Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1941 — Page 1

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KAISER WILHELM DIES TODAY IN EXILE

■4F Attacks Oil ■Stores In Syria I For Second Time

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

PURCHASE NEW TRANSFORMERS Chy Bays New Equipment To Meet McMillen Power Needs Menibem of the hoard of public work* and xafety reported to the rlty council for approval laat night the purchaMe of all tramiformera to meet Ini reaHed power needa of the Central Sugar company, the Central Soye company and the McMillen Feed Milla. Th.- pur< haHe« were made from the General Electric company and the V. M NuHahaum company. Three of the tranaformera purchaaed are new and three are old. The purchaa. price waa |s.tu>4 24. An allowance of 42.145 waa made for the 15 old and smaller trans formers, which are to In- replaced, leaving a net exchange coat of |2.»1524 The report of th.- board related an appeal of E. S. Hcott of the McMillen companiea. In which he cited the desire of the companiea to increase their power capai Ity, which would make neceawary the installation of larger transformers by the city. He died the overload any incruaM would make on the old tranwformers. • The council approved the action of the boai d. signed by Mayor Forrest Klx. y. Charles C. laingson and Ferd L. Lltterer. city attorney. Petition Read A petition, signed by Everett Vents and Frank Lough, asking for the cottatractkm of sidewalks on Grant street Indween Winchester and Line atreete was referred to the street and sewer committee. STILL PONDER WINANTRETURN Early Peace Reports Under Fire; Seek Other Explanation Washington. June 4 — (CPI — Secretary .rs state Cord. ll Hull today gave the first official information that ambassador John G. Winant had brought back a grave report of dangers to the United States In the ipresent world tionHe declined to discuss the precise nature <M the report Winant is making to the White House and the state dt«|>artiment. but he said that he and Winant had spent more than a half hour going over foreign policies generally us it Is related to the International, naval and military situation, and the state of International danger to the U. 8. Washington, June 4 - (U.R, New reports of an early pence linked with Ambassador John 0. Winant's return to the United States were under fire from Washington and laindon today as the capital aought other explanation of his surprise visit. Wlnant now la generally regarded as the bearer of news or an appeal from London calling urgently for more ussbitance. And what the capital wants to know Is what alternative events are being reported as likely In Europe If the United States Is not Immediately able to fatten the flow of mwiltlons to Great Britain. Speculation that Wlnont bore peace tidings or details of a proposal from Rudolph Hess. Number 1 Naxl war prisoner, began to be heavily discounted when it developed that his most pressing CONTINHEP ON FAGS THRBNI —©• Knits Eight Sweaters For Red Cross Reliei Mrs. J A. Ixmg of Geneva today reported that Mrs. Sophia Mattox of that town had knitted eight sweaters for the Red Cross and was starting on her ninth. Mrs. Clarence Shepherd had knitted tiwo. also, site staled.

What ItomberH Did to Dublin, Ireland’s Capital *I**' 1 **' A P*Ap|V-« .'v AM?-' I 1 1 : fli

More than .30 portion* were killed. 25 were mhuring and over 300 injurwl in this bombing of Dublin on May 31. The picture, a cablephoto from Ixmdon, was taken in the North Strand, one of the main bustlinxs sections of the city.

COUNCIL ELECTS NEW MEMBER OF SCHOOL BOARD Gerald Cole Named To Succeed Joseph Hunter; Takes Oflice Aug. 1 Gerald Cole, well knowu local electric shop merchant, la the new member of (he Decatur school board. Mr. Cole was named laat night hi the r- gular meeting of the city council. He will succeed Joseph A. Hunter, local telephone com|»ny employe, whose term expires this summer. Mr. Cole was chosen from a field k of three candidates on a secret ballot. The hallotting gave three votes tn him and one to the incumbent. Mr. Hunter. Mrs. I. W. Macy was the third candidate. Con lie I Inn n Andrew Appidman. Charles latngeton. Russell Owens mid Morris Plngry participated in the vote. Councilman Kenneth Arnold wax not preseal at the meeting. The new memborwlect will assume his office on August 1. He la married to the former Mildred Llddy and the father of four children; David. Roger and Barbara, all of whom attend the Lincoln school and John, who Is not of achool age. He resides at Homestead No. 30. Mr. Cole is a past governor of the lix al Moose lodge and has been active in the functions of that organization. He is also an amateur radio operator. He is a native of Decatur and was graduateo from the Decatur (CONTINUED ON PAUK FOUK) - .. —. ONE DRAFTEE IS REJECTED Calvin Magley, Volunteer, Sent Back; Others Believed In At least one of the six youth* sent from Adams county Monday Io begin a year's selwtlve service training has been returned. Calvin Peterson Magley, of Decatur, who volunteered for service and was choaen as leader of Monday's group, was rejected when he failed to pass the examination at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Young Magley was rejected because his eyesight failed to meet the rigid army requirement*. Bo far a* la known, the other live passed the examination. In conformity with a recent ruling- it Is unlikely that a replacement will be sent to 1111 the vacancy. Miss Doria Nelson, draft board clerk stated. According to information received recently by the draft boqrd, “overall” calls will be made io future quotas to take care of any rejection*.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 4,1911

State Officials Will Visit Ixocal Red Men An important meeting of the Red Men lodge will be held this evening at eight o'clock at the hall and the member* are requested to attend. Great Raihem M Lawson of Dunkirk and Great Chief of Records Edward (' Harding of Indianapolls. will attend. This Is the first official visit of the two state officers to the local lodge and Raymond llaykes. Sachem of I'ocotaligo Tribe, states they have an Interesting message to give the members. HEAVIER COST OH LOW LAHOS Muck Area Assessed $2 An Acre More In Amended Stengel Drain Report In the amended report filed on th« C 8. Stengel drain, whlcn Include* a drainage system for Berne and the dredging of Blue Creek ditch. Waller Gllllom. engineer, has Increased the assessments of the min k land area east of Berne. |2 an acre. The Increased assessments affects more than 700 acrei In what Is known as the low land district, which objectors to the preliminary aesesament* stated at the hearing Tuesday should be assessed higher. Almut 30 Individual assessments were changed in the report, filed last evening with Judge J. Fred Fruihte In the Adams clrcul' court. The report shows that 119 verified objections In writing were filed with the clerk and presented at the hearing. Other objection* were also received and alterations made, the report states Property owners nave until June 13. the 10 day period, to file remoootrance* In court against their tUMessinent*. If the report Is then approved and the court so orders, the, engineer can advertise for lids on the project. If upon the hearing by the court of any remonstrance filed, the asHNMmwvt* In any Individual case are not changed more than 10 tiercent the coats ar* taxed to the respective remonatrator, D. Burdette Custer, attorney, explained No iMtnd need he filed by remonstrafora. K was stinted Under the petition It Is proposed to award the contract for the dredging and main channel to private contractor*. The cleaning of thw lateral. Included a* branches, will be done by CCC labor. Assurance has been given by repreaentatlvea of the CCC camp rs Porttand (CONTINUED ON PAGN FOUR, -- 0 '■ — DEMOCRAT THKRMOMCTER 8:00 a. m - •# 10:00 a. m 80 Noon 2:00 p. m. - 80 3:00 p- m. w, WEATHER Becoming fair tonight, cooler In extreme south east portion; Thursday fair and warmer.

COMMEHCEMENT PROGRAM FOR OCHS RELEASED Catholic School Exercise# Will Be Held Friday Evening The program for the 19Hi annual commencement of the Decnlnr Catholic high achool. which will Im< held Friday evening In the whmd auditorium, was rehnsed today. Rev. J P Hchall. rm-tor of St. Vincent d« Paul church, l-ogana-port, will deliver the commencement address to the 3't graduates, the largest class to be graduated from the high M'hmd. The exercise* begin at eight o’clock. The eighth grad will Im- held hi connection with the exercloe*. There are 28 graduates in the class. The program Is as follows: Process lona I. Grand March from Abla Vervll ... Hchool ondlestra under direction of Mr. A. Selletneyer Song, TUI We Meet Again" Senior Class Address Rev. J. P Schall. St. Vincent de Paul church, laigansport. Indiana The Bellwether, On-hestra. Eisenberg Song, “Happy Days" Eighth grade Distribution of Diplomas and Awards Rev. J. J. Helmet* Receesbilhil, The Ringmaster - ElsenlH-rg. Award* Will Be Made will be made by Father Helmet* of the high school Isiy graduate having the nlghrat average for the past four years. (CONTINUED ON EAGE FOUAD FAIRWEATHER IS PREDICTED City, Community Welcomes “Fair And Warmer” Report A thoroughly drenched populace welcomed, the promise of the westhermsn who late today predicted: “Becoming fair tonight; Thursday, fair and warmer.” With nearly three Inchon of rain falling upon the city up to an early hour this morning. Decatur and community la eaperlencing It* worat "soaking" of the yeac. A tidal of 295 inches procipitatk>n fell here Sunday, Monday and Tuesday up to 7 o'clock this mornIng, iicv-ordlng to the readings of Herman "HI" Myers, official prectpltation and river observer. From Bunday morning at 7 o’clock until the same hour Monday a total of .61 of an Inch fell. From Monday morning until Tuesday the fall was .4-1 and from Tueeday morning until this morn(CONTINUE!) ON PAMM FVUtQ

World War Lord, Last Os The HohenzoUem Emperors, Tdken By Death In Doom, Holland

COUNU SCOUTS WILL ASSEMBLE FORCAMPOREE Annual Event Will Be Held Saturday. Sunday At Ilanna-Nuttman The program for the annual Adams county Boy Scout camporee. to lie held al Camp Quinn In Han-tia-Nuiiman park on Saturday and Sunday. Jun.- « and 7. waa announced today by Steve Everhart, county Scout (ominlssimier. H.outs from the three troops In the city of Decatur and the two from Berne will attend the camp oree and take part In the activities. Thin camporee Will be staged lu preparation for the area camporee to lie held at Portland the following weekend. In addition Io the regular <amporee activities, a pancake supper on Saturday evening from & until 7 o’clock will be staged for the Scouters and scoutmaeters. W. F. Beery will have charge of the supper. Sunday at noon a potluck dinner for the Scouts and their parents will be held. The regular program of the area camporee will be folowed in the event here. The camporee will officially open with a chet k-ln from 7 until 9 .10 o'clock Saturday morning. Camp Inspection, cookcraft and judging are on the morning program. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock a parade will lie staged from the coiner of Second and Jackson streets, south to Adams and then liMSIISI'HI. ON I'AGE TWO) . o . . JURORS CALLED FOR THURSDAY Petit Panel To Hear Doan V«. Siders Case; 15 To Report Fifteen jurors have been ordered Io report to circuit court Thursday tn the suit of John M. Doan, Washington township trustee. In which he seeks the removal of the Kuswell Siders family to Wabash township. Three members of the regular April panel have been excused by Judge J. Fred Frucht®. The Jury commissioners drew six names, thus leaving three “extras," to replace any excused. The Members of the regular panel. as originally chosen, are: Dallas Spuller, Union townehlp, Grace Poling. Hartford; William Adung. Jefferson; Pauline Illeeke, Union; Theodore Ostermeyer. Prebla; Carl Adler. Kirkland; Marie C. Welland. Union; John Fortney. Monrot; and Ida L. Andrews. Kirkland. The names of the six newly drawn are: Lula Holloway. Monroe; Frank Bauserman. Wabash; John Witte. Preble; Emma Bultemeler, Preble; Floyd Barger. Kirkland and Minnie Frans. Root. The three who were excused are: Ervin Lochner, French; Inex L. Walters. Union and Merle Riley, Blue Creek. In his suit the trustee charges that the family Is liable to become public charges and seeks to have them sent back to Wabash township. where they formerly resided. Amish Child Dies At Local Hospital ■Ellxa’beth 8 Eicher. 12. died at 12:40 o'clock today noon at the Adams county memorial hospital to which .place she was admitted in a diabetic coma. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs. John Eicher erf route 2, Berne and Is survived by the parents, four brothers and seven sisters. One sister preceded her In death in March. She was a member at the Amish faith.

Kaiser Dies k A A A wHhbJßwv! ■■■mZIEZZZZmmZS B€==L«~siiaawßiniss '.oS? Former Kaiser Wilhelm 11. last of Germany's llohenoilern emperors, Is dead His death came sad denly Inti peacefully after be had suffered an embolism of the lung BOARD MAILS MORE QUERIES All But Ahout 250 Youths Have Been Sent Questionnaire* Fifty more quasriimnatres were niall.il out today by the Adanm county draft hoard, bringing the tidal mailed to 2..TW. Approximately 250 youths, who registered last October are the only ones who have not received their i|iiesHon nalres to date They will continue 4o be maih-d at the rate of 5o per day. Following Is a list of those to whom questionnaires were mall.il' 2251 .Simon M Schwartz. 2252 Koger Jkinlel llhihin 2253 Fairl P. Lloyd 2254 Robert Mark Braden 2255 Gordon Moser Lie. hty 22M Kenneth Lawrence Parrish 2257 Gerald Llhy 225* Ji*se Daniel Blume 2259 Adrian Joseph Llclith22fiu Ralph Robert (Hlllotn 2281 John Charles Letig.-rh h 22fi2 laiuis Henry Fuelling 228.1 Carl Thompson Noll 2285 Frederick Anthony Vogleweile 2268 Howard Clayton Holloway 2267 Harold Frmlei li k ll.irotmm 226 k lan la-ster Nussbaum 2269 Everett lx«r»~» la-hmati 2270 Orlando Carl la-hniali 2271 Clarence Eni.-tt Duck Ingham 2272 llnrold David Johnson 227-1 Antonio Castro 3274 Norliert William Altmann 2275 Harold Earl Steele 2276 Verlin Eugene Iturke 2277 Gerald Joseph Grandstaff 227 k Rusaell Doyle HrittMn 2279 Charlm John Mithleiikamp 22*0 Marcus Frederick Baiimgtirtner 2251 Carl Dudley Royce 2332 Orval Richard Roop 2233 Anthony Felix Murphy 22H4 Jesse Cary Sutton 2285 Merrill Burdett Weaver 22k6 Burt Allison Townsend Jr. 2287 Elmer Byron Harshman 2288 Ehner Gerke 2283- Bernard Theodore la*ngerk*h 2290 Joseph Francis Murphy 2291 Harold Idlewlne 2292 Raymond Adrott Fogle 2293-dJler Herman Neuensch wander 2294 Paul William Schelman 2295 Newman Harold Fisher 2296 Exra Schertz 2297 Morris Arthur Bleeko 2298 Ralph Richard Burk 2299 Thotnao August Sheehan ICXINTINUKD ON PAG■ THKKMD Donald Deaton Is New Berne Teacher Donald Deaton, of North .Manchester. has been named a teacher in the Berne high school, succeeding Mias Virginia Hamilton, who resigned Deuton, a graduate of Manchester college, will teach social studies. He has taught at Bryant for the past two years.

Price Two Cento.

Once Mightiest Ruler Os Eastern Hemisphere Dies, Stooped, Lonely Old Man EXILED IN 191 K Doorn. Holland. June 4 4U.R. - Former Kaiser Wilhelm IL *2. last of Germany's llohensollero emperors. died at H 1" » ’« today 4 4:30 a. tn CDTi at Dovnm house. The once mightiest ruler of the eastern hemisphere, war lord of the last war and a figure of world power for 30-years, had suffered To Be Buried In Exile RerHn. June 4 <UR- Former Kwlser Wilhelm 11. ruler of World War Germany who died today at Ihsirn. will be buried In exile. The official German news agency said the head of the royal house of HohenzoUem would he burled Monday In the Chapel of Doom niwtle. where he had lived altnoM since the day he had fled Germany Nov. in. 1918. a day before the World War nrinlMhe nn embolism of the lung during the night. His end was sudden but peaceI fnL IL- had auffered a cold and an int.-rnul ailment which sapped bls strength and k«-pt him indoors nt his 'estate, where he had spent most of the more than 2« years since, on Nov Id. 1918. he fl.ii across the Netherlands frontier from Germany with a few faithful officers and. over his vigorous protest. surrendered his sword to a young Dutch sergeant. Members of the Hohotizollem family were summoned from Germany to join the princess Hermlne of f4,hoenah‘h-<’arolnth. his second wife, at his Iwslxlde But after spending the Whitsun week <-nd holiday with Wilhelm, most of them returnisl to Germany yesterday and there was no' time to call them hack. By Wilhelm's death the formecrown prince Wilhelm 59 who had remained In Germany quietly during the rise of th.- Nazis, became head of the house of HohenzoUem. founded Ity Rurchnrdns of Zolorln who died aboiN 1061 tin the event of a British victory In the war. there was a possibility. If not a probability, of the restoration of the Hobensotlern dynasty In a feileratisl Germany In which ruling princes of the German states would regain their autonomous power. H hail generally been stiggest.il that not the former crown prince hut another Hohentollerti prince. In that event, would fake the throne I Wilhelm, once the symbol of Prussian militarism, had remained ~ron nwj’gtn nw e»nr rants) SOLON DIES IN MAKING SPEECH V - 1 Heart Attack Is Fatal To Rep. Edelstein; Ponder Powers Bill Washington, June 4 — <U.P - Representative Michael M Edels ateln. D., New York, died In I Ini house today after answering a speech by Rep. John M Rankin, D., Miss., who had charged that "Wall street bankers and International Jews" wv-re trying to plunge America Into <he war. Edelstein, obtaining unanlmtma consent of the house to reply to Rankin, had “deplored his mention of our Jewish hrelhern “ He left the house floor and enterrd the lobby. As he was talking with a friend he “threw up hla arms arnl suddenly collapsed.** according to George Bender. R., Ohio, who wn st indlng near. He was pronounced dead of a heart attack by Dr George W. Calver. capital phyriidan. Debate Property Draft Washington. June 4 — ttl.R, —• Two amendment to the aduilnfs(CONXlNLEb ON PACK iUKKgT