Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1935 — Page 1

No. 268.

«osphere WEDGE MAY Me wimble rra> 1 vgfijs Carried On I Hccord , light U.R) ... scientific un<l perhaps invaluable «„re locked ls like K today. .., ■ .J,.!’ Ei 14 Kies a'ove lEte earth yesKibyßd”' Albert W. Stevens Kl Ord' Anderson of the U. S. Kt ws» l>'' greatest height ever a in a craft of any Ed but the same distance could on the ground in five a cents. The unKlcitl i pul ' " f ,helr c,,mh was The official world recEis ’ feet - ■Ste»W anil Anderson, none the Erse to: th>-ir adventure into a Elet Ki-ple sky. the heights Kere tb< earth appears as little Err thfen a Plaid blanket, planE to Amr today to their stratOEp near Rapid City. S D„ where Kir ■rei.mre began yesterday Krninz. They landed on the EakWh i'-s 12 miles from here j Ke Werday afternoon, eight i Era Md 12 minutes after the Ktmtf [Hesidie till- short vertitheir travel, the Krizo2 distance was approxi--1 KiviyA) miffs. I " Ken Bfthe stratocamp and then ~ Kpp«d to Washington to be reKeeked I y the bureau of standfcS.ud studied by scientists of K lMV»ial Geographic Society, fcssarJ with the army, of the Kensiok mid Anderson lingered “•ling" more than an hour, detachment from the —B fCOMTTXCtr:■ ON PAGE TWO) Is. CANADA I 111 AGREEMENT s wci»ocal Trade Treaty To Be Signed ■ I This Week . ffiM||gtmi. Nov. 12— (U P) K» O-wau.ed : .miprocal t r;l ,| • HH®t betW( ’ en the United ar, ide ,B "W 'ttant yet < urn lade I iBsS L >l '" | d' , nt Roosevelt's tt.i.i , ■NV' -iglled before the end |MHweek. ,-tute depmtment Hpctaflindicated today. ■Bta.r. Mr Roos.-velt and W. I, Muckeuzie ■RtMCatia.t .lining the Intt,-i - White House last agreement by both executives yesI ■tty ts a part of their goverudie e Day celebration, details remained a secret. -g that his governhad ratified the I i-nzie King said he 1|: ’‘ Washington for H^V n g ceremony. Terms of| will be made public ■“W" o '' in Ottawa and Roosevelt and Machailed the agreement act cementing the | between the two na-, on an Armistice ’ ■M at Arlin Klon Nation■SSKtery. Mr. Roosevelt said KS**' would “eliminate disa!K* llnrea,s onr.ble rej.'tUW’' ' ,I< l thus work to the both Canada and I ON PAGE RIVE' M|| n Boy Is | Badly Injured IjF •a» ‘ tion at a hospital here LjW' ll ' of an unusual autcimoKaT" 1 ■ ves,p '-day at his home l'»r •» '' V W^‘! a br °ther and sis- ' ) ' a )‘ nK about an automo|ll<^B'r| ld twi,ste< * the crank on The motor started and the IfortS, W h ic h w as in gear lurched tunning over the youth. was rushed to the IbriSW wher e he was found to <r " ahe(l chest and a punct-

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Indiana Farm Queen » r*2Li - •W f < r Headlining events at the annual northern Hoosier muck crops show at North Judson. Ind., was the selection of Miss Evelyn Edwards as queen of the exhibit. UM II MR ste!;2x hrd Ihrahhhh ovFrhundred - AT HOLY NAME Trophies Are Awarded At Meeting Os Holy Name Society More than IGO persons attended the Holy Najne society meeting at the K. of C. hah last evening. I.eo Ulman, president of the society presiding. Features of the meeting were talks' by the Reverend Fathers Joeeph Seimeta and Joseph Hennes. and the awarding of trophies to the St. Mary’s softball team and the CYO golf champion. Gerald Gage, manager of the St. Mary’s team, three times winner ! of the church league championship. accepted the trophy, donated by the Holy Name society, for his team. The golf trophy was awarded to W. A. Klepper, champion in the CYO tourney. Each recipient responded. Father Hennes spoke on ‘‘Communism and Catholicism.” Father Hennes gave the 10 points which Communism and Catholicism stand for. “Communism says there is no God. Catholicism says, there is a provident, just loving Father in Heaven, who made this earth as a workshop and proving ground for men and women, who are His beloved children." Father Seimetz gave a short talk on CYO activities and he expressed his interest in athletics and urged the carrying out of planned programs during the year. PROCESS TAXES REVENUE DROPS —- Failure To Collect Is Threat To Government Budgetary Plans .— Washington, Nov. 12. — (U.R) | Failure of the treasury to collect, more than JI 50.000.000 in processing taxes since the start of the current fiscal year on July 1 today raised a serious threat to the federal government’s budgetary plans. Because of the loss in revenue the treasury reported today that total government revenues in the first 132 days of the current fiscal ydlir to Nov. 9 were sligntly under the corresponding period of last year, although the budget calls for a $670,000,000 gain for the full fiscal year. Total federal revenues up to Nov. 9, comprising more than a third of the fiscal year, amounted to $1,341,005,430, compared with $1,341,688,823 in the corresponding period last year. The budget called for total income of $4,470,349,140 for the full fiscal year, compared with $3,800,467,202 in the preceding fiscal year. It was conceded" that full processing tax collections would have to be obtained if the government was to realize the revenues provided for in the budget. Collection of the procesiiing (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

GIRLSTUDENT KILLS WEALTH! GERMAN LOVER Art Student Slays Prominent German Manufacturer In New York New York, Nov. 12. —(U.R) —A beautiful blond college graduate and art student killed Dr. Fritz Gebhardt, wealthy German manufacturer, in his luxurious 21st floor apartment in exclusive Mitchell Place early today. The fashionable apartment hotel was overrun by police a few minutes after four muffled shots were heard Try Gebhardt's neighbors. Servants opened the door with a pass key and police found Gebhardt dead. Four bullets had pierced his body. There was no trace of the slayer, but a few minutes later a policeman found a girl with honeycolored hair sitting on the stairs between the second ami first floors, weeping bitterly. j “What are you doing?" he asked. I “1 shot my fiance," she replied. The policeman took her handbag against her will and found in 1 j it a .32 caliber pistol still warm, 1 ; Gebhardt’s passport, and the key ■ to his apartment. Taken to the East 51st street police station, she identiefid herself as Vera Stretz, but would say not another word. Through other sources police learned she was 23 years old, graduate of New York University. , From 4:40 a. m. until 7:30 a. tn. she sat in the captain’s office , weeping and ignoring questions fired at her without interruption. Police immediately characteriz- ; ed the slaying the culmination of a love affair between “intellectuI ate.” Gebhardt held the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Frankfort. Germany. He was identified as president of two I German manufacturing firms —the (CONTINURD ON PAGE TWO) 0 — LOCAL WOMAN'S DAUGHTER DIES Sister M. Bertrand Dies This Morning At Toledo Hospital Sinter M. Bertrand. 36. of Defiante. Ohio, daughter of Mrs. Dora Laurent of this city, died at the St. Vincent’s Hospital iu Toledo, Ohio at 7 o'clock this morning following an extended illness Death was due to complications. Sister Bertrand had been in failing health for several years. Two weeks ago she underwent an operation from which ehe failed to rally. She was born in Decatur on January 5, 1899. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter I-aurent. Her father preceded her in death in 1919. Sister Bertrand was a member of the St. John’s Catholic church in Defiance. Ohio. She was graduated from the Decatur Catholic school and entered St. Agnes convent at Fon du Lac, Wisconsin in 1915. She taght in the schooks at New Haven, Oshkculr, Wiettonsin; Carnegie. Pennyslvania; Yonkers, New York and St. Cloud. Wisconsin, and for I the past two years had taught in I the commercial department at the I St. John’s echool in Defiance. II Surviving beeides her mother are the following brothers and sisters: Charles Laurent of Chicago Heights Virginia, Joseph, and Aloysius and George Laurent of Decatur. Funeral arrangements have not i been completed. o Crippled Woman Asks For Death < Buffalo, N. Y„ Nov. 12—(UP)— The plea of a young woman, apparI ently doomed to life long misery, that her life be ended "in the name ! of mercy." fell on deaf ears today. The Erie county .medical association, to whom the woman, Miss An- ! na Becker, 34, addressed the plea, I said it would be unable to comply with her request for a physician to ,| bring her a "merciful death.” The plight of Miss Becker, who was injured in a traffic accident a ■ j little more than two years ago, was brought to light today by the Buffalo Times. She appealed to a times reporter who had gone to visit her to take down a letter which she wished to dictate to the medical ■I society, It read in part. "Two years ago I suffered injuries in an automobile accident, ■ the most serious of which is incurable, my doctor tells me. I am con- ' atantly in pain and have nothing I left to live for il want to d'e.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 12, 1935.

I Award Additional Projects Funds Washington, Nov. 12.-4U.R)—Nine j states today received $3,940,814 works progress money from Comptroller General John R. McCarl I to spend on $55,171,646 in employment projects under the $4,000,000,I 000 work-relief program. , I The state project allocations include: Indiana. $4,525,881 ; Kentucky. $1,708,116. McCarl now has approved actual expenditure of $1,051,682,782 in all states and New York City to start selected projects from a $3,253,230,818 list. LOCAL CHURCH NAMES PASTOR r -- Rev. Homer Aspy Os Hammond Chosen BapI tist Church Pastor The Rev. Homer Aspy, pastor of the Whiting Baptist mission church, will become pa.stor of the First Baptist church of Decatur on ' Sunday, December 15. Rev. Aspy was selected by unanimous vote of the congregation of the local church, at a meet(l ing following a trial sermon Sunday. He has accepted the ’ invitation. , Rev. Aspy is a young man. j married a.nd has a two year old daughter. Ruth. His: home church j and present home is at Hammond. , Starting a mission church in ' Whiting, he has built it up to 150 1 members. He is considered one of the best of the younger Baptist , pastors in Indiana. Tiie new pastor preached two l trial sermons at the local church. ! one on Sunday. November 3, r.nd • one on Sunday. November 10. He was recommended by members of the pulpit committee of the local church, consisting of Harve Shroll, . chairman. Roy Johnson, U. E. Bell, j , Mrs. Cal Peterson and Mrs. Sam I . < Hite. He has attended the Southern ■ I Baptist Theological school at ' Louisville, Kentucky, and the Northern Baptist Theological school a* Chicago. He has also ' attended college. Mrs. Aspy is a I musician, having taught music > I I for seven years. ) Rev. Aspy was unable to come 1 j to Decatur immediately as he Is 1 under contract to conduct a Bap- ; tist revival service in Louisville. Kentucky. The local Baptist church here has been without a. regular pastor since the resignation last May of . the Rev. A. B. Brown, who at the time was president of the Decatur .(Ministerial asssociation. Rev. Brown is now pastor of the SecI ond Baptist church in Elgin, Illinois. o Girl Scout Troop 1 To Meet W ednesday There will be a meeting of Troop 1 of the Girl (Scouts at the Central school building Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ROOT TWP. CUT IS FIVE CENTS — Certified Copy From State Shows Early Report Erroneous The tuition fund evy for Root township on 1935 assessments, payable in 1936 is five cents on the SIOO according to the certified report received today by County Auditor John W. Tyndall from the state board of tax commissioners. The first report from Indianapolis that the levy had been reduced from 15 cents to three cents i per SIOO was erroneous. i The letters received 'by County Auditor Tyndall also contained a (certified copy of the board's ruling on the reqest so ran appropriation in Washington township of sloi9 for extra legal advertising and S6OO for installation of new heating plants in township schools. The , board approved the SIOO appropriation for legal advertising but cut , the S6OO for the heating plants to SSOO. i The Washington township rei quest was .made by the township adi vissory board. Paul Weber repre- • sentative of the board, conducted a i hearing for the application several • weeks ago. i The Root township reduction I came after a remonstrance was filed against the proposed 1936 levy ■ of 15 cents. Mr. Weiber conducted , the hearing for the remonstrators ; and petitioners. He took his flnd- • Ings to Indianapolis, where the de- ; i cision was announced by the state ‘ board.

JONES SPEAKS ON ARMISTICE Dr. Harry 0. Jones Ad-J dresses Lejfion And Auxiliary Members Armistice Day passed quietly Monday with no general observance, although Adams post number 43 of the American Legion held its annual Armistice Day program and recognition was made in all the schools by programs or a minute of silent prayer. Dr. Harry O. Jones of Berne made the Armistice Day speech be- | fore the Legionnaires and members | of the American Legion Auxiliary. Impressiveness was lent to this program by the decorations of the ’ Moose Hall, which was transformed to represent a World War dug out. Dr. Jones stressed the fact that wars are caused by political and financial differences, not in efforts to protect the honors of the participating countries as most citizens are led to believe. He traced the history of the last war from its beginning in 1914 to our entry in 1917 and described the efforts of the warring nations to draw the United States into the conflict. Great ’Britain finally succeeded by playing up the country's financial losses in shipping. He stated that the same thing is being done today. Efforts are being made to draw us into conflicts in which we have no interests. Dr. Jones also urghd that losses by American shipping interests be suffered only by those who stood to make profit by the transactions, not by the government of the United States. The speaker asked that the United Stated be armed to the extent that it could defend itself and no , more. He upheld the American Legion principle of the "Universal - draft in times of war. Members of the local post fired i bombs, Monday morning shortly (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O HOLD COOKING SCHOOL HERE School Will Be Held At Catholic School Thursday, Friday Mrs. Ruth Porter, cooking expert of Fort Wayne, will give demonstrations at the Decatur Catholic high school dining hall Thursday and Friday ajternoons from 2 to 4 o’clock. i The cooking schools are spon- | sored by the Northern Indiana Public Service corporation. Citizens of Decatur are urged to attend. The schools are free. Mrs. Porter will demonstrate whole meal cooking and pastry baking. In the whole meal cooking she will illustrate the proper ma.nner of cooking an entire meal at one time. There will be free door prizes i given at the conclusion of the 11 schools. I Mrs. Porter has been conducting | cooking schools in Fort Wayne for > many years and has specialized in the arrangements and preparations of meals for the average family. She will be glc.d to answer any questions which might be asked of her during the two classes. The housewives of Decatur have taken great interest in cooking schools held in the city before. The sponsors of the two classes this week urged that they be well attended and promised that Mrs. Porter would make suggestions which would be of value in preparing economical meals with greater food values. —o — Mrs. Matt Harris Is Injured Monday Mrs. Matt Harris of this city is confined to her home suffering from several broken ribs and cute and i bruises about her head and face ! which she received in an automobile accident at Peru Monday afternoon about 4 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Harris were enroute to Decatr from Logansiport where • they had attended funeral services ! for Mrs. Harris' sister when the accident occurred. A taxicab struck the Harris car, breaking the glass which cut Mrs. Harris. Both Mr. Harris and the taxi-diver experienc- ' I ed difficulty in driving on account l of the hard rain. i: Mts. Harris was taken to a phy- ■ sician’s office at Peru and later she • and Mrs. Harris returned to this > | city. The ear was not badly damaged.

VICTORIES IN SUPREME COURT FOR NEW DEAL New Deal Scores Three Technical Victories In Court Ruling Washington, Nov. 12 —(U.R)—The new deal had three technical but : important victories to its credit in supreme court today. While individuaJly minor, these cases furnished a breathing spell in the unprecedented legal fight which the administration faces in the high tribunal where many of its major reform and recovery laws are on trial. Here's what the court did yesterday: 1. Refused the plea of coal compa.ny operator James Walter Carter to intervene in the District lof Columbia supreme court pro- | readings where he is challenging validity of the Guffey coal control act. 2. Refused to hasten consider-! i ation of the legality of processing j taxes under the AAA amendments. 3. Insisted that the government i be given a free hand in arguing the test of the Bankhead cotton | control act brought by Lee Moor, j Texa.s planter, in a suit against I the Texas and Pacific railroad. Action in the Guffey case was j more significant than it appeared. Just before the court met, a group of eight Louisiana rice milI lers appealed to the jurists to stay the collection of AAA processing i taxes pending a,n appeal in their I suits contesting the levies. In coming to Hie court, the mil- , lers adopted the strategy of Car-; i ter'i attorneys who. a week ago. | i asked Chief Justice Charles Evans i Hughes to prohibit assessment of the taxes imposed under the Guffey act. Like the Carter lawyers, the millers' attorneys asked Justice 1 Benjamin Na.than Cardozo to per- ! mit them to skip the circuit court of appeals after an adverse ruling by a lower trial court. The supreme court’s refusal to intervene in the Carter ease was (accepted as an indication that it i is not indined to rush the govern--1 i ment to test cases. If it were to I accept jurisdiction before a final .: decree in the lower courts, the 'i tribunal would be departing from a usual precedent. Os greatest importance yesterday, was the court's refusal to consider processing taxes under the AAA amendments at the same time it hears argument on the' validity of taxes under the orig-j ' inal art. Washburn-Crosby company, mil-, ! lers, had sought to have this step ; | taken although a ruling has not ' been received from the circuit 1 ’ court of appeals in St. Louis 1 where the case is pending. Unless the Louisiana rice millers are most successful, it is unlikely that (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O TWO DIE FROM POISON LIQUOR Three Others Critically 11l After Indianapolis Party (Indianapolis. Nov. 12 —(UP) —A gallon jug of colorless liquid found in their untenanted house and drunk as grain or sugar alcohol has killed two persons and made three others .critically ill. The dead are: Robert Holley, 52. (plumber, who found the liquid. Mrs. Lucille Stevens 28. Miss Pauline Lyell, 24, sister of j Mrs. Stevens, was reported dying in City hospital and Homer Wil- . Hams, 52. and his son. Melvin, 24, were seriously ill. Detectives said two or three other men whose names they said they did not know are said to have partaken of tiie liquor. ! Holley found the liquid while 1 working in a vacant house and in--1 vited the two women to drink it with him after a crude test —pouring a bit in clear water without turning / the mdpeture milky—convinced him it was sugar or grain , alcohol. The woman carried a pint of the liquid to the rooms of the Williams. Holley became ill Sunday night and died before the ambulance arrived. Death was attributed to alcoholism. ’ Mrs. Stevens became ill yester- ’ day and Miss Lyell called police. Authorities began investigations (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Mussolini Again Defies League Os Nations’ Actions

Cadet Colonel Honorary cadet colonel of the Reserve Officers Training corps at the University of Alabama, was the title accorded Miss Mary Gray Hicky, charming co-ed, now a resident of Montgomery. STRESSES EARLY i PARCEL MAILING General Public Urged To Mail Christmas Parcels Early Postmaster Phil Macklin has received word today from Postmaster General James A. Farley that all city, village and rural (carrier deliveries and window service will be I suspended Christmas Day except l the delivery of gift parcels at city and village delivery offices. The delivery of gift parcels on Christmas Day is intended primarily for the purpose of delivering parcels which are delayed due to extreme weather (conditions, delayed - trains, and other circumstances that the mailer cannot control. Mr. Farley stated: “The successful handling of the ( Christmas mails is dependent principally upon mailing sufficiently, Learly to permit delivery before i Christmas Day and the handling | and delivery or dispatch daily of all mail received each day. “To accomplish this there must be a full measure of cooperation by all; first, by the public in properly I pre(, aring the matter for the mails. 1 ami then mailing it suffti iently earlj; second, by the post office in providing the public witli adequate facilities and (necessary information; third, by all employees in puttI ing forth unstainted effort troth in educating the public to the advantages of early mailing and handling all mail promptly and efficiently as received. “The necessity so rearly mailing should be constantly and vividly stressed during the .pre-Christmas period, and the campaign should be started sufficiently early to insure the word reaching every man, woman, and child who patronizes the •postal service.” o Condition Os George Hill Is Unchanged The attending physician this afternoon stated that the condition of George Hill, veteran city j street department employe, was unchanged. Hill, who was overcome by sewer gas November 1, is in an extremely serious condition, pneumonia having developed. 1 lowa Man Is Fined For Intoxication Frank Duffey of Des Moines. Ilowa who has been confined in the Adams county jail since his arrest Saturday evening by night officer Adrian Coffee, plead guilty this morning before Mayor Arthur R. ’. Holthouse to a charge of public intoxication. He was fined $1 and 1 costs totaling sll, which he paid. o WEATHER Unsettled, somewhat colder extreme south tonight, Wednesday partly cloudy.

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Mussolini Will Retaliate For League Penalties; Peace Os Europe Is Again Threatened. INCREASE TENSION London, Nov. 12 — (U.R) —The 1 Exchange Telegraph reported from the northern Ethiopian front today that Sultan Mahomet Jahio, chief of the Aussa province, had surrendered with 5,000 followers to the Italians. Aussa is the key province between Italian Eritrea and Somaliland. By Louis F. Keemlc (United Press Cable Editor) Mussolini, in his latest defiance of the league and its sanctions, has offered to take on all comers among the nations in economic warfare. The belligerent Italian dictator has notified some 50 nations that if they adopt the league program of penalties, Italy will retaliate with penalties of her own, designed to hurt them more than they can hurt Italy. There is an implied threat that the economic balance of the world will be upset and recovery retarded. Probably a.s a sample of what he can do. he has already decreed ( that Italy will not sell goods to France, her economic ally, except I for cash. There is already a boy--1 cott in effect in Italy against buying foreign goods. especially l English, in Italian shops. Mussolini’s action will. of I course, have no effect on the league’s program. The nations have gone too far to back down. Mussolini has now shown clearly that he will not back down. The situation, therefore, is due to get worse instead of better. ’ i After next Monday, when the i league’s penalties go into effect, .! the tension in Europe is likely to i increase almost daily. The atmosphere will be one of hoßtility in which some “incident” might occur which would precipi- | tate a conflict. The Mediterranean situation still is dangerous. Weeks of negotiations in which Mussolini tri‘ .1 every means of persuading Britain to reduce her Mediterranean fleet so far have been futile. That is, he tried every means except that of giving Britain what she wants, notably reduction of ! his armies in Libya to more the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O ; New St. Jude Church Will Be Dedicated The new St. Jude’s Catholic 1 church. Forest avenue at Randalia drive, Fort Wayne, will be dedicated, Thanksgiving day, Thursday, November 28 by the Most Rev. John F. Noll, bishop of Fort Wayne. The church, erected at a cost of $40,000 has a seating capacity of 750 perejns. The Rev. Father John A. Dapp, is pastor. 0 —( „. WIECKING WILL INSPECT LODGE Fred Wiecking To Make Annual Inspection Os Elks Lodge ' Fred Wiecking, judge of the Indiana appellate court and district 1 deputy of the B. P. O. Elks lodge, ' r will make the deputy’s annual inspection of the Decatur chapter Wednesday night. In addition to the principal ad- ’ dress by Judge Wiecking, a class of approximately 15 candidates ' will be initiated by the local degree team, headed by Fred T. Schurger, acting as exalted ruler, and assisting officers. I Judge Wiecking is very well known in Decatur, having resided ( in Bluffton for many years beforo moving to Hartford City. Prior to being named to the appellate* ’ court by Gov. Paul V. McNutt i November 4. Wiecking was first . assistant to attorney-general Phil- • ip Lutz, Jr., and counselor of tho II public service commission. All members of the local lodge are urged to attend Wednesday night's meeting, which will open at 8 o’clock. Following the meeting, a light luncheon will be sarved.