lhe duty of every cltlsen. These statements were made hy Dr Daniel In urging precautionary measures against the occurrence of an epidemic here. He stated that without any cases reported here and without any concrete evidence of even a possibility that a local child might become afflicted, he could see no reasofi why the school opening should be delayed The rumor circulated here over the holiday even asserted that the school opening was to be delayed. o Holy Name Society Will Meet Tonight Members of the Decatur Holy Name society are to meet this evening at 8 o'clock at the K of C. hail, from where they will go to the home of the late Charles Omlor to recite the rosary

United States To Give Britain 50 Destroyers In Exchange For Much-Needed Naval, Air Bases

LEGION HOME IS DEDICATED ON LABOR DAY New Home Os Adam* Pont Number 43 I* Formally Dedicated Formal dedication of the new | 320.000 home of Adams Post numb- 1 er 43. American Legion featured | Decatur's celebration of the Mlior | IMy holiday Monday. The new home was formally dcdl* rated with impressive ceremonies Monday afternoon, with Perry j Faulkner, of Montpelier. Ohio, a , former commander of the Indiana department of the American Legion. delivering the dedicatory ad dress The dedication program opened at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with a parade, led by the la-xion and auxiliary color guards and the Decatur combined school band, directed by Albert Hellemryer. Included in the line of march were legionnaires from Kturgls. Mich., whose commander Is Orville Bmitley. former Adams county resident V. J. Bormann. Immediate past | fourth district commander, was I master ot ceremonies for the dedi calory services, held on a platform In front of the la-gion home. Inclnded among those who spoke briefly ware Vincent Kelly, Decatur city attorney; Adrian Baker, commander of Adams post; Ed Bauer, | Immediate past commander of the local P<>»t; Mrs. Adrian Baker, past I president of the auxiliary; Mrs., Ed Bauer, auxiliary president; J. Henry Faurote, chairman ot the new building committee; Dean He< htol, of Garrett, fourth district commander; James Ahern, of Indianapolis. state membership chairman; John A. Watkins, of Bloomfield, state commander. Rev. 11. J. Jordan, of Garrett, fourth district adjutant, delivered the Invocation and benediction. Faulkner, in the dedicatory address. praised the officers and members of Adams post and the auxiliary, for the splendid home which they haw ere< ted. The former state commander streaaed the need of solidarity of action of the American Legion, in . cooperation with other civic and fraternal organlxationa. In maintaining the freedom of the dtlxens of the United States, and to assist In defending the rights of the nation Legion officials and civic leaders ~(CONTtNiiIBD - ™* FAG« FlVffl ROTARY LEADER HEREIHURSDAY H. H. Kleinschmidt, District Governor, To Visit Ixjcal Club H. H Kleinschmidt, who Is engaged In the office equipment business and la a member of the Rotary club of Gary, will attend the meeting of the Rotary club of Decatur. Thursday. In hla official capacity ot governor of thia Rotary district. He will meet with President Pete Reynolds and Secretary James Murphy. Jr., and the other officers and members of the Rotary club of Decatur to consult with them and advise them on matters relat Ing to club administration and Rotary service activities. Mr. Kleinschmidt was elected to the office of district governor at the 1940 Rotary convention which was held in Havana. Cuba during June, and will continue to serve until the I*4l convention In Denver. The 5.000 Rotary clubs ot more than 60 countries of the world are grouped Into 149 districts. The 154th district, of which the Rotary club of Decatur la a part, consists of 26 eluba located In ettiea of triMana, and haa a membership ot approximately 1.132 Rotarians.

Heads Pastors Bi Rev. G T Rosnrlot. pastor of the First United Brethren church, was elected president of the Decatur mHilsterlal association at the annual organisation meeting of lhe association this morning REV. ROSSELOT HEADS PASTORS First United Brethren Pastor Heads Ministerial Group Rev. G. T. Rosselot, pastor ot lbw | First United Brethren church, was I elected president of the Decatur ministerial association, at the an'itual meeting held this morning at 'the First State bank. | Rev. Rosselot succeeds Rev. George 8. Losler. pastor ot the First Evangelical church, as president of the organisation. Other officers elected are: Rev. 'lartler. vice president; Rev. Carey Moser of the First Baptist church, secretary-tn'asurer. The association endorsed the national day of prayer declared by President Roosevelt for Munday, churches to participate in the ole aervance. Reports concerning the attendance at the two months of union services held every Sunday evening were given at the meeting. Several of the pastors reported on the attendance of the dally vacation Bible I school which was conducted this year. The new president and officers will formulate the program for the fall and winter months and meetings of the association will Ire held every month. -■-0 — — Arm Fractured In Fall Sunday Danny Kltson.- son of Mr, and! Mrs. Tom Kltaon. of Fourth street.! Is recovering from a fractured left arm, sustained Sunday afternoon when he fell from a tree He was taken to tile Adams county memorial hospital, where the fracture waa set. o Rebuilding Work I* Progressing Rapidly Rebuilding on Nultman avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth streets thin tnornitig made that section appear one of the busiest in town. Basements for two new , homes on the south side, being built , by Phil Sauer, were started. An old , barn on the same side is being , torn down. In addition, work on lhe , home of Mrs. and Mrs. Don Stump on the north side Is progressing I rapidly. ’ Additional I .oca I New* On Page Five I Additional news of inter- ' est to local readers will be found on page five of today's Daily Democrat. With the Labor Day holiday contributing to an unusually , large amount of news, much ! of the “spot” news of local f interest is concent rated on page five.

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President Roosevelt Tells Congress Os Step Taken To Bolster Defenses Os United States. 99-YEAR LEASES Waabrnfton. Sept 3— Conareaaional circlaa today haard a report that IB of tho 50 dootroyoro traded to Britain had nailed from Hampton Roads. Vicßinia. for an undiacloned port on Saturday niflht. Thia waa not confirmed. Secretary of state Cordell Hull said today tho British within »few days would take possession of the first of the 50 U 8. destroyers traded to thorn. Washington. Kept 3 — <U.R> — President Roooevelt today advised congress that the United States Is giving Great Britain s(t destroyers In exchange for naval and air bases. The U 8 acquired lease Io naval and air bases in Newfoundland, the Island of Bermuda, th- Bahamas. Jamaica. 8t Lucia. Trlnadad and Antigua In the Atlantic; and In British Guiana In Routh America. The right to the (mses In NewI foundland and In Bermuda, the ' president's message said, were I given generously by Britain and gladly received. Th>- other bases I were acquired for the exchange of 50 U 8. overage navy destroyers. I The president's rweaaage was to I advise the congresa of the arrange- , moots made, which require no rath ' flcatlon by congress The message said the action waa “not inconsistent In any sense with our status of peace. Still leas Is it a threat against any nation. It la an e|x>chal and far reaching act of preparation for continental defense in the face of grave danger "Preparation for defense la an Inalienable prerogative of a sovereign atate. Under present circumstances thia exercise of sovereign right is essential to the inahiteiiance of ottr peace and safety. Thia la the moat Important action In the re-enforcement of our national defense that haa been taken since the Louisiana purchase" Attorney general Robert H Jackson deiievered an opinion to the White House upholding the legality of the trade and finding that senate ratification ot the agreement la unnecessary. Jackson's opinion advised the president: A. "That lhe proposed arrangement may be concluded as an executive agreement effective without awaiting ratification H. "That there is presidential ICGNTINUKK ON PAGE FIVEI NATION'S DEATH TOLL NEAR 400 Airliner Cra*h Claims 25 Uvea; State Toll Is At (.east 12 By United Press Violence claimed almost 1"'» Ilves during the Labor Ihty Weekend Highway accidents alone caused at leaat 2ul Ilves. Fifty morn drowned. Twenty-three committed suicide and 94 died In miscellaneous accidents which Included the crash of an airline plane, violent storms and freak mishaps. Roads throughout the nation were reported jammed yesterday when clearing skies and cooler weather prompted many who ordinarily would spend the holiday at beaches to travel instead California reported 25 dead on the highways; Illinois 23; New York State 17 and Michigan 16. The crash of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane uear Lovettsville. Va.. Baturday caused 25 deaths, more than In any other accident during the threeday holiday. Among those killed In the plane {•rash was Sen Ernest Lundeen of (toNTiNuru un paqb rivsT”