Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1940 — Page 1

MxxW 111 No. 276.

IUNGARY JOINS WITH AXIS POWERS

AoLSHOLD JfffIMSFOR WWKSGIVINC /Kd Ihi'iiH " HhH'B: I "< al ( hurche* Milan Programs jj ■ !'■ ■ ir H ' 'in «... th I'--idr^^F h '"' __ th.- -: - It If tn In the ••■• - i* 'ii>al A ' -h'l'-h •i'h 'h. ;; <|.- I »h> . m ■ j - * . K High School Chari.- M I’rugh. pastor Z F.v mir. llc and He .hu'.ti spoke on Whal .... mbly program a' the s.-nior hitch »< hia.l i. presented by | th.- - H.nlbold mush y Browtr prm yr. Hided. io Fhariaes- In ■ff’MTh <>,. pa<i» MVB» b special I COUNCIL MEET £Bnh Council To Con* ■^W er Appropriations ■ I On December 2 ' *f vii.-n today liy Andi "' H Eli her of a spec tai ■■' county council on tor >•' appropriations £ ' • -xpenses. 1011117 .ill.-.’ commixsloiiei s <■ off i. la I '■' --loners |3mt. H^V r> ' < I! surveyor deputy • : ".i infirmary, operating ■■ • ■lfare depart ment. 4700 * department. |4tm Bn R<c>< ** Bld * SHM* '“""’y <ommlaslonerx on a 1 will receive bid* for ihmi; of records hooka •lation.-ry for the year same time the boanl will l‘id« for one or more dump ■* fur the highway depart HHL Specification* may Im- re ■* h the auditor's office ;l ■Rotary Meeting Thursday Evening ME* 1 ,h * - r, 'kular meeting date HM* °n Thanksgiving Day the ■' meeting of the Decatur Ito ■'* La. been cancelled The MF* 1 ' 11 * *iH I* held Thursday ■f*• .er 24 ' o —..— ■B tMPER *TURf: READING !■ OCRAT ™E"MOMETER '■j— ~ 38 • m - 40 42 pWEATHER cloudy tonight and Thura by occasional rains Portion tonight; colder to »W T *"rtda *’’*’*”* * OU,h P ° r

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Special Thanksgiving Service At Church IBpeelal Thanksgiving Day wry-h-ea will lie held at the Zion l.u:h ■ eran church Thursday morning at 111:30 o'clock. The address for the |<Mfasloti will he delivered by the pa«tor of the < httrch Iley |>mi| W Schttltx. who will atari have < hargi of the Thaiikaglylng Day llturglral I service. A feature of It Will lie the ainalug. by thr- Veeted choir, of the anthem, -praise The Lord. <1 My Roul Other appt * prlate holiday hymns will he sitna by the assembly The public la Invited to attend this service JACOB MUSSER ARRESTED FOR INTENTTOKIIL Former Preble Man Held For Threats To Kill Divorced Wife Jacob Musser, 38. former Preble township resident, was being held In the Adams county Jail here to day. awaiting arraignment on a charge of assault with Intent to murder. The charge was placed against I Musser, following hla allegedly threatening to kill his former wife and five children of Preble town ship by blowing them up with dynamite. Musser was attested last night in Fort Wayne by Hherlff Ed Miller after the warrant fur his arrest was issued here by Prosecutor Arthut E VogleWede The dale of the alleged act Is set In the affidavit, signed by his! former wife. Mae. as O< lubei U I At that time he allegedly had a I . package containing atlcks of dynamite which he threatened to throw in the stove or ignite The act was allegedly committed by Musser in an attempt to force her Into remarrying him She secured a divorce some time ago. While Musser wss serving a sig months pi Ison sentence. Imposed by Judge J. Fred Fruchte when he pleaded guilty to a charge of removing mortgaged property He was released late In August, after serving the maiimutn sentence Since that time he had lieen living In Fort Wayne t It is charged that Musser also | threatened to kill Mrs Musser and the children by blowing them up With a iMiltle. which he said con tallied nitroglycerin Sheriff Miller with Fort Waytie (CDNTINUKD <>X PAOK TWO) — —O Revival Services At Baptist Church The revival services at the Baptist church begin tonight at 7:38 p. m under the direction of evangelists Hoe and Fisher. Stirring music and good messages will lie enjoyed nightly Hpeclal Thanksgiving service Thursday night The putillc la invited to attend. « i RULES ADOPTED ON RURAL FIRE Council Adopts Ordinance Setting Rates For Rural Calls An ordinance regulating and costs of the city lire lighting equipment In rural flres was adopted last night by the city The ordinance provides for four volunteers accompanying a true on a rural lire. Each man Is to be paid at the rate of H-H ••<* the first hour and H for each additional hour. The truck Is to cost 115 for one mile for the first hour. The cost from one io five mile, is |fo. from flve to 10 miles is 325- and »5 Is to be charged for each additional h< The council also adopted the ordinance providing for additional appropriation. advertised some time '“Sartin J Mylolt. city light sup reported to the «,«»- cil that the electric light for by Mrs. Bam Cook and others had been Installed. The board of public works and Mfety reported that contract, with ~(WJ<TI*V»U OM FAOM FIVBJ

COUNITS FIRST ARMTTRAINEES TO BE HONORED Two Volunteers To Be Paid Tribute On Departure Friday Tribute to Adam, county's two volunteers under the national aelsxfive service act la to lie paid here Friday morning as the pair leave ! for Fort ll«-njamln Harrison at Indianapolis for their out- year's trahilng. officer, of the military veterans' organisations, draft board membera and a representative of the city have been invited to lake part in the ceremonies planned for the occasion. The two- Charles Whitman of east of Decatur and Delmar "Pete'' t.lroil. of near Salem are to be breakfasted and given their credential durhig the program Dallas Brown Americanism < hairman of Adams Post No. 43. American lx-glon, 1s supervising arrangements for the program "An appropriate 'send off' Is highly deserved by these men." he stated. "it must lie rememliered that they were not drafted they actually are not draftees They were patriotic enough to answer the < all ' voluntarily when I'm le Kam needed men to bolster the country's defense ranks. They did not wait to be forced Into training They hardly waited until the first day on whl< h a youth could volunteer until they were at the draft board headquarters asking that their names be placed at the top of the list Both youths were 'far enough down the line' to lie safe from the j draft- at least for a long time | Huch a spirit must lie couiiuend i ed. These young men should be eSamples to the rest of the < ommunlty's youth We intend to at least show In some small purl the appreciation of the community before they leave Friday morning ' Officers Attend Invitations to attend the 7:o® ~icoNTIXCF.K nN PACHt FIVEt ANNEXATION OF CLUB OPPOSED City Council Votes Against Annexation Os Country Club The proposed annexation of the Decatur Country club appeared doomed today, following a united I vote against the proposal by the city counclli last night. Each of the four councllmen , present. Charles Ungston. Russtdl Owens. Morri. Plngry and Kenneth Arnold, voted "no" on the second reading of the ordinance. At the first reading months ago. all but Owens voted in favor. Since the time of the first reading, at least two or three local groups and a number of individuals have remonstrated against the annexation. pointing out that such an .action would permit the club to I secure an alcoholic beverage permit through the regular channels The club was twice turned down when application was made tor a club license The second reading was deferred for some time, when toumilmen pointed out that they would like to r« reaction before acting any further Kohns Ro-Appointsd Raymond Kohne. local druggist, and present treasurer of the Decatur public library board, was reappointed to that position by the council last night Charles Brodheck. city water superintendent, reported to the council that repair to the chlorinator In the city swimming pool, damaged recently, would coat ap proximately 1200 The equipment was damaged by a crane In the process of the conetruytlon work at rhe municipal plant It was believed that the damage would be covered by the contmetor'a Insurance. c. Os C. Directors .Meet Friday Night The board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will nice I Friday evening at 7.30 o'clock at the First State Bank.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, November 20, 1910.

Telia of Nazi Spying in IT. S. — — OKM flf Ma ■ -xOTP<’<fc-'a, /--‘MB \ Heinrich Peter Fassbender Admitting he had engaged In both plant and military espionage in thr I* H. Heinrich Peter Fassbender. 23. an alien is shown In Chicago wh<-r<- be was unveiled Ity the Dirs committee In Ha Investigation of un-American activities in the f K Dlrs said Fassbender, until recently an agent of the Herman tlestepo. hail admitted receiving checks from thr Grrman governmrnt varying In amounts from llmi to |Jmi

DEATH CLAIMS W.E. ANDREWS Washington Township Farmer Dies After Extended Illness William Edward Andrews, 71. Washington townsbin farmer, died al l<':s. r > o'clock Tuesday night at his home two miles west and one and one-fourth miles north of Monroe Death wax caused by complications following an extended Illless. lie was born In Adams counjy Decamber 12. IMti, the sou of Harry and Matilda Andrews. Hix wife formerly Caroline Brown, died in 1®l«. Surviving are four sons. Floyd L. Andrews of Decatur. I.eslle of Relffsburg. Dwight of rhocnlx. Aril., and Harold of Poneto, one daughter. Mrs. Clarence iteii-hen-lurcher of Payne. Ohio.: three brothers and one sister, Arthur and Ralph and Miss Carrie Andrews. mH of Monroe, and Rev. Andrews of Magley: and 13 grand* hildren. Eleven brothers and sisters are decaMad. Funeral services will Io- held at the larlmtein funeral home at Monroe Friday morning at lo o'clock. Rev. Charles M I’rugh of Decatur ~ 17-oNTIXI'F.It CN PAGE Fob’ll) COST PER VOTE HERE 29 CENTS November Election Coxt Is Figured At 29 Cent* Per Vote The general election conducted In Adams county last November 5 amounted to approximately 39 cents per vote, according to figures compiled today In the offices of county auditor Victor 11. Eicher With all but a few minor bills outstanding, the alert lon cost claims tiled to date total 33,892.03 Additional legal advertising In a Berne newspaper Is expected to amount to approximately 340. Incidentals of county clerk Clyde (). Troutner, including repair of elec-, Hon bags, locks, traveling expense and a few others will probably amount to 347 50. Added to these Items are the following: Meals. 3409: Inspectors. 3248; judges 3340: clerks. 3350: sheriffs. 3M4; rent. 3194: election commissioners. 3525: printhig. ballots, leg al advertising, etc.. 3344; canvassing board. 390. One or two minor claims are known to be outstanding to date. These are not expected to affect tCONTINUKD UN I'AGB FUUUJ

Speed l’p Work At Charlextown Plant 1 Indianapolis, lud.. Nov. 20 il'pt I John K Jennings, sta'r works projects administrator, said today that the constructimi of a sanitary I f -r.-m .iii-l al plant at Charlestown. Ind . would be speeded up immediately by inauguration of a double shift. Charlestown lx the sit -of the ' new 326.000.000 government power plant to Ih- operated l>y the Du Pont company DUST NUISANCE IS PROTESTED Protest Filed With Council Against Wayne Novelty Company Three residents of the northwestern section ot the cky up|»-ar ed liefore the city council last night to remonstrate against the dust situation in that swtor. allegedly resulting from the operatian of the Wayne Novelty company Tile three Were; Floyd Acker. Charles Andrews and Ernest Tope, who slated that they represented about 20 residents and taxpayers of that vicinity. They asserted that the dust wax Injurious to health and resulted in damage to their properties. Vincent Kelley, city attorney, advised the man that public health was a : concern of the council but that the property damage was a civil ' proceeding between the complainants and the < ompany. The men stated that Dr II E Daniels, city health officer, had al- ' I ready been advised of the condition. Attorney Kelley and the city health board were empower*® by the council to Investigate the matter. T« Be Eliminated Mr. Kelley also advised the council that a discussion with J. Lao Child, of the Krick Tyndall company, had revealed the expectation on thy part of company officials to eliminate approximately 90 percent of the duet from that factory, alsiut which complaints had been made to the council by various residents of that section of the city. ■ -o Accelerate U. S. Aid For Britain Washington. Nov. 20 — qj.R) Vnlted States aid to Britain will Ire accelerated through the release ot additional plane* now being proi duced by American manufacturer* for thia nation s own defense forces. Informed officials said today. These official* declined to discuss details of the plan hut Indicated that an announcement would be made soon.

Alliance Gives Adolf Hitler Gateway To Balkans; British Industrial Areas Are Bombed

Ijirge Areas Os Several Midlands Cities la'ft In Ruins By Furious German Attacks. HIT BIRMINGHAM laindon. Nov. 3® <U.P‘ An all | night Grrman aerial blltxkrleg. : drscrilH-d as more furious than last , week's destrmtlon of Coventry. I left large areas of several western midlands cities in ruins today. tlJne of the cities was Birmingham. population I iHsi.mm. second largest In England I The raiders i-oneentrati-d on two. I including Birmingham t pounding one for nine hours in rolling attacks at one minute Intervals | Drath and destruction was wideI spread Raiders were back over thr ' northeast roast again this morning (Berlin dispatches said the main I assault was on Birmingham, a vital munitions and steel center often I called "the Pittsburgh of Britain." Nails said Birmingham had iwen ■ "coiicentrated." a reference to the destruction of Coventry, "the Detroit of Britain." In a similar "rolling’' attack last Thuisday nigbf.l The midlands stacks continued from dusk to dawn Flares. In crndlary. oil and high explosive Iximbs were dumped indiscriminately In the city singled out for | th- main attack hospitals, hotels, i stores and homes were destroyed Many persons were trapped under debris. The Germans dumped their heaviest. 2.2<H> pound isimbs. as freely as they had at Coventry Air raid protuction workers braved the hall ot Ihihilis and shell fiaginents from the antiaircraft barrage. In making rescues At one time, four cities were under the full fury of the German assault The raiders flew much lower than usual. A curtain of tanti-aircraft fire followed them ac- . cross the midlands, breaking up many formations and forcing the raiders to dump trelr loads over I hamlets and villages At least 1»• midlands owns were damagi-d in this manner. The night was dear and the moon bright for the stall at the heart of Britain’s Industrial center. lte|Hirts indicated however, that because of the fury of the defense guns, non military objectives had suffered the worst blows One town severely attacked recently. was bomlied again last night (indications were that this was Coventry, which was on the Germans' route i It was announced that at least five raiders were shot down during the night. "Reports up to f> a m show that (CONriNItKH OX PAGE FOUIO CELINA PASTOR TALKS TO CLUR Rev. Tennyson Geyer Speaks To Decatur Lions Club Tuesday “Being a access In this world calls f'# two percent Inspiration and UN percent perspiration." Bev. Tennyson Geyer, pastor of the Church of God at Celina. Ohio, told the Decatur Lions club members in their meeting at the Rice hotel last nlxbt "This Craxy World" was the topic of the pastor's address. He cited the oddities of individuals and urged the living of a life of faith and the maintenance of an optimistic viewpoint, augmented by perseverance and hard work Ills address was acclaimed one of the most interesting In recent moelings by the members. Flans for the next meeting of the club to be held in the Knights of Pythias home with Ihisty Miller, noted newspaperman and lecturer, at the sfieaker. were opened Ladies night will be observed at this meeting next Wednesday night. . All reservations are to be triade with Ed Boknecht before next Saturday.

' ITALIANS IN FULL RETREAT ON TWO FRONTS Border Dispatches Assert Greeks Routing Italian T roops I Belgrade, Jugoslavia. Nov. 3o. — 'UP» Italian troops today were in ~ full retreat on two fronts of the ( AlbaniatrGreek frontier, bonier dis- . (Hitches reported, and Greek forces were said Io be pursuing the re- . treating enemy after having captured < onslderable IxHity • Ohrid dlspatcnes said that along the lonian sea coast the Italian t withdrawal had become a rout and I that Greek troops which had pur- ■ sued the retreating enemy across ' the Kalamas river were chasing the ■ Italians toward Albanian villages • near Konispolis. Near Korltxa. at the other end r of the line. Greek troops were said r to be only three miles from the shellwri-iked Italian base The I Greeks were said to have resumed their bombardment of Korltxa be- - fore dawn and to have brought all •j Italian lines of retreat under artllr j lery Are. Greek sources persisted in predicting the early fall ot Korltxa and r said their lines around the flaming r i base were being drawn tighter • every hour. Greek artillery positions hi the Morova mountains, on the Cangon I road behind Korltxa and on th>I slo|s-s of Mt. Ivan were reported plopping a steady rain of shells In-' ’ to Korltxa It was reported that 37 I — — , (CONTINUCD ON PAGE FIVE) MISSIONARY TO SPEAK SUNDAY Dr. And Mrs, R. E. Nelson At Evangelical Church Sunday ■ ■ ' Dr. and Mrs It E Nelson. <rf j the "Red Hird" mission of the | Evangelical chtiri h. will lie guests , of the First Evangelical < hurr-h of 1 Decatnr Sunday morning Dr Nel- ’ son will deliver an address al the morning worship aervh-e 10'10 o'clock He will speak of Condi- ’ Ilona as he has seen and exper lenced them during his years of ! service on the mission Dr. and Mrs. Nelson have Iw-en i serving on the staff ot the mission I for several years, and are well | qualified to apeak of the conditions on the field "Red Bird" Js located ill the i CumlH-rland mountains <rf Eastern j Kentucky The work extends | throughout several counties In I whh-h the Evangelical church ' established the mission nearly two ' decades ago Miss Gladys Kern, I a former resident of Decatur, is ! serving in the same mission Mrs. Naomi (Loxlerl Hchroader. daughter of Rev and Mrs Geo K laix I ter. of the local Evangelical church, also served on the staff for several years. The local congregation Is greatly Interested In the work of the mission. and considers itself fortunate to have the Nelsons speak here. (<VI\TIXI')X> OX PAGE T WO) — " O — Indiana Defence Committee At W ork Indianapolis. Nov. 20 — (U.W — —A five man committee appointed by Gov. M Clifford Townsend today began execution of civil defense plans for Indiana as a state coordinating civil protection com mfttee. Committee members were Don F . Stiver, superintendent of state po- i l lice; Clem F Smith, state fire mar- - shall adjutant general Elmer F St rani), attorney general Samuel D. Jackson, and Clarence A Jackson. state director of civilian de-1 sense.

Price Two Cent*.

Other Power* Expected To Follow Suit Os llun- , gary In Joining Alliance Os Axis Powers. HITLER PRESENT Budapest, Nov. 20—(UP)— Hungarian sources said today I that Rumania's adherence to the axis would be signed Friday when Rumanian Premier Gen. lon Antonescu visits Ber- ! I in. ■ — Vienna. Nov 30 <U.P> Hungary Joined the German hall.iti Japanesn , alliance tislay | German foreign minister Joachim ' von Rlbls-ntrop made a speech Immediately after Hungarian officials hud signed the agreement, saying that other powiws wen- expected to follow suit. Italian foreign minister Count Galeaxxo Ciano; Saliuro Kuru-u. Japanese ambasaador to Germany; Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the German supreme coininund. and other Naxl leaders Wittmund : the signing Hitler Joined the signatories for ! a cold buffet luncheon at Bc-lve-Idere palace after the signing Hungary was represented Ivy ltd premier Coutu Paul Telekl and ’ foreign minister Count Stephen Caaky. They announced that "Hungary 1 Joins the Berlin tri power part with the Intention of contributing her ’: strength to the new order In i Europe now ar well as during tho I liquidation of the war " The axis powerF new ally is tho ! gateway to the Balkans A remnant of the old Austria Hungary empire, ruled l»y a 72 year-old regent. Admiral Nicholas Dr Worthy. who drove the communist lh-la Kun from power after tho world war. Hungary has been growing for two y.-ars with German suppoit. at the expense of h<-> old world war enemies In IM' Hungary was a country of 3&A75 square miles -and '• mH),uoo Inhabitants Then, at a Vienna eonference. she was awaided 1'75 square miles and l.mgf.mm population from Cxechoslovakia In ' August, IMO. again at Vienna, sho wax awarded 1D.300 square miles and 2.S<*ntOo Inhabitants from Rumania. in North Transylvania As an active ally of Germany, Hungary could throw o|M-n her Isirders and roads to German Irisqis bound southeast for Rumania. when- they already are well established, or could provide an easy route for German troops moving south to the Jugoslav iHirder All Ihdlcatlmis here, however. were that the alliance, an affects Hungary, was of a political nature- that Hungary merely was taking Iter place In the “new order" In Europe and Asia the avis powers seek Io create Adolf Hitler's newspaper! V<udklxiher Ib-oliaihter. said significantly In Berlin that whoever remains England’s silent partner renounces his future right to play even a moderate role In Em >pe '* (CnXTlNttßti nv PA«:V- s-(VS-) NEW PASTOR TO SPEAK SUNDAY Rev. Arthur Keck To Preach Introductory Sermon* Sunday The Introductory xermott of Iler. Arthur C. Keck, newly Instalh-d pastor of the Beltblehem Lutheran church near Ossian, will b delivered Sunday, Tho xermon in English. "Status of Christ's Desclples," will t-e delivered Sunday morning at M. 30 o'clock The sermon In German, taken from Mark 4:31-tS. will bo delivered at in ant The pastor, a native ot Evansville, wax recently called here from Iteno. Nevada, where he had served for more than eight years. Rev. and Mrs Ker k and family |have moved Into the parautiage >t the church.