Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1941 — Page 1

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BULGARIA WARNED OF WAR DANGER

M MAN MIMLLY IIIIED TODAY L s. (ilaHfeltrr InErf When ”>•! Train Hit- Auto n. °* W "’" *» ,M KJptof* ’•** *’"* ~ -critical" An PT, *,*cl9*e<l that Ewh'f tlflSw-r 82. wll man *• 1,1 • rr ***' 1 1 RLm> tai th- Adsms «<*nty I I nuffwing from j K 1 ■ 'L> •or«f"< when the car 1 pntsi •• *t'u>k *’7 ■ J F*L*b**ad Pennsylvania sccurred •' ,h *‘ Al * I P* .. of fh>' Pennsyl-1 1 ■par fal.lt- OladWter Wa* replant in Fort I 1 Em rtanMO* east was struck ' P ~,. dde and carried on (hr 4 tb* lr*ln for a city fa TV »t> < 1 »■'• '• r "Pl M ‘d •* L fagewa vtreet crosslnfl. sap Urun Coffee and Fieri tiW man al the Prnnsyl 1 famtaa. sided by several per fagntiH io the wreck scene. L tor-uhly for po*atbly 10 ■ latMtr. before Gladfoltar [a te Mtricsted from the deF" I fart *ta’° saw-c *** (ln»»t 1 rushed by |an nf tie crash and he was fa Nrtver’l She aide* of the ail. «at taken to the Adam* toiawrr bmpital where la Etoned that hi. ecmditlon wan 11 P fa*ttndin< mrgeon mated toKite' Mt condition wan very fa aad that they were plan ' ■l* flnrstion in an effort to ■to Ide Internal Injuries ■ ata by the rargeon to he hia ■ ttprie. He ia alao .offerhpnly from shock and from no a* x lienal light* at the ■* met rroulng of the rail- ■ ■ Thera are < roaalnf gate*. I Itow are ia operation only in i I bftlae railroad official* • ■Mfr-Iter. 'n addition to hl* It M the Fort Wayne factory to i'efera! train tenter at the ■■dftllen and for some ■* **« artin* here aa UnitIto” mriphatlon observer. Marty operated a service ataM tb» north end of the city. » r ecked aato waa taken to iba tinge It waa almost to»*T dvKollahed ’ • i, prominently P* ih* rity and is an active * ***"- I'ost No «. ptto laflor ffe io married I heli'her of two children, one tot < to tola Vhlrh .truck the Glad-! F # ' b l through train and ? *■*» » rtoi' here. Police official, were opening j P***toUan of the accident' '"•>'■ fcrtjoument Bill introduced Today _ trapportion Indiana * JT"* 1 on she leaala l , waa Introduced Uta ” owar< ’ « Hleatand. chairman of the k "‘•Won l«mr’towtitee h J"** r »n«re»atMti tot a* 01 ***' ’"*'■* ranttua, T* •■■her from It to t|. •zr.' mn,ur, ‘ totta/” 0 ’' 1 *' 1 by 10 °f Ute It Uto .'' om,nHI 'e member* lfcT.2*'!* »ll«ntnent of As Collide lX h * llw °t Rockford. 0, of “***«' - '•tola* wt"* 1 * < ’ cl *' k Mow- •« tto X h ’ n !hb,r c,ri 'O’l * Point* intaraoc: 08 "*• kft w . ’ •Jntt*d to turn to hl v u i "« h ’*y M. and «• utT lR « nwlh on Win fa T “J** •""* of the h. Het— " “order*, chief of "•‘*•<l damage at |l«k.

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■RIPPER' BILLS HE PASSED IT STATE SENATE Two Measure* To IncreaM* GOP Control Arc PaMwd By Senate Indlanapolla. Feb |M ‘UP» Republican de.eitlrallutlon bill*to , place control of the putillc aervlee cominl««lon and the atate purchasing agvn’ tinder OOP Ixiaida wire paaMul today by the Indiana alate senate. The first measure, approved I to Id. would make the public serI vice commlasbin appointive by a Itoard composed of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the i treasurer It return ,to the house . for concurrence in minor amendment* The other hill, which now goes I to the governor, would give a board now composed of the governor, lieutenant governor and treasurer authority to appoint the purchasing agent II pasaerl 2H to IT The house killed a Itwal option liquor bill and adopted a favorable committee report on a secund one Introduced by Hep Renos II Rl< bards. R . f’atrlckabitrg. the first i measure would have provided ths’ I a majority of voters In any town ship or ward could prohibit the issuance of new liquor license* and Invalidation of old permits by signing a remonstrance On motion hy Rep Lwo I: Meagher f> Kvansvllle. the Richards bill was postponed Indefln j ! Itely. «o to 2J The other local option measure. Introduced by Rep Nellie II thjwney. H. Indianapolis, escaped a similar fate by only two votes A committee report recommending passage waa approver! after the house treat down a motion for indefinite postponement <1 to 4.1 Mrs Ibuwney s bill provided that IS percent of the voters In any township could demand a township, election on the question of liquor sales ROBINSON WINS ROTARY CONTEST Fort Wayne Youth Wins Group Discussion Contest Monday Night Bob Robinson of South Side high a< hool. For t Waylie. won the Fort Wayne group Rotary club discussion contest, held Monday evening al the Chamber of Commerce in Fort Wayne. (Hen Tobias of Huntington high school was second and Bill FrdI man of Columbia City placed third. I Other contestant* were Karl Hromi er. son of Mr. and Mrs Henry Brorner of this city, and Kugene I Smith of Hluffton. The contest followed a dinner at which the Fort Wayne club was i host to Rotarians from cities havI mg representatives In the contest. Ikr W. W Ihremllng. president of the Fort Wayne club, presided and William C. Rastettwr. Jr.. Rotary group representative, was hr charge of the program. Robinson, by virtue of his victory. will represent the group In the dlttrlet eowteet of Rotary International. to be held at Wabash Monday. March 17. Where he will compete with Bve other group winners. The topic of the discussion contest le "Rotary as a force for International service." Judges of the contest were Myron It Bone, of Fort Wayne. Charles Thatcher, past president of the Auburn Rotary club; and Pete i Reynolds, president of the Decatur i club. The local contestant was accompanied to the meeting by hi* father. Henry Brorner; D<aue Dorwin. high school instructor, and | Mr. Reynold*. o County Hospital In ♦ Again Overcrowded The overcrowded condition at the Adatn* county memorial hospl- , tai was pronounced very acute | again today with the admittance of i several wreck victim* The sun | room has been made into a three i bed ward and patlnet* arw being kept In beds in the halls The hos- i pital has AS patients, including four babies. I

Ah Tohruk Fell Before the Advancing British r —* an Ml -x—>«*■-. , A x M .. A’- ' - ‘ ? ‘

Just released by the British censor, this picture •how* the Biltlsh advance on Tobruk. Libya Fires are burning in the town a* llrillah troops, fore-

LOCAL OPTION TROUBLE LOOMS Local Option Bills Provinic Headache* To GOP Leader® Indianapolis. F»b. I* ( UP) Two dark clouds appeared on the ItelHiblxwn legislative horlgrm today local option and political bush whacking — either of which waa regarded as the- possible forerunner of a major intraparty storm First rumbling* of local option trouble 1 appealed In yesterday a afternoon session when Mrs Nellie H Downey. II Indianapolis, referred petitions which ahe said repn»<w>twl than iot« era to the house public moral* committee- Ail expressed support of the local option principal In liquor administration At the same (line- -he. entered oil the record a complaint against the public morale committee for its failure to report out any local option bills. Shortly after .Mrs Downey's move, representatives of the state federation of labor placeel approximately |m> miei signatures on the desk of the committee’s chairman. (Henn Markland. Il Zlonsvlllb The labor petitions opposed passage of local option legislation The committee's answer was to report out two local option bills, one offering a positive solution and (OnNTINUBD GN PAGK FfVfft C.C. BANQUET THIS EVENING Newsman to Be Principal Speaker At Annual Banquet Here The annual banquet and business meeting of the Decatur chamber of Commerce will be held at <:M o'clock thia evening at the Masonic hall In this city J N. t Bill* Hailey, news editor of radio stations WLW-WSAI. Cincinnati. O. will be the principal speaker. He will speak on "Propaganda In the News " Herman H. Kreuckeberg. president. will conduct the meeting Community singing will be led by Leo Kirsch, and special music during the evening will be furnished by the Bicberlch children, prise winning accordion duet team of near Decatur. During the business meeting three directors will be selected, each to serve three-year terms. Nominees to be voted on tonight, with the three high to serve three years on the board of directors, are as follows: Al Beavers. Clyde Butler. Dr. Harold DeVor. John Halterman. Olen Hill. Robert Holtbouse. E V. McCan.t. Roy Price and Jesse Sutton. Directors who will complete their three-year terms tonight are .Mr. Krueckeberg, Walter Gard and Roscoe Glendenlng.

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Deratur, Indiana, Tuesday, February IM, IHII

Lenten Meditations Will Be Published * Tin- la-n’eti meditations which | are written bp local mini- ora will be published again this year in the Decatur Daily Democrat > The meditations will start on A«h Wednesday. February 2d Every I pu«tor In the city will contribute to ' the series of articles. The ministers ' ■are requested Io limit their artleles to atsMit -<*• words CRUELTY CASE IS CONTINUED State Presents Many Witnesses In IJchtenherder Trial . I - —~— f The state rested its case ’i agamst William Lichtenberger, who is charged with cruelty i to animals, at 2:45 o’clock this afternoon. First witness for i the defense was Sim Burk, operator of the Burk Elevator at Monroe. I ■ Wilfred t Goss. Allen county humane society officer, this after - noon followed to the witness stand . a long line of nelghlror* of William Lichtenberger, who Is charged with ■ ireitrg cruel to his livestock as the state neared the climax in the pre- > Mentation of its evidence Officer Goss was called to the I stand by Prosecutor Vincent Kelley to testify to conditions as he found them when he visited the ! Lichtenberger farm sometime prev | ions to the filing of the affidavit j He. as did another society member, i testified that he found one hog I |de.id and amrthe dying Seeminglily. the main point of contention I seemed to be whether the animal died and the other was dying of starvation or disease The state contended through the witness that i the animal did not receive sufficient food, while defense attorney Hubert R. McClenahan sought to i show on cross-examination that the ' animal could have died from a disi ease. Probably one of the main points scored by the state came late Mon-; ' day afternoon, when a neighbor , ■ Kenneth Obler. testified that there I was no well on the Lichtenberger - farm, from which the animals could lie watered. The trial reached one of Its lighter moments this morning in the ’ cross-examination of Ham Whiti (CONTINI'B’r ON PAGE FIVgl j I Dr. Harry Jones Is Slightly Improved Dr. Dailey Jones nt Berne, stated ! today that hla brother. Dr. Harry , O. Jones, who suffered a cerebral , hemorrhage Saturday, continued to . show a little improvement. He Is a padant at Lutheran hospital. Fort , Wayue. He Is Irrational at tlrnex and has not fully regained consciousness. < his brother stated His (onditlon i Is considered serious, bu’ chances M his recovery improve. Dr. Jones said. I

grouticf advance Today, the- British are slug on toward Tripoli, most important Libyan city and c.-pltal of the province-

LIST MEMBERS OFCOMMITTEES Bar Association Committees For Year Are Announced Today Committees of the Adams county Itar association for the year 1941 were announced today by Henry It Heller, a-sociaiion president, foli lowing a meeting held M< nday in ' <he library room of the circuit < < ourl “The Effec t of the Selective Ser- ’ vice, law on Litigation" waa the subject of a paper read to the as*oelation by Severin II Sc hurger during a' discussion of th.- profession's relation* with nat'onal defense. The following committees were announced by Mr Heller Legislative, court and department rules Ferd L. Litterer. c hairman: Vincent Kelley. Nathan C. • Nelson and G Remy Hierly Publicity and public relations: Chris II Muselmatt. chairman; D. French Quinn. Hubert R McClenahan and Ferd L. Litterer. Membership, local and state attenance; John L. DeVoss, chairman: John T Kelly. G. Remy Bierly and Earl B Adams National defense. clOxenshlp: Arthur E Voglewede. chairman. Severin H Scburger Earl B Adi ams, Vincent Kelley and D. Burdette Custer Ethics, grievance Harry T. CCONTINt ttn C.N page riVk.ll CALL ITALIAN LAUS TO ARMY ■ ■ Class Os 20-Year-Old Youths Are Called To Army Service Rome. Feb. IM (CPi Announcing that the second group of the army class of I*2l would I* called I to the colors Feb. 27 and 2X. the : ministry of war made It known today that university students would no longer Ire given a postponement of service until they had concluded their studies. The first group of the I*2l class, you'hs who reach their 2<>th year during I*4l. was called to the coli ors In January The entire class Is estimated to - number about 300.000. Admits Port Loss Rome. Feb 1«— tl'Pl Italy ad- ' tnltted the loss of Chisimalo, Port -of Southern Italian Somaliland, today but the high command communique said fighting In the Chia- ; Imaio sector continued Before -evacuating the port, the communlque continued, the Italian* “completely obstructed' it. (Britain announced the capture of Chisimalo last Saturday. I British planes dropped explosive and Incendiary bomhs on Italy'* Dodecanese Islands off the Turki .UOMLNLKD ON PAUB F1VB)

Great Britain Warns Bulgaria “German Movements” May Draw Bulgaria Into Warfare

FOUR CARS IN AUTO ACCIDENT Blinding Snowstorm Involve* Four Autos In Accident Monday A number of peraons escaped In I .‘ury In a <-olllslon Involving four i autos, which mctirreil Monday as- ; ternoon at the height of one of the bliaaard-llke snowstorm* As reconstructed by deputy I sheriff Leo Ollllg. who investlgat- | rd. the driver of an Ohio car. whose ! | Identity was not learned stopped I two miles east on federal road 2J4 1 when the snow became 100 blind j I Ing to drive . | L. A. Cowens of this city who I I was driving behind the Ohl i car. was also ton >-d to slop A truck driven by Herman T. Bleeke. of near Iterator, crashed into the rear of the CoWen* auto when the driv-, er was nnable to see him Nllll , another car driven by Russell I. ' | Williams, of MS Ittlgg -tieet . ■ .1. II ed Into the rear of the truck for i the same reason The Ohio car was not struck and! ’ithedrlr.-r of ili<- v>-hn b- Ml beterwl his name was learned The other I vehicles were all damaged Intermittent snowstorms. *u< h as I I the one during which the accident occurred, were numerous Monday. 11 with driving almost an imitossibil-1 I Ity at then height Many motorists ' reported stopping their cars until I j the storms subsided at various J I times ( This morning, unusually < old | temperatures followed the stinging -1 winds and snow of last night • While the Itally Democrat thermoItv.NTIXI fflt ON PAClfc TWOI -o- —— TIGHTS ENLIVEN I PLANT STRIKE Fiht Fight* And Scuffles Break Out At Richmond Factory Richmond Ind, Feb I* <UP> - Fist fights and scuffles Involving - pickets, policemen and non strikers broke out today at the strike-bound Richmond plant of the International Harvester Co The fights resulted when a group ■ of 1& or 2u policemen formed a cordon to permit a group of work . men not In sympathy with the - strike to return to the plant During the scuffles, a tear gas I gun was discharged accidentally police headquarters reported Nome women employes were Involved ip the brief fight No one] ' was Injured Policemen reported that about 100 non-*trikers entered the factory but the farm equlpmrnt workera- | organising committee, which t ailed the strike said only a few passed the picket lines A brief flurry of escltement broke out at another entrance when ■ pickets engaged a group of office i workers attempting to enter the 1 plant i Prior to today's scuffles. Mayor ■ I John Hrltteii and prosecuting atI torney David W Dennis Issued a I joint statement that "striker* have I the right tn atrike »nd to picket peacefully, and worker* not In sym- , pathy have the right to work " Approximately 1.100 employes - walked out shortly after the plant opened yesterday when company- > union conferences failed to settle laltor demands for a 7&-cent minimum hourly wage, elimination of - piece work and job security for conscrlptees. No announcement concerning the - possible resumption of negotiations . was forthcoming from either the > management or the union M ■ Burdg's Condition Reported Critical The condition of Charles ABurdg. prominent Decatur resident, was reported critical late this af.ternoon at the Adams county ' memorial hospital

OPPONENTS TO BRITISH AID OPEN DEBATE Opposition to Bill Opens Debate In Senate Today Washington. Fsb IB—UP. — Secretary of commerce Jesse Jones told the house currency and banking committee today that the United States "is in the war or at least nearly in the war" and ts "preparing for It." Washington Feb I* (VPI N<»n Bennett ('. Clark D Mu. charged ' today that the administration's British aid bill would weaken our own defenses and ' gamble the > whole of our national safety uiHiti | the one card of complete British I i victory” Clark, first speaker for the oppie I sit ion in senate debate of the bill ' said passage of It would "< ompleteI ly reverse" the foreign policy of I the Vnlted Ntates and would "wipe I I out the restriction* of executive; | ptswer over domestic affairs.” opposition spee< hes 10-gan after I I Sen Burton K Wheeler. D Mont.. , had outlined seven amendment * I i that his group would demand and ' i Sen Ncott Lucas. D 111. suggested I a <ompromise that would provide! for a six man congressional board ' ! to consult with the president on ■ arm. transact ion*. Clark charged that the administration's contention tha' the measure was designed to keep u* out ! of war was "completely negated " by such sponsors of the bill a* Senator Carter Glass, D.. Va.. and President James Conant of Harvard university "the most noteworthy advocate* of our entry in to the war." "Among the most vociferous of the supporters of the pending measure." he said, "are the ardent advocate* of union now. a scheme which only can be described as essentially In effect intended to bring out our entry into the British com- | monwealth of nations on something akin to Dominion status Neu Arthur II Vandenlterg. R. Mich., charged tha' the administration's wat aid bill with its au- ( thorlty for repair of British warship* n I' H. navy yards, would in- ( vlte the axis powers to send -ub- ( marines Into New York harlmr and ~7cttNTiNttier» nt* unit rtv«» o 11 2 CONTRACTORS TO PAY FINES I Warsaw And South W hitley Men Fined For Fraudulent Payrolls Fort Wayne. Ind Feb Ik <U.P> , - Robert P Hodges. Warsaw and Fred O Carey. Nouth Whitley con- , tractors- were fined ll<> each for ( allegedly submitting fraudulent imyroll* in connection with WPA construction job* Both pleaded guilty January 27 but f H. district , Judge Thomas W Slick deferred , decision until Balay Indictment against Hodge* resulted during construction of a . city hall and warehouse at Angola. Carey was contractor for an infirmary building at Bluffton. In each case Judge Slick noted that no crime was intended and that both contractors had made restitution. Maximum penalty under the Indictments was 110.000 fine and 10 years in prfson. Carey pleaded guilty to one count of a six count indictment charging that he paid James Burns, bricklayer at the Bluffton job. HO but made Burns return SIR under threat of disml*sel. Evident e was introduced to show that the "kickback" of 118 was made after Carey was unable to reclassify Burns when he was employed at lesa skilled works.

Price Two Cent*.

I.atext Diplomatic Coup By Germany May Force Greece To Seek Peace With Italy. PACT IS SIGNED London. Feb. 18—-UP’ —Adolf Hitler shortly will demand that Greece sign a peace with Italy, it was believed here tonight, and there is a strong chance hi* ultimatum will be accepted and the Balkan war front closed down Sofia. Fob 17 tl'Pl Great I Britain warned llulgaiia today that ' "German movement*" may cause 1 -everam e of diplomatic relations I and draw Bitlaaria directly Into the war The warning came |e«.i than 2< hour* after announcement of a Bui-garian-Turki*h non-aggre— ion pact i which diplomat* believe left thn ; way wide open for Germany to I man b Into Bulgaria and. by threats , or military force, cause Gree< e to make peat e with Italy. The statement of British position i wa* offered by British minister George Rendei. He det la red that Germany and Germany alone would I l»- responsible if war camo to BuiI garia. Rofla Bulgaria Feh »* IU.R> • Bulgaria and Turkey, by their decI laiaUou of neutrality, friendship and non aggression, have « r.-ald a ! wide open road for Germany to ! man h into Bulgaria at any tune to tompel Greece, by pressure or by ' force, to make peate with Daly, [ diplomat* believed today It wa* re|s>rtcd In diplomatic quarters here that Soviet Russia had urged Turkey to t orn little the agreement with Bulgaria anil thus Germany could be sure if assurance were neetled that Russia would not oppose an inva-non <>t Bulgaria No doubt was entertained '.here that the declaration wa* a German diplomatic victory which materially altered the political situation It* the Balkans Diplomats discounted the Importance <>t alt escape clause which said the declaration wa* agreed upon "without prejudice to engagements contracted with other countries' meaning Turkey s engagements with Britain for defense of the Near Hast Russia was represented a* having taken the view that even if the German* attacked Greece they would leave the Dardanelles aiotie and that at the same time a German march into Greece- would nullify the importance of the Durdan. rile* Bulgaria's reaction wa* that of relief in the belief that the dec-lar-ation dispelled any threat of a war with Turkey if Germany invaded Bulgarian territory. The Turkish-Bulgarian agreement wa. described officially a* a declaration, or a pact Nevertheless the belief livre was that tt was equivalent to a formal treaty In so far a* any Turkish action to oppo.e a German inarch Into Bulgaria waa ioncetlied In their declaration. Bulgaria and Turkey announced that they made their statement “without prejudice to contracted engagement* with other countries." The text of the four artirle* In the declaration as issued h* re today was: Article I Turkey and Bulgaria consider it iCONTINtJRD r»w PACIM MV*, - " . „ Q- . . TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. ... Isl 10:00 a. m. 17 Noon 17 2:00 p. m. 17 3:00 p. m. 17 WEATHER Fair, colder In extreme south portion tonight: Wednesday generally fair in north, cloudy in south, some light snow in extreme south portion in afternoon or at night; continued cold.