Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1941 — Page 1

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kfIBSES |l REVISING lain act I Merchant Ship*. ■ Them Into BelLcrrnt Ports L, H ■- ■ R ...i' * ■■ '<- r ■ (fflr • ' ,l " 1 ' B. w h u • «'|<l authorize BL.rh ini.. j, ul» hope- **"* ( j ,„, ll „v. probably Vmiid th'' ' " ,,, r The ;11T I. understood to j, ,meiihant vesi.o j.■>>•• 'h.- mean to M > with British warv r ...tn- ' ' be 'to reasImrrl. -in • wort veswt go th.' whole route o- tin- Thames. |ty ti ready t<> P«” snns it jbosrd 'he merchant K that will I.*' ■< gradual llthMgh faster than the I diversion of any major a , gWri.IHH. toll* of whip i lattk gone* MMrP won inthority for Err tlep» toward l.elllg I a close house nite 212 Hirn yesterdsy after a fl bipar'i.aii warning* that [at tar or nearly so. hg hr tremendous weight RMiC* hy arltten appeal to ► and by direct telephone i warering member*. the >-. suolertnindi-d a legl»■KMt he dared not lose. I* to he over the hump of prd:.y oppo»IUon. short of »-7 wpli' further under » Bn’ the president won a jtMm if only by she mar|l tote*. A switch of nine tMid hare tied and defeated ■tlM leg • stive victory opened a Id #f aggressive aid to the Rtha and of shoot-on-sight Im to the Alla Mgthened Mr. Roosevelt's Ihdealing with Japan and. Lta directing the Imminent ta> with Habttro Kuruau. Min and fluently ‘hldlnNaere diplomat who shortItrire her.- seeking away hdilemma of the orient. W»r legislative action la Incept for vice president Killace t<> sign the bill ■B*al* neutrality act pr e lagalnst arming our merit* or tending them Into *• He will sign Monday t*tj- of the senate. .Mr. ■ •11l aign the amending • few minutes later. •wid literally was waiting i hottie vote yesterday. It *»h«| across the seas by W radio and not the least * l»*m the tally were tty ■ ia Tokyo Rome, and Ber- ■ • tenae moment for Mr. ** ‘t.d for hl- house leaders *®lable deserters who. 1 beam rat- opposing the J 5 by vote or pair, were •daitut him on foreign ~ ,k » firat time.

KMAfiINES kmoMWN Announce* ■7"; In China To ■ w Withdrawn Not. H - (UP) — K?. ‘ "’•'•'"l' today announcJ l,!!p<l ha<| ■ftj, American mar■a^," leat read to nis p regli ann °uneement ■ J "* dHß <hm«nu maln■L, ” •‘-iplnK, Tientsin ■T./' ’°“ l ' l *"■ *"Mrawn. K, "id the actual K »»» npected to Iregin Bh» i * h *'?* r he ’bought the ■ llll ’ on,y American ■ *r. n< ’* on 18,1,1 tn China Kt**/' I’’ 1 ’’ ■ubstanttal Amerl,h * Pre ' B* Ud„ ,h, “ 'be marine ■httoo.. M Protection to ButlJ, ** Americana Moat ’ ln 1 hlna ar * ml*mtuide the three P"’* I * ll ON P4Qg roUR)

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BRITISH NAVI I PRIDE IS SUNK BY SUBMARINE British Announce Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal Sunk Ixmdon. Nov. Id. - HP) — The famous aircraft carrier Ark Royal - Repeatedly "sunk” In German propaganda reports finally has been sent to the bottom by a Nasi submarine, the admiralty announced today. The 22.<MMi ton ship did not sink immediately when hit by the lorpedo. Other ships were towing her when she went down A large number of h*-r crew and fll.-r pereonnel was saved Thus was written an end to perhaps the best known warship flying the white ensign, the third aircraft carrier lost by Britain Thr terse admiralty statement I gave little detail on The encounter which finished off the tough Ark , Royal. The announcement said: "The board of admiralty regr.-ts . to announce that the aircraft carrier (IMS Ark Itoyal K’apt. I. K. H. Matntd. CUE.) has been sunk. She was in tow after being torpedoed by a I' boat. The exact details and casualties are no* known Reports indicate that casualties are fortunately not heavy as It is known that a large number of the ship's company was taken off Neit of kin are being Informed ” Bo frequently war the Ark Royal reported sunk In the claims of both Rome and Berlin that she became almost a by-word in Britain for false propaganda Bhe had a nuriiuU operating personnel of 1.575 officers and m-m , and carried So or more planes. The ship had s.*n almost constant service in the thick of the sea lighting She r.ing- d the Mediterranean. the Atlantic and the (CONTINUED <>N PAGE FIVE) —o FILE SUIT TO CONTEST WILL Complaint Is Filed To Set Aside Esaias Dailey Will A complaint was filed in Adams circuit court late yesterday to set aside the probate of the will of the late Ksai.cs Dailey, who died November 29. lf»4<» at his home near Rolmi The complaint was filed by Jesse D Dailey, Olive M Pierson and Anna M Molts. More than a score of persons are named as defendants In the action.■ which avers that the will should be revoked for the following reasons: "That on August 10. 1939, the said decedent eiecuted his will . .. said decedent at the time slating that the Instrument at the time eiecuted was his last will and testament. "That said pretended will, dated November 25, 1922 I the one probated) was revoked In writing by said decedent during his life time In the presence of two witnesses. "That said pretended will was unduly eiecuted." The complaint further sets out the purported last will, after eiecution was taken from the office where it was eiecuted. by the decedent and that It has been mislaid, lost or destroyed Named us defendant* are the following persons: Ksalas Jones, Mary Colter. Alma Frislnger. eieCUtor* of the estate of the deceased; Mt. Tabor Methodist church, Edward Koos. Samuel Cottrell, /(YWTINIIED ON PAGE FIVES* ■o— Release Schurger From Army Sen ice Sgt. Severin H. Schurge.-, an Adams county selective service trainee, who was discharged last Friday from the army under the 29 year sge ruling, arrived home Ute Thursday. Sgt. Schurger. a local attorney. pUns to re-open his practice here. Hl* wife, whom he marled while in training, accompanied him here and they plan to reside In this city Sgt. Schurger was In service for eight month*

White I louse Confab Ends In New Truce mhhhhi r w 1 z HL. jmR Jlr Benjamin F. Fairies* President Roosevelt John L. Lewis !l-re are two of thr six representative* from the major steel companies and the C. I. O. who met today with President Roosevelt In the White House on the raging coal dispute involving the Cnlted Mine Workers* demand for a union shop In the "captive" coal mines They are Benjamin F Fairies* of the t'nlted States Si oi poi.iiion. and John Is la-wi«. president of the ('tilled Mine Workers

URGES DRASTIC EXPENSE SLASH Morgenthau Propoam Drastic Slash In NonDefense Costs Washington, Nor. 14 - H'Pi Secretary of treasury Henry Morgetithau. Jr.. today proposed to congress "drastic” reduction In expenditure* for agriculture, road* civilian conservation corp*, national youth administration and other nondefense purpose*. Appearing before the special congressional economy committee I Morgenthau recommended that ' congress cancel an authorisation , to appropriate UJh.uuu.uoti among . the slate* for highway construe | 'lon during lhe 1*44 fiscal year. Money for that purpose ha* not I been appropriated yet. Tim recommendation on the future road plan was the only one Morgenthau made Involving a specific sum. Hut he urged the money provider* to slash expenditures for reclamation projects, river and harbor* work*, flood control, commodity credit corporation and the rural electrification administration. The CCC and NT A should be consolidated in a new bureau of defense training, he suggested While he did not estimate the total that might bo saved by this program he told reporter* that he had not changed his opinion that one billion dollar* could Ire cut from the federal budget. o— ——■ Catholic Teacher’# .Father Dies In East Sister M. Kudocia. teacher of the first grade In the St. Joseph's Catholic school, was tailed to Altoona. Pa., by th-> death of her father Tuesday night She left immediately for the east. CASTING HEAD TELLS PROBLEM Difficulty In Obtaining Scrap Iron Is Problem Os Company One of the problems in assuring steady alx-day operation* of the Decatur Casting company ha* 'teen the obtaining of wrap Iron. Henry Bromer. manager of the local industry stated today In an Interview on prospect* for the balance of the month. "The scrap Iron supply has been on a hand to mouth basis for some time. We have enough material on hand to warrant full operation* next week, with the exception of Thanksgiving day. and hope to obtain enough to warrant full open at lints during the month.” Mr. Kromer said. The company Is operating on a 50 percent national defense basis and through the OPM office In Washington has been alloted sufficient quanitlai of pig Iron. The scarcity I* with scrap Iron, but so far the local junk dealer* and the company’* office have been able to route sufficient material to the local plant to keep it going. More than 175 persons are em(CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIHEE)

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November H, 1911.

Former County Clerk Visit# In Decatur • A former Adam* county clerk , visited in the court house late | Thursday and renewed acquaintances in the city. He is jflrrdlnand BltMke. who ; served as county clerk from 19121814 After completion of his term he and Charle* Steele operated the Fair Store here for a number of years. Mr llleeke has resided in Fort Wayne since 1822 and has not visited here for a number of year*. — FREE RELIGION CHURCHTHEME I Religious Freedom To Be Emphasized In Sunday Sermon# Krnpha*!* upon religion* freedom will lie given by ministers of the various churches of tb<- city some time during the wotshlp service* Sunday, it was announced today. In recognition of "Iteliglous Freedom Day” and the need of strengthening the moral convictions of the people of the nation, the office of civilian defense ha* requested that Sunday be used as an urgent reminder that the true defense of America rest* In the exercising of spiritual power made possible by the religious freedom of our nation. It was slated. This religious freedom can lie sustained only through vital devotion and active participation In worship and loyalty to those Institution* which keep such spiritual force* alive, a member of the Decatur ministerial association stated. Subject of two of the sermons to be delivered Sunday were announced today. At the First Presbyterian church, Rev. George O. Walton will deliver a sermon entitled. "Freedom's Holy bight." At the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Rev. Charles M. Prugh will deliver a morning me* sage, entitled. "The Price of Religious Freedom.” "The defense of At.’.erlca calls for more than gun* and .dtlp* and airplanes," the pastor's announcement quoted: "this statement was contained In a letter from lhe office of civilian defense which was (CONTINUED ON PAGE THKBEI ■O Fort Wayne Man I# Killed In Accident Fort Wayne. Nov. 14 —(UP)— William Gardner. 64. Fort Wayne, was killed last night when he was thrown through the top of his automobile after it left U. 8. 27. aeven miles south of here, and spun end over end. His neck was broken and his cheat crushed. TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m <2 ifftoo a. m. Noon 51 2:00 p. m. 56 3:00 p. m. 56 Weather Fair, colder tonight exeept along Ohio river; increased cloudineae and warmer Saturday followed by rain beginning in afternoon or at night

QUAKES CAUSE I HEAVY DAMAGE I*o# Angele# Suburb .Mere Shamble# After Severe Quake# la>s Angele*. Nov. 14. tl'l’i - Two of the heaviest earthquake* Io strike the Los Angeles area in years today wrecked at least 100 small building* and a huge oil storage tank, broke gas and water mains and damaged homes In th* suburban Torrance-Gardena area. "The whole business district Is a shamble*." *ald Torrance police chief J. II Stroh Hardly a building was left undamaged and many were knocked | Hat. Most of th.- damage was in the husineM district. Many parked automobile* were crushed when elore fronts fell into the stret. The quake* struck at 12:41 ami 1:30 a m. PST 12.41 and 3 30 a. in I'STi today, when theaters and business building* were vacant. If they had come earlier there certainly would have been a casualty list. Stroh said, but he had received no report* of any deaths or aerlous injuries. , A gasoline storage tank broke and flooded Torrance Pueblo, a hamlet of about 15tt Mexican familie*. The fire department ordered the Columbia Steel company to shut off It* furna< e» because the area was saturated with gasoline. Residents were ■ vacuated and housed In the Torram,- auditorium. The Torrance-Gardena area is between 15 and 17 mile* southwest of lhe 1-oN Angele* busitles* district, and was the most severely affected area. The entire busllies* district was roped off and no one was allowed to enter as a precaution against looting and the danger of falling d-'hri*. Rubble was piled high 111 the streels. Vehicles could not pas*. The danger of a major conflagration 111 the debris was great. (CONTINUED ON PAGE* HIX) YOUNG PEOPLE ON EXCURSION Methodist Young People To Attend Unusual Service Sunday Melville Barber. Jr., president of the Methodist youth fellowship of the Decatur Methodist church, announced today that the youug people of the church will engage In an unusual excursion of Christian fellowship and devotion Sunday afternoon and evening. Because of the Indefinite postponement of the choir festival, which was to have been held at Bluffton Sunday night, a substitute program ha* been arranged, Including a visit to the C. 0. camp near Bluffton, a picnic supper at the conservation camp there, pit outdoor devotional service, and closing with attendance at the Adam* county Sunday school convention at the Berne Mennonite church. All member* of the youth choir and of the senior department of the fellowship will meet at th« parsonage at 1:45 o’clock Sunday afternoon. During the devotional service at lhe conservation camp. lUONTINUMD ON I'AUE TWO)

Lewis Accedes To Roosevelt Request; Threatened Phone Strike Is Also Postponed

PASTOR SPEAKS TO ROTARIANS Rev. Dwight Patterson Speaks To Service Club Thursday Rev. Itwlght 1. Patterson pastor of the I'nltin Chapel t'nlted Brethren church, east of Decatur, was thr guest speaker at thr weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the K of P home. Taking as his theme, "All This ‘ Plus." Rev. Patterson (minted out i that man I* the only creation of | Hod built for more than this world. Animals of this world live by Instinct, the speaker stressed. | always knowing the right thing to do. but man living by reason. Is going around in circles, restless, never satisfied, not knowing how to realise his nmhltlona. James Eibrrson was chairman of thr program Vann Unlger of the junior-senior high school, and Fred Coffee of thr Cath die high school, were Introduced as high school Rotarians for the month of November. The club will dispense with its meeting ne«t Week, with the regular meeting date falling on Thanksgiving Day. The licit meeting of the club Will ! be Thursday. November 27. when the nombeis will entertain thoir wives and sweethearts ala special ladies night program to lie held at the new Moose home. First and j Jackson streets, at fl :to p m PARENTS ENJOY SCHOOL RETURN! “Back To School” Program Is Held Here Thursday Night A comparison between the modernistically streamlined school routine of Imlay in comparison to the laconic teaching of the three "R's" In their lime, was vividly impressed upon about 200 parents of Decatur school children l ist night Approximately that number attended the first "back-to-whool" program staged at the Decatur . junior senior high school last njght by principal W Guy Brown and member* of th«- faculty as a part of the observance of American education week. The parents actually “went hack to sclnad" as they handled the assignments and courses of Instruction which their own children follow day after day in normal school routine, >

| ni iitnn . The old*ter«. comprised mostly of parent* of children at the Institution and a few friend*, were given a card upon "starting the classwork.'* Till* card disclosed the course* which their respective children follow dally and assigned them the name subject* This afforded parents a personal contact with their children's teach er* In hl* or her respective classroom. The teacher, in turn, captained the Individual subjects and answered parents' queries. Period* were divided Into 10 minutes each and following the close nt "clauses," parents were afforded an opportunity to obtain a private conference with any teacher Many also visited In the offices COMTIWUBD nN PaON THRENt ■ — O Dan llolthouse Is Associate Editor Bloomington. Ind., Nov. 14. — il'l’i -Winston C Fournier, of Frankfort, has been named editor-in-chief of the Indiana Dally Student. In charge of publication of the university daily for the second half of this semester, it was announced today. Dan C. Holthousc, s<m of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R lldlthouse, Decatur, was named one of the associate editors. The new staff assumes Its duties neat Monday.

BRITISH-U. S. NRVRL FORCES WARD OFF SUBS Britain Report* Cooperating Navies Slow Nazi Offensive London. Nov II tl'Pi The Cnlted States and British navies I Were reported by British source* i today to have < arrled out "highly I successful action" against a new i I German ('-boat and airplane of | felislve In the battle of the Atlall tic The destruction of "many I'-1 boats" dm- to Improved patrol work by the British and Amerlian naval forces was reported "Thr- lack of success of a new German offensive In which sub . marine attacks on convoys have > been increased recently may be 1 attributed to three factors.” one' Bilti-h naval source said "First, there has been an In I crea ill effer leln yof •-< rrt- so: convoy"Secondly, there Iras been In creased destruction of the long rang)- German Fm he Wulf airplane spotter* which Up off the Slllrma rlnes as to convoy positions. "Thirdly, the Germans have suf sered a decrease m p- rsotrrief for manning submarines " British naval sources said that the American and British natal | patrols at present were "eicellent ' and that "many I' boats have been destroyed while operating from I French ports on the Atlantic <A I'niteil Press dispati-h from I Vichy said that the Germans, untb-r I direction of Dr Fritz Todt, the builder of the Bh-gfried lin>-. had constructed a string of submarine bases along the French < >a»t |o ( service new fleets of l'-hoal» ordered Into the Atlantic by Hitlei Th)' bases were said to be part <>t preparations for an "all out” submarine ami airplane offensive in the Atlantic in an effort t > cut off American supplies to Britain r British ttaVai sources said that longer nights recently had given German submarines an ,-ri<client o|i|»>rrinity to strike at Atlantic convoys Imt that "most of the at tacks have been futile " They -alii they hail no knowledge of a report )‘d Itatlle lit which I'lllted States warships fought German surface craft or raiders »ff Iceland ami ridded that they would iind mbtedly have known of such a Irani)- if i> had occurred The British naval experts point-<-d out that tin- Germans have not been able to make much it*)- of the

(CONTINt’KD ON PA<»S! FtVWI FIVE STUDENTS TO CONFERENCE I Decatur Students To Annual Round Table Conference ' The names of the five Student* who will represent the Decatur high school nt the annual round table conference to Im- held in Fort j W i)ne Saturday were annoum ■<l today. The five are: Flora Bell Kohls. Joan Krick, James Colter, Robert Yost and Norman Steury Announcement was made by Deane Dorwln. public speaking Instructor of the local school. who will accompany the students to the conference. Various schools from this section of the stale will take part In the conference, an event held annually at the Fort Wayne Central high school, under the direction of J Russell Karie. The students were selected from among thost* enrolled in the public speaking classes at the school The conference will open In the morn-1 Ing and be concluded with a noon Jumheon 11

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Continue Operation Os Captive Coal Minoa; FDR Tells Leaders No Closed Shop. DELAY STRIKES Washington. Nov II fIT’l President RmrseVelt today obtain>*d an agreement for continued operation in the nation's captive coal mines pending further negotiation between the I’nited Mitt)- Work'-rS union and steel company owner* of the mine. The I'MW. headed by John L. Lewi*, acceded to Mr Roosevelt’s I H-quest shortly after the chief eie)'Utivo had told Lewis and steel ‘ company eiecutlvo* that 'he gov- | eminent never would force the I steel company to grant the union's demand for a union shop in lh» captive mines. To force the five pen ent of nonunion men In these mines to join I the union "by government decree" I would b)- "too much like the Hitler method toward tabor." the presld- ' ent said. Prior to todays conference. i Lewis had set Saturday midnight as th)- end of the turrent "truce" under which production had le-eu continued. There had be -n much que-lion whether lie wotlid I all 3 strike to lie effective Sunday There was no certainty how long the new truce would la«t. but I'MW officials »aid the new negotiations probably would continue at least through Monday Tld- I’MW twice this fall ha* ! stopped work In the captive mines ! >n its effort* to obtain a union shop. Their demand was turm-d down by the steel companies and | subsequently by the national defense mediation board pre.idelit Roo-i-velt. at a press conference shortly before hi- met with Lewis and steel leaders, said ho did not know whether any speI i-ific lalwir legislation would come out of his letter ye-’.-r lay to speaker Sam Rayburn just before the house voted on the neutrality ri vis- ! ion ai t. Th>- president was reminded that his letter t)i the speak* ’ did no" mention actual legislation, ami lie Wa« asked whrlhi r m-w shing'-nt lalmr law wore a po-sibility. Ills answer was simply that he did not know He said a question as to whether the government had authority to take over tit)- coal nun. < was too hypotheth al Postpone Strike* By United Pre** Temporary settlement of lalmr di-putcs dissolv.-d two threats to defense pi))du< tion t-.il.iy as national attention focused on Piesident Roosevelt - effort- to nV* rt a new work stoppage in "c..ptlve" mines The federation of long line* telephon.* •* k>-rs tlndependent) po-t potD-il a strike wheduled for 12:01 V M tomorrow at the request of Un- I S conciliation service. Representatives of the union'* 15.0 M tiD-mbers will resume conferences j with American Telephone ami TeleI graph < ompauy officials and federal conciliator*. A »trike order was hsued Wednesday nigh* aft»r negotiation« bad collapsed for th) l third tun- ihe walkout would hare interrupt"! most long distance telephone <• itnmunxattim, although the uni,in ha I

(CONTINCI9D ON I’AOK TWO» HEALTH AND WELFARE DAY Friday* Nov. U This is ''Health and Welfare Day" In Civilian Defense Week "Health and Welfare Day" takes M I’* theme the fact that the ability of a nation to de fend It self depend as much upon the health and stamina of Its men. women and children at home as upon the caliber of the Armed Force* and their equipment. It stresses the fact that there is a Job for everyone in building a strong healthy community and In keeping America "fit j for defense." !