Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1941 — Page 1

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ICounfer Proposals Filed By Kompany And Union Leaders

j®* ! -b» rvqu. »t of th* manageST'' U ‘ ’*><■ mat,..ger offtM fore* „( lh „ McMillen Fred w aiiovtoj .„ HUar th* office ■ J’*’"* No 44 of th* Cannery Agrlrultural. *»<! Allied Worker* of filed j proposal. followed proposal from the Bk. ttJoa > demand was superB* * '** union. B, ompany a o ff ar wag , | (We tor fir* days, without BEL*_ of ,h « unl °n Bbk* ’ *•« * r » the two offer*. ' winit been accepted: "*• Union’* Offer Bl« Holt’* 1 " b * ,w ** n Local ■L «1 C * PAW A ■ n< * ■J »i'«l McMillen Feed K, -Hl be permltt■Jy 10 *“* “'ld will I* Bhw‘? ‘be right of lugress and ■nZ.' * tcon, P | lah Mme. provid ■Ubsd oßlc * •mplorw be BShZ. #lo,i ln order that union Btaoa ,0 P«r«ona being B*tehuoL pr, ’ u *«e- >0 prevent Bi rl al mi »- B*WUed W S* r <^ ,m “ " ,o K the right of egress

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JAPANESE SEND ULTIMATUM TO I FRANCE TODAY Set Deadline At Midnight For Acceptance Os Demands Hhanghal. March k Uff> Japan massed an army nn the Cult of Tongklng within a few mile* of the French IndoChina frontier today In what Japanear dispatches tailed one of the Ireeteat «urpri«e land, tut operatlona in military oper . atlona A new Japanrae expeditionary ' forre waa landed along a atretch , of more than 21u mllea between the mouth of the pearl rirer. oppoaite Hritlah IlMgkottg. and the ) Indo-t'hlna border In apparent i iradliieaa to back up a new ultimatum to Ftance for immediate a< - i eptanco of Japan * Thailand-1 , French Indo China prate term* Japan, backing up Ita "modiat Ion" of the dtapute between Thailand and Indo China had eel midnight tonight aa a deadline for French acceptance of her nettle, j rnrnt Aa thia dlapatih waa Hied, no French reply had been received A aecond deadline 9am CMT Friday haa been net by Japan for reaching a complet. and full artj tlemgnt of the controrrray At that hour the truce Iwtwern Indo China and Thailand rxplrea. Confer In Vienna Berlin. Manh 5-(UP) A Ger- ' man authorlied aourte naked It Natl troop* have concent rated on the Turkiah frontier aaid cryptically today that “there can be a 10l of change* in two day*." Thia comment waa made aa well 1 informed nourcea revealed that Marnhal Hermann Goering la conferring at Vienna today with Gen lon Antonencu of Kumania on "military queaHon* " The ntatement regarding German troop dlapoaitlona In Bulgaria waa inadr In reapoime to Inquiring by newspapermen who pointed out I that pri-vlou* Neal anaerthma had , aa»d that 'he ■Gerwmn Balkan I army." now In Bulgaria, had avoid- : <-d region* < loae to Turkey. The vpokeaman declined to make j a direct reply on ground* that military information waa Involved but aald: •There can be a lot of cbangea In two daya" A aimllarly reticent attitude waa adopted by the German apokeaman . toward the entire Balkan altuatlon | Queatloned concerning wldeapread rumor* that Prince Paul of Jugo•lavia vlaited Adolf Hitler yesterday a German source said “no German communique I* expected on that subject." adding that they had no knowledge oT such a meetIng That waa In contrast with the German reaction to similar reports during the last couple of day* on those occaakms Nasi source* made a flat denial. It waa noted that the official DNB new* service reported thia af- | ternoon from Belgrade that the <Ci>NTlVt'Kl> <»M PAtlB 81X1 p WEATHER Increasing cloudin***: slightly warmer in south tonight; Thursday cloudy, light ram sr snow In west portion in lot* afternoon.

and lugress Into the plant in order to supervise the safeguarding of machinery and equipment. "3. Bald Wesley Layman is to he furnished with the necessary number of union men of Local No 44 to carry on the safeguarding of aald machinery and said union men agree to follow Mr Layman's Instructions explicitly In the safeguarding and protection of machinery and equipment List Included and marked eahlhlt A: Bill .McCulloch. Bill Keller. Ted Krick. Rufus Worst. Fred Brown. Lloyd Bowman. Ornell Stauffer. Jesse Kdgel. Pualn Wheeler. Harold Kelly "4 All person* desiring to enter plant, being those named fr. paragraphs 1, 2 and 2 above, shall report tn main gate and no other. I Such person* shall present a pass, to be issued by said Local Union No. 44 “S. The company agrees to fur ttlsh a list of those persons named In paragraphs 1. 2. 3 and 4 above to the strike committee of Local Union No. 44, together with probable hour* of said persons, said list to be furnished as soot’ as possible. "g The company agrees to pay I I (CuNTJNVBB OX PAUK HVBJ •

Ar German Forces Rolled into Bulgaria » I 1* SV, MMr* * JFjC JFjbl \ * ■ - I■■

Thl* radlopboto. ju*t received from Berlin, show* a | tranter dlviahni of the German army crossing a I bridge over the fkinube river In Bulgaria a* the |

WPA REJECTS i SEWER PROJECT Project h Rejected Because Os Land Owned By Real Estate Firms Th" pnrpo«»-d construction of the Gaskill *«wer in Homewood addition met a *nag last night when Ralph E Roop. city engineer, reported that WPA rejected the proi ject because 4<« pert ent of the land involved was owned t«y real estate firm*. He reported that the WPA will not furnish the labor for a project in which more than 25 percent of affected land la owned by <_eal estate companies. Feed L. Lltterer. city attorney. , W»i Instructed by the council to notify th« petitionera of the rejection* It waa suggested that they could re-petition, offering thia time to pay for both the cost* of the labor and material*. Mr Roop reported that the plana for the Patton Hirtker aewer had been chanted alightly at request of the Wl'A and that they had again • been sent In. He expressed the belief that rapid progress would be made in thia project. Martin J. Mylott reported that the light naked for by Frank Krick and others on Lino afreet had been installed The Iwnrd of works reported the signing of the last three contraota in the Improvements at the city light plant. — o - — Strickler Stationed At Fort Harrison Mai Strickler, one of the youths sent from Adams county for selec tlve service training has been definitely stationed at Port Benjamin Harriaon. according to worn received by hia parents. Mr. and Mrs William Strickler, formerly of this city, who now live In Redkey RUMSCHLAG LAO TAKEN BY DEATH Gerald Rumschlag P ; e* Tuesday Evening U County Hospit'i Gerald Rumschlag. nlne-year-old amt of Mr and Mrs Bernard Rum M-hiag of near Decatur, died at the Adams county memorial hospital Tuesday evening at S o'clock after an Illness of ail days. Death waa caused by septicemia from a gangrenous appendix The lad was bom in Adams county August 22. IML the son of Bernard and Hilda Coyne-Rumst hlag. He waa a student In the third grade of the Bt. Joseph school, a member of the Bt. Mary's Catholic church and of the Children of Mary society Surviving besides the parents are three brothers. Donald. Frederick and Billy, all at home: and the grandmother. Mrs. Thresa Coyne. One sister la deceased Funeral services will be held at the church Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Rev. J. J. Seimets otßciating. Burial will be In the Catholic cemetery. The body will be returned to the home from the Gllllg A Doan funeral home at 5 o'clock this oveninc. and may be viewed i until time of the services.

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DeaHur. Indiana. Wednesday, Marrh 5, 1911.

Rev. Joachim Ry der Im Speaker Tuesday —— Rev Joachim Ryder of Fort Wayne, delivered an Interesting discourse on 'Will any religion suffice." at Mt Mary's Catholic church Ism evening At was the -econd of the aeries <g le-nten sermons Rev. Joseph J. Memletz. pastor, conducted the service*, including recital ion of the litany and Benediction of the Blessed Hacrament Friday evening th" services will consist of the Way of the Cross and benediction. F. D. R. MEETS WITHKNUDSEN CIO PreMident Abo Called Into Conference With Roosevelt Washington. March 5 tl'Pi — —President Roosevelt today called In William R Knudsen, director of the office of production management. and Philip Murray. president of the congress of industrial organIgatlons. for separate conferences presumably touching upon laltor Industrial relation* in the national defense drive The White House mad" no comment In announcing the engagement, except that secretary Steph en T Early remarked that the president for some time had desired to talk to Murray. But the conference appeared significant in view of the labor disturbance* that had held up several defense projects although, a* the president said yesterday, they so far have affected only 1-40# of the defense program a’ any one time. —4> — — Former Decatur Man Reported Serious French Parrish, former Decatur resident, who has been employed as a trainman on the Clover Leaf for 40 year*. Is seriously ill at his home In Delphos. Ohio. With lIMle hopes for recovery. He has many friend* here and over the county as well a* all along the Nickel Plate route. He has been a conductor for a number of years. Knighto Os PythiM To Initiate Claim A cla»» of candidates will receive second rank initiation at the Knights of Pythias 'odge Thursday night. It wa* announced today. The initiation and regular lodge meeting will follow the supper at 6 o'clock, in observance of the 30th annlversray of the founding of the Pythian Slater organisation. Knights of Pythias and their families have been Invited to attend the supper The lodge meeting is scheduled for 7:20 p m. Fieldmen To Meet Thursday Morning The regular monthly meeting of the fieldmen of the Central Sugar company will lie held la the company's office Thursday morning A check up will be made on tbe 1241 contracts and plan* made to complete the Job The government quota on beet acreage for this year I* 11.214 acres. J. Ward Caltand. field manager, stated that moot of the acreage has been contracted.

i Natl* Invad.-d that country, the llth nation to capitulate to rhe German*. Note swastika flag | and iron cross emblem on tank

TRI KAPPAS TO GIVE PROGRAMS Serie* Os Programs For Charitable, Scholarship Plans Tickets have l>evn placed on sale , by the Tri Kappa* for their spring I festival of entertainment The . series of three programs have been i arranged as a money making pro- • ject. the proceeds of which will be used for charity and scholarship The first, of the series of three program* will Ire presented Tuesday night. March 25. when Mrs |; Roy Kalver will review the biography "Out of The Night" by Jan Valtin “Out of the Night" was' , | chosen as the ls>ok o< <he mu«tbrlnb selection foe February, and I critics agree It will be one of the , most discussed books of I*ll Jan Valtin. a Ge man communist, until hl* arrest by the Nazi gestapo in , 1933. tell* of the secret revolution i ary network of Soviet Russia which - i stretches out Io cover the entire world This Is the story of the 1 author's life Jan Valtin'* style of writing. ■ simple and direct, yet vivid and revealing. should awaken both the disinterested citizen and the well j informed Individual alike, to the | danger* of these force* which spread terrorism and destruction ' wherever they touch. This I* a (Hark which holds an appeal for. * both men and women I The second In the series of pro--1 grams will be given April IS when ! mem tier* of Tri Kappa will preI sent a spring musicale. The third and last in the serie* will occur on April 29 when Mrs. Leonard Baylors will review- a currently popit lar liook The price of the season ticket for this spring festival of entertalnI «v»NTfNtt*r> mt t'Atiie atx» CITY COUNCIL REJECTS BIDS To Re-Advertise For Bids On Equipment For Municipal Pool I! The city council last night voted to re-advertise for bid* on equipment at the ewimm'ng pool after rejecting tbe tvo submitted. The council will again receive bld* in ita April 15 meeting. Bidder* this time will not be required to follow specflcation* set out by the city but may make their t own lay-out* The hid* submitted last night were: J. E Porter Corp., of Ottawa. Illinois. 11*1*4 on ladder* and floats only, and Everson Filter Service Co . at Chicago 25.94611 on all equipment. The council decided, however, that more blds could be received ’ if the bidder* were permitted to bld on their own lay-out*, slate many could not conform to the previous specification*. The counoll planned to proceed with revamping of the pool a* much a* possible to insure It* opening by warm weather and the in stallation of the new equipment from time to time New equipment to he Installed - Includes: a chlorinator, filter*, pool cleaning equipment, ladder*, float* and other*.

Conference In Progress On Labor Dispute At McMillen Plants In This City Today

SENATE STURTS STUDY OF IID NIL CHANGES Senate Con'*idem Amend* menth To Measure Today Washington. Mar 5 'UR' The 1 senate headed Into ll* hitter fight I 1 over amending the British aid bill hMlay when Hen Allen J Kllender. 1 It. lat„ asked adoption of hl* amendment oppoalng the uae of American armed force* abroad Administration leader* claimed enough vole* to beat II by a small margin Fllender who had claimed M pledged vote* last week, did not ' repeat hl* claim today but said he, was "hopeful" the amendment | would l>e accepted The senate earlier adopted, unanimously »even amendment* to' the measure representing minor l administration concession* after) Hen Wallace H White. Jr . R . Maine, and ('harlea W Tobey H N H. closed IS day* of general debate on the historic measure I White *{M>ke for the hill and Tobey again*!. These amendment* were adopted 1 Empowering congre** to end the president’s power* under ih« bill at any time by a mere majority vote of Iwrih house* 2 To tighten congreiaional control of spending under the program Thl* would limit to ll.Mo.Mo.ggg the amount of present or future army or navy stock* which the president may transfer to foreign <cnt»TtNir«n ow PAon riv«> STRIKE DELAYS SHIP BUILDING National Defence Work In Further Hampered By Strike# (By I'nlted I'resst Ijbor disputes in national defense Industrie* lodax halted work on a (S.iamiMMi shipyard project, an army air corp* testing center expansion program and on order* for material ranging In *lxe from easentlal small |>arts to heavy machinery. The Orange. Tex., naval shljv yard construction project was shut down because of a shortage of steel that resulted from a strike of AFL shop worker* at a fabrication plant The shop worker* have been on strike at the Consolidated Steel corporation of Texas plant since Saturday to enforce demand* for a contract. Company <>ffi< ials said negotiation* tor the contract were in progress when tbe worker* ni the fabrication plant caller) the •trike. oflliial* of the contracting firm which employed Sso worker* on the 15,000.000 ship construction project »ald considerable delay would mult if it became necessary to ask for bld* for steel from other fabricating firms A steel company official said 75 percent of its work was for national defense project* in the southwest. Lieut. Cot. Lester T. Miller, commandant at Weight Field Dayton. Ohio, said he was "sitting tight" until further Instructions are received from the war department at Washington on a strike of AGO AFL building trade* workers The strike was precipitated when the war department in an unprecedented move Intervened in a jurisdictional dispute and ordered the <-onstruction company to proceed with the 11 500,000 expansion program at the air corps testing center. An official of the Dayton build Ing trades council said the dispute would be turned over to AFL national headquarter* at Washington. It was aald unofficially the government would be represented at <<vwTt«ntwn n*t wanw »tv». PaNtor’N Illness Cancels Service No Lenten service will be held at the Immanuel Lutheran church i Friday evening because of the Illness of the pastor. Rev. W. Resninert. Regular services will be held ,Sunday

GREAT BRITAIN AND BULGARIA TIES SEVERED Britain ( harxes Bulgaria With Subservience To Germanv Sofia. March 5 — (US)— Heavy German military equipment rumbled through the streets of Sofia for the first time thio afternoon. Great military trucks with caterpillar treads rolled down the principal streets. Heavy columns of armored cars, big trucks and motorcycle squads moved through the city, 1 Sofia Bulgaria March 5 *UR> Great Britain broke ffipiomati' re { latiim* with Bulgaria today In a I biting and alm»*t contemptuou* | non- charging It with snbaervletice l to Germany and asserting ihat it , had permitted the entrance of Ger ; man troop* to Bulgaria knowing i that their aim was to attack (}ree< f The break wa* made at 2 3o a m IST when British .Mmlster George W Bendel read the note to Premier Bogdan Flloff and then I handed him a formol copy The note denounced Bulgaria’* I explanation of It* course a* »pe< i iou* that no country not signatory I to the Orman Italian-Japanese alJ Haste had ever threatened It* neu- | trallty. that It had surrendered It* indepeiideni e to Germany, that it* policies were now under the control of Germany. "Hl* Majesty's gov -rumeni are convinced that the Bulgarian govemmenl. far from attempting to I maintain peace now are ready for active cooperallon with Germany." I I the note concluded. ", . , Great Britain is at war with Germany and the presence of German troops on Bulgarian soil I with the obvious alm of attacking Greece and the obvious subservience of the Bulgarian government Is incompatible with the continuance of further relation* between the government* of Great Britain and Bulgaria " The note was signed by Bendel. Britain made prime points of charge* that Bulgaria had mobilized unnecessarily, before It consented to the German troop entry, and that yesterday "obviously as the result of direct German pressure." It had asked the l’oll*h and B* Iglan minister* and the Netherlands charge d'affaires to leave the coun-, try But It denounced m<Mt angrily of all the dlsapp'-arance from a railroad train Feb 21. between Hofia and Istanbul, of Vadim Greenwich also known a* (Irenevitch. a Russian-born British sub ject who was a passport control | officer at the legation here. Greenwich was seen by fellow- i K-oNTiNtrtxn <>»i v«'in nv«. — ———o — Civic# Student# At State The civic* class of the Decatur junior-senior high scnool. taught by Principal W. Guy Brown, returned last evening from Indianapolis as ■ter attending an Interesting session of the state legislature.

LENTEN MEDITATION ißy Rev I. J Martin. Nutt man Ave. I*. 11. Church) “HELPLESS TO SAVE” “Whosoever will save his life shall lose it.”

In the foreground of these word* Jesus brought to Hl* disciples a picture of His suffering. death and victorious resurrection. The words were so great a mystery to those who heard that Peter said, "land these things shall not be unto thee.” The teat lets forth the helplessness of man to save himself. No man has ever been able to add a cubit to his stature, or to save himself from sin. or to stay the hand of death. He I* as helpless as a new born babe when it comes to these thing* Many people In the past have tried to save themselves by their own idea* and by reserving theli Ilves for themselves. but found In the end that their effort* had le-en in vain. When our lives are lost or completely surrendered to God then doe* Hb hlotd cover

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our shut and He give* us power to become a sou of God. But a* many as received Him. to them gave He power to become the *on* of <<od. even to them that believe on Hl* name: "Which were born not of blood nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will ol man. hut of God. John 1 12. 13. Like the disciple* who were caught In the great storm on tliu sea, we must say Lord. save us; we perish.

Price Two Cento.

Company. Union leader# And State Conciliator# Still In Se##ion At Late Hour Today. PLANT GUARDED Company and union official* and 1 <-on> iliators were still In session at i 3 3u o'clock thl* afternoon in tb* ' company's g- neral offi' e In Fort Wayne, on negotiation* toward a : settlement of the strike at the Central Hoya Co, and McMillen Feed Mills which ha* been In pro*re** *lnqe late Monday aßermsm. Th.- company s attorney. Fred B. Hlioaff returned Io Fort Wayne from New York late yesterday and within an hour a conference was ■rtanged by the management and the heal union, through laiuia Meinel and t’harle* Il Wilson, representing the Indiana state division of labor, The conference opened at 11 O'clock thi*,.mornlng in the office of Roy Hall, president of the two com panic*. Attending were Mr Hall Messrs. Meisel and Wilson a* conciliators, W K. Whitaker. Indiana CIO representative. Harold J latne. International secretary of I'nlted Cannery. Agricultural. Packing and Allied Worker* of America, offii ers and member* of the strike commit- , tee of laaal No (I of the United Grain and Processing Worker* of America a CIO affiliate The strike wa* called by the local union after no agreement wa* reached In a conference held In Mr. Hall's office last Monday. Mr. Hall stated last Haturday , I that he could not negotiate the fin- , al terms until legal counsel of the . company wa* present. Points which the union will de. , ( mand. L E Morrison, union sec-re-i tary stated, are Reinstatement of ' 13 dlsmtaaed employe*: recognition . of the union a* sole bargaining agency for the employes; no dis- ■ crimination against employ.* for ' union membership or activity, and , finally entering into a contract i with the management covering wage*, hour* and working condlturn* These demand* had not yet lieen j presented formally to the manage, ment at previous conference*, due to the fact that negotiation* had j not proieeded that far It wa* slated The confereme I* likely to b« in session throughout the afternoon The l-n-al Industries are closed and phket* are preventing the entrance of anyone to the plant or office A large number of men am picketing the site. Plant Under Guard GttMon City. II!. March 5 -ll'P) l—A sheriff's force took up a vigil ' outside the plant of the Central I Hoya company, here today follow- ' Ing effort* of what a company ofI ficial said wa* a CIO attempt to orI ganlze mill worker* Ford county sheriff Cecil Reahl and five deputies took over the guarding of the plant today on reI quest of the company The deputies were posted outside the mill and their armament Included a machino gun but there wa* no violence. Company vice-president Harmon Hendrick* said the CIO attempt to I organize the mill yesterday was unsuccessful and the organizer did not atmear today 12 Men in Plant There are about a dozen men re-r-ONTINI'XD ON PAOg THRF-B'