Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1941 — Page 5

L NOVEMBER 10. 1941.

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fcITIONERY & ICE (REAM PLANT ■ Public Auction May's Cons act tanary, Dacatur, Indiana, 142 8 Second St biesday evening, nov. nth at 7:00 P. M. as a whole, live bustnuM. oaMbtlahed in ISM. Fully Mall equipment new witbin last i yiar- This la a splendid Mlnsp»<t i,n invited anytime before sale Situated in pne of ■awns In I'nlted States Mr. Staley will gladly give any Infor* ■Hired by those Interested. ■: 14 Cash Balance cash within 10 days Absolute clear ■t »ill be furnished. HARRY STALEY, Owner ■boson, Auctioneer luBUC AUCTION I Hear, property located at 910 Adams street will be sold to St Mder on FRIDAY, Nov. 14 at 3:39 P. M. M>. semi modern home, on large lot 70*132, has recently been 9 iSMated and resided with weatherproof siding. ihls home I stale of repair throughout, is well located One car garage, i*" spot, fruit and shade trees. K% cash on day of sale, balance upon de livery of good •ssslon in in days. Ivan Heare, Mrs. Ivan Hear?, Owners ®* n " AI) S Blair Auctioneers "‘•••tl hy Midwest Realty Auction Co., Decatur. Ind Phone Mists sales service anywhere. PUBLIC SALE CALENDAR Staley Canfactionary, 142 8 Second St. Roy S John M». Auot. “’•f Acres and personal property, Allerton, lowa. J. F. San, "’•*», D, 8. Stab*. c . w Kant. Auctioneers. ■william Dettmar A Frank Kaiser, 10 miles North of Decatur •" State road 27. Roy 8. Johnson A Son, Aucts ‘J’Hobbs, 1 mile nodth 2 miles west of Monroeville. Roy Johnson A Bon. Aucts Troutnor, mile west of Pleasant Mills. Complete , ’I out sale. Roy Johnson A Son. auctioneers. Hears property at 910 Adams street. J. F. Sanmann, l r ,, •*"ir, Auctioneers. lJ" 1 Heffner Estate. Monroe. Ind. Jeff Liechty. Auct. I!??? 1 •"<* *>". '/a wills South <•» ’’ reble - J> F •• nm * nn f-Vl? ‘ a,lir - Auctioneers “""7 Corner Case at Antwerp. Ohio. J. F. Sanmann and . A Blair, Auctioneer*. t El A Marvin Stoutonberry. Bellmont farm, 2 miles I -" of Decatur. Livestock sale, Roy Johnson A Son, Aucts. a’ m 1 mite North of Elwood. Guernsey cattle. > & Son, Auct* Dotha Robinson, 7 miles West of Waynedale on lower ro,d ' A«y Johnson A Son. Aucts i eh.«* X Me Mshon. 7 miles Southeast of Fort Wayne on Win■_u,, „ r °ad. Roy Johnson A Son. Aucts. I M, "of o"<f Sow Haggard. 4 m.les Southeast of If bounty farm road. Roy Johnson A Son. Auctd. [A . C L' M •* lr < • "»•••• Northwest of Decatur. Roy John. buTL 4 Aucts. . Mil anq r UM€ | Meyers. Convoy, Ohio. Roy Johnson A k_' Auctioneers. [*‘ n Sisbold, Larwill. Ind. Roy Johnson A bon. Aucts.

with an auto driven by Mrs Rertha Rolce. of Fort Wayne at the junction of federal road 27 by-paaa and the old 27 route, north of Mon mouth Mrs. Rolce told deputy Gllllg, who Invastlgated. that she did not see the other car. because of the snowstorm The Rauch car was Just pulllug onto the new high way when the crash occurred Mr Rolce and two others in the Rolce auto escaped Injury, an did the driver. LOCAL MAN'S BROTHER DIES Manchester College Student Editor Dies Saturday funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at Coesse for James Mowrey. W. Mam hestwr <-o|lege student and brother of John Mowrey. of this city, who died Mat urday afternoon al the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. Death was attributed to lymphatic leukemia. He had been at the hospital two weeks. The youth was the son of Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Mowrey of Union township. Whitley county and was graduated from the Coesse high school At the time of his death he was president of the senior < lass at Manchester college and editor of the collage paper. Oak Loaves. Surviving are the parents, the brother here, and two other brothers Robert and Lyle at home; a sister. Margaret at home and a grandmother. Mrs. Sylvaaeu* Mowrey of Whitley county. The services will lie hr Id at 2 p m. Tuesday at the Lutheran church in f’oesse. and burial will be in the chun h cemetery. ■ ■ 0 Elwood .Man Die* In Three-Auto Crash New Is-haiion. O. Nov 10 <l'P» ! -Charles Greene 07, Elwood. Indiana was killed today in a three-car collision. Mrs Elia Johns. Elwood I and Virgil Greetie. son of the deed man. received minor injuru-s

WEATHER BOOMS HIGHWAY TOLL Rain And Snow Bring Mounting Death Toll In Indiana illy United Ureas I Rain, freexlng temperatures and snow throughout the alate pushed Indiana's trafli. death toll sharply upward ns authorities today reported 17 dr-ad In highway a< cldenta I over the weekend. Five more persons died of injuries suffered in trnflli accidents earlier in the week, bringing the total to 23. Klale police said that the fatal accompaniment to winter's debut In Indiana was partly due to poor Visibility caused by fog. aa well as slick and Icy pavements, and warn cd motorists double precaution must be taken to reduce the state's | already abnormal death toll. The fatality Itot Paul Helmick. 3P, Mouth Rend, and his wife, believed to have drowned when their automobile plunged Into the Ht. Joseph river al Nouth Bend after crashing a bridge guard rail Police were unable to Hud the bodies although the car was hr ought to the surface. William Hoffman, 3d, Jasper, and James Hamilton. It. Paoli, crushed to death between a ear driven by Victor Rusch of Dubois and a parked wrecked truck while attempting to fasten a tow rope to Hamilton's automobile lying In a ditch Harry Sinclair. M. Mishawaka, injured fatally when he was struck by an automobile while crossing a Mishawaka street intereaection. Harlan K Richardson. 5-1. of near Otterbein, killed instantly after falling from th. rear of a pickup truck near New Oxford Edith Harrell, 40. of near Aurora, injur'd fatally when she fell from a skidding automobile driven by her husband near Aurora. Charles B Sheets. 45, of near Columbia City, killed when bls automobile struck a steam shovel ala bridge seven miles south of Huntington. Max Hinman. 17. Kimmel, killed In the crash of his automobile with a semi-trailer. Hinman failed to atop for a traffic signal at the intersection of U 8 30 and Ind. 13. police reported. Donald Kinder, fl-year-old Marlon youth, killed when he was struck by an automobile on a Marton street. Clareuce N Ridge. 37. Paxton, killed after being struck by <nnautomobile and hurled Into the path of another near laiporte. Donald Pai dee. 41. Crown Point, killed when he stepped from his automobile to assist In a seven-t ar ■ rash on highway 41 south of Hammond In which 13 persons were injured. Albert tleilow. Three Oaks, Mich., and his wife Emma, both killed when their automobile crashed into another near Chesterton. Police said Icy pavement cairned the fatal skid and crash into the Gellow ma chine. Christopher Billingsley, 55. South Bend, injured fatally wh* it he was struck by a hit run driver at South Bend, Josejih Belinsky. 40, Belina, kill rd Instantly when his automobile struck a tree south of Muncie. Thomas Coughlin, 50, Muncie, injured fatally when his car skidded on Muncie street <ar tracks and struck a patked automobile. Newton .Manship, 71 year-old retired farmer, diet) from injuries suffered last week when he was struck by an automobile as he crossed a Noblesville street. Henry W. Lelatner. 33. Tell City, tiled in on Evansville hospital Saturday from injuries received Friday when he cither fell from a bicycle or was struck by a hit-run driver. Lloyd M Johnson, IK. of near Plymouth, died Saturday of injuries eitffctt-d last Sunday in ah auto smashup near Donaldson. Mr Myrtle Smith. SA. died at Anderson from Injuries suffered in an automobile wreck last Saturday Mis. Daisy Higgins. SH. died in a Kokomo hospital from injuries suffered Friday when she was struck by a truck at a street intersection. She was >i native of Crawfordsville. —o — 4-H Records Must Be Filed Wednesday In order that the Adams county l-ll records may be finally closed tor the year l»41. the county agent is requesting all leaders, as well as members, to make spacial effort to have all boys' project records in the office not later than the 12th of November. This will absolutely lie the final day for acceptance ot record books, and all hoys who do not have records in by the 13th will be placed tn the incomplete project claas. No pins will be awarded to this class Fioal check-up tu girls' sort aod luawr loader a ark has bees completed sud no addi-

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ibmal reports are now being accepted. as the expiration date on junior leader reports was October 16. Tuesday. Novemlter Ik. the 4 H achievement program will be held at the Lincoln school auditorium. Decatur. Each dub la being asked for contribution of talent tor the evening'a program. SENS THREE TO OBJECTORCAMP Three Adam* County ConMcientiouN Objectors Sent To Camp Three more Adatns county youths have been sent to the Bluffton civilian camp as conscientious objectors under the selective service act. It was announced today by the Adams county draft board. The three are: Paul Sherwood Llecbty of Berne. Jerry O. Carper of Decatur and Jacob 8 Girod, also of Berne. The three were listed In claas 4-E. those who object to military training with or without bearing arms, and called in order. The Induction of these three Into the Bluffton camp brings the total county youths In consclenHout objector camps to nine. Five were sent to Bluffton from here on June 3< and one. Robert John Steiner, was sent to an lowa camp

on August 2A Thirteen more youths will he sent to selective service training from here on Thursday. Novemlter 13. 1942 State legion Meet In Indianapolis Indianapolis. Nov. 10 - f-I'PI-- , The American latglon will hold Its 1943 Indiana stale convention In i Indianapolis sometime In August. l it was announced today by members of the eecutlve committee of the organisation.

For and Against the Ship Arms Bill PA V ■ The pros and eons of the ship arms bill Is discussed outside the Senate chamber after the Upper House approved the bill, which allows arming of merchant ships and their pauagc through combat tones Ihs Democrats pictured here, are, left to right; Millard E. Tydinga (against). Alben W. Barkley (for), Tom Connally (tor), and Bennett Champ Clark (againalj.

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JOKER FUNERAL RITES TUESDAY Brother-ln-taw Os Decatur Man Dies At Fort Wayne Funeral services will be bell Tuesday afternoon at 1 M o'clock at the Klaehn funeral home In Fort Wayne for John Roas Joker. .’A Who died Saturday at his home lu that city Vnetl three years ago the de ceased was employed as an ac countant at tb< Bass foundry in Fort Wayne He was a memb.-r of the Masonic lodge, the Scottish J Rite and of the South Wayne , Baptist church i Ht- was well known In thlt city ■ His widow. Daisy L- HaleyJober. - Is a former resident of this city and a lister of Bert Haley, of | Decatur. ’ Surviving also are a daughtet. • Mrs. R. C. Fowler of Fort Wayne. a granddaughter, two sisters. Mrs i Rhoades Poole of Miami. Florida r and Mrs. K Hines of Fort Wayne, [ two brothers. Arthur of Columbia City and Frank ot Waynedale . Burial will lie in Lindenwood ceme- , tery, Fort Wayne 12 PERSONS KNOWN * I , 1 CONTINUED FMOH PAGR UN*>

made elope at Fort Wayne. Ind and Lima. O. and there was no way of ascertaining at once how many paaaeagera got off and got on there. As In nil train wrecks, the bod les of the dead were horribly man gled. In the first minutes, one ' passenger, not injured, climbed out of a derailed pullman and walked up to the front of the 1 wreckage, thinking he might help i the train crew. He atumbl-*d . across the body of fireman J L G*-lihardt. of Fort Wayne II had ’ no head. The Injured were taken firs'

Into this town's little station Ambnlancea arrived quickly from tbei nearby towns of Findlay. Lima i and Bluffton and they were taken to hospitals there. None was critically hurt, though many had tialnhil wounds. Included among them were two soldiers on leavt from Chanute Field. 11l Volunteer workers ald«"d railroad employes in extricating budlaa anJ aiding Injarvd happed In theli cars A light snow was falling and flares were set around the wreckage to aid workers. Many of the pullman paaaengers were preparing to retire. Guy Davis, 3t. Arlington Heights. 111. said he was playing cards In the lounge car. where there were alcuut 30 pc-rnotis. "There was a grinding of brakes and then chairs and furniture iml | people* wen* thrown aitout the < ar. he said "I jammed the card In my pocket for some* reason and t:vi for a corridor Lu< kily. I got emt Lynn Mahan, Chicago. tuiliHc relations officer of the American Locomotive Co., said he was thrown from his he-d in a pullman compartmeiit Uninjured, he dt*-ss e-d and cllnilted out of the car. ' The engineer was hitting It up at near lop speed, It seemed " he said. *T had gone to bed I tKiiiced the car began to away, th** whoh- train was trembling I knew we* were- off the rails It went about a bundled feet beforo It stopped " I II Lydick, Dunkirk, who lived a block from the* seelie, was In hi-1 living room playing with a jig-1 saw puxale*. when he saw flying | • s|>ark><. He* heard no noise*. 1 "It looked like a flue burning out.' he* said. "People* In gati c alling for help I rati over to help get them out We had Io tear the seats out to get to miiii'' of them." The engineer. It E Schuler. Fort Wayne, was injured but his condiI Hott was not critical He said he I did not know the cause of the • accident. > Mahan talked with towerman I Schwarttkopf Immediately after the accident I "How Schwartxkopf escaped is a miracle." Maham said "He told me he noticed a flame and sparks

DIES WARNS OF i' DANGEROFWAR ForesfM War With Japan Possihlr In Only Few Weeks Anderam. Ind., Nov. id. -lUPt H-p Martin L Dina. D.. Tex. ekalrman of the house- committee investigatmg un American activities. declared in an interview here this weekend that "we will be In war with Japan in iwo or three weeks, or th< cntlic- Far Kaat situ a I l'>n will be settled" Arriving In Anderson Saturday for an evening addr* ss before the Hbrine organisation. Dies warned tn his press statement. "There are I6s>mhi Japanese tn this country and :••> pereent of them are citixena of Japan" He intimated that the next <» | pionage- disc leisure- in America I wuld involve the Japanese, but that | nothing would be made public until after the scheduled visit of Saburo Kurusu, Ja|Mtie«e envoy who Is flying to America to work out an undc-rslauding with th> I nited States. "Auy action now would am- ' from the engine before the crash I came The engine, a KI type. I was completely lost In the- wreckage It was so completely hid I that for an hour or so. sonicthought it had goue on down the

Public Sale I am quitting farming and will have a complete clone out sale on the farm lix*att*tl L» mile South of Preble, on Saturday, Nov. 15, 1941 Sale to begin st 12 o'clock Noon. 1— HEAD OF CATTLE—I Holstein cow. I yrs old. dm- to freshen last of March; Jersey cow, I yrs old dur to freshen last of March. Roan cow. & yrs. old due to freshen in February. One heifer due to freshen last of March These cows are gentle and good milkers with high teeth and are T H and Baugx tested 2— HEAD OF HORSES—2 one giey train, smooth mouth, weight about 3200 lbs good work I ers in any harnesa HAY, GRAIN and SEED t About 7 ton of clover and timothy mlied hay; about 120«» bushel of coin tn crib. »; bu Ini of little red clover seed TRACTOR and FARM MACHINERY lull Farmall Model B. tractor on rubber with 2 row cultivator attachment, good a« new; J It model I”. 12 In two bottom plows; one walking plow, disk; spike tooth steel frame harrow, wooden frame spike tooth harrow spring tooth harrow one good Osburn mowing machine, good .McCormick It No 3 corn planter; one Oliver single row corn plow. good Richmond drill, l>a)e hay loader; wagon with hi ft. rack. MISCELLANEOUS Olle 7 ft two wheel trailer and stock rack, one double set work hartwo sets of hay slings, good as new; two hog houses; forks; shovels; chains, Vega cream seperator, and many other articles. TERMS Cash. Anyone wanting credit please make arraiigeiueuu at the Fat met a Stale Hank at Preble before day of sale. John Beal & Son, Owner i.l F Sanmann and It S Blair Auctioneers. Milton Girod. <'letk I Sale conducted by the Midwe.t Realty Auction Is, Decatur. Indiana I Phone 171 Cotnploti sales service anywhen

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ba trans Japaocwte officials la Waab ington." Dtaa dv larsd Regarding the general war situa Hon. Ines said that "cloak room In Harf In Waahlngto 1s that ths V. 8 navy will be actively egaged in war in bv daya. and tbsre will b« a clamoring tor an expeditionary tores from within eight monttM to a year." In bls address hefor soms G.uao Hhrlnern. Dies warned that the government must "clean bouse" In Its domestic pvolicles before Its for* • Ign pcrllc les can be effective. “Kiir-iuies in th to country loustltale a peril as groat as any foreign foe," Dies asserted ' More Important now than anything else- la that all fifth columnists be eijieiled from defense piogrsm positions " Dies d«*< latr-d ths> sabotage of the defense program was not ettdanger ed no muc h by agents or foreign powers, ss by the "waste and ttiefflc lenc y of the administration . . sabotage by politics and politic lM>. who put Uieir interests j above those of their country." Sheep-Killinß Dogw Active Again Sunday Sheep-killing dogs wore (.gain ou the loose Sunday, according to Sheriff Ed Miller and Ikpu'y La-o tilllig Two of the three canines reirortedly engaged tn the killing were destroyed, however. The dog* killed or crippled sheep at th>- Otu> Hoffman and Tom Adler farms in Washington township. ,, Comp 11 men's are like perfumes to bo tuivalccl. not "Wallowed.