Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1941 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

WORKERS STUDY BOARD'S OFFER Strikers In New York Study Offer Os Mediation Board tlly I'nlted Pr*M) A defence medliitloti board ngr<«ment to nettle one .if Ji atrlkea ati fueling prodnrltott of army and navy order* wax anbnltted to worker* t.Mlay. The board annotmc.ul tha < tnploye* of the Sklar Manufacturing Co., I»ng lalnnd City. N. V.. would <-on«ider ratification of an NUMB Hettlement of their 24day walkout, providing wage lncrea*e*. grlevan.e machinery, an arbitration latard. and a n<e«trlke-oT-lo< bout clan*.'. The company ha* an army order for surgical ln«trument*. Thu CIO I'nlted Fie. tri. al. Itadlo and Machine Worker* led the strike, and agreed to NOMII term*. General Motor* corporati.m negotiator* met with official* of the I'nlted Automobile Workers tCloi for the seventh lime under guidance of the defenae laurd at Wa*hington. The union ha* authorised a strike of Ifif.inm employes In Cl plant* If agreement i« not reached on wage sad union shop demand*. At New York I'nlted Mine Worker* (CIO) ami Pennsylvania ani thra. ite operator* were understood to he di»vm.*hig in detail a wage scale proposed for a new contract replacing <me expired April 30. | Mteat strikes In defense indu*try affected gun mounting*, steam whovel*. and mi«< ellaneou* metal and w.mm! product*. Almiiii i.OOP members of the CIOFarm Equipment Worker* Organising committee were Idle at the laiPorle. Ind. plant of the AllisChalmers company, because of failure to agree <m a new contract calli Ing for wage iiicreases and other ; Improvement*. Th. plant bar a ' ff.ooo'fMHi order for anti-aircraft gun mount*. At Detroit. 7S# employes of the Detroit Steel Products company, holder of 12.PU0.000 ill defense order*. walked out to enforce a demand for (JAW-CIO recognition. Order* for steam shovels for defense project* were held up when O’ONTINCKD ON PAUK SKVKNf LOCAL MAN'S FATHER DIES John Eicher Dies Wednesday Night At Home Near Berne John Kicher. 71. prominent Monroe township resident and father of Dr. Palmer Eicher of this c ity, died )a«t evening at 8:15 o’clock at thin home. Death was attributed to complications following an illness of several years, lie hud been bedfast since Saturday. The deceased was born In Wahash township June 9. IM#, the son of Chdistiaii and Elizabeth Gold-sinlth-El.her. De was married on December 8. I#M to Lena Ollliom. He served as trustee of Monroe township for four years and for two y.-urs was a deacon in the M.-nnonite church at It. me. Surviving besides the widow and the son in this city are two other sons. Menno of Monroe township and Lawrence gs Herne: two daughters. Mrs. David IJechly and Mrs. Frances Moser, both of Berne; a brother. Ckria Eicher of Hartford township: two sisters. Mrs l.ydiu Gehrig of lais Angele*. California and Mrs. Martha Gehrig of Avilla, and 12 grandchildren. Funeral service* will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home, one half mile east of Herne, and 2 o'clock at the Herne Mennonite church, Hurial will be In the M R. E. cemetery. ", '-Q-"-Aged Man Is Killed In Auto Collision Tipton, Ind. May 8 - <l’P> Charles Weiser. 78, of near Tipton wa» killed yesterday in an automobile collision at an inlei-section eight miles north of Tipton. Harry Barnett. 80. driver of the other car. escaped Injury. ■ H -■ 0 — DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 54 10:00 a. m. W Noon 2:00 p.m. 70 3:00 p- m. 72 WEATHER Conaldorablo cloudin*** with Mattered light ahowera tonight and Friday; cooler Friday and In north and central portions tonight.

“Supreme Defense Council” Meets With F. D. R. Pr k I 4 Jbs hJi * 1 lafl hk I MBr L ÜBk j C Lb ■ ah i V / ■B u ■ IjuBHBHFbb fli i »W r B • SMHBHBI President ll<M>»evelt'* "supreme defenae council" which confer* with him regularly on the defense program and on aid to Britain I* shown outside the White House after diacuaatag the Increase In huge hombers for shipment to Brlialn. Left to right are Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Hear Admiral John II Tower*, chief of lhe Irnreau of aeronautics. Admiral Harold It. Stark, chief of naval operations; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgeiilhait. Jr. and Gen 11. 11. Arnold, chief of I'nlted Slates army air corps

FORMER COUNTY MANCONVICTED — Chauncey Deßolt Found Guilty Os Selling Mortgaged Property Chauncey Deßolt. of near Poneto, a fomter Adam* county man. wa* found trulliy of selling mortgag<*d property in Well* circuit court at i Bluffton late yesterday A Jury which heard the cane' needed Iwt half an hour'* deHberation to reach the guilty v-rdict. Sentence Will be punned on fie- ’ Bolt Hahinlay by Judge John Deck-1 er iMHolt wan charged with sell-1 I ina a cow to William Cove for |5 The iuir wan mortgaged Io the I farm security administration. and ' their eon-ent had allegedly not been received by th-- defendant. Joseph Eichhorn nerved an defense attorney, having been ap poln'ed by the court, when lie Holt asked for counsel under rtie pauper las. The defendant nought »o entabliah that he nold the animal with authority, after having been adi vised to such course •nvaune It wan diseased. U. S. Intervention In M ar Is Opposed St. Ixiuls. May 8 <UP> -After adopting resolution* strongly opposing* I'nlted States intervention In the war. the International convention <»f the Di* I pies of Christ today bad ended Its sevenslay meeting, 'which was attended l>y alsMtt 10,two delegates. The principal resolution said In part? "Involvement of the United States in the war will add materially to the world s <41004 and misery .... we are united with Christian* of other hinds In common Judgment a* to the evil nature of war as such." ROUGHIA FINED AND SENTENCED Fined SIOO, Given Suspended Term For Keckless Homicide Glen Roughla was fined 1100 and cost* and given a six month* sumliended sentence by Judge J Fred Fruchte In circuit court late Wednsday afternoon. Rough la 20. a dairy worker of north of Decatur, had previously entered a plea of guilty to a charge of reckies* homicide. Judge Fruchte al»o pls red Roughia under probation to Mrs. • Faye Smith Knapp, county probation officer for six months, and i recommended the suspension of his driver’s license for a similar period Roughia was given six months to pay the tine. Roughia's arrest followed an ac- i cident In Preble m 1939 in which ; Milton Reppert was fatally hurt I when the latter’s motorcycle col- | lided with Roughla.’s car. I Roughla allegedly was exceeding the speed limit and driving In a I I negligent manner. He wai released late In the afternorm from Ihe cue- | tody of Sheriff Ed Miller.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 8, 1911.

♦ ♦ CHURCHILL—2I Washington. .May 8. — <U.P> Winston Churchill "out sold'* | Adolf Hitler two-to-one today hi | the literary field Among the 200 books given to I 'the White House by Ihe Amer- | lean Booksellers Association were two by Churchill and one | by Hitler. They were: Hitler. Adolf—"Mein Kampff " | Churchill. Winston "Step by | Step"; "Blood. Sweat and | | Tears.” p■- -e e DRAFTEES SENT QUESTION LIST Additional 50 Questionnaires Are Mailed By Draft Board Another group of -'>•• questionnaires was mailed out today by the Adam* county draft board io registrants with county order number* ranging from 1,451 to 1.500. Following is the list of those who received the queries with the order number preceding the name: 1451 Arthur 11. Lengerich. 1452 Kenneth Raymond Fllttner. 145.1 tilted Steffen. 1454—-Clifton Curtis Lehmann. 1455 Harold Dale Owen*. 145fi Herman David S'euenschwander. 1457 Walter Michael Brunnegraft 1458 Donald Fred Hoile. 1459 Ri< hard lx-o Hess. 1460 William Ernest Holland. 1461 Herbert Jos. pit Ix-ngerich. 1462 Frederick Raymond Evans. 1463 Orion last Schults. 1464 Paul William Ham her. 1465 Gilbert Frank*. 1466 Dalia* Monroe Harshman. 1467 Edgar Steele. 1468 -Julius Franklin Tceple. 1469 Donald Corey. 1470 Henry Jacob Ehrsam. 1471 Ern<-st Don Cupp. 1472 Gerald Albert Gage. 1473- Walter Emil Egley. 1474 Francis Charle* Lichlle. 1475 -Christian 11, Hllty. 1476 Ralph Jacked) Spade. 1477 Paul Deloyd Sipe. 1478 John Henry Miller. 1479 Ervin Paul Anderson. 1480 Joseph Sila* Anderson. 1481—Walter Francis Baker. 1482 Robert lx-wis Hailey. 1483 Fane Delbert Clingen peel. 1484 Bennie Sherman Darkles*. 1485 Hit hard Sylvester Boring. 1486 Edward Merkle. 1487 -Arthur Henry llaugk 1488 -Arthur John Dawson. 1489 Loren David Hoffman. 1490 Howard David Nussbaum. 1491 Edwin Homer Kauffman. 1492 Robert Louis Kiess. 1493 Murray David KIopfen"<CONTINBKf>~ON Vaav VIVB, 0 — Mrs. Chas. Voglewede Undergoes Operation Mr*. Charle* Vogh-wede of this city underwent a major operation yesterday afternoon at St. Mary's hospital. Rochester, Minn. Physicians from the Mayo Brothers clinic performed the operation. Word was received here today by relatives was that she was getting along as well at? could be expected. Her son. Arthur E. Voglewede of this city, is with her.

TO VISIT SON AT ARMY CAMP Special Train To I-eave Here Saturday For Camp Shelby Mr*. Ira Fuhrman anil Mis* Gladys Nchanu-rloh will leave Saturday morning over the Erb* at 1 38 for Chicago, where they will join the special w* ek end exi nrkloii to Camp Hhi-lby at Hattiesburg. Miss. They will visit Mrs. Fuhrman* son Monroe, who I* taking a year'* army frahiing under the selective service ai t. It I* expected that from 100 to 200 lndian.l people will take advantage of the iqqiortnnity for this visit with the hoys of the 38th regiment, which I* largely made up of Hoosiers. Reservations forth.- trip have to be made tixlay and this can he done here by calling lhe Elie station. The train over the Illinois Central will leave Chicago at 12:15 p m Haturday and arrive in Hattiesburg at 7:3" Bunday morning. Seven hour* will he enjoyed at lhe huge training camp and lhe return train will leave Camp Hhelby at 1:3" Hur,day afternoon, arriving In Chicago Monday morning al II o’clock. The fare forth.- round trip I* 31*15 and If more than 15" go (CONTINUED GN I'AGWNEVEN) _ .... -Q Automobile Stolen Here Is Recovered Police chief James Border* reported late yesterday the recovery of a black i’onllat sedan, stolen In thin city last Hunday. The car. owned by Walter Winteregg of 228'x North Fourth street, wa* recovered In Fort Wayne. DERNEFACULTY IS ANNOUNCED Only One Change To Be Made In School Faculty Next Year The 1911-42 faculty <»f the Berne schiMil has been naned by the Berne hoard <»f education. Only one change I* to >he made. Miss Virginia Hamilton of Hhelburn ha» re»)gn*-d from her position a* teacher ot social science* and a* m-Ii mil librarian Her position has not been filltxl Tile li»t of teacher* follow*: E. M Wetrti. superintendent and English; Caroline I. Hlrschy. principal and mathHinatlcs. German; Edison Hprunger. IndUKtrial art*, mathe mu tic*. William H. .Spurgeon, science, malhotnalk's; Maynard Hetrick, commercial subject t; l-ake Glen dening. stM ial studies, physical education. coach; Freoman Burkhalter, music. June Fogelsong. Ijitin and Engiidh; Giennys Arnold, vocational home economics, phjmical education; Hakime Bchug. English: Martha tk-hug. grade six: J D R Hchwartz. grade five; Helen Atz. grade four; Hlhla l.ebmati. grade thiee; Rose Hpruugcr. grade two and Jeanette Aprungor. grade one.

RAF Night Fighters Inflict Heavy Damage On Germany's Bombers; 22 Are Shot Down

HIGHWAY BIDS TO BE COSTLY GOP Highway Bill Requires Costly Advertising For Bids Indianapolis. May * <U.P) The Indiana highway commission today fated what appeared to In* an el-|M-n*ive probb m a ruling by At-torney-General George Beamer that for every port hase item it must advertise for bid* twice in each of the four dally papers In Indlanapj oils. Anyway he figured. James D. Adam*. commission chairman, arrived al the interpretation that eight advertisements costing 335 to |lu. would have to In- run for each Item pun hased. however small. "Why. it would cost the state thousand* and thousands of dollars." he reflwted. In Illustration, he said the com misMlon wanted to buy eight tons of hay at Aurora for about 112. but if it followed the ruling most add | 335 to 31" advertising for bid*. Beamer said hl* ruling was based on »pe< IBc stipulations of the new highway commission bill eni acted in the GOP-ctmtrolled assembly. t'nder the old law the commission wa* permitted to buy any Item up to 3250 without advertising for bids. I B'-amer also said the pew law re- . qiiirvd the commission to wait 10 days after advertising liefore aI warding contract*, a delay of 12 days counting two for running the . advertisement*. This brought additional groan* from Adams. i He said the commission now ha* i one survey truck in need of minor . repair*, bld* for which will have to In- advertised through the ex- , pensive, and long process. Mean- • I wbHe. he said, ' high pried enginhave to wait." ,O — — SAYS WILLKIE 'WARMONGER' I • ______ Senator Wheeler Assails Wendell W’illkie For Convoy Speech Washington. May t tl'P) Ken Burton K Wheeler. D. Montana, a prominent o|vpon<-nt of Intervention * in the European war. charged today that Wendell L. Wlllkie has ' liecome the nations "leading propa- ' gandist for war” and I* engaged 4 in "platform dive bombing" Wheeler. In a formal statement denouncing Wlllkie* p.iwmvoy speech last night In New York, questioned hl* statmnent that Britain could win with American aid On tl»e same day that Wlllkie spoke, Sir Edward Ellington, marwhat <sf the royal air force, admitted in Manchester. England that "it i Is becoming Increasingly difficult I to find airdrome site* on thi* small island.” Wheeler asserted. "Bunk” Ni*w York. May M Il'l’l- Wendell L. Willkie made a one word ~tCONTINUED «>N PAGE FOUR) Conducts Hearing On Appropriations ' !,ee Highland, state tax board representative, conducted a hearing yesterday In the office* of auditor Victor H Eicher on the additional appropriations approved recently by the county council. No objection* were raked to the up proprlation*. —_—o —-- Slightly Injured In Auto Accident Two persons are confined in the j Adam* county memorial hospital here suffering from Inju-les sustained In an auto accident one-half mile north csC Geneva shortly before I noon. The Injured are: Col. 11. C Mattox. retired army officer of latke Worth. Florida and Mi** Inez Pyle. 15. of the sutne city Both are suffering frtwn shock and bruises. Neither is beiievtsi seriously hurt. George Roger*. 28. also <rf latke Worth, driver <>f the car in which the two victim* were riding, and W L. Thornhill. 71. of Geneva, route tsm. driver of the other car, escaped with minor cuts and 1 bruiser.

SENATE BEGINS STUDY OF BILL TO USE VESSELS Wendell Willkie Urges “Less Talk And More Action" Washington. May * 'UP The seiiato commerce committee today begin* consideration «»f the administration’s bill to retpilsiiloii Idle foreign shipping preliminary to bitter congressional debate whether we should risk war to convoy munition* to Great Britain Agitated national dispute set off by Secretary of war Henry L. Slim Mill's summons for all-out use of the navy to protect the British lifeline continued today with an appeal by Wendell I. Willkie for "les* talk and more action" whether or not it mean* tonvoy*. and a warning by secretary of the navy Frank Knox that we live In "fearful danger.” "All of lhe great resource* ut this nation.” Including man power, are now committed "Io one supreme pur|M>s<- to see that British sea power shall not be destroyed.'* Ktiox said in an address last night. Antl-lnterventloniat* replied that, with President Roosevelt'S knowledge. the nation was te lng stampeded down the road to war by a "verbal blitzkrieg of deception." Ms Roosevelt Is expe« ted formally to enter the controversy next week May II when hr delivers an address here before the Pan American I'nion. It probably will he broadcast world-wide and may reveal whether hl* cabinet advisers have won him toward an outright convoy policy. The ship bill passed the house yesterday. 2fifi Io 12* Anti-lllter-vetilionlsts contemplate amendments In the senate which would raise the convoy question and prevent the transfer of seized ot pit: chased vessels to the British munitions service. Hut they are with out hope us checking ih<- administration by such tactics In'cause of the already demonstrated majority power to maintain for Mr Roosevelt a free hand in meeting the problems created by the axis blockade. Fast breaking developments here and at foreign capitals are building up a situation which apparently will persist at least until Mr. ItooseVeh speak* licit Week Dele are some of the developments Which suggest that new tnovi » are imminent: 1. Prime Minister Winston Churchill at London expressed gratification over extension of the I'nlted States naval and air patrol in the Atlantic Inn urged that ”we need a gissl deal more help and I expect that we shall get a kimxl deal more." 2 Addressing the American booksellers' convention here, Knox warned that failure to save Great Britain would confront the I'nlted States with the combined fleets of Germany Italy. France ami Japan. 3 Willkie warned ait audience tCGNTINI'KD ON I’AG)? SEVEN! INCA WORKERS BACK TO JOBS Fort Wayne Men Back To Work After One*Day “Holiday” Fort Wayne. Ind., May 8.- <U.R> - Approximately 150 employes of the hica plant of the PhelpN-Dodgo Corp , returm-d to their jobs today after a one day work "holiday" called by the I’nitad Electrical, Radio and Machine Worker* union (CIO). i’nion officials said the "holiday" was In protest to the company’* alleged refusal to negotiate a new contract. Robert Rice, president, and Philip Huffman, aecretary of the local union, said "New York offl cera of the company agreed, for the first time, to Include Inca In the present national negotiations." This word, accompanied by a recommendation froat national headquarters of the union that the plant resume work, brought the decision to end the "holiday." they said. The plant has "some" defense order*, It was understood.

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Fighter Planes Including Many American-Made, Do Effective Work A* gainst Invading Bomb* ' ent. 73 DOWN IN MAY By I'nlted Pres* Great Britain's night fighters—many of them American planes -• were credited today with their greatest victory of the war over ■ th" German night bombers . i The fighters, aided Ity a lirllllant ( moon, slashed repeatedly at largo 1 ' German air squadrons engaged in I heavy attack* upon battered Liver- ’ pool, the Hull Humber area and ' I Bristol. The Germans Inflicted extensive ‘ damage and heavy casualties on Britain but the achievement ot tho r ' royal air force night patrol* in I shisitlng down 22 of lhe estimated i > liio to l<*> Nazi plane* which rums 1 over last night brought ellcouragO* ’I ment lo the Bilfish Air experts believed that tho 1 RAF is oil tile verge of al least 1 partial mastery of night Iximbing attack* during that jx-riod of tho ' month when the moon is al Its - gr**alest brilliance Never before had lhe RAF shot down so many nixnt bombers. The 101 l brought the total for the night to 23 German planes one was ' | downed by ground fire an estlm.it* ■ «-d loss to the luftwaffe of between so and !•»' airmen, possibly six to 1 seven percent <if the planes and ni.-n engaged In the attack Forth.- month of May so far 7J 1 Nazi planes have been brought • down at night, compared with #7 1 for all Apt II Total day and night • German losses for May are #!. ' InsiruiiH-iits of the RAF's night ' success were the American Douglas I DH7. called lhe Havoc try tint British, and ih<- Heantort night • fighter. King George VI went to a night fighter headquarters l.i«t night to I witness the operation*. It was doubted in air circles that th*' RAF could keep up the pace -of night fighter operathms when the dark phase of the mooli arrives. But for the first time it seemed I that the British were inflicting « , serious enough ratio of losses on th*- Nazi night liombers to raise ' hopes of ultimate mastery of till* i critical ph.i-*- of the air war. Even last night's heavy losses ■ did not prevent the Germans from giving l.lver|HM>l one of Its most severe poundings of th*- war. Coming after six previous successive nights of attack, lit. Liverpool i attack wa* admitted by British offl- < lais io have been s«-lous. Liverpool still is th*' chief port i of entry for the vital flow of war I supplies and hsxl from the western ■ hemisphere and Hie persistent Nazi bombing wa* believed to lx- In- > fileting att appie* table damage to its facilities. While lhe air war raged over Britain's skie*. Ixttnber command ■ planes of th*- RAF roared off for j another crushing attack on tho I German battleship raider*, the J 28."iitt-ton Schartihorst and (Inelse- > nau. at Brest. Direct hits with I (CONTINUED ON PAGE BKVNu' War Bulletins London. May 8.- U.K.—Twelve German planes were shot down | during daylight operation* today with the loa* of only one British fighter whose pilot is , «fe. a .pint communique of the air and home security ministry said tonight. London. May B.— UP-—Brit-ish and allied shipping losses for the month of April—on which the admiralty communique is expected Tuesday—will be close to 500.000 tons, making the month one of the worst of the wsr, reliable quarter* said today. Information reaching American circle* said the April loss of British and allied shipping in the battle of the Atlantic would be "well within sight of 500.000 tons." London. May B.— U.P—A government white paper reported tooay that a serie* of official secret documents seized in ths Lofoten island raid April 4. indicated that the Norwegian* still are pro-Brltish and have refused to cooperate with Nazi authorities.