Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1935 — Page 1

■ XXXIII. No. 175.

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krt Brown, who wn.s injured motorcycle accident Tuesday Fevering satisfactorily at the k county nienorM hospital. Retained a fractured leg and kom bruises end lacerations P int rnal injuries. Mid Klepper, who was on the fcyd- with him at the time of fccident. suffered only slight F ’id has eonapletely re-ov-I o — Ptriloquist Puts n Entertainment In I Decatur Last Night l en a non-existent dead - mar. | for help Wednesday night Marbach thought it was ,0 call tor help from the pops Marbach was working at p Bakery shortly before midphen a stranger walked in rWn talking desultorily. f Marbach heard a call rP horn the Zwick Furniture I P*xt door. At one time p maintained a funeral pars 'he store. L To ‘ ce from Zwick's cried, f Help me! lam here Mtretcf ie r. Get me out. I ata Young Marbach r t e front of the store with f ttnger at his heels. MarL in the front window I. 8 Hearne more frenzied. L?' 1 loc ated the night police r s return learned a ventrllL * aa Paging the act. The I ott , repeated 1118 trick at sevL w downtown, I g qulte a crowd with each

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

New G. O. P. Leader f \ >1 IB?/ ■ 1 I K L_£

Arthur M. Curtis, of Springfield, Mo., is new Republican national committeeman from Missouri. He succeeds the late Dr. E. B. Clements of Macon, Mo. Curtis, a lawyer. served as si'ate G. O. P. chairman for four years. FARM SENATORS FAVORING AAA Vote Analysis Discloses Opposition Mainly From East Washington. July 25— (U.R) — Analyze the senate vote on new deal agricultural adjustment administration amendments for authoritative information on the direction of political winds. The senate wrangled and perspired for two weeks but finally gave President Roosevelt and chief farm planner Henry A. Wallace most of what they wanted. The vote was 64 to 15 in favor of AAA. The 15 votes came from 12 state's, eight of them washed by the Atlantic ocean and therefore out of touch with the men and women of fertile western plains. New Mexico, Minnesota and Michigan each registered one senate vote against AAA. Ohio’s two Democrats also voted '’No.” By the technicality of “pairing" whereby a senator withholds his vote by agreement with some opposing senator who may be absent, Delaware registered two voters against AAA; New Hampshire and Montana each recorded one dissent. Rut the great open spaces of the mid west, far west, northwest and souihwest plumped for Wallace’s crop control denounced by conservative Republican commentators as socialistic. The 15 states from which antiAAA forces were drawn include some of the most important political areas, such as New York. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Together they represent 211 votes in the electoral college which will ballot on a president next year. A bare majority of the college is 266 votes. Secretary Wallace’s pet "ever (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) WEALTHY OH MAN IS DEAD

Col. Henry Rogers Os Standard Oil Company Fame Dies Southampton, N. Y.. July 25 — (UP) Col. Henry Huddleston Rogers, 55. who followed in hie fathers footsteps a guiding genius in the Standard Oil company and became of the nations richest men. died at Southampton hospital today after a long illn, sb. Hie death hod been expected and his third wife, the former Pauline Van Der Voort. was at the bedside. Attending physicians said "death was the result of his long, 11-month illness.” Col. Rogers was stricken with <. neumonia a year ogo. Complications developed and despite reassuring bulletins it was known that the multi-millionaire had ecant chance to survive. His death entled a brilliant .social financial, and military career which drew him into three much publicized marriages and focused attention on his daughter. Millicent, who caused u social sensation at decade ago when she went against her father’s wishes and married Count (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

NAZIS' DRIVE IS CONTINUED OVER COUNTRY Drive Against Jews, Catholics And War Veterans Is Unabated Berlin. July 25 —(U.R)— The Nazi drive against Jews. Catholics, and war veterans went forward unabated today, with instances piling up in all sections of Germany. A cross-section of events is given in dispatches from the fallowing cities: Mecklenburg: Political police disbanded three steel helmet organizations in this district, confiscated their funds and forbade them to weSr uniforms. Koenigs berg: Police announced that a Jewish merchant, Kowalski, with his Jewish friend, Hirschberg, and a former communist named Zander had been tajeen into custody after the smashing of windows of Kowalski’s shop by unidentified persons. The morning after the windows were broken, Zander was alleged to have remarked, “this is German culture.’’ Police there claimed it was “likely’’ Zander had smashed the windows at the merchant’s own request, to discredit Hitlerjte organizations. Hei'sberg: Secret police closed the premises of Catholic youth organizations in the bishop's palace because four black, red, and gold flags were found there. The black, red. and gold colors of the Weimar republic used to be used by Catholic and nationalist youth organizations as an emblem of the movement for a greater Germany embracing the reich and Austria. Osnabrueck: The prefect In a statement sharply condemned part of the Catholic and Protestant clergy for refusing to hoist the swastika flag on churches on nat(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o — FIGHTING NEW GENEVASCHOOL Petitions Circulated Opposing Construction Os Building Six p titions are being circulated in the northern part of Wabash township by ipereons opposed to construction of u new school building at Geneva. The petition alleges that the old building has never been legally condemned and therefore out not, according to liw, be torn down. Reports this afternoon indicated that approximately 90 per cent of the residents of the north pirt of the township are signing the pretesting petitions. The petitioners state that a new building is not necessary and they are bitterly opposed to floating a bond issue or borrowing funds from the federal government to provide a new school building. They are seeking remodeling of the (present building, abating thut this can be done at a reasonable price and further proposes that the township ipay for such repairs without federal funds or floating a bond issue. o One Section Os Bank Bill Approved Today Washington, July 25 — (UP) —I Without a record vote the senate to-! day approved title C —the deposit in- ] surance feature —of the adminietra- > tion's omniious bunk bill. Moving rapidly after the veteran' Carter Glass, D., Virginia, attacked, proposals to create a general bank-1 ing system, the senate shouted' down a major amendment by Sena-1 tor Louis Murphy, D„ lowa, which | would ibive eliminated require-1 ments for insured banks to be mem-' bers of the federal reserve system. Debate then opened on title III —the j most controversial section —which proposes drastic changes in the present reserve setup. Indianapolis Theater Damaged By Explosion Indi*.innpolis, Ind., July 25 (UP) —Damage estimated at more than SIOO,OOO resulted early today when an exposition destroyed the Roosevelt theatre and wrecked adjoining homes on the south side of the city. Fire broke out after the terrific blast and left only the charred walls of the theatre building standing. Residents of nearby homes were thrown from their .beds as the explosion shook the neighborhood. A huge pipe organ in the theater was left a twisted mass by the explosion and subsequent fire.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 25, 1935.

Allot Stands For Dairy Day Saturday James Elberson, chairman of the concessions committee for the Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural exhibit, today announced that allotment of stands at the Cloverleaf Creamery for Dairy Day, August 8, will be made at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Any church organisation desiring to operate a food stand at the creamery on Dairy Day Is asked to see Mr. Elberson at once. The allotment of space will be made at the Eliberson service station.

PLAN QUALITY DEMONSTRATION Quality Cattle Demonstration Will Be A Feature Os Dairy Day One of the attractions for the Dairy Day to be held here Thursday. August Bth is the quality cattle demonstration, conducted under the supervision of E. T. Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue university. It is Mr. Wallace's duty to supervise calf club work throughout the state of Indiana and he also has charge of numerous other dairy activities. Eight years ago he started the Jersey parish shows which have proven very beneficial to dairymen. Each year an exhibit is held of registered Jersey cattle and Mr. WaJlace personally supervises this exhibit. Within the last three or four years he has worked with the Guernsey association to promote a similar show known as I the Guernsey regional show. The quality cattle demonstration is to be given on the speaker's platform in Memorial Park at 10:15 a. m. Ideal dairy cows will be exhibited, demonstrating the possibilities through modern methods of dairying. These dairy cows will be selected from prominent herds throughout this territory. Mr. Wa'lace will prresent an educational talk on the proper care of dairy cows in order to realize the most profit from the herd. He will also present statistics from Purdue university relating profits realized :by destroying unprofitable dairy *cows and keeping only tbe good ' milk producers. He will also present to the patrons and friends rules for producing No. 1 cream, and will show them means of producing a good grade of No. 1 cream. —o— Tillmon Gehrig Heads Drum Corps Tillmon Gehrig was elected manager of the American Legion drum corps at the regular meeting held Wednesday night. Other officers for the coming year are: Harry Miller, assistant manager; Ed Adler, secretary-treas-urer, and Herb Kern, Ralph Roop and William August, members of the executive committee. The drum corps is making plajis to attend the American Legion state convention at Indianapolis August 24 to 27. Report Explosion Kills 33 Persons Calcutta, Ind., July 25—(UP)—An explosion last night in the Giridih colliery of the Eaet Indian railway colliery killed 33 (persons and injured 76. delayed advices said today.

OBTAIN CREDIT DY TAKING EXAM High School Equivalency Examination Here Next Saturday The following notice has been received from the state emergency education division office at Indianapolis by W. O. Little, county supervisor of emergency education classes: "All persons who are interested •In s< curing high school credit for work taken in the emergency education classes during the past year may have the opportunity to do so by taking high school equivalency examination on July 27th. This examination is given semi-an-nually under the supervision of the state department of public instruction on the last Saturday In January and July of each year. This examination will be held in the office of the county superintendent of schools. “Any person above compulsory school age who does not have a high school diploma may take these examinations and secure high school credit under certain conditions. Those desiring this advantage please contact the county superintendent of schools, C. E. Striker, immediately."

CLUB SHOWS A FAIR FEATURE 111 .«■. I — Exhibits Os Home Economics And 4-H Clubs One Os Features One of the best attractions st the Decatur Free Street FUir will be exhibits and demonstrations to be presented by the home economics and 4-H clubs of Adams county. The home economics clubs’ exhibits are built around the theme of “Mother and Her Work in the Home." This is a demonstration of the progress made in the last 50 years in manufacturing equipment for the borne. The largest exhkbit of the 4-H clubs will be the clothing projects. Eight hundred articles will be shown in the exhibit. Hundreds of cans of fruit and other demonstrations of cooking will be shown. Monday of fair week has been designated 4-H aid home economics day. Friday the 4-H club parade will be held. Floats showing the different phases of club work will be shown as special features of the parade. Exhibits and demonstrations of these two groups will be features of the Decatur Free Street Fair as they have been leading organizations the Purdue extension (programs in the counties. The girls 4-H club and the home economics clubs' exhibits will be at the Central school building. The calf club projects will be at the city's fr«e iparking grounds on south First street. No charges will be made to see any of the exhibits or the demonstrations. Because of the high quality of work done this year in all of the projects, the judging is expected to be especially difficult.

FOUR HEARINGS ON LIQUOR SALE ■ Local Beverage Board Hears Applications For Four Permits — The Adams County alcoholic beverage board in session in the circuit court room this morning heard four petitions for retail licenses, including two for beer only and two for beer, wine and liquor. The local board .composed of Burr Kelly, Huntington, Leo Kirsch and Dallas Hower conducted the hearing and examination of applicants. Petitions filed and heard were: Bernard Clark, 148 N. Second street, application to sell beer. This is Mr. Clark's first application. William H. Freitag, Preble, application to sell beer. D. F. Sunian, 242 W. Madison street, application fur beer, wine and liquor retailer. Mary S. Lhamon, (Doc’s Place) 239 W. Monroe street, application for (beer, wine and liquor retailer. The local board does not issue permits. After all questions are answered in the application blanks, recommendation is made by the members and the questionnaires are sent to the ak-oholc beverage division, Indianapolis. So fur no dealer has been licens ' ed to sell liqquor by the drink in | the city. A license for beer, wine j and liquor was granted the Decatur Country dug a few weeks ago.

Earl Shea To Speak To Local Rotarians Earl Shea, vice-president and business manager of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, will speak at the regular meeting of the Decatur Rotary club this evening at the Rice hotel. Mr. Shea, who was a delegate to the Rotary International convention held at Mexico City recently, will discuss the convention. ioLJDays Till The FREE STREET FAIR and Agricultural Exhibit

DEMANDS EARLY CONSIDERATION OF WAR THREAT Ethiopia Demands Immediate Meeting Os League Os Nations Geneva, July 25—<U.R) —Italy telegraphed to the League of Nations today, expressing willingness to seek a settlement of her dispute with Ethiopia by arbitration. Italy blamed Ethiopia for the collapse of previous efforts to arbitrate. The telegram to the league was signed by Fulvio Suvich, under secretary of foreign affairs. It arrived just as the time limit for arbitration, fixed by the council, was about to expire. Paris. July 25— (U.R) —Ethiopia today demanded immediate convocation of the League of Nations council to settle the Italian-Ebhop-ian dispute. Acting for Emperor Halle SeI’p.ssie I, Tecla Hawariat, E'b.V’plan minister to France and delegate to the league of nations, told the United Press that he telegraphed the league secretariat at Geneva, demanding convocation. “I informed the secretariat," he said, "(hat because the time limit set for the joint Italian-Ethio-pian conciliation commission to agree or to appoint a neutral chairman expires at midnight tonight Ethiopia demands that the council proceed to the examination of the situation under Article XV of the league covenant. Ethiopia invoked this article because of the threat to her independence from Italy.” Ethiopia’s demand was made as the cabinet met here to study its course when the council mee's.

The probable date mentioned for a meeting is July 29. Neither Great Britain nor | France, who will decide what the i council shall do in the last reI sort, has decided on its policy. But Ethiopia’s policy is to demand firmly that the league carry out its pledged obligation to protect members from attack from any source. No Arms Export London, July 25— (U.R) — The British government at present will not issue licenses for the export of arms either to E'hiopia or Italy from this country, Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary, announced today in the house of commons. “The government.” Sir Samuel said, "is doing its best to make possible a peaceful outcome of the unhappy dispute, and do not wish to do anything which might prejudice the situation.” Hoare revealed, however, that (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Turtle Supper At Elks Friday Night — A turtle supper will be served «at the B. P. O. Elks home Friday even-; ing, starting at 6:30. Both soup and fried turtle will be served and all I members and their wives are invited to attend. STRIKE ENDED AT FORT WAYNE

Striking Employes Os Wayne Knitting Mills Vote To Return Fort Wayne, July 25. — Striking knitting mills at a mass meeting held yesterday afternoon voted to return to their jobs immediately, under the working conditions which prevailed on June 1, until an election can be held at the plant under the Wagner-Connery ,!a.bor disputes bill. The strike was called on June 19 after officials of the company had refused to recognize the union and sign the national labor agreement of the hosiery industry. A temporary agreement to remain in effect until after the election is held under the Wagner bill was'slgned late yesterday by John J. Kronenberg, vice-president and general manager of the company and last night by the shop committee of the plant composed of Harold Zeliner, c hairman, Russell Harding. Howard Noll, Florence Norrfs, R. S. Odier, Adrian Kessler and Marie A. Kahfmaji. John Archer, superintendent at ihe local plant, said last night that approximately 200 of the striking ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Tension Increases As Martial Law Is Rigidly Enforced

Named Governor MB . $ Lawrence W. Cramer, lieutenant governor of the Virgin islands, has been named by President Roosevelt to be governor, following the transfer of Gov. Paul M. Pearson to the housing administration. LABOR, CAPITAL FAIL TO AGREE Soft Coal Miners, Operators Reported Still At A Deadlock Washington, July 25 —(UP)—Soft coal operators and union representatives met today far the fourth attempt of the year to break a deadlock on a new wages ,nd hours contract but recessed gloomily until tomorrow. Representatives were unwilling to venture any prediction as to the outcome. A national strike call .by the United Mine workers becomes effective Aug. 1 if agreement is not reached by that time or another temporary truce affected. Both groups appeared to believe the situation was little changed, since a similar meeting in June. Congress still has not acted on the Guffey coal bill and likelihood of action by Aug. 1. appeared remote. The joint wage conference comprises nine opeiutors and nine labor spokesmen, with Dunean C. Kennedy, Charleston, W. Va., as chairman. Operator members were uncertain whether any new ideas might be offered. Phillip Murray, international vicepresident of United Mine Workers, oiid; “The industry is in a very difficult situation due to destruction of tie soft coal code, collapse of the .pree structure, and stocking up of soft coal by large consumers.” Murray said some large railroad coal buyers had 50-days supply now on hand. "Many mines are now working only one or two days a week", he added, "and others are practically closed down.”

Daughter Os Local Residents Injured Mrs. J. J. Vega of Chicago receivI ed minor cute and bruises and ‘pro- ! bably internal injuries Monday as--51 ternoon, when the weetbound West--5' Chester elevated train train crush--5 ed into the rear end of a Chicao, Au- •; roni, and Elgine train at Laramie I avenue station, Chicago. She is a ' patient at the Frances Willard Mer morial hospital, together with six ’; other (persons who were injured in : the crash. Mrs. Vega is a daughter * }of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas of I I this city. I o Henry B. Heller Is Taken From Hospital II Henry B. Heller, county attorney, ’ i who has been u patient at the AdI ame county memorial hospital for ’' the past three weeks, was removed ■ i to his home on North Fourth street ' ■ this morning. Tih-e attending physi--1 clans stated that no visitors would 'i be allowed tor several days. o WEATHER Partly cloudy and contln- ; ed warm tonight and Friday; local thunderstorms Friday.

Price Two Cento

Demobilization Plans Are Halted As New Trouble Looms At Terre Haute. SEEK SETTLEMENT Terre Haute, Ind., July 25 —(U.R) —Martial law tightened its grip on Terre Haute today as tension created by presence of national guard troops Increased and federal labor conciliators attempted to arbitrate troubles which precipitated a paralizing general strike. All plans to demobilize the militia, originally scheduled to begin today, were abandoned when it appeared that the situation still was far too tense to place in the hands of local authorities. Patrolling of streets in army truck was increased and a large force wan maintained at the Columbian Enameling and Stamping company, focal point of the disturbance, where approximately twenty townspeople were disbursed with tear gas during the night. Conciliation efforts were directed at settling a four-months strike of enamel works employes. The general strike, which paralized all business activity in Vigo county during tbe 48 hours it was in effect, was called in protest to employment of armed guards and strike-breakers by the company. Withdrawal of the company guards and dismissal of the imported strike-breakers was to he :iekf-d by T. N. Taylor, American Federation of Labor representative. and enamel workers’ union officials, when they met with Charles L. Richardson and Edward E. .Scheck. federal labor conciliators. C. B. Gorby, company president, said he had not been called in for the meeting but expressed willingness to confer with the conciliators. He said, however, that he did not intend to acceed to demands for dismissal of men now T working in the plant. He offered to withdraw the armed guards as soon as he is assured that company property will be protected. Gorby took the position that the strikers violated their contract and ceased to be employee of the company when they walked out March 23 in demand for a closed shop. He considered those recently put to work the only employes with whom he could be asked to negotiate. Production at the plant continued with “quite a few employes (CONTTNUKD ON PAGE FIVE) 0 — ■ Church Plans Musical Program Sunday Night The public is invited to attend a program to be given at the St. Paul’s church Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. The program, which wiLJ include musical numbers, will b» (presented by the young people of the church. o STATE THEFT RING BROKEN Five Held As Suspects In Theft Os Rugs From Indiana Homes Indianapolis, July 25.— (U.R) — A state-wide theft ring, specializing in expensive oriental rugs, was believed broken by police today as result of arrest of five persons. Two suspects were held at Indianapolis, two at Terre Haute, and another, Miss Verna V. Wysong, 17-year-old relief agency investigator, was released on her own recognizance. . Clayse Thompson, 45, and Charles Nellans, 37, were held at Indianapolis in default of SIO,OOO bond. Leslie Bright, 27, Indianapolis, and Mike Malooney, Terre Haute, second hand dealer, were held at Terre* Haute. Approximately $5,000 worth of loot stolen from homes of wealthy persons throughout the state while they were away on vacations had been recovered, authorities said. Associations Os Miss TTysong and Bright, a married man, gave authorities the clew which led to the arrests.. First information was the license number of MTss Wysong’s automo(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)