Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1935 — Page 1

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lISI AflEA of IEWIOPHI EWIOPH SOID ! I JO FINANCIERS 1,,10-Ameriean Group Is | Cirffl Natural ReI sources Right ■ B y United E’ rPS! ' „.. , 8 . rhuha Emperor Haile _■■***'’ A g i v e s Anglo-American , ’6 rear com ession to de- ■ fcLmral .es of eastern ot Ethiopia ■.»,.» Ronton" Mussolini de-j K spores talk of sanctions n . to troops, declaring Italy I men under arms W Hair concentrates sunestablishes bases to make the ■L an Italian lake as British | Suez canal. "BL Erance sees her role as ,r^Bj |i)|rt r between Italy and Engconcession. g 75-Year Concession V (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Addis Ababa Aus 31.- <U.R) —A; (oneession exploit oil H*, lir ,,. s thr-Mi.ben: the eastern Kof Ethiopia has been granted Kth- Via.ni Exploration and De Klopm-r' <'"iP" "ion, incorponitK b [hiauj" ' was announced IBtI- contra.' >’>'•'”» tl "‘ < orporto seek and extract petrol-s-a-. s ami ozokerite HLxentr. a waxy substance near coal ?■■'?■< f " ,m which is made in a great area aii of ogaden province portions of •In- provinces of K,llo. Rtisi and Hale. addition th" company is enbituminous sub K... and receives ■ir'c concessions that be granted as the result of ~v ry metals and K■-n: :n . tit I:i: ■ ■HL CAMP I ENDED TODAY ■fili/t'ib Military I raining; H Camp Is Concluded B This Morning |B Indianapolis. in.l.. Aug. .11—(UP) than 2 out) cad-Rs of the mil tary training corps .mind today aftei at Port Benjamin the final mess - given transportation < b-. k .i: rmally ditichargby Col. Ol:v r P. Robineon. poet ,.f the .amp brought end : - x wars of active army in Indiana f r Col. Robinson. B' wil Heave Port Harrison next t: professor of millan dtactics at the colof City of New York. For the . a<t two yeans he *m In Barg <f aoivitiee at Fort Harrison previously had been in charge res rve offkers training corps ■ Indiana university. cadetu wens reviewed by offi rs and officials of the ■m rican Legion, including Dr. R- Kilian, Lafayette, newly--tat- cvm a.atid-'i. yesterday ■fternoon. C Jones, Vine nnes, baewas adjudged on-? of the adets. receiving five amilitary proffecieni y.

i-nusuaj Exhibit Is Placed In I Cases Os Historical Society

■ A very unusual exhibit was plac the cases of the Adams vounW historical society at the court ■®use today. It is a certificate of ■Wiciency issued to Jaeob Braun, y f:t of Fred Braun of this city. ■ ' oa >ied it to the society. ■. n ex P 1 ain i n g the certificate r lch is now framed. Mr. Braun Jated that it had been give his in Germany. Jacob Braun, ’as the custom, was “bound ■ Ter to a blacksmith when he was I ■ young man. ■ He worked for five years for onErv°° rJ an< * room possibly a ■ y nominal remuneration. During BJ 8 tirne he was not P erm itted to Ey & ttle cont ract or leave tl»? 6n d °* ‘he term of the Ei a he Was examined by a KJ; com Posed of expert blackE n 8 ." 110 foun< * him proficient in ■ifiri? PBBlnn - He was given acer- ■ e entitling him to practice

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Change Made In Grand Jury List The name of Mrs, Ruth Hollingeworth of Decatur was drawn this I morning to replace that of Mrs. I (Trace Ray. it was learned by the ' jury commissioners that Mrs. Ray lis no longer a resident of Adams county. The grand jury will meet Tuesday, September 3. On the jury thio 'term will be; Victor Kneuss, Hart|ford township; Glen M. Myers, Blue Creek township; Charles J Shoaf. St. Mary's township; ' L. B, Koenig, Root township; Edwin Schamerioh, Union township; and Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth. Decatur. -— — o HUNTINGTON TO i SEEK MILLION Mayor Bangs Asks Fed' eral Loan To Build Municipal Plant i Indianapolis. Aug. 31. — (U.R) — Clare W. H. Bangs, fighting mayor of Huntington. asked the federal government for >1,000,000 to help him battle the Northern Indiana ■ Power company. Bangs, here for a meeting of 200 city and town officials with public works administration and other relief agency heads, asked the PWA for $1,045,500 to build a gigantic , new electric plant. i The new plant would supplant the present “toy" unit with which the mayor is furnishing current to 650 domestic and commercial customers in defiance of a circuit court order. His announcement of plans for the new plant was greeted with cheers by the assembled municipal officials, all members of the Municipal League ot Indiana, organized to promote municipal ownership of utilities. The Northern Indiana Power company, backed by a circuit court injunction, says Bangs can't sell current from the municipal plant. Bangs has proven otherwise during the eight months he has been in office. 1 A contempt of coart conviction. ' which sent him to jail for 101 days, • had no more Inck stopping him than the power company two years ago when it cut off electricity to the militant editor-mayors newspaper. When the power went off Bangs jacked up the rear wheels of an old truck to run the press and continued publication. , While in jail he conducted the city’s business through barred windows and instructed the city council: “Carry on.” “The new plant will have two large turbines capable of producing enough electricity for the en(f?ONTINt'ED ON PAGE THREE) Socialists Fight On Martial Law Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 31 —<U.R) —-A etate wide campaign against what they tsm a "mr.itary dictatorship" in the martial law areas in Vigo and Sullivan counties was nlanned today by socialist party leaders in Indiana. The drive was launched Wednesday when Norman Thomas, national socialist leader, addressed workers in Terre Haute. “The ren onee in T.rre Haute to our campaign against the illegal warfare of state authorities on working people is inspiring," said Forrest Rogers, state secretary of the party. “County and city party organizations all over the s ale have been equally fervent in pledger, of assistance," ho added.

the profession. The certificate stated: “In State Wittenburg In the City of Wittenberg Certificate “This is to certify that Jacob Braun of Kirkmansweides. has taken a course in the Blacksmith trade from July 25, 1850 to May 28. | 1855 by J a ob IBrauer, Blacksmith instructor in this course of time he learned this trade thoroughly he was examined before a committee of Blacksmith instructors. He show ed good knowledge and was well gifted for this trade so he was given this certificate. "Signed by Blacksmith Instruc-i tors Obinneu Berger, Vagul Zagbold, Jacob Brauer.” I Tho certificate w T as written in I German. Phil Sauer was able to i get it translated literally.

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Henjamin O. Howard, airmail pilot, is pictured landing at Cleveland aiiport after winning the Bendix transcontinental derby by the slim margin of 23 seconds. Col Roscoe Turner was second in the slo.<>*H) race. Howard will receive $4,500 as first money, made the 2.046 mile dash in 8 hours 33 minutes and 16 seconds, an average of 239.172 miles an hour. Col Turner is shown, inset, congratulating Howard on lii-.t hictory. Cecil Allen, another entrant, was killed when he crashed.

MILES ROOP IS LOCAL MANAGER Appointed Manager Os Decatur Subsistence Homesteads Mileo Roop, former work director of the Adams county FERA office. has been appointed local manager of the Decatur subsistence homestead project. The temporary appointment was made by Walter A. Terpenning, re- ,; eional management ad.isor of the department. Formal confinnation i from Washington is expected, in a , > tew days. .Mr. Roop will take over , his new duties Monday. Today the Decatur homesteads will be taken over by the management division of the suburban resettlement department. H. G. Hali sey, who has been project manager i for the last several months will remain in Decatur until the road is completed. The books and records of the office will be sent to Wash.ington. Homesteaders have been send- ' i <ng their monthly payments to Washington for several months. I This poicy wil Ibe continued. Mr. Koop will act as local con'act man for the homesteaders. Among his duties will be inspect- , I ing the houses and arrange for any repair work on them. The houses will remain in the government’s name. No announcement has been made as to when the final purchase contracts will be signed with the homesteaders. The government expects to have every home in per- ! feet -shape and satisfactory to both parties before signing the contracts. All costs will be computed i CCONTTNUED ON PAGE THREE) _O FOUR MISSING GIRLS FOUND Four Young Girls Found Safe In New Hampshire Mountains — Bretton Woodo. N. H„ Aug. 31 I —<U.R>— Four girls, missing overnight in the White Mountains, were found alive and well at 9:40 A. M. today. The gifts were Minnie, 13. and i Cynthia and Martha. 15-year old ' I twins, all daughters of William C. I Wrightson of Orange, N. J., a vicepresident of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company; and Margares (Peggy) Sanderson, 16, daughter of John F. Sanderson, proprietor of the Mount Washington Hotel here. Gordon Dowling of Greensboro, i N. C.. found the girls walking a-' long the Mount Washington road , two miles from Mount Washington ■ Hotel here while he was motoring | to work. He was one of more than 200 possemau who had searched | for the quartet during the night. Tlie girls, calm and unaware of' the alarm they had caused, explain-i ed that they hau become lost in the woods and had epent the night huddled together with only their 1 4CONTINVKD ON PAGE THP.EE) ■

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 31, 1935.

Harold Lvtle To California Monday I Harold Lytle will leave Monday | ’or San Diego. California, as the guest of the Ford Motor comnany. Mr. Lytle i>> an employee of the M Schmitt garage here and doing July made the highest record in the Indianapolis division in the sales department. He will spend three days at the ■ San Diego Exposition. Old Mexico and the Rocky Mountains. All expenses will be paid. He will be given, In addition. $5 a day for ' incidental expenses. The Schmitt agency is one of 1 the leading Ford dealers in Indiana. SEN. DICKINSON TALKS AT RALLY lowa Republican Attacks Policies Os President Roosevelt | Kokomo. Ind.. Aug. 31 —(UP) —A personality and not a platform will 1 be the issue in the 1936 national ' election, Sen. L. J. Dickinson. lowa. ! told 4,000 persons who attended a fifth district Republican rally here last night. / The personality will be “President Franjklin Delano Roosevelt,” Di.kineon said. The lowa Senator made seven j charged against the President. They > I ■ were: “He has repudiated the platform pledges made by his party. “He has committed the country to unsound monetary experiments 1 and in consequence has disputed ’ American foreign trade, with serious and per.ranent injury to Agriculture and industry. “He has delayed economic recovery by forcing upon the -country dubious measures of reform, which by penalizing thrift, strike at the . national economy, and by political subsidy under the guise of ‘relief’ I break down the moral and self-re-I liance of great numbers of our citiI zens. I ■ “He has held out false and illusjsionary hopes both to bbe unfortunates and to workers by advocacy I and ipasage of laws which are not I only impossibe of administration l but which are known to be almost certainly unconstitutional. “He hae debauched the civil service by the employment and preferment in federal emergency j agencies of a vast army of political spoilsmen. “He has remained indifferent to I his promises of balancing the .budget or reducing other expenditures. ■ “He has, in public utterances, been disrespectful to the supreme court and has sought by deliberate: attempt to ’alibi" the failure of the , ! New Deal by placing the blame on I : the court.” I R. p. Charles A. Halleck. Rensse- j 1 ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I O French Quinn Will Speak At Portland (French Quinn of this city will address class seven of the Methodj Ist Episcopal church in Portland I Sunday morning on the subject ' “Anglo-Saxon Law.” His talk will i I deal with the dignity of the law. i

FORMER LOCAL TEACHER DIES Miss Arta Numbers Died Wednesday At Home In Austin, Texas ' Miss Arta B Numbers of Austin. Txeas, former well known and . respected resident of Decatur, died at her home Wednesday, according to word received here. Death followed an extended illness. Miss Numbers was the daughter tof one of the oldest and most respected families here. Her father, George Numbers, was a leading business man in Decatur. , For a number of years Mias Numbers taught the primary grade of the public school in this city and was a successful teacher. In her early life she went to St. Igruis • where she took a course in kindergarten, one of the two kindergari tens then in existence in the United States. I She moved to Austin approximately 40 years ago and had I charge of the primary work in the I public schools there, organizing the primary department of the , school. She was a prominent educa- . tor in Austin. Later she and her two sisters,' . the Misses Emily and Melete Numbers, owned and operated a priv- • ate school in Austin. Miss Arta i Numbers retired several years age. Miss Numbers was well known and will be remembered here by many as their first teacher. She i visited here with relatives and • friends four years ago. i Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. - George Beers of Fort Wayne; the . Misses Melete and Emily Numbers , of Austin, Texas. URGES CITIES TO ASK LOANS . Clarence Manion Addresses Indiana Municipal League Meet Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 31 —(UP) —State public works administration i officials today prepared for a last i minute rush of applications for federal funds after mayors and city and town •officiate were warned.! Sept. 5 is the deadline for filing I petitions. The warning was issued to members of the Indiana municipal leaigu? at a meeting held here yesteri day. More than 150 representatives of 74 cities and towns attended the . meeting, called .by Mayor Henry W. Murray. 'Bedford, 'president of i the league. “Never before have political subdivisions of the state and nation I been given opportunity of securing ' public inmpovements of such mag- < nitude through the aid of federal ■ agencies,” Clarence E. Manion, Indiana director of the national emergency council, told the league members. “Any desirable public improvement in any community can be done now through either the public works ' administration or works progress | ’ ON PAGE THREE)

TAX RICH DILL SIGNED FRIDAY BY PRESIDENT Roosevelt Signs Measure Designed To Tax Larger Incomes ■ Washington, Aug. 31. — (U.R) — ' President Roosevelt last night signed the $250,000,000 “taxtherich" bill. The revenue bill includes these highlights: 1. Estate Taxes—levies begin at ■ two per cent on that part of an estate in excess of $40,000 and range : up to 70 per cent on that part In excess of $50,000,000. Present taxes begin at one per cent and range to 60. New levies apply to the entire estate left by an individual, regardless of how many persons or institutions may inherit parts of I it. Mr. Roosevelt’s proposals for taxes on inheritances received by heirs were scrapped in favor of the higher estate taxes. New gift taxes approximately three-fourths as high as estate levies. Estimated revenue from new estate and gift taxes—slo2,ooo,ooo. 2. Income Taxes — Surtaxes increased on all incomes over SSO.- I 000. Taxes on that part of incomes in excess of $5,000,000 in- ‘ creased to 75 per cent instead of i the present 59 per cent. Estimated revenue —$45,000,000. 3. Graduated Corporation Income I Tax—Replaces existing flat levy of . 13% per cent. Starts at 12% per cent on income up to $2,000 and ranges to 15 per cent on income 1 I in excess of $40,000. Contributions to charity may be deducted from taxable income. Estimated revenue—s2o,ooo,ooo. 4. Capital Stock Tax —Present levy of $1 per SI,OOO declared value of stock raised to $1 40 per SI,OOO. 5. Excess Profits Tax—Six per cent on corporate profits from six to 10 per cent; 12 per cent tax on profits in excess of 15 per cent of declared value of corporation (CONI >«UED ON PAGE THREE) INDIANA STATE FAIR IS OPENED Largest Crowd In History Is Predicted At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Aug. 31. —(U.R)- Exhibitors from 24 states and Canada joined a record crowd in paying tribute to Hoosier agriculturists at the opening of the 83rd annual Indiana State fair here today. A colorful opening day program and favorable weather conditions attracted visitors from every section of the state to the fairgrounds. With an advance sale of 125,000 tickets reported, the record at- 1 tendance of 254,587 registered in 11928 will be surpassed, Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend predicted. Boys and girls of Indiana were guests of the fair touay and contests in which 4-H, calf, pig. and sheep club members participated were outstanding on the program. Approximately 2.972 exhibits will provide a variety of interests for fair visitors. Outstanding among the exhibits are those of Purdue and Indiana universities. The women’s building. the education unit, the manufacturers’ building, and the exhibit 1 of the state department of conservation were other points of interest? Every industry in the state will be exhibited in the manfacturers' building, and advancement made by these industries during the last year will be shown. The mid way, always a popular feature of the fair, attracted those who turned-away from the exhibits jand contests for a whirl of good ■ times. Grand circuit harness races attracted thousands. Among the entries was Greyhound, winner of the Hambletonian staked, who will be driven by Sep Palin. Purses for the races during the fair total $34,000. Single G. a former champion, is another entry. Races scheduled today include the CCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Q False Report Is Investigated Here Night policeman Floyd Hunter and Sheriff Dallas Brown investigated a report Friday night that John Smith, wanted for murder in Fort Wayne had -been seen in the south part of Decatur. They talked to the man but found that he was not the party wanted.

Urges Submission Os Work Projects Fort Wayne, Aug. 31.—(Special) - The district office of the works progress administration has been ' notified that WhShington has set September 12 as the deadline for approvals. This means all piew projects must be drawn up and, submitted to this office not later than Friday, September 6. Many excellent projects are being received by this office every day, but there are still a number of exceptionally worthy projects, which should be submitted by local officials if your community is to receive the greatest benefits possi ible from this program. In the nine counties comprising this district, there have been approximately 3,300 peep’, assigned i to jobs under the WPA and additional assignments are being made at the rate of 100 to 150 per day. The removal of these persons from relief rolls is a tremendous saving to the local taxpayers and these, savings will be shared by each; community in proportion as the I community's governmental officials initiate and carry through projects of local benefit. ALL BELGIUM MOURNS QUEEN ASTRIO DEATH Thousands Mourn Tragic Death; Funeral Tuesday Morning (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Brussels. Aug. 31. — (U.R) —T h e courage of King Leopold of the Belgians failed for th,e first time in his life today. The Belgian monarch quailed, as would any father, before the ordeal of telling his two eldest children that tneir mother : had been killed in an automobile accident. Bowed with grief, he rose from his knees in the room of the royal palace where he had been silently praying, alone, before his wife s \ bier and—with an obvious effort to hold his voice steady — called a I member of his household to his . side. 11 To this friend he confided his | dread of the sad task before him. believing that the harrowing duty could be no one's but his own. ■ From the unsteadiness of his bandaged hand and the fitful manner in which his eyes stared unseeingly ahead, it was clear that he | was not equal to the ordeal. It was gently suggested to the king that he allow someone else to break the news to 7-year-old Josephine Charlotte and 4-year-old Baudouin. the crown prince. (The i youngest child, Albert, is too young at the age of 14 months to compre-. hend the meaning of death). He valiantly protested that (ne duty j was his, but finally was persuaded! to entrust it to another. He called the Countess Du Roy de Bricquay. lady-in-waiting to the late queen and herself the mother of three children, and asked her to go on the tragic errand to j Chateau Stuyvenberg. where he and his queen. Astrid, spent many happy hours with their children. The countess found the children playing in the park of the chateau. Josephine, who was riding her bicycle, caught sight of her first. Dismounting, she ran to her with the question: “Oh, why do I see so many soldiers around here today?” Trying unsuccessfully to check a sob. the countess caught the little girl in her arms and said: “Your mother has gone on a long journey, dear.” “When will she be back?" asked the child. “She may never retrn,” faltered the countess. In a flash Josephine’s mind leap(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Office Open Tonight To Register Students W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, announced today that his office will be open from 7 to B:3ft o'clock this evening to accomodate those pupils who have n-ot had an opportunity to register before. The office wll Ibe open this afternoon until 5 o’clock.

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AID RACES ARE OPENED TODAY AT CLEVELAND — Annual Four-Day National al Air Races Open At Cleveland Today Cleveland, Aug. 31 —(U.R> —A field full of airplanes that are concentrated capsules of speed and an army of pilots willing to risk death for glory and money, began a fourday battle with space and time today in the annual national air races. Municipal Airport reverbrated before dawn to the thunder of a hundred or more unmuffled engines as mechanics tested snub nosed ’ little bullet planes that pass 225 j miles an hour without straining, huge bombers that lift train loads on their mighty wings, and graceful stunt planes in which aerial acrobats risk eath. The tiny. 300 cubic-inch planes, that have been developed to their apex in the last year, were first on the apron. Races postponed yesterday because of rain were scheduled to begin at 9 a. m. CST. Pilots expected to exceed 220 I' miles an hour around the closed | course on which they flew qualifyi ing sprints yesterday, meaning that they must pass 250 miles an ,; hour on the straightaways. IFast planes of the army, marine corpe and commercial airlines massed to add aerial atmosphere to the four-day event. The army sent the Ist pursuit squadron from Selfridge Field and the marines were represented by an attack I squadron and an observation group from Quantico. The United States' famous Al Williams led an international corps ' ; of stunt fliers who will give race * audiences thrills between races throughout the four days of action. With him were Gerd Agngelis of | Germany, Michel De Trovat ot I France, and Milo Burchan. The daredevils are booked to do such ' stunts as picking handkerchiefs ’ from the ground with their wing I I tips, flying upside down a few inch--1 es from the ground, wing walking. ’ and acrobatic flying. Scores of parachute jumpers will ’ perform night and day. dropping ' onto the airport from planes only ' a few hundred feet aloft and plan- || (JCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) INDICTED FOR SLAYING G-MAN — George W. Barrett Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Murder Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 31 —(UP) —Georg? W. Barrett, Hamilton, 0., today faced a first degree murder c.:arge in connection with the fatal shooting of Nelson B. Klein, federal agent, in a gun battle at West College Corner August 16. Barrett was indicated by a federI al grand jury here late yesterday in the first murder case ever to come before the Southern District court. Klein was shot five times and physicians reported at the grand jury investigation that any one of three of the ohots would have prov- , en fatal. Barrett is confined to City hospital h re with wounds suffered in the battle. He was shot through the kneee. Conviction on the charge carries the death penalty unless the trial ; jury recommends leniency of a life I sentence. Barrett also was indicted on two counts for violation of the motor vehicle theft act. Donald C. McGovern, federal agent who was with Klein when they confronted Barrett, was the government’s chief witness in the I investigation. The agents sought the desperado's arrest o na charge ot transportation of stolen automo- ■ biles. o WEATHER Indiana — Light showers probable tonight and Sunday; not so sool northeast tonight; showers and cool Monday.