Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1940 — Page 1

XXVIII. No. 283.

EA WAR HITS NEW HEIGHT OF FURY

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os’ page HVEi |. SHOAF IS ■ENBT DEATH M William Shoaf Die* ■irMlay Evening Af■r Month's Illness Marie Shoaf 73. *»*' Shoaf, of IHo alui t-.u" ■ .1’ I o'clock Thursday evethe Adami county mentorI teal h followed a Hine** of complication* born In Ohio. October the daughter of Chriat ■d William Shoaf In Decatur ■y 12. I*M*. She waa a mem■st talks'* Evangelical and church and of the ladle* of the church, besides the husband ■ nil* Cheater. Chai ley Ed Flank and Fred all In or foui daughter* Mr* of Monroe. Mr* Mabie Hecalur route 2. Mr* May of Itecatur. and Mr* Ireta ol Ossian. one sister. Mr*. ■Martin of Decatur route 2; ■other. lam I* Benedict of Oak Ohio; 22 grandchildren great grandchildren. ■liiKliter and one brother are ■ral services will be held at Sunday afternoon at 1 ■ and at 1;M p. in at the ■*>. Roe. H H. Meckstroth of■ft Burial will be in the De■o m. iery The body will be from the Black funeral y" the residence this evening ■>y be viewed after 7 p tn V »/)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

(Jeto Commerce Job n>-\ ~ 1 i ■■ 'it K i Wayne Taylor Wayne ch.iti.i.l Taylor of Chicago. a veteran In huatneaa and government affairs is shown as he took the oath of office a* new undersecretary of commerce. all. reeding Kdward Nobl,DEATH CLAIMS I ESIAS DAILEY Prominent St. Mary's Township Farmer hies This Morning E«ia* W Halley. 77. prominent farmer and land owner of Adams county, died at hla home in St. Mary's township- northeas' of Bobo, at 10:45 o'clock thia morning. following a several week's Illness of ' pneumonia *nd complication*. .Mr Dailey waa a native resident of thia county He waa born June 37. I»<3 In the same house In which he died He was the son of James T and Mary Johnson Hailey, who were numtiered among the early pioneers of this community Long prominent In the business

and agricultural life of Adam* county Mr Dailey at one time served a* a director of the Old Adam* I County bank He was recognised a* one of the most successful farmer* in the county and hl» farm of more than 350 acre* I* one of the better one* In St Mary * township * Following hl* grade school education. Mr Dailey enrolled In the National Normal school a* Lebanon and for a number of year* taught school in Van Wert and 8 Adam* countie*. 8 In March <rf 1»«*3. Mr. Dailey was ' married to Ml»» Laura Brunner. ‘ who died February It. 1914 No 1 children were born to the union. Mr Dailey was a mer.’.ber of the r Ml Talior Methodist chnt'-h and of 1 the F and A. M. Ixidgr in this city. ' Surviving are a twin toother. f Jame* Dailey of St Mary * town- ' ship; twoalster*. Mr*. Edgar Moses, 1 also of St Mary * township and 1 Mr*. Mary Jone* of Wren. Ohio. The latter I* 94 year* of nge. 1 The liody will be returned from (CONTINtJEH <>N PACIW FIVKA -" ———— SEAL CAMPAIGN OPENED TODAY Annual Christmas Seal Campaign Is Opened In Adams Cour 7 Tho annual Christmas seal campaign In Adam* county ha* been opened by the Adam* county tuberculosis association. W. Ouy Brown. Decatur high school principal, and president of the association. an nounced today. A large group of girl* in the Decatur junior senior high school, member* of the school commercial class, are busy preparing the seals for mailing. Mr. Brown stated. The seals will go Into the malls tomorrow. The program of the association Include* free clinics, health education. milk for undernourished children. X-rays and cooperatloe with the Irene Byron sanatorium, as well as the early diagnosis campaign. ' Boy Scouts are aiding the association In distributing literature and poster*. telling of the Christ(CONTINUED ON PAOIC HIX)

CHINESETRAIN IS DYNAMITED Bf GUERILLAS At Leant 150 Japanru* And Chinese Killed ”By Dynamite Shanghai. Nov. 31 — <UJD Al least IAo persons were killed or wounded today when a train bearln< prominent Japanese and Chinese officials to Nankins for the formal recog-,iition by Japan of ’ Wann Ching Wei's regime waa j dynamited near Soochow by Chin* I eae guerillas. Japanese quarter* aid that most of the casualties were Chinese. mainly coolies They were riding In a car behind the locomotive, the only car on the train said to have been destroyed. It was reported that at least two Americana were aboard the wreck ed train but their names were not known Immediately and It was not established whether they had escaped Injury I The Wreck tied up traffic on the Shanghai-Nanking railroad Reports from Boochow — the "city of bridges'' reputed to have I' the moat beautiful girls In all | china said It had been confirmed I that Chinese guerilla forces placed dynamite under the track* over which tfae train to Nanking travI riled. Japanese here said that many I prominent Chinese and Japanese officials who had planned to take the train waited for a later one. 1 thus escaping danger. How many 1 had taken the wreckd train waa - not known. Japanese quarters here said that at least one Japanese had been r Injured slightly Hoochow Is In the center of an t area from which Chinese guerillas * never have been cleared, despite I Japanese occupation of the city i since 1537.

, - o ADDITIONAL MEN ABE CALLED OUT 1 Strike Os Skilled Worker* Continue* At City Light Plant The strike delaying construction of the municipal light and power plant continued today with four more workers known to have been added to the number called off their jobs. To date in boilermakers and four plumbers have been called off the job by the union In protest to the wages paid by the general ■ contractor. Frank Gardner. IxiDermaker bos*. who with nine of hl* men walked out yesterday, in an Interview with a Dally Ih-mocrat reporter asked the newspaper to state today that the men “did not walk out of their own accord." but "were called off" by the Build I Ing Trade* Council of Fort Wayne, an affiliate of the American Feder ation of latbor The boilermaker* were all employed by the Wick* Boiler company of Haginaw. Michigan. The plumber* are employed by the Industrial Piping and Equipment company of Fort Wayne. Seven of the boilermakers left the city before noon today and the other three were to leave before the close of the day. Most of the men were going back to Chicago to await orders to report to another Job. they stated Meanwhile, men employed by Yost Bros., general contractors, were continuing their joh* a* usual today in building the addition to < CONTI N t IBP nN PACIF MIXI ——O— —l Roosevelt Opposes Sales Tax Proposal Washington. Nov. 2»-( IT Pl—President Roosevelt said today that he would oppose any proposal to enact a sale* tai to finance new government expenditure* resulting from the new national defense program. Mr. Roosevelt will explore the entire fiscal situation tonight at a supper conference with congressional. treasury and budget bureau experts. He left no doubt that ■hmild * sales tax proposal emerge he would oppose IL

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 29,1910.

Shifts in Legal Ponta I jftKi Vincent Kelley left, city attorney since IM*, will resign his post I effeiilve January I. I*4l. to la-come prosecuting attorney for the 26th ' judicial circuit and will In- succeeded by Ferd L. I.ltterer. right, veteran Republican attorney of this city The latler appointment will tie made by Mayor Forrest Elley

KELLEY QUITS CITY POSITION Ferd Litterer To Succeed Vincent Kelley As City Attorney 1 Vincent Kelley of this city, who was elected proseiutlng attorney In the November election, will tendr er his resignation as city attorney ' at the council meeting Tuesday " evening and will Im- succeeded in ' the post next January by Ferd L. ’ Litterer. well known Decatur at- * torney It was announced today. Mr. Kelley'S resignation will be- ' tome effective December 31. I*4U, 1 so he can assume his ofllt lai duties <m New Year's day. ' Mayor Forrest Eliey. who ap- ’ imlnted Mr. Kelley, stated this afternoon he would appoint Mr Lit- * terer to the city attorney's post

By virtue of the law the city at- ! torney Is also a member of the board of work* and safety, having i under Its jurisdiction the operation Os the city electric and water utility. Mr. Kelley Is the first Republican I prosecutor attorney to lie elected ' in Adams county Following his graduation from the University of Kentucky at Islington hi 1921, Where he received his L L.D, degree, he was admitted to the Adam* county bar. He has served a* illy attorney since January 1, 1939 and will have tom pleted two years In the post when . his resignation becomes effective. | He was a membr of the Kentucky jj»w Journal staff, an honorary society at the university. Mr. Lllterer I* one of the prominent attorney* In this city and Is « former law partner of Judge J Fred Fruchte. For several year* he ha* been resident manager of the Decatur Hometileads Corp, and It was understood he had submitted hl* resignation of thia post, effective next January. GBUiE SPEAKS TO ROTARIANS Decatur Attorney Speaks To Rotary Club Thursday Evening Harry T. Grube. Decatur attorney and member of the Rotary club, delivered an inspiring address on "Liberty" at the weekly meeting of the club Thursday evening In the Rice hotel. Mr. Grube, pointing to the Immense defense program now underway In the United State*, stressed the vast difference In government In this country as compared to the governments of practically *ll other nations In the world. "Remember the fate of France," the speaker warned, "a nation with the finest army on the face of the earth, well equipped and with adequale finances. yet she crumbled before Hitler'* armies with scarcely a fight Physically, Frame was powerful, but spiritually, she was weak and dissolute." In pointing to the liberty of cltlsens ot the United State*. the attorney said that our liberties are not guaranteed under the constitution. as many persons mistakenly believe, but are traced to the Dec(CONTINUm* ON I'AUK HIX)

♦ • Girl l*«ck* Her*<*lf In Room. Fireman Called To Rescue After lielttg locked In an upstairs 1 1 room for about an hour and a half | little Kay Hines, four year-old 1 I daughter ot Mr and Mrs. Dale I Hines. so.lt* North Reeond street.' was freed by a fireman shortly 1 ' after noon today. The little girl. who. with her 1 . parents. Ilves In an apartment at 1 ' the W II Harris home, accidently I turned the key and locked her*elf ■ i In the room while her nursemaid ! I Annabelle Miller, was out of the j room She cried for help and after ' a while her screams Were heard Frantically Ml«s Miller and Mr* ■ i Harris Implored her to get the . ; key and slip it under the door to i' them, but to no avail i Finally. Mrs. Harris appealed to! ■ i Mayor Forrest Elxey a neighbor ! ' He called the fire department and Fireman Roy Steele with the aid of a fire ladder crawled through an upstairs window and unlinked the 1 door. The little lot was none the worse for her experience after her I 1 fright subsided DEFENSE PLANT STRIKE ENDED 7,500 Union Member* Return To Work At Aluminum Plant New Kensington. Pa.. Nov. 29 — 'UP> The 7.500 CIO union workers of the vast New Kensington plant of the Aluminum Corporation of America returned to their jobs today. ending a week long strike which tied up the production of aluminum needed for national defense They acepted a compromise agreement worked out by the national defense advisory commission, company officials and Phillip Murray. the new president of the CIO. The union workers walked out last Friday demanding that the company discharge or transfer a |25 a week sheet mill worker who was behind hi his union due* and who allegedly threatened a union official who tried to collect them. ”cv»NTINt!En ON PAGB THRBBI Good Fellows Club Started In This City Decatur's Good Fellow* club, the annual purveyors of Christmas I cheer to the lest fortunate resident* I of the city, was officially launched ! today by the Delta Theta Tau sorority. sponsor* of the club. The sorority donated |SO to give l tho Good Fellow* club a rousing I start, and organisation* and individual* of the city are urged to t make their contribution* early. The Lions club has already start- I ed collecting toys which will be re- < paired and repainted for dlstribu- > Hon at Christmas time. Any one having such toys to donate Is ask- I ed to call the Hon-E-Kru»t bakery. I Kenneth Flfttner. manager of the I bakery, has donated the use of hl* t trucks to pick up these toys < John L DeVos* ba* donated the < use of hl* building. 149 Mouth Her- l ond street, formerly occupied by Mies Recreation, for Good Fellows I headquarters for storage and sort- I Ing of material donated and pur- ' chased. 1

Report Fresh Engagements At Sea; British Demand A Knock-Out Blow At Italy

ROOSEVELIAND DIES TALK ON FIFTH COLUMN Die* Refu*e* Statement After Conference With President Washington. Nov 2't <U.W Chairman Martin Dies of the house committee Investigating un American activities conferred for 50; minutes with President Roosevelt I today on the anti fifth column drive but declluwd to disclose details of ; i the meeting. The conference was called by Mr. I . RiMisevelt to thrash out the num--1 erous disagreements among the Hies committee, the White House and agencies dealing with anti espionage and anti-sabotage work such as the federal bureau of Investigation. the justice and state departments. “I have no statement to make,” : fries said an he left the president a i ofllie “If the president wants to I make a statement it is agreeable 1 with me.” Dies said In advance of the con-1 ference that he Is willing to cooperate with the administration in the aliti-nfth column drive. I Hies held a press < onferem eln hln office shortly after his arrival ' here to thrash out with Mr Roosevelt their long standing disagreements over the work and methods i employed by the investigating committee. Hies told reporters that while he was willing to cooperate with Mr. I Rmisevelt. he could not agree to com iTNtiKtr <>w waor thkkwi : — Local Man’* ( ousin Dies At Elkhart ■ Word han been received here by iTony Ibmfigllo of the death of hie cousin. Joe llonffgllo at Klkhart | |Mr and Mrs llonfiglio will attend I the funeral services in that city Saturday morning. »" —— —- o Adams County Man On Hunting Trip Alliert Reineke, well known fai liter of Kirkland township joined a party of men from Ohio today ! who proceeded to eastern Penn ' sylvanla on a hunting trip There I were 13 men In the party, among whom was Hr. Gltheus of Wren They will hunt deer in the Pennsylvania hills and wilds GIVE VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF Circuit Court Jury Awards $381.48 In Account Suit Here Alfter deliberating almut throe and one-half hours Thursday afternoon. an Adams circuit ccurt jury returned a verdict In favor of the plaintiff in the account suit of Phil Hauer against Charles F and Grace Zimmerman. The Jury found tor the. plaintiff In the sum of |3OM principal and Interest. which brought the total of 1381. M. The case waa given to the jurors at noon yesterday after they heard Instructions from Judge J. Fred Fruchte. They returned about 1 o'clock after eating luach to deliberate the case. At <:<o p. nt. John 11. Peters, of Profile township, jury foreman. Informed bailiff Fred Koltor that they had reached a verdkt. The suit asked 1475 for services allegedly due the plaintiff for building work done by the plaintiff for the defendants. D. Burdette Custer waa palntlffs attorney »nd Hubert R. McClenahan represented the defendants It waa the first jury trial of the November term of court.

Leads Service A J Bk Jill., , I. B Rev. K I. Illellei pastor of the! ! t'hurcb of God South It.-nd will I lead levival services at the Church I <if <lod In this city, beginning . Monday night Rev Bleiler spent j sig year as a missionary In India | and has traveled In Egypt Hyrln and the Holy Land DRAFTEE LIST IS ANNOUNCED — Ambrose Meyeni Heads County List Os Eligible Draftee* Ambrose August Meyers. 30. of Hecatur route four, la at the head of Adams county's Hat of eligible I draftees, a survey in the county draft laiard office disclosed today Meyers, a const ruction company : ' worker In Decatur, in the "number ■ one’' man in class 1 A the class of, I men who have passed their physic j i al esaminatlons here and are avail , , abb- for Immediate duty Meyers' county order numlier I-, i eight Those ahead of him how 1 ever, were given deferments by i 'the board either Itecause of del pendents or physical incapabllitiw and were put Into another class Second on the list Is Frank la-on Meshberger. 32. sou of Harry ‘ Meshberger of Linn Grove Ills i order number Is nine Five other i men have been plact-d in class 1 A tty the draft board From this list of seven men will 1 lie taken. In the order of their I county order number, the negt drafters, probably some time In January If. of course any otn volunteers .he will be placed at the top of the list If ll*- passes ] i the esamlnallon Joseph Adair Kric k erf this city who volunteered for service, will i leave Monday morning for Fort Benjamin Harrison If he passes I there the county's first quota of two will lie- filled Delmar fllrod I waa accepted previously, while Charles Whitman and Marcellus I Miller were rejected. Following Is the list of men In class I-A: Order Rerial No. Name No. 8 Ambrose August Meyers *4« » Frank la-on Meshberger l«l 10 Donald Marcus Walt 2170 H Everett Clarence lamgh 2524 15 Alvin Edward Witte 2437 2s Hugh David Mosser IM3 32 Herman Willard Ktlck 1300 Men whose- numbers were above these or In between Were given deferment and placed In another class Miss Doris Nelson, draft board clerk, stated that It waa likely more men would lie placed in class 1-A by the board within the negt day or two. —o- - TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 32 10:00 a. m . 31 Noon 31 2:00 p. m. 31 3:00 p. m. 30 WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, colder tonight; Saturday cloudy, light snow in north portion.

Price Two Cent*.

Claim* Os SucccMta By itoTir- Side* Conflict; Briton* Heartened By Sea Triumph*. PRESS ATTA( KS By t'nlted Press Rea war touched new heights of fury today with reports of freak engagements In th--- English Channel. the Mediterranean and Ilin Adriatic and conflli ling British, German and Italian claims of »uc* cesses. The bigg. •at encounters were In the Mediterranean where Wednesday's llalo British engagement was a. -I \ - -I ii net-x-iing to I Rome, by a new air attack on the British fleet off Malta | Here are the lonflictlng Brlilshllalian claims on the M.dlterran- ! ran sea battles: British llalian dreadn.iught strength ; had been cut to two warships by 1 the Taranto raid and W.-dnesday'a artion In the Wednesday encounter off Hardinla a 3f,.uo<Mon Litt irlo ilass battleship was torpedoed by ia fleet airplane, three Italian cruisers and two destroyers were , damaged Italian losses at TaranI to are scored by the British aS l| tine, battieablpa. It two I auxiliaries This have* two 23 622ton Cavour class battleships availI aide for llalian use. ■ tine British cruiser, the in mutton Berwick, suffered two hits and lost sig men In the Wednesday 1 action. Ibimbs dropped all around the famous aircraft carrier Ark t Royal often < lalmed to have been I sunk by the German- but failed Io cause damage or casualGes. There was no British repott yet on the Italian reports of a fresh air attack off Malta. Italian I tine British battleship badly damaged Wednesday by an air- : plan,- Isimb. one Brlilsh aircraft I carrier and three cruiser* damaged, ill, Thursday's altaik another British battleship squarely hit by I airplane bomb of he.iv|e-i caliber, i five British plane* shot down tour ' more damaged Italians suffered I one destroyer badly damaged, one cruiser lightly hit lit the Wednesday engagement. Io»: one plane yesterday The Engll li channel figh* was apparently a skirmish In-tween small forces of German and British destroyers. The Germans claimed ! a destroyer flotilla made a sortie toward the Biitlsh coast and suetmNTINVBD Ob' PAGN «WX» o Employment Highest Since October, 1928 ! Washington. Nov 2‘f tl'l’l Secretary of labor Frames Perkins reported today that non agricultural employment IwcrMsed more than 2-ln.mm from Stqtfemiier 16 to October 15. which brought the total numln-r of workers to the highest level since October. IS2*. ELKS MEMORIAL RITES SUNDAY Rev. Rosselot To Speak At Annual Memorial Service Os Lodge Annual memorial services of thq Decatur B. P. O. Elks will be held at the home on North Second street Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Donald Gage, exalted rul,-r. auuouuced today. Rar. G. T. Rooselo;. pastor of thn First I'nlfed Brethren church, will deliver the memorial address, and special music will le- provkied. This service is held the first Sunday In December every year as tribute to the memory of deceased members of the fraternal organization. The regular memorial ritual wilt be exemplified by Mr. Cage and other officers of the local lodge. All nn-mtiers of the lodge are urg* ed to attend and the general pub> He I* invited to Im: present at thia annual service.