Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1940 — Page 1

IRITISH STRIKE AT NAZI FUEL SUPPLY

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I virion f 'haplain 9MHK J ■P kir iSJ Brigadier William 0. Q.lka lliluadler William <1 <;ilk«. Nalvailon Army Iradei of Ikillaa. T.-saa. la the new tialkMi.il ihapUin of the tinerhan Makrn 11-- «.,. ...j.. ?. ,| al the l,eeloli > onvelllloll 111 HoatfMl INDIANA DEATH TOLL IS ELEVEN Automobile Accident* Take Heavy Toll In State Over Weekend •Ry t’ntfed Preset Eleven persona lost their Ilves In automobile arrldenls <nt Indiana hlrhtray. during the week-end Sis were killed Rattir.lav and the remaining Bve died In accidents Banday The dead are: Francis K»bin*on. 2«. Brookston. Charles Taylor J7, Chicago. Arthur Bowers. 35. Fort Wayne. Lunsford Willlanth <2, Anderson. William Whitlock. 27. Cayuga. George Errett Jr . 21. Frankfort Floyd H Oire. 2». Akron. O Henry E Eachell. C 5. Valparaiso Eugene laimbert, 27. Dayton. O. Earl Smith. Negro. Indianapolis Ralph Ringo. 34. Terre Haute Robinson, a student at Purdue university, was killed in a crash near Mfayette Five other students were Injured in the accident Taylor and flowers were killed when their trucks crashed near Nappanee and hurst Into flame. Both men were burned to death. Williams was killed whn the rar in which he was riding, struck a tree after hltt’ng another car. Whitlock was burned to death when bls automobile collided with a train at a crossing near Vnion Corner. Errett and Dice were killed when the car in whic h they were riding struck a utility pole near Meehan icsburg early Bunday morning According to eye witnesses Eschell waa killed Bunday when he walked In front of a fast train at "TcoNTINI’ED on PAOE FOVRf ISLE REFUSES BRITISH ORDER Ultimatum Is Given To French Isle Os Madagascar Vichy. France. Sept 20 - <UR>The Brltlah government has Issued an ultimatum to the French oflciala on the Inland ot Madagascar, de mandlng that they cease <d>eying the driers of the Vichy government. threatening, as the alternative. to Isolate tbe Island (Mdagascar la 240 miles off the southeast coast of Africa It has a population of ».7»7.»Jd persons. 25. MS of whom are Europeans It It an important foo dsupply source, producing cattle, rice, sugar cane, coffee, matte, vanilla, tobacco, beans and cloves, and also graphite. mica, and other minerals J The ultimatum promised to improve Madagaacar s isolated post tlon as soon aa the local administration agrees to cooperate with Britain Leon Cay la. the governor general, told the Vichy government: “I treated this monstrous ultimatum with proluuadest disdain.”

ITALY ASSERTS AID TO BRITAIN AN ACT OF WAR Authoritative Newspaper AmmilN U. S. Aid To Britain | Rome. Bept 30—ft’PI- The most 1 widely circulated newspaper In Italy. the authoritative Corriere Hells Bera of Milan, today charged I that I’nited States aid to Great I Itrltain constituted "an act of war.** I The newspaper charged that President Roosevelt was employing ’hyproi ritlcal tactics In an effort Ito win a third term la the White I House and that bls promises to 'keep the H. out of war were "pure electoral tastics.** The attack coincided with the return here of Count Galeazgeo Cla- ' no. foreign minister, from Berlin. Where he signed the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo military alliance. The newspaper centered Its fire lon the deal whereby the t*. S gave Britain 5o overage destroyers In return for western hemisphere buses, and proposals to provide England with flying fortress flying planes i tThe flying fortresses are long range liombing planes which easily could carry out bombing assign- ■ ments in Italy from either British or Egyptian bases ) “Now It la announced." said tbe newspaper, "that the V. B. will ; give half Its flying fortresses to I Britain Again the dealer Isn't a private cltlgen but tbe state. These acta are more than merely supplying other countries with one's own goods these are acts of war." —- - --a — Probe Man’ll Death At KuMMian Farm Colony Valparaiso. Ind. Sept. 30 H'P) J—Porter county authorities and {state police today Investigated tbe death ot Hemion Radikewicb. 44-year-old member of the Russian farm colony at Ogden Dunes, near Chesterton. Ind Radihewich was found in tbe up stairs of a home he occupied with three comapnions. A shot gun was fouiid by bls aide. ONLY ONE WEEK TO REGISTER Monday. October 7, Final Day For Voters To Register The personnel of the county clerk's office today prepared for the customary last minute rush in registration for the November eleci tlon Only one more full week remains for unqualified .voters to register for the election. Neat Monday. October 7. is tbe last day. Although the registrations have been steadily coming into tbe clerk's office. Clyde (». Troutner. county clerk, reported that hundreds have failed io qualify. Thus, the customary last week rush Is an- . tlclpated. Persons who will lie 21 years of age before tbe election date. Tuesday. November 5. will VOt» for *be first time must register. Women who have changed their name by marriage, and persons who have moved from one precinct to another, into the county or state are others. Clerk Troutner urged all voters who egpected to register to call at tbe office aa soon as possible and avoid the crowds eipected the last (OOWTINL'BD <>M PAOB BIJU County Offices Are Cloned For Reports All offices In the county court house were closed al noon today to permit the officials to compile their quarterly reporta The offices will be reopened as usual Tuesday morning. I < Men’s Chorus Will Sing Here Tonight The Kirkland townablp mena chorus will present special music at the evangelistic meeting at the Church of tbe .Naiarene In this Idly tonight at 7:M o'clock. The public la invited to attend.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September .30, 1010.

Huntington Persons injured In Accident Four Huntington persons suffer- ' ed painful but not serious injuries I Sunday morning when s tire blew nut. ditching and overturning their . auto near Magley on federal highway 224. Those Injured were Gerald L. Dye. 22. head bruises; his I wife, 33. bruised right hip; R B I Dye. 51. bach Injury; and Ins wife. | (I. bruised ankle All were given medical treatment and taken to >hdr homes in lluattagttm. SEN. MINTON TD OPEN CAMPAIGN Opens At Sullivan Wednesday ; Schricker Praises Record Indianapolis. Hept 30 — UB Cnlted Blates Senator Sherman Minton will opeip bis campaign for re-election at a mass meeting at Biilllvan nest Wednesday night, according to James Penman, director of the speakers bureau of the Democratic state committee Minton Is scheduled to speak al the coliseum at Richmond on Thursday, the Peru high school gymnasium on Friday and at the North Vernon high school gymnasium on Saturday nlghl Branding Wendell L Wlllkle a "mugwump" in a statement sent from Washington today. Minton declared that "there have been many times when certain candidates for the presidency have had Wall street backing, but this was . the first time a Wall street man ever walked right out of J P Mor- ' gan's office to the Republican convention hall and high pressured I the Republican party Into giving him tbe nomination " He said that Wlllkle said In his acceptance speech that "what the new deal Is doing for labor and the farmer is all right." but added that | apparently Wlllkle proposed to > take care of big business Minton declared that the Republicans had made the Issue. Wsll street vs Main street tchricksr Speaks Columbus. Ind Sept 3» <U.B - Speaking at a Democratic rally here. Lieut Gov. Henry F Schricker. Democratic candidate for gov ernor. declared that the |>eople of Indiana had given the Democrats I the responsibility of government In ilha depths of the mosi disastrous i economic period tn the nation's history and that the situation was I met with courage and Intelligence ! under the leadership of Governor Paul V. .McNutt and -M Clifford i! Townsend. He declared that the Democrat's able stewardship alnce then has given them the right to carry on Schricker said that the Democrats had taken control of the stale government after four terms ot Republican administration during which “all divisions of government In Indiana, township, county and state, not only were embarrassed because of the lack of adequate funds, but government Itself was threatened with complete collapse He said the Demo< ralic party ICONTINUKI* 014 PAOK CITY BACK BN STANDARD TIME Decatur Returns To Central Standard Time Saturday Night With a "day of prgetka" behind the city of Decautr today had settled down U> a normal central standard time routine today. After operating on daylight saving time for tbe summer months, tbe city turned Its clocks back one hour at midnight Saturday Minor confusion resulted Bunday and Otis morning because of the switch in time, but these difficulties are eipected to he ironed out soon. An eipected early mornlni hus change did not materialitc and tbe bus schedules were not affected. One change which was received with much favor was the early arrival of the morning mall. Business houses especially eipressed pleasure at being able to go over the morninfl mail about I o'clock Instead of fl. AH other stores are eipected to remain on the same schedule, with possibly a few adjustments made from time to time, m

SIO,OOO BRANT REPORTED FOR AIRPORT HERE msmMue smssmu - City Officials Report No Word Received On Grant For Decatur | The possibility of the city of I • Decatur receiving a fliu.uoo grant I for the building of an airport here. | | If and when such appropriations I are made under a supplemental i clvlr functions bill recently Intro duced In (he house of represent# Ilves, had Dwaturles agog today | Contacts with Mayor Forrest j ! Elaey. city attorney Vincent Kelley and other city officials revealed i that they had recelv>-d no word of i the propoaed appropriation prior to ' the announcement made Bunday In | Fort Wayne Additional speculation regarding . the steps that could lie taken here should the appropriation he ap ’ proved, was rife since the city now owns no land which would lie suit-1 able for an airport Barnstormers, who make one I and two day stands here to take, up passenger* have used one of three or four makeshift landing | fields The one or two local pilots have depended mainly on their own farm lands or a rented field for landing and taking-off These places Include Eiling field, southwest of the city; a field north of Deca'ur near Miller's Bend an Other east, and still another in the llanna-Nuttman addition Whether or not the city would be required to furnish the land for the airport waa still a matter of speculation late today News stories printed in Bunday's 1 newspapers carried Decatur's propoaed grant at »SO •*». hut r eor- ' rection from the Indianapolis bu reau of the I'nlted Press gave the 1 figure as fllo.OOd. approximately the same as other cities of Decatur's site In this area. Blufftm’is to re celve fllfl.flM and Huntington *7.- ■ 000. .Mayor Eliey Indicated that the , city would cooperate to the fullest extent possible in event the appropriation is approved at Washing.COWTlNt’BD ON~PAGIE THKKK> l - -O —- 75 DEPUTIES AID SHERIFF Seek To Prevent Recurrence Os Riots In Fayette County Connersville. Ind . Sept 20 U.Rfl —Sheriff Lester Hunt of Fayette county had 75 deputies aiding him I today In preventing subversive acI tivltles and checking mob violence ■ In Connersville. 1 Tbe deputies were sworn In following last week's disorders when two members of Jehovah's Witnesses were convicted on charges of riotous conspiracy and a band of witnesses, believed to have been from Indianapolis, arrived to canvass the city. A group of townspeople accused the witnesses of subversive actlvl- , ties under the guise of religion and threatened to run them out of town The canvassing witnesses asked ■ for police protection when they were warned by a mob to leave town Police officials told the wit nesses that their departure would avoid any mab violence and the group disappeared toward Indianapolis with the warning that they would be back. Sheriff Hunt decided to add the deputies to bls force to control any violence which might occur In the event of the witnesses' return. He further announced that the public was to refrain from Individual or group violence and leave all situations that might arise to the law enforcement officers u TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 52 10:00 a. m. B 3 Noon 50 2:00 p. m. «3 1:00 p. m «4 WEATHER Pair tonight and Tuesday; warmer in north Tuesday.

Smashing Bomb Attacks Made On Oil Refineries As German Raiders Again Blast London

WILLKIEBACK ON WEST TOUR Carrie* Pre*id< , nti*l Campaign Into Indiana Today Aboard Wlllkle Train. En Route to Detroit. Ml<h . Bept 3« •UFI Wendell L. Wlllkle carried his ' presidential campaign Into Indiana and Michigan today after a live- ‘ hour train conference apparently , designed to restore harmony aI mong warring factions of Prnnsyl- ' vania Republicans The Republican nominee Is beginning a new campaign tour whl< h will carry him 2.<Mht miles by train , and automobile In 11 days through ( seven states with a total of 144 electoral voles, all ot which were j cast for President Roosevelt In IBM. The states are Indiana Ohio, Michigan Pennsylvania. New Jersey. New York snd t'onnectlcut Wlllkle was confronted by two huge "We Want Roosevelt" signs When he left hls special train at the Houth Bend Indiana railroad i station They bung from windows of tbe Studebaker body plant The 1 CIO Vnited Automobile Workers | union, which has many members I in the plant, has endorsed the | ltiM»evelt third term. Rev Hugh O'Donnell, president of Notre Dame university, Introducj ed Wlllkle to students on tbe steps ,of the administration building The i candidate won applause when he i said be was glad the students were ! at sch<xd Instead of In the "sham--1 hies of trenches" as millions of European youths are He added: "Pray God you never will be.'* Wtllkle speaks tonight at 7 30 1 p. m CBT before the national fedi eratlon of women's Republican . clubs In Detroit His address will | be broadcast by the Blue network I of the National Broadcasting company. When Wlllkle's train left New 1 York yesterday. Joseph Pew. Phllai delphla oil man and heavy Repub- ' Dean campaign contributor, and ■ Jay Cook 3rd. Pennsylvania GOP I senatorial nominee were aboard to ' confer with Wlllkle and executive director John D M Hamilton ot the Republican national committee. There have been reports of fric- ! (CONTINL'BD ON PAGE HtX> Special K. Os C. .Meeting Tuesday There will be a special meeting ,of lhe Decatur council ot the Knights of Columhus Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock at the K. of C. hall. Bro. Joseph J Tushaus. special agent, will speak and alt members are urged to attend. MISS METTLER BADLY INJURED Daughter Os Berne Residents Hurt In Accident In Illinois Miss Catherine Mettler. 22. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Mettler of Berne, was reported seriously hurt late last night in an auto accident near Marengo. Illtnola. Mias Mettler la suffering from fractures of both legs. In addition to cuts and bruises. Only meager details of the accident were learned. Miss Mettler, a teacher In the Marengo schools, was reportedly enroute home from a weekend visit In Wisconsin w'th her roommate's parents when the ' accident occurred. The car In which Miss Mettler ' was riding, fell down a 3<T-foot embankment. lhe report stated Miss | Mettler's roommate was only alighti ly hurt, while their landlady, who ! was also along, waa critically ini Jured. according to the report. Her paiwnta left for her bedside about midnight last night after he- ' Ing informed of the accident.

Fleet Head J X i IB 1 1 wK . - Commander W. 0 Baker Commander Wilder D Baker, pr ► feasor <d naval science and tactics at Yale I'niveralty. has been ordered by th<* navy to tak>- command ot the I’, H Atlantic destroyer squadrons PROTEST JAPS SAILOR ATTACK U. S. Sailor Reported At taeked By Japanese In Shanghai Shanghai. Sept 20 -<U.F> American naval authorities have forbidd»*nt American navy families to proceed to the Far East. It was reported today as Admiral Thomas C Hart. I'nlted States Asiatic fleet (ominandet in chief protested to the Japanese against the heating of a I'nlted Slates sailor hy Japanese gendarmes. Japanese gendarmes seized the American navy man in the business and fliian< ial district <if the international settlement. In which they have no legal Jurisdiction Reliable Informants said that h>* waa beaten In an attempt to obtain information regarding the whereabout of certain I'nlted States warships Hart wax understood to have protested the attack to vice admiral Hantaro Shlmada. the Japanese navy commandant. As regards the report <d the navy department ban on the passage ot navy famines to lhe Far East. It was said that there had as yet been no order for the evacuation of navy families now here. The attache on the navy man waa made on the allegation that he was Intoxicated. In an area In which the Japanese have no proper authority He wax dragged to a new headquarters the gendarmes have established in tbe Bank of Communications building on the water front. I'nlted States naval authorities withheld details pending invextiga tlon. but It wax understood that the Japanese had released him —■ - 9 —— Fence Posts Are Burned Saturday Firemen were called to a lot near the Krick-Tyndall Ills mill Saturday evening to extinguish a grass fire and some fence posts which had become ablaze. The general alarm was not sounded - I II O !■,■■■■■ Car Slightly Damaged In Accident Today A car owned by Jack Ellsworth and driven by Paul Conrad was slightly damaged today when hit by another auto In front of the Ellsworth home on Winchester street. ii uh !p I. J. H. Bremerkamp Marks 87th Birthday J. H. Bremerkamp. prom'nen' Decatur resident, marked his 87th birthday yesterday The event was celebrated In a supper at the Bretnerkanip home Sunday evening.

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German “Invasion’’ Bases In France Attacked By Artillery And Aerial Forces. PLANT DAMAGED Ixmdon. Sept. 3o tl'P) -Brltlslt llomlx-rs started “fires visible SO miles away" In a -mashing, three, hour attack on the great German oil refinery at Magdeburg, the air ministry said today in repotting extensive blows at tbe fuel -upply of the Naxi war machine Altough Royal Air Force bombs and shells from big guns on the I English channel coast again crashed on German "Invasion" bases in 1 France, tip- extent of th- llrltl*t| attack on oil supplies in Germany 'aroused -peculation as to whether iauthorities believed that lhe threat of Nagi Invasion had been reduced. The German- still were attempting without success to win air supremacy over Britain, using giant i four-motored planes protected by - hordes of fighter craft in attacka that were thrown back from Lon- . don by British defenses. In the counter-blows against the Belch, the air machinery said. Britiish bombers for three hours attack- . >-d the Brauhkohlen Benxrn oil re(finery plant at Magdeburg causing i big explosions and tremendous ' fires. A ground haze hampered th* British liomblux crews at first in ' the Magdeburg attack, according to the communique “But later many fires started by incendiary Iximbs ( illuminate dthe target and guided the following aircraft to their ohj Jectlve '* "Attacking in -hallow dives, often at a low level, the raiders straddled the oil plant with high explosives, ; leaving a trail of many colored fires and spasmodic explosions In their wake." it added The plane, also attacked port! on the French and Belgian coastg .and German gun emplacements at Cape flrfx Net. opposite Dover. Railroad and concentration points, oil plants and aluminum work- In Ger* i many were bombed, the ministry said Britain's costal guns Maxed at French Channel tragets ax Royal ■ Air Force planes reutmed home 1 from a heavy- all night Iximliard- ' ment of objectives In Germany and | German-occupied territory It was lielleved that the tuna ; scored a direct hit in the dock areg of Callas Costal watchers could see a tremendous fire blazing there. The German* replied with their own long range guns with four Halvims fired at 20 minute intervals, and later In lhe morning Imgan a new shelling of the Dover area. Fire from the British and German runs shook the neighborhood of the | Dover Htralts. Strong German formations, numbering as many ax 50 each, crossed the coast at more than 2)t.mM( feet (CONTtNCfffi ON PACt: six, _ BERNE BARBER UNDER ARREST Ellison N'euenschwande!! Charged With Operating Without License 1 Ellison Neuenbchwander. n| Berne. Is to be tried In city conrl Tuesday afternoon on a charge of practicing harboring without a Hot ense. a The affidavit against NetumxeNwander wai signed by Jam.-- If. McKnown. The warrant wa« set vod again-I McKnown by Sheriff Ed MUler and the trial date waa set for Tuesday, The case will he heard by Maya or Elzey Prosecutor Arthur E Vofls lewede will conduct the state's ca <% Neuenxchwander 1s charged spec ifL cally with "unlawfully practicinff barherlng without a certificate >| registration or license." Several persons have hern subpoenaed to testify In the cas% scheduled to start at 1 p. ni. row.