Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1941 — Page 1

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Onr Man Killed On Indiana Troop Train Chicago. Jan J* <Ub> Railroad | headquarters here *ald today It had ' received a report that one man was hilled In a derailment near l<aurel. Miss, of a train carrying soldier* from Indiana A apokr.man for the headquarters said the engine and seven cara of the train were detailed The accident occurred, hr said. ' four miles north at taiurel. The train, operated by the Hou them Kailroad was the second section of |"tr>M>p movement nf IIO," the lapohesman said HOUSE PASSES NEW'RIPPEB" MEISURETODAV

Measure M ould Put Financial Commission Under Control Os GOP Indianapolis, Jan 29 ’U.P> - The house of representatives today passed and sent to the senate another Republican “rlpp«*r" hill to create a new commission for financial institutions and plate it under GOP control. The measure was approved 5« to 32 and the Democrats offered little resistance to the action. The new commission would l>» (ompoaed of four members, two from each political party to Ih» appointed by the governor, treasurer and auditor Bank examiners would be placed under a merit system and not more than half the state examiners could lie members of the same political party. The measure would become effective August 1. 1941. The seiiaUs jouil ivaululHMi call Ing for a sweeping investigation of the DsmocraHc rule of the past eight years came to the house and wan refei red to judiciary "A" committee without discussion. The resolution was passed yesterday by the senate tinder suspension of the rules and house leaders said It would go through the regular proceedure In the lower house In a dull session the senate received the keystone Republican reorganlast ion measure from commitlee with a recommendation for passage Tbe bill already ba* lieen approved by ibe house. By voice vote the senate approved a house comwrrent resolution endorsing Investigation of subversive activities by the Dies committee Three minor bills were passed by the senale. They would: Estal'lish good behavior reductions from sentences of Inmates at the Indiana woman's prison 44 to n. Authorize municipalities to license non resident individuals and corporations for Ihe privilege of doing business within their corporate bounds, the maximum fee to be 4l<mhi. 3a to 7. Cause assessment liens for pub-' lie Improvements lo expire five years after the due date of final payment. 19 to 3 The house approved aS to 2*. a joint resolution to amend the constitution by removing the office of superintendent of public instruction

‘CONTtMUKD ON F«nr THklii TRADE FIGURES ARE RELEASED Commerce Department Release Figures On Wholesale Trade Figures or the 1939 wholesale trade oensua were released today by the department ot commerce, Washington D. C. In Adame county. 14 wholesale concerns are listed. ID In Decatur and 1* In other parts of the county. Annual sales of the Decatur wholesale concerns was given at S3.hl 1.000. others In the county. 11.171.000 Active proprietors enraged In unincorporated concerns numbered 31. of which 11 were In Decatur. The number of employes Including officers of corporations engaged In the business. was I*2. of which IM are listed In Decatur. The payroll of the wholesale concerns totaled 1139.000 in Decatur and 170.000 In the concerns outside of the city.

STIMSON URGES CONGRESS PASS ARMS MEASURE Secretary Os Mar Say* Axih Powera Showing Signs Os Weakness Washington. Jan. 2h <u» i He. retary of war Henry I. Stimson 'told th" eengtr foreign relatlona ! committer today that he thought it "Would Im* very iihforttinate" to restrict President Httoseveir* authority by writing a spr< iflc prohibition against I’. H. convoys Into the Ilritlah aid hill. The constitullon gives the president unrestricted control over the ■ movements of the army and navy” l Htlmson said "For a congress now to Introduce a provision which even by Imputation would fetter a power that | eilsted untrsmmeled for If. l ' years i would he a bad thing, even If the .provision had no elfl: scy It would I Indicate misapprehension and iwould not contribute to unity'* Mflmson told the committee hr I was convinced of the probability of ultimate victory for Hrlialn If she tan survive thia spring and summer and get full I' S material aid Already there are signs of a weakening of the avia, he testified The creaks of the strain under which the Herman power Is Ishorilng." can lie heard In Italy, Ru mania and Norway, he said, Japinn's economic situation has been strained for a long time* Italy Is In serious straits ■ Stimson said also that the bill offers the V S a chance to "buy time'' lo rearm from Oreat Britain, the only nation that can sell out that time While Stimson was betore tha 1 senate group, the house foreign 'affairs committee began consider Ing amendments to the bill Democrats are willing to accept four amendments but Republicans are bolding out for seven. Adopt Amendment Washington. Jan - <UP) — The house foreign affairs commiticriMTiMttieri ow paow stvwt RECEIVE WORD OF REJECTIONS Draft Board Receive* Official Notification Three Rejected

Official word of the rejection of three young men who reported at Fort Benjamin Harrison for selective service training ha* been received by the local draft board. Miss Doris Nelson. liosrd clerk, stated today No official communh-atlon has lieen received regarding ’he date upon which the replacement* would be required to report Those rejected were: Royal Miller. Walter Nicholas Heimann nnd Robert Krugh The replacements first In line are: Richard Dale Fuhrman. Paul Ronald Elliott and Ira Georg< ineichen Advance Information stated that the next call for volunteers would be Issued about February 10 Thia county la expected lo furnish about eight more youths as Rs share of the quota. The other 25 youths have been cnWTtNtfßt) os PAOR THREu" "" 1 O Church Brotherhood To Entertain Scout* The men’s Brotherhood of the First United Brethren church will , entertain the Boy Scouts and Cuba at the regular monthly meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Lowell Smith, scout leader and teacher in the Decatur public schools, will be the speaker of the evening Tbe members are usged to attend. iOYork Rite Chapter Inspected Tuesday Inspection of York Rite chapter No. 113. Royal Arch Masons, was held last night at tha Masonic lodge with Herbart Graham, grand lecturer, of Elkhart, conducting. A free supper was served to those present before tbe inspection and meeting. A larga number ot members was In attendance at tbe evenL

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Dvcatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 29.1911.

Strike Halts Defense Orders . -- .a...——- - W M Pickets are pictured outside the Ntandard Tool Co In Cleveland after the C I <r auto workers' union called a strike for a signed contract •nd wage Increases The walkout etivolves Coo workers engaged In manufacturing tisils for aircraft and munition plants

STUB PUN TU ORGANIZE STEEL CIO President W arns Os Needs For Industry OrKanization WaahfngtM. Jan 29 — 'UP' | Defense officials today aiudied a I plan offered by CIO president PhilI lip Murray for organization of the entire iron, steel and tin Industry Into one great production unit Murray claimed the plan would increase steel production 5.920.195 tons a year. He warned that unless th" Industry I* put on a more efficient basis automobile prodm tion will Iw- curtailed so much next year because of lack of Meet that "unemployed automol>ile workers will lie walking the st-eets." Earnings High New York. Jan 29 <U.» Unfilled orders amounting to three months' production today were on the book* of the United Htatea Steel Corp as it reported Its high eat annual earning* spice 1930 Irving H Old*, chairman of the IxNird of directors, reported that the corporation made a net profit of >lO2 191 121 In 1940 This was equal, after preferred dividend- to ' I* M 4 for each of *,703.252 common -mXTINt'ED OX PAGE THKKKI ——O— —- Another Earthquake Reported In Rumania Bucharest. Jan. 29 tl'Pl An earthquake recorded here today wi. reported to have Its epicenter !<«• mile* from Bucbareit tn the foothills of the Carpathian mountains. The severe earthquake of Nov io which seriously damaged Bucharest also center In the Carpathian*

FINED SI DON ASSAULT CHARGE l/ewi* Sapp Plead* Guilty To A**ault Charge Filed By Employe Lewis Sapp, of «t. Mary's town ship, was fined *lO and costs In Adams circuit court yesterday by Judge J. Fred Fruchte on a charge of assault and battery. Rapp pleaded guilty to the count, filed against him by Joe Burk, when arraigned late Tuesday afternoon Sapp was arrested by Sheriff Ed Miller after Burk, the complaining witness, signed an affidavit, filed In court by prosecutor Vincent Kelley, who represented the state at the arraignment. The alleged Incident occurred on January 22 when the two were l»aling hay. Sapp, according to the story given authorities, was (ceding the hay press and Burk was "tabling." When Sapp objected to hay being thrown on him from above, the resultant altercation followed. authorities were told After paying the fine and court coals. Sapp was released. He had been remanded to jail by the coart until they were paid Burk was employed by Sapp

• ♦ "MEANEST MAN” Frequently in thia and other | newspapers, stories concerning j , the "meanest man In town” are | written end almost ea< h time j the writer feels that the subject j of his story is undoubtedly the | undisputed claimant to the title t But now come* one. whom. It | Is believed, surpasses all others | i In downright despisabletiess | Sometime between 4 and s p tn. | ‘ yesterday that individual came | Into the offices ot rhe Daily | iH-mo) rat. tore open the "March | ' j of Dime* ' box and walked off | 1 with several dimes money l I whic h was to go toward c ombat- | >' ing the children's scourge in- 1 funtile paralysis. I’roicably less contemptible I but with just a* much disregard. 1 the same person undoubtedly | 1 J can lx l blamed for taking In or j ' 15 pennies from tbe office count- j er box. used a* a < oln carrier | for persons icuying single copy j price for the newspaper ♦ —♦ i' ' " BERNE RESIDENT DIES SUDDENLY 1 __ I Jacob Levi Amstutz Die* Os Heart Attack Late Tuesday Night Jacob Levi Amstutz. -W. proprietor of the Berne Hames- A Implement company died suddenly last night at 11:3b o'clock at hi* home in Berne Dealh was attributed to acute dilation of the heart, after a |co*l mortem had IM-en held. He had eaten -hortly In-fore

retiring and died soon after going lo bed. Tile post mortem revealed acute Indigestion as a preliminary cause. It was reported He- was born near Berne. May 24. 1910. the son of Jacob and I*aura Baiimgartner-Am*tutz He was married In November. 1933 to Mabel Marie Merriman. Surviving are *e parents, the widow, three children: Joseph Lee, Robert Wayne and Glenn Eugene; the following brothers snd sisters: Mrs.’ Catherine Neuensc hwander. Mrs. Lena No.r, Mrs Rachel la-li-man .Mrs. Bertha Franks, all of near Berne; Mrs. Anna Miller, Centerville, Michigan; Martha. Edna. Noah. Frederick, all at home. Funeral services will Ice held Friday afternoon at 1:16 o'clock at the residence and 1 36 o'clock at the First Missionary church. The Rev. U II Weiderker will officiate ————-—a- — — Family Entertain* Lion* Cluh Tuesday The Julius Brlte family «ntertalned the members of the Decatur Lions club lasi night In the weekly meeting at the Rice hotel. The members and the varlou* Instruments: Margaret, mandolin; Justine, bass fiddle. Mary Ann. guitar; Frances, lean jo; Roman, violin; Bob Ehrman. accordion. The entertainers appeared In costume snd presented a half hour program of novelty, singing and Instrumental music. D. Burdette Custer presided In the absence of Glenn HUI. club president

Military Sources Assert Nazi Invasion Threat “Real,” May Strike At Iceland Or Ireland

LABOR TROUBLE CONTINUES TO PLAGUE PLANTS H’ork Stoppage Threatened At Wright Air Field At Day ton Washington. Jan 29— • UP — Chairman Carl Vinson of the house naval affairs committee today introduced legislation to ban the closed shop m plants working on defense contracts and to require mediation of all labor disputes in those plants. Chicago. Jan 2t — U R--Work-men began walking out of the International Harvester Co.'s huge trsctor plant today after the farm equipment workera organmng committee had announced that the company's attitude on wage negotiations "stops production on defense orders.” By Vnlted Press Three liulunirisl plants and a shipyard whi-. h hold national defense contracts sUmml Idle tuday under strikes and organized workmen threatened to stop work on la JI Mhiihhi expansion project at Wright Field. I* S army aviation I ezpr rimetit center at Day lon O. I Th« Wright field strike was I ordered to protea’ hiring of 12 non union elec'rlciane to work on the 'Construction project. President John Bri-ldenbach of the Day'on .building trades council lAFI.I said I the strike would affect between 400 and Amt Workers and predicted that I API, employes of other contractors ! would walk out In sympathy with those directly affected At New Orleans, lei. American .federation of labor unions agreed .to work with works progress ad ministration employes on a fSU.OOO | national guard observation squadIron base project That had lieen delayed nearly a month liecattse of a union demand that either union or WPA workers lie employed eg- < I'lsiVely Workers at the Chicago tractor plant of the International Harvester Co. threatened to strike to enforce demands of the farm equipment workers organizing committee (CIOI for wage minimums, elimination of piece work and full union recognition. I'nion leaders agreed to postpone the strike call until after a conference with a federal mediator. A strike at the Hast Moline. 11l . plant of the Harvester company had le-en settled earlier, tempor arily easing the situation which icvos'TlNi'ieri nw ENTER FINALS OF RADIO HOUR Donald And Ellen Bieberich Are In Finals At Indianapolis Donald and Klleen Bleherlch, children of .Mr. and Mrs Arthur Bleherlch. of near this city, will be entered in the finals of the Block'r children's radio hour contest Saturday at Indianapolis. The children several weeks ago were acclaimed the winners of the semi-final eliminations of the contest. conducted over radio station WHUB In th<- capital < tty after also winning a first round elimination The program will Im* broadcast over that station from 10 M a. m until 11: J<> a. m The boy and girl play an accordion duet In the contests Judges will he provided for the finals. In the eliminations, winners ware adjudged by the amount ot “fan mail votes" that they received. Mr. Bieberlch expressed his appreciation to the residents of Decatur and community who voted for the children, enabling them to win the first contests.

WILL PROTEST I NEW ADDITION I Remonstrance To Be Filed To Addition To Kirkland School A remonstrance against the prm ’ posed buihling of an add !ion and . a gymnasium io the Kirkland townI ship high school, vlghi miles southwest of Decatur, will be filed with 1 the trustee and advisory Istard members Friday evening, when I they meet to receive th" petition | for the improvement. Virgil Bowers, a resident of the i township, is one of the circulators of rhe remonstrance and stated that the several copies which are being circulated among the tagpay- ! ers and voters in the township. I would he filed with the officials Friday Several reasons are cited by the demonstrators against the proposed building Among these are that the township has adequate school facilities. and that government costs, are mounting too high. The remonstrance reads: The undersigned rem mitrators , firmly believe tnat adequate school buildings for present use exist in ,! Kirkland township and that addli tional class rooms and an additioni ] al auditorium or gymnasium are i unnecessary at the present time, i ami due to the present national de- ■ sense program, costs of government , I are mounting by the billions of ' dollars, which is resulting and will .. result in additional taxes, hidden , and otherwise We wish ! to inform the trustee and members I of the advisory Ima rd of Kirkland ~ township that any additional taxa- ■ i tjon for the unnecessary expend!- . i lures as will result from the add!- ' tlon sought by the petitioners to be (CONTINURD OX FAOK FlVk.) I O—PLAN EXAM FOR RURAL CARRIER Applications Fo r Mail Carrier Must Be Filed By February 14 Th. I* S civil service has ordered an open competitive exammation for the purpose of filling the vai ancy of rural mail carrier on route six out of the Iterator post office. Francis Costello, secretary of the local civil service, announced today. The vacancy was caused last July by the retirement of Wilson F. Beery of this city BclMMrd Hteele has been serving as substitute carrier since that time Applications to take the examination. which will lie held in Decatur. must tie on file with the civil servb-e commission. Washington. D. not later than the (lose of business on February It The time will then be set tor holding the examination Five applications were Bled by Decatur postal employes last summer for the rural carrier job Mr Costello and Robert Frishiger. postal clerks in the local offb tieraid Durkin. Merrill S Peterson and Harold Hoffman, city mail carriers, were applicants for the plate. Political endttrsements were given to Mr. Durkin by the Democratic preclnet committeemen and later , in the summer at a special-tailed meeting of the committeemen Mr, Costello received a majority entCONTIMIIRD OX PAOR Hl Xi II os ■ 111 ■<> ii ■» tuisil • ■ ll TEMPERATURE READING* DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER ■ 8 00 a. m. ................ 25 10:00 a. m 25 Noon 2* 2:00 p. m. . 25 t 3:00 p. m 25 | WEATHER I , Partly cloudy tonight and ; Thursday; slowly rising tomporaturo Thursday.

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Britain Calls Youth* Os IM-19, Men Os 37-40 For Service Againat Invasion. HITLER TO SPEAK London. Jan. 29—(UP)—Fr«o French raldara from Equatorial Africa havv captured th* Italian post at Oatrun. Libya. Gen Charles DeGaulle's headquarters said in a communique today. I—. 1 —. Ixmdon. Jan 29 it’P> Military i source* «aid today that Great | Britain face* a ' real" invasion , I threat and *ugge«t"d a Nazi at* ' I tempt might lie prei'wled by an atI I tack upon Iceland or Ireland or , | Ixith “The long term threat of inva- , ■ sion us Britain la very real", these i ! military sources said. They added that British military . i experts believed the Germans I : might attack Iceland or Ireland . | ju»t before attempting to invade . I Britain In an effort to divert BritII lab forces and attention trom their I home shore* The transport of German troops across the narrow English channel 11 in the fare ot Brits-h sea and air i J power was described as "not easy” . | but not Impossible.” . I Britlan. these sources asserted, i faces the threat of an "enormous” . German military machine compris* . ing some 2tf> Nazi division* totalI Ing nearly f.fhMi.tMM men r I They said that if invasion of I : Britain was attempted It would lw» l | most likely to be tried directly i ' across the English chanml under lithe protection of fighters. I i Preparing for the supremo teat • I of its modern history agamst Ger--1 many. Great Britain today author- - i izi-d the calling of youths of IN and i 19 year* and men of from .17 to lo - i inclusive, for military service. With armed forces totaling morn than f.tHHiooo men Including tho I horn*- guard already under the colI ora. King George at a meeting of ! his privy council at But kingh.tm | palate signed the proclamation I i authorizing the call of the *lx new < la--« -. which would mean the regI istration of prehap- I.s<hi<hmi add>11 tional men The government made It known at once that youth* of 19 would bo registered for service Feb 22. Previous proclamation* had i mad*- youths and men of from 20 to I 28 years liable for service, so that . now men of 2S military classes bad been called on to do thel. share in standing up against whatever Hitler might have to offer in his 1 spring campaigns "The new proclamat'on was I necessary lo provide a steady flow ; of men Into the three fighting *er'view..* the labor ministery announced. "It must also be rememirered that men in older age classes are now encouraged to apply for vacancies in certain civil defense (CONTIVI r." <*X !**<« MIX) ATTEND ANNUAL SCOUT MEETING Annual Meeting Os Anthony Wayne Area Coun* cil Is Held Tuesday Thn annual business meeting *»t tho Anthony Wsyne area council, of tho Boy Scouts of America, was held Tuesday night at the Hears and Roebuck lodge at a Fort Wayne Wednesday evening, February 11. All Adams county department! ot scouting were r9presented at last night's meeting Those attend* Ing from Deeautr were: W. Guy Brown. E W Utnkenau. Dr E I*. Fields Carl Pumphrey. Herman Krueckeberg. Dowell Smith. T. C. Smith. Lloyd Cowens. Avon Burk, Arthur Hooten. Rev. C. M. Pruglg and Sylvester Everhart. The annual Boy Scout banquet in this city will lie held Thursday, February 13 Details of the banquet sod program will be annouuc* ed within a few days.