Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1935 — Page 1

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FUHRMAN RESIDENT OF ■SCHOOL BOARD to’nl H“ tv Board; New I,i n A Teacher Hired ; insurance i, .. ,| m> rnbpr of the city < . '■!.’<■!.'<! pr-si-a or ? anlla - . w . diio-ilay night sch.H.l building. , A .1 Hr. Hurt Manmember of . . ...r-. 11 of which 3 prpsjh’iit. |K. ~f (lie board are ■ ami Mr Hunt i-t: of the board. am .„; of the old board ,.i IT. Mangold. Mrs. and Ira Fuhrman. which | ..■ .-antzation meeting .\ were cimients made for "f the live city !■ Indiana Unithi< -;>rmg. was named | ■- ’ ;,t ,hc < ’“ n "' al I 11. the only new | •eler t»-<l. rr<ft..i'. were handed dns siimm-r. They were: . Hr. iner. third grade . Ward: Mrs. Harold ado at the South y Loss, seventh and I ( ontral and Herb |ML- . -al education inschool system. ... • financial condibool system caused .m.dl budget it was imnossteachers to till all. The remainingl sill d.mido up on classes.| ■ « savings of $3,375. consolida- « (I be eessflll. although to hire a part for tile school front August 1. 1934 to. !'• submitted by Ira of the board th.> 1 was accepted. J - rowed that the fol-' ( 'a'amt-s are in the treas- “ Br : *’ , r,:: specialfund. Jiliif...'ll: bond fund. ■s. total, $16,487.16. r-p.it will be tiled with Ami .John W. Tyndall n-v f- w (lavs. The 'Em* roper will be announced! the board. itnpl..'.. teaching staff is) iw ■c North Ward - • ii !’■ orson. first grade: s-ii-niever. second grade; lla’-i'".. third grade, and R Parrish, prim 'pal, fourth ■r South Ward A f':. principal, first grade: Suttles, r. , ond grade; Effie third grade, and Electa fourth grade. ■ Riley Building Vizard, first grade; Nell pr n. ipal, second grade; Bunner, third grade, and TP nv page THREE) Bh Os Room To I I See Pulling Contests t yuiiing committee today [ a t.it.-in nt reminding the i which will attend the De-| str-et fair and agricul-j ■N exhibit that there will be "f room tj see these two events. ■S' horse pulling contests ■’ the 18 acre field east A i.an 1,, gion Memorial p 1 lightweight contest will R”“‘ r.iday morning at 9 o'clock. ■ff“ uv .''w-ig!it contest will begin nun ning a t the same time. ~ O B e Apply For I C. VI. T. C. Camp ■gf* have been reIt) the C. M. T. C. camp at Harrison near Indfrom Adams county young he has not heard from Walter J. Krick, county applications received are Rahner of Monroe; Josrd of Geneva; Raymond of Decatur; Dorie Stalter Samuel Wagoner of DeVirgil Bowers of route to De- ' ‘ “ llna o Haines of Decatur; Holthous,, Jr„ of route three, llr and Leo Miller of Decatur. e ,)oya *’Hl be entered in the aad advanced infantry for the L3r ro ‘“ Au sast 2to 31. Boys in |^B a -np during this session will ■Jia?' 111 'lndiana, Kentucky and ' trginia.

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Everhart Named To Public Library Board Sylvester Everhart, prominent Decatur business man, was elected a member of the Decatur public library board at a meeting of the city school board, Wednesday night. Mr. Everhart will fill the vacancy in the board left by the , death of Mathias Kirsch several' months ago. Two of the members of the library board are appointed by ' the school board. Its other mem- ' ber at the present is John R. Parrish, principal of the North Ward school. NURSE DEFENDS EX-SUITORIN BRUTAL DEATH Mrs. Walter Bauer Says Suitor Had Not Threatened Husband Chicago, Aug. 1— (U.R) — A black notebook, signed by Mandeville Zenge and abandoned in a taxicab, indicated today that the rejected suitor hunted in connection with the mutilation murder of Dr. , Walter J. Bauer has committed suicide. There was nothing in the notebook, however, to indicate that Zenge knew of the mutilation murder and its discovery left police more confused than ever in their efforts to unravel the strange murder mystery. Chicago, Aug. I.— (U.R) — Mrs. Bauer, beaaitlful brunette nurSe, came to the defense today of a rejected suitor who is sought in connection with the mutiliation and death of her husband, Dr. Wai-! ter J. Bauer. Testifying at the inquest into! Bauer’s barbaric death, the pretty! young bride contradicted reports that her husband had been threat- ■ ened by Manville Zenge, her erst-! while suitor. “Walter had seen Manville and j I think he would have recognized j him if it had been Manville who; was responsible for this horrible ■ thing,” Mrs. Bauer said In a low; voice that was virbrant with emotion. She was called as the first! witness at the inquest convened to j investigate the brutal operation on Bauer that resu’ted in his death. Before Bauer died in a hospital, I however, he was able to tell physicians of the mutilation and the! events leading up to it. He said ; he was unable to recognize his as-J sailant. Coroner Frank Walsh: made a point of this and Mrs. Bau-j er’s declaration that she is sure Bauer would know Zenge if he saw him. Furthermore the Kirksville, Mo., nurse who was married only three hours before her husband left tier for Ann Arbor to take post gradu-1 a.»e work at the Un-lverslty of Michigan, said to her knoweldge Zenge never had threatened her husband. “He asked me if I was happy,” | she said, “and that seemed to bo al! that mattered. I had known (CONTTNI’ED ON PAGE FIVE) PARADE OPENS FAIR MONDAY Free Street Fair Will Open Officially Monday At 7:15 P. M. All (merchants, automobile dealers factories and other concerns interested in advertising Decatur have been asked to take part in a parade which will officially open the Decatur Fro? Street Fair and agricultural exhibit Monday evening. The parade will be sponsored by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce. It will begin promptly at 7:15 o’clock at the Centred school grounds and march down the mid-way. IBoy and Girl Scouts will be asked to march in uniform. Members of various sororities, service dabs and lodges will be asked to ride in care. Three bands will tuke part in the iparade. The Reppert School of Auctioneering has ipromUted several unusual stunts ns it marchee through the city. Floats or decorated trucks will be solicited from Decatur concerns and others. S-venil persons on horses will lead the parade. They will be followed by members of the fair board.

SADIST FOUND GUILTY, FACES DEATH IN CHAIR Jury Convicts Young Peoria Mechanic Os Cruel Sex Murder Peoria, 111., Aug. 1. —(U.R) —Gerald Thompson, convicted of the cruel sex murder of pretty auburn-hajr-ed Mildred Hallmark, today sat moodily in his cell and considered the pmalty he must pay—death in the electric chair. A jury of solemn-faced tradesmen and farmers, several of whom have daughters of their own, last night found the 26-year-old adlst guilty of murder in the first degree and ordered blm put to death. The jury thus thrust aside a defense. that Thompson was insane, a victim of tainted heritage which ! left him powerless to resist the impulses of lust. When the jury filed into the courtroom after four hours of deliberation. there were but two score spectators admitted. Outside the historic granite Peoria county court house an unru’y mob milled about. A if-eeenger sliHP**d past the guards and announced the verdict to the crowd, and hysteric shouts |of approval went up. Women 1 screamed and sobbed at the same time and men cheered hoarsely. Inside. Thompson, who throughout his trial maintained an almost ; indifferent attitude, received the verdict without aji outward fl-lck-er of emotion. After the jury foreman announced a verdict had been reached. Sheriff Marcus Olson, anxious to , get his prisoner from the jail to I the court house without a demon- ; stration, detailed a squad of deputies to clear a path through the howling mob. Then Thompson was hurried through a raxely used tunnel. A few hours before, when the | trial ended. Thompson was rushed (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 DRHEADER TO SPEAK SUNDAY Miss Norma Brown To Speak At Union Service Sunday Night Miss Norma C. Brown, of Bloomington. Illinois “an old-style ! speaker on the drink problem" ■ will address the union meeting of ' the Decatur Protestant churches !at the Christian church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The regular schedule of union services will be moved up one week to accomodate thie address by Miss Brown on the “Oncoming War With the Liquor Traffic.” Miss Brown has spoken in all ; sections of the country. She has I a wide acquaintance with political and religious leaders and has become familiar with the leading issues. In her address she will answer the following questions: “Why was the eighteenth amendment repealed? What has been saved from the wreck? Can a nation drink itself into prosperity? What are the requisites for victory?” Miss Brown is vice-president and editor in chief of the “Nation-j al Enquirer,” a magazine which deals with the liquor problem. Since January 1. 1934, Miss ; Brown has been heard from coast i to coast. 'She spent five weeks in i Kansas and had a significant part in the campaign there which upheld the 54 year-old dry amendment. No admission charge will be made Sunday. Every person in the city is invited to attend the services. The speaker was obtained by the members of the Decatur ministerial association who have charge of the union services. Name Bluffton Man District Engineer Announcement has been made by William F. Owens, Fort Wayne district WPA director, of the appointment of C. D. Butz of Bluffton as district engineer. Butz, who has worked through the Fort Wayne office as FERA district engineer for the past year and a half, will supervise ail projects in the nine counties of the district. He will be third in charge of the projects in the following counties: Allen, Adams, Wells, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Whitley, Wabash and Miami.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 1, 1935.

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Dr. Walter J. Bauer, 38-year-old Cleveland chemistry professor, above, kidnaped and fiendishly murdered in Chicago, told police before he died that he had been attacked by a man he identified as Manville Zenka. Bauer was virtually cut to pieces with a pocket knife in a lonely section on the city’s south aide and left to die.

LOCAL MEN AT ANNUAL MEET Fourteen Men Leave For Annual Laymen Retreat At Notre Dame Fourteen members of the St. Mary’s Catholic parish left this afternoon for Notre Dame, where they will attend the 17th annual Catholic laymen’s retreat, opening tonight and continuing until Sunday morning. Local men attending the retreat are Charles Voglewede, Clement Lengerich, Roman Lengerich, ; August Lengerich, Joseph Malley, ' Martin Smith, Raymond Wertzi berger, William Borne, Lewis Rumschlag, Dynois Schmitt, Leo 1 Ulman, Bert Gage, George Appel- ; man and Jared J. Reed. More than 1.000 laymen from ! all sections of the United States ! and including groups from .17 Notre Dame alumni clubs will participate in the spiritual exer- ' cfses. The initial service will be held ; tonight at 8:30 o’clock in the open at Our I-ady of I-ourdes grotto, where Rev. John B. Delaunay, C. iS. C., of the University of Portj land, Portland. Orc., retreatmast- ; er, gives the opening conference, services concluding with benediction of the most blessed sacra- ! ment. Rev. William Bolger, C. S. | C., is announced as assistant rej treatmaster by Rev. Patrick Doi- * an. C. D. C„ superior of Holy Cross mission band, and director of lay retreats at the university. Other than the mass in morning, the majority of the services and devotions incident to the retreat will take place on the campus. Sunday morning the early mass, reception of holy communion and | (CONTINUFD ON PAGE FIVE) OSEEK FUNDS IN WORK PROGRAM — Sixty New Applications On File In State For Improvements Indianapolis, Aug. 1 — (U.R) — ! Sixty new applications for funds j under the public works administration program were on file today with Forrest M. Logan, state director. The applications were filed by school, civil and county units tor funds with which to make various types of public improve-; ments. The requests will be forI warded to Washington for approval. Included among the requests were: La Porte — Addition to school I building, $15,911. Allen county — Jackson township, school building, $27,571; , Marion township, addition to; school building, $2,206; St. Joseph township, school building, $38.213; Madison township, addition to l school building, $14,417; Adams township. addition to school building, $22,657. Terre Haute —City hall, $314,000. Hazelton — School building, | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

CITY OFFICIALS HERE DAIRY DAY Three Hundred Cream Station Operators To Bring Delegations Approximately 300 cream station operators, connected with the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., will come to Decatur Thursday, August 8 for Dairy Day, according to an announcement by Cloverleaf officials. The cream station operat- 1 ors will come from the territory served by Cloverleaf Creameries, I including Ohio, Michigan and In-1 diana. Each of the 300 operators will bring his specific delegation of patrons and friends with him, and a welcoming delegation wilt meet the visiting groups at the outskirts of Decatur and conduct them to the city. Several state police have been secured to take care of traffic congestion in Decatur on that day. Many city officials from HuntI fngton and Fort Wayne will visit ■ the city on Dairy Day and offi- . vials of the Huntington chamber ; of commerce will also be present. Mayor Harry Baals of Fort Wayne has signified his Intentions of coming, as well as many prominent visitors from Chicago, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, and other cities. Mayor Claire Bangs of Huntington will also attend If i possible. Professor Gregory of Purdue j University will make a short talk on the afternoon program and several other men from Purdue, including Professor Elliott. E. T. Wallace of the Dairy Extension office. T. H. Binney of the Creamery License division and others will attend the day’s activities. At noon. the distinguished 1 guests will be honored with a luncheon given by the Lions and Rotary clubs of Decatur. This ! luncheon will be given at the Rice Hotel and will be followed by the parade. SCOUT CABIN IS DEDICATED — Boy Scout Cabin Along St. Mary’s River Dedicated By Lions The n;-w Boy Scout cabin recently constructed by the Decatur Lions I club at a site on the St. Mary’s river three miles southeast of Decatur on state highway 527 is now being used. The cabin was dedicated at the regular meeting of the club Tuesday evening. About 100 persons attended the dinner and program. A short address was given (by Bryan Blue, president of the Lions club of Syracuse, Oklahoma, who is now attending the Repipert School of .Auctioneering. Community singing w»is Fed by W. F. Beery. A ladies quarete composed of Mrs. C. L. Waltere, Mrs. Walter Krick, Mrs. Lloyd Cowens and Mil® Marjorie Johnson sang several numbers C. L. Walters gave a short talk. French Quinn made the dedicatory address. He explained the Boy Scout movement and what it meant to sponsor a boy scout troop. He j congiutulated the Lions club on the construction of the camp. Mr. Quinn then dedicated and christened the camp, Camp Miami on the K-etkionga. The land consisting of several acres for the camp was donated by Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp for a periond of years. The only request she made was that the camp be used by girl scouts occasionally. The grounds have been fenced in. The foundation for the building, in the form of heavy oak skids was donated by Earl Colter. The camp I building may be moved if necessary. | All the labor for the camp was furnished when the .members of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

4 L\ J 8 Days Till The FREE STREET FAIR and Agricultural Exhibit

TREASURY HEAD IN STATEMENT TO COMMITTEE Morgenthau Seeks To Head Off Bonus And Inflation Drives Washington, Aug. I—<U.R> —Sec I retary of the Treasury Henry , I Morgenthau, Jr., sought to head . ! off prospective bonus and infla- ! tion drives with a statement to | 1 the senate finance committee today that revenues from the new tax bill would not “warrant new or additional expenditures.” Morgenthau’s views were presented as senate progressives marshalled forces for a fight to rewrite the bill on which house debate commences today. The senate progressive bloc has warned a new drive to pay the soldiers' bonus will be started if efforts to broaden the tax bill fail. Morgenthau’s words appeared to be aimed directly at this threat. I He sought to preserve the bill in I a form conforming to President Roosevelt’s recommendations. "Any such new or additional expenditures,” he said, “would not conform to the best Interests of the national credit.” Despite Morgenthau’s recommendations for a bill along the lines of the president's wishes, he refused to say directly whether the measure drafted by the house ways and means committee was satisfactory. The committee has run counter ■ to the president at several points. “You place me in an embarrassing position.” Morgenthau told ! Sen Pat Harrison, chairman. “We are not trying to embar1 rass you," Harrison replied, “hut I I don't want to get caught going and coming on this proposition." “I hope the congress." said Morgenthau. “will provide that the proceeds of the new taxation you are considering be preserved scrupulously for the purpose, irnvTTNT'Rn ov pic.p five) —— ——-o NEW BAKERY’ TO OPEN SATURDAY Lake's Home Bakery Will Be Located In Business Room On North Second Street Lake’s Home Bakery is to be opened in Decatur Saturday with a portion of the line the new company expects to carry. The company will ibe'owned and managed by T. B. Lake, who will j move to Decatur. He has been oper-' ating a bakery in Fort Wayne for several years. The bakery will be located in the ; building owned by Mre Charles Dugan on north second street, for"rerlv occupied by the Dixie Queen Fruit market. Mr. I®.ke announced that Saturday he will have some bread and cookies for sale. Next week the bakery will offer a comnlete line of pasteries. It will, specialize in rolls, ibread, and wedding and party cakes. o INDIANA WORK PROGRAM OPENS Three Works Projects Are Started In Indianapolis And Gary Indianapolis, Aug. 1. —<U.R>—The $40,000,000 federal-state drive to' eliminate direct relief in Indiana, got underway today with the start of three works progress administration projects. Those started today, the first under the WPA program in the middle west, were located in Marion county and Gary. They will represent a total expenditure of $1,208,440. Approximately 1.500 men will be employed on them. The largest of the group was a park reforestration and beautification project in Indianapolis. The other in Marion county provides for reconstruction of the Riverside state fish hatchery. Gary’s program calls for a wide variety of improvements ,to the city’s municipal park system. Additional projects will be started in other sections of the state next week, Wayne Coy, state director of the WPA, announced. Offices have been set up in the II districts and all the district cFl,rectors reported they were ready (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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TENTS ERECTED FOR LIVESTOCK SHOWS AT FAIR ■ Other Activities Are Started In Preparation For Fair Next Week Decatur began to take on the ! aspects of a street fair today ' when erection of tents to house the cattle and horse shows was started at the municipal parking lots on South First street. Hundreds of feet of canvas will be erected by the Wolf Tent and Awning company of Fort Wayne to house the several hundred head of livestock which will be on exhibit the entire week of the Decatur Free Street Fair and agI ricultural exhibit on the streets of ■ I this city August 5 to 10, inclusive. Much of the special wiring has also been done by city light plant employes to take care of the thousands of extra lights needed by ' the rides, shows and concessions j during the big fair. State highway workers also I started today on placing signs on '! the streets of the city, detouring through traffic from the business section of the city, which will be closed to traffic of any kind during the entire week. Special decorations for the fair likely will be put in place Sunday and Monday. With the arrival of the various shows, rides and concessionaires over the weekend, the streets of i Decatur will ibe a beehive of activity by Monday, preparing for the . grand opening of the fair Monday ■ I evening at 7 o’clock. 'board names CHRIS EICHER Former Road Superintendent Is Named To County Council Chris Eicher of near Preble, former county commissioner and road ; superintendent, was elected to fill the vacancy left by the death of : Mathias Kirsch several months ago. Henry Dehner, presided over the board in its session this morning in his capacity of vice-president. Mr. Kirech was president of the board. The county council will reorganize and elect officers at its regular meeting to be held September 3. At this time the board will also consider the county budget for 1936 and may make some special appropriations for the balance of 1935. The members of the council now are Henry Dehner, first district; Janies A. Hendricks, second dis- | trict; and the following members at | large, (August Conrad, Chris Eicher : and Dan Byerly. James A. Hendricks was appointi ed by the council in its special session today as its rfpresentative on ! the Adams county tax adjustment board which will meet on September 16. o— Receive Authority To Change Wage Scale Indianapolis, Ind., ,Aug. I—(UP1 —(UP) — State works progress administrators wens given athority to revise wage-scheduled regions as set up . j recently by Clarence F. Manion, ' Indiana director of the national emergency council. The order was made by President Roosevelt when it was learned that inequalities in wage rates developed under the schedule. The right to revise the areas was made principally to avoid inequalities which exist on state borders. Under the former setup, each state had individual wage schedules, and in some instances it was found that differentials amounted to as much as $35 a month, — o WEATHER Unsettled, local thundershowers probable central and north portions tonigWt and Friday, and extreme south Friday; cooler Friday and north portion tonight.

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Franco-British Plan Flatly Rejected By Italy; British Head Demands Action. SWEDEN TO AID Geneva, Aug. I—(UR) —With new telephonic instructions from Premiere Benito Mussolini, Baron Pompeo Alolsi of Italy met with Captain Anthony Eden of Great Britain and Premier Pierre LaVal of France tonight to discuss a compromise proposal to avert war between Italy and Ethiopia. Geneva, Aug. I—(U.RK-Italy refused today to accept a FrancoBritish compromise proposal to avert war in Ethiopia and work out a settlement of the dispute. Consequently, the session of the council scheduled for today was postponed until tomorrow so that another plan could be drawn up which might prove satisfactory. The atmosphere was none too hopeful, but Premier Pierre I-aval of France and Capt. Anthony Eden of Great Britain were determined to spare no effort to find a solution. The French delegation officially denied a report circulated by the Reuter and Exchange Telephaph News agencies, which said Laval had telephoned to Premier Benito Mussolini, appealing to him to show a spirit of conciliation. The decision to postpone the council meeting was reached at 4 p. m., when it became known that Italy’s objections would necessitate further negotiations. Laval conferred 15 minutes ■ later with Baron Pompeo Alois! ! of Italy, seeking to satisfy the Italian demands. Italy still obi jectfi to inclusion of Ethiopia in the proposed four-power confer, ence with Britain and France. She prefers negotiations under the 1906 treaty which determined British. French and Italian spheres I of influence in Ethiopia and promising to protect Ethiopia’s sovereignty. Italy also objects to holding ('CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Some Relief From Heat Is Promised (By United Press) The summer’s third intensive heat wave moved slowly from west to east across Aimerica today causing great loss of life, incalculable Buffering, and damage to many crops. A United Press survey today showed the death toll from heat prostrations, drownings and violent storms is 77 with the number mounting hourly. Temperatures which have mounted above the- 100 degree mark at some points in the country every day this week, were moving steadily toward that peak at noon today but forecasters said an ocean of cool air has started southeast from the Hudson bay region and will bring some relief tonight. FIGHTS LIQUOR SALE BY BARREL Paul Fry Says Revenue Loss To State SIOO,000 Per Y’ear Hndianapolis, Ind., Aug. I—(UP) — A loss in revenue totalling at least SIOO,OOO per year will result in Indiana if an act permitting whisky retailers to sell by the barren. now ‘pending before congress, is enacted, excise- officials said today. Paul P. Fry, state excise administrator, believed sale of whisky by the keg would be illegal under Indiana law, but added that if such a law were passed, bulk sales would not be permitted until after properly legalized in court action. Fry pointed out that it would be impossible to check what happened to a barrel of whisky once It was delivered to the retailer, “The sale of package liquor is the only quarantee a purohaser is given as to its contents," Fry said. He added that he had sent his disapproval of the measure to federal alcohol officials and Indiana's congressional delegation.