Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1941 — Page 1

XXXIX. No. 107.

BELFAST IS RAIDED BY NAZI BOMBERS

lISE STUDIES El TO SEIZE Foreign ships Lid I’se Seized Ships I Aid Britain; Board Jugoslav Ships Lihington. May 9.—IMP— I Flah. R- Raw L chsrged today that paaaI without amendment. of th* Ling bill for requisitioning I foreign ah ip* In American Lr« would boa “virtual Lration of war." klngton. May 6-0115 Th* ftak.s up today the bill I would permit President Lrh lo '•*•* foreign vessels. ■iik German and Italian. tied I American porta. in the aid Lin program. 24 hour* after Lnuii’iit declared In a *pee< h L rnllrd Stale* la ready to Kaaln for democracy ■ congressional deflate liegins L ib* background of a height ■public debate of America a L Britain** fight for survival | Mr ItooseVelt Was wpeaklng ■union. Va. birthplace of low Wilson. world war prealheiidell I. Winkle. 19411 Ke Ln presidential candidate Llled tor convoy* or any other L necessary to deliver war Lu to Britain, In a a peer h Lhiille At the name time. Li> - Bryant Conant, preaident Lard Vnlveralty. who recent* Lued from an official mission |ta. n waa waking America’* liate entry Into the war on ■'■ (ide. ■ inlutration leader* predicted ship requisition bill would Ih<- house quickly and go to Lnaie. probably tomorrow. I i«ilath>ni*ta hope to add an ■ineiit that would apeclflcally lit one of American naval I to convoy ship* Into combat I They had failed to get the Mtioii. written a* a legislative mauled by the senate foreign In* committee last week. Lainded by high federal, state Hplomallc official* including ■lalif.ix the British ambaasa- ■ r Hoosevelt dedicated WilBirthplace as a national shrine ■ay and charged that Isola- ■ wa* an idle dream and that wive this nation must accept Rponslbilftle* In the com mu tilt he world. I iWilsoni taught that defy could not survive In l*or Mr lloosevell said. "We Id hi* judgment and his Bedn.itlng the shrine, he said. l><-arlng true witness to ■th that I* in u* — a simple ■ the freedom of democracy I world. L the kind of faith for which we fought before —for the jlTl.Xtllffli ON PAGE TWO) f— - [ar Bulletins Lro, May L—OUCl—The Iter part of the Iraq air b already haa been deetroyB British force* fighting In Idefen** of near east oil k British general headher* said today. htish bomber pilot* reporthbty had destroyed aome ) plane* on the ground In a fvy attack on the Baghdad yomr. Endon. May 6.—.UK*—Radio pn claimed tonight that H troops havs occupied ►•"iya airport and that [* haa been completely enled. Endon, May 5.--OJjr — The ministry reported tonight I RAF bomber* last night Rd direct hits on the 28.hn German battleships krnhorat and Oneisenau I heavy “armor piercing be.” lOCRAT THCRMOMKTKR 10 •• m #2 P m. gg R ’•••••hh....,,..*. 711 ■»**«ee*eeee*oo*eesee**oooe# / <■ J P- m M WCATHCR k cloudy, shower* In south f" tonight and Tuesday; r r in northeast tonight.

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CROSS INCOME TAX IS UPHELD U. S. Supreme Court Holds Tax Applies To Interstate Business Washington. May 6 I VP) Th* supreme court ruled today that Indiana'* gross fncrmie tax properly can he applied lo th* ItHerwtate tosln*** of Indiana resident*. Th* high s-ourt upheld th* constitutionality ot the 1f33 Indiana levy in a ca** brought by Ingram-Rich-ardson Manufacturing company. Frankfort. Indiana a firm that enamel* kitch.m equipment sent In from other states. On April 28 th* supriune court had upheld the constituti'inality of the Indiana grow* tacom* levy a* It applied to the income .of out of ■tale companies derived frem source* within the state. Th* seventh circuit court held that a specific provision of the tax kiw exempting income from toInterstate ciaiMnerce applied to Income tram the elMmielhlK job done by uh* Frankfort firm for out of ■tat* compwnie*. The stale asked a reversal on the grounds that the process it«i-lf occurs within th* state. Portland Man Held On Indecency Charge Clarence Butcher. 23. of Portland, was being held In tail here this afternoon on a charge of public Indecency. Butcher was arrested at hM tome in Portland 'oday hyßhwiff Hd Miller and Marshall Hurry Kamman of tJenevu on the oharge The alleged act occurred when Biltdher exposed himself before three young trtrls In the town of Geneva Sheriff Millar said Butcher admitted the act. Butcher was ar rested on a similar ottenaa In 1939 at Portland, authorities -eported Butcher nriil fie arraigned In circuit court to answer to the charge. —— o Former Decatur Man Is Alumni Nominee Bloomington. Ind . May 5- (t’Pi -•lndiana Vnlveraliy'a Alumni association today mmilnaled la-wia S Armstrong. Hlkhart l*tnk«r. formerly of Hecatur ami Fred <l. White. Detroit attorney, for presid ency of the assookitlon. The office I* now held by Alev t’amphell of Fort Wayne. United States district attorney. WILLIAM 6ROTE TAKEN BTDEATH Former Adams County Resident Dies At Fort Wayne Home William C. Grot*. *B. a former r*«ident of Adam* county, died at It o'clock Saturday night at th* home of a daughter. Mr*. Susan Schlaudroff. 2029 Fast Washington boulevard. Fort Wayne. He waa a member of the Concordia Lutheran church In that city. Survivor* Include a «on. Pau) J. Grote of Fort Wayne; five daughter*. Mr*. Schlaudroff. Mrs. Anna Salge and Mr*. Walter Schelper. all of Fort Wayne; Mr*. Karl Stoppenhagen of St. Joe township. Allen county, and Mr*. Fred Berning of Marion township. Allen county; 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body was taken to the Chalfant. Perry and Pook funeral home in Fort Wayne, where funeral service! will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Walter Klauslng officiating. Burial will be In the St. Paul's Lutheran church cemetery at Preble.

REVEALS NAZI SHOP BASED IN SOUTH AMERICA Report Naval Repair Shops Based Until Destruction Boston. May S <U.R> Germany maintained Antarctic naval repair shops at Deception Island harbor only film mile* from Routh America until they were blown up a few month* ago. Il was reported when member* of the United State* Antarctic expedition arrived here to day. Rear admiral Richard K Byrd, who was among 2tiO persons who ’ greeted the returning members of hl* expedition aboard th* motor ship North Star, expressed astonishment when he heard th* report. "There's some real new* for you, Imy*.” he told reporters “I had no Idea of such activities down there." ♦ Dr. Paul A. Slple of Krle. Pa., who had charge of the expedition's west lias* in Little America, told Byrd that he received his Information front “a high Chilean naval officer" when the North Star stopped at a Chilean port. "The officers told me that the shops were built there and that German explorer* were In the area In 1939." Dr. Slple said "The off) cer* said the shops were blown up and you can draw your own conclusions as to who may have don* this.” Dr. Slple said that by th* time he received the report the expedition was too far from Little Amer* lea to make possible any attempt at verification. 11* speculated that the tierman po< kel Imtileshlp Graf Spa might have used lleuaptluu Island * a base for raiding operations In the South Atlantic before it was sunk more than a year ago. "■ W..150W..- .-■ II County Board In Monthly Meeting Th* county commisMionnrs met this moralng in the regular month ly meeting ut the Adams county ciAirt house The morning was ■pent in allowing cteiims and the session .was continued this afternoon. DEATH CLAIMS DAVID DILLING Former Adams County Commissioner Dies This Morning David J. Dilling, 71. retired lumber buyer, and a former Adams county commissioner, died early this mornbig at his home. 2*ll Broadway. Fort Wayne, after a two weeks' Illne** of a heart aliment. He was bora In Martinsburg, Pa.. June 26. !Mfi2. the son of Casper and Margaret Johnson-Dilling. He came to Indiana In INNI and resided in Preble township until 1929, when he moved to Fort Wayne. He served H years a* county commissioner. He was a mem tier of the Loyal Order of Moose. H* married Minnie Werling In IXB7. and she died in 1922. He later married Suzanna Bieberick Braun, who survive*. Surviving besides the widow are three sons, Oscar and Otto Dilling of Griffith, laiuie of Fort Wayne; one daughter. Susie of Laketon; one brother. Jatne* of Martinsburg. Pa.; two sister*. Mr*. S. N. Bruts* (CONTINUKD ON PAGB THKKJsT O Thieme Infant Dies At Van Wert Today MIRon Thieme. Hvnonthv-old son of Mr and Mt*. Max Thl<«ne. of route five. Decatur, died thia afternoon at 1:40 o’clock at the Van Wert county. Ohio hospital. Death wa* attributed to compHcatlons He -w«* taken to the hospital several days «ffo tor modical treatment. Surviving beside* the parents. Max and Louise Thieme. are the following brothers and sister. Latter, Gilbert. Pelkla. Hdmond, Reufben and Gretchen and the grandparents. Mr and Mrs. J. Fred Thieme of Decatur. The Zwrtck funeral coach went to Van Wert this afternoon to return Ute ihody here. Funeral arrangement* have nm bean completed

KeV. George S. ■ Uixler ha* been ■ returned to the Ipastorate of the I First Kvangell leal and Calvary I RVan ge 11 cal ■ churches here. I following t h * I annual conferlence which dosIi d at South Rend Sunday Rev laixier ha* been pastor here for the past Bve year*.

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Decatur, Indiana, M onday, May 5,19t1.

First Picture of Pact Signing i —'" ■ - 11 ■ ■ - ■ ** g This Is on* of the f*rst photo* to reach the I'nliixi Stall** showing the ■dual pact signing betweeif Russia and Japan which afford* them mutual neutrality in event either I* attacked liy another power Japan's foreign minister Yosuke Mataouka Is seen putting his signatiire to the pact while Russia'* Josef Ktalln (white coal) and foreign commlaaar Molotov (at Stalin'* left» appear much xatisfled with the proceeding*.

OHIO CITY LAD KILLED BY AUTO Lloyd Dillon Miller Killed By Auto Driven By Grandfather Lloyd Dillon Miller, two and onehalf year old son of Mr. and Mr*. Plllon .Miller of near Ohio City, <>.. died at midnight Saturday night at the home of his parents after tolng run over by an automobile driven by hi* grandfather, L. O. Pollock of near Ohio City He suffered a skull fracture and died les* than an hour after the accident. , The child, the father and grand father had been In Ohio City and were returning to their home lq Pollock's auto. Miller drove as far as hi* hi* own home, where bigot out. lifted the boy out and then loaded bls arms with groceries. Miller walked around the rear of the auto, expecting that the toy was following him. but as Pollock drove away Miller heard a thud and turned to aee hi* son lying on the road Cnaware of the accident. Pollock drove on to hl* home. Surviving are the parent*; one brother. Harold Wayne Miller, and the grandparent*, Mr. and Mr*. (CONTINIfKD ON PAUK RIX) State Sets Hearing Date For Wednesday County auditor Victor H. Kloher has received word, setting 2 p. m. May 7 as the hearing of the state tax board on the apocial appnqiriaHim* sought iby Adam* county The appropriation* wore recently approved by the county council. REV. LOZIER RETURNS HERE Reassigned As Pastor Os The First Evangelical Church Rev. George 8. iMter ha* lieen reassigned hi the paatorate of the First KvangellcAi church In Decatur. Rev. iLosier’a aaKlgnment wa* made with other* in the state by Biahov Georg* Edward Bpp. of Naperville. Illinois, at file close of the 89th conference of th* church Bunday in Oouth Bend. Rev Ixizler has served at t-he local church for th* past fiv* year* and marked progress has been made during his charge. Rev. ixnier was in attendance at the session* of the conference. Other aMtlgmnents which are ot Interest here, since the pastors formerly served at the local pastorate are: Rev, M W. Nundermann to Avilla; Ralph W. Loose, io Celina. Ohio circuit and Charles L Haney to Seville Avenue church in ianapolisRev. C. P. Mass was reassigned to the Berne Evangelical church, and Rev George G H«:dston to Linn Grove.

Today Closing Day For Tax Payment* Today wu* the final day for |*iymunt of the spring installment of 1940 taxes, puywble In 1941 After today the delinquent penalty will to added. Tile office*) of county treasurer John W Blakey were filled to capacity throughout most of the itay. as taxpayers crowded in to |iay in-fore the deadline. THREE YOUTHS STILL IN JAIL Decatur Youths Still In Huntington Jail For Auto Theft Three Decatur youth* were still being held In the Huntington county jail late today awaiting arraignment on a charge of stealing a motor vehicle. The three are Thoma* Anderson and Eugene Welker, both 14. and William Johnson. 15, all of this city. Blnce the Huntington county prosecutor Is out of town, no specific charge* had been placed against them at a late hour today. The youth* admitted, however, according to Huntington authorities. that they stole all auto tolonging to Miss Kwther Goodale from a Markle street last Tuesday The car wa* abandoned al El Paso. Illinois when It ran out of gas. they ■lated. Enroute home from El P%*o. they said, they were picked qp In mime city and spent two hour* In jail, but told a story that si-cttred their release. The car was located at El Paso and an insurance company representative went after 11. It was considered possible that the lads would be arraigned late thl* afternoon or tomorrow morning In Huntington circuit court. —p- - — Army Colonel To Speak To Lion* Col. E N. Isthmian, of Fort Wayne, will to the speaker at th* meeting of the Lion club Tuesday night at the Knights of Pythias home. Hl* add nets will cover aviation In wurund cmmerce, Cot tmhrmao Is in charge of the new army air -base lieing constructed in Allen county near W iyntoale Persons Interested in aviation have been Invited to attend the dinner meeting, ibegimiing at 6:15 p m. Tk'kets to the dimiei sell for 60 cents. —- ■<! Henry Harrison Dies In Muncie Word has 'been received here of the death of Henry Harrison. 61. at Muncie Sunday The deceased wa* the son-in-law of J Frank Man.'l, former Decautr resident. Funeral servlet-* will he held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Muncie Mr. and <Mra. Roy Runyon and (thnrles launmlman cousins of the deceased, wore In 'Muncie yesterday.

Heaviest Raid Ever Inflicted On North Ireland City; Aerial Warfare Rages On Wide Fronts

HITLER ASSERTS NATION NEVER TO DE DROKEN Fail* To State War Moves In Fourth Speech To Reichstax Berlin, May 5 <UP. Adolf Hitler left the German people and Germany's enemle* In Ignorance of hi* next war move* today In hi* fourth speech to the Nail Reichstag sine* the war started, he reviewed the Balkan triumph and roused ringing cheer* with his statement that “nothing Is Impo* slide to the German soldier." He referred to "the democratic agitator* of a country to which the German people has never done any harm.” presumably the t'nlted States, and said their fear that Germany intended to do harm to that country "is nothing but an absurd II*." He assured his uniformed relch■tag auditors that he harked into the future "with perfect tranquility and the greatest confidence." He said that “the German relch and Its allies represent in military and economic and. above ail. moral respect*, a force which is superior to any larsslble coalition in the world." But what interested diplomats was that whereas in recent speeches he had flatly promised Germany a definitive victory over Great Britain this year, in hi* speech last night he promised the army better weapons next year. (In his New Year prinlainalion to the armed forces. Hitler Mid: "The year 1941 will bring the consummation of the greatest victory In our history.” He had made similar speeches Jan 30 and March Ifi i It was not regarded as surprising that Hiller did not go Into detail on foreign and military policies, he was reporting on the Balkan campaign. But neutral diplomatic observers were disappointed that his spee< Ii contained no cine to hi* next move* Also they expressed interest in his failure to reaffirm hl* statement* that he was confident of winning the war this year. Nome said also that, though there was nothing to Indicate any doubt in his mind regarding the outcome of the war, his *|H-e<-h lacked the resound ing ring he had attained in his speeches of the last year. They a*ke<| whether his promise of better weapons next year meant that he had already given up hope of winning this year; whether II meant that no inva*loii of Great (CONTINIIKtI ON PA(»K Ftvgl SEEKS AID IN CRAVE REGISTER American l*egion Register! n< Graves Os All Ex-Service Men Adam* post No 43. American legion today announced that th* grav* registration proj*ct I* under full swing The post Is registering the graves of all ex-service men burled in the various cwmeterles of Adam* county The project Include* a permanent record and much care Is being exerclned in compiling the data. Th* aid of WPA Wltor has been onliated and the Legion solicits the help of th* general public. Persons who have relative* or friend* burled in Adams county cemeteries «nay help by giving all Information goMlble to Legion memiier* The post pointed out that a number of grave* have no markers complicating the work Cemetery caretaker* and tru»tees have also been asked by the Legion to aid in the work by securing name* of exwervice men buried In the varlou* cemeterte* la*o "Dutch" Olinger, of thl* city. I* chairman of the project.

INJURIES ARE EATALTOMAN Rhinehart ReiMeck Dies Os Injuries When Run Over By Wagon Rhinehart Relfateck, 33. of Friedhelm. died last night at S: 60 o’clock in the Adams county memorial hospital from injuries abstained a week ago when a team bolted and the wagon ran over him. Relfstei-k had been In a critical condition at the hospital since the time of the accident. He suffered a fractured pelvis and internal Injuries when he tried to stop the runaway team, the wagon passing over his body. He was born In Champaign county. Illinois January 12. I9t>s. the son of Ludwig and Louise Huff Bn Keifateck He was a member of Ftiedhelnt Lutheran church Surviving are the mother, the widow. Irene Droege Keifateck. a «<m. Werner R.. 22 month* old. two ■ Isler*. Mrs Kd Huffman of near Monroeville and Mrs. Walter Melcher of Hoagland, a brother. Kdwln of Preble township He came to this county with his parents when three years old He was married on Neptember 3. 1938 Funeral service* will lie held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home and 2:30 o’clock at the Frledheim Lutheran church, with burial in the church cemetery. Rev Walter l.uei ke will offi< i.il,The body will be removed from the Zwlck funi ral home to the real deuce, five and one It.ilf mile* east of Ossian on the Wells-Adam* cutin ty line at 7:30 o'clin-k thl* evening, and may be viewed there after that hour until time for the funeral services AUTOS COLLIDE EARLY SUNDAY Drivers Uninjured In <’olliffion Os Two Autos Sunday No one wta* Injured Sunday morning at 12:50 o'clock when <nr* driven by Joseph HoZelett. of Fort Waytie and Arnold <>*tetmeyer of Osstun. col I id<-d on North Second ■fleet near Yost Bro* office The uccident incurred us Ostermeyor vnade a left turn into tlie Yost driveway and the Horeldtt <wr rammed into the rear of tin* first vehicle. Officers Adrian Coffee and Raymond Nhm kley invratiguled If was rwporttsl tai Chief James Border* this m<irn4ng that a car. owned by Walter Wintieegg. was stolen frtmi a parked position In front of 228 North Fourth street sont'-time after !•♦ p m Saturday Cltarlra Ntltser, operator of u filling statinti. corner Monroe and Thirteenth wtreet. reported to Chief Borders that two now tires were stolen from <bi* *tati<m Saturday Tile that’ txcurred while the station wu* iqn-n and doing business o • • Decatur’s Drive Against Rubbish Is Opened Today The blitzkrieg against tin cans and rubbish grtt underway in Dtwxitur thl* morning with Sam Butler in charge of the invading force*. Truck loads of cans, bottlrai and riiltliah were given final Istriai rite* in Ihe chy dump west of Decatur and reports -were to th* i-ff<-c' that resident* were coopiwatlng In putting the container* out along the alley or street right of way, One trip wa* made through the Homestead* division m *h* wmth part of the city and commissioner Butler said another trip would b* mad* through th* ground* Wednesday morning Th* war against dirt and rubbish will Jie carried on throughout the week City tru<-ks are engaged In hauling the debris to the dumping grounds.

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British Bombers Attack Brest For 15th Time To Blast Nazi Ships; Battle In Iraq. ACTION HEAVY By Vnlti-d Press Air war razed from northern Ireland to the plain* of Mesopotamia today German bomber* blasted Belfast In the heaviest raid ever Inflicted on that north of Ireland city Royal air force Isimliers attacked Brest for th>- 15th time since the German -fi.iMHiton liattleships. Ncharnhorst and Gnelsenau. were th-d up there, reporting direct hit* on the dreadnaught raiders. And In Iraq th* RAF attacked Iraq force* In Baghdad in a powerful attempt to win the upper hand over the pro-Nsizl regime of Rashid All AlGailanl. It wa* a night of heavy air action over the British Isle*. The Belfast raid was reported to have lieen even more severe than that of Easier Tuesday when atm persons were kilh-d Another Idg Nazi air attack was made on Liverpool and the Merseyside for the fourth successlvo night. Aided by Increasing brilllanc* of the moon. British night fighters I went into action against German I bombers. Seven Nazi plane* were reported shot down, bringing the bag for two nights to 21 The Rrltish sent American-mad* Ifouzla* Ds 7 night fighters over German airdromes In northern Franc, lo pick off Nazi planes departing ami arriving on bombing trips to Britain The patient of the Nazi air attack on the British Isle* Indicated that Germany wa* centering th* w.-izht of Iter tombing against the vital inirts and shipping center* through which American aid to Britain must funnel. The Belfast attack started raging fire* that brought Eire fire i milts aero** the northern Ireland : frontier to the aid of the city The action inspired a wave of common | good feeling between northern tnd j nouthern Ireland such a* resident* i had in-ver known in the long, bit- • ter history of the two partu of the country. In addition, Eire wa* coming to the aid of Belfast citizens bombod from their home Relief .supplies Were being sent tn the stricken city and refuge wa* offered to the Itomelss on netiiral Eire soil The British attack on Brest appeared to have be.-n (Hisslbly the heaviest yet nude on that muchraided French port. For tin* first time the RAF claimed direct bit* on the N< ham horst and Gnei etiatt as well as near misses In Iraq the British were moving foi.t-fully to win control of that vital middle eastern area London fCONTINItatI CIN FAGR TRUSTEES VOTE DOWN PAY RISE Township Trusters Defeat Boost For County Superintendent The township trust*.-- In th Ip regular m*«*ting at the court housa Saturday voted down a proposed IncrMune In the salarv of the county school sfqmrlntendent Thu salary at present I* 1!,72d per year The proposal euggested a boost of 12.100 per year Advocate* .if the raise pointed out that Adam* county i* on.- of th* two lowest counties in this section «f the state In Hie y. ally -alary of the school head • Th* vole was reported *even to five against th* Increa-•. The trustee* also renamed Ralph W Rice. Root township trustee, to xerve on the county tax adjuatm nt (board for th* third con*ecu!lvo year. Other routine business was’ c >nduetto by the trustee* during tho meeting, held in th? office* of C. E Ntrikw. county school superintendent