Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1940 — Page 1
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lAVAGE RAID MADE ON ENGLISH CITY
■MIA SIGNS ■cr 10 JOIN III! NATIONS Hinted Os SApu Mow \tfainst g Turkey > |KK -, 1 js [■ II K 4 f/ .«»>- i""> FJ - • i > . pow.H--u. h 'ii. • '‘l* l . however. appar I take (he Balkan | follpl-dged partner* hi )wp<>wer alliance. aimed flrpt 2" and binding Ger--11, 4nd Japan to cooperate ally and militarily for 10 ’nto.ol with Rumania had iteiri. al xigniflcance. aince troops already occupy and the Rumanian army mi»tly demobilised. i understood that Slovak were coming hare during lend to *1(0 a protocol. Bulgarian official* would Sign early neat week An with all four of the counth. whole south tatrd-r ' ll * l ' *' ' ' ' l ' * * A ru.-ei I* I • Riltb-nttop i ■■’ ISsH B "'- ,n * i,bn o f ihs^B 11 <u p ’ -"I" ■ - t..:.-. .i Illa . lililim ■ 1 ’ - 1 " ■ 1 r ■ • i" ■ * ' B||B> ' ' h ' * ■ rS^s£.W ! V «... * V been gives by the reAnkara. Turkey, of the Ger bauador. Prana von Pa pen had prolonged diacusslons » highest Nail leader* InAdolf Hitler, with Soviet foreign mmmtanar V. M during hla vMt In Berlin, h Bulgaria'* premier and Sinister during a stop-over ■ week on hla way to hi* wan believed that Papen key to the neat German hlch might be to *end aid in the Greek campaign. eously with a drive at liardanellaa. Jreek victory at KoritM I to raise the question of aid to Italy, and eome here believed that If Hitrtook It, he would make It phase of a larger * near east Informed person* doubted ler bad persuaded Molotov . ressure on Turkey or had ' ">y agreement with Hu- ■<> the Dardanelle* ion MV•h!«h would be necessary BBtrnauy in any purely land against Sues from the B®*’ -aid that while Germany ITy*' "’«'d break Turkish re Ey before thia could be done IM ,Uh ne«t would be In th* harassing shipment* of F“ «H to Germany. hnSATURt READING •OCRAT thermometer ’ •• "*■ — 3J M 0 •- m _ jg WCATHCR *** tonight and Sunday, *•"•1 rain tenigM and In * •nd extrema east portion “y: not much change In
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT
Jacob Musser 111, Delay Arraignment The arraignment of Jacob Mils»»r, of Preble township, on a charge of assault with intent to kill, whhh was to have taken plate this morning before Judge J Fred Fruchte in circuit court was post- | poned when Musser became 111 Musser, who has been held In Jail aince hla arrest by Hherlff Rd Miller in Fort Wayne earlier In the Week. liecame ill this morning and the sheriff summoned a physician TWO VOLUNTEER FORTRAINING Two Additional Draftees Volunteer For Selective Senice Marcellus F. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Seventh street, will go to Fort Benjamin Harrison Monday at a replacement for Charles Whitman, draft board officials stated late this morning Whitman returned to Decatur this morning after he wee rejected by camp officials because he failed to pass the physical esam (nation. With Adams county's first two draftees now at Fort Benjamin Harrison ready for their year’s training, two more volunteers are at the top of the county list, draft board record* showed today. First In line Is Marcellus F. Miller of Decatur. Ills order number is seven and hr would have been placed at the top of the list had no one else volunteered. Others ahead received determent (Second in line as a volunteer is Joseph Adair Krick, also of Dae» tor. Hl* order number is M - Harold Karl Steele of Pleasant Mill* and Arthur Gerald Feller* of Monroe who also volunteered, failed to pas* the physical esamlna tkm. Others in the first D» are being classified by the county draft board Au additional group of bl questionnaires was sent out by Miss Boris Nelson, the draft board clerk on Friday. Those who received questionnaires today with their order number first and their serial number last, follow; 100 William Thomas Ivea-M 101- -Glenn W Foor—ll4. 102 Paul Shelby Wiseman 133. 103 Royal Edwin Stevens Ml*. I Enlisted I. 104 —Carl Lavere Christner SZu. 10b Daniel Birch Schafer 2041. log William Gaylord Art* 229, 107—Vincent Ford Kelley *l2. 103 Clarence Fred tadirman 131 . . u 10» Oscar Henry Lengerich 2005 . > . 110 —Ivan Harold Augsburger jll—<’srl Jerome Bletler—2o3. 112 -Cresendo Guerra 24*3. 113 -Charles Wilbur Teeple I 9«. 114 Clarence Franklin Black IIS Vernon Amo* Fairchild — WW- —a ll< -Walter Mearl Garwood 31. 117 Harold Gallmeyer 203.. lilt—timer Hale Johnson 1« H» -George Washington Hawkins—*W- ... 120 Archie Jay Grlce-74<-121 Joseph Leon Poffenberger IS* 133- Leon Reynolds-7». 123- Waiter Nicholas Heimann IJ4 John Harold Biff 126- -Elmer Biber»«h>«' IM-Owrald Floyd «•?-*£•' 137- Dale Edward Liby -1»73. 12»-William Junior Thornton — < l2O-J. Levi Amßtota-l»W---1- Cedric Jacob Colchln-T«. 131 -Theodore Joseph ApP«lnt“ n 132 Raymond Richard Bader - **l33—Alton Jacqb Huaer — IM4. 134— Virgil Ralph Alberaon “13b-Orley Barkley Waltera-25-IM Chester Forest Deßolt -W». )J 7-Walter H Moeiler-W 3 U g- Norman Ell Blberat ine-JK 139 -Bennie Grover Vinson **l4o—Carl Theodore Reinhard — 14 141—Virgil 801 l McCiura— H. 142— Anthony Frederick Baker -144 Henry Charles Swygnrt 7 *!4b— Dorris Doyle Heath-W '(CORTU4UEB FAOR THMMI
ROOSEVELTTO NAMELEAHYAS FRENCH ENVOY Admiral Leahy To Be Appointed As Ambassador To France Hyde Park. N V Nov « tl'Pl President Roosevelt announced (today that he shortly will nominate idmlral William D. la-shy. former ■ htef of naval operations, as I*. H. ambassador to France. Th* announcement was made for the president by William D. Hassett, White House secretary. Hassett said that Mr. Roosevelt was accepting the resignation of William C. Bullitt, who previously had represented this government In France. Temporary White House headquarers gave no indication when ILagby’a nomination would I* sent to the senate, but II was assumed It would go to Capital Hill early neit week Mr Roosevelt selected Leahy for the Important dlplomatlr post after General John J. Bershing rejected the appointment upon the advice of his physlt lan. The president had offered the appointment to Pershing on the assumption that the war time general’s association with Marshall Petain of France would provide a basis for mutual understanding which would lead to a better under■tndlng of proi.lem- common to the V. 8. and France. la-ahy otiviously was selected as a gervtew man familiar with defense 'icnMTINUBD ON PA<»« THKKfft ... ' i "■< — Henry M. Berner Is Buried Here Friday Funeral service* were held at Sturgis. Mich . Frida) for Henry M (Besser. 7*. grandfather of Harvey Deem of this city, who died this week at a Sturgis hospital. The teidy was brought Io the Decatur cemetery fur Imrial Friday afternoon. CHORUS SINGS FOR FESTIVAL County Chorus To Open Annual Rural Festival Here On Dec. 3 Lovera of good music will be privileged to hear the Adams county home economica chorus, directed by Mrs. C. T. Habegger. at 7 30 P. M lircember 3 at the Lincoln School Iterator. The Adams county home economics chorus will take part in the annual rural festival to be held that evening They will open the feallval formally in their robe* They will appear a second time In a comedy aketch. The chorua la to share In the return* from the festival and will have entire charge of lhe ticket sale. They will also asstai In securing enterles for thia event. Any group In Adams county wishing to put on a 12-mlnute stage sketch or a four mlnuta curtain art should make entry through some member of the home economic rhorus or at the county agent's office The successful or winning stage act and the first placing curtain act will be permltter to take part In tbo district rural festival tc be held In Ft. Wayne on the .. enlng of December 13. j, these two classes In the district festival will take part in the annual festival contest to be held at Purdue Untrerilty durlnf the »<rlcultural conference week. — —o — Optometrists Meet Wednesday Night Dr. W. L. Berge of Fort Wayne and Dr. Russell L. Bolyard of New Haven are on lhe program for the monthly actontiSc meeting of the Northeast Indiana optometric association Wednesday night at o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce building. Fort Wayne. Dr. Berge will read a paper dealing with diseases of the optic nerve and retina due to kidney dysfunction. He will bring out the role of the optometrist In control of such dtoease. Dr. Bolyard will lead discussion Dr. C. W. Morris will preside. Opiomelrists In nine northeast Indiana countias ar* member*.
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Ikcatur, Indiana, Saturday, November23,l94o.
In ChriNtmaN Parade Here Dec. 3 k IA a : * y w- fl (a Ml** Lillian Winter*, pictured above with her trained horae, "Calico." will be one of the feature* of the t'hrlsma* opening here Tuesday. December 3 Mis* Winter* will take part In the colorful parade to l>e ataged during lhe afternoon, and will also present «peclal acts during the dsy
REPORT STOLEN CHECKS CASHED Two CheckM Stolen Here In September Are Cashed At Van W ert Authorities today were again Intensifying a search for a thief who two months ago stole a tar and approximately M.mri worth of check* from Richard McConnell of the McConnell * Son* wholesale house here. The thief was almost apprehended laat night as he attempted to caab a 340 check in Convoy Ohioafter stealing a car in Fort Wayne to get there. He made the attempt at a filling station. The attendant summoned a deputy sheriff and the bank presldnnt, however, and the three Immediately gave chase. Failing there, he moved to Van Wert. Ohio, where he had much better success. Two check* are known to have been caahed at filling *tatlon* there, one for f»0.40 and the other for |tl< At both place* he Imught tire* and took the change from the amount of the chet k. He abandoned the stolen Fort Wayne car tn Convoy, when the authorities trapped him away from the vehicle, but then stole a Convoy auto, which wa* later found abandoned in Fort Wayne. The theft hefe occurred on September 21 when Mr. McConnell parked hla car on North Becond afreet to atep into lhe wholesale houae for a moment. When he returned the car wa* gone. The car was later recovered In Fort Wayne but the thief was never apprehended. Authorities since that tme have several times been ‘TcONTINCIUt ON PAGE TtlltEE) .Men’s Brotherhood Will Meet Monday The November meeting of the Albright brotherhood will be held tn the basement of the Evangelical church Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All men of the church are psked to attend.
Parade, Free Ads To Feature Gala Christmas Opening Dec. 3
Further plans for Decatur's gala Christmas opening Tuesday. December 3. were announced today following a meeting of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce Friday evening A complete day of activity I* planned by the clty’a business orgsnixatlon. starting with free acta at 10:30 a. m. Other acts will be at L t and 4 p. m. Feature of the day will be the elaborate parade, to ba . staged through the city's burin*** district at 2:30 o'clock. More than 150 person* will participate In the parade, augmented by band*, grotaaque figures, a Christmas queen and four attend-
Files Divorce Suit In Circuit Court Edna (I (team of Monmouth has fll--d suit for divorce ftoin Alftrd 11. Deam In Adam* circuit court, charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The complaint state* that they were married January 14. 1911 and separated November 20, I*oo. The complaint ask* for a divorce, -upper! money, custody of a child. Russell iJine. 14 and a restraining order. D Burdette Custer I* plain tiffs attorney. This morning the court heard a petition fin suppott SOLONS SELECT SESSION HEADS Democrat* Elect l*eadera For 1911 Session Os LeKitdature Indianapolis. Nov 23. - (U.R) — Hoosier Democratic legislators, iompletely in the minority tn the tinning general assembly for the first time In nearly a decade, were ready today to "fio along with the Republicans" In both house* to i produce "constructive legislation." The lawmaker*, after hearing Gov. M Clifford Townsend. Gov.elect Henry F Schrlcker and state chairman Fred Bay* dlacits* the change In th- party » statu* in Indiana. yesterday held caucuses for both house* and selected their minority leaders for the coming legislative session. Named to senate office* were Roger II Phillip* of New Albany, minority floor leader. Marker Bunderland of Muncie, t aucu* chairman, and Tom A. Hendrick* of Indianapolis, caucus secretary. All were elected unanimously. Chosen to lead the party In the house were Wmfield K. Denton of Evansville, minority floor leader, and Howard Batman of Terre Haute, caucus chairman. Schrlcker. only Democratic candidate elected to a major state ofi fice. told the legislators that "(bl* It a good opportunity to teat our j political sanity and establlah govI ICONTINUBD ON PAOB THMSSt
ant*, chosen from local girl*. The free acts will be composed of trained horses, ponies, dog*, with clown* to offer comic relief A* the autstandlng treat for the children. Santa Claus will lie present throughout the day. and at the conclusion of lhe parade. Santa will be stationed In the corridor of the county court house, where he will distribute candy and gift* to the children. The entire day's affair I* being sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce to provide a sltmulu* to tbe Christmas shopping season In Decatur and all merchant* sfle expected to cooperate In making pe comlter 3 a red letter day iu LMe.t tor and wfcinltjr-
Birmingham Is Subjected To All-Night Raid; Frightful Damage Caused By Bombs
GREEK VICTORY OVER ITALY IS GROWING DAILY Triumph At Koritza Growing In Scope Am Reports Are Issued — Athens. Greece. Nov 23 <U.P> Greek troop* routed almo.i aeven | Italian division* lIM.M* men) In capturing the Korltia sector and aelxed enough gun*, ammunition and vehicle* to equip two division, reports from the front said today The fighting on thia northern front was moving toward the Jugo alav irorder A large aectlM of the Italian fotce routed from ll* Koiltia ba*e had moved io Fogra dec. 25 mile* north on laike Ocb 1 rida * which form* a section of the Albanian-Jugoslav border, and the Greek* were driving that direction in pursuit HJtren Fopovltch. t'nited Pre*, staff correspondent at Belgrade went esterday to Svetl Naum. » border town lietween latke* Ocbt Ida and Prespa, and watched Brltlih plane* Itomb Pogradec He said the raiders returned four time* to dump lx>mb* on Pogradet .■nd nearby town* and that no Ital tan fighter plane* ever appeared | He said he saw Albanians sniping .al Italian troops retreating up the KoritM-Pogradec road t While the Greek northern force* were mopping tip around Korltia the southern army was pushing In Io Albania and threatening to cut off the Italians from their coastal supply base. Porto Edda As they , approached lhe Argyrocaatron j plains, however, the Greek* were, advancing more cautiously, to pre vent falling into traps or meeting ; massed formations of Italian tnechanlled unit*, which had Iw-en of little value In the mountainous country to the east The victory at Korltia. from. where (he Italian* had launched their drive for Salonika, eastern Greek port, was growing In scope a* new report* of capture* came from that area It wa* reported that the Italians hud attempted to destroy the Immense stores of gasoline and munition* assembled there before retreating, but the Greeks arrived In time to selie most of them A communique said the booty at Korltia had not been sorted yet 1 iMtt that material captured to dale along the front Included *<• light (and heavy gun* 55 anti-tank guns. 300 light and heavy machine guns 20 tank*. 25ti lorries and l.stm . motorcycle* and bicycle* (Report* at Ohrid. Jugoslav lx>r der town. *ald that In the final phase of the Korltia campaign alone, the Greeks had captured 1!' :conti Mi:cr> mt paov thhku> ANNUALRABBIT SUPPER MONDAY Knights Os Columbus To Hold Annual Rabbit Supper Here Plans tor the rabbit supper to be staged at the Knight* of Columbus hall Monday night for the members and their wives have been completed The supper will open the evening’s program and will Ire follower! by games, entertainment and dancing The dance will atari at 9:30 o'clock, with the Aloha Islanders furnishing the music. Featured speaker at the supper program will be Joseph Crowley of , Fort Wayne. George Kinsel of Gary, state deputy of the lodge and ■■nett Mills, of Fort Wayne, district deputy, will alto appear on the speaker’s program. Arthur E Voglewede will serve 1 as toastmaster at the affair and Elmo Hmlth will lead the group I ringing A large crowd Is espected to attend.
CHURCH SHOWS SOUND PICTURE —— "Our Manter’s Voice" At Zion Reformed (’hurrh Monday Night • <htr Master's Voice," a 45 mln- : ute sound motion picture, will be shown Monday evening at 7 3o P M in the Zion Kvengellcal and Re- | formed cbur< h. under the an»pb e. of th* men'* club of the church. The picture. whl< h wa* filmed I iby Rev Walter C. Pugh, of lain caster. Pennsylvania, depicts the story of lhe home mission work conducted by the board of home missions of the Reformed church I In the t'nited Wales The scenario which gives the story continuity was prepared by another minister of the denomination. Rev. Paul Nagy. Jr of Mountville. Pennsylvania who also served as narrator for the accompanying sound track. Among mission projects which will be seen In the picture are the , school and chart h work among the Wtnnebago'lndians in and around I Neillsville. Wisconsin The denorn tiiailoti also supports mission ■ t hurt he* for the Japanese, one In | Ixoi Angele* and another in Han Francisco, California, their work tomprising an Interesting part of the picture. Other ph turn* In the film include the Harbor Mission in ' New York City. <onducted In behalf of Incoming Immigrant* and' I I hurrh woik In n«*w mdwwtrtal wet-' tlements and Moisted rural ssctlona. There will be no admission ' t harge for seeing the ph ture. but an offering will be taken to defray the eipenae of showing the film. ( OPENING JURY TRIAL MONDAY Number Os Cases Arc Set Down For November Term Os Court The calendar for the November term of the Adams circuit court Is rapidly being filled a survey showed today Extra taxes have set by Judge J Fred Frtlt hie rim the docket was called earlier this Week. The first Jury trial I* scheduled for neit Monday when th.- pull panel is to hear the account »ult of Phil Sauer va. Charles F. Zini merman The complete calendar to date I follows: Nov 25- Bauer v*. Zimmerman (Jury I. Nov. 2* Berllng v*. Mann. Nov. 3(1 Johnson vs. Johnson Dec. 2 Scbng vs Brandyberry. Dec I Grakos ex part.Dee. 4- Mutschler va American Legion (Issues i Dec 5 Kaufman vs McKean I issue*t. Dec. fr Buchanan v* Campbell (Issue* I. Dec « Runyon va Kelsey Dec. » Foster Realty Corp vs. Wlttgenfeldt. i Dec 10 Ms-11 »• <*•»» Dec. 11--Aaso. Investment Co. v* Price llaatiesl. Dec. 12—Dohrman vs Dohrman (court I Dec IS- Fidelity Guaranty Corp va Thieme tjuryt. Dec I* Zaggell v» Porter Dec 17- Reiter vs Fisher. Det 1» Haas vs City of Fort Wayne (Juryl. Dec 23 -Borling v* Mann. Dec 24 -Hlngleton va Krepa. Jan. 5 Adam* va Drake Jan 9 Morthoral vs Railway Express. Jan 1« Moser vs. Essex (Jury). Two Candidates File Expennes Additional candidates to file expense acounts In the office of county clerk Clyde O. Troutner are: Pbll Btrahm. Democrat, tor county commissioner. 321.25. Phi P. Miller, Democrat for sheriff. |9O W. ....
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Berlin RcportM Entire City Quarters Gulled By Attack lasting For Nearly 12 Hours. WAVE AFTER WAVE London. Nov. 23—UK—Bertioh fighter planes shot down seven Italian and on* German war plan* today after a bsavy all night attack by aala sir fleets on the industrial west midlands London. Nov. 23 U.W German air raider* made a savage, allnight raid on a city in lhe western midland*, dropping high eiploriva bomba on churches, hotels, convent*. schools, mtiltk l|stl building*, store* and home* (Nail informant* said the attack wa* on Birmingham, great British ■feel and munition* center, a city of l.ooomm person*. They said the "entire city quarter* a* well as factory areas were destroyed and gutted"; that fires could Im area on the French coast. I*s mth-s away, and that dive Immbing tactics were used on Birmingham for (he tint time. The attack lasted from 7 o'clock yesterday evening until nearly •» a m. today. The plane* tame from al! direction*, wave after wave, at 10-mlnute Interval*. The city had been »übje< ted to a fierce poundIng several night* ago. The residential »e<tlon suffered ' fearful damage. Pin- fii-hter* and civil defense worker* tolled unceasingly thioughotit the night, even while the raid W.l* at It* height anti bomb* were raining down all about them A heavy bomb struck the rear of an art gallery and hundred* "I lona of masonry trashed Into the street, blocking It. Masonry from the damaged post office blocked other street*. Many window* In municipal buildings were smashed. An air raid protection worker said. "I had started (or a walk and hail not gone far when I heard the whistle of a falling bomb. I fl >pped on my lo lly and debris spattered my back. As soon as there wa* a lull I continued on my way but things got * obad I had to take refuge In a public shelter, where I stayed until there was another lull. In the light of gun flashes and of It wa* <-a»y to dodge flying debris the flares (he raider* dropped "I saw clouds of Incendiary bomb* fall In front of me They l>op|H-<l like firecrackers. • When the explosive Itotnbs started falling again I flopped and then took shelter. I thought my last moment had come when a bomb fell on a houso near me. "As soon a* I -011111 I continued my Journey, bm practically all tho way I wa* dodging from one door<Y»MTIWttKt> ON PAtIK THHKtri _——— —„ .. . Conservation Club Plans Shoot Sunday The Country conservation lull has announced another of It* nubile shoots, to be held Sunday afternoon at the club’* range east of St John's. alHHit seven miles north of Decatur on !' S. ro-d 27. Prize* of poultry and other valuables will lie awarded tbo besG shots. Classes will tie set up both for expert* and amateur*. All pros ceed* : re lined to restock lhe county with wild life. A special Invitation Is mndo tn the ladies to attend the shoot and Join one of the clubs being formed for women shooters.
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