Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1935 — Page 1

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wgion names i Em ATTORNEY . E$ COMMANDER Wr _ — •£ ■K. Murphy Named: Bgonin Resolution Is ■■ Adopted Loui’. Sept. 26 <U.R>—J R an attorney ol Ida Grove, F n-dav was . l-s t..«l new nat■'commander or the American succeeding Frank N. BelSan Fram iseo. Calif. I motion or Harry W Colmery nsas. who lost a close .race J Wisconsin which had nomiLH, Vilas II Whaley. switched ■ ■£*, ~o IPS to Murphy, the elecin made unanimous. ■ t l,c first ballot Murphy re--566 of th.- 1.199 votes cast. ~ J^g w?! ., ir . of th., required majorfohnery revived 414 on the "’VI ballot. Lesion sh.-t -ored the nonVnson bonus measure last of congress: it the Patman bill which adinflation of the currency .j... Authors of both attend...! 'his convention. ... ,v unanimous- ’ ! ®^g a . 1v ..,..,! .o.'l inflation bonus E.-elution. resolution urging preference ' ’ /•' »s o' l ail l ,ub ’ ** :s adopted by aeciaunanimous voice vole, the l 7^M V er.';..i. another resoluclemency I Grover C. Bergdoll, "or any wartime slacker.' Heads Auxiliary M<-lviil. Mm kiestone. of was ted national presiof the Women's Auxiliary of American Legion here today. ■ eidellts e1... ted eastern division: Mrs. Whit Ma.. Hugh. Afton. N. Y : <endiv ..ill Mi s .1 H Dunn. Bad Mich.: southern division: Frank II Carpenter, Sour T-i w-stern division. Mrs. Way:,. Chupman. Santa Fe. Mrs. E. Paulson. Summit, S. I). o Boy’s Body I In Trash Box S.-p' - <(J.R) — body of a boy infant, which been wrapped in newspapers. found in a trash box here toby Clarence Phillips. child cording to E. R. .i.-p .roller, had been without medi.al attention, fully d. v. lop.-d and had died the last few hours. was tiie second - -ing the last few a mu., months old child's !..i..iw .oun* previousa water-filled gravel pit.

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lop Light Put In Service Again ■ 1 rfhe stop light at the intersec•n of North Second street and IS. road 27, has been placed in ■vice again. The light was lowfcd three feet and is timed at 30 Itond intervals. It controls the ku traffic to the Central Sugar , jntpany during the sugar beet Billing season. lOSicers pointed out that It was jriolation of the law to drive Irnngh a filling station roadway j a short cut to the state road. Bfafaint was registered last year I the Gladfelter service station f motorists who used the driver! as a public highway. PORTION OF PLAY CAST IS CHOSEN r Mt p or “The First Command- | merit" Is Partially Selected Last Night casting committee and Miss directress, have partialHnosen the cast for “The First mmandinent," dramatic produc- ““ to be given by Adams Post m er 43 O s American Le- °"' October 8 and 9. t th* ° f outstanding features Production will be the beau- , U .. an< ' au thentic costumes worn _ He various characters. These -umes were designed by a forl" ,n lemb 1 embe >' of the German Pasutho^.f yers and as a resu| t are , duplications of the cos--8 of 4,000 years ago. hoJon h. Holthouse has been uct C ?°! r leader ariß wln con ' iavs Ch ° ir ° f 20 voiceß - Music roductu ta P°rt*nt ijart in the Ackv- n j aS St is the Bettln K and ne for the production. le rhnt re Cast and me *nbers of r will be announced later.

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Moose Lodge Plans Big Feed Friday I The call of the Moose was sounded today by Joe Burnett, custodian 'at the Moose home, invitipg all I members to the supper to be served 1 Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Italian spagettl, prepared by I Miles "Mots”, Roop, who won laurels in the world war as an army ' chef, will be served. The supper is one of a series of entertainments planned by the committee and every member is invited to attend. The chef Is anticipating a large crowd and am;le supplies are being laid in for the meal. Q EXPECT EARLY I SETTLEMENT OF COAL DISPUTE All Questions Except Piece Work Increase Reported Settled Washington. Sept. 26— (U.R) — • Assistant secretary of labor Edwe.’d F. McGrady said today he I had been assured that coal opera- ' tors would give their answer to union requests for a wage in- .' crease before nightfall!) strongly indicating that the dispute tleing up some 400.000 miners would be settled shortly. McGrady said the subcommittee concerning the wage dispute had settled all questions except that of the union's demand for a nine cent a ton increase for piece work mining. Operators thus far | have conceded only 7*4 cents a ' ton. Either a compromise or outright acceptance of the union terms | was indicated. All questions of local district contracts, which have been under discussion for two days, have nowbeen agreed upon, McGrady said. It was indicated that if agreei mint i-s reached miners will return to the pits next Tuesday, just eight days after the enforced holiday began. Settlement of the coal dispute today or tonight would be in accord with pe.-sistent demands by McGrady that operators and union leaders come to an agreement j before President Roosevelt leaves I for the west coast. I Mr. Rootevelt is scheduled to depart late tonight. : Work would not be resumed | before Tuesday, even if an agreement were reached today, it was Indicated, due to extensive bookkeeping difficulties which would arise if the new wage rates are | put into effect before the end of the month. Tuesday is Oct. 1 and the mines could start off with a clean slate , with the new pay schedules in i effect. I Neither side ie worried particu- . larly about the delay. Operators I are getting a chance to dispose (continued on p\ge five) FT. WAYNE MAN HEADS BANKERS Donnelly McDonald Elected President Os Regional Bankers Donnelly P. McDonald, secretarytreasurer of the Peoples Trust & Savings company of Fort Wayne was elected president of region one of the Indiana Bankers association at its twenty-sixth annual meeting yesterday afternoon at the Fort Wayne Country Club. . The gathering ws.s held under the auspices of the Fort Wayne Clearj ing House association and 90 bankers from 10 northeastern counties of the state were in attendance. Other officers elected by the region were: Vice-president, Fred J. Tangeman. president of the Farmers and Merchants bank a.t Bluffton, and secretary-treasure', Elmer B. Funk, vice-president of I the Lake City bank at Warsaw Mr. McDonald was formerly vice-president of the region an-1 succeeds as president, Harry M. Brown, president of the Garrett Sta.'e bank. Mr. Tangeman was secretary-treasurer of the region during the last year, and Mr. Funk formerly served on the organization's executive committee. Those elected to the executive committee were I. B. Heaoton. Huntington: W. H. Carter. Columbia City; H. M. Cox. Auburn; J. W. Stogdill. Bluffton, and F. A. Gause. Laofto. Thel936 meeting of the region <CON'ItNUHD ON PAGE FIVE!

YOUTH ADMITS POISON DEATHS OF RELATIVES Brilliant Los Angeles Youth Poisons Aunt And Uncle 1 Los Angeles. Sept. 26.—(U.R>— Leroy Drake, 19-year-old president of a church society, today sobbed out a confession that he poisoned his elderly aunt and uncle and dumped their bodies into the sea. Police had questioned him 10 hours after he directed divers in hauling the bodies of Henry Stein- > huer. 60, and his wife, Nellie, 50, i from the front seat of their auto- > mobile, 30 feet below the surface of Los Angeles harbor. Drake told officers he was ar-, I rested recently on a grand theft auto charge, and that he did not want his aunt and uncle to learn of his "disgrace.” When first questioned concerning the whereabout of the couple, missing several days, the boy told ( police he had become panic-strick-en when they dropped dead at dinner last Thursday night, and had ’ placed them in their car and driven it off a pier. He said he feared he would be ’ arrested if he Were found with the . ' bodies. Under police questioning, he broke down and admitted he had placed poison in the coffee urn before the meal, and that he sat 1 watching the unsuspecting couple while they drank and collapsed. His uncle felt effects of the poisI, „ : (CONTINUED nN PAGE FOUR) ' O OBJECTIONS TO LEVIES FILED Taxpayers Protest Hartford And Jefferson Township Levies ’) ! ■ Objections to the Hartford town- ’ ship and Jefferson township tax I I levies were filed this morning with ' County Auditor John W. Tyndall. ’ Certified copies of the objections will be sent to the state tax board i who will set a place and time for the hearings. I i Under the law taxpayers in a ■ taxing unit have a right within 10 > days of the adjournment of the ■ county tax adjustment board to I file objections. The local tax ad- ‘ justment board adjourned Septem- ’ ber 17. This would make Friday, September 27 the last day to file i objections. ■ The law requires that at least i 10 taxpayers sign the petition for a hearing. According to the prfnt- • ed forms which have been filled i out. the taxpayers believe that the ■ proposed 1936 tax levies will raise more money than the economies of good government would warrant. D. A. Rumple was the first signer of the petition for Jefferson township. There were 16 signatures on this petition. 1 Ralph S. Myers was the first | signer for Hartford township. There were 18 signatures on this petition. . Other tax rates in the county will become effective Friday unless objections are filed. Hartford and Jefferson township rates will become effective as soon as the state ' • tax board rules on objections. The ■ state board may lower but may not ‘ raise the levies. i o Adolph Kolter Buys Brunnegraff Store ■ Adolph Kolter of route six, Deca- - tur, has purchased the Jos Brunne- ) graft Grocery on North Second i streat. He will take possession of it i Monday and wil Imanage it himself. > Mr. Kolter will resign his position I thie week as salesman in this terri- > tory for McConnell and Sons, whole- ■ sale tobacco company. Mr. Brunnegraff plane to retire, t He ibae no announced plans for the future. , — o — i Highway Commission Is Held Not Liable t 1 Rockport, Ind., Sept. 26 —(UP)- — 1 The etate highway commission is •! not liable for the actions of subord- - inate employes of the highway department. Judge Oscar C. Minor of " Spencer Circuit court ruled yester- ■ day. The ruling was made in a $30,000 ■ damage suit tiled by Charles ■ Thompson, whose son suffered severe injuries when a dynamite 1 cap left on the road exploded In his hands;

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 26, 1935.

Speaks Tonight The Rev. R. R. Elliker, Galion, Ohio, will be the speaker on tonight’s program at the Zion Reformed church. Rev. Elliker was pastor of the local church from 1921 to 1924. FORMER PASTOR TALKS TONIGHT Young People’s Night At Zion Reformed Church Tonight Young people’s night will be' observed this evening at the Zion Reformed church, in the third of j the services Being held during the 75th anniversary week. The speaker will be the Rev. R. R. ETliker, pastor of the church, from 1921 to 1924. Rev. Elliker is now pastor of the Reformed church at Galion, Ohio. A reunion of all persons confirmed during his pas- : torate here will be held in conjunction with the service. A section of the auditorium will be reserved for these persons. Special music has been secured for this service. Miss Janice : Fryer, soprano soloist of the Grace M. E. church. Dayton, Ohio, and a staff artist of radio station WHIA Will sing several numbers. The .Girl’s choir of the local church will also have part in the service. The subject of Rev. Elliker's address will be “Physical Christianity.” The Men’s Brotherhood will present its gift to the church at this service. The Decatur night program given Wednesday evening was featured by an address given by the ftev. Dennison R. Moss of Kendallville. Pastors from Decatur who took part in the service were the Rev. G. O. Walton, the Rev. H. W. Franklin and the Rev. H. R. Carson. The Rev. Matthew Worthman. pastor of the First Reformed church of Bluffton, was also present and pronounced the benediction. The gift of a new pulpit Bible was made by the Helpers’ Bible class, the presentation being made by Mrs. Peter Vitz, teacher of the class. o ;— VARIOUS VIEWS GREET LETTERS Clergy Os Nation Have Varying Reaction To Letter Appeal Clergymen of the nation mixed praise and censure today in replying to a letter from President Roosevelt asking their “counsel and advice.” Bisbop George Craig Stewart of the Episcopal dioceee of Chicago eaid: "I am much pleased with ths social legislation enacted and will respond to the Presidents courteous and proper letter. A wise administrator of the country, should, think, ask advice concerning social legislation from leaders whose primary concern is the spiritual and t:mi;oral welfare of all people.” An entirely different view taken by Dr. John Timothy Stone, President of the Presbyterian Theological seminary, Chicago, who said: “What I am going to do for the j President is to pray for dilni. Because he needs it. I am not going to reply to his letter. It is the President’s business to know how to run the nation and not the clergy’s". The Rev. Arthur W. Taylor, Chi- ’ cago congregational pastor, said the ; letter evoked laughter when read to the Englewood ministerial asso- j ciation. “The letter sounds genuine,” he said, “but as it comes on the eve of I a western political tour, most of us, I I’m afraid, will take it with a grain j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

OBSERVANCE OF BIBLE PLANNED Local Churches To Observe 400th Anniversary Os Printing The committee on the 400th anniversary of the printing of the English Bible, appointed recenTTy by the Decatur Ministerial Association, met at the Zion Reformed church Wednesday evening, outlining a tentative program for October, November and December. Committee members are Rev. H. R. Carson, chairman; Revs. C. M. Prugh and M. W. Sundermann. October 4 marks the 400th anniversary of the complete printing of the Bible in the English language, and the local celebration will open on that date and close December 8, the annual American Bible society Sunday. In this observance there will be a presentation of the origin of the Bible in English, a plea for wider reading and observance and for at least one copy in every home in Decatur. , Rev. Sundermann will arrange a display of Bibles, which will be shown in a downtown window. He would like to have the oldest Bible in or near Decatur. Rev. Prugh will have charge of the Bible anniversary observance. He will contact all clubs and socities and ask them to cooperate : with a special program next week. : Churches will also have special programs. Rev. Carson will conduct a Bible census, with the aid of the churches. The entire community is urged to join in this observance. i. o

PLAN PROGRAM FRIDAY NIGHT U. B. Church Primary Department To Have Promotion Service The primary department of the First United Brethren church will hold a promotion service Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. An interesting program has been arranged for the occasion, taken from the lesson books for the past year. All playlets have been written from stories studied by the teachers. The program follows: Quiet music—Donald Williams. Call to worship—Ruth Myers. Song, "For the Beauty oF the Earth.” Scripture —Eileen Da%is. Prayer. Exercise, “He Obeyed” — Class No. 1. Playlet, “A Trip to the Woods” —Kathleen Shackley and Keith Gilpen. Song, “R-I-G-H-T.” Pantomine — Don and Beatrice Lighf. Sunbean exercise — Second year girls. Recitation —Billy Butler. Guitar duet — Betty Jane Roop and Kathleen Shackley. Song, “Jesus Loves Me” —Class No. I. Playlet—Second year girls. Recitation, “Are You” — Betty Bruick.

Playlet, “Three Boys and a Sail Boat"—Don Williams. Jack Garner and Dick Sheets. Song, “Jesus Loves Even Me.” Playlet, “The Roll of Honor" — (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 0 Carload Os Feed Damaged By Fire A carload of Master Mix feed at the McMillen Feed Mill caught fire at 3:30 o’clock tihis morning and caused approximately S2OO worth of damage to the feed and car. The city fire department was able to extinguish the blaze before all the feed was destroyed. The box car was badly damaged. The cause of the fire ie undetermined. o Gold Bond Holders May Get Face Value Washington, Sept. 26 — (U.R) — Holders of nearly $8,000,000,000 of United States government gold obligations today were given the privilege by the treasury to turn them in at face value prior to Jan. 1, 1936. The privilege was given under a joint resolution passed in the la.st session of congress banning ■suits by security holders to recover the gold value of the securities after six months. This provided that holders of gold certificates might turn them in. dollar for dollar, prior to their maturity on the present gold dollar basis.

DEFENSE MAKES TENTH MOTION FOR DISMISSAL Defendants In $75,000 Damage Suit Deny Plaintiff Charges For the tenth time today attorneys for the defense moved that the case be taken away from the jury on grounds of misconduct of the attorneys for the plaintiff, Cloid Ratliff, who is suing Dr. and Mrs. Charles Caylor and Dr. Truman Caylor for $75,000 damages for the loss of his hands which he alleges was due to their careless operation of ah Xray machine in the treatment of eczema. While Mrs. Charles Caylor was on the stand Wednesday afternoon the attorneys for the plaintiff moved four times to have the case taken from the consideration of the jury and dismissed. Mrs. Caylor was placed on the witness stand by the defense. During cress examination Wednesday attorneys for the plaintiff asked her how many times she had given X-ray treatments, to whom and to what extent her other experience amounted. To all these questions she answered that she did not remember or did not know. The attorneys branded these statements as “evajflve.” The attorneys for the defense challenged the use of the I word “evasive” as improper characterization of a witness. On these grounds dismissal of the case was asked. Mrs. Caylor testified that as an X-ray technician she was required ! to know only how to manipulate the ! machine to follow the instructions ' of physicians in the Caylor clinic. She stated that directions were ' given her before the treatments. She denied that it was necessary ' tor her to know the mechanical or ‘ electrical functions of the X-ray ma- ' chine. In arguments, the attorneys for ' the plaintiff stated it was as important to know the functions of the parts of the X-ray machine as it was to know the workings of an automobile. Th? d-efense attorneys challenged the attorney for the plaintiff to get on the witness stand and be examined on his personal knowledge of an auomobile. He took the

(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 0 Union Chapel To Hold Rally Day Rally Day will be held next Sunday at Union Chapsl U. B. church east of Decatur. The Sunday school and church services will be combined and will commence at 9 o’clock. The Rev. Miss Cline and the Rev. Miss Hollingsworth ars the new pastors taking the place of Rev. Frank Engle who formerly occupied the ipulpit. Anyone not attending services elsewhere Is cordially invited to attend. The complete program will be announced tomorrow. o MAKES APPEAL 10 CATHOLICS

Archbishop Appeals To Catholic Women To Act In Unison Cleveland, Sept. 26. — (U.R) — A powerful appeal to Catholic women of America to unite "actively and effectively" in defense of God and the Christian home was made today by Archbishop John J. Glennon of St. Louis. In a sermon to more than 75,000 persons, mosfly women, gathered in the huge lake-front stadium for the final day's program of the seventh national eucharistic congress, Archbishop Glennon bitterly assailed the practices of divorce and birth control as “among the greatest of modern tragedies." Flanked by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church in America, the archbishop spoke from a platform in the center of the ampitheater. "The enemy is not satisfied with its assanlt on the city of faith and the House of God.” he declared. “The enemy goes further and engages also to destroy the unity, the stability of the Christian home. That home, as you well know, is based on the sanctity and the indissolubility of the marriage bond. “Take from the marriage bond its premanence, break with scriptures. with established morals, with the christendom and the Christ; legalize divorSe, release .the husband and wife to seek oth(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

League Os Nations Votes Unanimously To Invoke Powers

PLANT STARTS BEET SLICING THIS MORNING More Than 2,500 Tons Os Beets In Yards This Morning Slicing of sugar beets started at the Central Sugar factory as the machinery in the massive plant was placed in motion at 6 o’clock this morning. Within the next 24 hours more than 325 men will be given employment at Indiana's only beet sugar plant. The starting of the machinery was carried out on schedule and within a few hours the beets were finding their way through the mill, each operation being one of the steps in the processing of sugar. More than 2,500 tons of beets were in the yards today and delivery continued heavy throughout the day. The mill is geared up this year to handle approximately 1,300 tons of beets every 24 hours. It is expected that the total production in the Decatur area will exceed 100,000 tons and that the mill will enjoy a 100 days run. More than 13,300 acres of beets will be harvested this year, J. Ward Calland. field manager for the company stated. The early beets, which are now being harvested are small, but of good quality. The mill started about 12 days earlier this year, compared to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

BANK PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD Nine Properties Os Old Adams County Bank To Be Sold Nine pieces of real estate will be sold at public auction at the east door of the court house on October 17 at 10 a. m. by the Old Adams County Bank as a part of the bank's liquidation. The Andrews farm which is located in Washington township south of Decatur and near Mohroe will be sold in one piece or divided. This has been divided into six plots ranging in area from a section to 20 acres. The Burdge Barber shop building on West Monroe street will also be sold. Two properties west of town totaling five acres of land will be sold. This real estate is that on which the old Macy Conveyor building is located. With this sale will go the rights to the side track or spur to the Pennsylvania railroad company's track. The Pumphrey building, located on North Second street will be auctioned at the sale. Under the terms of the sale permitted by a colirt order, Clark J. Lutz, special representative for the bank, will sell the tracts for cash at not less than their full appraised value free of liens, except spec- 1 ial assessments and except taxes for the year 1935 payable in 1936. T“ purchasers of the Andrews farm will be entitled to the landlord's share of standing or growing crops at the time of the sale.

In the advent that tne real estate should not be sold on the day of the sale it will be offered for sale at the bank until sold. Mandeville Zenge Trial October 7 Chicago, Sept. 26—(U.R)—Trials of Mandeville Zeng, lanky Missouri youth, for the emasculation murder of Dr. Walter J. Bauer was delayed today until October 7. The cane had been set for next Monday. - Illness of Joseph Roach, one of the defense attorneys, was the reason on which Judge Cornelius J. Harrington granted the delay. o WEATHER Cloudy and much cooler, showers east and south tonight; Friday generally fair, cooler east and south.

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Step Means Italy Will Be Outlawed If She Starts War Operations In Ethiopia. MAY QUIT LEAGUE Geneva. Sept. 26 — <U.R) — The League of Nations took a preliminary step today towards making Italy an outlaw athong nations it she starts wax on Ethiopia. The council voted unanimously to invoke article 15 of the covenant, which leads toward artlcla 16, providing for international penalties and military action against an offender. Italy will become an outlaw if she starts war before January. Article 12 of the covenant stipulates that when a dispute has been submitted to the council, members of the league cannot resort to war until three months after the council has adopted its recommendations. The council will require at least a week to finish its report and recommendations, so that it cannct be approved before early October, when three months-truce will begin and continue into January. Furthermore, if Ethiopia accepts the council’s recommendations, Italy is obliged by article 15 never to resort to war againet her. League jurists said reports published abroad that Italy’s hands would be legally tied only until Dec. 5 were based on a complete misunderstanding of the covenant, and the erroneous belief that the three-month period began on Sept. 4. when the dispute was submitted to the council. Today’s action by the council was one of the gravest steps in the league’s history, involving the possible resignation of Italy from i the league and even war in I Europe. ! Great Britain and France, however, took an unequivocal stand in favor of supporting the covenant to the fullest extent, and they were firmly backed by the important voice of Russia. The course to be followed is that which caused Japan and (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

Thefts From Milk Bottles Reported Police officers have been notifled that boys have been stealing milk tickets and money left in milk bottles. Most of the thefts have been reported in the west end of town. The dairy management stated that the tickets were marked and that apprehension of the thieves wa's expected. PRESIDENT TO TALK SATURDAY First Speech Os Tour Will Be Given At Fremont, Nebraska Washington, Sept. 26 — (UP) — President Roosevelt’s first speech on ft is western swing will be made I at noon Saturday at Fremont, Neb., 'i the White House revealed today as ■1 the President prepared to leave , Washington late tonight. The address is scheduled tentatively to run less than 20 minutes. ' It probably will be delivered from ■ the rear platform of the president’s train and will deal with the agri- ■ cultural situation. Mr. Roosevelt’s two principal addresses will be broadcast to the nation. They will be delivered Monday noon at Boulder Dam and Wednesday at 2:30 P, M. in Ssn Diego. ’ The subject matter of these talks was not divulged. In Los Angeles Tuesday the president will motor to Hollywood Bowl for a brief speech to be broadcast locally. He will speak at the same spot where in 1932 he appealed so rthe votes of California. Mr. Roosevelt, meanwhile, iplunged into another hectic day composed mainly of conferences looking to a cleanup of pressing administration matters. In connection with the trip westward the White House said that he would be accompanied by secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes and works progress administrator Harry Hopkins, Capt. Wilson Brown, sen(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)