Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1935 — Page 1

XXIII. No. 248.

M equipment ■hstalled at Km COMPANY ■ Expellee, New ■ ( . r Ulded To Local gßiani Equipment Kt. . |U;n.s Decatur 'W»»rii |Ul "" K l " ,s " 1 "" "‘ ’! IP I M jL. wybeans for ,he l Indiana. ~. - '!>•’ „l , at the local ,iy .lie plant to 5.20 P bec- 'lay There ■K ' ! "a the fenccnp.oiy f °iir ■ IO < Kf|>f ><a! pl.c - "" w il P o9 '' ul .ra..’A ~; e to Kj* . . mini uni t y as the ' crop of soy I ...n; this area. Rom tour thousands tons of soy ■ l meal will be produced pk |io tn h affording a ready; ■of this important protein; ent to the livestock and, Hi™ feeders of this section. The Eittral Soya company has made a liberal exchange off- i whereby tney can exchange a noiny beans for a ton of min soy bean oil meal t Mast a ton of soybeans will I fid lily 1.600 lbs. of soy bean oil Millie local company has gra snlf xtended the exchange rate all 2.000 lbs. of Master Soy ranleven ton of beans. This min-1 ratin' protein supplement is an apoßant factor in the preparaIm fli rations with home-grown re- or the feeding of livestock I nd pbultry. In audition to the new expellees ' t Ik oy plant. McMillen Feed, Ban associated company, has in operation a new feed un>ble of producing 25 tons of nu ]>• bon: or an average of inMags a minute. o

Ileftnse Attorneys To Seek New Trial Attlrneyu for the defem e in the eioirf Ratliff against Dr. Irs. C. 0. Caylor and Dr. Trithylor in which a jury in the < i nit court heard the case I and awarded the plainin damages of $25,000 iKßiiHnced today that a motion for 3 , '“ u " as h ing prepared. ihav - to be file»d within a p er j (H | f o ]| oW j n g return of 1«J Bthe ferdict. I I I * e a!, orneys further indi■tited that should the motion he deK would appeal the case, would be based on alleg- ■ rs in the ,rial ' I. — .

BRACE COFFEE ibttl I ' ON COMMITTEE f« ■ fctatur Teacher Named i On Constitution Committee Grace ( offee, teacher of in the Decatur high was appointed a member to study the conof the northeastern IndiI association at the sessions of the asaociaI'WFriday at Fort Wayne. kl..®^ ral important changes in institution have been sug- || an< ! t»e committee ie to its findings at the 1936 of the association. b> members of the cornmit\.,®r re !L M - Dixon, Kendall-ille chairman; f\ E. Huntington principal; A. Whitley county miperin- ■? n,; Tourest T. Thompson. Sid e. Fort Wayne. - ams county teachers appoint3 <,n other association commitare: ana" Adams, Decatur, ecience mathematics. fIA.. 1 Striker, county superlnW l "'' B P*cia.l education. G. Cook, Geneva, industrial lx j l JJ”' , 'ine Kauffman. )eca-I B-GNTINUED on PAGE SIX)

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Seeks New Record z=—; '■ r r ’t s. . ,U —, ——.l „ * L* M ■> 4R W Y • ■ I -- •—-t . - ... —« J ' ar r F f ! '> 11 Ji Here is Miss Alice Gibson of 'New York with thermal)auxiliary- • parachute which will lie used to | support the oxygen flask to be j carried by her when she attempts a 30,000-foot parachute jump for a new world's record from a plane 1 over Times Square. POLLING PLACES ARE ANNOUNCED — Corn-Hog Elections Will Be Held In County October 26 Tolling places for the corn hog | elections to be hold in Atlants ' county on October 26 were anI nonneed at a meeting of the conn-: ty corn-hog association Friday night in the Model Hatchery building in Monroe. The meeting Friday was held to acquaint the county committee with the information to be given at the educational meetings previously announced. County Agent L. E. Archbold gave the outlook for the corn-hog production in the future. Mr. Archbold stated that the hog numbers are now the lowest in 34 years while feed grains are one and one half times the require-1 qurements for live stock. Mr. Archbold continued, “the prospects are that with uncontrolled production there will be more hogs than can be consumed by late in the year 1937 or early in the year of 1938. To avoid unduly low prices steps must be taken to control farm prices.” The polling places will open at 8 o’clock in the morning on Octo-

her 26 and will remain open all day. Voters who can not be present may mail or deliver sealed ballots before the election. The polling places are: Preble township — August Gallmeyer home. Root township — Henry Auman 1 home. Kirkland township—Homer Arnold home. Union township—Victor Auman home. Blue Creek township William Patterson home. WashingTbn township—Frank R. Braun home. Monroe township — Dan Mazelin home. St. Mary’s township — Henry Crownover home. Wabash township--Orton Wheeler home. French township — Election school. Jefferson township — Jefferson high school. Hartford township- Dora Myers home. o Geneva Bank Will Make Distribution Judge Huber M. I)‘Votss has sustained a petition by Janies W. Barr receiver of the closed Farmers and Merchants State hank of Geneva, to make a five per cent distribution. Mr. Barr stated in hie petition that the bank has collected $5,996.56 since the last distribution. Th? five per cent distribution would make a total of 73 per cent given depositors.

FARM YOUTH IS CONVICTED OF BRUTAL MURDER Mandeville W. Zeng e l aces Life Imprisonment For Murder Chicago, Oct. 19—(U.R) Mandeville W. Zenge, moody, handsome Missouri farm youth, last night was found guilty of the emasculation murder of Dr. Walter .1. Hauer by a criminal court Jury which fixed his punishment at life : imprisonment. Zenge accepted the verdict without show of emotion, displaying the same taciturnity he has shown since his arrest and on every appearance in court. Defense Counsel Joseph Roach immediately approached tho bench and moved for a new trial. Judge Cornelius J. Harrington set October 25 for a hearing on the motion. The jurors had deliberated four and one-half hours. They retired with a choice of five verdicts, including acquittal. In finding Zenge guilty but fixing ids punishment at life imprisonment. the jurors disregarded a demand for the death penaltyplaced before them by Prosecutors Charles S. Daugherty and Mai Cotlghlan. They also swept aside a defense plea that Zenge was a victim of maniac-depressive insanity. driven to the crime by shock when his childhood sweetheart, Ixmise Schaffer Bauer, jilted him for Dr. Bauer. 38-year-old osteopath, physician and chemistry professor. Tlie court room scene was dra--1 matic. Every seat was occupied a crowd stood to I lie right of the judge’s bench. On a front rowbench sat J Andy Zenge, Sr.. Canton. Mo., farmer and one time Mississippi steamboat purser, whose son. J. Andy. Jr., patted his hand as the jury filed in. Mrs. Zenge was not in the court room for the first time since the trial began. The mother of the defendant collapsed on the witness stand and it was feared she would not be able to stand" the shock of hearing the verdict. She stayed with Mr.-,. Tina Wuestenfeldt, her sister, who bad testi(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIN) FINLEY BRYAN DIES FRIDAY Blue C reek Township Resident Dies After Extended Illness Finley Bryan. 75. lifelong resijdent of Blue Creek township, Adams county, died at his home Friday afternoon following an extended illness. Death was due Ito pneumonia which developed from complications. Mr. Bryan engaged in farming. He attended the Salem Methodist Episcopal church. He was born in Blue Creek township near Salem on September 27. 1860, a son of William and Martha Bryan. He was the last ‘ surviving member of his family. He was married to Mrs. Emma Wolfe, who survives, together with three daughters and a son: Mrs. Alta Burke and Chester Bryan. Blue Creek township; Miss Nola Bryan and Mrs. Faye Mitch of Fort Wayne. Nine grajtdchil- | dren. also survive. Funettal services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Bryan home near Salem and at 2 o’clock at the Salem Methodist Episcopal church. Bur- ' ial will be made in the Tricker cemetery near the church. Rev. Emery Smith, pastor of the Salem church, assisted by Rev. Vernon Riley, pastor of the Monroe Friend's church, will officiate. The body will be removed to the home from the Lobenstein funeral parlor this afternoon and may be viewed after 7 o'clock tonight. Cloid Ratliff Asks Judgment Os $25,000 Cloid B. Ratliff of Markle has re- i quested Judge Huber M. DeVoss I to render him a judgment of $25,000 against Dr. and Mrs. Charles Caylor and Dr. Truman Caylor of Bluffton. Mr. Ratlift last week was given a verdict of $25,000 damages and costs by a jury in the Adams circuit court in his suit for the collection of $75,000 damages from the members of the Caylor clinic for alleged x-ray burns which he claims resulted in the amputation j of both hands.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 19, 1935.

Purple Heart To Install Oflicers The military order of the Purple Heart will hold installation of new ly elected state department officers | Sunday afternoon ut 3 o’clock at ! the American Legion home in Fort * Wayne. This is an organization of war | M veterans who have been wounded ’ In action while serving tho United States. Its symbol is the oldest American military award, originated ; by Gen. George Washington in 17-1 . 82. An invitation is extended to . all men eligible to join the organt ization to attend Sunday’s meet-; -' Ing. LLOYD WOLF IS FOUND DEAD AT SIDE OF ROAD I Young Man Evidently Struck By Automobile Last Night The body of Lloyd Wolf, 22, who resided with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hall, one mile east of Tocsin, was found at 6 o’clock I I this morning in a ditch one-fourth mile west of his home. Coroner ' ' William Thoma, of Wells county, reported that death was due to a fractured skull and neck, probably I caused by his being hit by an automobile. Charles Porter of Kirkland town-' ship. Adams county, while driving I to his work in Fort Wayne, dis covered the body. It was lying in tall weeds on the north side of state road 224. Marks on the road way indicated Wolf had been hurl--1 ed about 20 feet, from where he was walking at the side of the road. It is thought thaFThe weeds prevented finding bis body sooner. ' j erFollowing finding of the body. Coroner Thoma was notTSed. In making an investigation he learn ed that a farmer. James Hunt, who lives on the south side of the road, was the only person who ■ m\ght be called a witness. | Hunt reported that about 6:30 j Friday evening he was out doors keeping a lookout toward Tocsin, j At that instance he also saw two cars approaching Wolf from oppo1 site directions. Headlights on both ' cars were burning, he said. As the car passed the spot where lie saw Wolf, Hunt informed the coroner that he heard a dull thud, 1 but thought that possibly Wolf had made this noise by jumping onto the running board of the west bound car headed toward Tocsin. He did not see Wolf after the cars had passed. Hunt also said the ! cars were not traveling at excessive rates of speed. Wolf was enroute to Tocsin at the time of the accident. His body was taken to Ossian. i Surviving besides the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hall, are his father, Harold O. Wolf, of Adams county, and one brother and I one sister. Funeral arrangements had not I been made at noon today. Coroner Thoma and prosecutor -George Glass are investigation the I case. MONTANA QUAKE TAKES 2 LIVES — Western Montana Is Rocked By Earthquake Friday Night Helena, Mont., Oct. 19.—(U.R) — i The death toll from a severe earthquake which rocked western Montana last night reached two today when Charles Siggerink, cook at i the Helena transient camp died from injuries received when struck ! by falling bricks. The major quake centered in tne Helena area, known to geologists as an area of seismic activ-1 ity in which earth activity may be ! ] expected at any time. It was noted as far east as Billings. The disturbance last night was ! the 60th felt here within a week. Since the first one, causing damage approximately $50,000, they were of small consequences. I The damage to buildings in the affected area south of the main business district was excessive. Two stacks of the East Helena smelter wer* toppled. Numerous residences were almost entirely destroyed. The H. Earl Clack Oil company building was a total loss. The brick walls collapsed, leaving the metal roof resting on the top of a i Northern Pacific bus and several (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX).

TAX HEARINGS HELD FRIDAY Paul Weber Os Stale Tax Board Hears Remonstrances To Levies Paul Weber, a representative of | the atate tux board, presided over I the hearing here Friday afternoon on the remonstrances filed against the 1936 tax levies of three towni ships. The hearings were for the Hart ford school and civil townsaTps, the Jefferson civil and school township and the Root school township. Those present were taxpayers who signed the petitions and other interested residents of the townships. the township trustees, school officials. County Auditor John W. Tyndall and County Superintend ent of Schools Clifton E. Striker. Chief objections raised were to the balances carried in the school tuition funds. Remonstrators stat ed that they believed it was not 1 necessary to carry over sums from I one fiscal year to another and that emergencies should be met by spe | dal appropriations. Township officials stated that efforts were being made to stabilize the levies from year to year. Drawn on a graph they stated the i ; curve of tax levies would represent jagged lines of high levies oiie year and low levies another. Chang ing conditions resulting in deficits I from time to time necessitate abrupt raising of tax levies making it difficult for the taxpayers, they i stated. Reserves were carried to take care of these emergencies. Mr. Weber took back the infortn- : ation given him by both th«» taxpayers and the township officials. The result will be issued by the state tax board at Indianapolis. Mr. Weber complimented the local citizens and officials on the ati titude they took. He said following the hearings that he had found the ; officials sincerely desirous of re- ' ducing the levies if they could show how it could be done withI out injuring the practice of good government in their townships. The taxpayers, too, were considerate of the opinions of the offiI cials. Mr. Weber found them to be equally as interested in obtaining good government at the lowest , possible cost. He stated that in another county where ho conduct ' ed the hearing he had found the I taxpayers unreasonable in their demands for tax reductions. ALLOT FUNDS FOR INDIANA Over $700,000 Allocated By Works Progress Administration Washington. D. C., Oct. 19. —(U P) I —Allocation of $765,103 for 48 ; works progress administration projects in Indiana was announced today by the treasury department. In addition to the federal funds, local sponsors of the projects will provide $266,439 for purchase of materials and equipment. The treasury department announcement said Wayne Toy, state WPA director, will be asked to select from the list the projects most adaptable to speedy prosecution of his state program. The projects included: Allen county: Community ser-. vice program for Fort Wayne, $38,930 federal funds, $5,168 local. Delaware county: Construct community building in Eaton, $5.277 federal funds, $2,722 local. Knox county: Complete community center at Vincennes. Federal funds $47,588, $41,695 local. Lagrange county: Improve street signs in Lagrange. $430 federal, slls local. Lake county: Community service program in Hobart, $18,240 federal. $8,628 local. LaPorte county: Community ser- : vice program, $5,292 federal, sl,219 local. | Community service program in Michigan City, $29,160 federal, SB,592 local. Wells county: Bluffton: Con- ; struct addition to grade school building on West Washington street, $24,634 federal, $19,264 local; demolish oluTTlgh school building on West Washington street, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Young People To Conduct Social The young peoples class of the Union Chapel U. B. will hold a penny social at the school house, one mile west of the church Friday evening, October 25. The complete program will be unnuonced later.

RETAILERS ARE GUESTS FRIDAY OF LOCAL PLANT Central Sugar Company Entertains Retail Grocers Last Night Two hundred retail grocers from Northeastern Indiana were guests of the Central Sugar company of this city at a banquet ; held at the Decatur Country club last evening. It was the first, of a series of three meetings arranged by the sugar company to entertain retail grocers in this section of the I state, including a visit thtkmgh Indiana’s beet sugar plant in the afternoon. Several hundred more grocers will be entertained here on October 23 and 30. Dr. J. Arthur Brock, of Saginaw, Mich., secretary of the Farmers and Merchants Beet Sugar association, gave the principal talk following the banquet, speaking on the "Romance of Sugar.’’ Dale W. M< Millen, president of I the Central Sugar company, presided as toastmaster and welcomed the guests. Vocal and instrumental numbers were given by the radio artists who broadcast the Crystal White program over station WOWO. E. W. Busche of Monroe, president of the Central Beet Growers' Association, gave a short, talk, urging retail grocers to sell and the individual to use sugar made from beets grown by Indiana, farmers and proewsed by local ; labor. “Every time you sell or use a pound of beet sugar you help the farmer and aid in bringing back agriculture," Mr. Busche said. Mayor A. R. Holthouse expressed the city’s appreciation over the opportunity of being the host city to the grocers. The mayor expressed a personal tribute to the grocers and the service rendered by them in each community and emphasized what the opera- , tion of Indiana's only beet sugar ' factory meant, not only to Deca- ' tur and Adams county, but to this , section of the country The history of tho beet sugar industry was sketched and the process of extracting sugar from the beet was explained by Dr. ■ Brock. “Beet sugar and cane sugar are ; identical chemically, and when I I thoroughly purified, there is no living* penron who dan tell the difference,” Dr. Brock declared. “Statistics show that the people (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Award Ravelings First Position The Ravelings, annual yearbook i of the Decatur public high school, was awarded first place in class 4 I at the meeting of the state high school press association Friday at ] Franklin college. Jack Grether was : editor of the 1935 book, with Siguard Anderson, editorial advisor [and Miss Blanche McCrory, finan- | < ial advisor. LEADERS VISIT AT SANATORIUM Junior Leaders Os County Visit Irene Byron Sanatorium The following Adams countyjunior leaders, accompanied by Mrs. Helen Mann, county club leader, and county agent L. E. Archbold, visited the Irene Byron sanitarium near Fort Wayne Friday: Paul Harden. David Liechty. Joel Habegger, Pauline Yoss, Vera Schwartz, Wilma Miller, j Beatrice Mathys, Pollyanna Leh- [ man. Juanita Lehman. Kathleen Kenney, Ruth Ineichen, Helen In- [ eichen. Helen Hirschy, Marjorie Dilling. Mary Cline. Margaret Bixler, and Avonel Beihold. This group was conducted | through; the building and) over | the grounds by Dr. Draper and Miss Marguerite Cramer, and then [ an elementary discussion on tuber-. culosis was led by Dr. Draper. [ The group was then given their i lunch in the main dining room at I the sanitarium. This trip was made possible i through the cooperation of the Adams County Tuberculosis association, and the trip was keenly enjoyed by the club members. These leadens will give reports of the trip to the various schools of the county.

Britain Receives French Pledge Os yAid Against Italy

Assistant Dictator “Assistant Dictator” is the title now applied to Achille Starace, above, who is second only to Mussolini among Fascist leaders. This new photo was recently brought to United States by Ralph Oggiano. noted American camera artist. SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS LISTED Honor Rolls Os Catholic Schools Are Announced Today The honor roll of the Decatur | Catholic high school and the St. Joseph grade school were announced today by Sister M. Rosemary, principaJ. A total of 23 pupils are listed on the high school honor roll and l 13 on the grade school roll. The complete list follows: High School A B Marjorie Brown 5 1 I Edward Heimann 5 Marjorie Kintz 5 : Laurine Lengerich 5 William A. Miller 5 Louis Wolpert 5 Esther Rumschlag 4 2 Margaret Wertzberger 4 2 Lucile Braun 4 1 Margaret Lose 4 1 Agnes Schultz 4 1 Schultz 4 1 Mary Schultz 4 1 Monica Schmitt 4 1 Daloree Leonard 3 3 Luke Heimann 3 2 Ethel Kleinhenz 3 2 Francis Meyer 3 2 Grace Miller 3 2 William J. Miller 3 2 Bernardine Faurote 2 3 Walter Heimann 2 3 Mary Catherine Holthouse 2 3 Grade 8 Etheldreda Miller 5 3 John Ter veer 5 3 Geraldine Heimann 5 2 Josephine Daniels 4 4 ' Dorothy Rumschlag 3 5 Grade 7 [ Mareyle Braun 5 3 Richard Lose 4 3 Grade 5 Justine Brite 6 3 Grace Flough 6 3 Marjorie Gass 3 4 Grade 4 Mary Rumschlag 3 4 Phyllis Lose 3 3 Grade 3 Virginia Kuhnle 4 Local Lad Hit By Automobile Dick McClenahan, son of M.-. and Mrs. Huber M. McClenahan of this city was only slightly bruised when he was struck by an automobile driven by Sam Brooks in the intersection of the alleys between Second and Third and Madison and Monroe streets, Friday evening. The boy was riding a bicycle when he was struck by the ■ Brooks' automobile. WEATHER Fair north and central, cloudy with occasional rain extreme south portion tonight; Sunday fair; little change fn temperature.

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Anglo-Italian Agreement To Be Announced Sunday; Ethiopia Is Preparing Protest To League. ADOPT PROPOSAL London, Oct. 19. — (U.R) —Great Britain today received a definite promise from France of support it Italy launches a Mediterranean attack upon the British navy. The French reply, in which Premier Pierre Laval tool? nine pages to say "yes" was couched in such terms as to provide tne British foreign office with considerable satisfaction. According to authoritative circles here, the agreement takes the form of a promise of cooperation if Britain is attacked by Italy while : acting not as an individual but as ' a league policeman in the Mediterranean. France is believed in ' return to have asked a British I pledge of aid if France is atfack- . ed by Germany. The French reply came as an anti-climax following the success i of Rome conversations between , Premier,Benito Mussolini, Sir Eric Drummond. British ambassador. ! and Count Charles DeChambrun, French envoy. The Anglo-Italian agreement, reached at Rome and to be announced Sunday, removes [ much of the danger of a Mediterranean incident against which ! Britain sought French support. I Prepare Protest Addis Ababa. Oct. 19. —(U.R) — I Ethiopia is preparing a protest to ■ the League of Nations against alleged Italian violation of the Red - Cross convention forbidding use iof dumdum bullets, the United Press learned today from a reliable source. A formal charge that Italian r troops have been reversing bullets . within their cartridge cases was made early today in a government, communique. It said “bullets so treated wreak terrible havoc upon I the human body.” After denying Italian charges that Ethiopian troops had used dumdums, the communique said: "Everyone knows the Italian lead- , ers' taste for this weapon. The real truth is that upon a large number of dead Italian soldiers clips were found containing bullets which had been reversed withing their casings.” Adopt Proposal , (Copyright, 1935, by UP.) (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Solicitors Forced To Obtain Licenses Two out of town photographers v. ere apprehended by Police officer Ed Miller yesterday afternoon. The [; men were doing house-to-house sol- [ 1 iciting and did not have a license. [ I They obtained a license from City [ I Clerk Ada Martin and no arrests \ were made. The city license for j housJ-to-houße soliciting is $5.00 a day. o Tillman Gehrig Is Armistice Day Head Tillman Gehrig, has been named i chairman of the Armistice day program for the American Legion. ; 1 Plans have not yet been completed I for the organization’s observance ot the day. : o CHILDREN WILL GIVE PROGRAM Program At United * Brethren Church Sunday Morning The following program will be given at the United Brethren church tomorrow morning at 9:15 o'clock the children's department: Prelude —Loretta Fisher Opening song. Call to Worship — Goldie Fisher Prayer. Exercise —Rainbow Maids of Old Judah nine little girls. Harmoniea Solo—Junior Roop. Solo —In Ola Judah —Ruth Myers Song Class Period Re-assemble Announcements. Class Recognition •Benediction.