Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1941 — Page 1

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IUMOR GERMANY TO ATTACK GREECE

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Farewell Party To Honor Attorney A farewell party honorlns Seyer- j In H< hurser. popular yutig attor* nejr of thl* city, who Irate* Mon- { day morning for induction into mlli-1 •ary aervico, will be siren at * JO ; o'clotk thl* evening In the parlor* , •a the Klk* home hy fellow memtier* of the Adam* county bar. Attorney I). Hurdelto fitter hi chairman of the meeting Talk* will toe made by Judce Kred Fruch te. Henry H lleller. prealdent "f ■ha tonr. and French On.on Mr Mctourger ia the Junior mean' her of the tonr and opened Ilia office in tM« city more than a year ago He ruhtateeted for military service j tn the contingent id in which leave* | Monday for lAtri Marti non HOUSE PASSES FIRST BUDGET MEASURETODAT Speed Work ,4m Monday’s Scheduled Adjournment Draws Near Indlanapoll*. March 7 HJF) — Driving hard toward Monday» Mbeduled *lne die adJ.Mimment Indiana * hou*e <»f repriwntatlve* today pnaaed :he flrat of the three biennial budget meanure* and aent it to the aenate The hill would appropriate |*-j ISe.poO for operating *ta«e depart i tnetit* daring the neit two year* It waa approved hy the home. M to I. with R«p Bert Mayhill. K.| Delphi, the lone dlaaenter The houae Immediately plunged I Into ronulderatlon of the remaining 1 two budge* hill* which would Appropriate approxuuaiaiy Ui. ooo.ttoo for alale unlveraltien asd j college* and the IP penal rhatii ’ able and Itencrolenl ln*lllnllon» Appropriate approximately 118.loo.ihxi ftK mail hut* federal aocial aecurity fond* The departmental bill paaaed to- 1 day wae reduced II.Uf.JTU by the Home way* and mean* committee from recommendation* of the state budget committee Rep Winfield IVnton. Kvana vllle. ekpre»*ed hope that the »engte would reatore the cate made hy the committee. He ia a member of the budget committee Rep. Frank Mlllia of famphell* . burg. Republican, floor leader, reported that “I am prophesying that every hoard and comml»alon will Iw able to fnncilon under thin bud gal aa well a* they ever have." Party llnea grew vague aa the home took up the second of the appropriation meaaurea for federal matching fund*, and aeveral Re--Ipn hi lean* fuinad an attempt by ! Denton to reatora the original bud 1 get committee recommendation Only actual change to he made. In the federal matching fund* men I •are waa a net Increase of Ifl.inn for the biennium given for vocation- s al education. The tncreaae Waal allowed lo go through on the; rOOWTINITCU ON PAOM POVRt I REPORTS HATCH ACT IS FUTILE Senate Committee Reports Over 22 .Millions Spent In Campaign Washington Mar 7 <UJ9 -The senate campaign Investigating committee, reporting expenditure* of fn.7U.7tf by the two major parties in the IP4O campaign rec- j ommendrd today that cong'ea* study a 10 point program for further restrict ions on political funds The committee reported contribution* of f«.2«4 4«3 and expenditures of ft.OtS.SS7 by Democratic organisation*, and contributions of fU.IM.MZ and expenditure* of fit tft.fSl, by Republican force*. "The Hatch net ha* been Ineffective In preventing the expenditure of enormou* aum* of money, the committee sold. It proposed that the aenate study the possibility of putting n celling on the combined total amount of money which may be spent by all organlaatlona anpportlng a given candidate for president. The Hatch act prohibit* any on* political committee from spending more than fIOOO.QOO In any one uJoNxtsi.'BO os faor foubj

ROOSEVELT IN OPPOSITION TO LABOR STRIKES President State* Opp4>* *ition To Jurindictional Strike* Washington, Mar. 7 <UR> President Rixisevelf declared roday that he la absolutely opposed to j jurisdictional labor strike* thai are | holding ap several phase* of the national defense program. The president, at a press confer i ence. said he feel* the country a* [ a whole cannot approve In any way. { shape or form a Jurisdictional I strike *nrh aa the AFI. walk ml ! at Dayton. Ohio, which ha* *1 twed work on the Wright Field expansion program He added that while hr was absolutely opposed lo the jitrladlr- ! 'tonsil ype of labor conflict, he ha* not found a solution tn the pmh- { lem That I* one of the difflculi Ilea, he said The president made It clear that he I* becoming more convinced of the necessity for establishing some 1 new form of an over-all federal mediation mechanism to handle problem* of labor In the defense program He said he feels thl* I '■ould lie established without add! | tonal legislation hut he empha- j sited that plana are still very much I | in the nebulous stage Mr Roosevelt sketched the out-1 line of the form such a hoard I might take. It might he like the labor hoard of World War day*, he , said but It would be more than ' merely a mediation board Such an organitatliyii would aur j rey the whole problem of labor and production and lie devised in a ! form which would enable It to i continue useful work >H«r the emergency I* passed he said. He said be Is thinking ahead and attempting to make a settlement of present problems fit into the patirxr* wnwfwr. r*w wart at rtvai BANKS FURNISH PRIZE AWARDS — Decatur. And Berne Bank* Provide .Money For Corn Club Award* William N'eadstine, president of I the Adam* coun« y crop Improvement association, staled today that the First State Rank of Decatur and the Hank of Heme are furnishing fIOO In prise money to he | distributed among the 5 acre corn | club members who checked up ; The prlxe* have been arranged a* ] follows Kiri Kaehr. John R. Ilelmann. - Martin J timber Albert Helneke. Milton Dettlnger. John P. Richer, Winfred Oerke. l>an Habegger. K. , R Johnson. Floyd l.lby McAliren Bros.. Benjamin D. Maxelln. .Rlch--1 ard Meahherger. William N'eadI nine. Kll M Kchwarta. Harold V. i Schwart*. Walter Thleme. each | $2 SO. Henry Asrhleman. Victor Blecke. \ Clarence Huslck. Harold Dolch. M i p Richer. Benjamin Oarke. Sylvan 1 Habfgger. James A. Hendrick*. ! Frank S Meyers. Charles Meyers. : Rrlfateck Brother*. Leland Ripley. Fred Weldler * Son*. Wllaon Welland. Louis Hleeke each 82. Reuben H< hwartx. Alvin >Rl*«' haum. Millard Schwarts. Palmer L. Schwart*. Edgar Thleme. eas h fl. These prise* will he distributed at the farmer*' banquet to be held Tueaday. March II at Berne The trophy cup will be awarded to Kara Kaehr for ihe high yield thl* y»ar. This cup waa held by Victor Bleeke In IfSB with a yield of 10$ bushels; Robert A. Meyers In lilt with a yield of 104 bushels; belaud Ripley In 1*37 with a yield of 130.4 huahela; Victor Bleeke In | 1*34 with a yield of 124.1 bushel*, and Sylvan Habegger In I*2* with n yield of 134 bushel* Cub Pack Meeting Here This Evening The monthly pack meeting of the Decatur Cub Scouts will be held this evening in the Lincoln School 1 gymnasium. The program will open at l:4f p. m. and will last approx i 1 mately one hour. AH parent* of ’ Cuba as well as any other* inter 1 eated In knowing .ibont the Cub movement are urged to attend.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 7, 1911.

Boom Widow for Solon’* Seat 'r' r tJSW ■ * ' mruM * Mrs. William D Syren Widow of the lab- llcprcscntstlre William D Hymn »l Maryland, hilled In the recent crash of an airliner south of Atlanta, tla Mrs W llllsm D Byron above ha« announced «he will seek the riitmlnail.Hi to fill the unesplred term of her husband Mr* Byron is shown In the lute cun(reafltviiiiM otic* IB W»iihliij|toii

QUESTION LIST SENT DRAFTEES Additional 50 Que*tionnaire* Are Mailed By Draft Bu»ard An additional So questionnaire* I Mere mailed Thursday to regia- . Irani* for selective awrvtre, Mias • Doris Nelson, draft b-inrd clerk. I announced itatay. The queries were sent lo regl* ) trant* holding county order num hers. *SI to •<*». excluding \ Frederick John Mylott. who at present Is In training Thirteen youth* will leave Decatur Monday morning for For' Ben Jamln Harrison representative of I Adam* county's March quota. One I of these, however. Byron Tricker. I* a replacement for Leonard K >th. who waa rejected ill the last group ■ i hy camp examiners geverlh Hrhurger ha# been named leader of ike group and will carry the credential*. They will leave hy hu* at 4 IS a m Following I* a 11*1 of the latest to receive questionnaire*, with each name preceded hy the registrant's county order nnmlx'i" *sl Everett Robert Johnson *52 Cyril Folward Ilelmann *53 Kdman Hylvester KLer 454 Ramuel Kvcretl Rice *55 Waller Rolrert Farrar *54 Waldo John Wiseman *57 Frank Seymour 45* Grover Allan Wolfe »5!» Juan Crogco H4O Ervin L. Schindler R4I Floyd Kllrnhcrger 142 Roy Kdwiyd Ncwlln *4l Glen Cornellons Hchaadl *44 Arthur William Hrhameriab *45 Myron Charles Hart *44 Gerald Relr.hard Sheet* *47 Harold Oliver Fainter *4* Walter William Neiienschwander *44 Harve Neuenach wander *7O Walter William Steffen *7l Walter Joel Augsburger *72 Gerhard Zwlck 573 Norman Eugene Geiger . i (CONTINCBD ON PAGE FUL’RI

I LENTEN MEDITATION , (By Rev. Geo. 8 I-oxter. First Evangelical Church t "Fcr he that levath another hath fulfilled «h# lawt " —Bom. 13:1

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love and *ood w||| muat take over the taak of rebuilding what hate ' will have torn down. It I* alwaya ao. Ixiv*. alone, ntakea pooalblc a permanent peaee. whether In International, uattonal or In dome*tic affalra. 'Tor he that loveth another hath fulfilled the la* > Lei ua permit love to motivate our Uvea that we may fulfill the law ot Chralt, and thua come lulu the felowahlp of the aona of God..

Date* Are Set For Hoosier Boys State The annual Hoosier boy* stale. ; sponsored by the America:! l-egiou will lie held at the state fa!.grounds in Inttianwpoii*. June 21 to I 2*. The date waa • revealed at a 1 j fourth district meeting of the l,eglon held In Auburn. The nest dla- | Irlrt meeting will lie held in Decatur on April 3 l-ast year Adams Post No. 43 ”f j the American l-egiou. and loro! or- ’ ganlsatlon. sent several Decatur , Ixiys to boys slate NEW DIRECTORS ARE SELECTED 11 — Decatur Rotary Club Elects Five Directors Thursday Members of Ihe Decatur Rotary club elected live dlrettor* at their weekly meeting last evening at the Hire hotel The director* are: James Mur-i phy. Jr. Carl Gerber George W j Auer. Charles Rlnnger and Harry Grttlx- officer* of the dull. Including s president, vice-president sec- j retary. treasurer and sergeant at-1 arm* will be elected by the direct-1 or* from their own membership. Pete* Reynold* I* the president | of Ihe club and will be succeeded ’ ! by the new executive next July. In all probability, the Decatur I club will support the candidacy of : William C Itasietrer. Jr., of Fort , Wayne, for dial riel governor of. Rotary. Allen McMahan, secretary of the Fort Wayne club, attended the meeting last evening slid spoke In | behalf of Mr Rastelter's eandldacy. he being the immediate past preal- j dent of hi* rlnb and present group ] representative. George Auer, vice-president, presided. A number of club members attended the program given hy the I Jons club for the basketball team* of the Decatur and Catholic high ! I schools s

The law of God Is the expressed will of God. luive Is the basic element In that law Love for other* Is a fundamental principle of life it la no mere precept of morality. It 1* the fountain head of all virtue and all life Hate for another I* the haalc principle of death Thl# (set Is written deeply in the experience and observations of men. It ia clearly In evidence In istr world today There Is wide disagreement among men a* to Ihe place of force in life. Some regard It as an antidote for fear; olhera aa a prevent*. Live of great evils. Vet no intelligent Christian expect* any good in emerge from the present carnival of guns and dynamite. "Like beget* like." After "The tumult aud the shouting dies: The captain and the kings depart!"

Balkans Swept By Rumor Nazi Attack To Be Launched Soon; Bulgaria Under Nazi Control

AMENDMENT TD BRITISH AID DHL BEATEN Administration Win* First Major Test On Bill Washington. March 7—(UP) —The senate today ropetod a proposal to writ* into th* Britioh aid bill an iron clod prohibitltion agamst ut* of American troop* outoide th* weotorn homiophor* or U. f. possession*. Washington. Mar 7. -<U.R> Th--administration won the Rrst major lest on the British aid bill today • hen the senate rejected an am- . i-mlment to require congressional < nnsent for the American urm*-d forces to deliver or convoy war ' supplies to Europe. The vote was 41 to 2* against the amendment with Sen Raymond K Willis. It . Ind voting for. and Sen Frederick VanNuya- D. Ind J against The rot. came on an amendment hy Hen Joseph C O Mahoney. D. Wyoming as modified by Henaior* Homer T Bone. D Washington, and Francis T Maloney. 1).. Conn. O'Mahoney and Maloney are »up- [ porter* of the hill, but the amend j mr-iit was opposed hy the administration Tp* O Mahoney Bom-Maloney amendinent provided that wlthont th.- consent of congress, no war articles disposed of under the I rend ins hill could he delivered or convoyed by the land, naval or air force* of the I'nlted Stales e* lept to points "adjacent lo North and South America or to point* subject to the Jurisdiction of the | I I'nited State*" The vote was the flrst on any j controversial amendment. The senate earlier In Ihe week had accepted seven non-coutroveriial amendments sponsored by the administration. glow* Delivery Washington Mar. 7.-4(J.Rk I’resl■lent Roosevelt said tinlay that congressional delay in enacting the lend-lease bill inevitably will alow down delivery of war material* lo i embattled democracies Kmphaslting he merely was rer slating what he ha* been saying since the first of the year. Mr. ! Roosevelt said congressional delay I may have no effect on linno-dlair delivery, but every day lost now IYIMTINrgU ow paor thkee« G. E. FOREMEN ARE APPOINTED Lankenau Announce* Appointment Os Three New Foremen Announcement was made hy R. W. lankenau. superintendent of the Decatur Work* ot the General Electric Company, of Ihe appoint-! ment of foremansblps of Raymond McDougul. J. Kenneth Rady and Edward Warren Mr. McDougat. who becomes foreman of the stator winding depart-1 meat Itegan his service with the company In 1*26 as an Insulator. Later be worked on Internal grinder* and stub lathes until the time of hia present appointment. Mr. Rady was appninted foreman of progreaalve assembly, slator machining. switch assembly and box motor*. He began his set vice with the company in !*2ti and has been employed during the grexter portion of bis service at a toolmaker. Mr. Warren, who wa* appointed night foreman in charge of (be second shift, began his service with the company In 1*23 He worked In the flange section as a Bullard operator and later served la various empaciUes In the flange section. Mr Lankenau stated th-s promotions are effective immediately.

ELECTION VOTE j 1 PROTEST DEID (Jov. Schrirkcr ( leared Os Any Connection With Alleged Fraud Indianapolis, March 7 'U.W A petition contesting the election i of Governor Si hrli kt-r *»* official- j ly dead today after hanging fire limiting moat of the legislative | | session The assembly yesievday appt ov-1 .•d a report by the 14-ltieiuber legislative Investigating committee which recommended the group !»■ discharged and the probe dropped because of lack of fund* and time. 1 The petition, filed by Virgil R Whitaker Hammond attorney, alleged that alien* voted In Ukr county and ihat Hchrlcket was not duly elected The report revealed that the committee believed Illegal Voting had existed In laike county and recommended "searching Investigation." It suggested a probe by the northern I* S'district attorney slid the laike county prosecuting attorney “to the end that the guilty , lie discovered and punished and a* a deferent to a continuation of alien voting " No direct or Inferred evidence wa* found which connected I S< hricker personally with charge* ; of the petition, the report said Bovoridgo Soattd Indianapolis. March 7 'U.P* As the general assembly neared Its 1 close. Sett Albert J Beveridge. Jr., j .(YisiTivt'Ptli o* wants * IVS, McNim CALLS FOR TEAM PLAT Federal Security Head l’rice* Cooperation In l)efen*e Work Indianapolis March 7 'U-F* 1 Federal security administrator Paul V McNutt last night called sot ) "team play" Iretwi-cu local com- , munltles and the federal govern ment In meeting the challenge of national defense The former lloosler governor ltd dressed the ea»t central regional conference on adult ■•dticalioti and national defense. National defense. McNutt saltl. entail* acute problems 111 housing and social welfare. schiMils and medical facilities sanitation and sewage disposal and other civi< activities. He pointed out the federal gov eminent is attempting to meet these problems through a national | program, but must have community j cooperation in the form of corre lated and pooled resources Civilian defense energy, he said.! | "must be geared into a unified com-! i munlty plan." In hi* plea for “team play." Me ! Nutt declared coopers!leu was not 1 a threat to Individual liberty "but j the antithesis of goose-step com pllance to remote and rigid con ; trots." Dr. A. H. Backu* To Speak Sunday Dr. A. H. Backus, director of , (Tirltian education of the Indiana ; polls area of the Methodist church, will speak at the morning worship service of the Methodist church ! Sunday He will also meet officers, { teachers and workers of the Chris- | tlan education program In g con- ! ference at 2.30 p m. Dr Backus will also speak at the 4:30 o’clock vesper service, presenting a special metsage on "Development of course* of study for the church school" Dr. Backus will also exhibit modern methods of visual edutslkni. o WEATHER Considerable cloudiness, light snow in southeast and estrtme south tonight; Saturday partly cloudy to cloudy; not much ohang* In ttmporatur*.

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Btdgradi' Report* Rumor Swt*4*p* Balkan* Nazi* To Launch Attack On (Irecce Saturday. TENSION MOUNTS illy t’ntted Preaai A minor swept the Balkan* today that Germany will launch her attack ii |m>n Greco* tomorrow. There was tut conßrmalion of the report, naturally, and chance* wern good that It was part of the Natl war of nerves It seemed doubtful that Germany could Ih- In u position to attack Greece only W week after her troop* marched Into Bulgaria However the Narl war machinn was moving swiftly In the Balkan area Bulgaria was tightly under Nail control The German military restricted newspaper correspondent* so severely that the trlikle of new* from Hofla almost was rut off Belgrade, nearly a* prollflc n source of rumors as Budapest, the No. I Balkan rumor capital, heard the report that Ihe Nail attack on Greece wa* shout to begin. According lo Belgrade. Germany has become convinced that Greeco will not yield to Nail pea* •- blandishments. that Turkey can not bo wooed from the British sphere and that Jugoslavia la bound to tomn Into the alia. For the last point there was considerable support Belgrade was full of report* that in a day nr two possibly tomorrow Jugoslavs la either would adhere to the axis or announce a policy of dose collaboration with It. Jugoslavia* move* In the Balkan tangle were believed to be under almost continuous study at 4 series of conference* of high Jugoslav official*. Turkey forecast that the Balkan crisis would reach a turning point soon The Turks thought event* would move swiftly as soon a* British Minister George \\ Itcodel and hi* staff left Kotl*. probably Monday The Turk* believed that a near Balkan front would In- opened up. presumably by a German attack on Greece and British air attacks on Naii concent rat lona In llulguria atld the Itllmaniall oil Arid* Premier l{cyflk Hay dam ptoliubly will outline Turkey'* iswltion in a speech to parliament Wednesday. British comment saw llttla grounds for optimism in the Balkans. It was said that Hiltain may hare wanted Jugoslavia that slot j cannot guarantee the territorial integrity of lhat polyglot nation at a post war peace conference if tho Jugoslavs Join the uxis Rumania report d that Germany is giving the Humntitau army extensive training and Budapest heard that Bucharest was going tODNTINFRD ON PAGE TIIHBI4I LEGION HOLDS I DISTRICT MEET Adams Post Members Attend Di*trict Meeting At Auburn Thursday A delegation from Adam* P>st No 43. American lu-gton attended the district Legion tnee'lliK at Auburn last evening Those who attended from hero were: Adrian Baker, William Lion, H. Vernon Auraml James K. Staley, Kd Batici. Charles Welter uutl Dee Fry Iso k The mcmlier* were Informed thas the membership drive Is to In* concluded March 22 At present 'ht* fourth district is still leading In Ihe campaign. It was reported, but I* being closely pressed by ' lot fifth district The member* at ;be meeting again pledged theii support of tho candidacy of Carl II Graham for j stale commander. Home defensa was also discussed si Ihe meef.ng and It was reported that 1,500 In the district have registered in itiq program.