Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1941 — Page 1
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SENATE OPENS DEBATE ON BRITISH AID
Assembly Passes I Two Bills Over I Schricker Veto
MtnppinK Governor fl# I’atronagc Power -fl Ind To Control State • fl fah»ay ( <»mmi**ion ■ rt VIOX DEMANDS )'• I' 'UR> ThjMM pi>*-d over Gov IHL. * T *■"' IK . ,y f-m*od.-.l |>»«**g- of ,rs H“ P*r month for HKTx' * M " |W|I , .r.’ly I-fy ini- Vol-. It.|.ubli<xn« ov4 , gor-rno- • v-to <m the gKpr. k'-n'r. .n m.-xstir- , .x-riitlveuf . <■• ton- .... .>mmi» - * ,- B by lb- hou*- and M to v *♦*«’ Th- tgghwsy •«> rrparwd by thKC. '.l xml by Senate 30 ■■ir, «.r.S<-J K Denton. D. ■v..- ' 'b-lay a. turn on K|><( t.- v, . ■ tot two day. ■ i« BTkmg out will I--BKI F-ini T M.iiis R Camp o--*' 'passage |Kl'V' •>:! close the door mw- Tin. la ju«t anU delay ■Hb■" -b- H’t p- r month ox raor THHBte, |ffl CLAIMS I YOUNG WOMAN flh. Arthur Fox Dies H Mida\ Night At Iler ffi Home Near Berne M LdliM Li W wife of Ar r ’« died a’ 11 35 o’clock a h. t home one mile - after a w—k v lll-po-uhr and par.iTJata tear.. Hk *M bon. near Bern- April MS 8 " daught. r of Caleb and and had .pent her in the otnmuniiy near HS 8 ' 1 Fox waa a member of the Mmaonite , hurrh. |M* , ,:at lr ’ hu.band, the Ml^' I■,» 1 ■,» children Marilyn aged MT* * M rrederlek. aged three; MK" * ll>r * Mr * , b «rl*» Hell of ME*''- Mr » W,|b, lr Kircholf-r of ABT 1 **“»»!» and Mr*. SherGunten ( ,f Berne; and ME**'”’ I "'' liarjd sprunger, at wm ht>ld M*.' ,|w ‘ Wedneaday afternoon , *1 bTtle allll ~ 2 or | o ,. k , t ME””** •••’"tonite church. But ■K. o? ~ !h * M R K ’ Mrne Galley ,■ lfi Taken By Death Bi\r‘iL ! ** l,n 78 ,or man r ■Mbl a ** n ' dl,iMl Httn- »* bom- in Hluffton. <ehio. Mfehi ’"■' hu,b »“<« had op- ‘ • tar « for a number of ■•ud’!." 1 !'* th * *“»hand. one o»a dau <hlFr Punwal Mr ■K2? 1 * h ' ld «’ “»« Borne K g ?2 o,k *"h burial in the Elected g We A !ce-President 9t “* r D*catur was BMfci **»«• club at an all fIZ Us « ««• aaaoc lawl!’ FHday Sen Hfcttal;, ‘ * 01 * B dian»polii wm Jb b ’*jJmT S! - “* Morr, » Oow| BS.'e a ‘ !u ‘ ,np ' 1 »«retary-
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT
BRITAIN'S AIR FORCE EXTENDS BOMBING RANGE Make* lamir Flight Over Central Poland; Only leaflets Dropped By United Preaa The royal air force haa at ruck eaat into central Poland for the flrat time. London revealed today, at Brltiah empire precaul lona for a major far eastern crlala were lightened Never before hud Brlti.h air power made ilaelf felt ao tar from Ita home baaea In Britain The air miniatry revealed that the flight over Poland occurred Saturday night It wan not a l-nnle Ing raid Leafleta were dropped on the ritlea of Cracow and Kadte wice The Important- of the development lay in the dlatance Involved Brltiah mombera had to fly more than I MM mllea round trip to make the raid It appeared virtually certain that the flight waa made with aome of the new long range bomhera which the Rritlah either have recently built for themaelvea or purchaaed from the United Statea. The United States plane* Include Bnerng Ftying ForTraoaew - ' and powerful Conaolidated Aircraft long range bombera. th- Brltiah themaelVM have ImlU a new veralon of their famiHia Wellington long range bomber which la aald to have even greater range and atriklng power than the American aircraft Th- moat eastern objective In Germany previoualy raided by the HAP haa been the Baltic aea port of Stettin. Development of plane* able to raid Into Poland and return to the Brltiah lafea open* up for the flrat time the poaalblllty that the Brltiah will be able to attack Germany'a vital eaetern war Induatrlea. The Reich la known to have tranaferred many atraleglc Induatrlea. Including aircraft factorle* to Sileala. Eaat Pruaaia. Bohemia and other reglona moat dlatant from weatern front Now, with the growing atriklng power of the RAF. it may be poaaible to aubjoct eaatern Germany to the aame type of concentrated attack which haa been carried out on the heavy induatrial area nt the Ruhr and the North Sea whipping centara of Hamburg and Bremen Againat thia demonet ration of Brltiah air might development* In tbo far eaat continued to show a (cnNmnnii) rw paob rtv»> SNOW AND COLD GRIP DECATUR Biting Wind Adds To Discomfiture From Snow Flurries Contrary to recent prediction* | of the groundhog. Old Man Winter today waa ataglng one of hia moat gallant battiea to keep Decatur and communHy tn the grip of cold weather. Clone on the heeht of warm. apring-Bke weather of laat week, today waa cold and blustery with anow flnrrlea and a bitting wind reaching blluard-llke proport ioM. Road* were alippery. sidewalk* and atrewU were icy. making both driving and walking haaardou* and treacheroua. The cold wind and tnow flurrlev added atill further to the dl»comBlur* of peraon* moving about Several accident* were reported a* a reeult of the bad driving condition* Tbo temperature at » a. m. waa M above, according to the Dally Democrat thermometer At noon It had rtaen hot one degree. The-wea-therman forecaat colder weather for tonight
CHARGES LABOR UNIONS HAMPER DEFENSE WORK Assistant Attorney General Speaks To House Committee Washington. Feb. 17 •— <U P) — A«*l*tani attorney g-m-eul Thurman Arnold told the houae Judiciary committee that labor union practice* relating to food diatribetlon and houalng are hampering defen*e efforte Opening a aerie* of hearing* on laber practice* affecting the de-f-nee program, the chief of the government'* anti-tru*t division d-acrthed the policy tinder which the Juatlce department ha* acted againat labor union* under thSherman anti-truat act. Arnold cited -(ample* of how union practice* affected food and houalng practice*. Arnold *ald the antl-truct dlvl■ion baaed It* pollcle* toward laltor union* on the belief that four type* of practice* come under Sherman act ban* They are: Uaae* in which « labor union alone or in combination with other group* ha* lmpo*ed and maintained artif* -tally fixed price* to con*umer« Ca*e* where labor either alone or In combination with other group* ha* attempted to keep more efficient method* or technique* out of the market. Cane* where labor either alone or with other group* ha* redrain--d trade for the purpo*e of completely ea< ludlng from a particular locality material* made elaewhere. Uaaea where labor organlaation* have restrained trade for the purpose of destroying an established and legitimate system of collective bargaining AWARD MEDALS IN COLT CLUB .Smitley To Present Colt Club Medals At Farmers* Banquet Archie Smltley. president of the Adam* county horse Improvement association will present the medal* won in the gold medal colt club project at the 17th annual farmers’ banquet, which will be held March II at the auditorium In Berne. The medal winner* are: Gold medal: Ed Beltler and Archite Smltley. Silver medal. Martin Graber, Adolph Btiltemeier and William Rod-nbeck. Bronx- medal; Harry W. Lehman and Peter Lehman. The person* weighing up colta last July for the gold medal colt club are: Henry Aschleman, Balslger A Sprunger. Harry Heavers. Melvin Buuck. Arthur D-Armond. John Gresly. Rufus Hirscby. William Kobne. Christ Knlpstein. Jesse Lautaenhefser. Peter B Lehman. Marcus Luginbtli. B. H Miller. Wm. Neadstlne. Theodore Ostermeyer. Adam Reef. Noah Augsburger. Ciolce Beam. Cheater Bry*n. Ralph Christy. Martin J. Graber. Ell Habegger, O. T. Johnson A Son. Herman Koeneman. Paul Krueckeberg, Calvin Liecbty t Son. Harry W. Lehman. Henry Macke. Martin Moeac hberger, Wm. Rndenbeck. Leon Neunachwander. Forest Railing. W. T. Rupert. Floyd ! Hboaf. Archie Smltley. Chancy Yoder, Kermit Yoder. Roy Shoaf. Martin Schroeder. Tilman Steiner, Jacob Yoder Adolph Bnllemeler. * o— -I—l Forrest Danner Dies Suddenly Sunday Forrest Danner. 55. a native of Adam* county and operator of the chain of Danner Variety Store*, died suddenly last night at ( o'clock at hi* home In Indianapolis Death was attributed to heart trouble. The deceased waa born near Salem but had left the county when a youth. Surviving are the widow, a son, Fuhrman, manager of the Edinburgh Denaer store and a daughter, Miriam, g teacher In the Kokomo schools. He was a brother-in-law of Ira Fuhrman, of this city. Word of hl* death wm received by the Fuhrman family here this morning. Funeral service* were not made known.
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY
Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 17, 1911.
Americans With Canadian Wings
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Leading aircraftmen T R Maguire Heft) of East Grange. N J and G (' Daniel, of Strong City. Kansas, ar- shown after they received thrlr Royal Canadian Air Force wing* st Upland* Air Station near Ottawa Th-y are non ready for over»ea» *ervl<«-
ICE CAUSE OF THREE WRECKS Slippery Pavement* Are Blamed For Three Accident* Thi* MorninK Three accidents, one Involving an ambulance enroot- to a crash, were attributed this morning to slippery pavements, faulty vision and the bad weather which wa* prevalent. Four person* were injured, none : seriously. In th- one accident and those Involved in the other two crashes -scaped injury. Those injured were: Charles Jordan. « of route two. Portland and his companion. Judy I Handers. 25 of Indianapolis. Jor- ' dan suffered minor cheat and an ankle injuries. Mis* Handers received leg cuts and bruises They were treated al the Adams county memorial hospital and then released Miss Hander* wa* found unconscious Immediately after the crash, but II wa* learned that she had fainted and had not been knocked unconscious. Corneliuas Her*. ♦♦. of »5S Pinecrest Noutheast Grand Rapids. Michigan, and his wife were admitted to the hospital. H-r* suffered an ankle Injury while bl* wife sustained numerous cuts and bruises and shock. The four were hurt when <b» Jordan car. enroute south and the ' Her* vehicle, enroute north, crashed almost headon at "Chick'* corner." at the Junction of the new by-paas with federal road 27. south of the city. Officer Russell Prior, who investigated. stated that Her* evl- I dently had turned Into th- left 11 — < iCnMTIMITKn nN pagk fivbi o , ( ADAMS COUNH NATIVE IIES Mrs, Stephen Miller Dies This Morning At Fort Wayne Hospital Mrs. Amanda Miller. 85. a native i of Adam* county, died thl* morning ! at 2:30 o'clock at the Lutheran hospital In Fort Wayne Death wa* caused by diabetes. She had been making her home with a son. Otto, at 1157 Harmar atreet In Fort Wayne The deceased was born In Adam* county January 6, 1K66 the daughter of John and Myra Hager-Brown. She waa married at Monroeville July 11. 1881 to Stephen A. Miller, who survives. The husband, aon and a granddaughter survive. She was the laat of a family of 1< children She waa a member of the First Presbyterian church here and resided In thl* city for a number of years before moving to Fort Wayne in I*lß. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Black funeral home, with Rev George O Walton officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The hody haa been returned here and may be viewed at the Black funeral home after 7 o'clock tonight.
Mm. Peter Kirsch Injured In Wreck Mrs. Peter Kirsch, wa* injured la»t evening in a two* ar crash near New Haven Hhe wn« riding j in rhe car. driven by her hustaind when the accident occurred. He I escaped unhurt. Hhe was returned to th 1 * city in an ambulance and then taken to the Adam* county memorial hospital for an examination X-ray* revealed an injured right hip but no broken bone*. Mrs. Kirsch I* 75 year* of age. DR. JONES IS I SERIOUSLfILL Prominent Berne Physician Is In Serious Condition The condition of Dr. Harry O. Jone*, prominent physician of Bera*, wa* coi;»ldered a little better thl* aftcraooa The attending nurse said Dr. Jones seemed brighter this morning and was attempting to talk. He had been In a com* Saturday night and moat of Sunday, following a cerebral hemorrhage which he suffered Saturday afternoon Dr. Jone* la a patient at the Uitheran boapital. Fort Wayne. 'He entered the hospital Wednes'day. Recently he suffered an attack of the fig and waa in a rundown condition due to over work. Hi* brother. Dr Dailey Jone*, of Berne, pronounced the stroke a* aj cerebral hemorrhage. Dr Jone* is one of the l>e«t | known physician* in the county. I He I* widely known and ha* one ! at the largest practice* In the' county. H- is 58 years old and during the world war served over-' sea* in a ba«t- hospital near Paris : His son. George Jones. Is a first lieutenant in the U. H army and is stationed at Fort Hh-rldan. He (CONTIVIJICi> OnFiPAO K SIX) O War Bulletins Moscow, Fob. 17. — U.R 1 — Negotiation* for a trade pact b«tw**n Russia and Japan wore started today. Sofia. Fob. 17.— U.K —Bulgaria and Turkey signed a joint declaration of non-aggree-cion today which reliable neutral quarter* interpreted ae an implied promiee that Turkey would remain neutral if German troop* moved acroo* Bulgaria. These quarter* believed that Turkey, under terme of the declaration, would take no action In event of a German thruet through Bulgaria unleoa her own Integrity was violated. Cairo, Feb. 17.— U.R —The middle eaet command reported today that not a tingle Italian remained In the territory of Egypt, tho Sudan or Kenya colony, except ae a priooner. The loot Italian troope wore driven from tho region when Kurmuk on the edge of AngloEgyptian Sudan fell to the Bntioh on February 14.
Barkley Tells Senate Hitler Must Be Defeated; Roosevelt Confers With Cabinet Heads
Plana For Administration Os British Aid Measure Discussed At Meeting At White House. TALK TO HOPKINS Washington, Feb 17 'U.P> Pr-*ld-n: Room-v-Ii summoned th- | aecretarle* of treMury, war. navy and agriculture and th- f-d-ral, budget director to n Whit- llou»- I conference with Harry L. Ilopkln* ■ today to make plan* for admlnl* 1 1 rat km of th- pending Brltiah aid j bill. Th- pttrpo*- of the conference i was to dl*cua* the creation of machinery to »p—d -stenslon of. aid to Britain under term* of th- ■ l-gl*l*tloii on which th- senate open* d-bate today Admlnlalra- : tlon leader* predict pa««**•• of thbill In 1« day* or two week* by ai 2 to I majority. Mr. Roosevelt plan* to follow Up : the general conference with another dlacu**lon on aid to Britain. . probably emphasising fiscal angle* | at a White Hou*- luncheon with ; »e«-retary of treasury Henry Moi-j genthau. Jr. and Hopkins Mr. Roosevelt. Hopkin*. Morganthau. secretary of war Henry L Stimson, secretary of'navy Frank Kno*. secretary of agriculture , Claud- R Wlckard and Budget director Harold Smith will work on I the British aid administrative prole . l-ma in g-ii-rsi conference today. "I think you might call thl* one of a serins of conferences that 1 have been conducted and will he j continued In th- way of making arrangement* In advance for administration of th- leaM- l-nd bill wh-n it passe*.” presidential secretary Stephen T Early said. "In other words. <he president i I* taking time by the forelock aud when the bill pa**-* many of the arrangement* will lie set and ready " In r-sponse to question*. Early suggested that reporter* not attempt to Interpret Wlckard'* presence at the conference a* indlca five that American aid to Britain will be broadened to include heavy shipment* of foodstuff* One hundred fifty prominent American* telegraphed Mr. Roose velt yesterday recommending such aid Debt Limitation Bill To Roosevelt Washington. Feb. 17 —(UPI— The house today approv-d minor senate amendment* to legislation Increasing the national debt limit to 5«5.t)OO.0O0.*iOO and sent the measure to President Roosevelt for hl* signature. JURY HEARING CRUELTY CASE William ’ Lichtenberger On Trial For Cruelty To Animals The state opened It* case against William Lichtenberger on a charge of cruelty to animals. In Adam* circuit court thia afternoon with Charles It Morrow, an Allen county veterinarian and member of the human- society there, as th- first witness called by Prosecutor Vincent Kelley, Upon direct examination by Prosecutor Kelley. Morrow told of going to the Lichtenberger premise* upon order of Wilfred J. Goss. Allen county humane society officer, who, be said, had received complaint about the manner In which Lichtenbergsr kept hl* livestock. Morrow testified that he found a dead hog and another "In the last stage*" upon Inspection of the livestock. He said in hl* opinion the one died and the other was dying from lack of feed He said, however. that he did not make a post mortem and upon cross-examina-tion by Hubert R. Mcf'lenahan. defense counsel, said that tho animal could have been the victim of a disease. Officer Ruesell Prior, who signed ICON TUI CUD UN PAGE UX)
Dairy Speaker 7*l] £. 7. Mulct E T Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue university, will speak at a dairy breed school at I' th- Lincoln srhool auditorium In this city Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. COURT UPHOLDS CONVICTION OF EARL BROWDER $20,000 Fine And Four Years In Prison Arc Upheld Today Washington, Feb. 17 —tl’Pl — The supreme court today upheld the conviction of communist Earl Browder for using a passport obtained by fraud. He is under sentence to serve four year* in prison and pay a- 120 .0<hi fine The decision virtually ends the legal effort* of Browder, general set retary of the I’. 8. communist party to escape the penalty. He may file a petition for *-ehearlng but the court rarely recon >ider* its judgments . Btanley F. R—d read th- opinion for a unanimous court Justice 1 Frank Murphy did not take part. In iTlt Browder obtained a passport from the state deparun-nt after swearing he bad never obtained one before. Government evidence ' proved to the jury’s natisfaction that he had secured such docu- ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE HIX» Fuhrman Stationed At Fort Harrison Richard Dale Fuhrman, one of the three replacement* sent recently from Adam* county for selective service training ha passed bl* examination* and will be stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison until further orders, according to < word received by hi* mother. Mr*. Bertha Fuhrman. Injured Persons Returned Home i i Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bleeke, < Victor and Pauline Bleek. who were i injured about two weeks ago in an auto accident in Alabama while en- 1 houte hom<- from a Frorida trip, I have been returned to their homes 1 near Decatur and In Fort Wayne. I Mr*. Herbert Bleeke is still confin- I ed In bed < ■ - -o I TEMPERATURE READINGS 1 1 DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER ■l!—.— < 8:00 a. m. — 28 < 10:00 a. m, 26 t Noon 27 2:00 p. m, 26 I 3:00 p. m. .. 26 --, ■ , i WEATHER I Generally fair tonight and | Tuesday, except tnow flurries t In extreme north portion; con- I tiderably colder tonight and i Tuesday. 1
Price Two Centa.
Senate Leader Says Only Way To Stop Hitler h To Beat Him; Urge Food Also Be Provided DEBATE OPENED I Washington. Feb. 17 <UR’ —• Senate Democratic leader Allien ' W Berkley, trf Kentucky, opened ' s-nate d-tiate on the admlnlstra* tlon all out Hiitlsh ild bill with a 'declaration that a German victory | In th- European war w<mld place In nasi hand* th- "weapons to de- ' stroy it* " H- said that "th- only way tn *top Hiller la Io defeat him.” Th- first day will be devoted to I speeches by administration supporter*; the opposition'* first speaker* are scheduled for tomorrow. Debate begin* a* ('resident liiMM-velt re< eiv> d from Harry f« Hopkins, hi* personal emissary, a report of his trip to Great Britain. Hopkins returned last night and predicted that 'Hiller can't lick" the British if America send* enough material aid. Another new angle Injected Into th- Brltfsh-ald controversy yesterday was the appeal to President Roosevelt of 15" prominent American*. all supporter* of the bill, tn send food a* well a* wai material* to Great Britain. Ben Burton K Wheeler, D.« I Mont., opposition leader in the senate. Immediately denonneed the food appeal a* an effort by those favoring war to solicit th« Hipport of farmers. How far the administration la willing to go In the matter of concession* to the opposition on the British aid bill may In- mdlii-d today at a conference lietween Mr. Roosevelt and hl* legislative leader*. The only additional change believed probable was the one proposed by Wendell L. Willkle restriction of air to Great Britain. China and Greece. If that I* considered I' proliahly would lie modified so that aid would be restricted only to any nation invaded or l>e-ll-v-d threatened by Invasion Th- administration planner) to send two Democrats and a It ••publican to the firing line In the senato today to open d-bate chairman Walter F. fjeorge. D, Ga . of tho senate foreign relations committee; senate Democratic leader Albett W Rarki-y of Kentucky co-apon-sob of th— bill; and B—u. Warren It Austin l< . Vt assistant senate Republican leader. George waa ordered to bed with a throat ailment alst night and may not bo able to make the opening speech. The opixrsitlon. to which the administration concede* only 25 to 30 rCONTtNURD ON PAGW pivß~ COUNTY BOX RO SELECTS BANKS Select Depositories For County Funds For Two-Year Period Th- Adams county Itoard of commissioners mot in special session In the court house to select depositories for the county funda for a two-year period. All county funds In the hands of the treasurer are to be deposited In rhe four banks of the county under the following division a* made by the commissioners: First State Bank of Decatur. 15 percent; First Bank of Berne. 35 percent; Bank of Geneva. 15 percent and Farmer*' State Bank of Preble, five percent The only change Is a decrease of one percent In the deposit* at tho Geneva institution aud an increase at the Berne bank Tho commissioner* also divided the clerk's fund as follows: First Slate Bank of Decatur, 56 percent and Bank of Berne. If percent. Commissioners Frank Llnlger, Phil Strahm and Eli Dubach w-re present at the session, attended also by Henry H Heller, county attorney. and auditor Victor H. Eicher The next session of the lam nd will be the regular meeting data*