Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1935 — Page 1

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tn COUNCIL :£ffl REJECTS ■MCE PLANT *'ML Oller By GovernL,^ t |-or Construction Mlejectt'd Today < ■RA ..,1 suf gov.-rnment s ’'"W lui'l 1,1 ""' ' ”* grant and loan. {v;l -- ~i which $59,727. ■in u w ’ “ ■.Efr"l'''' “ '" r ' 11 | n.oti,.:) ulting <n <ity. KL r( th.' :.i .<! plans 1111,1 >!«•« I KgX.t for th<‘ project. .„. K, -oriu.d .M “■ a 11,1111 1111,1 Kdqjit. rs I'.' M.'.'or A 11 111,11 !^^K as t and |,,|' huh l<> r M rt .£l the offer. the (he enl ‘ of H. M. ... \|.n. anil Albert K| e r votin': for rejection and and George Stults King "i ■" ■ oplance. The same "■Hr « i 1 "' 1 "'i ,lle f " ri ’ial rejecting the offer. ■y f I. ..an. -late WPA dire< t ■ Jft. d Mayor Holtliouse this and requested that he be immediately of the ■ s Ilion on the offer, for if l)elod to go ahead with towns were to the funds allotted city possible that ■ l»Z.r loan and grant wil! be ■■ to Bluffton. ■T®elay Special Session To 1936 ■U fir Indiana's special iegisla■re .« ' ■na ' social secur- ■; I»» •* . ; delayed until next ■ar iov Paul V. McNutt indicatKi Ay >”1 7 '"trn front Wash■■l?’.:'- mit'.-i await th-' 1. ad of -a: now virtually inoperative of lack of funds, McNutt ■aititel out. < > n appropriatdeficiency bill killed by night filibuster of the late Huey I'. Long in this year's | ■wngr. ■Eapin opriation early in the I in anticipated. o ■Plan Program To [ Educate Fanners MSB Ind., ()<t. 22—1 UP) B-ABato wiili- program to educate farmers in agricultural ■Mat! ns was under way today unauspices of the ‘'minute the Indiana farm bureau. [Uy group was organized at a of delegates representing I”* members of the bureau, included A. V. Vaniman. resentative of the Amfarm bureau; George E. South Bend; Lewis Taylor of ti le Indiana Bureau, |Wf- '• Needl- r. bureau organizaItion li rector. — M

Men. Brotherhood l'<» Conduct Auction Hm?n'a brotherhood of the church will hold an >n sale at 7:30 p. m. Saturday building north of the Elber««nservice station. Articles of A scription have been dutiatthe members and will be sold to jF highest bidder. 'of the sale will be apcl‘ tlie church budget, a unit members of the brother- * lave Pledged themselves to —— ——(y bulletin Attorney Henry B. **r informed the Decatur ■Omocrat this afternoon that government has approved Hr PWA project for the confuctlon of a new school house Heller is in Indianaptoday and conferred with Br /A officials there. The will cost over SIOO,K of which the PWA will ■1?' a 9rant of 45 p er cent - M 1 s for the cbnstruction of new building will be receivon November 18. Most of ’ old building has already T n demolished by WPA work-

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i Temporary .lobs Ar e Available On City Streets * There's news you have been wal* I Ing to broadcast to the world. Decatur was looking for men to work today and the supply of avail I able .help was found wanting. Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner, seat out word thin morning that he wanted a few men to work on the city str els. raking and hauling leaves. Mr. Roop'.s list of those who had filed their names as wanting odd jobs was gone over and to his surprise the report came back, ‘‘l have a job now.’’ The street cleaning jobs are temporary, probably from three to four days work. RED CROSS TO CONDUCT DRIVE Annual Member Drive From November 11 To November 28 The executive board of the Adams County Red Cross chapter met in Berne Monday evening. The meeting was called by Wai Wem hoff of Decatur, county chairman of the chapter. The purpose of the meeting was to plan for the annual Red Cross roll call to be conducted in the county from Armistice Day. November 11 to Thanksgiving Day. November 28. Dinner was served at 6:30 o'clock at the City lunch in Berne and the business meeting was conducted at the home of Senator and Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk. Mr. Wemhoff appointed Mrs Faye Smith Knapp of Decatur, gen eral chairman for the county roll call; Mrs. E. W. Busche, Monroe, chairman of townships; William Spurgeon, chairman of Berne, assisted by Senator and Mrs. Gottschalk and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ray; I James Kelly, chairman of Geneva, j assisted by Mrs. J. A. Long and Mrs. Janies Briggs; Mrs. Henry Breiner. chairman of Peterson and Preble townships. Mrs. Olive Peterson and Mrs John Heller were elected as new members of the county Red Cross board. Mrs. Knapp explained the program of the national Red Cross for home and farm accident prevention to be conducted nation wide in cooperation with schools during the week of October 28 to November 2. Present at last night's meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Wai Wemhoff. I Mr. and Mrs. Avon Burk. Mr. and | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O | Warsaw Man Killed At Kail Crossing Warsaw, Ind., Oct. 22 —(UP) — Jonas Miller. 30, Warsaw, was killed instantly at a grade crossing near here today when a bread truck which he was driving was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train. The locomotive of the train was so badly damaged that it was necessary to obtain another engine from Fort Wayne. EMPLOYMENT IN STATE HIGHER Indiana Payrolls Show Gain Os 4.2 Per Cent In September Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 22. —<U.R) —lndiana payrolls gained 4.2 per cent during September, the Indiana university bureau of business research reported here today. Employment in the state continued to improve during the month. Total employment of 1.795 firms reporting to the bureau was 3.1 per cent higher during the second week of September than during the like period in August. Much of the upturn was accredited to the seasonal activity in the canning industry. “Foundry and machine shops contributed to the upturn with a gain of 7.7 per cent in payrolls,” the bureau reported. “The iron and steel industry was more active than a month ago. Steel mills were busier than during any other September since 1929. "Furniture productions made more than the usual seasonal gain and was far above a year ago Fewer atomobiles were assembled in September than in August. Production of auto parts and accessories gained during the latter part of September. "Building activity remained above (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

HURRICANE IN I EASTERN CUBA TAKES 1 LIFE Sweeps Northward; May Possibly Strike Coast Os Florida Havana, Oct. 22—(UP)—A hurricane that took at least one life and caused untold property damage Whipped across eastern Cuba today ; and on northward, threatening tire Bahama Islands and possibly the ■ upper Florida coast. Orient* province in extreme eastern Cuba bore the brunt of the storm. Crops wore flattened. ComI munications were completely disi rupted; making it impossible to ' estimate property damage and possible further loss of life. b In Santiago, west of the storm l enter, at least one person was killed, innny t, roofs were blown away and shop windows broken. : The wind gauge there was blown away while registering 70 miles an hour. The Belen observatory here reported before noon that the hurricane still was sweeping Oriente : Province, destroying telephone and telegraph lines. Barocoa and Guantanamo were cut off from all cotnI munliation with Havana; the U. S. Naval Radio at Guantanamo failed I late last night. President Roosevelt, returning from his vacation cruise. was well (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Deny Receivership For Berne Concern Judge Huber M. DeVoss this afternoon overruled a motion to appoint a receiver for the Economy Printing Company of Berne, publishers of the Berne Review. The I petition was filed by the Western : Newspaper Union, who excepted to the ruling. The action for the | collection of three notes is still | . pending and the defendants were i ruled to answer. o MRS, COY MARTZ DIES SUDDENLY I Prominent Local Woman Dies At Hospital Early This Morning Mrs. Grace Martz. 46. wife of Coy Martz, 341 Line street, died suddenly at the Adams county . memorial hospital at 3:35 o’clock this morning following a several days’ illness. Mrs. Martz wa.s admitted to the local hospital Wednesday night ' ami underwent a major operation the following morning. Her condition seemed to be improving when complications developed and a second operation was performed I Monday night. Death was due to I peritonitis. 1 : Mrs. Martz was a prominent - i member of the First Evangelical church in this city and took active part in the work of all departments of the church. She was chairman of one of the sections of | the Ladies Aid society for several | years. She was also a membey of the Women of the Moose. She wa.s born in Monroeville on , November 23, 1888, a daughter of Drayton and Eva Sheehan-Hill. Her marriage to Mr. Martz took I place in Decatur on August 23, j 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Martz resided ( 1 in Decatur for the past 13 years. . | Surviving are three children: : Mrs. Glenn Barkley of Cloverdale, ; Ohio;-Mrs. Leo Teeple of Decatur and Edward Martz of Indianapolis. Two sisters. Mrs. Frank Majors and Mrs. John Scheimann of Decatur, the parents and two ! grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home on Line street and at 2 o’clock at the Firet Evangelical church with Rev. M. W. Sundermann officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the home late this afternoon from tha S. E. Black funeral hose and may be viewed after 7 o’clock tonight. o_ — Reformed Brotherhood Will Meet W ednesday The Zion Reformed men’s brotherhood will hold the regular meeting at the chur.h Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Albert Sellemeyer and Cletus Miller will have charge ' of the program and all members are urged to attend.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 22, 1935.

Injured in Crash I ’ gww v l| W 1 Miss Ruth Nichols, noted woman flyer, is in a hospital at Troy. N. Y.. in serious condition following the crash of a 20-passenger plane which struck a tree near. Troy airport. BOOK FOR BLIND RECEIVED HERE Public Library Receives All Story Braille Magazine Miss Ruth Winnes. city librarian. today received a copy of the “All Story Braifte Magazine.” This | magazine is published for the blind by the American Brotherhood for the Blind. The magazine was received through the efforts of the late M. IF. Worthman. former superintendent of the Decatur schools, who wrote to the society in an effort to [ get help for the blind in Adams county. The letter accompanying the magazine requested Miss Winnes to contact the blind in Adams eoun-, ty. If there are less than four or five who are able to read grade two braille, the letter asked that it be circulated among them and then returned for circulation elsewhere. If there are more the letter stated that the book might be retained indefinitely in Adams county. If there are no blind in Adams county who can read braille, the letter stated that a very simple course in braille would be sent i free of charge. Mastery of this ; course would enable the bind to ' read all of (7ie world’s classics and modern literature. The All Story Braille Magazine I is published free of charge and | paid for through contributions and | the sale of Howers now being made ' by the blind. This month's issues contains (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SEEK JOCKEY FOR KILLING Kentucky Derby Winner Sought In Woman’s Brutal Death Louisville, Ky„ Oct. 22. — (U.R) — Willie (Smoky) Saunders, jockey who won the last Kentucky derby, today was reported returning to Louisville for questioning in connection with the brutal slaying of pretty Mrs. Evelyn Sllvinski, 24year old wife of a Louisville tailor. Police were not informed definitely of Saunders' whereabouts but said they had learned from his employer. Hal Price Headley, Lexington. Ky.. that he would report in Louisville tomorrow. Saunders checked out of a Baltimore hotel last night without announcing his destination. Mrs. Agatha Machison. 26, supplied the information that led to the search for Saunders. She identified a photograph of him as one of “two jockeys” who took her and Mrs. Slivinski to a roadhouse Saturday night. Mrs. Slivinski's body, badly beaten and run over by an automobile, was found on a road near here early Sunday. Mrs. Machison said she introduced Mrs. Slivinski to the two men, known only as “Paul and Jimmy,” (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

DATES ARE SET I FOR INSTITUTES Seven Farmers institutes Will Be Held In Adams County The locations, dates and speakers of the seven farmers’ institute* to be held this winter in ! Adams county were announced today by County Agent L. E. Archj bold. At the first aeries Maurice P. Shlrcllng and Mrs. W. (’. Roberts will be the speakers. Mr. Shireling lives a.t Saratoga. He was born and raised on a farm and was graduated from Purdue University. He now is in partnership with his father and broth, i in operating a 4(H) acre tract of land. He has a purebred herd of Guernsey cattie. He has been an institute speaker for 10 years. Mrs. Roberts lives in Hiltonville. She is a farm woman and a teacher. She has been interested in child welfare, home economics, 4-H club work and the social-educationa.l department of the farm bureau. These speakers will address the first five of the institutes in the county which are: Root township, Monm ou t h I school and community center, January 28, Fred Crosby, chairman. St. Mary’s township. Pleasant Mills school, January 29. Wilson Julick. chairman. Union township, Luckey school. January 30, C. D. Spoiler, chairman. Hartford township. Hartford school, January 31. John Duff. , chairman. Berne institute, Berne com- ' munity building. February 1. Leonard Sprunger, chairman. In order to hold the Monroe corn show on February 14, the last | two institutes will be held a week apart. The Kirkland township institute will be held on February 7 at the Kirkland township school. John Peters is chairman of this meet(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 BERNE BANK TO MAKE PAYMENT Distribution Os Over $21,000 Will Be Ma<S November 1 Judge Huber M. DeVoss of the Adame circuit court today ordered Robert T. Kramer, special representative of the department !of financial institutions of the state of Indiana in the liquidation lof the Peoples State Bank of Berne to make a distribution of I 15 per cent. This distribution will amount to $21,532.88. The checks will be available at the bank on November 1. The payment of this dividend brings the total payment to general creditors to 90 per cent on their deposits as the balance existed when the department of financial institutions took charge of the bank on October 21, 193?. All preferred claims have been paid. After the payment of this dividend the to,al amount distributed since the bank closed July 13. 1932 represents 91 per cent of the original balance of deposits on the closing date. This distribution is derived from the following sources: 11.85 per cent from liquidation, which amounts to $17,010.88, and 3.15 per cent from collections on stockholders assessment which amounts to $4,522.00 or a total of 15 per cent and total cash disbursement of $21,532.88. The payment of this dividend brings the total payment to depositors for (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Annual Red Cross Safety Campaign The American National Red Cross will conduct the annual home inspection campaign from October 28 to November 2. This campaign is to prevent serious accidents and loss of life in the hotn.V More than one-third of all fatal accidents and nearly half of all accidental injuries are sustained in and about, the home. Last year there were 34.000 lives lost in the homes; approximately 150.000 people maimed for life. Injuries were sustained by nearly 5,000,000 persons. Circulars will be passed out to the school children containing suggestions tor prevention of accidents and fires in the homes.

ENGLAND PLANS TO AVOID ANY MILITARY MOVE Hopes To Halt War Without Applying Military Sanctions London, Oct. 22, — (U.R) — Great. Britain hopes to localize and halt the war between Italy and Ethiopia without applying military sanctions. Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary, told a crowded house of commons today in opening a three day debate on foreign J policy. Sir Samuel declared Britain does not intend to act alone, and military sanctions are not practicable because there has been no colleci five agreement at Geneva to apply i them generally. He indicated Britain will rely on .economic pressure, which is intendI ed to limit and shorten the war. Sir Samuel spoke in (he most solemn and tense atmosphere that the house of commons has seen in years. You could almost hear a pin drop, despite the overflowing galleries and benches. In dismissing the possibility of closing the Suez canal, the foreign secretary said: < gee in the great instrument of I gue is thte great instrument of peffie. Let critics remember this when they say we ought to dose ' the Suez canal and cut Italian communications. “Do they mean we should do : this alone? If so, what becomes of ' collective action and our conten- ' tion that this is not a war between Britain and Italy? It is only dangerous and provocative to talk about i it.” Sir Samuel spoke in a quiet, piping tone, both hands spread flat on the edge of the table, like a preacher delivering a sermon. He confined his emphasis to certain ' words which he wanted to make I more impressive by a slight nod of I the head and an almost imperceptible increase in the tone of his . voice. He declared he is doing his utmost to find an eleventh-hour peace form ula. “There is still a breathing space 1 before economic pressure can be 1 applied." he said, “(’an it not he 1 1 used for another attempt at settlement? Italy is still a member of the league. “Cannot this chance be used so . as to make it unnecessary to pro- ' ceed further along the unattractive road of economic action I against a fellow member, an old friend and former' ally?” Denying that the government's (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o : Deny Man Held Is Kidnaping Suspect Washington, Oct. 22 —(UP)—The department of justice announced today that the suspect held at Belzoni Miss., is not Thomas H Robinson Jr., long hunted kidnaper. The department said that agents investigated the man arrested by local authorities at the Mlssissipipi town and found he wa.s not Robinson. o FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Edith Christen Dies Suddenly Monday At Marion Funeral services for Mrs. Edith 1 Christen, widow of the late Robert Christen of Marion, and sister of Mrs. A. J. Smith of this city, will be held Wednesday afternoon at her home in Marion at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made at Marion. Mis. Christen died suddenly at her home in Marion Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock. She was a former resident of Decatur and was I well known here. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Marion. 1 She was born on the Fonner Stock ' farm north of Decatur in Root township, a daughter of John A. and Elizabeth Fonner. Her husband. Robert Christen, preceded I her in death over a year ago. She resided in Decatur for a number of years moving to Mar- ■ ion about 30 years ago. Her husband will be remembered here as ■ a former deputy auditor of Adams county for a number of years. Surviving are three sons: Otto > of Anderson; Fred and Ralph of - Marion. A sister. Mrs. Smith of i Decatur, and a brother, John Fonner of Fort Wayne also survive.

Fighting Assumes Serious Aspects j On Two Frontiers

RELEASE FUNDS MORE RAPIDLY; Work Relief Program To Be Pushed Faster Starting Thursday Washington, Oct. 22 (U.R) — Administration officials today slashed the November 1 goal of I their $4,000,009,000 work-relief I , program from 3,500,000 to 2,000,-1 | 000 jobs. A total of 1,310,733 needy now are working, leaving 689,267 to be I employed within 10 days if the new objective is to be achieved. Officials' pointed optimistically to two developments in express- | ing confidence they would push the program to the 2,000.000 job 1 mark by the end of this month. They said action of Comptrollergeneral John R. McCarl in releas- ( ing $92,365,027 for work projects within the last 24 hours had broken the “bottleneck" hampering the i drive. They added that the program would receive new impetus Thursday with the return of President Roosevelt, works progress administrator Harry L. Hopkins and J public works administrator Harold L. Ickes from a three-we<‘k fishing cruise. McCarl had approved only a little more than $600,000 of Hopkins' alloted $1,157,188,490 for | ! quick, cheap work through last ' Thursday. Now. he has released : $966,024,489, enough for jobs for, 1,925.000 at a SSOO-per-person av-1 erage. In all. WPA is to employ 2,250,000. McCarl distributed $79,852,130 to ' 24 states for WPA projects yes(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 RUTH NICHOLS IS IMPROVED — Woman Aviator Better; Pilot Hublitz Dies Os Injuries I Troy, N, Y„ Oct. 22 — (U.R) — Ruth Nichols, society aviator, appeared today to be winning a , brave fight against death from injuries in her latest airplane ; crash. The physician who had been attending Miss Nichols since her giant Condor crashed to earth . here yesterday, fatally injuring Pilot Hany Hublitz, posted the following bulletin at 11:30 a. m. ; “Miss Nichols has reacted favorably from her injuries. “Shock is about disappeared. . She spent a restless night, requiring anodynes. “No evidence of internal injuries. Fractures reduced and in i i good condition. Her general conj dition improved.” Tile physician. Dr. Emmott 1 Howd. would not say, however, I that Miss Nichols was out of danger. Four of the plane's crew were I honeymooning despite painful burns, but Miss Nichole’ pilot, Harry Hublitz, was dead. Hublitz died last night of burns and shock, a few hours after the two stewardesses of his ship married his two mechanics. Mise Nichols, "resting comfortably” but in critical condition with fraci tures of a wrist and an ankle, a ' broken nose and serious burns, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Prayer Service At Union Chapel An old fashioned prayer service , will he held at the Union Chapel church Wednesday evening at 7 o’- . clock. This meeting will honor the elderly members of the church and many of them will be present to re- . view events of the old time prayer and church meetings. Sunday school reports of several years ago will also he read. Special musical numbers will be : sung by the men’s chorus. Friends ■ and neighbors are invited to attend, o > WEATHER Cloudy and unsettled, showers extreme south, colder tonight; Wednesday cloudy.

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Report Ethiopian Leader (J r a v e I y Wounded; Some Quarters Say Mussolini To Seek Settlement. INSPECT TROOPS (By United Press) Fighting in Ethiopia, which has been mostly localized and scattercd. began to assume serious proportions today both in the north and south. A desperate battle, in which the Ethiopians rashly attacked the powerfully armed Italians en masse, was reported from the north near the Sudanese border. DedjasmaXch Ayuleu, one of Ethiopia’s leading warriors, was gravely wounded. The Italians likewise advanced, in the south, penetrating deeply into Ogaden province. It was rumored in Rome that Premier Mussolini might soon indicate his final demands as the price of peaae. Paris and London were not optimistic, however. It was believed Mussolini would drive ahead until he had subdued the northern, eastern and southern regions of Ethiopia and then offer to settle on the basis of permanent Italian control of those regions. The indications in London were that Britain would not consent to such terms. The outcome of the | three-day foreign debate in the I house of commcns was awaited with eager interest, and was exj pccted to do much to clarify Britain’s stand. Even while the tentative rumors of possible peace terms emanated from Rome, it was charged at Alexandria that Italiaji troops, airplanes and tanks continued to | mass on the Egyptian border from i Italian Libya, despite Britain’s insistence that they be halted. Almost like an answer bv Britain, the British fleet sailed from Gibraltar for Mediterranean mai neuvers. Open Negotiations I (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Rome. Oct. 22—(U.R) -Trustworthy quarters expressed belief today’ that Premier Benito Mussolini (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Rev. Father Voght To Conduct Services The Rev. Father Voght, CPPS., of Carthagena. Ohio will conduct the Forty Hours Devotion at St. Mary's. Catholic church, which apens Friday morning. Each afternoon between 2:30 and 3:30 o’clock, a prayer hour will be < onducted. The evening services, consisting of sermon and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, will begin at 7:30 o'clock. The prayer hour and evening services will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The masses Friday and Saturday morning will be at five, seven and eight o’clock. The solemn close of the Forty Bourse will take place Sunday evening. SCHOOL HEADS MEET MONDAY Principals And Superintendents Hold Meeting At Kirkland A meeting of the principals and superintendents of the county was held in the Kirkland school Monday evening. A chicken dinner was served in the basement of the school and Halloween colors were used in the appointments. Black and orange favors marked the covers for the guests. Superintendent Clifton E. Striker gave a talk and urged the schools to cooperate with the Red Cross organization and the American automobile association in the safety drive this month. Rev. C. M. Prugh, pastor of the the Zion Reformed church in this city, showed the moving pictures ot Germany taken o na recent trip to that country. The principals and superintendents will be the guests of Walter J. Krick, superintendent ot the Decatur high school at the next meet,’ ing.