Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1935 — Page 1

I I XXXIII- No. 208.

■pgccifiif Schools I Report Increase I In Enrollments

■. U hlic, Catholic Schools' | S how Increase Os 66 I o n Opening Day;( 011 n ‘ I ty Figures I navailable.j I BERNE HIGHER 9,, total enrollment of 'heI ■ L public and parochial K *«. *7 i ■ hot ~f bo | Ks enrolment in the public' K, this year is 996 as coms-’" Ihs ’ y " ar K enrol!"*' •nt <*f the Decatur Kile schools is 415 thus year Kared to <l* last year. | K he total Heme seh.K>l city 03- ( ■Xnt this year ns 4.>2 as com-1 ■Lj Io 450 la : year. A total of ■Liog.-h-I in the Berne KL schools this year as comto Hl’ las ‘ y * ar- The high enrollment imreas-d from Kto US ‘his year. cosnt' rural sc nool enrollK_, ,-ni not bo tabulated for ■,„! ays. flir.on E. Striker. Klhe enrollment of the grade schoi '. ■ ‘ lasses is as fol-1 ■ yorth Ward first. 26: second. K- third. 34; fourth. 25; total, : K and 1934 total. 119. ■ seiitii Ward first. 36; second ‘ ■l: third. 35: fourth. 27; total. I ■p. and 1934 total. 114. ■\iler- first. second. 32; j ■ r ,t 4.!- fouidi. 31; total. 122; . K 1934 total. 126. Kceml: fifth. 47: sixth. 68; i ■tmr:. 95: - ighth 67 : total. 277. Km total. 3**B. ■ *Die total f.u grades in the ■< - eomp.ir -d ■> 46" last year. ■ v.e pub!., hah school enroll■h.' .- in. soplunore. j junior. 67. ami senior, 56; I ■gal 321 as <-impart'd to 260 last ■ ■ The rnrolitm ut of the Decatur school is as follow c: 4<; .second. 43; third. 40: Knrth. 40: fifth. 37; sixth. 43; Htrrnth. 44: .-iuhth, 29; freshman. ■1■ .sonluimr- 27: junior, 47; sen■r, 26, and total. 425. M — (} EAMPBELL SETS I SPEED RECORD Kndbh Racer Barely Fails ■ To Travel 300 Miles I Per Hour ■ Bonneville Salt Flats. Utah, 3—'UP' Sir Malcolm CampBritish speed kin", barely yiled tu Attain his goal of driving ■M miles per hour here today. ■He drove the first measured Bii l - j n 3i)4 :;]i | )Ut dropped below ■at mark cn the rerun which. Bider American Automobile A»<o■htion rule--.. must lie made with- ■ Mt hour. [ His average for the two runs Bas 299.874 miles per hour. ■ Although he set a new world’s B'urd. Campbell was dejected Brause he fell short of 300 miles Br hour. He eaid he would not ► again today but probably ■ould make another trial early ■morrow. | Bluebird made the second ' ■p in 12.005 seconds, a speed of ■'■’66 miles per hour. B By a mere five thousandths of a ■''-nd Sir Malcolm missed sett■g a new record of 300 miles per ■lour. B Barely making his second run ■ 'liin the allotted hour after his B--. , , run ' t *' e Englishman roared I (Pn ''”’’l\’l'RT> n»r PAGE TWO) ■ ■ ■ - — ■•S. Civil Service I Exams Are Announced I The I nited States civil service fommission has announced open f°"’l >e titive examinations as fol- ■?" 8 - junior engineer, various op- ■ ° n als, $2,000 yearly; associate |lwtrochemist. $3,200 a year, bu- ■ a u of chemistry and soils, deihiM ment of agriculture; director | ><l welfare division, $6,500 year- ■ I • c ildren’s bureau, department f 1 iaoor. I ''idiana is included in the list of |v 68 faring received less than | Quota of appointments. Full I ‘"rniation may be obtained from L .G' Glanders at the local ffostoffice.

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Seeks Capone Cash •> -V L a- .••di Joseph administrator of taxes and penalties of the Department of Justice, pores over . documenta at his Washington, D. I C.. desk plotting campaign to assess Al Capone $120,000 in old i liquor taxes. High powered beer ' alleged to have been dispensed by I Capone, former Chicago under- > world chief, between 1921 ami 1932 form the basis of the assessment. CROWDSATTENO INDIANA FAIR Thousands Brave Threateninjj Weather To Attend State Fair Indiana oils, Ind., Sept. 3—(UP) —lgnoring cloudy skies which threatened a duplication of yesterday’s torrential rain, thousands of visitors poured through the trunstiles today for the fourth day of the 63rd annual Indiana State Fair. It was Gov rnor’d and War veterans' day. Grand circuit racing, one of the highlights of the fair, off-red an exceptionally active program. It i included features from yesterday’s ! card, postponed because of rain, as | well as the se: ond-day regular pre- ' sentation. Judging of horses and cattle was conducted during the day at the colIsAum. • Despite the heavy downpour, attendance yesterday r ached 77,687, only about 700 less than the Labor Day attendance in 1928, the fair's j biggsst year. Sheep and swin? judging was held in their individual arenas. A parade of horse show championn and a band concert featured the coliseum night program. William Dickinson, 17. Delphi, took one of the most valuable prizes to date yesterday wh n his 1,000 pound Angus steer was awarded the grand championship of the epen steer classes. Earl Robbins. Greensburg, -pre(COVTTWFTt r'K 4'AGK TWO> LOCAL FACTORY WORKERS QUIT Schafer Harness Makers Walk Out Following Disagreement The harness factory of the Schaf~r Company, north First street, dos-, ed today following a walk-out of toe harness make rs. A disagre ment arose over the weekly schedule Os hours adopted by the company. Heretofore the sh. p operated on a 40 hour week basis. Effective today a 48 hour we k was adopted, while the total weekly pay of employes remained the same, the management stated. The company announced that it had suffici nt orders on file to continue operations through the winter, but that it “would discontinue aerations until a new for. e is employed.” Enployes In the shipping and packing departments remained at . taeir paste. The shop operated throughAi. t the summer.

BELGIUM PAYS LAST HONOR TO QUEEN ASTRID Funeral Services Are Held Today For Queen Killed In Accident (Copyright 1935 by UP.) ifrußsels, Sept. 3.—4U.R>—Belgium paid last honors today to Queen Astrid in the cathedral of St. Gudule, the same church in which she was married nine years ago to ' then Duke de Brabant, now King 1 Leopold 111. The crowd that watched the funeral cortege pass through Brussels was estimated to number one million The ceremony for the most beautiful queen in Europe came to its impressive conclusion with a soft I playing of the Belgian national an- I them, the same stirring braban- 1 conne played so triumphantly when the Swedish princess, to become queen of the Belgians, was married to the heir to the throne. Today’s ceremony lacked none of the panoply which traditionally marks the exit from life of a woman whose cradle was lined with royal purple. Kings and princes walked bareheaded in the funeral train, but the tribute the historians will record was the sobbing of the populace of the Belgian i capital. AU night the Bruxelloise waited in a drenching rain to. hold their places of vantage along the route. Patiently they lined the streets be- : tw-jen the royal palace and toe cathdral, straining against the barri-; cades of the gendarmes. Thousands clustered from midnight to dawn in parks opposite the royal palace, where the Belgians won their independence 105 years ago in a battle against the Dutch. Only once has Brussels seen larger or sadder crowds. That was Eighteen months ago when the body of King Albert was brought back from the mountainside in southern Belgium from which he had fallen to his death. In the throng were many countrymen. with their wives hh4 children, who began arriving in the capital by sp<'cial trains as early as 5 a. m. Traffic was halted, even street (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) BERNE MAN IS DEATH’S VICTIM Alvin Neuenschwander Dies Sunday Night Os Heart Attack Alvin Neuenschwander, age 51. well known Berne business man died at 10:50 o’clock Sunday night at hte home in that town. Death was caused by a heart attack, the deceased having been ill since last Monday. Mr. Neuenschwander was employed as a salesman for the Berne Furniture Co. He was for . many years manager of the Berno Hardware Co. and later became manager of the Berne Furniture Co. He was born in Monroe township September 15, 1883, a son of Christian and Mary Ann Neuenschwander. His entire life was spent in Berne and vicinity. He was married March 30, 1924 to Inez Stettler of Bluffton. Ohio. One son. Alvin. Jr., who died in Infancy, was born to this union. Surviving are the wife, parents, five brot’/ers, of Texas. Otto, Edwin, Noah and Omer of Berne, two sietera, Mrs. Wilbur Lehman and Mrs. Herman Lehman. both of Berne. Mr. Neuenschwander was a member of the Mennonite church. Funeral arrangements have not been made pending word from Albert Neuenschwander. ■ o Berne Woman Takes Prize At State Fair — Mrs. Bessie Baumgartner of Berne ha* taken first prize for he? bed cover ent.red in the domestic arts division cf the Indiana state fair being .held in Indianapolis this week. This is the first report which has I n returned from the Adams county entries at the state fair. A large number of entries have been made by 4-H club boys and girla. Inniger Brothers of near Berne have entered some of their prize? winning Guernsey cattle. Henry Dehner of Decatur entered his Belgian mare which won the grand chami pionshitT at the Decatur Free Street Fair.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 3, 1935.

Central Sugar Co. Purchases Building The Central Sugar company has pur hased the Old Indiana Boarii and Filler company, corner North Eighth and Jefferson atreet.s from Jom Rice. Mr. Rice recently purch as>d it from the Central Fiber company. The sugar company will use the building was storage room for beet i pulp and soy Iran meal. The build-1 Ing is located along the Pennsylvania tracks and has a switch on the side. NEWPORT TAKES CITY CONTRACT Ed Newport Takes Over Garbage Disposal Contract For Year Ed Newport today took over the garbage contract for the city of i Decatur for one year. City officials pointed out today that a satisfactory system of garbage disposal depended upon the | cooperation of citizens as well as j : the collector. An ordinance passed in 1921 provides that citizens maintain airtight receptacles. It also states, “The garbage col-' lector shall not be required to remove or accept any garbage containing tin, tin cans, glaee or any hard substance of a poisonous nature or any substance which would render the garbage unsuitable for j feeding purposes.” The collector, in turn by provisions of this contract, is required to I pick up the garbage in the business district four times a week and in the residential section three times a week. Newport is required to call at the city hall at least once a day to pick up any complaints of failure $o remove garbage. If a second call is made about the failure,' the city is empowered to hire the garbage removed and deduct the cost trora the amount due the col-1 lector. If for any reason the collection of garbage is unsatisfactory the eity may terminate the contract. " Ed Newport was the low bidder at $439 for the year for garbage removal. He furnished a SSOO bond :as provided by the ordinance. o Township Trustee Meeting Postponed Because the township advisory I board are meeting and schools are opening today the regular monthly I meeting of the township trustees I was postponed until next Monday. I The advisory boards meet today ,to examine the 1936 budgets prepared by the township trustees. The boards have the right to cut | the budgets but. not the power to I increase them. o County Board In Regular Session The county commissioners held toeir regular session this morning, meeting in the county auditor’s office. The bills for the past month were considered. Several old age pension applications will be examined this afternoon. LOCAL PASTOR AT CONFERENCE I Rev. H. W. Franklin Attends United Brethren Conference The Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of the United Brethren church in this city left today for Winona Lake to attend the 91st session of I the St. Joseph conference of the j United Brethren churches. I The local congregation has asked the return of Rev. Franklin, file has completed his first year as •pastor of the Decatur church and i is one of the most active ministers ; in the conference district. i 1 Assignment of pastorates will be ■ 1 made next Sunday. The conferJence opened today and sessions i will be held morning, afternoon land evening. i Bishop H. H. Fout, D.D., of In-1 ! dianapolis will preside at the Wed-1 . nesday morning session. Rev. i Franklin will preside at the Wednesday evening meeting. Rev. A. i F. Knepp of Warsaw is the confer- ■: ence superintendent. • Rev. Franklin has made a numi j ber of talks this year on activities -of the rural church and has been I active in building the membership of his church.

SHIPS RACE TO RESCUE 352 ON STRANDED LINER Dixie Aground On Florida Reef During Tropical Storm Miami. Sept. 3-XU.R)—The United fruit liner, Limon, after a race I through mountainous seas against; ! a tropical hurricane, arrived late I today alongside the grounded liner I Dixie and prepared to take off 352 passengers and crew. Rescue had been impeded by failure of the liner to properly locate itself. In its first SOS last ‘ night the Dixie indicated it was i ashore on Carysfurt reef. But when the Limon, along with the , tanker Reaper and another fruit , ’iner, the Piatano, arrived at the given position the Dixie was not there. Finally through signals | set out on the Dixie’s emergency , I net. the Limon skipper was able I to determine that the liner actual- ; !ly was aground on French reef. about 15 miles southwest of the | I Cs’-vsfort shoals. The Re-ner r--nnrled in a wirei less message nicked nn by tropical radio’s Hialeah station that | ’he Dixie wan afloat but “being ■ nounded heavily." Tim cm>«t ru->rd cutter Canbasset. after being forced to turn back by heavy seas, started a second attempt to reach the. stranded ship shortly after dawn. Meantime no word had come 'rnm the Dixie since daylight. The vessel’n radio had been put nut of commission but through an improvised wireless set-up. the Dixie sent periodic flashes throughout the night, informing radio vessels it was still afloat. At 6 a. m„ EDT.. the Dixie wirejessed that it was “leaking—but not so badly as before.” There were no advices from the ship as to the state of the 235 passengers and 117 crew men |aboard. The one hope for safe rescue ; lay in the fact that the storm was . < abating. As the Reaper hove to near the ■ • reef, the Dixie wirelessed that . she was not in need of immediate aid. Marine experts believed tha’ (CONTTN’I’FTD ON PAGE TWO) o ICKES' FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY Wife Os Secretary Os Interior Killed In Crash Saturday Winnetka. 111., Sept. 3— (U.R) — Headed by the first lady of the land, dignitaries of state and nation gathered today to pay final 1 tribute to Mrs. Anna Wilmarth Ickes, wife of secretary of the interior Harold L. Ickes. The three sons of the feminist leader, Wilmarth. Raymond, and Robert, were to help carry her to ' hei - grave in Memorial Park cemetery, Evanston. Other pallbearers were W. Re Qua Bryant. Evanston. pon-in-law; William Me-1 Crillis, Washington. D. C., a cousin. and Stacy Mosser, old friend of the family. Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the president, accompanied ' by Postmaster General James A. Farley, was to arrive from New York shortly before the funeral at 2 p. m. Mrs. Roosevelt planned to return to New York by plane immediately after the funeral. From Washington, the delega<rONTTNT’P)r ON PAGE FIVE) 0 C. Os C. Directors Will Meet Thursday There will be a meeting of the baard of directors of senior Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening at 7:45 o’clock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at the city hall. o Carl Crewe Dies Monday At Tocsin Carl W. Crewe,’66, a native of Adama county, died at his home near Tocsin Monday night after a long J Illness. Surviving are a son, Arthur Crew?, near Tocsin; three foster sons, Gustave Rutz, Fart Wayne; Harold Bergman of Wisconsin and Theodore Mcßride, Tocsin; two foster dauhgt-ers. Mrs. Gustave Rutz, and Mrs. Rudolpli Scheumann, Fort i Wayne; a brother, Christ Crewe, i near Tocsin. i Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Ethiopia Defies Great Britain By Maintaining Its Right To Grant Mineral Concessions

GRAND JURY IN SESSION TODAY September Term Os Adams Circuit Court Opened Monday An unusual procedure may bo followed this afternoon before instructions are given the Adams circuit court September grand jury. A’torneys for the defense of Joe Everett indicated they may examine the jury. The September term of the Adams circuit court opened Monday. I Because of Its being Labor Day and because of the funeral of Mrs. Bernadine Smith, mother of the j court reporter. Miss Anna smith, : little business was transacted. I Today the court was busy arranging the calander for the September term in a manner satisfactory to the attorneys involved in the cases. Several days will probably be required in making up the calendar. The time for the convening of the Adams circuit court grand jury was set at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. Before the jury is given its instructions attorneys for cases ■ likely to be considered by the i body have the right to question I the venire. It is probable that this I right will be exercised today. Little action is expected to be taken by the jury thia afternoon because of the absence of the court reporter. Before the jury adjourns it will make the annual inspection of the i county buildings. Members of the I regular panel are: Victor Kneuss, Hartford township; Glen M. My- ’ I ers. Blue Creek township; Charles 1 , J. Shoaf, St. Mary’s township: L. i B. Koenig. Root township; Edwin , Schamerloh, Union township; and : Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth. Decatur. Charles J. Shoaf was excused when he did no; deny a challenge . brought against him by attorney,) for Everet’. The challenge was quoted from a sta*ate which reads, “that such a state of mind exists (CONTTNTTEn ON PAGE FIVE) ' Automobile Thief Is Sentenced Here Lawrence Pratt pleaded guilty ■j Saturday afternoon before Judge Huber M. DsVoss in the Adams I circuit court to a charge of vehicle taking. He was sentenced to from . one to 10 years at the state refor- | matory. Pratt was apprehended in Ana- ! conda. Montana, several weeks ago ' -where 2te admitted to ipolice offi-1 ' cials that he had stolen an automo- ■ i bile belonging to S. E. Brown of I Decatur. He was driving the car tak•en from ita parking place on MonI roe street last Spring. I Pratt and the automobile were re- | turned by Sheriff Dallas Brown. Since that time Pratt has be?n held I in ths Adams county jail. HENRY DEHNER HEADS COUNCIL — Union Township Man Named President Os Adams County Council Henry Dehner of Union township was elected president of the Adams county council this rnorn- ■ ing when the( board met to organize. He succeeds Mathias Kirsch, who died this summer, as head of the council. As vice-pretddent of the board i this last year he presided over the meetings in the absence of Mr. Kirsch, who was unable to be present because of illness. Dean Byerly of rural route Del catur was elected vice-president to succeed Mr. Dehner. This morning the council took ■ up the snccial appropriations ask- : ed for the county. These appropriations include funds which • have been exhausted as well as claims refused in previous sesI sions of the council. Late this afternoon or early . Wednesday morning the council • will begin the consideration of the . 1936 budget for the county. Members of the council expresst! ed the opinion that the session may not adjourn until Thursday.

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Commander-In-Chief Admiral Sir • W. W. Fisher, aboard H. M. S. Resolute, commands the British fleet in Mediterranean maneuvers; near Suez.

SIXTY WORKING AT PACKING CO. Force At Decatur Packing Company To Be Increased In Few Days The Adams C:unty Packing .company, which began operations last week, is now equipped to handle all the toxato s which can be brought in by the growers. Tire force of about 45 women and | 15 men will .be increased as soon as larger quantities of toe vegetables are delivered. The weather during the last few weeks has slowed the ripening of tomatoes. Officials at the plant predicted that two or theree days of sunshine would furnish enough tomatoes to enable the plant to operate full capacity. The crop in this region, officials, of the plant announced, is very good and will amount to from threefourths to a ncrmal yield. In othersections of the country yields of less than one-half normal are being harvested. Farmers here will receive about i $lO a ton for the tomatoes, officials stated. Average yields are from 10 to nearly 20 tons to acre. The high-1 est yields per acre in many inst-1 ances have l> c en made by farmers | raising a relatively few acres of tomatoes. The labor per acre has varied greatly. In some of the smaller plots nearly all the labor has I been done by the growers and their j families. The labeling of the cans began in the ■ factory today. The labels carry the name "The Adams County i Packing company''. The finished product will be marketed through brokers and may not be retailed in thi* section. The op ration of the factory is cor paratively simple. The tomatoes are brought in at the rear of the building, which formerly was occupied by the Macy Conveyor company. They are delivered in small bask sts by truck. The tomatoers are then dropped in a washing tank. After a thorough | washing they are carried to a scald-1 ing tank by conveyors. The tomatoes are then taken to flat tables where women peel them .by hand. From these tables the tomatoes are carri d to the packing table where other ingredients are added all are placed in cans. A long belt carries the filled cane through a heated enclosure to the canning machine which seals them in air- tight .containers. The sealed cans are then placed in three vats where they are cooked for 35 'minutes. The cans taken from these vats are ready for sale as soon as the labels are attached. o Labor Day Observed Quietly In Decatur No deaths, fires or serious accidents were reported in the city over the Labor Day holiday. The day was observed here quietly. A majority of the stores were closed and the industrial iplants were idle for the day. o WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Wednesday, showers probable; slightly cooler southwest tonight.

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U. S. Stand Unchanged; League Committee Says Ualual Incident Up To Countries. PREPARE FOR WAR Addis Ababa, Sept. 3.—<U.R>—The [ government announced today that !it maintains the right to grant an oil and mineral concession to Francis M. Rickett. British promoter representing an American syndicate. The announcement amounted to defiance of a British warning to withhold the concession pending consultation among Britain, France and Italy. Unchanged Washington, Sept. 3. —<U.R> —The attitude of the United States toward the threatened Italo-Ethiopian conflict will not be altered as a, result of the reported concession granted an American concern, i Secretary of State Cordell Hull said officially and emphatically to- | day. In response to newspaper in. quiries Hull said it had been difficult to obtain full details concerning the concession, especially in as much as this government has not been consulted or informed by those interested. Sufficient information had been received, however, | Hull said, to state that regardless of what the nature of the concession may be it will not affect the attitude or policy of this government. Private Incident Paris, Sept. 3.—(U.R)—The joint commission of the League of Nations seeking to determine blame in the Italian-Ethiopian dispute, rendered a verdict today that the Ualual incident was a matter solely between kaly and Ethiopia. The incident is not a matter for international responsibility, the committee decided. The commission was composed of two Italian and two Ethiopian representatives. When they were unable to agree tney summoned the neutral arbiter, Nicholas Politis of Greece. The decision will be submitted to the two governments and the league council. It clears both Ethiopia and Italy and leaves the blame unfixed. The arbitrators were unable to decide on any legal point because ,the decision of frontier limits pre- | tiously had been removed from i their jurisdiction. They were limited to determining the circumstanI ces under which the fighting at Ualual occurred. The arbitrators refused to fix responsibility for whether the Italians were at Ualual in a capacity of colonial expansion or the Ethi(CONTINUED OF PAGE F’VE) Local Companies Have Fair Display The Central Sugar company and toe Central Soya company of this city have dieiGlays at the Van Wert fair this w-eek. The exhibit Includes feeds and products made from b?et pulp. The exhibit is similar to the one which the companies had here during strset fair week. FUND ALLOTTED' AS SCHOOL AID Adams County Allotment For High School Aid Is $81.26 Indianapolis, Sept. 3 — (U.R) —' County allotment of funds for financing the national youth administration’s high school aid program in Indiana was announced today by Edward E. Edwards, state NYA director. Indiana has been granted $27,966 to help finance lunches, carfare and other incidental expenses of high school students from relief families. Distribution will be made through county school superintendents. County allotments included: Adams, $81.26; Allen, $1,157.31; Blackford, $80.94; DeKalb, $183.86 Huntington, $195.96; Jay, $99.56; Kosciusko, $151.37; Lake, $1,991.17; LaPorte, $616.94; Noble, $14 4 Wabash, $158; Wells, $135; W ley, $74.