Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1941 — Page 1

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lIION OF igiNOED MIN IMPROVED , h»V I" H,ld For pa of WournM Mr\ifin *rrn late lb'* KU*. »"<« h'"*" l '* l r aiii,. hi save I On* r T* who *** 1 . V*’ l *'*' ' * I* (rTt)M m a hr**l »l P . . „ vM acid (or the F®' . ,«(•(! Relt(»» •h*’" m to I hi- hospital 111 r* l,krr * ,u * h *‘* ?*,. t!4 „ omj|l l| hi* con nun h improved wnmint. hiFV ~||| Mievetl critical. p, ' turned iate I# * n "boi't L twM |« *hi< h the bullet BBWW" 1 IhriHWh hi* body. cd ' Vi, ‘* L^: f kaovn a* a rugged In u p>wrf* 1 "i r * n unu***l m g fiUlliy Lgg, Vvlet'i a*"* ll ' Cta»r*' aha* Prado, i* (iW drill sarvefllanrr of ■ u l.Urr at the Adam* jpj. a|i.ri> hr i« being h- til i Isft4 w Maiait Chari** will de pw'il i» ahether or not inwrm. il W believed. iflitM and her seven cbllW» ton take* Into the home aMino sdihbor under thi* m «f utherltlet to prevent gattonli of the brawling In gplt Drill an Inhabited Til* j dfirrjvllle. 1* mile* south#th* ritjr Ip» wed In the alleged K U sM-tino .41 calibre MNr. n ia thi* possession hrt MiUcr after being taken i(knit when he «»rrenderi*d Ir/.ri The dim harged carti m f*w>d bjr the sheriff in Id thi Cham home, where ■naf octarri-d. itiiwdrd «un wa* found unit M m«i of f'havet car un-, 9» inrtioa of Chare*, who b pc it there for "«afi-k*< p•tfhitei and bta wife both at the shooting wa* aggravat(filet. Chare*’ own descrip, due hriwl ia difficult to ibtaaae of bin inability to iMwtak the English language, i wwui coitit ldeni e waa Mhwhfht ydkierday when ofwd hath Adam* and Well* pi arrived at the ahooting » bteitigair. Since the FMs passe* through the dtW idti* rlllagc. the west ftbrilia** la in Well* counIht on in Adame. Because **** '«ok place immediate the (enter of the road. >Mrrt»e became a matter ■BM Miller and Adama coun- ■*!*• to handle. Os The World 1 Prnt 5? ~ Prraiee Josef Stalin a Rn.atan-British j wet conference in Moilon* 'erm plan* to Cel. ** r ‘ , " <l P°mical' U **T that an , u Z* "** "ttpreme al1,^ of 'he last war "•lit front R. IWr„a authorities , CT ,o^‘< n ‘* r » rlKlting I .re Monday I MWtrtara reported toIfilMt te P^nrlng •» iaj UM .^. ddninar M Wr »*ninat U n . Ilday ' H ,mm Slockholm NflaUU!?* >re atm hhtfor. ; k " ,h * F »eek to ai^JV* I*** 1 *** in! Held For Thefts V 1 by ear ***** iu «olen at' — IT? th, il. H * m tn,* * mi mid hl® P C “* u,r ’ Sl^Aitnon * Uoaw <‘. Kau,

ROAD TIX FOR TWO TOWNSHIPS I’nion And Kirkland Only Township* NeedInjc Tax levies By applying the balance in the township fund* to the •-**.«»mat debt, ! irrunty auditor V'lctor ICli her ha* b.*en aide to eliminate ls»«! levies in all eiiept tw« of the 12 town.hip*, the table of tax rat*** show*. only l‘nlon and Kirkland township* Will l»»e road tag levies pay able neat year. In Union the rate will l>e five cent* and In Kirkland one cent on the liati The i’nion !tfWt)«hlp rale will ra'«e ff.lo and ' the penny levy in Kirkland will produce Ido, that being the amount of the deficit in the account Karly eatlmate* placed the proposed levy in Washington townchip. which levy appHn* to the lie catur rate at three rente, a redWr i lion of f*iur cent* under the present seven tent rate In minplllng the twble, this township ha* sufficient lialauce to redeem the outstanding oad iMind* and Interest without a levy neat year, a saving of seven rent*. Twenty ymr* ago. as W aiipear-c-d in a column in Ihe I hilly IMnocrat lasi Wednesday, the bonded road d**b! of the 13 lownahlps was 01 twT.75“. Btlice ihe repeal of the : three-mile road building law. Ihe <l*ai*t ha* I teen steadily decreased, i this year wiping out ihe entire a mount except In the two township* Auditor KU-her bus made a thorough check of the bond record anti ' announced today that wMh the Iwtanre* on hand. Il would not be necessary to make levies in French. Wabash, limit. Pruble Blue Creek, Hartford. Jefferson. Monroe. Sit. Mary's, In addition to Washington Adams county built more than ?5« miles of macadam and hard surfaced road* and it was estimated by enuuty official* that the road improvement* fiaid through taxation exceeded $2 fgW.oOO, Truck Driver Will Face Trial Monday Calvin Fa lit, wUo wa# arroted on a reckle** driving count a* •of a two-truck crash in Hetatur earlier thi* week, will lie arraigned before Mayor Forrest Kltey Mon- 1 day to answer to the charge. The condition of Robert Welker.' who was aerlously hurt in the , crash, was reported as Improved today. FaHi and l-awrence Fuelling, driver of the other truck, escaped serious Injury. LOCAL LIBRARY | BUDGET LISTED Proposed Decatur Public Library Levy To Be Six Cents j The propmed 1*42 Decatur public library levy la aix centa in Decatur and Ihree centa In Washington j lownshtp. according to the 4utdget submitted by John R Parrish, secteiary of the library hoard. Based ihi a valuation of |S..T!M.I3ri In Deeatur, the levy will raise 13.234.ux and based on a valuation of 12.24G.5MX In Washington town- 1 ship || will raise |C7SM. a total of 14.045 The budget total of 14.5U0, Is broken down aa follow*: personal j services, |l.*oU, contractual ser-j vlcea. $»»«: supplies. $I5«; current charges. |!50; properties. fl.&tMi. The budget lists JG.I4U as the total funds required, of which 11.510 is to lie taken from appro prlatlons unexpended on July 31 of thla year. The actual balance on that date was 11 dido. Taxes to be collected for the present year are 11.750;, miscellaneous revenue is *130; fees and other revenue, |G»S. making a total fund of *4.075. The net amount to be raised for expenses to December 31 of ineumlng year I* 12.0G5 and the operating balance , is set at fl.sxo. A comparative statement of the taxes collected In previous years shows the following amounts: t 13.72* 3* In I*3*; 14.107.55 In 1940 and 13.X21.12 In 1941. I " • (*len Beavers Passes Ohio Bar Examination Word has been received here, stating that Olen Beavers, of Toledo, Ohio, formerly of Decatur, has Passed his bar examination after completing hi* law study at Ohio Blate university last June. Mr. Beavers was administered 'he oath yeettrday at Columbus. Ohio (by Carl W. Weygandt. chair man of the Ohio state supreme court. Mr Beavers ia the sou of j **r», Emerson Heavers ot Decatur.

F. I). IL, Churchill Part After Historic Conference o *■ **■ IBB*, i v % Hr •' :* 1"m Vjfl I WB\ 4 jmHqH v , L % ff wW-- \ h ■ v., Kndlng their hl-torli conference somewhere on ihe Atlantic ocean. President Roosevelt and ltritl*h prime minister Winston fhurehill. right almve -ihake hand* and lild eaijl other farewell Thi* acetic limk place a boat d the l‘ S S Augusta a* tile two leader* parted after formulating their right point peace program and dim-Ussing American Brill*h Hit**Ut« collaboration Standing In-hind the president I* one of hi* sons. Knslgtt Franklin D Roosevelt. Jr . of the i'nlted State* Navy

LIVE SUBJECTS TO BE STUDIED Former Monmouth Principal Return* From Trip To West Hclence students of Liberty Center high school In Wells county have an interesting term of study ahead, thanks to the ingenuity of Fme»l Curtis, Liberty Center principal and former principal of the Monmouth high school in Adam* county. Live subjects to lie Stlldi- ll ill the actenet* classes of the school include a wild hog. also known as a llavelina. a bobcat, two coyote* and two foxes. The animals were returned here by Mr. Curll* from a trip through the western United State* and Mexico recently. ffe secured a special permit from the state of Arizona to bring the animals back for study purpo*es. Most unusual (*f all I* the wild hog. whose appearance slightly resembles that of the domestic animal of the earn.- family, but whose characteristic* are far different. Ill* temper and vicious nature are especially different than ilia tame members of the specie*. Principal Curtla al*o brought back a number of Interesting Indian handicraft Items for class tt*e. In addition to score* of souvenir*. Mr. Curll*. with hi* wife and little daughter, Mary Jane, traveled 10.000 mile* this summer In making the trip. Os the total. 3 000 Were driven ill Mexico. lit addition lo visiting the grand canyon, petriffed forest, painted d>wert and other places of national Interest, the Curtis family made apedal trips lo four Indian reservations, NAME SPEAKERS FOR INSTITUTE County School Institute To’Be Held Here AuffUHt 28 Speaker* for Ihe animal Adams county teachers’ Institute have been aelected. It wa* announced today by Lyman L. Hann, who asaumed the office of county school superintendent today. The institute will lie held In the Lincoln school In this city on Thursday. August 2X The speaker* will he V. F. Schwa I in. president of Manchester college at North Manchester, and David D. Vaughn, professor of sociology at Boston university. Boston. Massachusetts. The former will speak at the morning seasion of the Institute and the latter at the afternoon sea* lon. All teacher* of the county school* are required to attend the Institute. The county school* will hold a preliminary opening on August 29. Classes will opeu Tuesday, September 2.

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Drake To Conduct Airplane Auction Col. C B Drake of Joliet, Illinois, a member of the instructors’ staff j of the Reppert school of auctioneering here, will on August 23 and 24. at Wheeling. Illinois, conduct urha* Is reputed to Ih* world’s first auction sale of airplanes. Used plane* will sold at auction to t«- held at tlie I’.vlwank<*e airport in Wheeling. The sab* is heralded as the first of its kind ever to he staged. ROOSEVELT TO RETURN TODAY President To Land At Rockland, Me., Thi* Afternoon Rockland. Me.. Aug, 1G <URPresident Roosevelt comes to shore today to stiffen American resistance to the axis powers and set up forceful opposition to Japanese ambitions for a new order In the far east. Altoard the presidential yacht Potomac. Mr. Roosevelt will reach here between noon and 3 p. m. A special train will be waiting at the dork* to hurry him to Washington, where he arrive* tomorrow. In a series of executive and legislative conference*, he will Implement the decisions reached In hi* sea conferences with prime minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain. This disclosure gave rise to the possibility that In u press conference the president might define for Ihe nation Ihe Inmiiiil* of America's part in Ihe eight-point program agreed upon at the Rooaevell-Chur-chill meeting, a program which spoke of the "final destruction of Ihe Nail tyranny.” Little Is known of the high sea* conference beyond the eight principles upon which the leaders of llhe two greatest democracies (based their "hopes for a better future for the world ” White House source* declined any comment and would not even prttmlte that a prea* conference would be held. Columbia City Firm Given Uniform Order Columbia City. Aug. Id. — The niue Belled! lobe Manufacturing company here has been awarded a $222.5X5 order for U. 8 army fatigue uniform*, according lo an announcement made through the war department office* at Washington. The local company haa prevloualy received Iwo order* from the government for work uniform*. Fire I§ Extinguished By Police Officer A truck lire wa* extinguished about 1 o'clock thla morning by Officer Roy Chilcote with the police car extinguisher. Officer Chilcote was crulalng on federal road 27 bypass when he noticed the fruit truck approaching with a tarpaulin covering flaming. He stopped the truck and extinguished the blaze.

.RELIEF LEVY TO DECREASE Washington Township Poor Relief Levy Slashed 27 Cent* i —. 11 The Washington township p >or I relief lax levy collectable next j year, will tie cut {hum 57 to 30 cent*, j on the $I«n», estimates prepared In j the county auditor's office sh.iw . 1 pplie* lo Decalut and j the reduction will aid materially | in reducing the total tax rate pay- \ able (in city property. I The 57 cent rate will produce j S3X.G2B. while ihe 3« cent levy will ' raise approximately IJn.Tini. The [ cut is made possible. Victor Richer. | auditor, stated, because the town- ' ship fund has a working balance .land estimates for next year's ex- . peiulltii.es are not as high j Poor relief costs are coining down . | In nearly every one of the 12 town- . ships. Three townships will have an Increase In poor relief levies. , due to heavier expenditures this ( , yar * The proposed rate*, together with' . the 194! levies follow: Township I"II Rate 19-12 Rale Union —«... 7c 3c I Root «<’ 3c . Preble . 1c lr , Kirkland 2c , Washington 57c 3nc r Ht. Mary's 12c 2c Itlne Creek .— lc lc , Monroe ...—- 7c 4c . French 5c 2c r Hartford .. .. lc *«' , Wabash 14c BV , Jefferson 20c 23c LORRE MEMBERS : TOFORTWRYNE * «. Mooseheart Superintcni dent To Speak Next Tuesday Night The regular meeting of Adams lodge 1311. lavyal Order of Moose, will be qpspended Tuesday evening a j to permit the in cm tier* to attend Ihe Fort Wayne lodge meeting, i A class of 100 candidates Is to [ he Initiated during ceremonies at k the Fort Wayne order that night. . Wesley J. Leinweber. Moosehesrt . superintendent, will he the prlnct- . pal speaker at the meeting. Much of the Industrial anil academic In- ) slrticilotts at the child city, maintained by the Moose, is tinder his guidance. Moosehcart was founded In 1913 hy Hen. James J. Davis ami has as its basic belief "Every child Is j entitled to a high school education and a trade." 1 The ritualistic ceremony will bo r performed by the members of the t Fort Wayne degree staff, t —— - — I NOON EDITION

Russian Army, Heartened By U.S. And British Aid, Striking Back Hard At Invading Nazis

MORE AID FOR SOVIET RUSSIR IS PREDICTED New Leaso-I/4*itd Program Ti» Include Aid For Soviet Union Washington. Aut Id tl'Pt — The administration I* r*vl«lng ll* new !ea*e-lend program of aid for nation* resisting the Axi* to Include comprehensive ant to Russia, it wa* believed today. Officials made what they said were "pure guesses" that congress would in- asked to appropriate |IO.ooo.ooiMMto or more to aid Britain. Russian and China. The sum originally contemplate-! wa« six billion Estimate* of the revised program will lie submitted to President Roosevelt when he return* to Washington tomorrow. tlreatly accelerated American and British aid to Russia was foreshadowed In a letter sent premier Slalln by President Roosevelt ami prime minister Winston Churchill suggesting that they -end high offii dais to Moscow for conferences i with him and other high Ru-slati officials. There-was no official here j willing to Interpret an ominous sentence in the letter. That sentence was: "The war goes on upon many front* and before It is over there I may lie further fighting fronts that j I may In- developed ” I. "Further fighting front.” it was suggested, was British .Malaya in southeastern Asia, menaced by the Japanese move into Indo-China and i French West Africa, where it has been presisteatly reported the (Sermon* seek air and naval liases fnini which to menace South Atlantic shipping and the Houth American isiast. (treat Britain and the United | State*, the letter made plain. ar>* coltotioratitfg to supplement the aid they have already *.*tlt to the Soviet union, with a long range program designed to (bring "a complete victory" over (Jertnany. REDUCTION ON GAS ORDERED Ten Percent Reduction In Fast Coast Deliveries Ordered Washington, Aug. Id—‘fl’Pl Defense official* said today that the order requiring a 10 percent reduction in deliveries of gasoline to east coast filling stations will be supplemented by more drastic restriction on consumption. Administrator l,eon Henderson of the office of price rscl fft in tint rat ion and civiian supply ordered deliveries cut by 50.000.tM0i gallons a month at the request of defense oil coordinator Harold 1,, fcke* He said that the order was intended only as an "interim" move which will 4n followed by a further plan for allocating dhstribution and consumption of gasoline which most officials interpreted to mean that consumer rationing is imminent. The slop gap action was taken when the reaulta of a voluntary reduction plan, which aim Involved at 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. blackout of tilling stations, were disappointing. Blue Creek Township Faculty Announced The teaching staff for the Blue Creek township «chool* has been announced (by trustee William II Patterson. The teachers are: Lulu May Chickedannce. Farmerwburg. district one; Mrs. Albert Ooppess. Mori roe. district four; Mrs. Russell Owens. Decatur, district five and Daniel O. Hoop, district tlx. — o McClure Ih Named As Staff Sergeant In orders Issued recently at Fort Bragg. North Carolina. Bgt. Cover McClure, formerly of Decatur, was appointed staff sergeant. He la the son or Mrs. Mary McClure. Military authorltlM at Fort Bragg statist that his promotion wa* Imsed on attention to duty and soldierly qualities.

Takes Office J li M Lyman I. ll,cm former prim I pal of the Moiimotith high school, assumed his duties as superintend ettt of ihe Adams county school* today, a post to which he was elected t>y the township trustees of the county In June SCOUTS LEAVE ON CAMP TRIP " 1 27 Decatur Boy Scouts lA*av(‘ Sunday For NineDay Outing Twenty-seven Decatur B«v i Scouts and eight Scmiter*. under the supervision of Sylvester Everhart. loeal Stout commissioner, will leave early Sunday morning on a nine-day fishing trip to the Beaver j Basin on l«ike Superior. The trip climaxes an Intensive summer program in Remit activities. Each Remit qualifying for the trip must I* l a first class Scout or have made advancement from previous rank, must have attended loeal camporee, attended and been recognized a* an "honor camper" at Big Island camp, have contribut cd three hours service to some local Scout project and worked lit concession stand at Worthman Field, from which revenue was oli- | taiio-d for the trip The party will stop at Marshall. Michigan for church services Sunday morning and will camp out Sunday night south of the Strait*, arriving at Heaver Basin Monday afternoon The time In camp will in* spent fn fishing, swimming and hiking. The party will be forced to "pack In" to camp, one-fourth mile off laike Superior. On the return trip tip- Scout* and Scooters will camp between Milwaukee and Chicago Sunday night. On Monday they will be taken on a sightseeing tour of Chicago and will witness the White Sox Yankee baseball game, returning to this city following the game. In addition to Mr Everhart a* supervisor, the following Scouter* have been placed In charge: Dr. Ben Duke, camp doctor; W. F. Ilccry. camp cook: taiwell Smith, menu chairman: Rev Charles M Prttgh and Harry T. (Irube, campfire program chairmen: Arthur Hooten, camp treasurer; D Burdette Custer, camp project supervisor. Cary City Workers Strike Is Settled Oary. Aug. 1G. —A? 2 hour strike of C.ary city employes engaged In street and sewer maintenance and garbage collection wa* ended by Mayor E. L. Rcltalble’s agreement to Include provision fn the 1X42 budget for a wage Increase of 10 centa an hour for theae workers The employes. 120 In number, walked out Thursday. O—■ — Chinese Banker Shot Dead By Terrorists Shanghai, Ang. IG—Kenson (lee. Chinese hanker who was known to have close connections with the government of Generalissimo Chiang Kat-Rhek. was shot dead by five terrorist* In a crowded street In front of the American rlnb Police from the central station adjoining the club opened fire on Ihe assassins, one of whom was wounded and captured. A Chinese pedeertau waa killed by a stray shot and a woman was wounded.

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'Josef Stalin Arrantting For Conference With United State* And British Official* TO CHECK JAPS By I'nlted Pres* The Hovlet union Joined *wlftly today lit American and British plans for all possible atd to bolster the Bed army in furlmi* new battle* against German armed forces from Finland to the Black R<-.i With Russians reported an iking i hai k hard against Nazi offensive* I against la-ningrad. Moscow and the j Ukraine war industries. J(**cf Binj lilt arranged for a meeting with I London and Washington represenI tatlves, according to the official I Russian radio, at the earliest po*I slide moment The action wa* In I line with a message sent to »ho I Russian premier by President Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill after their meeting at sea. Moscow hailed the Joint action as uniting "the three greatest pom or* In the world" with vast man power and resource* against the axis bloc and predicttsl that the Nazis would tie crushed There was speculation that laird Itcaverbrook. now In Washington, or foreign secretary Anthony Eden would represent Britain at the meeting in Moscow and that secretary of war Henry L. Btlmson or secretary of navy Frank Knox would represent the United States. In the far east, report* circulated in Shanghai that Japan had ordered all foreigners out of Man- ■ tin kilo and closed the gates to that potent ial fighting front against 1 Russia in order to facilitate military movement. Recently there had been scat tered (laslies tret ween Russian and Japanese force* on the Hitierlan border and the Japanese people were warned that the danger of war wa* more acute than ever because the Roosevelt-Chttr-ehill conference was largely aimed at Japan The British made no effort to hide determination to check any Japanese move In the far east, especially if Tokyo sought to blockade Vladivostok or otherwise Interfere with American British war shipments to Ril**-ia via Pacific. The outstanding Impression In Loudon was that the United State* was largely responsible for guarding the democratic fate in the Pacific was strengthened as a re*ult of the s-point peace aims declaration and the Impending conference in Moscow. On t{te fighting front, Ru-«ian planes again struck at Ib-rliu and the luftwaffe was reported turned back from Moscow, hilt on the battle field there appeared to be iti(icaslngly severe fighting The Russian communique for the first time In several days referred specifically to the Ukraine front, reporting that there "I* especially severe fighting In ihe south " Berlin's dispatches continued to report that the Red army was being pushed hack and “mopped up" in the Dnieper river bend but It wa* admitted that the Russians were fighting hard a* they retreated. — - - — G. E. Workers Given Profit-SharinK Melon Employes of the G K works in Fort Wayne and Iteealur yesterday received iheir share of the $2,373.no proftt-hartat melon distributed throughout the entire company. Total amount dtstrlbu'-d locally has not been announced o " Postpone Departure For Army Maneuvers Ft. Custer. Mich.. Aug. 1G Departure of the United States army's sth division for second and third army maneuvers tn laiuisiana, scheduled for Monday morning, wa* postponed suddenly late Friday. MaJ.Jlen. Charles 11. Boneateel, commanding ihe division said tho departure was deferred "for a few days" and that a new date for it "will lie announced later" lie declined to advance a reason for tho postponement. TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a- m. 84 10:00 a. m. #9 11:00 a. m. 72 WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday; slightly cooler tonight.