Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1941 — Page 1

tfvWIX No. U.

GERMANY STEPS UP AERIAL WARFARE

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

iSpeaks Friday hß*Yf* HS w?*”*- * Hlahop II V. Ml|ler. of Nampa. ' Idaho, will lie aue.t speaker at a -home mlr.elon rally al the t'hnrch of the Nalaretie In this city Friday evening The pabllc Is Invited t < attend

AMENDMENT TO BRITISH AID BILL SOUGHT North Carolina Senator Oppose* Paaaage Os British Aid Bill Washington. Feb. Jo <U-F>—An | amendment for a Joint congressI tonal committee to consult with the president on administration of; | the British aid bill was introduced | m the senate today as Hen Robert IR. Reynolds D N. <'. asserted j I that passage of lhe measure might I < lewd the I ailed Hlalew to "a dee i I larallon of war " The amendment calls for a six | , member congressional ■ ommlttee llt was Introduced by Hen Rcott | Lucaa, !».. 111. an administration' backer. ■ p The amendment would sei up a committee composed of Democratic and Republican leaders of the bouse and senate and the chairmen of the two chambers' respectlye committees on foreign relations to consult with Mr. Roose | , velt on arms transactions under the bill But It would not require the president to consult with the group. General debate on the bill went Into Ils fourth day. with Reynolds delivering a long spec. h In which he announced for the flrsttline that he would vote against the measure. Reynolds is the first southern senator to oppose It. Hen Charles W. Tobey. R.. N. H- Introduced a Joint resolution authorigfng the treasury to make available |2.o<W.o<>o.immi to Grant Britain ‘ln eachange for such portions of various Islands In the t<*oNTlNl.*Ki> ON PAOK ntX> DISTRICT NCCW MEETING HERE National Council of Catholic Women Meets Here Sunday Afternoon A meeting of district five. National council of Catholic women, will be held at the K. of C. hall In this city Sunday afternoon at I:2# o'clock. Chapters In the dlstric’ are Decatur. Voder. Bluffton. Hessen Castle and Monroeville The ladles of the various parishes are Invited to attend. The opening prayer will lu- given by Rev Paul Anderson The ad dress of welcome will bn presented by Mrs. Herman Kblnger. Mrs. Paul Purman. district president, will conduct the business session. The following program will be presented: "Nation association for chaplain's supplies," Mrs. J. M. Carmer. "Immigration." Miss Jo Zimmerman. Vocal sdto -'Ave Maria.' Mrs. J C. Laurent. "Youth." Rev J. J. Hennes. Quest speaker. Rev Theo. V. Fettlg. Hymn. "Hall. Christ our King A social gathering will be held after the meeting and refreshments > will be served.

HILLMAN SAYS LABOR TROUBLE IS EXAGGERATED Tell* House Committee Additional Labor Laws Not Needed Washington. Feb tn 'UP' I Kidney Hillman assor late director I of the office of production manageI merit told the house judiciary comI mlttee today that additional lalsir I legislation Is not needed ber auae I "strikes are the rare esi-eptkm In defense industry." "With the emphasis of strikes In the dally press,” he 'aid. "the man I on the street can hardly fall 10l conclude that strikes are increas-1 Ing greatly Thia Is simply not I true " He warned the committee against I any action that might destroy the etiatliig spirit of voluntary co-oper-atlon and urged that lalror and management might Ire allowed to "Improve and perfect that method of voluntary cooperation " "The self discipline of a free and I I independent |M-oph' will always enable them to out think out produce and out live any system of totalitarian slavery,” hi- said The committer- r ailed Hillman to discuss the defense lalror situation. I It Is considering various anti-strike | and compulsory mediation pr rp-ts-I ala for defense Industries Of’.M director William It Knudsen yes-1 terday opposed legislation that | would restrict lalror activities -— ■ —— -o — Trial Postponed In Circuit Court The trial of Klton Archer, of > Pleasant Milla, which was to have | been opened In Adams court thia morning, was continued over I to the negt term of court. Gin TO SEEK SIGNAL LIGHTS Plan Meeting With Pen« nNyhania Official* On Klanheni Arrangements for a meeting with Pennsylvania milroad officials relative to the proposed Installation of flasher signal lights a’ the Adams street crossing of the road In this city are now underway by city officials. The matter was brought to the attention of the council l-y Mayor Forrest Kiley and the body in turn Instructed Feed L. Litterer, city attorney. to request a meeting with the rail heads Attorney Litterer was also instructed to again write Erie mil- | rood officials. Mayor Eli.-y stated, relative to the removal of the present type signal falsheri at the Mercer avenue crossing of that I road. The letter was to point out the I hazards of having such a large concrete hose for the flashers located In the middle of the street, he stated. Impetus to the request for lights at the Adams street crossing of the Pennsylvania was give, this week, following another fatal accident there. It was recalled by the mayor In his request bo the council to take action on the matter, that the death toll at that point is now six. Three died In a train-auio crash there years ago and two others were kill, .•d In recent years. Injuries suffered in a train-auto crash Tuesday morning proved fatal that night to Walter S Gladfelter. ■»— Decatur Pupil In School Production Max Rayl. Decatur pupil at the Indiana Hchoo) for the Blind. Indianapolis will participate In a special comedy and musical program at the Indiana Institution Friday < vening. Max. a ninth grade pupil, is one of the musters of ceremonies of th» production He also has an Important part in the one-ant comedy playlet which will be presented The progmtn Is entitled "An Am-ert-an Review." and will feature a comedy playlet .musical solos by several pupils of the school and several choral selections.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 20,1911.

Admiraln Confer With F. I). R. I -1 - T ’? JR ukSl - r fl W I Admiral Stark Admiral Ghormley Tension in the Far EBat and the possibility that additional naval vessels may >m- transferred to Great Hi Hain bring high offh era of the I H navy to the White House in Washington for ftequenl conf<ieu<e« with President 11. Mis. velt Admiral Harold It Stark, left, chief of uaval oper|at lons and Admiral Robert Ghormley are pictured as they entered the I While House Io rimfe. with the chief executive

lAn kIADDnUUI V Albert Wiley Found LAU HAnnUnL I Bead In Bed Today CQpA DC Q nC ATH W'lh-y. 'l' wa found dead LvvAl Cv UmsA I■■ 1,1 >1 lhl * morning at th.- home of Mrs. Blanche Brown, northeast of T« Us>k. Geneva, where he had lieen making firemen ( ailed To Ke*- h) _ < . <>nmrr , Vmm . cue Tot From Furnace * - "*‘ h “ ’ lint \ir lliict Only near survivor I* a daughter. iioi .nr pun Mr< Vnd(ir of | (|)ri Grnrt , .. Funeral arrangements have not Little Eugene Norton three-ye.r old sot* of Mr and Mrs lisle Mor- n ton. undoubtedly has th- quick- 1 |||ny FirTlinblO thinking of firemen io thank for IIIkY Mr |l|kN\ saving his life late this afternoon wWII I Isfc* I Villi V XX'..,: niiii t i/FROIPT had l>-—n removed and plunged UUlla I ■ Is.IUIU I 15 feet from the second story apartmeat of his parent's home on Hec- . ond street to the basemert William Lichtenberger I* When fireman arrived, the la<l Convicted Os Cruelty was lodged In the air duct only a •»* Animalu I short distance from the hot furnace They tore loose the '.irge hot . „ ' . . ... . I-J > .1. r. After deliberating about three air pip*- that led from th-- furnace .. u ... ... . a hours and 15 minutes, an Adams and extricated the lad after about , Ib(< , Um nUh| in anxious minutes. Llchtenb-rger gullT a7 er to7s n n a m b in «’» ‘ nmlty to animal. proved to he 1° hy IT 7 tl ; . . . ... s .1. ... |.„ Th»- jury placcM hh tin* at IH*’ •he and l-rely perminwl th.- la s hh) M . lltwil .. a , body to pass through AfterJho ng r e*ommending a su.pento his upstairs home. Lichtenberger was rem.nd-d to A doctor was then summoned to , .. . » „ „„ administer first aid to th- young toll by Judge J Fred Fm Ite mstar, who suffered a lacerated bead *“ *“ “J? face and lip. He also suffered from -» <»«»<•*• M, hhi shock, as did his mother, who was ~f •*"' ' In the next room at the tlm* he fell. “ J * ” . . . . .. . ... -M-. v.rih «to oclock last evening, but did The Nortons live *' <!*'» North - ... not begin deliberation* until < »o ■•“to*- o'clock, after being taken to dina Mas*gaai APRIIAII n* r *»* Frwl K " l,,r T, “‘ ,r LENTEN SERMON r."" 1 Th*' case was completed last CCD ICQ I IvTCIi n, * hi ih *‘ f; "' iha ' pr, ‘ ArHirQ LIO I Lil " r ••‘■Menci into a lair hour. —Th*- rebuttal testimony of the Sneakers For St. Mary’s state was con* luded about 5 o'* lock last evening Following that, arguCatholic Church Ser- ment* of attorneys were heard and the court gave the jury Instrucvicen Announced non* Prosecutor Vincent Kelley handlThe schedule of Lenten sermons ed lhe state’s case, his first jury and the names of the speakers trial since he took office the first who will fill the pulpit at th.- of th*- year Hubert R. McCienTuesday evening services at Ht ahan. who was named by the court Mary's Catholic church. In thi« as attorney for a poor person, repcity were announced today by Rev resented the defendant. Father Joseph J Heltnofz pastor. The trial was opened Monday On Ash Wednesday night Father morning Large crowds were atHelmet* will deliver the sermon traded dally to the sessions with In the Interchange of pulpits with a large percentage of those in atthe Fort Wayne pastors. Faihet tendance from Ht Mary's township Helmetl's topic will be "Good < and Lichtenberger s own lommunWorks." Hy During Lent, which opens next Lichtenberger was arrested on Wednesday, services will be held the count earlier in the month afevery Friday and Tuesday evening (er an affidavit against him was at 7 30 o'clock. Father Heimetl signed by J Russell Prior. Indiana announced fin Friday the Way of .ute police officer. the Gross will be made. ——--0 The Tuesday evening Lenten | n( * rc g ht . Wife* Os Joachim Ryder. Highway Engineers "Will any religion suffice*’’ March 11 Rev. Charles Glrardot. Indianapolis. Ind Feb 20 -(DPI "Indifferentlsm " -Salary Increases totaling to.MMI March HI Rev Adrian Hrande- per month to stem tho flow of state hoff The wreckers of t-iiliur.- highway department engineers in and civilisation." »® private defense industries were March 25--Rev. John A Danp announced today by J. D Adams. "Dogma." chairman of lhe highway eommisApril I—Rev Henry A. Hoerst , slon. man "Morals ’’ Th " increases ranged from *26 to Benediction of the /leased Rae »!«<> per month hut still fall short ratnenl will be given as the Lett , of the wage* paid by private Industen services ««F- Adams said i

22 Persons Killed In London As Huge Hospital Is Bombed; Far Eastern Tension Mounts

PENSION LIMIT NEW HEADACHE FOR ASSEMBLY Freak Developments Put MO Minimum On Old Arc Aanbtance Indianapolis. Feb M 'UF> Hoth parties in the house of repre | sentatives groped for a reliable, | evaluation of their strategic post | I tlon» today after a series of freak | j events which left them committed j to a Ito-a month minimum on old , * age assistance paymen'.. Minority memhera «at up far In ■ I to the night with Governor K< hrh-k er discussing the new turn of , 1 events The awkward situation in which ' Itolb parlies found themselves | ,: started In yesterday afternoon's I i session When Hep Thurman <’ j ' Crook l» South Bend, introduced : an amendment to a senate bill j • originally designed to rala* the. , maximum old age assistance pay iment from |3t> to Ito monthly , I ('rook's amendment, by the apparently Innocent change of three i j words placed a coticrole floor under the maximum figure. Republicans Instantly charged 1 the amendment was a move to I place them "on the spot” with ■ Townsend club supporters R<-p I Frank Mlllls. CampltellslMirg. ma jorily fl<M> leader moved to table i th.- amendment but his motion was ■ defeated l>y a roll call .vote of to | M The bill as amended was jj moved to the passage stage Astonished Itetnorrats alarmed liy the course of debate, moved to forestall the roll call hut to no avail -' Battmate* of the possible cost of t such a step, if permitted to go [ through, started at around H. 000.- . min annually for the state alone and. as legislators *iiap|H-d to a i full realisation of the Implications . of the amendment, mounted to . towering figures At the meeting of the ways and , means committee Immediately after . the session, chairman Roy J Harrl- , son. It Attica produced a bottle ! of headache tablets which he offered to pass among the member* , t'nder normal condition* the fedI r-ral government bear* half the ( co*t of old age assistance, the state 30 percent and the counties 20 per r cent However, spokesmen for both t tCONTINCKD ON I'AOIC HHVKNt PRODUCTION OF AIRPLANES HIGH Deliveries Ilißh Despite 20 Disputes By Ijibor, Management 'By I’nlted Pre**» Twenty disputes were in progress today tn national defense industries but government production official* testifying before a congressional committee said th--situation was not serious enough 'I yet to warrant legislation prohibit Ing strike* 1 Strikes and dispute* touched almost all the vital Industrie* turning out material* needed for the army, navy or marines but most of the nation'* workers were at their 1 benches Defense production dl- ' rector William 8. Knudsen announced that deliveries of military aircraft hit a new peace-time peak during January and other sources I revealed plans are being studied for further expansion of production facilities New contracts wet's ' Iteing awarded dally Commercial shipyards with navy ! and maritime order* have been requested by navy Secretary Frank Knox and chairman Emory 8 land of the maritime commission to freeze present wage scales pend- ' ing outcome of government defense official* to conclude a "master agreement” to cover wage* and I tCONTINUKD OBf FAGB >1VB»

MAYHE-OPEN DREDGE CASE Passage Os Bill Now In House May Re-Open Wabawh River Dredge The old Wahash river dredge ! case may lw- re-opened and started 1 again if a bill introduced In the ‘ ' legi»lature tw-come* a law The bill I* M B. MM l Hanley by ; request', whit h repeal' ditth law ' amendment nullifying proceeding* | ; In drain* commenced before Jan- . I uary I. 1527. and propose* a new ‘ law relnatatlng proceeding' to drl cult court* and superior courts. The measure was referred to the ■ i committee of drain* and dykes, I with an emergen, y clause attached If the bill becomes law. Henry II Heller, county attorney, who fought ' the profKised dredge project a* too costly to the county, said it would ieopen the Wabash river case. The county ha* bown successful I in preventing the carryinr out of ' the dredging, although bld* were revived ami awarded for the work. Judge Henry Kister of Princeton Is the special judge |n the case. I I The county commissioner* have op- i . po«ed the dredge project and one , of their legal actions was the re ' fusal to Issue Improvement iM.ndI Judge Endicott of Auburn a« *pe- , < ial judge in the bond »uit, upheld i the action of the commissioner* The case has lH*en dormant for , , sometime. CHURCH LEADER TO SPEAK HERE II Bishop 11. V. Miller To Speak At Nazarene Church Friday , A niitnlier of visitor* from Nag- , arene churches in nearby town*, together with a large number of iileipber* and friends locally, are . expweted to attend the home ml* «ion rally at the Church of the , Naxarene Friday evening Th.church I* located at Hevenlb and Marshall afreet*, and the Rev Paul Brandyberry Is pastor. Bishop II V Miller. Nampa , Idaho, one of the four active general superintendent* of the Church of the Nazarene, Will be guest speaker. The rally I* one in a serie* sponsored by th* Northern Indiana district, and will be In charge of the Rev J W Montgomery. Fort Wayne, district superintend ent. Thl* I* the firn visit Dr .Miller | has paid to the churches in thi* 1 1 area since hl* election to the high | eat office in the denomination, dur ing the world conference of the' church m Oklahoma City last June and the lie.-atur rally I* the first of ten to be held tn the district. Th.- church leader* will In- heard In Portland Saturday evening Prior Io hi* election to the office of general superintendent, the I tfviNTfNi’Kt. «>v p*nr -<lXi I ° Former Ixdcbl Man Dies In Arkansas Word was received her* today of the death of Pearl Hawkins. 42. , at bls home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Mr Hawkins formerly resided here The i-ausw of death or the I exact time was not given. Funeral service* will b» held in Sharpsville. Indiana Sunday afteri noon at 1:M o'clm-k at the homo of the deceased’s parents, Mr, and Mr*. Charle* Hawkln*. o Hospital Visiting Hours Arc (’hanged Visitor* to the hospital are asked to please note the change In visiting honr* The hospital I* fill- ' ed to more than It* regular capacity again with patient* in the -unrooms and corridors. Visiting hour* are from 10 Io 11 a. m -2 to 4 p. m and from 7 to S p. m. .

Price Two Cento.

Japanese Express Anger At British Moves In Singapore And I’. S. War Aid Plans. BALKANS TENSE By I'nlted Press Germany stepped up her alt atI tack on Bi Haiti a possible portent !of the spring blitzkrieg to come • I while a crisis appeared n-ar In the ’ Far East today and there were con- * tinned tumblings In the Balkans. After many nights of scattered 'or desultory action over Britain • the liMZi airmen relurbed In force - last night and during the early I hours this morning They *amashed heavily at a city 1 In South Wales and added n great 1 new trag.sly to the long roll of bombing catastrophles recorded in la.ndon One great Iminh smashed j Into the huge Izmdoti county connell hospital ami wrecked the three male ward- of th.- institution At least 22 person* were killed outright and scores wounded. !»2 of ■ them ««vioii»ly To a-bl to the difficultle« of resume crew* which plunged Into the i wreckage to extricate the In lured. . trap|H-d and dying a delayisl action i bomb fell nearby, bringing the threat that at any moment it might 1 explode and bring more wreckago ' down alxiut the emergency work[era F*r eastern lenstwn roM- near the fever level Japanese anger at Rrttlsh rein- ! forcernent of Binga|tore and tho , -trong line Iteing taken l.y the I’nit.-.l State* including house ap- | proval of the defense iileastires at I Guam, burst like a thunderstorm. The official Japanese Domel I new* agency broadcast a sensationlai report that French authorities Lu Indo-Chlt.a were drifting Into I'he orbit of the free French movement led by Gen charle* Degaulle, The dispatch .lalm.-d that ho French were taking steps to check Japan.-** drive- into South China, that th.-y have made "dose contact'' with troop* of Gen Chiang Kai-Shek aero** the china border, and that the British are aiding the French Ity sending 2im airplanes to Salgen and quantities of ammunition. Then- have been no reposte from Vichy. French Indo-China of British source* to suggest developments of thl* nature and the Ja;w sue*.- report raised the possibility that a pretext for taking over Indo China might lie In the process of creation A Chinese military spokesman at Chungking claimed that Japan had concentrated her forces in strategic, jtoaltlons for a ntajoi southward thrust. Thi* sourse claimed that half of (CONTINI K|f ON CAGE? MCVHNt PLAN VOTE ON WHEATQUOTAS (■rowers To Vote On National Marketing Quotas On May 31 Washington. Feb. 2<t —(CP) — Secretary of agriculture Claude 11. Wickard announced today that the first national marketing quotas ever proposed for what will be vot» ed on by the grower* on May 31. R. M. Evan*. AAA administrator, explained that the referendum I* required under the AAA act because of the surplu*es built up by “military and e< anomic blockade* of our world markets" Wheat sales by fanner* fron» thl* year's crop will he limited to quota* established by the government unless the qouta plan I* opposed by one third of the fanner* voting in the referendum. Quota restrictions would not, however, be imposed on farmer* producing les* than 200 husbel*. Grower* who plant within their 1941 AAA acreage allotment* would be permitted to sell all of their wheat free of penalty.