Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1941 — Page 1

,1. XXXIX. No. 103.

Report Is Filed By Engineer On Proposed Drain

Lprowment Affecting KI.IMHI Acres Os Land [in Kerne, Surrounding ■Area Filed. ('OST $85,000 ta r i, Waller Glillom late thia will file his report in the ' Inuit court. Including the Eniiii.oy assessment roll hi the ■ s Stengel drain, commonly ■un st the Blue Creek ditch ImErmrnt. which will furnish a Eii... system for the town of E. and surrounding territory, ■rtlng approximately 54.888 Ere acres of land Ee voluminous report containa El TM typewritten pages. list- ■ 2"'' descriptions of acreage. ■ and parcels of land Included In ■drainage area, which extends In Ea.h Monroe, Blue Creek. JesEm and French townships 111 Ecounty, l/incaater and Harrl- ■ township* In Wells county. Ee estimated coat of construeElm hiding It miles of dredging ■ .it-gn-otit work on Blue Creek. Et 26 miles of the main branE and nearly a mile of atone Era'lon in the ditch, la 8*5.000 ■ Is the largest drainage project, Eolnt of area and number of Ems affected, ever to lie filed ■Adam-- county, exceeding the ■biased proposed Wabash river ■gr improvement in territory L far back ax eleventh benefita I assessed In the proposed ImBement. distant points on IstE which have a water shed Into Eches which drain into Blue Ek being Included. Egineer Glillom. who wax named Eui»-i intendent of construction E the drainage project wax ordB constructed in October, IM?, ■minendx that the main ditch Emit through private contract. ■ to l>>- received at a later date. Bvery 10l In the town of Berne ■s.essed In the improvement. ■ state of Indiana and Adams |hty are also assessed for drainI benefits along highways, as ■ as townships for school houses. Issessmentx are as low ax In ■’ per parcel, ranging to 81.50 I- on a lot and as high as It 32 I at re 111 the farm areas. 1 Is proposed to build the bran- ■ and laterals through a CCC Ik project and the promise of E>NTIUUItU ON PASS ROU ACEBOOSTTO SALARIED MEN llaried Employes Os G. E. To Receive $4 Increase I* Part of the wage boost given |the company to hourly wage bets, salaried employes of the leral Electric company who b tip to M.ooo a year, will rer« an Increase of M a week, lux'tive to April 7. ft wax unbred today. 'he formal notice wus received r by fj. w. Lankenau. Decatur *x manager, from W. 11. Bur- ». vice president of the General ttric company. Ir. Unkenau stated that the try increase would apply to the star offb-e and that practically ry salaried employe would re'e the increase hf notice received from Mr. frows follows: Notice to salaried employes: Jctive immediately, the cost of t>« adjustment plan is disconled However, the current cost of '■a adjustment of three percent !><• added to the salary rate of employes heretofore receiving ■ adjustment. *"• salaries of all employee of General Electric company reup to and Including H.ooo Will Im Increased |4 per , for the normal work week; jow-tlve to April 7. 1941. . ’ Hme workers will be In-•iw-d pro rata.” finite word on applying the 10 •n hour wage increase to In the Decatur plant la *'*d some time tomorrow, Mr. «n*u said. w. C. Wichman, ‘ * nt Works accountant of the 2 office, went to SchenecL’ • V.. yesterday to confer Mr. Burrows and other comy officials, on how the wage ICONTINUBD ON PADS UK)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

: PRODUCTION OF • SOFT COAL IS I TO BE RESUMED I Return Os Southern Minp era May Be Further Delayed f Washington, April JO—(UR) —The United Mine Workers 1 and the southern soft coal operators announced today that , they had completed a temporary agreement for reopening of the southern mines. i (By United Preaß) Soft coal will start moving to dei fen ar industry tomorrow, but a now . mineni-oprrators' agreement may delay resumption of full scale pro- , dud lon. f Spokesmen for southern Appalachian coal operators and United ' Mine Workers (CIO) announced , failure to agree on details o' a Anal settlement might delay the scheduled return to work of southj em miners. I Previously the miners had said all diggings would reopen May 1, r and John L. Lewis, (MW presir dent, emphasized northern miners will go to their jobs on schedule. , As mines in the north area produce about 70 percent of the na- . item's soft coal, their output should ' , remedy full shortages of which de- 1 , fence industries were complaining. At New York, negotiations conI tlnued for a new wage-hour coni tract in anthracite coal mines. The . UMW agreed to go ahead without a shutdown until May in. although ) their present contract with oper- - ators expires today. Any wage agreement would be retroactive to ( May I. The defense mediation board met > today with the United Automobile Workers (CIO! representatives i seeking a new contract with General Motors corporation. Direct • negotiations between union and • company at Detroit ended without I apparent progress on union de- 1 tnands. The board announced an agreement to end strikes at two New f Jersey plants of the John A. Roebl- ■ Ing Hons company where 5.100 men have been Idh; since April 17 In a 1 strike called by the Steel Workers 1 __ ■ i tCONTINUBD ON PAOK MIX! I , O— I ( Columbia City Man i < Slightly Injured A Columbia City man was slight- I . ly Injured late Tuesday afternoon I when the car he was driving crash- t ed into the rear of a truck uwo I miles mirth of the City on federal I road 27 Iby-pass. 1 William C. Thompson. Jr., was ( rhe driver of the car and latwrence I Van Dorn was the truck driver. ' Dorn had slopped the vehicle, own- | ed D»y the Mohr construction com-, pany. to unload some dirt in the | completing of the berms slong the , iby-pasx when the cra4i occurred- , The Thompson car was badly dam- < aged, the truck slightly. | I "-■o— ; t VOLUNTEERSTO ! SELL POPPIES! —— l Annual Poppy Day To ! Be Observed Here Sat- > urday, May 24 Organisation of the corps of volunteer workers who will distribute « memorial poppies here on Poppy 1 Day. May 24 is being completed • by the Adams Post Legion auxll-' ’ iary. The corps, working under the leadership of Mrs. Frank Unlger. auxiliary Poppy Day chairman, will i be on the streets on that day offering the popples to be worn In honor of the World War dead. Proceeds are to be used to aid disabled veteran s and dependent < families of veterans. More than 50 women and girls I have volunteered for service, Mrs. t Linlger stated. They are being or- <1 ganixed Into teams. All will serve as unpaid volunteers. I Team leaders, or sub-chairmen, j will include auxiliary members. Jun- < lor auxiliary members and Sons of ti the Legion members. H

SUPREME COURT ASKED TO HALT APPOINTMENTS GOP Attorneys AmR That Schricker Be Enjoined From Actions Indianapolis. April .10 - ((JR, - Republican attorneys today a»k>-d the supreme court to prohibit Gov. . Rchricker from making further per-1 aonnel appointments until constitutionality of the G. (). p. decentrallxaiion acts 1s determined. The latest legal move came one day before the major ripper acta , r.-peallng the McNutt reorganixa- • Hon gs t of l»13 and creating a new framework of state government were scheduled to become effective, j Reimbllcan elected officials, who would have taken much patronage |a,wer from the governor under the | acts, have lne-n enjoined from mak- , | Ing appointments by Marion circuit judge Karl R Cox. Today s petition, filed with the high tribunal by Arthur L. Gllllom and Fred Gause. Republican attorneys. asked the supreme court "immediately and wlthiHtt hearing enter an order In this ap|wal that the status quo In appointments i under the statutes in question be maintained pending determination'' of the constitutionality of the ripper acta. The GOP lawyers pointed out that the Republican officials have t»een enjoined from making ap* fmlntmenta while the governor has not and that he has voluntarily Injected himself Into the litigation and “Is as much amenable to the jurisdiction and orders of the court” as any of the others. "The simplest consideration of propriety require that no one shall make appointments until the court determines who shall make them, also the most elementary consideration of simple fairness so requires." the petition said. The Republican attorneys sa d that briefs would to filed on or before May 2 and that If the liemo cratlc attorneys can enter their jM'i'-fa promptly, oral arguments could be held liefore the «npr>-me court within a week C. E. STRIKER TO SEEK POST To Seek Re-Appointment As County Superintendent Os Schools Clifton K. Striker, county superintendent of schools, today announced he would seek re-appoint-ment to the office when the township trustees meet June 2 to select' a superintendent of the Adams' uhonl system for the next four years. Mr. Striker is completing his fourth term in the office and is the first man to announce that his name will go before the trustees. Beveral other names have been mentioned in connection with the appointment and it Is assumed announcement of their candidacy will be made prior to the meeting. A prepared statement was leaned by Mr. Striker today. It follows: "For more than 15 years I have ha'd the honor and the pleasure of serving as superintendent of the schools of Adams county. I appreciate the opportunity given me to be of public service and I have tried earnestly to maintain a policy In pace with the progressive growth Os Indiana schools. I feel that the system In Adams county compares favorably with those tn any county In the state The program of, education will continue and If my experience Is of value in maintaining the high standard in Adams county. I will be happy to have the support of those who realixe the value of good schools and who love Adams county and her :nstltatlons. "With these facts In mind. I desire to announce that I will appreciate any support given me for reelection when the trustees of the various townships meet June 2 to select the county superintendent ICONTINITICP nN PAGB SIX) Kentucky Youth Ih Fined Here Today William Thompson Graham. 18. of (Joncord, Kentucky, was fined 11 and costs by Mayor Forrest Klsey in city court today when he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of ' driving without a license. Officials of the Rent-A-Car com-1 pany in Columbus. Ohio refused to 1 press charges against the lad. The car, they averred, was rented by. ' another man, supposedly the one ' -who asked Thompson to return R.,'

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 30,1941.

She’s National Buddy Poppy Girl I '*J s I * I ! *I? Tj- I * Joan Leslie Daughter of a World War veteran. Joan Leslie of the movies has been selected as national buddy floppy girl by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to help promote the IPG sale of popples. prtM'eeds of which go to dependents of war veterans.

EXPAHSION OF PLANT PLANNED Schafer Company To In•dall New Machinery; Remodel Building In the expansion program of The Rchafer company, wholesale hardware concern, harness and glove manufacturers of this city, the Industry will occupy the West half of 1 the Schafer building on Madison ‘ J street, where new machinery for 1 the glove factory will he Installed. The buildhig will be remodeled with a new factory type front aqd . modern doors placed at the enI trance. The building has a frontage of | 40 feet on the street and the por--1 lion which a division of the glove | factory wilt occupy will be about 20 feet wide and 40 feet deep. A partition will separate the room from the other half, which is occupied as a wareroom for the ' Hchafer Store. Six new clickers, a machine which dies the leather for the gloves, and a large staking ma- ' chine, which softens the leather, will be installed in the annex. From six to 10 persons will be employed In the Madison street branch. Fredric Schafer, general manager of the company, stated. Due to the weight of the clickera and the vibration from their uae, it wax deemed advisable to erect them on the ground floor. The machines weigh about a ton each, and when the prexaure is applied. there is a certain vibration. (OONTINURD ON FAGW F)V«, THIRD WRECK VICTIM DIES Therlow Couts Dies Tuesday; Double Funeral Thursday The bodies of Therlow Couta and his wife will be buried In the Decatur cemetery Thursday afternoon. following funeral services at the Schone funeral home in Fort Wayne at I'3o o’clock. Couta. the driver of one vehicle in a two-car Allen county crash which has claimed three Uvea and injured three others, died late Tuesday afternoon at the Fort Wayne Methodist hospital from injuries sustained in the accident. His wife died Sunday shortly after the accident. Their son. Thrrlow. Jr., 8, Is the only survivor of the three riding hi the Couts car. Mra. Couta was a native of Pleasant Milla and a sister of Mrs. Ray Venia. of thia city. Mrs. Venls haa been making the burial arrangements here. William Page Blackburn. 55. of Monroeville, who was riding in the other car involved in the accident, (Continukd on paqb rivaj ~

Scout Executive To Speak To Rotarians R. L. Van Horn, of Fort Wayne. Anthony Wayne area Boy Scout executive, ‘Will tn- the guest speaker at the weekly inerting of rhe Decatur Rotary club Thuraday evening at the Rice hotel. Captain* of the athletic teams of the Decatur Junior high school and the Hi. Joseph grade school will be honored guests of the clubUPHOLD DRAFT BOARD ROLIHGS Appeals Board Upholds Classifications ByCounty Board Board of appeals No. 4. at Fort Wayne, has upheld the decision of the Adams county draft Imard in each of the seven cases submitted to It by county registrants who appealed the classification as given them here. It was shown today in a survey of draft board records Seven youths appealed from classifications given them by the local board, but all seven appeals were denied and their ciassification unchanged. One appeal Is still pend-' Ing. The appeals for reclassification denied follow: Alfred Arthur Aeschllman. No. 11 of Decatur, route four, wax placed In t-B. O and asked 3 A. Roman Joseph Brlte. 234. Decatur. route two. was placed In class 1-A and asked 3-A. Robert la*e Meshberger, 263, Berne, route one. was placed In class 1-A and asked 2-A Glen Gerald Woodruff. 594. now | of LaPorte. wax placed in class 1-A and asked 2-A or 3-A. Max Duano Grandllenard, 6*7, Bluffton, route three, was placed In I class 1-A and asked 2-A. Ralph Raymond Mankey. 703. Craigvlile. route one. was placed In class. 1-A and asked 2-A. Loren Clinton Gottschalk. 719.' Geneva, route one. was placed in 1 class 1-A and asked 2-A. The appeal still pending before ‘ the district appeal board: Harvey Laverne Steffen. 897. De catur. route four, was placed in claaa IE and asked 3-A. It la i customary for 4-E cases appealed to be given to the FBI for Investlga-i Hon. state draft board officials j have asserted. Registrants who are not satisfied with their classifications have live days to make an appointment with (he local draft board to seek a new classification. At the time of the <CONTINtIRI~nN PA(»B FfV«7~ Local Nurse Accepts California Position — Miss Mary Jane Colchia, R N , (who has been connected with rhe Adams county memorial hospital stafff tor the past >tx years, has accepted a position as nurse at Almeda. California. Miss Oolchin will leave Thursday for Almeda to assume her new dutiev.

Churchill Tells Commons Os Evacuation Os 45,000 Troops In Greece; Nazi Losses Heavy

12,000 GERMAN SOLDIERS MOVE INTO FINLAND RuNNia Forhidx Transit Os Any War Material Through Nation Moscow. Apr. 20.— Twidve thousand German troops, equipped i with tanks and artillery, have arrived at Turku (Abo), on the southwest coast of Finland, and have left for Tampere iTamerforsl. 90 miles > to the north, the newspaper Pravda | reported today. According to Pravda, which quoted reliable sources, the German troops arrived at Turku In four transports last Haturday and proceeded to Tampere Monday. (Additional weight was given to the Moscow report because no such report Is published there without authority and Pravda la the official newspaper organ of the Communist party). i Pravda's report followed by only ■ a few hours a decree by A. I. Mlko--1 yan. foreign trade commissar, strictly forbidding the transit through Russia of any and all war material. The order specillcaiiy enumerates munitions, aircraft parts, accessories. machine tools for making ' ■ munitions, explosives and strong ‘ - poisons. Transit of other goods 1s to be strictly regulated, the decree made ' it clear and will be permitted only by special authorisation or in accordance with trade agreements. ’ I Vladimir Itekaitosov. Russian amtCONTINUKD ON PAGN RtvS) War Bulletins I Washington. April 30—(UP) —Rear Admiral Emory Land. * maritime commission chairman, disclosed today that President Roosevelt io planning to 1 create a vast pool of American merchant vessels and requisitioned foreign flag ships to be used anywhere at any time in connection with the defrnso of r the hemisphere. Berlin. Apr. AuMt* , orired Nasis said tonight that ! German forces would fire on any United States warship — whether part of a convoy or alone—that entero the German I blockade zone. The statement wae In connection with President Roosevelt's remark that American warehipe were free to nevigate the war zone declared by the axis powers because these zones had not been recognized by the United Statee. "Washington admits that patrol ships intend to provide the British with information,” an authorized source eaid regarding Mr. Roosevelt's earlier remarks. “That la as much a part of the war as fighting In tete war." ENGELERBODY HERE FRIDAY Body To Be Brought To Thw City For Funeral Rites — The body ol Kathryn Kngeler. former Decatur young lady, who died last Haturday at Hantu Baibare, California, will arrive here Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock on j the Pennsylvania railroad. The body will be taken in the 1 Zwlck funeral coach to the Kngeler residence. First and Adams streets, where it may be viewed until lime for the services. The funeral rites will not be arranged until the parents. Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Engeler, arrive In this city. They are to arrive in Fort ! Wayne at noon Friday and will i then proceed to thia city. Miss Engeler'x death was attributed to spinal meningitis and a pulmonary condition. Her parents were called to her bedside shortly before her death. She was well known in this city, having lived here her entire life until two years ago. when she established a residence In California.

I DRAFTEES SENT QUESTION LIST I Additional 50 Question* naires Mailed Out By Draft Board Another 60 questionnaires were mailed out today by the Adams county draft Itoard Io registrants In the county, holding order numIters of 1.3U1 to 1.350 Harold H ' Kltaon. number 1.320-V, has previously received his questionnaire and is serving his year of training. Another 50 queries will be sent out yet thia week. It was stated. 1 Following la a list of the men to whom the questionnaires were sent, with the names preceded by the order numbers Hol- Harold Kevin Thieme 1303 Elmer Harold 10-hmun 1303 Btarl Rex 1304 Walter Hoffman ' 1305 Daniel Christian Lantz I3o« Russell Raymond Miller 1307 Raymond lx*o Kruse 1305 Arthur Charles Loahe IMP Ralph Eugene Wilder 1310 Chester Earl Allgsburger 1311 Aioyslua Charles Gelmer 1312 Jesse Jauregui 1313 Elisha Booker Little 1314 Solomon Joseph Eicher 1315 Raymoud Joseph Kaehr 1316 Ernest Clinton laoitzenheiser ' 1317 Harold Jacob Hoffman ■ 13Dt Oscar (' Springer ! 1319 Paul Edward Hours ' 1321 Donald James Hprunger 1322 Merrll Emory Johnson 1323 George Dettmer Helm 1324 Albert Carl Bauman 1325 Harold E Mosser 1326 Ira Leon Moore 1327 Walter William Sautbine 1328 Roman Henry Llechty 132? Austin Riley Merriman 'COyTINURD ON FA<»» »ivi. DEATH CLAIMS MARTIN SHADY Fortner Adams County Resident Dies At Home In Elkhart Martin M. Shady. 82. for many years a resident of Adams county, died this morning at Elkhart after a year's illness of cancer of the stomach. ‘He had resided In Adamo county most of his life, leaving this conmunity in 1913 Surviving are his third wife. Pearl Dewey; three childnm. Mrs. Ethel Bryan of Crwigvllle. Mrs Edith Carder of Fort Wayne and D«swey M Shady of Elkhart; two sisters. Mrs. Martha Ellen Beery of Kendallville, and Mrs. Mary Jane Rex << Battle Creek. Michigan, a brother Marion F Shady of Battle Creek. Mich.; 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren His first two wives. Sally Wolfe and Allie Call, preceded hhn In death Funeral services will Im held at the Pleasant Valley church, one mile east and one mile north of Tocsin. Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock HWi Rev R H Heald of Fort Wayne will officiate, assisted by Rev. Oscar Pace nt Elkhart. Rev C. C. Moore of Cralgvllle and Rev Florence of Wilmore. Ky Burial will be in the Shady cemetery, The body has been taken to the Thoma funeral home at Blutfton. - - —-o— —- ■■ - PreH. Roosevelt To Broadcast Tonight New York. April JO-(UPi- The official opening of the sales canpaigm for defense stamps and Ibtmdx. with President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau speaking from Washington and Postmaster Genoral Walker from Des Moines, will be carried by the combined NBC, CBS and MBS chains tonight, starting at 9:30 (CDT). DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER • oo a. m. 49 10:00 a. m 58 Noon 71 2:00 p. m 82 8:00 p. m- 84 WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Thuraday; possibly scsttsrsd light showers in extrsms north portion Thursday afternoon and night. Contlnusd mild tamperature.

Price Two Cento.

75 Percent Os British Expeditionary Force Evacuated; I/Mwes By Germans Heavy, NEW MOVES Umdon. April 3fl (UJI British prime minister Winston Churchill R told the house of commons today ’ that the British vxpedltkmary force ’ —fighting against odds of sto 1— '' had leau ued 45.M® <>ut of 6.". »00 from Greece and Inflicled casual- '' ties on the "Germans that were * many times the 3.888 killed .nid ’• forces. * wounded suffered by the imperial The figures Indicated that aliout. * 15.(HM> men or 25 percent of the ex- * peditionary force had failed Io get ’ away as a result of the valiant ''suicide" action fought by the British rearguard, made up largely of Australian and New Zealand troops. Moat of the Irras In casualties and prisoners presumably was among the heroic rear guard which, day after day. held back the Nazi mechanized units In the mountains and passes of Greece and then fought rapid columns and parachutists across the Prleponnesus. The 3,ft00 casualties were Included In the British estimate-of 15.888 men who failed to get waay from r Greece. The estimate was made shortly after the British foreign office had issued a statement in which the government of Greece was quoted as advising the British to withdraw on April 21 because the Greek armies were collapsing under the pressure of Germany's offensive and It was in the "common interest'.' to save ax many men as ixraslble to continue the struggle elsewhere. (In Berlin, the Nazi high com- » maud reported that 6,888 British Imperials, including one general, had Iteen captured in southern Greece and that the escape of the remainder of the British forces had )>een cut off by seizure of southern 1 harbors.) The British forces estimated to have escaped Were believed by reliable circles here to have Iteen r successfully evacuated, presumably to Crete or North Africa Evacuation ships had been reported arriving at Alexandria. There wax not believed to have ’ been any grave mishap io the main . evacuation forces, it was added. The evacuation from Greece In--1 volvi-d fewer men but was a mom formidable task In many ways than ■ the British evacuation from Dun- - kirk Almost 300.000 British troops —a total of 335.000 allied troop*— were estlmal<*d to have been taken from the Dunkirk la-ach by a flewt . of hundred* of small laiat*. liners and warships under heavy German , air attack > In Greece, boats of all types from , fishing smacks to warships wor.» employed and thousands of Gieefc refuge»-s were reported to have joined in the flight. Change In Policy London. April 30 (U.K Indications that the three great neutral powers of Europe Russia. Spain and Turkey were making a major (CONTINUED ON PaTik FlVkl) SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED Two Decatur Seniors Are Awarded Heidelberg Scholarships Two membera of the 1941 grafr uatlng class of the Decautr juniorsenior high school have >een flwarded scholarships to Heidelberg university, according to word received this morning by Rev. C M. Prugh of this city. Earl Bron>er. son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bromer. has been awarded the president's scholarship, valued at 1450. or half of the entire four-yoar tuition Bromer Is one <»2 two studesita awarded this sclmlarskip. Richard Goldner, son of Mr. an 4 Mrs Dallas Goldner. has been awarder! a non-contpetltlve alumni scholarship, valued at 8112 06. o(* one-half of a year's tuition. More than 100 applications were made for this scholarship with alx awarded. Both Brenner and Goldner rank high in scholastic vtandards for their work throughout ihrir school careers. t