Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1941 — Page 1

XXXIX No. Ht

hXIS PROTESTS ARE REJECTED BY U.S.

Wred Action By Roosevelt Looming In Allis Dispute

Term* Allh ■strike M<»*t Seriou* ■ Tl rup: ■Ml} «*• Needed. IX I Oth WEEK - . . »ltlk< .. program J, "i h«jaw . pte.ldenlial ar ■ff ... i<in(raversy i* !■ , , h.. roii«ld»r» the I . . ’hr only really Bg work l"r«i | ■ ... (he Ford walk ■K > ’• third day It ha* ||S ■'l . ■ nt:. .i!ly -.tlon* .ok atoppsge of .mI miner* In IX t I hoped they will t , A■ V <lll Monday ‘ . .Im! ’hr Alli. .... . .. i. a really had tto-hlng hi« Koi Io * shout i . , .!..•>> a (•* mor- * ,u th.- ra.r hut par ... trover.y an- ’ ... inothi-: eight 01 In ' Ir Ihr deadlock It ■K, ill l»th week iH' I , ~.fi '.Mid ■ • b'. .... . ■ meeting »Hl: par v I'halinora < miro ■nr t.M Mr Il Hi-eveh ' ..in lou.iy tie aid ■ ~>•!, that maihinery bad a . ham a to operate I . <|iir*t(ot>s h - aald hr ■ > in the Allis-Cb.il I lull hr aald that fart u.-d Io .rural only ON Paris THHKW) JltlDN HOLDS I DISTRICTMEET i H. — Epurth District Os Amer|A ican Legion Hold* ■S Meeting Here ■■, a rrly ITS person* at- ,. .|,nrnir ami meeting nt district Amortcam laat thr home of Adam* Pont If here last night. ■ tn--. .r.-M-nt at thr dinner tn-tm-niinen of the auailterirn ■k. tail... of the- 'oral auxiliary the dinner. ■ a lean; l;.t of Legion notables. ■ndr.l i.y Wiilmm Nayw of Ind- . .tate adjutant, were at mw'iag. ■ tip... tmiaded: T C HipklM. ■**•>• Ohio. fu«t district Ohio ■ »-' f-r Fremont Hot r ng also ■< l*ip.k-. the district adjutant; Huber. Hlckavllle. Ohio. Mhio Mate treasurer; Homer Mc■‘•r.y- norUiem vlt-wcomroender ■ ’hr <-urth district of Indiana. ■•* Ullin CarmicbMl. of Muncie. ■*th district commander ■ n. wriome addittis wa« elven Commander Adrian linker of ■**“" |a»»t. and a quartet from '"k.rrd jMMi at Fort Wayne rti yu;m.| .oh nx-ai aeleetkma. Mr ■* y " r -crVed a* adjutant ia Uta of Her Joaeph Jordan, of who wo unable to attend If*'*" "•''htol. of Garrett. dlMrict ■•tmauder. preaided over the awMioa. ■ Til ’ M’l»oiutmeni of Aaron Rem- »« rurrthern vlcecomrnander of y* ,ourJh diatrict wa. announced. y ■»» 'Ate puroha.e of reading ■WP. for the veterana at Knighta ■ KTtNrich OH panto nv»,~ ■ o ■ DtMOCRAT THERMOMETER I »<» •- m. 42 I **" 47 B 2: l» p. m. 48 ■ •:« p. m. — 48 | WEATHER ■ Cloudy with oacaalenal rain B Mt'ght and Saturday; MigMly ■ M, d«r in aittromo aouthwaat ■ Partion tonight ,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

New Trouble In Ford’* Plant Spur* EfTorts By Mediatom To End lai* bor Biwpute. INSIDE PLANT Detroll. April < (UJt New trouble at the rnariirnoih Ford River Roiia>- plant thin time Inalde the atrlk*- Iround aatee today apurred federal and otate mrdialora In frantic efforta to avert VMenrc at the plant and disruption of already shaky peace effort* Artlng on report* that hundred ■ of negro worker, beselged Imide the plant since Tuesday Wats "running wild' fedeiai cond'Ulor James F Ih-wey sought an agreement with union officials whereby some S.nott men could lie removed peacefully through picket lltins At the same time Michael Wid man Jr . president of the I Alt CIO local reported Io Thomas Itouahu.- chief of the alate conciliation board, that union maintenance men who entered I relay '.lave lieen roughed and threatened by "roving crowds of thuas armed with Iron tars and other weapons cruising through buildings of the plant." * Dewey's plans tor resumption of mediation conferences with union leader* were postponed whib- otfl clais sought to Iron out th- new emergency Dewey hoped to meet company aud union representative* late this afternoon If he could Iron out hl* latest problems Alarmed by thr rapid deterloratlon of |wace effort* Gov Mu-ray Van Wagoner sharply reminded the company and the CIO I'nited Auto mobile Worker* of their pledge to mediate In good faith. It was reported without confirmation that he wa* Jolterl Into this action by rumor* that one or ta'h parties would break off nerotiatfons today and renewed violence woul<4 result at the F >r-l River Rouge plant picket line There were '.hese outer danger aignals: 1. Thr company In a *urprislegal move obtained from federal judge Arthur J Tuttle a fhe-duy temporary Injunction rrstrainirg the CIO and It* International unlon | the I'AW. from interferencr with anyone wishing to enter or leave the River Rouge plant Z. R J. Thoma*, president of thr (JAW. said this was a violation of the company's pledge not to attempt to reopen thr struck plant during the period of mediation. He charged In a forma! statement ths. machine guns and other arm* had been smuggled Into the plant and that drunken employes we.v driving new car* and army "bllti buggies around thr mammoth Rouge reservation. This wa* called "an outright He" by a company "CONTINI'RD OH I-A (I It HIX) DEATH CLAIMS MRS.PETERS Mrs. Elmer Peter* Die* At Home Near Magley Thursday Night Mrs Rimer Peters. 11. died at •:M o'enwk laat night St her home northwest of Magley. after a year's illnen* of tuberculosis. The deceased was a lifelong resident of Adam* and Wells counties and a member of the Magley Reformed church. w She was a daughter of Louis and Boßa Kreutiman-Cbnrad. the latter surviving In Kirkland township. Other survivor* Include the husband. a *cn Leßoy. and a brother. Walter Conrad, and a »l*ter, Mr*. Waiter Reppert. both of route Z. Decatur. A half brother and a half ■later are deceased. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:10 p. m. at the house and at Z o’clock at the church wlU> burial In the church cemetery. Rev. David Orether will oMctate. The body will be returned from the Jahn funeral home hi Bluffton to the residence Saturday afternoon

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

ESCAPE DEATH IN CRASH OF HUGE AIRLINER 13 l’a*M*ngem, Three Crew Member* On Eastern Air Liner Vero Ra< h. Fla . April t <(JJ» Pliot Gerald O'Hrlen and A. <l. McIntyre. a passenger, the last of 18 person* to be removed from a wrecked Kaatern air liner In ■ swamp •outhweaf of here, were taken to a hospital today for treatment. O'Hrlen. who bad saved hl* passengers by bringing the Mlaml-to-New York plane down right side up in a thunderstorm, wa* seriously Injured and was carried Into the hospital at Ft. Pierce. 20 mile* to the south, on a stretcher. Mclntyre. however, was able to walk with assist ante The two men were taken by flat bottom boat to a highway where an ambulance picked them up and look them to Ft. Pierce Mclntyre, who talked as a dor-t---ot treated him for contusions, said <> Brlend had Insisted on being the last to leave the plane. "I wasn't hurt bad so I went up In the cockpit and sat with him for a while." said Mclntyre, an employe of FAL. •‘O'Brien se<-med dated by hl* Injuries and kept saying 'come on. Mac. help me pull this Wheel, we've got to get altitude"' Mclntyre added that both O'Brien ■nd <<>-pilot Monty Crabtree were ■t the controls hi the losing battle against the storm "which kept the ship bucking up and down but getting lower all the time.” Jle said O'Hrlen'* watch atopped at * 06, tiling the time of the craah a* that hour yesterday morning, shortly after the plane was sighted by the iCONTINCEIt ON PAGK *IXI I RED H. HEUER DIES SUDDENLY Prominent Retired Decatur Druincint Dies Suddenly Today Fred II Heuer. M. prominent retired lAecatur druggist, died suddenly at 1:1# o'clock this morning at bl* home. S»ls West Monroe street Mr Heuer fell dead of a heart attack In the psrlor of hl* nmne. shortly after br--ikfa»t. ll' bad not been ill. although be wa« aware of a heart ailment. The deceased was promin-nt'y known throughout the city and community, having lieen engaged in the druggist's profession for more than 4# years. He wa* tarn In Root township January 1. 1876. the son of Henry and lamlse Chriallaner Heu- r. He was married Heptember IS. IMI. to Bertha L. Helletneyer He came to Decatur on August 1. I*M He was then employed at the Holthouse kt Smith Drug store, entering the firm of Holthouse. Callow and company In 1»»». which wa* later Incorporated a* Holthouae Drug company In IPOS Later L. H. Kletnbeni. OH® Peter* and A N. Sellemeyer were ■■■oclated with him In the corporation Ataut a year ago he retired from the bualuea*. selling hl* Interest to Robert and Margaret Holthuuse. He assisted In the operatlon of the store until last June, however. He was educated in the St. Peter'* parochial and the Monmouth school He was a charter member of the Zion Lutheran church and was active in church (CONTINUED ON PAGB THRU) Local Lady’s Father Dies This Morning Albert J. Millar. 71. prominent retired businrmu man of Greenville. Ohio, father of Mrs. Claysori J. Carroll of this city, died suddenly of a heart attack at hi* home early this morn Inc Mr. Miller was known bare, having visited in Decatur with his daughter. Beside* th-i daughter, be la survived by hla widow Funeral service* will ba held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from St John * Lutheran church, Greenville. Burial will be held io that city.

Dentil r, Indiana, Friday, April I, HI I.

Encapc Death In p lane ( raab I A ~ i W I* Hw I nil Irik' Dr. George W Cell® and wife t>r Crlle renowned Cleveland. <>.. surgeon, and his wife were among the 16 persona who escaped death In the Kaatern Air Liner crash during ■ storm In Florida Thursday Thirteen pssaenger* and three crew members were aboard The pilot apparently was the only one of the !•; seriously injuted

ASK RETURN OF LOCAL PASTOR Methodist Congregation A*k* For Return Os Rev. R. W. (i rah am The congregation of the First Methodist church, meeting In the quarterly liklfereloe last flight asked for the return of the pastor. Rev R W. Graham, for anoHMtr year. Rev. Graham is concluding h's fourth year at the local pwaloralv. A number of Irnprovemenr* *nade In the church building and the progress made under the charge of Rev. Graham were painted out. Rev I! Il Nhake led the devotional*. directed the business meeting and heard the reports -if the various officer* during the confit ence The financial report disclosed that all claims would be paid by the end of the year. Newly elected trustees are K D Colter. Virgil M Krlik and Ihinlel Nprahg. all for three year terms Holdover trustees are Clyde Butler, W F,. Bi-ery, Mr* K N. Wicks. C D. Lewton. Russell Owens and I! F. Kltson Other appointment* follow Ntewards K. D Colter. Clyde Butler. W F Beery, also reserve district steward: C D la-w*on, Russell Owen*. II F Kltson. Mr*. E N Wicks, communion steward. V M Krick. Avon Burk Paul Ed wards. E N Wick*, financial secretary. II II Heller, treasurer. F. V. Mill*, district steward. A l> Nutties. F W Busche. W. Guy tCOMTINUED ON PAOC THHKNi Former Pastor To Be Here Tonight Rev. James Wubasr. former pa*tor of the First I'nited licet bran church of this city, will deliver the sermon at the special service to be livid in that church t.might at 7:30 o'clock

French People Angered And Bitter At Nazi Conquerors

iEditor's note: Thia la the second of two dispatches by the fortign news editor of the I'nited Pres* who visited free France on his way back to the United Stales after an assignment in England I (Copyright 1041. by UP I Nomet lines a procession of automobiles rolls Into the main street of Vichy and half a doxen German army officers get out In front of the big resort hotel that houses the French ministry of war. If the guard At the door presents arm* and a trim, little man In uniform comes to greet the new arrivals. you know that there la a general of the r«ichswehr among the Germans. The sober little man with a ramrod back la General Huntxlnger. the French minister of defense. Only a little man In a utiff. flat lopped general'* cap could be so Mverely correct In hi* public greeting to a conqueror. Passersby pause to look at the

Rev. Braham Speak* At Chapel Program Rev Ralph W Graham, pastor of l the First Methodist i burch. was the speaker at the .er.tlar chapel elenlses of the Dv'-atur high school this morning Rev Graham's subjei-t was. ' The Power of Courage" The program was held In the school auditorium, with W Guy Brown, principal, acting as chairman LISTER ORDERS WORK PROCEED Order* Work To Proceed In Noted Wabash River Dredge Cane Special Judge llt-my Klster of Princeton, sitting In the Adam* ■ I circuit court today, ordered the commissioner In the Wabash , dredge case to proceed at once with the work, and re-advrrtlse for blds for constructing the drainage In a decree on the petition of ' Homer Teeters, the commissioner, and land owner*. Judge Klster found that chapter 22 of the 1837 act* was unconstitutional and "of i no effect as to the judgmen' of i this court in thia case " It was this act which special Judge W II Endicott of Aisliurn died some time ago In the suit to mandate the county commission- , ers to Issiiw bond* for the dredging, when the special jurist found that proceeding* In the dredge case were null and void Judge Kister, however. In bis decree found that the order of the court made in February. 1833. ia ' now In full force and effect.” i In accordance with the order of Judge Kisler on that date, the commissioner awarded the contract for the dtedglug to (he F C. Morgan company, determined the costs and filed his certificate of assessment* made upon the various land owners ~TcoNTINI.'KII ON PA(1B UlXi

, German*. The German soldiers I gate around with restrained curlI oslty and sometimes take snapI shots. They have an air of conj fld-nce that contrast* sharply with ; the apathy of the French around them and it is only when some of ' the passershy turn away that you - see anger and bitterness on their . i faces. The anger and bitterness that i exists among the French may bei come a potent element hi the war. ' But thus far it has failed to penei trate the confused apathy of a defeated nation. The people know that at any moment Germany may draw tight the nooae that would strangle what I* left of free France. To understand the position of , i France In a warring continent, you must weigh the attitude of the gov- ' ernment leaders, the power of Germany to strangle freq Franc* al- , most overnight and the dused. i hopeless condition of the mass of the people after the battle of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Cordell Hull Rebukes German Government For Sabotage Acts Os Nazi Sailors In U.S. Ports ■■■■ ■ n ■ ■

BRITISH SLASH AT ITALIANS IN AFRICAN FRONT New War Front May Hr Opened At Any Time In Balkan Area (By I'nited Pres*! Great Britain slashed ahead today In a drive to complete de- ! «tru< tlon of Italy's east African | empire In order to concentrate im- j I prrlal force* on twin bat He-f rant * i , in the Libyan desert and the Balkan mountain* The curtain appeared ataut to i rise on an epic struggle between crack units of the British and Ger- I man armies which would test to i the utmost the daring and"strategy , of Gen Nir Archibald Wavell. Brit- I ish commander In the middle east. News of the British evacuation I of Ib-nghaii. capital of t'yrcnalca. I appeared to cast light on two Im- . portant factor* hi the battle to i | come. They are; 1 The British apparently have j wlthdiawu the great bulk of the imperial army of th,- Nile from ' Libya and transported it to Greece, leaving only a minimum protei tive | force in the western desert. Z. Thr Germans have succeeded in transporting an important I battle force- poaalble two or three armored division*, to Africa. In this sltuathm British pressure to < ban up Ba*t Africa so that the forces employed th-re call be brought back to Egypt 7®C deploymeat either in Libya or Greece has been Intensified. The Italians now hold only two major positions In East Africa One i i* Maasawa. the port of Eritrea, whit h is egpocted to fall at any momvmt The other is Addis Abaj ba. < apltal of Ethiopia, which now ! is cut off and almost encircled at I a distance by a half dosen fastmoving British column* and their 1 Ethiopian allies. The Italians in Hawt Africa have ((UNTtNUKD ON P*<»» FIVSi Telephone Service In Restored This Morning | Charles D Ehmg'-r manager of the Citisna* Telephone company. | stated itoday that service was re-ston-d at 2 16 o'clock this morning ' in the northeast jm*< t of the cMy. The service was disrupted at 3 | o’clock Thursday aftertMNNi when | workmen at the- atte of the new Moose home accidentally cut a I j telephone cable. LEITZ NAMED CLUB OFFICER Ray Leitz In Elected VicePresident Os Rotary Club Ray Lieta. of the General ElecI trie company, was elected vicej president of the Decatur Rotary club, in a special election held Thursday evening at the weekly meeting of the club. Mr Lett* will take office July I. | replacing George W Auw. who re- j cently was promot*d to the auper-1 intendency of a department at the Fort Wayne works of the company Tta vacancy on the lioard of direc-1 torn for the Im lance of the present year will not be tilled. An interesting and i-ducatkmal program on the natkia’a fight against tttberculaais wa* presented last night, with W Guy Brown president of .the Adams county tulierculosls association u» the apoabor. Mr Brown stressed the work done In this city. The annual early diagnosis campaign is now underway In this couuty. be said, to -lie climaxed by a dree < iinic on April 28. Other work of the association ia cooperation with the Irene Bynui aaoltorlum. a j-jar round program (CONTINUED ON FAGE F|VB> —

UNION DEMAND IS WITHDRAWN Local Union Withdraws Demand For 100 Percent Membership According to a statement Issin-d, Imlay Local II VCAFAW’A. CIO. I ha* "agtved to withdraw It* de-1 mand for l‘H> percent unfam mem-1 herahlp." In the Central Noya com-i pany and McMillen Feed Mill* plants. This action wa* approved in a meeting of the memlier* In the Ben ' Hur hall last evening "All other sections of the agreeI meut as igrevd upon between the | I management and the negotiating j <-ommittee were accepted and ap-1 proved by the union membership j I In last ulghl'a meeting.'* the statement read "The members reaffirmed their | wag* demand of in cents an hour I for employes snd a 12 5® weekly , I wage Increaae for all salaried em-l ployes who are Included In th* I bargaining unit." It wa* stated i the latter demand affected nine I men. who are foremen in the I I plant* Progress of the negotiating cim-l mlttee wa* reported by Gerald I Schlickman, co-chairman of the! committee, and I. E Morrlaon. flu- ( ant-lai secretary of the union Mr. Morlraon stated that Hoy I Hall, president of the companies, had In-eu notified of the satai ■. action in withdrawing It* member-1 ship demand. CONFIRMATION RITES SUNDAY Churches Os Decatur And Vicinity T<» Hold Services Sunday Name* of young peopla who will I form confirmation claaaa* In the 1 chur< he* of the community on I Palm Sunday Were announced today by pastors of the respective I < hurches. Eleven boys nnd girl* will be' confirmed at the Zion Evangelical an d Reformed < hur> h Sunday ' morning Rev. M Prugh will i deliver the sermon. Members of the ionflrmation class are: laiwren Arnold. Warren Arnold Bill Bi mi ■ er. Ja< k Befneke Roberta Eicher. I | Juanita Fruchte, Helen Frank, Col- ; ; ta n Miller. Ruth Joan Miller JanMaddox and Helen Owen* Seven children form the confir-1 million class at the Zion Lutheran chureh. where the service will be held at B'3o o'diM'k Sunday morn-1 Ing. Rev Paul W. Schult* will condui t the service. A group of | I adult* will also lie rri eived Imo | niemliershlp by the rite of adult confirmation Children In the i onflrmsktion class are: Helm Dettmer. Lenora Fuelling. Mary Mahan. Clarice Sauer. Edna Mae Schult*. Paul Bucher and Richard Mahan. Four children will be confirmed at the Nt. Peter'a Lutheran church, with Rev L J. Dorns- If delivering the confirmation address They are: Charles Crasby. Louis Dornself. Marcella Fuelling aud Eileen , Si-hearer. Services will begin Sun- ’ iXVNTtNITEIi ON PAGE THHEEI O , Miller Infant Dies Shortly After Birth Funeral services for Jan Alan Miller. Infant son of Mr and Mr*. Raymond Miller of Wells county, who died shortly after birth last night in the Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Jahn funeral home. The infant la survived by his parents, one brother. Jerry, the paternal grandparents. .Mr and Mrs. John A Miller of near Linn Orove and the maternal grandfather. Theodore Arnold of south of Bluffton Thr mother. Mr*. Mina ArnoldMiller. I* In a critical gondltlou at the bosp.tal in Fort Wayne.

Price Two Cento.

Secretary Os State, In Sharp Rehuke To Axh Power*, Term* Acts A Violation Os l-aw. NO PROVISIONS Washington. April I ’UJ* The I'nited States today rejected the German and Italian protest* over the seirnre of axis ships in American ports and secretary of state Cordell Hull sharply rebuked the German government for it* violation of the hospitality" shown Its vessels and crews Hull ( In his note to Germany expressed surprise al the "extreme ! assertion* and demands" made by (leimaii charge d arraires Han* Thomsen In asking that the crewa lie restored to their Vessels at once. i 'ln the first place," the note said, "you do not slate upon what principle of Intornatlonai law or upon what provision of the treaty between our two countries you rely, i and In the second place, you -i-em ! wholly to disregard the plain provisions of our statute* which mak« I It a felony for the master or any i other person In charge or command of a vessel, foreign or do inestlc. or for any nu-mfs-r of th* crew or other person, within th* I territorial water* of the I'nited ' Ntate*. wilfully tq cause or permit thr destruction or Injury of such a vessel or to tamper with its 1 motive poai-r or instrumentalities r Os uavigMtlon, and which aulhorlse | the authorities of this government to lake possession and control of any vessel and to remove there- • from the officer* and crew when 1 such action Is deemed to be tiecM- | -ary to protect the V>-**<4 from ■ damage or injury or Io prevent i damage or injury to any hartar or waters of the I'nited Ntate* "I know of no principle of Inter* national law which permits <ho I masters or crews of vessels of a <ivuntry which has sought r-fugo In or entered the ports of another country to commit acts of destruction in disregard of local law and of the hospitality which they have (CONTINUEn nx PAGE FIVE* o Order Building 212 Ships For Britain Washnlgton. April 4 tf'l’i — President H<aMM-veU disclosed today that In- has ordered construction of 312 new mer< hatlt Vessel* for Britain and other Democrai ies. The President declined to say whether production of flie UeW vessel* would completely relieve tho pressure for the I'nlled States to convoy vessels currying material aid to Great Britain. The new ships wil Inol 4h> afloat until Ul>- first of next year. DEATH CLAIMS DECATUR LADY MiNN Molly llaugk Die* This Afternoon After Long lllneim .Miss Molly Ann Houck 34. well kn-nrn Ih-catur yotmg lady. d>--d this nftormam at 1:1® o'clock at her horns on West Monroe street. Death was wttrfbnte'l to Hodgkin* disease, following an illness of eight years. Bhn had been Iw-dfast 11 weeks. Miss Haugk was I >rn in Decatur Decemlta- 12. I#®#, the daughter of Julius and laiuise Haugk She was graduated from tils Decatur high school in ltt2. r > nnd instil Illnen* forced her to retire hail been »niployed as a stenographer and l>ookkeeper at the Krli a Tyndall rilo company She wa* u lifelong re.idem <»( this city and a m--nlmr of the Zion Lutheran i hurch. Surviving are the mother; twa brothers Robert of Pendtaon and Herman Haugk of Decatur; four sisters. Mrs Harry BiUnei of Byron. Illinois. Mrs Gerald Nelson of Decatur. Mr*. Vilas Wittwer of Borne and Miss Edna Haugk <>f I CONTINUE'J ON PAGE UVUj”