Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1941 — Page 1

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President Roosevelt Broadcast Navy Day Washington, Oct. 10 — <(’!•> Pre.idem Hiei.evelt dlacloM'd today that he will »p< ak to the nation and the world at 10 p. m. ' tl-IHTI Oclobof !7, on prtdtletna of i the navy and total defrnae. The ofM-ech will be In obarrvance of Navy Hay. GREAT BRITAIN I IS SENDING ALL AID TO RUSSIA Unlimited Quantities Ik* ing Sent; Press Demands Action Ixtndon. Oct. I# iV'Pt - Oreat Britain la .(applying the Soviet llnion with war tnaheriala on a lendImko baala .without aaking payment in unlimited quant it lea. laird Beaverbrook. mltil»ter of -upply. aald today Beavertirook dlacloaed that be- ' fore <he Britlwh kiiorh-an mia.ion conferred in Mote-ow on nupplie* for lhe lied army i-rime inlnl.ter WincMit Churchdl deilded that Britain iwould -end arena and tnunltiona to Kua«la without asking pay- ! tnent. The mlnlfter of aupply made i hia atatement after a daclaratlon by W. Averell Harriman, the chief of the American million, that he la convinced Kaia.ia will fight to the laat with faith in ultimate victory ibocauae Britain and the I I'nlted Ntatea aland behind the 1 Soviet ibaUle. Beaver*bnM>k then aald that there waa "no limit to the amount of material Britain is ready to send to the Soviet union under a lend-leaae plan. "He indicated that these shipments .would not ItH'lude raw materials. Political elemenn. new-graper. and public joined today in demand" I that the government aid Russia at i owe. Authoritative Russian sources said that given the choice between Anglo-American euppties and a | British atta< k anywhere fnan Norway to France. Russia would take the attack So great was the clamor for Brit- 1 inh action that there were inti-i I mations that Prime Minister Win-’ | ston Churchill might be compelled to shako up his cabinet and get I in stronger, bolder men. Russian sources said they would welcome a Brttlwh expeditionary force against any tierman held point fr.wn Narvik, on the Arctic . Norwegian coast, to Bret* on tho Brittany peninsula of occupied France. They said the total German divisions available to meet a British attack along rhe continental coast ■ from Northern Norway to Spain I did not egeeed 3tt perhaps 4W.0W1 men of secondary quality, with I no armored divisions and that an opportpnlty such as that ottered 1 now. might never recur. They said that the German air 1 strength outside the Russian front (CONTIWUBU ON PAOM SIX) WALTON SPEAKS TO ROTARIANS Community Service Is Theme Os Weekly Rotary .Meeting ■ — | Rev. George O. Walton, pastor, of the First Presbyterian church, delivered an Inspiring and con-, atructive dlscoure on "Community I Service.” at the weekly meeting of i the Decntur Rotary club Thursday, : evening. i The speaker, a member of the i club's committee on this typ> of service, urged the members of the i club to devote more time and ' thought to aiding the community ' in which they live. Pointing to the Rotary motto. “He profits moat who serves best," Rev. Walton urged the service club members to carry out the organiMtlon's ideals In every day life. An organisation which Is of no service to the community i< which It is formed is no longer a , worthwhile asmxlatlon. merely a hollow shell, the speaker stressed in closing E. W. Lankenau. chairman of lhe club's community service committee, also spoke briefly, asking members to present to the committee Ideas or projects which they considered as being worthy of promoting for the betterment of the community. Charles D. Ehlnger. club presi.dent, ctmduclud the BMmJiufl-

MORE PERSONS EXECUTED FOR i DEFYING NAZIS Momcow, Lindon Report Sabotage Growinx Through Europe By I'nlted Press The offl- lai tierman news agency reported today that 2A more persons had been egecuted and that nine would l» egecuted in BohemiaMoravia. from which di-puty retch protector Reinhard Heydrich had conditionally lifted the curfew because the t’sechs were once more "peacefully pursuing their bus!nesses and professions ” Fourteen persona were executed Wednesday In Prague and Brun and 12 yesterday for crimes ranging from preparation of high trea- , son and Illegal possession of weapons to sabotage. The nine condemned but not yet put to death were eight butchers and one merchant who sold meat and grain In the underground market. Npeclal courts In Prague and Brun have turned 111 cases over to the gestapo. the agency said. Meanwhile, the Free Dutch newspaper Vrlj Nederland said In London that over A.ooo Dutch men an dwomen had been put in concentration camps In Holland by the Natl*, and the Moscow radio broadcast reports that disaffection was spreading In Italy because of food shortages, the lack of raw materials and the number of German troops In the country. VRIJ Nederland said concentration camps and prisons In Holland were so crowded that new political prisoners were guarded In their homes or locked In private dwellings converted Into jails. The Moscow radio said dissident Italian elements were clamoring for peace, and were grouping around Marshals Pietro Hadogno and Rodolfo Graziani. Another ground for anti-German feeling, the radio said, was a report that Germany Intends to Incorporate Trieste. Flume and the northern part of Italy Into the German (CONTINUKIt ON PAGE FOGH> LANCE BEET IS PUT ON DISPLAY \"^/ t Pound Sugar Beet Delivered To Central Sugar Company One of the largest sugar beets delivered to the Central Sugar company during the campaign whl< h opened last week, is on display In this office, having been brought In by company oflclnls late Thursday afternoon. The beet, weighing Is’w pounds, was produced on the Rock Prescott farm In Mlsslsalnewa township. Randolph county. Il was delivered yesterday by Leon Ri< hert. trucker for Mr. Prescott. The Randolph county farmer has 35 acres planted to sugar beets thi» year and having harvested a good percentage of his crop, indications point to a yield of 15 tons per acre. j Growers received 19.A0 per ton last year for beets. Including their government payments. Present inI dilations point to a larger payment thia year. J Ward Calland. vicepresident and field manager of the company, stated Based on a 15-t<>n per acre yield, i with an approximate payment of 1 (to per ton for the HMI crop. Mr. ' Prescott would receive 1150 per 'acre for his yield. With an average coat of 125 per acre for seed, ’fertiliser and labor, his return would be SIIS per acre, an excellent cash return for the sugar beet ' crop. J -o School Editors At Journalism Meeting - — Rdbert Yost and James Holt-1 house, editors of Ravellngs, the Decatur high school publication and lhe D C. HI Light. Catholic high school quarterly, respectively, are In Bloomington this weekend attending a journalism conference. The young edilora will be guewts at the Migma Chi fraternity house; 1 and on Saturday will attend the Indiana-Texas Christian football game. Dr. Heiman B Wells, president. of the state university, will make, one of the principal addresses at the meeting, speaking on South American relation* Arrangement* for the high school editors to attend the conference were made by the Decatur IMHy Ihunoeral. a metwle-r of the Hoosier Slate Press Association.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 10, 1911.

Nazi Infantry Attack* by Boat I h I I - - -1- ’ - Z j? -* v-*. jr / ”_i< 3 L ; — - 1 infantry Iroopa cioan a Kovh*t rlv»*r in rubber iioatM (luring .in • attack (»n th** (•••tifral front, according to Il»*illn. which released thl* i radiophoto.

STOKER GIVEN PRISONTERMS 1 Confessed Kidnaper Given Sentences In Celina Court l Reportedly “cocky and defiant," I Mwrelice E. Htoker, 27. confessed t kidnaper of a couple In Celina, > Ohio, and another in Decatur, war - lodged In the Mercer county jail ■ today awaiting a trip to Columbus. Ohio, to start serving a sentence il In the state prison 1 Stoker was given three separate 1 aenieioes by Judge Raymond A. ■, Younger in common pleas court for the Celina crime. He was oentenced to serve t-JO years on a charge of auto theft. 10-26 years on a charge of armed ( robbery and 5-30 years on a charge of kidnaping, after he entered guilty pleas to all three counts, plat ed against him by grand jury Indictments. i Th.- sentence* are to run concurrently, ' Stoker reportedly "talked back" I to the court In a defiant manner , when sentence was Imposed. He admitted kidnaping Betty ( 1 Hauck and Urban Kaup in Celina and after releasing them and aban , dotting their <ar, coming to Deca , tur where he kidnaped Harold Jones of Bluffton and a girl companion at the Decatur street fair. He was later arrested In Ohio and returned to the Celina jail, where he admitted both the Celina and Decatur charges He was kept '.there, however, and tried on the Mercer county charges. The Celina girl told authorities that Stoker had raped het after 1 forcing her to tie up Kaup and 1 leaving him out of the car. Stoker repeatedly denied this charge, however. and wae not indicted on the 1 count. In Decatur he tame u|win the (OINTINCKI) OX l*«<»E TWO) o Wheat Protesting Meetinx Tuesday The Adams county wheat protesting association will hold a ' meeting at the Rinaker school, on - mile north of Monroe, Tuesday night. October 14 a* 7:30 p. m. Elmer Cook ol Allen county will apeak on "Wheat penalty and j taxes". The public Is Invited.

Business Census Shows This City Above-A verage Market

'Special to the Democrat) New York, Oct. 10. — The question “How active and prosperous a trading center la Decatur in comparison with other cities?" Is anaj we red fully in the 1940 census of , business taken by the department of commerce. The final results of ! the survey for every city in the United States, are now available. They show Decatur to be an above-average market. The annual \ retail sales In the city's 132 stores 1 totaled 42,895.000, a raise from the ' 42,460.000 recorded in the previous ' (19351 census. They represent sales of 1493 per capita as against *344 per person for the rest of the nation. These sales are principally for automotive equipment, which

Roy Price To Head Dairv Association Roy Price was elected president 1 of the Adams county dairy herd improvement association, at the annual organization meeting held . Thursday night at the county agent's office. Other officers are: Ben Mazelln. Vh-e-presldent; Peter B Lehman, secretary-treasurer; Henry Ashleman and Homer Arnold, directors. STUDENTS ENTER ESSAY GONTEST Fifty Decatur High School Students Enter Navy Day Contest Approximately 50 students of th<* two Decatur high nrhooH have entered the Navy Day essay contest conducted throughout the state us Indiana Henry B Heller, whu was named county chairman of the contest, has written to all principals and •upetlntendents of schools In th*county, relative to tliu contest. The article must be written in not les* than 300 nor more than stio words on "Our navy, its battleship, the U. 8. 8. Indiana and the tneii who man her" The essays must Im- In the hands of essay editor. Paul E. Fisher, public relations office. Naval atm ory. iiidianapolla. nut later than midnight. October 15. The winning boy and girl will each receive an expenses paid trip to the launchnig ceremonies of the U. 8. 8. Indiana at Newport Nows. Va. on Dncember 19. The winners will be announced on Navy Day. October 27. at Indianapolis. It Is believed that atltout .35 students of the Decatur juniorsenior high school have entered and the balance from the Decatur Catholic high M'h<M)l. All 25 senior students of the English class of Mlsn Eloise l,ewtoii at the public school have been required to enter. Former Prosecutor Reported Improved Lieut. Vincent Kelley, former prosecutor here, who has Iteen ill In the latGarde army hospital in New Orleans, Is reported Improved and able to be tip some.

— accounts for 4667.000, for food, 1 4530.000, general merchandise, i 4345.000, and lumber and hardware,' 3334.000. How well Decatur stacks up a gahist other cities as a market Is indicated by the fact that with only .0045 percent of the national |H>pulation It accounts for .0049 percent of the entire business of' the country, well above Its quota. Wages in Decatur retail estate Hshmenta. which use 371 full and part-time employes earning a total of 4304,000 annually, average 4*20 per employe a year, as compared ( with an average wage of 5727 In similar establishments nt other. communities.

Germany Claims Red Armies Encircled, Make Desperate Bid To Escape Entrapment

SHOW PLEASURE AT OUSTER OF PANAMA LEADER American, Latin Diplomats Pleased At ProNazi Ouster Washington. <>ct I#.—- «IT‘» Sources clone to the adinlnlstraI tlon today predicted that th<- coup d'etat In Panama would result lit a "|H-eding up of American defense preparations around the Panama Canal. American and Latin Amrelcan diplomats here made no effort to conceal their satisfaction with the removal of the alleged pro-Asls president, Arnolfo Anae, and the establishment of what Is considered a pro-demiMratlc government. There were no official statements on lhe coup, state department officials explaining that they had rereived no official reports of yi-ater-day's event*. Bitt it was known that considerable apprehension has been felt here over lhe political situation In Panama ever since Arias became president a year ago. Greatest concern was felt about canal defense work. Many qmw , lions regarding the canal gone have remained unsettled, including the construction of defense highways through the republic which is split In half by the canal gone, anti the amount of compensation to be paid Panama for antiaircraft defense areas which hud been ceded | to the I'nlted Ntales. Order Prevails Panama City. Oct. 10. (VPi — I Panama's new. pro-democratic government said today that absolute {order prevailed after Its coup d'etat. I and that the ousted pro-Nan president. Arnulfo Arias, had asked to be allowed to return from Havana as a "private clliren.'' Arias. It was said, telephoned i Ernrato Ja-en Guardia, who was second vice-president under him. and presldet for a few hours yesterday after the coup, and asked whether the political upheaval was fait accompli, and if It was. wheth er he could come hack. It was not learned what Guardia had replied But Arias' return is a question fur the new president, Ricardo Adolfo d- la Guardia, to decide. Ho far. Arias was aucused of nothing more than abandonltig hl* office. In vlolatlo of the constitution Whether Arias had got wind of the coup and fled to Cuba, or whether the new governtn- nt had taken advantage of his absence to assume power was nut < tear. The new guvernment worked late (CONTtNUBD ON PAOIfI WIVUt 0 LIONS PLANNING REGIONAL MEET International Officer To Speak At Meeting October 21 Ed Pahte. of Michigan City, first International vice president of the Lions club, will be the chief speaker at the regional meeting of the Lions clubs to be held in thia city nounced today. Other Mons notables to appear on Tuesday. October 21. It wax anon the program are: George E. Johnson, district governor, of Mishawaka; Tom Warrllow and Al Greene, state song leader and pianist of Gary; Glenn Hill, deputy district governor of Decatur. The meeting will open at 6:45 o'clock at the home of Adams I’ost I No 43. American la-glon. Madison and First streets. Approximately 200 members of Lions club In the district and their wives are expei ted to attend the event, the first regional meeting of lhe club ever, to be held In Decai tur. Gefald Zimmerman's orchestra will furnish the music and the dinner will be nerved by the American Legion auxiliary. Entertainment will follow the speaking program. Victor Eicher ( tv chairman of the event. D. Burdette Custer Is president of the local club and will assist in the i supervision. _ •

s.l. ADJUTANT TO OPEN DRIVE T. H. Hamilton To Attend Salvation Army Dinner Monday Adjutant T. H. Hamilton, state secretary of the Halvatlon Army in Indiana, will boa special guest for the Salvation Army annual dinner Monday at the K of P home Seventy five prominent citizens are planning to attend the complimentary dinner at 6:30 p. m. ami several ttwier vat lofts are expected to Im* In before the final count can Im- tabulated, according to word by Pete Reynolds. < halrtnan. Adjutant Hamilton la a spe< lai--Ist in social service work and has served in Salvation Army activities for the past Ik years. Ilm years of duties have given him opportunities to serve iHtth in I'attada and in this country He Is a graduate of the S A. theological seminary and training college In Chicago. In Indiana he has commanded the charges of Kokomo. ItlcMimington. laifayette and now ie on the state headquarters staff with offices In Indianapolis. The adjutant Is considered an authority on welfarproblems and has been a staum h crusader for religious teachings and through hie own Initiative has contributed many Ideas and methods for more effective work In Salvation Army program. During the |sist two years he has been aesigned to public- relations departmental work. The Salvation Army appeal is an authorized drive conducted annually. By having the appeal once a year, it is helpful In eliminating fake solicitors who eometlmes misrepresent In attempting tu pass themselves under the guise of Salvation Army workers. Pete Reynolds, county chairman, stated (CONTINUED ON PAGB TWO) PLAN TO TREAT REJECTED YOUTH Government To Salvaxe’ 200.U00 Rejected For Service Washington. Oct. 10. — tt'Pl — President Roosevelt today criticized the nation tor permitting conditions which have left 50 percent of Its youth mentally or physically unfit for army service and inaugurated a program to "salvage'* 200,000 of the 1.000.000 youths who have been rejected. i'nder the salvage program, the federal government will i>ay medical costs for treatment by local physicians of approximately 200.000 registrants whom localdrafl Icoards certify as susceptible to rehabilitation for army service The army expects to acacept virtually all of these 200.000 after I they undergo treatment by family I phyeh lans or dentists al federal ' expense*. Mr Roosevelt said. Describing the salvaage program ns only the initial objective, Mt Roos* veil said that existence of conditions which permit so high a ratio of rejections U an indictment of America He said he would launch a long range program calling for cooperatlo not states, counties, cities, townships and individuals to rtnedy the conditions which are the underlying cause of Jhe bad situation. ■0 " ■ Gospel Proxram Here Saturday Evening An open air goupel program will be held at the south side of the court house Saturday night at 7:30. sponsored by Rev. Carey It. "Moser, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city and Rev. Clarence Durham. pastor of the Liberty Center Baptist church. A puddle address system wilt be used and the public is Invite,! to attend - o--— ■ Church Session To Meet This Evening All msmbers of the boa-d of elders of the First Presbyterian church are requested to be present tonight for the regular meeting of the session. Thu meeting will be I held al 7:30 Lu the church piulurz.

Price Two Cento.

Reports Circulate Nazis Break Through Russian Defenses; Soviet Rushes Reserves To Front. NEARING MOSCOW Washington. Oct. Hi—(UP) —Prestdent Roosevelt said today that he has heard nothing at all about reports that fioviet Russia might be seeking an armistice to end its struggle with Germany, He made the remark in response to a direct press conference inqctry about such reports. lU-rlln. Oct io ll'Pt Trapped R>-<! army forces on the eastern front are fighting desperately to break out of the German encirclement hut have been repulm*d with heavy losses by "destructive blasts from countless German batteries,** a military a|Mifceaman said tonight. l(e|Mirta circulated that the Ger* mans have broken through the Russian defenses at Perekop, leading to the Crimea Isthmus, and had struck northward from the Orel sector to within !<«' miles of tfoev south gale to Moscow, but tlm apokesman declined to confirm these reports. "You must wait for the special communiques." he said. Authorized sources supplemented this by asserting that the wholn German eastern front was moving forward in a vast offensive and that the attacking front was being extended In width and depth. The high command aald that Orel 210 miles south of Moscow, had been captured Oct. 3. the second day of the general offensive. It reported that fresh Russian attempts to break through the German line* at l*enlngrad with thy aid of tanka had bewn beaten off and that more than 12 t*M> prisoners, 161 field guns and several tanks hail Iteen captured on tho Estonian Baltic Islands of Oesel and Miihti The hlgTt command said German airplanes had Immbed f'rimean air fields, railroads on the central and southern fronts and "military ole jectiveu at la-ningrad during thn night. In an annihilation (tattle In tho Bryansk sector, the DNB news agency reported, the Germans wiped out the "remnants" of threo "trapped" Russian divisions, totaling up to 45 ihh) men. Reserves In Battle Moscow Oct 10 (I P) - Russian reserve forces were reported hastening to the central front today to aid the Red army in a furious battle to prevent the jaws of a giant German military trap from closing on the defenders of Moscow. "New reserves are entering the battle." the Red Star said In calling upon every Soviet citizen to aid In meeting the admittedly grave emergency "Our best strength Is enroute to aid the men on the fighting front." tmNTtNUBD ON t**<lK EtV«> O - GEBALD DURKIN IS APPOINTED City Mail Carrier Appointed As Rural Route Carrier Gerald R. Durkin, well known city mall carrier, today was named rural carrier on route six out <>E the Decatur post office, the ap* pointtnent being made by Smith Purdurn. second assistant postmaster general. Mr. Durkin will assume his new duties October 20. la*o Kirsch. Decatur postmaster, announced. He will fill the vacancy which has existed since the retirement of Wilson F. Beery of this city, former carrier on route six. Mr. Beery was retired August 1, IFHU, because of the age limit. The new route carrier began hl* service* with ths* postal department in April. 1»37. In August. IMli. he was named a city mall carrier and has been serving in that capacity for the past four years. The appointment was made following an open competitive examination held by the civil service In this city several months ago Besides Mr. Durkin, other successful