Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1941 — Page 1

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FALL OF GREECE IS EXPECTED HOURLY

■al factions ■CHEDULEO FOR [SECOND CONFAB Second I onfer|l|CC \H. r Appeal By Roosevelt April »—UP'— Harry S Truman. □. rr-in of the special .n.rvt git.ng < .mally notified toft and un.on lead EK t ..la, that h,« group will an inveatigation of the ,n ,tdo*n unleaa bi r production ii return Friday morning M| . |!v I lilted Pr-sst I s nd southern operator* 1 ESh| . ..-„j,ly With President ,pp. il IO reopen the HK > . .mt. i. ii. .'i I today. I 111, tile a NeW Yotk seeking ... new HI . i.ilor <|e«. I ibe.l ~ ■ ,|. .tniK last night • n.! It *m the first ■. . lolipa hail met lime abandoned ,n ■ t .4 ■ . aotiaiionn In New <i . fen day* ago In nst wiping out a 40|H differenti.rt In their to granting a 41 sage t I noithern <<pv-r.it-miner* have initiated . providing a 17 daily bn' miner* retimed to go t work without an atrrm uh. rn operator* who ■ n*e wage* from 15 I" w m- dered possible that ‘he Moiithern group are . ompronii* bywlmh SMti . lik'ht he reopened and |H‘ >1- neKotfated. a* MIIK- ■■•*! '.v Mr Roosevelt In hl* ap |B f ■nd to the work stoppEli ON PAGE POUR? ■Var Bulletins Mll-mUd Apr ?J —UP—Dip quarter* claimed today killed and 200.000 wound »o far in the Balkan camNeutral diplomat* arriving ■“"t Rumania reported that She hospital* of Bucharest ■tere overflowing with German •founded and that private hou*- ■* had been requisitioned for ■he casualtie*. More train 9 • >v of wounded soldier* con■nued to pour In. they report E London. Apr. 23 — U.K—The ■dmirafty reported tonight that ■he armed merchant eruiser •ajputana of 16.M4 ton* had torpedoed and sunk. g Istanbul. Apr, 23— U.K--The •fficial Turkish radio reported Boday without confirmation y'at the German* have occupied the Greek Island of Lemnos, ■tear the entrance of the CardBaeiigp, I London. Apr. 23. — U.K — A ■'Sh explosive bomb crashed B»'thin too yards of the U. 8■embassy during a recent Ger,lr ’•»'«•. shattering win■dows in the building and **v- ■* ral 'ncendiary bomb* landed ■on the roof, it was reported toI Ambassador John G. Winant ■»»* in the embassy at th* time. ■Democrat thermometer I *IOO a. rn . 50 ■’° oo a. m 54 ■ , °" 58 I ,:0 ° P- m 68 WIATHKR Considerable cloudiness: * 6 *«r» In south and central ■ Portion, tonight and In south p»ur w t, y . eooUr |"orthw..t tonight and *xtr«me ■ north*«* t pq-uon Thursday.

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Wendell Willkie And Wife Visit Rushville RaativlMn. Ind. April 23a tfPl Wi ndi'll L. willklf and Mrs. Willkin Wrr»- w lusluh-d to arriVi- herr today for a Visit 10-fort, lhr lIMB lt>q>ubli<-aii prraidrtitial nomine* rtttrns to private law practiceWlNkie iwired bl* mother-in-law. Mr*, (’ora Wilk, that they would arrive front New York this inoriiiiiK •by train. Tliey were eapected to *tay a week or Hr days TIME SCHEDULE AT POST OFFICE Window Service On Fast Time; Deliveries On Standard Time All window service at the Decatur |*>*t offit e will be run on daylight saving time schedules, starting Monday. Leo Kirsch, post master. announced today. Delivery of mail on the rural routes and In the city of Decatur will be on central standard time, the poatmaater said. Thl* splitting of the time acheduh-» I* done in order to render the most elfit lent and satisfactory service to patrons of the office. Postmaster Kirxeh said. "In order to provide a more satisfactory servhe and to avoid the confusion usually resulting from a change In scheduh-a. all window service at post offiie Will be conducted on daylight saving time schedule. The delivery of ma 1 ! In the city of Decatur and on the Decatur routes will Im- made on central standard time schedule This is done so that mail received here will be promptly delivered, the mail trains and star routes arriving here on standard time." Poatmaater Kirsch pointed out that if the delivery of mail was made one hour earlier, or on the daylight saving time achedule. the morning mall would not he delivered until afternoon anti the aft*;noon mail could not be delivered until the nest day. The hours of window service for parcel post, stamp*, general delivery and registered mall, are from M o'clock A. M to 8 o'clock P. M.. all daylight saving time. The money order window will be open from 8 o’clock A M. to 5:30 o'clock P. M. The postal savings and savings bond* windows will be open from k o'clock A. M. to f> o'clock P. M, all daylight saving time. On the standard time schedule, the city mail carriers will leave the offiie at 7:50 o'clock A. M. and at 1:30 o'clock P. M The rural carriers will start on their routes at 7:45 o’clock A. M. Every cooperation will fa- extended to patrons and the public is asked to obaerve the time schedules In the desire to render the most sp-edy and efficient service to everybody. O -—a—- . Meat Packing Worker# Given Wage Increase# Chicago, April 23— 4l’P) -tElght percent wage increase* today were given more than 33.000 employes of meal packing housos. Cudahy Packing Co., WJison and Co., and Swift and Co. were the first to make the announcement. BROWN SPEAKS ONTBPROGRAM W. Guy Brown Speak# At Meeting Os Jefferson Township PTA W. Guy Brown. Decstur school principal and president of the Adams county tuberculosis association. was the speaker last night at a meeting of the Jefferson town*hkp PTA. Mr. Brown's topic was "Tuberntulost* and Its relutionidiip to our schools," and w»« part of the campaign being conducted in the county this month against the disease. Similar talk* have been made before organixation* and <4ubs throughout the county for the past throe weeks The campaign, known as the "early diagwoals" campaign, in which the association urges an early check of all symptom* of the djkease, will be climaxed April 28 With a free clinic. Details of the clinic will be announced soon.

GREEKS'KING FLEES COUNTRY AS ARMY QUITS We#t Greek Army Capitulate# A# British Army Continue# Fight Athens. Greece, April 23 <UR> I King George fled with his government to the l«l»n<* of Crete today, announcing that the Greek army holding the west end of the nation's defense line In Kplrus had capitulated while British Imperials still fought off the Germans In the east, around historic Thermopylae The king said he would "continue the struggle" from Crete, together with the crown prince, the government, and "all our remaining forces.” The fate of the British expeditionary force was uncertain for the moment. The capitulation In Kplrus was taken to mean that Italian troops attacking that end of the line wer.- pouring on south without opiMisition to the Gulf of Corinth. outflanking the British Imperials and jeopardising their line of retreat back toward Athena and i .Egean porta for evacuation. It appeared that the Brltisn would have to race the Italians to the evacuation ports, possibly leaving behind min h of the vast array of equipment they had brought to Join In defense of their allied country. King George said the Epirus bad made an armistice without consulting the government or the army chiefs and that “this armistice does not hind the free will of the nation, the king or the government. which insists on a continuation of the war with all our remaining forces in order to safeguard the greatest national Interest.'* Crete in 70 miles from the Greek mainland: 350 from Alexandria. Egypt. It is the fourth largest ICONTINITKU ON PAttW SIV». - O 1 BLUFFTONMAN IS SENTENCED Merle Hall Fined SSO, Given 90 Day# At State Penal Farm Merle Hall. 30. of Bluffton, wa* fined 550 and cost* and sentenced to serve tor days al the penal farm in Putnamville by Judge J. Fred Fruchte. In Adams circuit court this morning. Hail had previously enler<-d a plea of guilty to a charge of public Indecency, filed against him by Prosecutor Vincent Kelley. Herman Bowman, of Borne, signed the affhlavlt, which specifically charged him with uttering licentious lahffuage. Hail, when asked by the court If he had anything to say liefore sentence was passed, asserted that he ml»UM>k the Berne girl whom he accostt-d for one he had met several months ago. He denied accosting other girls. Judge Fruchte reminded Hull that a numlier of charges could have been placed against him and despite the fact that he protested his innocence a number of girls had Identified him as the man who bad molested them. Hall was arrested last Friday by Hheriff Ed Miller of Adams county Mild Deputy Hheriff Robert Miller of Wells county. His arrest climaxed an intensive Investigation ( for the man who had been molesting young girls in Berne and Decatur for the past three months. After receiving sentence. Hall was taken to the Adam* county Jail by Hheriff Miller to await committment to the penal farm. Hall's wife and young son his mother and other members of his family who had been In court when he was arraigned, were not present this morning D. Burdette Custer was defendant's counsel, .Man’s Body Taken From Ohio River Aurora. Ind. April 23—(VPl— Police reported the body of an unidentified man. about 30 and six feet tall, was taken from the Ohio River yesterday. Coroner Harry Moon estimated the body had been in the river about two weeks.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wed ne#day, April 23,1911.

At Red CrosH Convention Norman H. Davis American l(«<i Cross I* holding It* aiinnal convention In Washington with more than s.o<mi di-l>«:ite-. In attendance Norman II Davis, chairman of the lied Cross, la pictured addressing the delegate*

STUDENTSHEAR SAFER TALKS Erie Railroad Official# Speak At Decatur School# Today Students of the public and f'athm j He school* of the city heard a safe I ty program this morning, sponsored . by the Erie railroad company. C. W. Gilgen. lieutenant of Erie police of Lima. Ohio and H. ('. Smith, staff lleiilv-*|pnt of police of Youngstown, Ohio, conducted the program* Early this morning the men talk ed to the students of the Decatur junior-senior high schol and the Lincoln school in the gymnasium auditorium of the former school A safety picture was also shown I The value program was repeated I at the Decatur Catholic school later in the morning. The talks and movies stressed the Importance of decreasing the Ireapassing on railroad property, esper-lally among children. In keeping down the accident rale. I'sltig railroads as "short cuts" G-ONTINttED ON PAvIK SIX» O-.. . - A##crt# No Retreat From Social Gain# New York. April 23 <U.P Federal security administrator Paul S V. McNutt said today there would lie no retreat from social gains during the defense program and that new social machinery must be | placed in operation during the next two year* “If we are to preserve the. American way of life at all " McNatt addressed inemlvers of the bureau of advertising, meeting in conjunction with the annual convention of the American newspaper publisher* association. He appealed to advertisers to participate in a program of national education “to move America fast enough to do the job."

British Tank Officer Tells Dramatic Story Os Greek War

(By Henry T. Gorrell! Athena. Greece. 6 P. M. April 22 —(Delayed) (U.K, "I in not much good at describing it." the British ( tank officer said. "but if I ever saw a dramatic scene it waa that day we were covering the retreat of our infantry from the north and the whole German army bore down on ua from Monaatir" (The Bitolj, Jugoslavia pass Into Greece.) “There had been some heavy shelling over the entire sector. Finally we could see the German punsera (armored units) come snaking down the road Behind each tank the German shock troops advanced en masse, their arms linked together. "In the valley, our tanks grim, gray hulks squatted like toads. In battle formation, their guns pointed the right way, but showing no signs of life. "The sun was just going down. "We let drive with rapid fire shells. The barrage played hell with the jerries. They retreated. “But knowing we were outnumbered. we pulled out. This fooled

I Sw ear# At Sergeant. 6 Months Hard Labor I Han Antonio, Tex.. April 23 | tl'l’t Private Joe 1,. McCord, a i 30-year-old preacher, wa* court- ' martialed yesterday and sentenced I hi six month* In prison, at hard labor. He was charged with cursing a sergeant. o —— - ROUGHU TRIAL IS SET MAT 22 Ix’onard Rouirhia To Be Tried On Reckless Homicide Charge The trial of la-onard lloughia on a charge of reckh-** homicide is to be heard in Adams circuit court May 22. The trial dale was set yesterday In court iby Judge J. Fred Fruchte. Vlucent Kelley will conduct the prosecution Roughia at present is at liberty under bond after entering a not , guilty plea to the chargi*. arising out of an act ident In Prvdvle on • May 5. 1940. Which claimed the life !of Milton Reppert. of near that ' tow ItRoughia was indicted by the grand jury recently. The indictment charge* him with "reckles* disregard for the safety of other* rCONTiNiiKH ov p*<r«e fivki Four Delinquent# Nahhed At Wabash Wabash. Ind. Apr. 23.-4U.11> A boy ran away from White Institute. I school for delinquent youngster* here. Officials of the institution sent three more boy* out to bring the runaway hai k Wabash police pick-; ed up all four just a* they wet*leaving town.

the jerries, and a few minutes after We Were out of the valley, their artillery began Saying down a terrific barrage there. Yes, I think even you Americans would agree It was a good show.” The narrator was among a group of British tank officers and men I found here exchanging accounts of their adventures. (Gorrell's dispatch did not say why the men were away from the front. One Implication was that they might be in Athens for a rest. One waa quoted that hla tank hail hoen put out of commission. There waa no indication In his dispatch that these men were being evacuated from Greece. I The officer said hla unit had undergone ID consecutive days and nights of fighting In the northern Greek mountain passes. The same unit distinguished Itself In France about a year ago. The officer made a point of that. "I suppose you’ll want to write a hit of a story shout this," he told tCONTINUKU ON PAGK F1VB)

Greek Armies Os West Quit In Face Os Ruthless Nazi Drive; King George Flees To Crete

ADDED LUXURY TAXES STUDIED TO PAY COSTS Luxury Taxes Favored Instead Os Boost In Income Taxe# Washington. April 23—(UPi Congressional revenue expert, have drafted a schedule es proposed tax increases that would be considerably easier on the low and middle income groups than the program proposed by the treasury, it was learned today. Washlfigton. April 2-3 U.R< — The house ways and mean* committee. faced with treasury proposals for drastic Income taxes on the little taxpayer. today studied "alternative" suggestions for more luxury taxes. The committee still wa* bound to official secrecy about the (dans that reportedly would Increase income taxes in the lower brackets from 3<to to 600 pevesmt through a I graduated surtax to start at II percent on 'he first dollar of taxable I Income The secrecy will tie lifted tomorI row. however, when secretary of I the treasury Henry Morgenthait. Jr., will testify at the first public I hearing on the new tax program. Several members of the way* and means committee Indicated that they thought the treasury's program wa* too drastic. Several senators, Including D Worth (’lark. D. Idaho, ami Robert M laiFollette. Progressive. Wls . were considering plan* to offer, amendments drastically increasing any levies thateventially reach the senate floor, on the theory that the public "ought to lie shown” the full effect of the national defense spending program. One senator was dl*<-ussing a national lottery wliii h he said ought ' to raise *1 tMHi.tHHi titto or more a year. Pin hall machines and similar devices Were suggested Ivy some house committee members as another lucrative source of re.-eliue. President Roosevelt told hi* press conference yesterday that the contemplated 13.411 tHHi.mitt Increase in taxation could lie absorbed easily : by the nation without disturbing I consumer purchasing power. He said the entire problem revolves around the willingness of the nation 1 to make sacrifices for complete national defense Tile treasury recommendation. ICONTINITRD ON PAiIM t-'riUltl PLAN PROGBAM OF RECREATION Recreation Committee DincuMt# Program For Coming Month# Plana for the spring and summer recrralion program In Decatur were discussed Tuesday night at a meeting of the executive committee of •he Ih-catur recreation department, held at the office of the chairman, Waiter J. Kflck A diversified program of outdoor recreation, with activities centered at Worthman Field, is being worked out. The city school board has again obtained the services of Mis* Eleanor Pumphrey. Deane Dorwln and Sylvester Everhart, all members of the school faculty, to conduct the program. Theso teachers conducted a splendidly coordinated, recreation program last summer, with hundreds of Ddcatttr people enjoying the facilities of the spacious athletic field, owned by the Decatur school city. As in past year*, personnel of the WPA recreation department will assist the school loaders In lUONTINUBD ON PAGffi FIVRI

EXPERT SPEAKS ON TELEVISION S. E. Davie# Os Ft. Wayne Speaks To Lions Cluh Tuesday H. E Davies, of the Farnsworth Television and Radio corporation of Fort Wayne, wa* the speaker at the meeting of the Decatur Lion* club In the Rice hotel last night The *|H-aker. an expert in the television field, who hs* reputedly a|t|H-ated liefore the lelevlsi in I camera more than any other man in the world, delivered an interesting descrlpthin us the television scleme He reminded the Lions that Fort Wayne had ligell designated a* the center of television since the establishment us the Farnsworth company there. He a«Serled that the company held the basic patent on all television. He told of television set* living in operation in England. Australia and South Africa, a* well as Germany liefore the war. asserting that an application for a commercial permit Is now under consideration l»y the fedeial I'omtnunicalions division In the I'nitid State* He described a mobile unit, valued at fllniHMi. that has shown television to more than tour Million people The speaker dest rilied the effect that television Would have upon the country when ft finally is commercialised, pointing out the obvious advantages over radio. Clifford Saylors, local auto dealer. was in charge of the program <(IINTINt!KD~ON PAOM FIV«| QUESTIONLIST SENT DRAFTEES Additional 50 Questionnaire# .Mailed Out By Draft Board An additional 5u questionnaire* were mailed out today by the Ad am* county draft Imard. Ml** Doris Nelson, draft lioard clerk, stated Following is a list of the names of the men Who will receive the questionnaires, with the other i.iimi tier preceding the name ‘ 1201 Matk |)avi|l t'olihln 1202 Thorval la-e M.ittax 120.’, Yernon Wayne Riley ' 1204 Edgar M. Zimmerman 1205 Ruben Fred Gerke 120* William Frankllu Dagtie 1207 Noble Walter Comment I’oß Don Newell Raudenbttsh 1208 l»«B Earl Krick 1210 Edwin Frederick Hess 1211 Gerald William Schlickman 1212 Waller Joseph Fenslermaker 1213 Oscar Fredrick Christlaner 1214 Fred Herring Brenneman [1215 Chester Simon ' 1216 Harold James Langham 1217 Walter Jay t'astlvman 121 K Everette Edward Pyle 1218 Lcwnllyn Abraham l.eliman 1220 Lolyd Kies* 1221 Robert Louis Mill* 1222 lairen Heller 1223 Harold Richard Tester 1224 Rolland Dale Engle 1225 Paul Clay Sharpe 122* John Lynn Grile 1227 Maries Markus Levy 1228 Daniel Marton Nelrelter 1229 Harold Alva Fenslermaker 1230 William Ellis Heeler 1231 George Lewi* Ncaderhottser 1233 Orval Grant Foor 1233 Geoige Vergil Wolfe 1234 Jacob E. Hchwartx 1235 Daniel Edward McAfee 1236 Ralph Dußols Malty 1237 Robert William Brown 123*' Frederick William Geiger 1239 Arthur Paul Farrar 1240 Ellis Frederick Habegger 1241 Clarence E. William* 1242 Harry Thomnon Grube 1243 Luther Frank Brokaw 1244 Hobart Brown Woodruff 1245 Sylvanus Gerald Augsbtirger 1246 Not win Theodore Stttppenhagen 1247 lurwreiM-e Thomas Pearson 1248 Franklin C. Maxelln 1249 Glenn Alltert Manlier 1250 Wilbur Oren Debolt.

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British Force#, Despite Capitulation Os Greeks, Keep l'p Fight Against Terrific Odds. END IS NEARING By I'nlted Pre** Th. lit iii«h fought on In Gre.-.-r today, making one more stand at a new Um* against the full power of the German army as King 1 Georg.- II and the Greek government fled to Crete to carry on the war from Ix-yond the *ea. To the west at Epirus, the Greek armies had given tip the fight without the aaiicthm of their king. Hut as the Greek campaign entered its gravest hours the British Imperial fortes dog tired from days of marching and fighting stood on 1 their new line north of Athens awaiting the onrush of the German forces. The German* are driving ahead but at thl* moment the British line still hold* Whatever the outcome of the l.attle now raging, the war will go on. King George made plain In hl* proclamation to the Greek people, announcing the royal withdrawal to Crete. It seemed only a miracle could delay Germany more than a few - hour* In eompleting her conquest of i the 14th nation In Europe to sue- - cum# to Nasi arm*. I There was tg* hope either at I London or Athens that auch a mir--a. ie would occur. The war bulletins Indicated that Thermopylae pass the mountain • gap N 5 miles north of Athens where i la-oiiidas and 3twt m«n fought t« th.- death against (he PerstM Xerxes had been breeched. The Greek army of the west, trapped beiw.-en German and Italian force* a* it retrvat.-d out of Albania, hud capitulated. i King Gvs.rge. the Greek crown | prince ami government hid fl. d to Crete The end of the war In Greece, , obvioUHly. was neat For 18 day* the Greek* and an •-lit.- British expedition,ny corps had stood off the iH.unding of the Wehrmacht. (>iitiiiiinla-ied nt titan pow.-r Ivy odd* of anything from five to t.-n to one and ill machines by a far greater margin, the allies had fought as atlibborn a battle as i was within their capability. lint Germany had too many guns, too many tank*, too many stnkas, too many reinforcements. Collapse of the southern Sei titan army, enabling Ute Nazi* to slice through the Vanl.ir valley and twint down through ilitolj pass, ttirned the allied campaign into ono long rearguard action, starting In the northern mountain ranges the llrltl*h and Greeks -lowly gave ground They halted to give hattie at each natural barrier, then retreated soutlt to the next mountain range and fought again. Today the Germ.ms had cut through the last harrier, that of Thermopylae, and there was nothing lint a broad flat highway ami (CONTINI'ED ON I’AtlE FOUR) DR.GRANDSTAFF HEADS DOCTORS Floyd Grandstaff Is ReElected President Os County A##ociation Dr. Floyd L. Grundstaff of thlfl city, was re-elected president of the Adams county medical ai&ociation last night The local physician wa* renamevt to the position during the eh-ctiulk of officers held as a part of tho meeting of the group In the B. P, O. Elks home in this city. Dr. W. E Smith, also of Decatur, was re-elected vice-president of lh«» aaeociatlon. and Dr. Myron L. Habegger of Berne, was chosen secretary-treasurer. The regular monthly bnslnesfl session was held by the group dur* Ing the meeting. A good rept*»en« tattoo of physicians and surgeon* of the county was in attendance at the session. t