Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1940 — Page 1

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JAPAN SIGNS WITH GERMANY. ITALY

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Robert L Forman Mystery sin rounds th*- slaying of Hohert I. Foreman. I'ye.it ..id I'nhersity of Pennsylvania student found -hot tn death in hi- aulom.e bile near Riaht-ster, N V Fore man had la-rn lieaten liefoie he was slain

GARNER SEEKS EARLY RECESS Adjournment Hope Fade*; Agreement h Sought For Rece** Washington Hept 27 UP> VI ve-President John Nano Garner helped administration leaders work on Republicans and Itemucrats today lor an agreement to recess congress until mid November • Adjournment appears to hr out of the question," said senate De true | erotic leader All»-n W Barkley the end of neat week We then "We ought to finish our work by ho|w to recess until Norember II or November I* Garner, who returned from his Cvalde Texas. home yesterday, told senators of Itoth parties that they ought to go home The longer congress stays here the more mon ey It will spend and the more pow er It will grant to President Housevelt. he said. Blit the real obetach- to adjournment or recess |s tn the house where Republicans and Democrats insist on a continuous session for the duration of the wat Hpeaker Ham Rayhum was re.CONTI'VI'Kn Oh PAGE 1 HHKEI HolthouM Auto I* Recovered Today An auto, owned by Arthur It Dollhouse, stolen here Wednesday night, was recovered today at Fort Wayne and returned to Its owner Two physicians kits, thrown from a Fort Wayne car. which the esmr thieves are believed to have stolen at Fort Wayne were recovered south of the city on federal road .27 The Fort Wayne car, abandoned •here near the Dollhouse home, was returned to Ila owner. Di Mlles F Porter. Fort Wayne ARM WIN DECATUR TODAY Recruiting Unit Os U. S. Army Makes Short Visit Here Decattirltes received a first-band demonstration of the use of lighter army weapons this morning In a visit of the llth U. S infantry Members of the recruiting party demonstrated various guns. Includ Inga trench mortar, machine gun and others to Interested persons. The 2«-piece band which accompanied the recruiting party, presented a musical program during I the hour visit In the city While here they were stationed on Liberty Way. The expected iwo-hour visit of the unit was cut short and the , outfit was here only from until ;11 o'clock. School students and other persons eipectlng to Inspect the equipment snd hear the band from I! until 12 o'clock were given a disappointment Additional scheduled stops forced the unit to leave earlier than was expected, Il was slated.

46 SUWIVORS FROM6EFWEE I SHIP RESCUED !♦» Mourned For Week Am Head Are Returned To j British Port ! A British Port. Sept. 2? 'U» • Thirty-nine men one woman and I >is chlldten. mourned a, dead all I week returned alive today from, I retiigee ship City of Benares. Whlrh was torpedoed without warning in , ' Atlantic during a atory on the night of Sept IT They had spent eight days and nights in an o|ien lifeboat, subsist- | Ing <m Irmi rations. < ramped for . spa.e without hope of rescue. But a lltitlsh long range patrol flying boat found them Cott miles at <eu Their f<md and water were ' gone and they were so starved and ■ old not one . mild stand on hl> feet when the dot on the far hor igon. first sighted by IJ-yearadd Kenneth Sparks, signaled approac h mg rest ue Then the boy said, they all started praying ' Please God. make the plane bring us help When they came ashore this morning ?'• iars.ars of the City of Benares < raw had to be c arried on stretchers Their feet were frog en The children's Impressions r ent- , ered mostly on the food or la< h of It Kenneth reckoned the days 1 by the cardlnes. ship s Mm nits and quarter glasses of water dispensed ’ on the first sis days, supplemented by a few swallows of canned milk whlrh "ihirkened our saliva and made us thirstier." and the last two days by the few drops of juice ' from a tin of peaches rationed as t 1 , ter th*- water was gone The only woman in the little boat . was Mary Cornish 21. a tear her who spent moat of the time massag tng the c hildren s limbs making up evert ises for them to counterac t the .ramping and cold, leading I ~iccrSTlNCKfr OX P*<»K I IVKi CLUB OBSERVES SERVICE WEEK Vocational Service Subject Os Rotary Club Meeting Thursday llotary International vocational | iservice week was observed at the weekly meeting of the Oe. atur Rte tary club Thutsday evening at the Rice hotel. George W Auer, chairman of the youth service committee, which Is < in charge of vocational service, pre- • aenled an Interesting discussion of the subject. The meaning of voc-at'oiial service." the speaker said, "is to encourage and foster high elhi* al standards in business and profession. It Is the recognition of the worthiness of all useful orcuimtioos . and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his occupation, as an opportunity to sgrve society '■ I Continuing. Mr Auer said, "the classification system of member-, ship In Rotary reveals th • primary < interest In vocational service | Through this system Rotary has a representative in every trade and profession In the community Its members are in the position of ambassadors of Rotary to their respective crafts It Is expected that Rotarians as individuals will attempt to advance Rotary principles of vocational service among others 1 11 in those crafts ■ ' Aside from Its Importance In Rotary. vocational service is closely related to business prosperity and public welfare If Rotary's principles of vocational service could be brought Into universal operation. I there is every reason to believe ' that a genuine and lasting business prosperity could Im* achieved." Pete Reynolds, club president, conducted the meeting. 0 Annual ( hrwtmas Seal Sale Planned W Guy Brown, principal of the Dacatur high school and president jof the Adams county tuberculosis association, represented the local group at a meeting in Fort Wayne Thursday Io discuss the rbrlstmas Seal sale. The meeting was held at the Anthony Hotel.

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It. v Roger Malsbitry from th<Fort Wayne Itible institute will conduct services .it 147, 4 in and .* IS p tn Munday at lhe Nwtiman 1,1,1 - I I’. <hu- h 11, will lie accompanied by a girls trio from the Institute who will present sfrei lai inilsl.

CHURCH MARKS ITS ROTH YEAR Zinn Evangelical And Reformed Church To Hold Anniversary Th>- Week of Ol tolu-t 13 to JO has been designated for the celebration of the vtth anniversary o' the Zion Evangelical and Reformed < hurt h of this city, according to announcement made by Rev c M I'rugh pastor of the church Considerable prepar at iont are being made so 'he ole •ervance. beginning on Munday. October 13. whl- •» will he known as anniversary Munday The mm h anniversary of the local •church coincides with the denom(nation wide- observance of the 215th anniversary of the founding of the Reformed church in the I’nited State. Emphasis upon this historical event will be included in program for th' 13 The guest -peaker for the day will be Rev Edward H Bromer. D It who until [recently was professor of homile-|tl<-s in the Seminary <>f th< Reformed church at latncasler. Pa Hr. | Bromer has been a frequent visitor in the home of hl« son. Henry E Bromer. superintendent o' the DeIcatur Tasting t'o of this city Sunday (S tober 2". will Ih- the 'anniversary communion service. at whir h time an effort will be made Ito secure the participation of every, < ommunii ant msmls-r of the church in the Macrament of the land s Hup-.<-<>vTiurKi> <»« Fail* nvMi — — o — — — Reports Sale Os Former Tile Mill The sale of the plant, east of Tocsin, formerly operated an a tile mill was announced today by Amos Byrd The mill wan purchased by the Tim sfn l.uniie-i A Grain Co. which will use It as a grinding plant Mr Byrd will become a I field repiesnetative of the Krick- | Tyndall tile company CHAPEL PERIDO HEED AT SCHOOL Interesting Program Ih Presented At High School Today A novel and entertaining program was presented at the Decatur junior-senior high school this morning by the Apolio entertainers. The presentation was given by Gloviannl Mp«-rand<-o and his wife Elsie. Hperandeo. a native Sicilian, lost his left arm and his right hand In a train wreck when but a youth. In a short talk he told of overcoming these phsylcal handicaps, mainly through the aid ot his own Invention a mechanical right hand He demonstrated his degterlty with the instrument In ordinary and complicated uses of the right hand. Ills musical presentation included songs in Italian and American Mr*. Sperandeo. an accomplished pianist, accompanied him and presented several piano numbers. They were introduced by Principal W Guy Brown Students and teachers of the Decatur Catholic schools and a number of the city's music lovers were also present.

MERZ NAMEDTO DRAFT SERVICE InduatrialiMt Will See Ser* viee Am l.iason Officer In State Indianapolis, Kept 27 uP> Charles C Merg, president of th. Mera Kngltteeiing Corp an army l air corps officer, and assistant , general manager of the Indlanapo Ila speedway, will lie named Haaon I officer between stale selective sei Vice headriuarteis and the assistant 1 tecretary of war It was understood I t<iday He will be appointed by Gov *1 , Clifford Townsend after he Is ordered Into a< five military service 1 by the war department Merg is a lleiiieitanl cidonel in lhe reserve Ilia position will lie similar to that of Major Warren K Cleve land, called for active service yes terday lb>th will assist Imai boards and appeal boards as well as act as Haaon officer Meanwhile construction work was -(reeded to prepare Fort llr-n jamln Harrison as a reception <en-; ter for those first called into sei ' vic Contracts were a»ked for 2<* barracks and buildings for recruit I Ing. .idininlstratlon and e*< hanger as well as for other < amp ne< essl ties Bids on the new const rue 11 Mt are to be opened Thursday Lieut Col Lewis II Hershey head of the punt army arid navy selective service committee, an nounced trsLy that conscientious objectors ran note their scruples on registration cards Oct. IS with out invalidating the registration It was explained that many .on sc ientious objectors had asked for a methcal to express their olrjer irons on that day Herschey s decision will permit them so add this Information, although the car'd originally did not provide for this; information An eight page cpiestiotinulre to be i sc-ht out after registration will, give olcjectors further opportun ' << <>\TlXt'Ef» nx PAC4M FIVI.J NCC W MEETING HEEDTHORSDAT Decatur W’omen Attend N’CCW Meeting At Fort Wayne Thursday A delegation from lu-catur rerun-; ell attended the meeting of the XCCW held Thursday at Fort Wayne Mrs J C Cunningham, deanery president of th*- national council of Catholic women, presided at the i meeting The speakers ln< hided C. Haye, Fort Wayne attorney Most Rev Hishop Noll Mrs J W Kaiif er. South Bend, diocesan < hairman of study clubs: Mrs. C M Gass Fort Wayne deanery study dub chairman. "Every Catholic woman In a study dub" is to be lhe goal of the councils. Rev J J Hennes, as deanery' moderator, opened the meeting > with prayer The- singing of "God | Bless America" closed the event Those who attended from here II were: Mrs Charles Lose Mrs Her man Gllllg. Mrs Bernard Terveer. Mrs Herman Ehlnger Mrs, Clay t son Carroll. Mrs Will Keller. Mrs Leona Downs. Mrs, J II Brunton, and the Misses Grece Coffee Edith and Ethel Ervin. ° Don’t Foncet! Move (’lock Back Hour At Midnight Saturday I I A——————— ———I Sleepyheads attention' Sunday morning you ran sleep an extra i hour At promptly midnight Saturday. the city of Decatur, and a num- • Iber of other cities and communities, ' will return to a standard time • schedule after operating on fast • time for the summer months i At midnight Saturday the docks ■ will bo turned back to II o'clock and everyone will get back that ■ hoar they lost last May when the . clocks were turned up. I The change Is expected to be felt ■lbat little here, with darkness falling an hour sooner by the clocks ■ | No change in bus schedules has I been reported here as yet Business -bouses may adjust their hours >,somewhat l*ut n i» not - be a drastic diauffe.

Three Nations Pledge Support In Event Os Conflict; Aimed At U.S.-British Cooperation

f MuMKolini’M Newspaper Mouthpiece Warn* I’. . S. Stay Out; Pact Is No Surprise In Washington NO COMMENT Washington. Sept 27—(UFl — Indications developed today that the U. S answer to the new fferlin-Rome-Tokyo military alliance may take the form of increased aid to Britain Rome. Kept 27 Virginlo Gayda warned in the new>|i:iprt Giornale di Italia today tbit the I'nlted States would be attacked from two iontlnen's and on land and sea if she intervened in war on th*- side of Great Britain The warning wa* the first authoritative Italian lomment on the new German Italian Japan*--*- alllani *- signed a* Berlin Responslbl*- quarters, taking the same line, -aid that the Berlin pact was a warning to th*- I nited States not to Interfere in either 1 the European or th*- ChineseJapanese wars They said It was an invitation to all nations to col laborate with Germany. Italy and Japan regardlews of then position in the present ronflicts Gayda -aid that nenceforth the; axis forces would Ire strengthened liy the Japanese navy whit!,, he said, rank- thlid in th*- world lb stressed also the Importance of the I Japanese air fort e Gayda seal that the I S inter I vention would result in the loss of i all fHwsessions on the American continent and throughout the world held by the I nited Htat- - No Comment Washington. Kept 27 ‘U-R> Immediate unoffli lai reaction today to the n*-w German Italian-Japan- *-•• alliance was that th*- pact • formalizes what was considered ■ here to be a ta< I for more than ' CONriNttKD <»M PAGE TIIHEkt • o Divorce Granted To Heddy Lamar Hollywood, Sept. 27 il l’> H--d |dy leimar. burnette movi*- »ta <>l>tamed a divorce today from Gen*'Markey writer and produier. after {testifying that during 14 months of. marriage. Markey spent ctily four ievenings alone with her at home .Markey did hot contest or even -answer his wife's chance of cruelty. —— — o District Lions Meet Postponed Th*- district meeting of the Lions 'clubs, whiih was to have been | held In Monroeville tonight has been poatjroned !<••<ause a rase of ' Infantile paralysis was reported i there, John M Doan, local club pub-Ib-lty direr tor .ititiouie •-d tOfMty SUIT IS FILED AFTER ACCIDENT $l5O Damage Suit Is Filed For Loss Sustained In Wreck i A property damage suit as result of an auto accident in June was filled today in Adams circuit court. | The suit was filed by the Emmco Insurance company. Incorporated and Charles Limhert It names lauiis Bucher of this city a* defendant. The suit charges that the defendant was weaving his car from let* to right In a cureless, negligent and unlawful manner: sudtbrniy swerved to th** left side of the road and brought alurut the collision The plaintiffs car was enroute south and lhe defendant's north, according to the complaint The accident happened at I a m on June 30. on federal *-oad 27. two miles north of Decatur The complaint charges thal the car of the plaintiff was damaged to the extent of tlO&lt. The suit demand is |l&0. Il Robert McDonald, of Fort Wayne I plaintiffs attorney.

, At Centennial

Rev Brainerd N Covert D D. former minister of lhe local Preslyterian < hutch ha- been itivit--*! tn deliver the centennial sermon at th*- church Hunday Ot toiler 2« Dr , Covert was jw-’or here from 1*32 ito t*2." and a' present i« pastor of th. Heeond Pre.byter lab i hurch at Freeport. 11l He will speak at th.- morning service, at which time will also '*e read the history of | the churi h written by th. late Clark J Lutz who wa- .-ide! of 'he iinirih for many years

FARM INCOME BOOST CITED Schricker Points To Income Increase Os In diana Farmer* ißy Vniled Pre.st The nation’s farm income during ’ the past four y«-ai» of the Roosevelt administration was approximately |1 <Hto.Ooo.uOO high-' than : during the four years of the Hoover administration. Lieut -Governor [Henry F Hchritker. Democratic I I andldate for governor, last night | told a Perry county aUdiem • at I Tell City He salil that farm income in Indiana In P'3't »-<« approximately lino ihhi 000 more than in 1032, when the Republicans were in I power. The Democratic party i- proml 1 of the legislative support it has brought to this vital industry tagriI ettlturet in recent years, he said, i I'nder our sympatheth- program i the Income of Indiana farmers has [ been more than doubled hi* taxes [ have been materially red med and 1 he ha* been able to finance his business under the most favorable terms ami interest charges in the i nation’s history " Anderson Ket< hum. Democratic nominee tor Lieut -Governor, answered Republican charges that the Democratic regime was one'of the most costly in history l»-f< a Warsaw rally. He Challenged the statements nf Republican speakers and charged them with distorting the fact* concerning lampaign Issues and with ((VIWTINI'KIt <>W MAIUff e-IVItl o— Red ( ros* Chapter Will Meet Monday Wal Wemhoff chairman of the Adam, county Red Cross, today announced (hat there will be a meeting of the chapter Monday evening at 7 o'< lock at the Winne* shoe store Gus G Meyer, general field represenative. will attend the meeting (» Alvin Thatcher Is Bitten By Bog Alvin Thatcher. 13. son of Mr. and Mrs Delbert Thatcher, of near Willshire. Ohio Is being given treatment for tables after being attacked by a stray dog. The lad was visiting with Mrs Joseph Banning neat St Mary's. Ohio when the incident occurred He was riding a bicycle when the dog attacked him The animal was destroyed and its head sent to Columbus, Ohio foi a hydrophobia lesL

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World’* Mort Powerful Militari-stir Nations Siitn Pact Effective For 10 Years. HITLER PRESENT l; .-.p' 27 tuff. <- t>»..i.y # ‘japan and Italy pledged tbenw selves io support each otbet wlih I "all *•• oiiomi* political and military for* es" If any one becomua *-ngagL >-d in lonflict with a nation not at present engaged in the far eastern and European wars" Th*- I nited States and Russia L ar. th.- only great powers not »-n* , gaged in either war The three signed a formal nV I i Hance. It took two minutes to sign tho • pact which, binding th*- slgnatot* ; lessor 10 years, links the threw moat militaristic powers of modern 1 times, with populations totaling I 325 IHMUNMI It h aimed primarily ;igaln«t I nited State- and British cooper* at ion interfering wi’h the polldea and ambitions of the slgnatoriea. Further, it Is open to all coutl» tries with the implication that I these countries Would It* (.ermltted I to share in the spoils If Germany l and Italy won their war agalnnst Britain and Ja|>an defeated China ' and fulfilled its ambitions in Indo* China and the Itutch East Indies. In connection with futuie adh*i» I ence of other nation- to the pact, 'there w.i- wlde-pread -peculation ,on the position of Spain The Ilonin and Berlin newspapers had insisted . that Spain was ready to Join tho axis drive against Grra* Britain and it had been expected mat tlig Spanish government would lie a party io the pai t. • Delay in adherence of Spain -***-med on the surface to follow tha patten of Italy * maneuvers early in lb. war. when the fast Ist governi m.-nt gave indirect aid io Germany and waited for tin- most favorably moment to enter th* wai chiefly !.|ii. to tin- fait that Italy was vul* . , . . I-.. -1 F'-.in- >-. • I . r. i.n.i. ind .nf i I i Th.- put w.is signed ill Adult ,| Hitler’s chancellery at 1 I'l P m. , if. 13 a m CSTi Joachim Vmi Ribbentrop, G*-t* man foreign minister. Count Gab 1 e.ixgo Ciano. Italian foreign mliiist- . .. and Sabnro Kiirusu. Japane»o ambassador were th., signatories. Before the slgnaiuri- Ribbentrop I announced This is an Important occasion. Germany Italy and Japan have decided to enter a solemn pact They have agreed to support the new order in the Far East and Euro|i« I in order to fostei pear,- and prosperlty." Then in the ambassador*' room of the chancellery, the pact wua sigin-d Adolf Hitler entered tho ixi'En ov t**oir s-ivEi Willis IASRES UNAMERICANISM GOP Nominee For Indiana Senator Assails Inamericanism f 'Mi By I'nlted Preafl Haymond E Willis of Republican candidate for C H «* i« alor. lasi night attacked un Ami r» 1 k-anlatn before a rally of the ien:|| congressional district ai Knigh * town, asserting thal there Is "nd place In America for those » .<» support and sponsor un-Atnerlcaff * organizations or activities 1 "If they don't like this goverd* ment they should be sent back to ’ lhe countries from which thejj cam** or deported 10 some govei > ment that suits them better," ltd said Willis decried efforts of the ned[ deal lo "becloud the domestiff issues by crying war " "Oui fit t duty I to oil! own people .mo 0 solve the problems that are c >l> I trlhiitlng to their suffering at d Interfering with their progress at d ItoMliibMl UM £dMM UVUiT