Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 261, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1935 — Page 1

XIII. No. 261.

Man army - I ■tinues to fc FORWARD I.J Continue Steads I lowanl Makale, I THext Objective I ,'i: '■ 'I I’rcMSl v.dopilM-ntu: P.ih.c |||H|K ■ 'VI.Hom I'l'oil i vsK" ■UjIH, stiff battle as in World War, [proclaims on Italian day. baba. — Italian advance Ethiopia afford* ehaace I • ,-mpei advisers feel. t rtSi advance in south. committee apAroves Wojet t to cut off exports W oil,W 1 ■■""''■ iIOU aml |liK 11011 I 45 Killed I Addte Ibalia. Nov. 4. — (U.R) — ■hirty Aoni'-n and 15 children •ere rep pried today to have been Billed Efem'l<• ■" H 'e most intense i E SBnlinns on the southern E hard i ■» made on wells near ■ Thewpoits were that the bomErdniMt centered on a series of represent the only •tier VPPIy within miles in the Bl desert, and where the from all the area water halleged that the raid octhe wells were surMby women and children ■ i.i'ib' suffered also. said to be no soldKnt. ■ Army Advances ■ liy Webb Miller ■ Stuff Correspondent) ■yr:-: hr. jy.’jjj. by UP.) Mie Italian advanced troops, ■ Edaga-Hamus, Ethiopia, ■-•U.R) Tile first wave of Mian at my. on its way to ■is advancing beyond the ..Wl ire roads had been pre- ■ advance. ■oing into a region where Bel and mule caravan trails wiere never before has there By wheeled vehicle. Blunm is utilizing the largB)er of flea tanks yet gatn■war time. Mesperate" bombing squad■ount Galeazzo Ciano, Prem■iln Mussolini's son-in-law, ■iiu reconnaissances ahead Barmy and there is also a ■if scout planes. ■ei’ion is mountainous and ■iNUBD ON PAGE FIVE) Iter heiman is JVRED SATURDAY ■County Farm Youth InjurBturday Afternoon While Husking Corn •r Heiman, 19, son of Frank B of south of Decatur, is re--18 in the Adams county ■al hospital where he has I patient since an accident ■ home Saturday afternoon B: 30 o'clock. ■ '■• flew off a corn husker ■lie youth was operating and ■ left eye lid in two and I a deep laceration to the ■• His physician stated that ■>h missed the eye ball by fchi'.ciss of a postal card, ■as rushed to a local phys■office where first aid treat■as given him and then tak■he Adams county memorial He will probably be dis- ■ from the hospital late this ion. ■» — —.

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TOWNS READY FOR ELECTION Berne, Monroe And Geneva To Name Town Officers Tuesday Candidates and politicians in Berne, Monroe and Geneva wound up campaigns today for the elections to be held Tuesday. Dopesters predict the closest races in Monroe and Geneva. Berne is normally Democratic, Campaigners were working until after midnight Saturday, it was reported. The Geneva Republican candidates are now in office and are candidates for re-election. They are: Alvin H. Windmiller, trustee ward 1; Ralph Snyder, trustee ward 2; John Lenhart, trustee ward 3; Forrest Deitsch, clerktreasurer. The Democrats have nominated the following candidate's: Fred E. Lindsey, trustee ward 1; Adam Egly, trustee ward 2; Clarence O. Rayn. trustee ward 3; Lester Pontius, clerk-treasurer. The Democratic candidates at Monroe a.re now in office and are all up for re-election. They are: A. D. Crist, trustee ward 1; Martin L. Hoffman, trustee ward 2; Otho Lobenstein, trustee ward 3; Earl L. Sauders, clerk-treasurer. The opposition ticket put up by the Republicans is: Frank Johnson, trustee ward 1; Roy L. Price, trustee ward 2; James W. Andrews, trustee ward 3; Floyd Baxter, clerk-treasurer. The Democrats in Berne made only one change in the ticket which now is in office. David D. Stauffer is a candidate for clerktreasurer, an office now held by John Myers, a Democrat. The other Democratic candidates are seeking re-election. The ticket is: Paul Felber, councilman ward 1; Henry Wiuteregg. councilman wa.rd 2; C. D. Balsiger, councilman ward 3; David D. Stauffer, clerktreasurer. Th*'opposition ticket put up by the Republicans is: Ezra Snyder, coiififllman ward 1; Calvin Sprunger, councilman ward 2; Emanuel Neuenschwander, councilman ward 3; Roy Girod, clerktreasurer. —o MRS. BRAUN DIES SUNDAY Mrs. Johanna Braun Dies Suddenly Early Sunday Morning

Mrs. Joha.nna Braun, 75, widow of George Braun, and a lifelong resident of Adams county, died suddenly Sunday morning at 3:30 o'clock at the home of her son, Frank R. Braun, west of Decatur. Death was due to a hemorrhage of the lung. Mrs. Braun had not been ill until she suffered the hemorrhage early Sunday morning. She was born in Washington township on January 25. 1860, and was a daughter of Daniel and Margaret Coffee. She was married to George Braun who preceded her in death in 1918. Surviving are two children: Frank R. Braun, west of Decatur, and Sister M. Ambrosine of East Chicago. Two children are deceased. One brother, D. D. Coffee of Decatur, and nine grandchildren survive. Mrs. Braun was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Catholic Ladies of Columbia. St. Mary's Sodality and the Third Order of St. Francis. She spent her entire life in and near Decatur. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary’s Catholic church with Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. —o — Local Man Returns From Hunting Trip H. P. Schmitt, local meat market proprietor returned home Saturday night from a hunting trip in Canada and brought bacß a large buck deer which he shot. There were five prongs on the antlers, denoting the animal was five years old. The deer weighed 250 pounds dressed. Mr. Schmitt and Will Miller of east of Decatur made the trip to Canada. Due to the warm dry weather hunting was not the best. They were a couple hundred miles from Sudberry in what is known as the Moose country, but did not see one of the latter,

Interurban Overturns Inj'uring 25 Persons n T-- i i me - .< - n rli! Bl ’ ’J p m issi r < ■ jißv £ > lilWlSh X A Lake Shore Electric interurban car, crowded with passengers, jumped the tracks and overturned after striking an automobile east of Toledo, Ohio. More than 25 persons were injured, six seriously. Westbound from Cleveland, the interurban car left the rails at high speed, knocking down trolley polee. The owner of the stalled automobile was not in his car.

0. E. STRIKER IS REELECTED — Reelected President Os County Sunday School Association Clifton E. Striker was re-elected ■ president of the Adams County Sunday School association at the closing session of the annual convention held Saturday and Sunday. ; The last session was held in the , Zion Reformed church of this city. !' Other officers elected for the com-! ing year are: Mannas Lehman. I vice-president; Frances Burkhalter,' secretary-treasurer: Frieda Lehman. superintendent of the children’s division; Earl Chase, young' peoples superintendent; William Kohls, administration superintendent; the Rev. H. R. Carson, edu-j ‘cation superintendent: E. S. Lochner. adult superintendent. The two-day convention opened j at the Pleasant Dale church in, Kirland township. Saturday after-1 noon. The Rev. R. H. Mueller, I pastor of the Evangelical church j in Indianapolis, and Miss Nellie C.! Young, of Indianapolis, spoke. A 1 discussion of children's and young peoples' problems was conducted. Saturday evening a banquet was held at the Kirkland township community center with the same speakers present. Sunday afternoon the program: was held at the Evangelical church in this city. The program for this' meeting was: Organ prelude; devotions by the Rev. W. G. Fallis, pastor of the I Geneva Methodist Episcopal | church; offering; reading by Wai-1 ter Lehman; address on “Wor-; ship" by Miss Young; short talks I by the Rev. David Grether, pastor of the Magley Reformed church on i "Supplying Teachers”; The Rev. C. i 11. Suckau. pastor of The Mennonite ■church in Berne on "Preparations of Lessons”; the Rev. M. W. Sunderman on “Inspirations for Successful Teaching.” The nominating committee was (CONTINUED ON FACE FIVE) — o HURRY E. BELL DIES SUNDAY Former Decatur Resident Dies At Home Near Elyria. Ohio Harry Edwin Bell, 60, former Decatur, resident, died Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, at his home at Milan, a suburb of Elyria, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Elyria. Death was due to complications following an infection some years ago which necessitated the amputation of one of his legs. Hie illness became serious about a month ago and he gradually declined. The deceased was born in this city, eon of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bell,, leading citizens. He was reared and ' educated here but since a young! man had lived most of the time at. Elyrian. Surviving relatives indude the, widow by a former marriage. Mrs.; Margaret Rohrer of Detroit, a grandson, John Rohrer; Detroit; three brothers, Charles K. and Fred D. of Fort Wayne and Frank of Grand Rapids, Michigan and one sister, Mrs. J. J. Helm of Miami, Florida.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 4, 1935.

John M. Amstutz Heads Committee In a recent meeting in Jefferson township John M. Amstutz was | elected chairman of the county i rural electrification administration. This group plans to consider the possibility of extending electrical service to the rural areas in Adams County now not served. Mr. Amstutz announced that on Tuesday at 7:30 ip. m. a meeting I will be held in the assembly room ■ of the Monroe high school, at which j time a state speaker will give the ; latest information available on the ! rural electrification program. Mr. Ltnnstutz invites everyone In the I county interested in this type of , work to attend the meeting. CHURCH OPENS PRAYER WEEK Local M. E. Church Starts Week Os Prayer Here Yesterday i >A week of prayer in preparation ‘ for public evangelistic services beginning next Sunday at the Methodist Episcopal chrch was <»: ened yesterday with the announcement of cottage prayer meetings in various parts of Decatur. The meetings 1 are in charge of Mrs. W. O. Little, ; Mrs. C. L. Walters and Mrs. R. A. ‘ Stuckey, who have appointed var- ! ions group leadens The prayer ! groups meet at 9:30 A. M. and con- , elude at 10:30 A. M. They are to ■ be informal, neighborhood groups i where the neighbors, regardless of ' church affiliations, are invited to I gather. From 9:55 A. M. to 10:00 i A. M. the church bell will ring and I all members and friends of the | chrch are asked to breathe a prayer for the revival services, regardless, of where they may be at the time ■or what they may Ibe doing. The subject suggested for the Tuesday .prayer groups is, "How Shall We Have A Revival?" and the scripture suggested is Matt, 9:35-38. Meetings will be held in the following homes: Delton Passwater 219 N. 9th; Fred Busche, 109 S. 11th; E. N. Wicks. 249 N. 7th; A. D. Suttles, 122 S. sth; R. A. Stuckey. 324 W. Jackeson; Mrs. Catherine I Dolch, 642 Mercer Ave. and C. K. ‘ Champlin. Homestead Addition. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —-—o - 1 - Taxpayers Crowd Treasurer Office Taxpayers this afternoon crowded county Treasurer John Wechter’s office to take advantage of the last day to pay the November installment of the 1935 taxes without penalties. The exact amount of taxes received by the treasurer will not be known for several days. o Circuit Court In Two Weeks Vacation The November term of the Adams circuit court will open Monday, November 18. The September ‘ term closed Saturday afternoon, i For the next two weeks the court will be in vacation. The clerk's report of the amount of business , transacted during the last term I will not be announced for several days. (j WEATHER Cloudy, showers probable east and south portions tonight and Tuesday; colder.

254 LAYMEN AT DISTRICT MEET Ten Lutheran Churches In This Vicinity Meet Sunday Two hundred fifty-four laymen, representatives of the ten Lutheran churches in Decatur and vicin- ■ ity, convened for a quarterly ■ meeting of the Decatur Lutheran . circuit at the local Zion Lutheran ■ church yesterday afternoon. It ' was the largest representation since the inception of these group meetings. The meeting was opened by de- ' votional exercises conducted by the pastor of the church, the Rev. [ Paul Schultz. Prof. W. H. Nagel, of the Immanuel school a.t Soest, i presented an interesting essay ‘ relative to the work done by chil- ‘ dren in a Lutheran parochial I school. The synodical rApresentaI five. John C. Trier of Fort Wayne, I treasurer of the central district | of the Lutheran church, presented i a detailed financial report, ahow- ■ ing the.t a distinct upward trend ' in receipts for synodical and misi sion work is to be noted this year. Rev. Karl Wyneken, official i visitor of the circuit, and pastor of I Trinity church, in a mission adI dress urged the representatives to i do intensive and extensive mission : work, showing very vividly that . 1 “the Lutheran Christian people . 1 should guard themselves against . i sins of omission and not neglect , their mission duty over against ,! the spiritually destitute fellow- >! men living near and around them ,! who ehould be brought under the i! influence of the Gospel of peace ! which the church preaches and , , teaches.” . ■ A resolution was adopted re- . ' questing Prof. R. Stolp of St. / Paul's school to deliver an essay at the next meeting entitled "The , Christian Home.” Prot. B. Schultz . of the Immanuel school was 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) , o SEVEN STATES VOTE TUESDAY Election Tomorrow May Provide Test Os New , Deal Strength (By United Press) Voters in seven states will cast ’ ballots in an off-year election tomorrow that is expected to provide ' a test of new deal sentiment I through which political forecasters I may obtain a clearer picture of i what is in store for President ■ Roosevelt in 1936. Leaders of both major parties I have been most active in New York and Kentucky which will l hold the most important statewide elections, although considerable attention is being centered on the Philadelphia mayoralty fight in which the Democrats are attempting to gain a foothold after 40 years of Republican ruld". New dealers predicted that Lieut. Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chandler would win by a 30,000 majority over Judge King Swope, the Republican candidate, in Kentucky, despite opposition from former Gov. Ruby Laffoon, a vigorous Roosevelt administration critic. In New York, control of the as- ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

GREECE FAVORS RESTORATION OF KING GEORGE II Overwhelming Vote Is Cast For Restoration Os Monarchy Athens, Nov. 4— (U.R) —Greece voted overwhelmingly for restoration of a monarchy at yesterday’s national plebiscite, but most of the nation's republicans remained away from the polls. “From today, George II will be king of the Hellenes," Field Mus shal George Kondylls, regent a.nd premier, proclaimed. The vote, with returns missing from only 60 of 3060 election precincts. was officially announced today as: For the monarchy . 1,M1,992 1 Against the monarchy ... 33,360 I Invalid ballots . 2,794 These returns — legalizing tho j first monarchial restoration in I Europe since the world war — included final results in Athene, Piraeus, and Salonika. Even Crete, long a republican stronghold, voted for reverting to the monarchy. Kondylis cabled George, in exile in London, informing him that 95 per cent of the electorate had voted for his return. This week-end a committee will go to London to inform George of the result of the plebiscite and I formally invite him to return to I the throne. It will be composed lof president of the assembly Balanos, minister of war Papagos. minister of communications Mavrotnicha.les and representatives of the air force and the navy. Kondylis today administered the oath to members of his cabinet in the name of the king. Prefects ordered school authoiities to hang George's portrait in all the schools. The military forces will ceremoniously take the oath of allegiance in King George’s name next Sunday after paradee in honor of restoration of the monarchy. Athens was jubilant as succes(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PLAN MEMORIAL FOR HUMORIST Donations To Will Rogers Memorial Mav Be Sent * To Democrat The Daily Democrat has been named a collection depot for cash i donations to the Will Rogers ' | Memorial fund, which got underi way today, the 56th anniversary of the birth of the world famous comedian and actor who was killed in an airplane crash. August 15, near Point Barrow. Alaska. Avon Burk, manager of the Burk Elevator company of this city, has been named Decatur chairma.n for the Will Rogers Memorial commission’s campaign for friendship subscriptions. The commission, composed of leading men and women in the country, has not yet decided w’hat form the memorial will take, but assurance has been given that the funds raised will be spent for charitable, educational, and huI manitarian purposes. There w ill be no cold shaft of marble to honor the memory of the famed humorist. They will be living, continuing memorials. The campaign was launched I Saturday night through a national j broadcast and in the daily papers of the country. A coupon is printed in another part of this paper, which donors to the memorial fund are requested to use in sending their contri- ; buttons to this office. o Report George Hill Slightly Improved George Hill, city street and sewer j employe who was over come by sewer gas Friday, was reported by his physician today as slightly im- | proved but not out of danger. He | can have no visitors at the Adalms county memorial hospital where he ! is now a patient. | o Condition Os Injured Persons Is Unchanged Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cook are reported improving in a hospital at Sturgis, Michigan, where they have been patients since an automobile accident a week ago. Merrill Peterson, driver of the car, is also improving at his home here.

Southern Florida Struck Today By Hurricane Winds

QUESTION FOUR PALS OF YOUTH DEAD IN BLAST Police Seek Fifth Man In Series Os Milwaukee Bombings Milwaukee, Wis„ Nov. 4—(U.R) — Police today questioned four pals of Hugh Frank Rutkowski. 21. and sought a fifth companion of tho youth believed responsible for Milwaukee’s seige of bombings. The police were seeking Paul Chovonec, 16, missing since the blast which yesterday claimed the i lives of Rutkowski and an eight year old girl, Patricia Mylnarek. Eleven persons were injured. ■ Two houses were wrecked and at least 100 other homes were dania.ged. Trees were blown down I and uprooted. Rutkowski, who had a record of nine arrests, was believed to have ! had accomplices in the series of bombings which started a week ago Saturday when the city hall at subutban Shorewood was damaged. Two banks were bombed tlie following night and on last Thursday two precinct police sta- | tions were damaged by bombs. , All public buildings have been under special guard for a week. ■ Police at first theorized that communists were responsible for the ! outrages and rounded up 50 suspects in pool halls described as . I “hotbeds of communism." All were released and police were without a. theory until the explo- ■ sion laet night revealed the source of the bombs. Police early last week haff traced the explosion to 150 pounds I of dynamite stolen on Oct. 3 from I a CCC camp at nearby Estabrook I Park. A case of the dynamite (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Claims Allowed By Commissioners The county commisßlonens in j their eeesion this morning allowed I the claims for the last month. The board will be in session thie afternoon, Tuesday and prossibly Wed- ! needay. o JOHN PICKERING DIES SATURDAY John Pickering Dies Saturday Afternoon At Adams County Infirmary. John Pickering. 85, a resident at the Adams county infirmary for the past four months, died at the infirmary Saturday afternoon at 1:20 o’clock of cancer of the mouth. Mr. Pickering had been ill for the I past four years and had been bedfast for three months. He entered the infirmary on July 11. Previously he had lived at Ceylon for 25 years, where he engaged in farming. Surviving are two daughter, Mrs. Jacob Bixler of Ceylon, and Mrs. Orpha Grimm of Van Wert, Ohio, and two sons, Charles Pickering of near Chattanooga, Ohio, and John Picker,ing of Spencer, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the United Brethren church in Ge- . neva with Rev. Frank Johnson of- . ficiating. Burial will be made in Riverside cemetery, east of Geneva.

WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL FUND Local Committee for Decatur, Ind. Date —- TO THE EDITOR: Wishing to have a part in perpetuating the memory of one of our most beloved and useful citizens. I enclose herewith my contribution of to the Will Rogers Memorial Fund. I understand that this gift will be added to others from Decatur, Ind., and will go without | any deductions whatsoever to | the National Fund to be exj pended, also without aaiy de- | duction, a* the Memorial Com- | | inittee may determine. | Name | I Address I

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Miami, Other Cities Are Lashed By Surprise Gale Today; One Fatal- , ity Is Reported On Ship STORM UNEXPECTED Miami, Fla., Nov. 4— (U.R) — Be- • vastating winds of a freakish hurricane lashed south Florida resort regions this afternoon. First fatality was reported aboard the steamer Hahira when a fireman died of a fractured akull as he was hit by a flying 1 ventilator. The ship reported tts ' position off Fowey Rock, New Keys. Only sketchy communication lines were maintained out of 1 Miami as gale winds attacked the ’ city. Plate glass windows crashed. trees were blown down by tho 1 lashing 70 mile an hour winds. Fort Lauderdale reported 80 mile wind. Taken by surprise by thie highly eccentric storm, the east coast ' began feverishly to prepare. The hurricane, when most Florida residents went to bed last night, ' was sweeping southward through the British-owned Bahama islands, ■ situated to the eaet of the Florida 1 peninsula. They awoke this morning to ' I find the storm suddenly bearing ■ ■ down directly on the coast. ’I In the path of the storm on the I water front were the communities ‘ of Palm Beach and Miami Beach, • where hundreds of prominent per- ' sons winter each year. Many of ‘ them own luxurious homes. largest other cities in the ‘ threatened area were Miami, 1 West Palm Beach and Ft. 1 dale. All immediately made pre- ' parations for the blow. 5 At 9:30 am., the storm was located by the hurricane warning 1 system 85 miles east-northeast of ’ Miami. moving west-southwest 1 about 10 miles an hour. “It will be attended by hurri- ' cane winds from West Palm Beach to Miami,” the advisory message sajd. “Precautions should be taken in the Lake Okeechobee area, 1 especially south portion, againd hurricane winds and high water.” Hurricane warnings were ordered I i hoisted in the Lake Okeechobee > region, where in 1928, a hurricane with accompanying high waters • killed at least 2,000 persons. Deitsch Funeral Is Held Today Funeral services for Miss Edwina ' Deitsch. 28 year old daughter of David Deitsch of this city, who died at the Adams county memorial hospital Friday night, were held this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the ■ home of her sister, Mrs. Arbie Owens on Mcßarnes street and at . 2 o’clock at the United Brethren . chrch. Rev. H. W. Franklin officiat- ' ed and burial was in the Decatur ■ cemetery. MANY TURKEYS READY TO SEEL Fred Scheumann Has i Flock Os 1,500 Turkeys To Market L About 1.500 turkey dinners are walking around on the Fred Scheumann farm, north of Deca- . tur, which is one way of saying , that Mr. Scheumann has that many turkeys ready for the market. It is a sight to behold. The turkeys, of the Narragansett breed, are in two flocks, one of about 1.200 and the other about 300, the latter being younger birds. The turkeys are tame| It takes about 500 pounds of feed each day for the flock. They are given tho best of care and weigh from 10 to 16 pounds. The Narragansett turkey does not grow as large as the bronze turkey. The roosts are located a short distance from the house a.nd are lighted at night. A guard is on duty during the night, with instructions to shoot anyone who | prowls about the place or attempt* ito steal the turkeys. The birds | will be marketed in the near > future.