Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1935 — Page 1

SBhoffeu Kemifii PLANT T» Meet In Session To Hrant 1. flwg. .m-.l offer by the govern- ; d JTC ’tStoLng the < instruction of a I|J „. w . IK «- • feat rnellt plant |,v making a loan Mini ;) ** IW ..4 'o'lay by . it " a. iin uK®,- i "' a ' ' ; "'" ! ' l ' l ' 1 l ' l, ‘ I '*•' I f Jig J t.a. 'lown tho WEgi.. 1 !, ui b • 11 pi epare the - Ep' iii ■:, , i j I >n will ■Bl® in r, ‘j" ,i ' lK u "‘ <)ffPr "' ’ rnnl, ' n ' According to ■—from Mr. Logan the nortpfc.Ejaa: had to have the final ■iitep-EwTady by November 1. All iKk Ipased with 'he council’s of rs. ■yfcefoveniment’s offer is for a oed •»' exieeding $59,727 and ~ general obligation by the city, not exr, $72,000. The exact of the grant and loan be known until a conKci Was awai b-d. tile figures the total estimated -—Kt fiM by the engineer, the Baking a grant of 45 per OrtttoSß' the bonds were sold to the 3 JKtteU States of America, they Kgld tear four per cent inter111 il.Ooo denoniina-irin-reot |ravnients would from Dec. 1. 1935. pajim-nts would lie due Du'. 1. 1940. according to nt's offer. From 4 inclusive bond pay-1 be $2,000 a year; |HKB44 to 1947 inclusive, paybe $3,000 a year; to 1055. payments would a y>-ur; from 1950 to 1959 would be $5,000 a year. in addition. payments the first KBBwtb ars and no bond pay--—Bests t 1935 to 1940, is arthat the annual paythe 24 year period re!,l,‘ sanie. interest and included. The first five mrn-fcSj llllPl ' est w °idd be paid only ■twid payments would begin Bim according to the plan out- ■ Horatio B. Hackett, administrator of the Washington. the formal offer was in- , sets of blanks and . us construction regulaf a * j*’ 1 '! rules and regulations ,loans and grants.

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iier Monroe Preacher Dies Emory Dunbar, 55, until two g 0 a minister at rhe Metho'tecopal church in Monroe, Way morning at 10 o’clock home in Anderson, accordword received here. Death ’ to diabetes. Dnubar was pastor of the church from 193 i to 1934, also one time pastor of the Methodist church. o te Class At Red Men Tonight s Os candidates will be ini“to the Red Men lodge to--7:30 o’clock. The Monroewill give the work. Tribes Wffton. Fort Wayne and ton are expected to attend. n Feasel To Head Junior Class " Feasel. son of Mr. and larles Feasel. of this city, “ elected president of the of Ban state Teachers at Muncie. Mr. Feasel is nt in athletic and social 8 of the school. He was W from the Decatur high “ 1932. ar K. Os C. Meeting Tonight regular meeting of the °f Columbus will be held at 8 o’clock in the K. of

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Warns Motorists To Observe Flag Warning; Harold Hilton, flagman on all WI’A projects underway In the city, stated that arrests Would be made if motorists did not slow ' down when given the signal to decrease speed while driving past locations where men were working. Several near accidents have been noted, Mr. Hilton stated. Motor ists must slow down or come to a complete stop when given the signal, Mr. Hilton stated. A gang of WPA workmen Is now engaged in building new sidewalks on Mercer avenue. Several men work in the street and when motorists refuse to obey the warning signals accidents are narrowly averted.

WOMAN AVIATOR i I AND PILOT ARE BADLY INJURED 1-- - Ruth Nichols Seriously 1 Hurt When Plane Crash- ! > es This Morning i - I Troy, New York, Oct. 21—(U.R) 1 —Her body crushed and burned, 1 Ruth Nichols, one of America's foremost women aviators, was so seriously hurt in a crash of her 20-passenger airplane today that doctors gave her only "a fair chance” to survive. Captain Harry Hublitch. who was piloting the craft when it fell and . caught fire on a take off from Troy airport, also was injured critically. Four others were less seriously , hurt. Miss Nichols, holder of several international records and Hub- . Htch, her pilot, were unconscious when they were dragged from the flaming plane. They were rushed to Troy Samaritan hospital, where a corps of doctors worked over them. Two hours after the crash, Dr. Emmitt Howd. diagnosed Miss Nich(ols’ injuries as fractured wrist and ankle, possible internal injuries, cuts and bruises on the face; broken nose: swrtorre burns. ~

“She has a fair chance to recover,’’ Dr. Howd said. "Her condition, of course, is precarious, and whether Miss Nichols will pull through depends on whether internal injuries develope. "If she can get ny the next few days she will pu’l out all right.’’ She was taken into the hospital’s X-ray room after being in the operating room about one hour. Dr. Helmer Dowd, attending Hublitch, said the pilot was likewise in a very serious condition. Hublitch, with 22 years of experience, attempted a forced landing after a cross wind struck the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Joseph Graber Is Reported Improving Joseph Graber, French township farmer, who was injured in an automobile accident near Monroe Friday is improving. With him at the time was W. C. Lyttle, postai inspector for this district. Mr. Lytle was only slightly injured. NOTED ARCTIC EXPLORER DEAD Maj. Gen. Greely Dies Sunday After A Brief Illness Washington, Oct. 21 —(UP) —Maj. Gen. Adolphus Washington Greely, who waited 51 years for congressional recognition of his heroism in the Arctic, is dead today after a brief illness. He was 91. Greeiy was a robust young man in 1881 when he led a tragic expedition to the far north, resulting in the death of ail but seven of his 24 comrades. Only his indomitable courage during a three year fight against nature in the wastelands north of the Arctic circle brought the remmants of his party back to civilization. This spring, half a century later congress finally bestowed upon the white- haired general the congressional medal of honor. The distinction was so belated that Gen. Greely was unable physically to leave his home for the acceptance ceremony. In the years between his tar northern exploits and recognition of them by the government, the. general’s life led him from one distinction to another. He was made head of the army signal corps, he (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

REPORT SHIPS FOUNDERED IN SEVERE STORM North Sea Lashed By (■ale; Heavy Death Toll Is Feared London, Oct. 21 — (U.R) — The North Sea, lashed into fury by the 100-mile-an-hour gale that has been raging across the European seaboard since Saturday, swallowi ed a.t least two vessels last night I and may have closed over two others. The known death toll of 12 will j mount to half a hundred, it is . feared, before the stream of wirei less messages from ships in distress has told the full story of j the havoc wrought by mountain- : ous seas. The ships that went down were ! the 2,000-ton British freighter Pendennis and the steamer Vardulia. The crew of 22 aboard the former were rescued by the Norwegian steamer Irish when site sank off tho boggcr bank. Hope that the 37 men aboard the Vardulia still are alive was slim today as rescue ships searched in vain. Fears for the fate of the German Lloyd steamer Erfurt also grew as the German battleship Admiral Scheer failed to locate her in the vicinity from which her last SOS came. There has been no news from her siace Saturday. when she reported loss of her propellers near Hornsrev. Nine ships are searching for the Vardulia. The skipper of one of them, tho Manchester Producer, radioed this morning “owing to the tremendous seas it is doubtful lif the Vardulia ever launched boats. If she did. they would : never live.” Shipping of many nations was caught in the storm that ravaged the North Sea. the English Channel and tlie Atlantic within hundreds of miles of the continental coast. Among the vessels in distress were the Finnish steamer I Esbro, tile 5,872-ton French Adrar rCONnNIED Os o REPORT QUAKE DAMAGE HEAVY Montana Suffers Worst Series Os Earthquakes In History Melena, Mont., Oct. 21 —(UP)— State and national authorities conferred today on plans for rehabilitation from the effects of the most l devastating series of earthquakes in the hhistory of Montana. Minor tremors were felt at short intervals. The most severe shock felt since Friday night, when a severe disturbance caused damage upward of $2,000,000 and claimed two lives here, came late last night Earth movements, most of them barely perceptible, came on an average of 10 minutes apart all day Sunday. W. E. Madghan. -meteorologist, said he recorded more than 260. in downtown Helena, streets were | roped off in those areas considered dangerous in case of additional severe shocks. Statu highway patrolmen were on duty, warning pedestrians to keep away from weakened structures. Many residents of sections not: severely affected by the shocks were returning to their homes. They abandoned them Friday night, mgny fleeing to the open country. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o School Officials To Meet Tonight There will be a meeting of the principals and superintendents of all Adams county schools at the Kirkland township high school tonight. The program will be arranged by Hansel Foley, principal of the Kirkland school. Work Started On Remodeling Home Work started today o nthe remodeling of the old Michael Wertzberger residence. South Third street, which was recently pur<<hased by Ira Fuhrman, insurance agent of this city. Charles Robenold, contractor, has the general contract. The house will be remodeled into a seven-room modern bungalow and : will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Fuhrman and family.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 21, 1935.

Takes Command i it ■■ w i « M 5 ♦ j*” /■ Field Marshal Pietro Badoglio General Emilio de Bono has yielded) command of the invading Italian forces in northern Ethiopia to Field Marshal Badoglio, rushed to the scene hy Mussolini, who is reported dissatisfied with the progress made. seTlocaiTons - OF CONVENTION Annual County Sunday School Convention Nov. 2 ;\nd 3 The locations of the four sessions of the annual Adams County Sunday School convention were announced today. The speakers have not all been selected. The opening session will be held Saturday afternoon. November 2 at the Pleasant Dale church in Kirkland township. Saturday evening a young peoples banquet will be held in the Kirkland school house. Sunday. November 3. a session will be held in the afternoon at the First Evangelical church. Sunday evening the session will be hold at the Zion Reformed church hwr. , O’icers of the association are: Mennas Lehman. Monroe, president; Frieda Lehman. Berne, chairman of the children's department; Frances Burkhalter. Berne, secre-tary-treasurer; Gordon Holloway, Kirkland township, secretary of the young peoples department; Mrs. Irvin Lochner. French township. chairman of the educational department. Music and special numbers will be furnished by the various churches represented at the convention. Several of the state officers will (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o Frances Perkins To Speak At Ft. Wayne Several members of the local chapter of Ted lota Xi are planning to hear Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of labor in Prsident Roosevelt’s cabinet, apeak in Fort Wayne Tuesday evening. Miss Perkins will speak at the Shrine auditorium at! 8:30 o’clock, under auspices of the ■ Fort Wayne Psi lota Xi. o ISAAC TEETER DIES SATURDAY!

Former Berne Resident Dies At Adams County Infirmary Isaac Teeter, 80, a resident of the Adairs county infirmary died Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the infirmary following a several day’s illness. Death was due to infirmities of old age and complications. Mr Teeter had resided at the infirmary for the past three years. He was born in Darke county, Ohio, i on January 21, 1855, and sipent most j of his life in the Berne community. , In early life he was married to Alice Glancey. who preceded him in : death several years ago. Survivors include four children: Mrs. Ed Elliot of Argos; Mrs. Charles Leonard of Eldorado, Kansas; William Teeter of Flint, Michigan, j and John Teeter of Geneva; three brothers, Sam, John and Milton Teeter of near Berne, an da sister, Mrs. Wesley Scoles of Hemlock, Michigan. The body was taken to the Sam Teeter residence east of Berne where funeral services will be held | Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at 2 o’clock at the Maple Grove church. Burial will be in the Crawford cemetery.

USE RADIO TO FIGHT CRIME Sheriff Brown Installs Three Short Wave Receiving Sets Sheriff DaJlas Brown has added another link In the chain of police weapons to fight organized intercounty crime. Three short wave radio receiving sets have been Installed and tuned to the state police short wave broadcasting stations. One of the sets is located in the sheriff’s office at the court house. Another is located at the Jail. Sheriff Brown has installed a personal set in his automobile. The state now has five short wave broadcasting stations in Indiana. The nearest one is located at Columbia City. This station broadcasts all police news from this district as well as relays that i from the other four stations. It is now’ possible to call Columbia City and two minutes later have a report on the air. If an automobile were stolen in Decatur, within a very few minutes word would have liven flashed to ; every sheriff, major police department and state policeman in Indii ana. All state police cars are equipp- ' ed with short wave receiving sets 'at the prevent. These cars are cruising over the roads in their I district at all times. In cases of major man hunts the state police In cooperation with county and city officials can concentrate their efforts to blockade the roads and keep posted as to the developments of the chase. The state police broadcasting I stations: maintain eight or nine receiving sets constantly tuned to the other state police stations as well as to city stations and stations in other states. 1 There is a state law which prevents the installation of short wave receiving sets in automobiles owned by civilians. This is to eliminate the possibility of ; criminals from eluding a blockade by learning of its location over the radio. A portion of the in- ( structions is given in code

BERNAS CLARK TRIAL MONDAY Man Charged With Attempted Robbery To Go On Trial Here Judge Huber M. DeVc-is today ordered Sheriff Dallas Brown to notify the regular panel of the l Adams circuit court jury to conj vene Monday morning, October 28 | to hear the case brought by the ! state of Indiana against Bernas Clark for burglary and auto banditry. 1 Clark is accused of being one of the bandits who held up and robbed Mrs. Amanda Ayers, 75, of Blue Creek township, on August 17. i 1932. The bandits tied Mrs. Ay- | ers to a chaJr in the room of the farm house where she lives alone and searched the house for valu- ; ables which they believed to be . hidden. After a thorough search of every room the yeggs left, convinced that there was nothing I valuable in the house. Mrs. ' . Ayers was able to free herself I several minutes later anil run to 1 e. neighbor’s home where she notified authorities by telephone. Bernae Clark and Florence | Foreman and Elver Foreman were arrested after their automobile was seen in Indianapolis with an auto license which corresponded to that of one seen near the crime. Mrs. Foreman, who was first arrested, gave information which (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Local Man Will Hunt Big Game H. P. Schmitt, w’ell known stockman and ‘.meat market proprietor of j the city, will leave Tuesday morning on a big game hunt to Canada.; He will be accompanied by Will Miller of Ohio. The men will travel more than a thousand miles from Decatur in the deer and moose hunting grounds northeast of Sudberry, Canada. They hope to bring back fine sipe- 1, cimens of the deer family and also anticipate getting a shot or two at a bear. The men will be gone about two w’eeks. This is Mr. Schmitt's first big game expedition to the northeast.

HEAVY TOLL OF LIVES CLAIMED OVER WEEKEND Many Killed And Injured In Traffic Accidents In Indiana Indianapolis, Oct. 21.— (U.R) —At least 18 tpensons were killed and a score or more injured in mishaps in Indiana over the week-end, a United Press survey showed today. Highway accidents were most frequent in northern Indiana, partly because of the heavy traffic occasioned by the Notre Dame-Pitts-burgh football game. One child was killed and 18 others were injured in the vicinity of South Bend, scene of tile game. Theodore Hunter, 23. Greencastle, Pa., a student at Tri-State college. Angola, Ind.; was fatally | injured when the automobile in I which he was riding overturned on U. S. highway 20 near Lagrange. Hunter was returning to Angola from South Bend with three otherstudents after attending the Notre . Dame game. i Herbert Hinkle, Somerset, Ky.; James Hatton. Newcastle. Pa., and William Lieland. New York, were ; cut and bruised. Dale Detwiler, six months old. was killed in a collison of autoi mobiles live miles east of Waka- | rusa. James McCaffery. 74, South Bend, I retired general superintendent of maintenance at Notre Dame uniI versity, was killed in an auto collision in South Bend. Charles O. Phillips, 46. South Bend, driver of I the other machine, was held I»y I police. Mrs. Lelia Allison. 66. South Milford, died in a Kendallville hospital after being struck by an automobile. Mrs. Mary C. Byers, 75, Fort Wayne, was killed when struck by an automobile in front of her home. Keith Kruger, 16, Monon, died of injuries suffered last week when his automobile was struck by a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Part Os Homestead Landscaping Done The landscaping last week was | completed on 18 of the subsistence homest ads here. Miles Roop, project manager, stated today that the work could be completed this week if the weather cleared. Plan To Accomodate Taxpayers Os County To accomodate taxpayers the county treasurer’s office will remain open during the noon hour, county treasurer John Wechter announced today. Erom now until Monday, November 4, the last day of the fall tax paying period, the office will be open from 8 a. an. until 4 p. nt. The annual tax paying rush started Saturday and assistants and clerks in the office were busy throughout the day. It is necessary to ckoe the office at 4 o’clock so that the books can be balanced before the end of the day, Mr. Wechter stated. • o NOTED CARTOON ARTIST KILLED Sidney Smith, Creator Os “The Gumps” Dies In Auto Crash Chicago, Oct. 21.—(U.R)—Sidney Smith, 58, creator of “The Gumps,’’ spelled out “good night" with the I eyes, ears, and whiskers of “Old Doi Yak,” stepped into his automobile and drove down a highway to his death. The car, a light machine, collided with an automobile driven by Wendell Martin. Watseka, early Sunday, just south of the Wisconsin line, hurtled off the road and crashed into a power line pole. Smith w-as killed outright, his head nearly severed. Martin's hip and jaw were fractured. Smith made the pencil sketch of “Old Doc Yak", a goat used in an earlier comic strip, for the proprietor of the Bubbling Over Tavern where he stopped at 3:30 a. m. while en route to his 2,200-acre farm near Shirland. It was his last drawing but the Chicago tribune announced that the artist hiITT prepared “The Gumps" three months in advance and that the cartoon would be published day (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Important Town Captured Today By Italian Army

LIST PREMIUMS FOR CORN CLUB Corn Cluh Winners To Be Honored; Variety Test Planned The officers of the Adams County Crop Improvement association met In the county agent's office recently to set up the premium list for tlie 5-acre corn club work. ; They decided to provide a loving cup to be held by this year's first place winner until the first place I winner Is determined for next I year. This cup will become the , permanent possession of any 5- ' acre club member who wins the I cup in any two consecutive years. : Money or merchandise was set up as follows: first place, SIO.OO and revolving cup; second place. $10; third place, $7.50; fourth place, $5.00; fifth place. $2.50; sixth place, $2; seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth places, $1 each; and 50 cents eax-h to tiie others who I complete the check-up. Cash or merchandise for the premiums was subscribed by tho following business firms in the i county: Berne Equity Exchange ; Co., Berne. $5.00; Berne Equity Exchange Co., Linn Grove, $5.00; Geneva Milling Grain Co.. $5.00; Geneva Equity Exchange. $5.00; Monroe Grain Co., $5.00; Burk Elevator Co.. Decatur, $5.00; Burk Elevator Co., Monroe. $5.00; The Krick-Tyndall Co.. $25.00; A. M. Mauller, $1.00; H. A. Breiner, $2.50; Preble Equity Exchange, $3.00; First Bank of Berne, $5.00. Tlie 5-acre members for this j yeaj- are: Edwin C. Amstutz, Victor Bleeke. Lawrence Blum, Donald Burkhart. E. W. Busche, Enoch P. Habegger, Joseph P. Habegger,

I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FQU.ft) GERMANY QUITS LEAGUE TODAY Hitler Strengthens Fighting Force As Nation Quits League Berlin. Oct. 21 (U.R) —Germany, mystery nation of Europe, ceased today to be a member of the League of Nations and became a diplomatic free agent whose policy no one knows. Adolf Hitler, with the nation behind him. has ripped the hated Versailles treaty to shreds. Now. with Germany out of the league which it always regarded with suspicion, it is bound only by the Locarno treaty in which Germany, Great Britain, France. Belgium and Italy promised to aid anyone of the five attacked by another signatory. Hitler has affirmed his loyalty to this treaty. On a dramatic Saturday at Geneva, October 14. 1933, Germany's delegation left the world disarmament conference in anger over alleged unfairness. Germany was asked to remain weak yet other nations were not keeping their promise to disarm to its level. The official resignation, giving the necessary two years’ notice, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Monmouth Social Tuesday Evening There will be a box social and a penny dance at the Monmouth community building Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The public is invited to attend. 1 o > Decatur Seniors To Present Play The senior class of the Decatur high school will present a mystery play this year. The play selected by the senior class play committee, is entitled “The Yellow Shadow” and will be ‘presented Friday evening, November 15. The cast has been selected and rehearsals have begun. o WEATHER Rain tonight and extreme south portion Tuesday; cooler tonight and east and south portions Tuesday.

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I Strategic Center Taken As More Than Sixty Soldiers Killed; Warn Against Dum-Dums. READY FOR DRIVE (By United Press) Today’s war developments: Rome — Italians capture Dagnerei, important strategic center 1n southern Ethiopia after battle In which 50 Ethiopians and 14 Italians were killed. Addis Ababa—Ethiopian troops move to northern front as prelude to offensive against Italians. London — Ethiopian legation bluntly warns Italians that savagery and mutilation of captives may result it Italians use poison gas and dum dutn bullets. Aduwa-Italy to advance through mystery country, using baby tanks and airplanes. London —Hope held for staxt. of peace negotiations during next ten days. Copenhagen—Newspaper reports Italy buys material for poison gas. Berlin and Geneva — Germany leaves league, to remain neutral. Paris—Laval faces supreme test of abilities as conciliator in next drive toward peace. Rome —Italians feel danger of Italian-British clash has lessened but fear new explosive situations. Geneva — League’s generaj staff keeps watch during ten day lapse before penalties work continues. Rome and Paris—Foreign offices deny reports Italians are trapped in eastern Ethiopia and that I.aval is seeking to give Ethiopian territory to Italy. Capture Dagnerei Rome, Oct. 21— (U.R) —ltalian native Dubat troops have occupied Dagnerei, an important strategic center near the Webbe Shibeli river in southeaetern Ethiopia after a sharp fight in which the Italians lost 14 killed and the i Ethiopians 50 killed, it was announced today. The news was announced in the first communique from Gen. Rodolfo Graziani, commander in chief on the southern front and Italy’s I greatest colonial soldier, j It wa.s indicated that Graziana I at last has started hie real drive I for the Djibouti-Addis Ababa railway and that activity on the southern front may for the tim« overshadow that in the north. Tlie Dubat troops, it was announced. in addition to their dead, had 4uo wounded. Many Ethiopians were wounded, it was (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Central PTA Meets Tuesday The Parent-Teachers association of the Central school will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the school. The teachers will present a discussion of the work being done this year. o UPWARD SWING FOR BUSINESS Frances Perkins C i t e st Figures To Show Business Recovery Anderson, Ind., Oct. 21 —(UP)— Citing figures to show that that the nation “is definitely making a business recovery, Miss France* Perkins, secretary of Labor, said “Complete recovery depends on tho return of a fair wage to workers and a fair income to farmers.” Lauding the social security act and old age pensions, Miss Perkin* said they were steps to increase contentment in the future. She also expressed hope that the child labor amendeunnt to the federal constitution would be ratified by the 12 states necessary to make it a (part of the constitution. Child labor is elementally wrong in that ' it deprives adults of jobs,” she said. “Indiana is showing a definite trend toward recovery,” Miss Per. kins added. “Furniture producing has increased 40 per cent, and general employment is materially better than in 1933.” Miss Perkins spoke before 1,000 persons at a meeting held under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian association and Business and Professional Women’s clubs.