Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1940 — Page 1

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ITLER BUILDING VAST WAR MACHINE

-'■BRITAIN j ■MES HEAVY Bl ATTACKS objective* At i Bombed For < L Than Hour I ■ 1 ■<>« 9 ’U» British ( ‘ L,,.- arrived over Mu- . Lt.- after Adolf Hitler ’ | make a speech there Ld remained for more ( L an «l a half, dropping L <>n military target*. * kt>-<l authoritatively 'o Lully reliable Inform- j L| that British plane* [ted military objectives ( fetch area at an airly j' Fit wan believed Hitler L k Sari party membma * feb-brating the 17th anLs their beer cellar ] hive informanta aupple- 1 ) by saying that royal * yhjertlvea at Munich * hoad lommunlcatlona. ( feh are In the center of re it la •may to imagine*' ' d ■that those assembled ( I hall were undoubtedly ( < Itnr yarda were among ( rea al tacked and heavy , dropped on them < to the ■—... ■ "" l :!;1 ' V.ordl'iK to -!l« ■ ‘o 1 ■■ ■' !l ' ii. ■> ” 1 ‘-or ll' ' uh re ■• loir.nl. i«t * British f ■' •' y .iiiiiouio .-.I Hi..' IL B*l following up 'belt ■ - yieilf Krupp " '" ! ’ 4 EaK ’mmuiin.itloii* ;,• I -■'- In Geiin.riiy 1.,-' z,i ' ! 11 iEe BMH»ne Service J 1 Disrupted Friday ERE I'"'* 1 '"'* Telephone lompany B*jE“ be, atur win. disrupted i by highway workers f was broken nt the wKMI M ooe.e ..n<| Eley.nth ||||||M highway workers ( *|||||M||>|.’ Iti a post for a new ( j I" 1 I,alni " , “ r, ‘ ' the cable which was .■MH The Incident incurred a. rri A crew from the Senn e, about — |n»| P Paralysis Is Cnchanned —— SgMSp Phy»l<ian In the r.mdi 3TIE I '' Elizabeth Grubb.-. 15 ’ |||»E ot o’l*l Mrs Theodore ■' I She Is thought " th.. legs. 0 ' lw eß * TlJfl£ READING ||S|Eh| _ c Swf RAT thermometer EIEI " I m. 32 r |*iK m m. ’K Is —- - ll weathcr and slightly warmer a "d Sunday; occasionJ ahowars Sunday and in “ wait portions I M Mondly c!ou «y cool- y

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RED CROSS TO LAUNCH DRIVE Annual Membership Drive To Be launched Here Monday PnparaUnax for the annul Red Cross roll call campaign, which la to be conducted during the nest three weeks — Noiemlwr II to Novemtrer Jo are practically completed. Chairman Walter J. Krick and hla commlttaea are striving to make this a "total campaign." not only reaching the quota of 176 b members but setting their goal for a MOT membership In Adams county. For more than 2» years the major support i>t the Red Cross Inith the national organiutlon and the chapters has come through the enrollment of memiiers tn the annual roll call The membership fee Is one dollar Fifty cents of this dollar Is sent to the national organiutlon and the other s'l cents belongs to the local chapter Many people are enquiring as to what disposition Is made of the funds in the local treasury and that question can be answered briefly as follows The money secured from the annual roll call campaign la deposited in the several lank* of the county to lie used In case of emergencies such as tornado*, floods, drought, etc. and also for certain other pur poses, some of which are shown In the following report of what the local chapter has done In the period from Januaiy 1 to November 1 of this year: 25 persons have been aided with food, clothing and over-night care. 7 families of i hlldren have been provided over a several month period with milk. 5 persons have been provided with eye glasses. 13 persons were cared for in first aid hospital during the fair. 51 persons have been aided by the home service. The demands upon the Red Cross are Increasing every day. Adams county will not fail in helping to meet those demand*. VETERANS AID CONSCRIPTEES Limberloit Post Os VFW To A»bt Local Consc rip tees Assistance to the men of this vicinity who enter the military or naval services either voluntarily or as draftee*. Is the purpose of the roater to lie compiled and maintained here by Llmberlost Post No lift#. Veteran* of Foreign Wars of the United State*. Po»t No. lift# will also attempt to -ender aid and assistance to the dependent families of such men Efforta will be made to keep in touch with the men themselves while they are In service, maintaining friendly contacts by means of letters, home newspapers and gifts The names and addresses of men In the service are living obtained from the local conscription board, nearby recruiting offices, relatives and all other available sources of accurate Information. Commander Otto Gave Post No. lift# explained. "The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United Htates Is supporting America's national defense program with lOT per cent cooperation." Commander Otto Ouse declared "We have more than 3.5« ft local posts throughout the country. The members of each unit are cooperating In every possible way to speed up and facilitate every phase of the program For many years, the V. F W. has urged the United States to develop and maintain an adequate national defense, of men. material and supplies Now that our country is fsced with the present emergency, the V. F W. stands ready to render every practical as. sistance in Its power.” "Most of us are too old to be called to active service In the armed military or naval establishments. hut we still know how to fight for our country behind the lines." Commsnder (lane declared. "The entire V. F. W. membership Is made up of oversea* veterans of America's wars. Wo know what we are up against In the effort to prepare America adequately against any possible Involvement In present hostilities, and more than a year ago. our entire membership. "tCONTINUin FAU “ •**■*

16,000,000 Sufipension Bridge Over Puget Sound Wrecked By Gale l-V ■■ / / n / / I'l ! \ /1 Y i S'. . . , j • ‘ ix, • • W® Kw- 1 /A?■ \ ■' ** '. , ' • , » r z . JE E ' Photo hy Hauhford and Thompson t Crumpling under the impact of a atrong gal*, th** middh* apati of th* n*w |6.000.000 nt»*el and concrete narrows auMpwnsion bridg* at Tacoma. Wanh . In pictured aff*r it f*ll more than 300 feet into Puget Hound Note car on bridge a few feet from the break

PROGRAMHELD BY CUB SCOUTS (’uh Scouts* Meet At New Locke At Hanna-Nutt* man Park Friday LI —— I | In one of the moat enthusiastic J , 'programs since their organization here, the Oecatur Boy Hcout Cubs conducted a national roll call and 1 | held an invetnory of the new Scout lodge at Camp Quinn In Hanna- i Nuttman park taut night. The program included a flag-rala- | Ing. a tacking hike. game*, a retreat ceremony, and Cub yell* led by R. L. Van Horn, area executive. Signor Mario Capelll led the latys I I 1 in winging "Ood Bleat America.*' It | A Shriner of Kort Wayne conducted the roll call. Hen sponsors. Revs. Charles M ’ prugh. It. W (Iraham. Carey Mower. Paul Brandy berry. (I T Rosselot. Fr. Alvin Jaslnksi. and Lloyd Cow-I fenNTINCICn ON PAOB THREW* ... - 0-... — ■ Hunters Swamp Clerk Office For Licenses i — A deluge of hunters fairly swamp- > ed the offices of county clerk Clyde • O. Troutner thia morning, punhas- , Ing hunting licenses in anticipation of the openng of the hunting season Monday A total of 23 licenses were issued , from II a. m. to 19:39 a m. and the official, with Beputy Marie Dtßolt and clerk Dorothy Hoffman, were still busy Issuing the permits. EXHIBIT WILL FEATURE MEET Sunday School Convention To Be Held Sunday And Monday The exhibit of Sunday school helps and projects will be one of the features at the annual Adams county Sunday school convention Sunday and Monday. The Sunday sessions will be held at Berne and the Monday sessions at Pleasant Mills. Group conferences during the afternoon sessions are being /held for teachers. Miss Grace Allhouse. Fort Wayne, will conduct the children conferences. The business meeting of the conference will also be held Monday i afternoon. The banquet in the Pleasant Mills gymnasium, starting at 9:30 o'clock, will precede the evening session. Dr. Falkenberg will be the special speaker for the convention Reservations for the banquet should be made immediately with Everett Johnson, of route six. or i with the local secretaries of the 1 Sunday school Tickets are selling for 35 cents per pla'e. The convention slogan Is “Win I Them For He Tbat Wlnneth Sonia Is Wise.": Proverbs 11:39. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November t, !9io.

Asks Cooperation In Viaiting Patients Miss Elizabeth Pitman, superintendent of the Adams county memorial hospital, today requested that persona having colds should not visit patients at the hospital. Three patients have been forced i to stay longer than would ordinsr- ‘ lly have liven neceaaaiy bet-ause j they caught colds from visitors. Miss Pitman also requested that i hlldren under 1.3 should not Ire allowed to visit patients. U.S. FREIGHTER SUNK BY BLAST One Man Ix>st An Ship In Sunk By Mine Near Australia Melbourne. Australia. Nov. 9— <U.R> The United Htates freighter City of Rayville haw been sunk by an explosion, presumably caused by a mine, with the loss of one i member of its 3S-mati crew, naval i minister William Hughes announ-i : ced today. - The first American casualty of the war at sea went down at one of the farthest points from home ’ ports that American whips travel —| 120 miles off the Australian south; coast. The crew, under command of i i ('apt Arthur T Cromln. responded calmly to the emergency. They lowered life boats without panic Into a choppy sea after a blast had torn a huge hole forward and en 1 veloped the vessel 111 flames The only casualty was the third 1 engineer, named Bryan The other 37 members ot the crew were rescued by Australian naval | and fishing craft, guided by the fire, before the ship went down. | standing on her nose, an hour after the explosion. Survivors said the explosion was ! "like hitting a brick wall " They brought ashore with them two pieces of metal that had been blown Into a life boat. ('apt Cromln, who has commanded the Rayville for 12 years, said the metal did not come from the ship The Rayville was of 3.393 tons, built at Tampa. Fla . 192». owned by the United Htates maritime commission and chartered l>y the American Pioneer line, which Is owned by the United States Lines, She plied between New York and Australia with general cargo. The acene of the sinking was off Cape Otway. Victoria. Belief that i the American ship was mined was i strengthened by the announcement that a British ship, unnamed, had I been blown up under similar dr- i cumatances nearby yesterday. I within 24 hours of the City of ; Rayville disaster One man of the British crew oti ; «« was lost when It went down an hour after an explosion. I As a result of the explosions, i Hughes today ordered the Bass i Straits, separating Tasmania from . the Australian mainland, closed to I shipping until further notice.

AMERICANISM PRBGRAMHERE Army Captain To Speak At Meeting Os Lionn Club Tuesday '‘Americanism'’ is the theme of a program to Ire held by the l*eca | tur Lions club at the Legion home here Tuesday night In cooperation with members of Adams Post No I 43, American l<egion The program will open with a banquet, served at 9:13 p. m by the members of the lx-gion post ■ auxiliary. Moving pictures of army maneuvI era and army life will ire shown by ('apt Lionel L. Harmlson. of Fort Wayne, a U H army officer All members of the Lions club are expected to attend and members ot the Legion post have been Invited la-glonnalres expecting to attend are asked to leave their names at the Legion home not ' : later than Monday evening. The event will be staged In the auditorium of the new Legion i home Carrel H. Cole, aasixtant [H>stmaster and member of the | Lions club, will lie In charge. Sprang Condition Reported Unchanged The condition of Daniel Sprang, 'well known Decatur man seriously burned yesterday when a can of anti-freeze solution exploded In his hands, was reported unchanged today. His condition Is not thought to Ibe critical, however. L.W.FRANK DIES SUDDENLY — Well Known Decatur Man Dies Suddenly Friday In Arkannan L. W Frank. 72. well known citizen of Decatur, died suddenly from a heart attack at Jonesboro. Arkansas. yesterday and was temporarily burled there this morning Hurvlving are the widow, two ( sons and a daughter The children are Mrs. Frank Crist, Myron W. and Leland Frank, alt of thia city. Mr. Prank was for many years | prominent here He wax a native of Virginia but resided in thia city and county moat of hia life. He was for years engaged in the contracting business and constructed a numirer of macadam highways in this county. The past several years be had been engaged in operating a used car and automobile I parts yard on West Monroe street ' The deceaesd was a member of < the Ben Hur lodge and the Metho- < dlat church. He went to Jonesboro < on business several months ago i Arrangements for removing the I body to the family burial lot here. I1 will be made later. 1

Hitler Tells Nazi Old Guard Os Plans To Make Germany A n Unbeatable Machine For War

CITY TO MARK ARMISTICE DAY Obnervanee To Be Held At 11 a. m. Monday And Eveninx Banquet Tin- 11th hour of the llth day of th* llth month (he exact time of the termination of the World War In WIN — will be appropriately marked here Monday. November 11. The city hall, the First State Hank and the post office will lie closed Only Bpecial delivery mail will lie delivered from the (tost I office. At 11 a m. factory whistle* will blow and bell* will ring In commemoration of that hour 22 i years ago llecatur la-glotinalre* will mark the event at the la-glon home A firing squad will take part, a* will the color bearers. Hev George 0 Wallow, pastor ! of the First Presbyterian church here, will speak at the Decatur junior-senior high school at II a m . delivering the annual Armistice Day address to the students Mem- ; bent of the /lee club Will sing patriotic songs The la-glonnalres will continue the celebration to Monday night. At «:3U p m. a dinner will be : served at the Legion home for all members of the post, their wives, auxiliary members. Hpanlah-Amerl-can War veteran* and their wives i James Patchel. of Union City, part eighth district <ommandet I will lie the speaker Following the banquet a dance : will be staged, with ffpeck Hobble's orchestra furnishing the music LIST PROGRAM OF INSTITUTE Mtaionary Institute At First U. B. Church Tuesday The '-omplete program for the missionary institute to be held at the First United Brethren church Tuesday wa* announced today tiy Rev G T. Rosselot. Mr*. B F. Shively, recently returned missionary from Japan, will i lie the main speaker The morning session will start at » 3ft a m. and the afternoon session tit 1:25 p. m. The public is invited to attend. Following is the complete program: Morning Session Quiet Music. Worship Hervlce — "To Ito Always Those Things That Please Him.” Children’s work Imatd meetI Ing delegate. Hymn. | A Message from Japan — Mr*. B F. Hhlvely. missionary to Japan. Special music. Forum — branch officer. Announcements. Noont'de prayer. Afternoon Session Quiet music. Worship service - "Thy Will Be Done." latcating l»H Institute. Recognition. Awards. Our mission study liook* branch officer. Echoes from Imard of managers -delegate. Special music — ladies chorus. Address - Mrs. 11. F. Shively. mlssionar. Commitment service. Benediction. mil mm Q*W i hi -I - --- — Local Couple Mark 62nd Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. James Hurat today marked their (2nd wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Hurst are one of the city's best knowu couples and are pioneer residents of the city. They have been subscribers to the Dally Democrat for go years, having first taken the paper when It was only a weekly publication

FORMER LOCAL I MAN INDICTED One Os Three Named For Conspiracy In Redeem* inx Bonds f Fort Wayne. Nov 9 <U.F> The i ’ northern Indiana federal grand I ■ jury Friday indicted the Central ' Seem Illes Corporation of Fort Wayne and three Individual* on ■ charge* of conspiring to violate the ■ necuritle* exchange act of 1934 by I I using the mall* to affect redemir Gon of municipal Improvement, Iniiid* i Individuals named were Edwin i II Dli kmeyer of Fort Wayne., ’'president of the company; lamia F ('outer, former treasurer of latke ; , county, and Edward I. Hell, for- , mer assistant In the latke county | I treasury. Mr Confer formerly I lived In Decatur The Indictment charged that i ' they performed fraudulent act* and ■ I practices and. by mean* of ml* . , represenlatloiis and oinl*»ktn*. defrauded the customers of the com- ‘ pany :, According to a statement by Charles J N'ager. an Investlgatm of • i the Secutltlea Exchange Comtnls . slot!. Confer and Heil combined to • Inform the company when money 1 was available to pay off bend* of i. Lake county, pay Intereat on bondu . i- or pay delinquent Interest. He said that the company then! , would approach customers, mainly In Hammdnd. Gary and East Chi cago. and advise them to sell their . holding* at a price far below face , value. He added that the com pany would take over the bonds and accept full payment for them from the county, as well a* Interest due. Payments of delinquent Interest, he said, were not turned over to 1 the previous holders. He said that Confer received 2” 1 percent of the total paid that Hell received 5 percent and that the [ balance wa* the company's tin dellnqeunt Interest payment*, he «aid. Confer received 5o percent and Hell ’»» percent Nager said that the name of ■ Bernard Meyer* wa* used on the company lunik* to represent Con l ter and that the name of a roller- • tlon bureau was substituted on 1-ake county record* for the com- ■. pany. [ , James R Fleming. United States ; district attorney said that Cotner I received approximately 343.U00 as hl* share while Heil receive*! almut 313.000. Dlikmeyer and the •om . pany rwidvi-d about 139 000 The total Involved was shout Jl'nimm Fleming said that none of the, I three would lie arrested itntnedl . ' ately but would be given a chance i . I to surrender and post bond 0 — Dick France Named Sheriff In Ohio Dick France, former Decatur resident and son of the late Mr ami Mrs John T France, was elected sheriff of Ntark county. Ohio, In Tuesday's election, receiving an all-time record vote of Bft.7nn against 43.047 for his opponent. George Mttehlelsen Dick I* a former all-American football player, winning that honor 40 year* ago when he wa* the star of the Michigan eleven He Is a graduate of the Decatur high school Hi- ha* lived at Alliance, Ohio many year* and has nerved as head of the Pennsylvania railroad police of that area, as chief of police for hl* city and the past six years ha* been deputy sheriff of Stark county. He will assume office January Ist and has already announced that he will retain the force of assistants now employed. To Close City And County Offices Monday The city hall Wil! be closed al! ■ day Monday, November 11 in com- < i memoratkin of the Armistice Itay 1 i celebration. It w,« annoum ed today. All offices in the county court I house will be closed Monday. Nov- ’ ember II In marking the Armistice i pitv vulubraUun.

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(■carink Production Os AH Europe To Make Nation Stronxest On Face Os Globe. WILL WIN WAR Berlin. Nov 9 <UW Adolf Hit. Iler I* gearing the productive capacity of Europe Into a vast cont tlnental war machine by which ho hopes to make Germany unbMt* able. It was Indicated today Hitler mid his Nall old guard at Munich last night that Ger--1 many's productive capai lty for airplane* wa* the greatest in tho world and would remain so regardI le»* of American efforts, because Germany wa* mobilising all European Industrial forces He said that Germany with It* allies wa* strong enough to stand against any combination on earth. : that he wa* determined to continue the war to a clear decision That he rejected any compromlee Authorised sources, explaining Hitler's statement on industrial capacity, said today that this wa* meant Io Include all mean* of production now at Germany's disposal virtually all the economlo organisation of continental Europe. In occupied territories. It was I pointed out. sip h Industrial giant* las the French Hi-hnekler-Crensot armament* works, the Netherlands Fokker airplane factorio*. Belgian and Frem-h heavy Industries and , Norwegian shipbuilding yards had | fallen Into German hand* Further. It was said. Oermany I* intensifying trade, accenting food stuffs and raw materials with MMitheostern Buropenn countries after the Installation of a "new order” In Rumania and the pn< Iflcatlon of Bulgaria ami Hungary by aiqiiisltfon of Rumanian territory. A German economic delegatlo* now nt Moscow Informant* said, alm* at *peedlly expanding ’ho flow of raw material* from Rusal* to feed armament* mills throughout Europe Informant* here unwilling to go into detail* on the potential production level or rthe amounts of commodities to In- exchanged with ■M-ctipled lands But It wa* Indicated that tho general plan wa* to oreanlre a single efflclen tunlt of power producers. such as the Rumania oil field* mid Norwegian water power: the raw material producer* of the east and the Industrial regions of the west In order to fight out the war. Hitler In his speech had said that production In some branches of Industry had ceased liecause of a superfluity of products, and In order to releose productive force* for more essential materials j It was Indliwted this great eco- ' nomlc unit was being gv-ared main- | ly to manufacture plane* and submarines Authorized Inf >rmant* said that the supply of tanks, ammunition. artillery and other ground weapons was not* more ! than abundant, the almost Intact German supply having been Increased by the great quantitle* of malerlau* gained by conquest. Commenting on l’re»:dent Roosevelt’s atalement that 50 percent of American war production w u.ldd lie alloted to Great Britain informed sourc>-a said "That Is America's affair. But It will not be so easy to deliver the g<M*l«. for many ships (hat have started from America fur Ellg. land never arlrved there ” Hitler made the speech T.l«t night at the Munich Loewenbraeg 10-er cellar on the eve of the 17tli anniversary of the abortive Munich (CONTINUED ON PAGE TltltKF.r Geneva Woman Die* At County Hospital Mr*. William Ereson. 73. of Geneva. diet! this morning at 9:45 o’clock at the Adam* county memorial hospital Death followed a major operation last Monday Surviving, beside* the huslmnd, are a son. Charles Duer, and two daughters. Mrs. Ida Luff of Alverton. Ohio and Mrs. Minnie Frickert of Mount Morris. Miihigan. The body wa* taken to the Well* funeral home at Geneva. Funeral arrangement* were not cumphip late today.