Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1935 — Page 1

No - 203

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J Is Adjourned *T Midnight Without losing Deficiency 3 jsure ■f IL KSEOK HOURS w » 19« !•' Preßl " a ',,‘n A <U.R> The ■j* > f > h: """ y ’’ u,ng * a< ,*. I libuster to •*” . 4 -d -''"'l economic 1 """ 4 sl " ' \ M today, unable ds «"t k because of tireless oratory. ~f Lon- ’ h - r * l ,h “ (t1 ,.1 «.ib congress. ■4-.: al'P- I ■ ."ons for the MM- .... r •' I-.od 'be railroad bo“' ; rl "' a4,ninlßtrafind f" 11 ' 1 - from <),hpr —# ,|1 these newly created a large part »■ >'-. of eight months ■V of cong ■-- "'ll remajn until r.cress meets ajNtuary ' fie - ral ■’. p. M ■ informal'.' that the adcov.M use flln ' !s • .-lief addproto «e- th- new agencies Whether ti.- administration to tap other approstill was in doubt as ad-BE'-jon ■ '"tight some but there was a growing Grity, railroad and I- Huffey bill coal » aid have to wait until to begin life. |K^; ( . - sena'o.' in the chanthint. I- «« taJked from Kto midnight. Both the senlEl-: the house previously had adjourn a: midnight. I'nrules 'io-re was no way him and. despite -the 9k ( ..e».s of colleagues t > sit perm: - the deficiency bill ■p Ung kept right on until """ took effect .as fighting for the sen- ■<> the iency bill call- ■ cent . otton loan and a tetr wheat loan. This issue Sa’ ir ia'- a.s scheduled President Roosevelt ■k- mg congrefactions, arranged a comThe farmers wer Io cent loan, a 1 cent a.lloan set by AAA. faiimt' were to get Bfiuel-- aiorv won nothfor cotton or wheat but ■ •'v killed the bill • > ton farmers their in it' loan, but be-, tbs AAA had pledg'd it he- . list senate session even The «lea farmers still ■■nWED ON PAGE FIVE) Brimck Isch H Injured Sunday Mr and Mrs. Ralph lech, in from a: injury .sustained afternoon when he fell in ■Mos his hunt at the corner ■Bib and Elm streets. g lU t his arm on a broken ■t j«r it requir d 14 stitches to wound. He suffered .onfrom the loss of blood. — o—, ■OVISE KLEPPER || RITES THURSDAY of Adams County Died M Sunday Morning At Fort ■ Wayne Hospital E*' Lou «« Klepper, 60, of 2101 street. Fort Wayne, died at Monday morning at th? er>n Hospital, following an ill°t more than a year of cam■Wions. was a native of Ad ' ■■'utinty. She wan a member of K or! Wayne Zion Lutheran i ■*., a L n< * ttle Lidice Aid society , ■®e rhurrh. j E"' vi "S ai- e the hueband. WilEJlepwr; a steifeon. William •Wrof Fort Wayne; two sisters, ■y l be Ostermeyer of Adame E?'* n d Mrs. Minnie Wilcox of Ka*“*• Washington, and three K 2 ’ "Viliam, Henry and Fred KrJar. all of Adam.s county •'Tvicea will be held •>’ afternoon at 2 o’clock. K‘ a ~ th « residence and at 2:30 ■n p t!le Zion Lutheran chunch. will officiate | will be at Concordia.

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INSTITUTE IS OPENED TODAY Annual Teachers’ Institute Is Opened This Morning “The peril which confronts edit- , cation today is beyond any ordinI ary danger,” said Dr. Allen D Alj bert. in his address at the annual ‘ county teachers' institute this morning. Dr. Albert was president of - Rotary International from 1915 to 1916. was formerly president of the Minnesota Academy of social I and political science, was assistant to the president of the Cen- • tury of Progress and is now con--1 nected with the state teachers' ' I colleges in New York and Pennsylvania. i The other epeaker on this morn-1 i ing's program was Dr. Henry ■ Arnold, president of Wittenberg college. Both men addressed the instl- , tute again this afternoon. Dr. . ■ Albert talked on “What Has Made 1 ..the Trouble in Abyssinia." Dr. Arnold discussed "Understanding i Modern Youth". Dr. Albert this morning in his . talk on “The World Peril of E.lu- , cation" continued, "The peril begins with the depression which in most countries threatens education with under nourishment. This in no light menace. Yet it is not foreboding as another which has grown out of the war —a corrup- , tion of the very blood stream cf child-tnining and scholarship. “Japan seems to have felt the depression least among the national school systems. Then England Then France. Then Germany. Then Russia. Remembering how difficult it is to compare ' different systems, it can only he said of the United States that since it has undertaken more than any other nation it ha-: felt the constriction of reduced income in more places. "Toward the close of the school year 1933-34 this was the situation in our country: ‘lSome 20.000 rural schools had been closed. Some 1,004.650 children had been shut out of school. Our city systems were employing 18,600 fewer teachers and were | faced with an enrollment of 68.100 more pupils than in 1931. "In every department this situation has been improved in 193435.” Dr. Albert continued with a discussion of the problems in for- | (mWTTNTTED GN PAGE FIVE) COURT RULING FORCER CHANGES NRA Decision Forced Congress To Pass New Legislation Washington. Aug. 27— <U.R) The session of congress just ended spent a good part of its time picking up the wreckage left by the supreme court decisions against the new deal and bolsterI ing previous acts against forthcoming tests. Collapse of NRA and its aswo- ' ciated agencies as a result of the Schechter poultry decision led to passage of the Wagner labor relations act to continue the labor guarantees previously contained ■ in section 7-A 6f the recovery act. The new federal alcohol and the i Guffey coal plan. The AAA amendments were re-1 vised many times in an effort to ■ protect the Roosevelt farm policy I against the wave of processing j 1 tax sultts and the supreme court I test this tall. A federal court decisio nin ,Alabama. holding that the Tennessee I Valley authority could not sell i power, was a leading reason for: /passage of the TVA amendments. | The new deal won its supreme , 1 court suit over devaluation of the dollar and cancellation of the gold clause in federal securities. I but there was a loophole in the decision which caused the admin ; istration to insist on pasaage ofi legislation to restrict such suits. Invalidation of ‘ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

MUNCIE CHOSEN SITE OF 1936 LEGION MEET Dr. Killian Favored For Commander When Opponent Withdraws Indianapolie Aug. 27 — (UP) — Sel.ction of Dr. A. R. Killian. luifay-1 ■ ette dentist, as the next Indiana commander of the American Legion .by acclamation appeared probable after withdrawal of L. V. Hauk, his only opponent. Frknde of Hauk said he withdrew becau*? of "too mu- h Republican politics." Munch* was chosen for the 1936 meeting place. A vigorous broadside against -communism tn American sihoole, specifically dlr ted at Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, president of DePauw university, was hurl d by the delegates. The univ rwity president was accused of "radicalism) and inexcusaplv prejudice against against le- , gionairr* e.” The motion < riticlxed the univer- , sity pr.eldent for ,prejudlce againet legionnaireo on .his faculty. Al- , j though his naaie did not appear in I tb? .printed copies of the resolution, " j the president was m ntioned twice by th? chairman of the committee i ! offering it. L gionnair o end d three* days of hilarious revelry today to settle | down to serious business of their' 17th annual Convention. R. iteration of the d mand for I* ash payment of th? bonus, a broadside against communism, election , of officers and selection of the 1936 ! I conv ntion city were sch duled. The bonus resolution reiterated the d mand of last year's national (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O P. W. SMITH DIES MONDAY Former President Os Decatur Bank Dies Monday Night P. W. Smith, age 84, prominent indu-’t) laiiot and .banker of Richmond and a brother of A. J. Smith of thin city, diet! last night in a hospital in Petc-skey. Michigan. Mr. Smith had be n in poor h alth for sometime. D.ath was attributed to coir.pli ation t of age, pneumonia developing shortly before he died. Mr. Smith was on* of the pioneer lumber and caw .r.ill operators in Adami county. In 1881 he operated millt at Monmouth and Williams and in 1882 ame to Decatur and started the .Adams County Lumber I company. From 1893 to 1921. Mr. Smith s rved as president of the First National Bank in thin city, now know as the First State Bank. He waa one of the early stockholders in this institution and also held several ether offices, including that of ! viopresident. For several years he was ehair.r.an of the board of directors. Mr. Smith was horn in Ohio. April 13. 1851. the son of Henry and Catherine Smith. In October, 1883, -Mr. Smith married Miss Catherine i B * ry of Decatur, dauhgter of Abra- | b.am Beery. In about 1890. Mr. Smith moved to Ri hmond and became identified | with the industrial and banking i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Miss Fan Hammell Undergoes Operation * - Mi-3S Fan Ham neil of this city was operated on at 10 o’clock this morning at the Lutheran hospital, Fcrt Wayne. At noon she was resting easy and reports from her bedside were encouraging. Miss Hammell took ill a few weeks ago. o~ Arm Fractured In Fall From Swing Bobby Kuhnl?, tire eleven year j old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kuhnle of 127 North Third street had the misfortune to break .hie left arm when h? fell from a swing in ' th? back yard of his home yeeter- ■ day. He suffered a couble fracture. Liquor Hearing Postponed Today — Hearing on a permit to retail beer ! wine and liquor, submitted by the | Loyal Order of Moose, will "be held Wednesday afternoon. The hearing i was originally set so rthis morning j but was ordered postponed ome day.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 27, 1935.

Congressmen Bid Boss Farewell

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Life is just one problem after another to these men, congressmen bidding farewell to their “boss" as they finish a hectic session of congress and face their coustituents back home. Left to right, are Representatives Stephen M. Young. Ohio; Lister Hill, Alabama; Robert T. Secrest, Ohio; William T. Schulte, Indiana, and Speaker Joseph T. Byrns.

ROOSEVELT TO TAKE VACATION President Plans Lengthy Trip To San Diego Exposition Washington. Aug. 27 — (U.R) — i Homeward-bound congress todayleft President Roosevelt holding a bagful of last-minute regulations on which he mint act before he can start his own vacation travels. Mr. Roosevelt, who in the past eight months fought as hard for his' new deal program as did his ’ harrassed leaders in the house and senate, must continue to put in his usual eight to 10 hours at > his desk, scanning reports on the various measures before approv- ’ ing some and consigning others to the shelf. When that job is completed in a week, however, he plans i to do soma plain and fancy traveling that will take him away from Washington for more than a month. Hyde Park, N. Y„ where the summer white house nestles in a grove of old trees on the high banks of the Hudson river, will be his first stop. There he will remain until about Sept. 21 when he is tentatively scheduled to head westward for San Diego, Cal. At Hyde Park, Mr. Roosevelt, carries out his usual business routine in an office in a wing of the big house in winch lie was i born. Executive offices are established in Poughkeepsie, N. Y„ seven (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SEIZE KIDNAP SUSPECT TODAY Man Resembling William Mahan Held; Doubt Identification — Helena, Mont., Aug. 27 —(UP) —| | Butt? Police officers, chief Jere I Murphy and detective James Moon-' ey, today failed to identify a man i held here as William Mahan, fugitive Wey rhaeueer kidnap suspect. Th? man, w'io gave the name of Les McGcwan, former inmate of ; the Montana state penitentiary at l Deer Lodge, was arr.sted last night, i Th? arr et was made because of t his resemblance to the fugitive kid- j naper, officers said. He was with three other men in a sedan, with Washington license i ■plates, when arrested. One of the ! m n ran as the officers approach- ■ cd. Th? other two were not arrested. I "It’s ipretty definite that he is not, Mahan," toe officers said. "We’re | holding him, however, until we can I I get hie prints check d at Wash-1 ingten. He admits serving a term in Deer Lodge prison for burglary at Polson, Mont." Check Description Washington, Aug. 27 —(UP) —The; department of Justice today indicated it was checking descriptions : I of a suspect held at Helena. Mont., i with that of William Mahan, hunt d i Meyerhaesuer kidnaper. Comparison of the department's i ilescription of Mahan and that of j t.:e Helena captive indicated, how-i I -ever, that they tallied closely. I The department described Mahan ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Accident Victim Undergoes Operation Al x Wilhelm of Decatur was j operated on at 6 o'clock Monday night to improve his condition resulting from an automobile accident i early Monday .morning north of Fort Wayne. His condition is serious but physicians extend hopes of recovery if I:is heart will not fail und r the strain and if infection does not de- . veto;). In the accident he sustained a brok n pelvis and internal injuries. He is a patient at the Methodist hoepital in Fort Wayn*. 0 : U. S. EMBASSY STAFF REDUCED Action Follows Recent Protest Against Communistic Work Moscow, Aug. 27 —(U.R) — The Soviet government replied today to the United States protest against communist propaganda activities with a firmly worded note denying that the Roosevelt-Litvin-ov agreement had been violated. The strong United Sstate protest complained of speeches made at the recent congress of the communist international here. Moscow, Aug. 27 — (U.P.) —T' ie United States emassy received notice from the state department today of a drastic reduction in the Moscow staff. The changes include the transj fer of John C. Wiley, counsellor, who has been ordered to Antwerp as consul general. Charles E. : Bohlen, third secretary, who is on j Vacation in the United States and intended to return here next month, has been assigned to the state department. The Moscow embassy, which ' when first established was among the largest United States missions I anywhere in the world, is reduced jto one of rhe smallest. Tire staff ■ has been cut virtually 50 per cent. It was learned simultaneously I that the British. Italians, and Latvians have protested to the ! foreign office against the nature i of the speeches at the recent communist international congress. Officials said the protests were rejected. The strong United States pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) !A — # RECOMMENDED CLUB I ■ I “I recommended Decatur as | I the first small town in the | I | United States to get a charter | I I from Rotary International be- | i i cause of its character,” said | I Allen D. Albert, former presii j dent of Rotary International | I | and the man who was instru- | | mental in having a charter j | granted the local club. | Questioned as to what he | j meant by “character.” Mr. Al- | i I len said, "Decatur had a low | i I I percentage of poverty and a | | , | high degree of intelligence. I | I 1 was confident that an organi- | ' zation such as the Rotary club | j would be permanent.” Mr. Allen is one of the | speakers at the annual county | teachers’ institute. Several local Rotarians eni tertalned Mr. Allen at lunch- | ' | eon today.

IUIIAN ARMY PLANNING HUGE WAR MANEUVERS “War” Cabinet To Meet; Great Britain Maps Air Defense Addis Ababs. Aug. 27—(U.Rl— Reports reaching here today said more than 12,000 Somalis, chiefly troops and equipped with machine guns, have deserted the Italian army and have offered their services to Emperor Haile Selassie I. Ethiopian officials refused to confirm or deny the report but It is known that in recent months upwards of 15.000 natives of Eritrea and Somaliland, including native troops, have crossed the orders of those respective Italian colonies into Ethiopia. (By United Press) Today’s developments in .the Ital-ian-Ethiopian crisis: Bolzano —Mussolini prepares for i "war" cabinet meeting tomorrow: I may mke historic speech Friday or Saturday; rain makes sham , airp'ane raid on Bolzano airplane- . I less. Rome—ltaly will seek justiflca:tjon for Ethiopian campaign at Geneva on contention that Ethiopia is responsible and Is unfit to be league member or enjoy Its protection. Addis Ababa — Motor drivers leave for Ogaden front to man ' American trucks for southern arI my. 1 London —Government strengthens home defenses with official ; j (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O GARBAGE CONTRACT AWARDED BY CITY ICity Council Awards Garbage Collection Contract To Ed Newport The contract sign d by the board of public works and safety with Ed I Newport to collec t the garbage for I t?e next year was approved by the Icity ouncil Monday night. He was : th? low bidder at $4 i . ' The contract has provisions co.n'i Pelling him to collect the garbage "l in the business district at least four ! times a week and in the residence • | district at least three times a week. I It also compels him to call at the I city hall every day to receive any ; I complaints. The contract may b? cancelled upon 24 hours notice by the council if the work preves unsatisfactory. The council approved the signing of the contract by the board of public works and safety to furnisih all the material and labor necessary to build an electric line partly overhead and partly underground at a cost of $1,739. SEEK MEANS TO OBTAIN FUNDS Roosevelt Meets Leaders To Obtain Social Security Funds Washington, Aug. 27 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt called a conference of congressional leaders and Comptroller General John R. McCarl at the White House at 3:30 p. m. today to consider I means of meeting the crisis resuiting from blocking of the third deficiency bill due to the Huey Long filibuster. It was indicated at the White House that the entire situation including ways and means for providing funds for the social security program, the Guffey coal board, and other items caught by the last minute adjournment jam would be discussed. Principal efforts, it was understood. would be devoted to a study of the $4.0tk),000.000 work relief appropriation in the hope that funds might be obtained from that source. Several congressional leaders reiterated today that they had been given informal assurances by McCarl that funds for the vital parts of the. social security program could be obtained from that, or another, source. They expressed confidence that away out of the difficulties created by the filibuster by Long, which ended only with adjournment of congress, would be found. McCarl’s assurance on this subject was said to have been given ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Hire Engineer To Design Plans For Sewage Plant Here

GENEVA SCHOOL HEARING HELD State Tax Board Representative Will Make Further Inquiry Albert F. Walstnan. the member of the state tax commission who conducted the liearlng Monday for the remonstrators against the proposed new school building at Geneva, has announced that he will I conduct a private investigation of the need for a new building before rendering a decision. Today attorneys for the township with township officials were ( in Indianapolis to submit the proposed construction as a project for the PWA. Because of the moving-up of the deadline for filing applications *to September 12 it will be necessary |to file the application at once. It the construction should be turned down by the state tax board It will be possible to cancel the application. If the project should be approved the townsh-'.p would have the benefit of a 45 per cent outright gain under this procedure. The seating capacity of the circuit court room Monday was insufficient to accomodate the crowd from Wabash township. Many | were forced to s'and. The engineer for the petitioners | . at the hearing told Mr. Walstnan | that the repair of the old building would cost more than $21,000. On-j ly part of this money would be' necessary to replace the damaged (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CHILD KILLER IS EXECUTED German Mother Permitted Children So Starve To Death (Copyright 1935 by United Press) I Berlin, Aug. 27— (UP)—Charlotte | Ju -nemann, 24, believed to b? an ex- ; pectant moth r, was .beheaded by battle axe today at Ploetzzense prison. She permitted h:r three child-; | ren to etarve to death. Adolf Hitler, her only hope, refused t? interv ne. He left yesterday for a cruise with the Baltic fleet, ou maneuvers. Willy Gehrke, condemned in anoth r case, perished with her by the ax? of the silk-hatted Nazi headsman. Frau Juenemann's death brought to an nd a sordid story of direst poverty and of the effort of a wo- i man of w ak intellect to find in the Kile dens of the city's poorest seci tions h r idea of the glamour of life. Her crime was that she spent the mcney given to her by relief organizations in low case m n ! I friends —and ven gave away the milk cards that would have kept life in her children. When her head, with its sharp featured face and brown bobbed hair, rolled from an e .naeiated body, but one member was left of a family of five —the father, who is in an insane asylum. Frau Juenemann came here from a small town, seeking romance. She m t Jueneiann and after living ; together for a time they were married. It was a marriage in which I there never was a change for happiness. There home was always a dark back room in a tenement basem nt. The father was taken to an asylum a year ago. Frau Juenemann (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Berne School Levy Slashed 20 Cents E. M. Webb, superintendent of the 1 Berne schols, Monday announced a reduction of .20 cents in the pro- ' posed tax levy for the Berne schools i The reduction is from $1.20 to $1.05. I The slash was made possible, the I superintendent stated, on assurance 1 that a payment of approximately $2,800 will be available from the I Peoples State Bank of Berne by I January 1. WEATHER Fair and cooler tonight and Wednesday.

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Indianapolis Engineer Is Hired By Council To Make Plans For Plant In Decatur DEADLINE SET The city council in continued session last evening authorized the board of public works and safety to employ a consulting engineer for the purpose of preparing the preliminary plans and petition for the PWA grant and ‘ loan for the building of a sewage disposal plant and interceptor sewer. The board, composed of Mayor A. R. Holthouse, city attorney Hei Ban H. Myers and Councilman Andy Appelinan. met at 11:30 o’clock at the city hall and after reviewing the contracts and proposals submitted by six engineering firms, decided to negotiate with Charles H. Hurd, consulting engineer of Indianapolis. Mr. Hurd will arrive in the city this evening and meet with the board. Formal execution of a contraett is expected. The signing of the contract for the preliminary designs, drawings, profiles and layouts for the proposed sewage treatment plant and intercepting sewer and making application for a PWA grant and loan does not bind the city to j go ahead with the project if the council deems the total construci tion cost too high. Final plans -re not prepared until after the j PWA makes the grant and loan , and the council must approve these plans and order the job constructed. The federal government through the PWA has been making a grant equal to 45 per cent of the cost of construction, the local munici--1 pality financing the 55 per cent, balance through a bond issue. The method of financing has not yet ; been worked out. Applications I for a loan and grant must be in the hands of F. M. Logan, state director of the PWA not later than September 12. President Roosevelt set the deadline date yesterday. If the project is not approved or if the council decides not to i order the final plans, the city : will be required to pay only SSOO for the preliminary survey and drawings, which also includes the J engineer's services in making out the PWA application. There will not be any further financial obligation on the city. The contract with Mr. Hurd will provide for these stipulations and payments. As in the case of nearly every proposal submitted. consulting engineers will receive six and onehalf per cent on the total actual cost of the project. Mr. Hurd is one of the leading engineers on sewage disposal problems in the country. He has constructed or has in the process of building. 27 sewage treatment (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SENATOR’S WIFE DIES SUDDENLY Mrs. Tom Connally Dies Os Heart Attack At Washington Washington, Aug. 27 —(UP)— Sen. Tom Connally planned today to accompany the body of his wife, Mrs. Louise Clarkson Connally, to their home in Texas for Burial. Mrs. Conally, exhausted by the ordeal of packing for the trip home after the long session of congress died late yesterday in the Senator’s office in the senate office building. She suffered a heart attack. She collapsed in an elevator and was carried to the office. Her husband and a physician arrived (before she died a few minutes later. The Senator and Mrs. Connally were married in 1904, while he was a member of the Texas legislature. She was a native of Marlin. Tex, Surviving are the Senator and a son • Ben, a Houston, Tex., lawyer. President Roosevelt, when he heard of the death, sent the following message to Connally, “Dear Tom: I am deeply shocked. my dear fellow. The very sad news has just icome — you are very mU'Cih in the thoughts of your affectionate friend. “Franklin D. Roosevelt.”