Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1935 — Page 1

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MOMYWILL ■kolaimfd ■th china LsAw’Jtl Pros incus !'<» I n ” n (.oxeminent UP* Ml ■Hl'. ''‘ tH "" Rs'Jßi ' llii "<.■ ggtaiMJr ■■ ••;■' -‘"p' '"• ,! ,hi IL'as Wy l • ■ • 1! “* 1 llin, ' ! ”' rW "'EHHB ’' lha,a ' " lxlwr TmTwTH' ■' E; If aotoli'U.y lor tin- not til E^S"f !ai ' !, '' d ' h< ’ v “ is i " h ‘ '•"•L t 0 Sil live Japanese diviET ffejopei Ml'l six lnto - ~a„ split those key [uncei Iff fiom th<» rest (;f Kiiu. « • inperor of China li aotf dniperor Kan Teh of Enchukuo. w>uld then be brought Ek to th, thtune at Peiping Er. which he was driven by the Kciutioapi It'll Doinara. who |chief of intelligence secL of theßapanese forces on the ’’*E- mail n I, added. Bn,? prcSduie by which the Mw c provinces will be Esrf.ted feerged with the anKmcement that an "autonomy toeiraßtbl I, - set up Wednes-* ■gsii -iKm dHiu ■ ">-nt follow.-d pro■gted negot o'b us between DoiKra I would be demand- ■ for the 11”"h came from Hsiao Bisng-Y®, governor of Cha.’iar ] "'■wvinceXt-og as spok.sman for ■g Ch ii-Yuan, pa, ifiea■u" comsii- :■ i of (Tmhar ami ■pec kmprovinces of t ie PeipHfc Tientsin area. ■fbe ■onoinists, said Hsiao ■eng-Yina will establish a body ■he kaovr. as the North China ■tawtnm council of the repub■of (Ba Hi" n.iiii'- indu atiiig IKt inter jind- |" ndence from the ■|Mt.'i nme nt at Nanking Ml noaH demanded. Wi o E TWO) EASTERN COAST ■BY STORM Killed, Sev’l WB* ss ’ cverc I Storm x,,v ix u - r> si “ ,w ' JF*t. and tumbling temperatur"s EW|MM <iw 11 ’he Atlantic coast ■HBk> gab that in 24 hoars •EJjIHk i "’ ihoiis ' swe p ( i " to sea in small boats. | “81 1 .mi pi o>m OU .-. ■ B 'M.i'lmr f. from "the northern ■NMMwhh h at times jiimpoii I'll li'i'H ptobably sonhi shift to the northwest yetSO temperatures v.-mid di"' ■ li'avily over most I' ■w^Mn.' land. New York Xv. f*Mßo'-'i Pennsylvania. Sleet ff’gSHhighways. The highest !'“>■«"> years piled suit over breakwaters. Two B wallowed toward port ot l l,ast K’tard cutters ■-'' a " s - A washed out I Hl Lxmg Island wrecked a trthern coast of New Jerhe ocean side of Long Isthe brunt of the gale. A rain and surf that poundids of feet beyond normal flooded dozens of towns tged hundreds of seaside !!?•** I|»3hs * er flte streets of | ■' i '^r lityviUe ' Babylon. BayI Lindenhurst four and j (C^BlN UEr) ON PAGE FOUR) — o ptecrtetion Training ■lnstitute Is Planned t|3|H a, ' onal recreation aesoeiainstitute will hold a * institute for recreation | .'5 ,W in ' ndianapolis, November ,J^BP ec ' el nher 20, according to , -f'Bceived by Mayor A. R. Uolty T'lay.. intereste d >n taking the |course are invited to en!fStl s ° Se * n c^arge °f school rec°gl a "' G ' re B u ' ai ''y employor those who wish to ulr lal instruction are invited Be” th® institute.

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! Rogers’ Son No Cub JT” j r i j ' -A I J J lik Mm ’ Will Rogers, Jr, son of the lata screen star and humorist, started his journalistic career as managing editor instead of cub reporter when he purchased part interest in a paper at Beverly Hills, Cal. LOCALPEOPLE AT CONFERENCE Many Attend Meeting Os Catholic Women At Fort Wayne About 25 Decatur men and women attended the inass meeting of the National Council of Catholic Women in Fort Wayne last evening. The meeting was held in the Shrine Auditorium and attended by several thousand people. The fifteenth annual convention of the Catholic women's organization opened Sunday morning with inspiring services at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The convention continues in session until Wednesday evening, concluding with a banquet at the Catholic Community Center. Mrs. Harold Smith of this city i is delegate from St. Mary’s parish to the convention and is attending all sessions. Form Resolutions Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. IS.—(U.P) —Launched on a program ot vigorous opposition to birth control and ’‘radical’’ teachers in schools and colleges, delegates to the 15th annual convention of the National Council of Catholic Women today formulated resolutions to guide their organization's membership. Archbishop John T. McNichols of Cincinnati in the keynote sermon opening the convention Sunday demanded a complete revision (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ISRAEL BENDER DIES SATURDAY St. Marv’s Township Farmer Dies After Extended Illness Israel Bender, prominent retired farmer of Saint Mary's townshbp. died at his home Saturday evening at 5:16 o’clock after an illness of several weeks duration. Mr. Bender was SI years and one day old, having been born In Ohio November 15, 1945. He ie survived by the widow, Mrs. Mary Kuntz Bender and three daughters, Mrs. George W. Davie, Troy, Ohio; Mrs. T. R. Noll, Decatur; Mrs. John J. Joneu, Fort Wayne. Twelve grandhildren and six great grandchild ren survive Two brothers, Fred Bender of Pleasant Mille and William Bender of Lima are living. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Bender were married December 14, 18'6 and nine years ago celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. > Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. at the home; and 2 o’clock at the Methodist [ Episcopal church. Burial will be in 1 the Decatur cemetery. The body ! was returned from the Black funeral Im.r-e Sunday evening.

GRANT Wilt BE GIVEN DECATUR FOR EQUIPMENT WPA Grant Expected For Turbine, Condenser And Addition To Plant City officials have received wor I on good authority that a WPA; grant will be made to Decatur for ■ the purchase of a 2000 KWH tur-, bine, condenser and addition to | i the city power plant. The informal advices received I : from Indianapolis by the Decatur j officials is that the federal government will make a 45 per cent I outright plant for the machinery. and building, estimated to cost about SIIO,OOO. The preliminary plans and petition for the grant were made and j filed by Bevington and Williams of Indie.'iapolis and Mr. Bevington has been advised that in all likelihood Decatur's petition for the grant would be allowed. Tha council has expressed Itself in favor of accepting a grant for the turbine project| if formal offer is made through the WPA. The installation of the new turbine would give Decatur one of , the best equipped municipal utilities in the staje and would make possible the reduction of manufacturing costs and lowering of electric rates. If the grant is made, the balance of the cost will be financed by the municipal utility without any addition to the tax rate. The I department has sufficient cash on hand to pe.v for its share on a time payment plan. The grant would be an outright donation towards ' the cost of the turbine, condenser and addition to the building and ■ city officials believe it should be accepted, as it will be only a few years until additional generating ■ equipment is required at the city plant. . o LOCAL PEOPLE I AID IN RESCUE Michigan Man Saved From Drowning Saturday By Decatur Men A group of Decatur people spending the week-end on a fiehing trip j at Prairie River Lake, near Sturgis Michigan saved the life ot Ray i Robertson, Sturgis, Mich. Mr. and Mre. Charles Gent. Paul i Uhrick, Richard Walters, and Martha and Leila Reppert of Decatur, ! were at a cottage on the lake when ' about 6 o’clock Saturday evening they heard cries for help. The party rushed to the lake and : got out a boat. By the time the men got the boat out into the lake the cries had ceased. With the aid ot a fla-.ih light they were able to find a man floating on the water, too week to call attention to himself. They pulled him to the shore where first aid treatment was given. He was suffering greatly from ex haustion and cold. He was taken to a Sturg's hospital, where it is believed he will recover. The man stated that a friend, RaV h Wagner, was with him at the I time but that he had gone under shortly before the Decatur people heard the cries for help. State troopers were called but were unable to locate the body ofthe second man Saturday night. Sunday morning the troopers found the body by dragging the lake bottom. The body had been carried out from the shore by the undertow. — —o Auto, Truck Crash Saturday Morning A car driven by Melvin Collier of this city collided with an empty beet truck at the intersections of Seventh street and Nuttman avenue shortly Uefore noon Saturday. Both the automobile and the truck came to a stop in the garden just north of the intersection. Neither Mr. Collier nor Mr. Griffith was injured. -o— Zach Vachon Dies Suddenly Sunday Zach Vachon of Huntington. well known in this city, died suddenly I Sunday night at the home of a daughter. Mrs. Clark Michaels at Huntington. He also is the father of Mrs. France Conter, of Crown Point, former resident of this city, and Mrs. Bernard Myers of 'lndianapolis. Funeral services will be held at Huntington at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 18, 1935.

To Receive Bids On Highway 224 Blds will be received Tuesday by' the Indiana State Highway com-] mission for the constrction of state road 224 west of Decatur to Magley. The highway commission will receive proposals on a number of pro-; jects, including grade separations, I bridges and highway work in 19 counties. Meehberger Bros., of Linn Grove expect to file a bld on the 224 project. INSPECTS WORK AT HOMESTEAD — Government Official' Checks Progress Made At Homestead Discouraged by the weather he experienced during the last 10 days in Decatur, Willard White, I a representative of the management division of the suburban resettlement bureau at Washington, left for his home Sunday before' completing his inspection of the 48 subsistence homesteads here. Mr. White, who is working under Rex Tugwell in the resettlement bureau, came to Decatur ! Friday, November 8. As a representative of the managements division, Mr. White said ho was checking the progress made by the homesteaders in order to lay out a program for the future. Ho also questioned local utilities and industries in regard to the wages being pa.id *he homesteaders, and their living expenses. During his stay here he visited the city hall, stating that he represented Washington and was investigating numerous complaints from homesteaders and physicians to the effect that the homesteaders were suffering from intestinal disorders caused by drinking Impure water. Homesteaders are served by the city water mains. Dr. R. E. Daniels, city health officer, in a statement today said that all city water is tested from ! one to four times a month in the ! laboratories of the sta.te health : department. Every sample has I been pronounced satisfactory. No; I complaints were made by local (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ! O I William Spade Dies Os Heart Trouble — Mrs. Sam Howard of 116 North] ] Tgnth street, received word this morning of the death of her brother j William Spade of Vera Cruz Mr. j Spade dide early Monday morning] of heart trouble after a several months illness. He was born west of Decatur August 16. 1868 but had not resided in this community for the past thirty years. He is survived by the following brothers and sistern: Frank Spade, Peterson; Charlie Spade, west of Decatur; James Spade, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Hattie Wolf. Pleasant Bend. Ohio; Mrs. Cora Good, Masslin, Ohio, Mrs. Mattie Moore, Troy, Ohio; Mre. Clara Seigman, Andover, Ohio; and Mrs. Jennie Sweigart, Boulder, Colorado. Burial will be at Bluffton. Further funeral arrangements have not yet ijeen made. MENTION BOSSE AS APPOINTEE Prosecuting Attorney May Be Named To Federal Position Eumund A. Bosse of this city, prosecuting attorney for the 26th Judicial Circuit, is one of three men being considered tor the appointment of deputy attorney in the office of U S. District Attorney James R. Fleming. The appointment is to be made in the near future through U. S. Senator Fredrick Van Nuys. Others under consideration are Alexander Cajnpbell and William E. Wybourn of Fort Wayne. The appointment will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Francis K. Bowser of Warsaw, who was named public counsellor for the Indiana public service commission. Mr. Bosse is serving his second term as prosecuting attorney, being* elected for his first term in 1932. He is a graduate of Decatur high school and of Indiana Law school. He practiced law In Indianapolis and Detroit before opening his office in this city. Mr. Bosse has many friends in this county who would be happy to see him appointed to the federal post

TRADE TREATY IS VIEWED AS BUSINESS BOON U. S. - Canadian Treaty Provisions Announced By Roosevelt Washington, Nov. 18. — (U.R> —| ; Political circles cautiously forecast | today that the newly executed reciprocal trade agreement with ; Canada would revive the tariff is sue and make it a major factor in the 1936 presidential campaign Administration officials hailed it ' tas the harbinger ot a revolution in ] the trade relations between Canada and the United States. Protests against the treaty's pro visions, kept secret for several days after being signed by President Roosevelt and Premier Mackenzie King of Canada and made ] public yesterday, were certain, but their probable extent remained uncertain pending a general study ot 1 the document. The administration considered I the treaty the keystone in the ' ; Rooseveltlan arch of reciprocal trade treaties through which this government hopes will flow a great ly Increased foreign trade that will stabilize world peace by increasing world employment. Officials considered the new treaty the real test of the trade treaty program—at once the most difficult to negotiate and the one from which the greatest cash benefits may be expected to accrue to agriculture and the manufacturing industries of the United States. New dealers anticipated the greatest number of kicks and com--1 plaints from representatives of American industries whose products are likely to be affected by concessions granted the other fellow. Rumblings of discontent already have been heard from the lumber, (CONTINURD ON PAGE TWO) o COLUMBIA CITY DOCTOR CHOSEN j 7 Dr. Fred Davis Elected Here Sunday To Head Chiropractors Dr. Fred Davis of Columbia City I was elected president of the Northeastern Indiana Chiropractic asso- ! elation for the ensuing year at its , I annua.l meeting Sunday at the offices of Dr. Harry Frohnapfel. I He succeeds Dr. W. H. Warrington of Wabash. Dr. Mary Myere of Marion was chosen vice-president, succeeding Dr. F. H. Cowin of Columbia City, ! and Dr. Edwin Nyffeler of Berne j was named secretary-treasurer, succeeding Dr. Paul Watson of ' i Fort Wavne. The association will hold its i next convention January 12, at. ; Huntington. The Ladies’ auxiliary elected Mrs. C. E. Sowards of Bluffton, president, and Mrs. Russell Siples of Fort Wayne, secretary-treasur-er. A clinic and demonstration of the specific manual therapy of chiropractic was conducted by Dr. Frohnapfel. A banquet was held at the Rice hotel. Dr. C. R. Davidson of Portland, state president, 1 gave an outline ot the 1936 program for chiropractors, and Dr. C. E. Sowards ga.ve a review of the chiropractic health service and clinics for children. -n ■ ■ ■ Church Brotherhood To Meet Thursday The men’s brotherhood of the First Christian church will meet at the church Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. An oyster supper will be served an-d all members are urged to be present. Autos Collide On Road 27 Saturday A car driven by Fredserick Schafer of this city collided with the rear -of a .car driven by Theodore Schmedling of near Hoagland, Saturday night seven miles south -of fort wayne on U. S. highway 27. The Schmelding ear was overturned. Mr. and Mrs. Schmelding and their two children, Mabel and Rich-: ard all received lacerations and Mr. S-chmeldlng’s back was injured. Both cars were damaged. Mr. Scha- i ] fer told the AiDn county authorities ] I that the Schmelding car did not : have a tail light and he did not see I it until he was upon it, when he I swung his car in an effort to avoid the collision.

Nations Open Economic War Against Italy With Boycott; Anti-British Riots In Egypt

■ I Riotous Students Storm Through Streets Os Cairo; Eight Hundred Rush Hospital. EIGHTH VICTIM — By Harold Peters, (UP. Correspondent) (Copyright, 1935, by I P.) Cairo, Nov. 18.—(U.PJ — Riotous students stormed through the streets today in defiance of police. They were again protesting British influence in government. Eight hundred rushed the gates :of the government hospital. They heard a student injured in a riot last week had died and wanted his ! i body. Police held them at bay by fir-1 ing blank shots until British reserves in steel helmets and native, police mounted on Arabian horses ' arrived to ride them down. The reinforcements roue Into the mob striking out with the flat sides ot their sabres and drove the dem-1 onstrants into side streets where the students massed again to shout: “Off with .the British yoke. Long live nationalism." While the rioting was in progress. another injured student died in the hospital, making a total of eight so far. Girl students ranging in age from 14 to 18 surged toward the hospital and refused to retreat when police barred their way. Finally a band of six was permitted through the lines and paraded before the hospital, chanting. I "down with Imperialism. Down with Britain.” They called back to their male classmates to follow them, but police Interfered. Police reported no students injured in today's rioting, whi?h started with an attempt to hold a mock funeral for six of the slain students in the opera square. "What is the meaning of your cries of 'long live the revolution?' ” 1 asked a student. In Oxford English, he replied: “It distinctly does not mean revolution in the social sense such as communism. It is like your war of independence. We have been promised self determination in accoi'ance with Woodrow Wilson's ideals—which incidentally he later ] repudiated in our case —and we have become impatient with Britain's muddling." At the end of the;r meetings the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Glee Club Concert Here November 26 The boys and girl-3 glee club of ■the Decatur high echool will give a concert under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold in the high school auditorium November 6 at 8 o’clock. The concert will be a choral. The public is invited to attend and no admission will be charged. The program will ije announced later. o FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Thomas S. Perkins Dies Sunday At Cleveland Heights, Ohio Thomas S. Perkins, 76, former resident of Decatur, died at the home of his son, Hugh V. Perkins, In Cleveland Heights. Ohio, Sunday morning a.t 8:30. Death was due to pneumonia. Mr. Perkins was born January 22. 1859. a son of John and Margaret Allen Perkins of Jefferson township, Wells county. He was married in 1887 to Violet Blossom who preceded him in death 25 years ago. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. Three children survive. Hugh V. of Cleveland Heights. Estella, M. of Cleveland Heights and Olive B. of Fort Wayne. Three grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. John Beckner of Bellview. Mich., also survive. Mr. Perkins will be well remembered here having lived in this ] community from 1966 to 1919. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian church in ! Decatur Wednesday morning at 10 | o'clock. The body will be at the I ] Zwick funeral home after 9 o’clock II Tuesday evening. Relatives have asked that Howers be omitted.

Wants Third Party I ***■? ******& A* ml ■ ■■ Thousands of New Yorkers heard Gov. Floyd B. Olson (above), of | Minnesota, voice need of third party by 1940 to correit "failure] of both major parties” to bring the country out of the depression. OPEN BIDS FOR GENEVA SCHOOL Bids Opened For New School Building; Take Action Later Bids were opened today at the office of Jesse Mann, Wabash township trustee, for the construction of the new school house at Geneva. No action will be taken pending the tabulation of the bids together with the various alternates. Present at the opening of the i bids this morning were Mr. Mann, the Wabash township advisory board, Fred Mathys. Eli Aug-s---lurgcr and George Shoemaker: Attorneys Henry B. Heller and Herman Myers, of Decatur, and architect for the building, Charles H. Houck of Muncie. As the bids all contain alternates and as some of the general bids include the salvage from the old Geneva school building as well a.s from two one-story school buildings in the township, officials pointed out that some time would be required in tabulation. The general bids were: W. O. Corry & Son of South Whitley, $65,454; Milo Cutshall of Akron, Indiana. $84,398; Vincent H. Juerling & Son of Richmond, $73,226 ] and Henry C. Wolf of Logansport $71,000. Bids on the plumbing, heating and ventilating were: A. J. Moser & Company of Berne. $16,500: M. L. Green & Co., Muncie, $23,200; Lininger Plumbing Company of Marion. $25,200; Tibbits Plumbing & Heating Company. $24,000. ElectricaJ bids were: Wells (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Report George Hill Condition Is Worse George Hill, city street and sewer department employee, was reported as “not so well” today. He is a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital where he has been confined since being overcome by sewer gas on Friday, November 1. o November Term Os Court Opens Today The November term of the Adams circuit court oiper.ed this morning and will continue until January 18. Attorneys were busy setting down cases for trial during the next term. The calendar will not be completed f-or several days. o WEATHER Cloudy tonight; Tuesday showers except beginning tonight or Tuesday southwest portion; slightly warmer Tuesday south.

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Italian Students Lead Nation In Protests Against Penalties Set By League Action. OUTLAW NATION (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Geneva, Nov. 18— (U.P) -Fiftytwo countries combined in tho League of Nations started an ] economic war against Italy today in the first great effort ever made to penalize a war-making nation by bloodless means. Since midnight Italy has been .an outlaw nation. League powers imposed then an absolute boycott on Italian goods, except for minor specified articles by special exemption. At the same time they denied to Italy a long list of key products whose supply they control. Less than seven weeks since the leiigutj formed a penalties committee theee penalties are in force: A complete embargo on arms and war materials; prohibition of all loans and credits for the Italian government, Italian public bodies, private corporations and individuals; a boycott of Italian goods, and an embargo on selected key products. Only four league nations, all economically unimportant, have | refused to participate — Austria, Hungary. Albania, e.nd Paraguay. ; Their defection is far overbalanced by the indirect support ot the league given by the United State and Germany, nonmembers. Today ports all over the world were closed to Italy's goods. Silks from Italy stopped at the French frontier; British customs men 1 1 turned back Chianti wines. From i Sbanghaj to ('apetown and Ila- | vana fruits and olive oils from sunny Sicily were refused admittance. British Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies stooped the sale of rubber with which tires could be made for the trucks of the Italian army. Jugoslavia and Irak and Egypt stopped the supplies of horses, mules and camels to haul food to the troops. Canada cut off nickel for hardening gun barrels. Soviet Russia refused to sell man- , ganese for hardening the steel in Italian tanks. Banks from Zurich to Buenos Aires had no funds available for the Italian government or for Italian companies or individuals. Italian merchan’s (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Bob Boknecht Is Slightly Injured Bob Boknecht, son of Ed Boknecht. escaped with slight cute and bruises Sunday evening when he wan struck by an auto at Twelfth and Nuttman streets. The driver ot the car, Ed Fogwell of Huntington county, was held blameless for tha accident. SEEK BALANCE IN PRODUCTION Work Is Started On Drafting Corn-Hog Contract For Two Years Lafayette, Ind.. Nov. 18.—<U.R)— A balance between production and consumption of corn and hogs dur- , ing the next two years was sought ' today as state agricultural special- , ists and AAA officials began pre. . liminary work of drafting Indiana’s corn-hog contract for 1936-37. To maintain this required balance the new contract must prevent an excessive production of 1 corn in 1936-37: allow an increase in next year's pig crop that would be at least as great as would take place were no adjustment program ■ in effect; and curtail the production of hogs in 1937, it was pointed i out by L. E. Hoffman, educational : director of the AAA in Indiana. Tentative plans submitted by i the adjustment administration would limit corn production next [ vear to 95,000,000 acres, ten million fewer acres than normally would be harvested. Such a program would require an aggregate adjustment of approximately 20 per cent on the part of all contract signers. A maximum aggregation corn ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)