Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1935 — Page 1

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HkARD oil lISjIES DENIAL lOFACREEMENT M^^BprO in Rome reeinent ReachJjS’or Oil Supply »in Mte |u..t. -uppiy » f ° il nc ■ia „.'l<><l today to lie imposed SLrt'lt’- ’•;•■!•■ Christmas. due to u gentle-■7'll-1111' ‘ -"lilies to exist be>Khh tike 1' ■'' ""'' '" ' l ' l ' l JEsede ' ' ’’ ‘"‘ l 1 h ' l ■ ui'sidiary of the ■EXfO)II of New Jersey. ETsfc - ””"' provides: ■ E-.fr* u'.-'diary would sunolv Kr witi od l | l ’in Roumanin and Er ■ .nt’lde the United application jL ; i,, elb. i go. K-4b Auhi the companv wou’d »»■ truntf- 3‘lyee.r mononolv **» tin »boI 1 oil ,o Ilalv and ~B coloHie above the amount JLhn-td in Italian territory or In the Adriatic. K—A ffiobabio credit of 1.000.■«W Mre tjvi.oOO.OOO) tor the ■rch»» ol oil to be arranged With pany. K-flH|aKt cement to be offer- ’■« •feSl ll ' ,lllli when tho loa E uo EihE oil embargo. tlie agreement EiviiSc but it was expected ■ liaveli’ ■■■■:'mt repercussions ■ and Geneva. Bit checked 1K threa days before this dis- • Kfh was m itten and the United B its v»ra.city. ■ (Valtel it Teaele, president of BtSlaHi d Oil Company of New Brsey,|4ne-d the agreement emKaticaUjF to the United Press in KvY*k He said it was imposKk of 1 il’in nt and sound' ll ■e a Bee of ' preposterous pro■The ■nest i>n arose in sonedisclosure of ■’■(■sinHr might prevent itsfruiKsn. Bewhere ita effect on the ■eposed i 1 embargo of the league ■is ssed ' inasmuch as oil ■odtichul nations in the league, ■hile ree|d> to impose an embargo, ■e rejty to do so only if they ■re the! tacit support of other (■oau.-Sn notably the United ■ateS-B There was speculation ■so WBther the agreement, cal.■listed t" defeat any effort of ■CONw; r-:i> ox e.mi: three) BA Officials I To Meet Tonight will be church officials ■Ah’at'be M. E. church according ■ tt ■louncomcnt of the past ir. ■*’• rflt Car-son. The devotional begin at 7:30 and will by the regular meeting ■ board. A full attend■nie isßeslred. |Oy CHRISTMAS I I I I i IX( t 1935 -2 J hove fcCvffikg f I sysre « HrESf iyrs mJ HOPPING DAYS ] Q CHRISTMAS its" are attributed to by modern research I It seems they also laim to have invented Postal system. It has been ; such a system was in op ! *Mp°' In medieval China a reis known to have existl ' JHP lli i*nl<’atlons were carried g^B er< ' each of whom- ran aplree miles. In this could be advanced i 11 100 miles a day. The a belt of bells which r I y°e of their approach to a so that the next run-, would be ready to take over, j

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Fear Heir Kidnaped EMM MrJmb Possibility of foul play spurred i police of three states In their search for Frank A. Baiter, Jr., i son of a millionaire Kansas City grocer, who disappeared Thanksgiving Day when he left home to attend a football game. RECORD CROWDS ST EXPOSITION Officials Expect New High Attendance At Livestock Show Chicago, Dec. 4.--XU.PJ - The agricultural adjustment administration is so important to the welfare of the American farmer under his present conditions that not even an adverse decision by the supreme court could destroy it, Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace | said today. The federal government already is considering ways and means of cir.uventing a decision declaring the act unconstitutional, he said. ‘‘We know that the court may act unfavorably on the AAA,” the secretary told newspaper men at the International Live Stock Exposition today. “We know, too, that a lot of interests, particularly in Chicago and New York, would like to destroy It—probably for political reasons. "Should the act be thrown out, however, there are a number of other possibiliies which might make it possible to continue, namely. substituting a sales tax. an income tax, or some other kind of a tax which might be developed. International Amphitheater, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Dec. 4 —<U.PJ—The waddling porker was (".CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Red Cross Roll Call Will Exceed Quota Preliminary reporta from the township committees indicate that the Red Cross roll call will total more than the quota sst for Adams county. A goal of 800 members was net. The final report will not be complete duntil the last of the week. GRAPPLE OVER FARM PROGRAM Industrial East Assails New Deal, West Defends Policy Washington, Dec. 4—(U.PJ—The industrial er.vt and agricultural west figuratively grappled over the new deal’s farm program in supreme court today when they joined in the "battle of briefs’ being waged on an unnrecedented scale before the tribunal. They alternately assailed and defended the AAA and its processing taxes in briefs filed 'as friends of the court.” "Down cast" was represented in a book length document filed by Boston attorneys of the National Association of Cotton manufacturer. which condemned the law as an invasion of state rights. ! The west was represented in a brief fßed for the National Beet I Growers association and the Moun- ! tain States Beet Growers Marketing association. It energetically defended the law as giving agriculture the same aid a protect i tar'iT gives industry. The cotton manufacturers assailed the AAA as putting into effect the constitutfona.l doctrines of Alexander Hamilton and extending the power of th « feder ? | | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

POSSEMEN SEEK FIVE MEN WHO ESCAPED JAIL Hundreds Search For Five; Seek Chair For Three Killers Clayton, Okla., Dec. 4— (U.R) — Five fugitives from the city-feder-al jail at Muskogee, heavily armed | fled through the rugged Kiamlchi I mountain territory today with hundreds of possemen in pursuit. Officers from all parts of Oklahoma converged on the area to trail the four members of the Irish O'Malley gang and a cell- , mate who escaped yesterday. Dan T. Heady, Leonard Short. Dewey Gilmore, and Russell CoopI °r, the St. Louis gangsters, were ' convicted last week of the simultaneous robbery of two banks in ■ Okema a year ago. Their comnanion in the break, Donny Jar-. I rett, was held under a Mann act 1 charge. The fugitives were believed to be afoot in the heavily wooded country northwest of here. They abandoned the automobile in which they fled from Muskogee after shooting their way out of tail. They wounded detective chief Ben Bolton. Police chief Marsh Corgan fatally wounded Henry Blackburn, mail robbery suspect, as the jail breakers fled. | Chair for Survivors Boston, Dec. 4 — (U.R) — Four - hours after five convicts escaped b from the state penitentiary state authorities began procedure today to send the three survivors to the electric chair for slaying Lewis Richards, prison employe. Correction commissioner Arthur T. Lyman revealed that Richards \ wae shot in the chest by a guard I in confusion attending tho escape, but said blows struck by the convicts with an iron bar probably I contributed equally to his death. The convicts tried to use Richards (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) . SEVERE GOLD ■I HITS DECATUR Temperature Os 6 Above Zero Renorted Here This Morning; At 5:45 o’clock this morning the temperature drooped to a "new low" for this winter when it was recorded at six degrees above 1 zero. The cold temperature froze the' melted snow which made the [ streets icy. Motorists evidently > used extreme care as no serious i 1 accidents were reported as being I caused by the dangerous condi- ' tions of the pavements. Short Duration Indianapolis, Dee. 4 — (U.R) “ 1 Winter struck its most severe 1 blow of the season at Indiana last nieht. with near-zero temperatures recorded in sections north and east of here. Fort Wayne recorded an official temperature of four degrees above zero. Marion reported an I unofficial zero temperature. Indianapolis shivered in ternI perature of 10 above zero. Terre Haute reported 16 and Evansville was somewhat warmer with 22. ' The previous low this year was 17.9 degrees. Relief from the low temperatures was promised by J. H. Armington, meteorologist at the U. 8. weather bureau here. Temperatures will rise slowly tomorrow, he said, with the coldest readings about 10 above. —o — Meshberger Bros, Low On Three Bids The Meshberger Brothers Stone ompany of Linn Grove wae awarded three blds by the state highway department Tuesday afternoon. The contracts were: feeder road, one fourth mile south of state road 124 U. S. highway, a distance of 5,415 miles, $28,529.20; feeder road from Montpelier to etate road 118, a distance of 6.711 irniles, $30,397.14, and state road 28 at Union City, a distance of .695 miles, $14,476.15. — —o WEATHER Fair tonight and Thursday; slowly rising termperature. —o—- * Good Fellows Previous total $50.00 Good Fellow 1000 Total $60.00

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 4, 1935.

INo Formal Offer Yet Received For Turbine Mayor Arthur R. .Holthouae Informed the city council Tuesday evening that no formal offer has yet ibeen received by the city from the government uu to the $49,800 PWA (grant to construct a 2,000 kilowatt ! turbine and an addition at the MunI Icipal Light and Power company. The city fe going ahead with the preliminary arrangements and will receive bids on Friday, December 13, by the project. Under the pro-1 gram all PWA projects must be started by December 15. " - -o — CITY PROJECTS ARE APPROVED Government Approves Projects For Improvements In Decatur The city council in session Tuesday night was notified by Ralph Roop, city engineer, tliat j the government had approved | projects for the improvement of "treats, alleys, parks end public parking nlaces in the city. The government is making an outright grant of $3,000 for materials. This is the first time a payment has been mode to the , city for materials in a public ’ works project. B’ds will be received by the | highway department in Fort! i Wa.vne and approved in Indiananoj lis. The Fort Wayne office will . then send the city the name* of ' nersons from whom materials m°v be purchased. The city engineer was requested to draw up plans for the imnroving of the intersection of Fifth street and Monroe street and for other important street crossings. Jesse Rice appeared before the citv council to seek information as to whether his hotel was served bv a privale or a public sewer. Mis reouest was turned over to the street and sewer committee for investigation. The electric light committee snorted »n extension of the Mud Pike light line in Washington • ownshio a distance of 1.300 feet | to serve Peter Mever and Lou Rumschiag. The, two new citato- j tners furnished a portion of the materials and paid $39.90 each ! for the rest. — o Fort Wavne Waging; Fight On Diphtheria Fort Wayne. Ind., Dec. 4.—tU.R) —With Fort Wayne leading the state in the prevalence of diphtheria. the board of public health today began a vigorous campaign to combat the disease. The drive will be directed specifically against a current epidemic in the Bloomingtondale section, ' where 23 eases already have been , I reported. Public health officials said that the diphtheria menace has increas!ed rapidly since the opening of school last fall, and urged parents to protect their children from contact with the disease. LIST PROGRAM FOR CONCERT St Benedict’s Choir Will Give Concert Here Sunday The program was announced today for the 83rd concert of the st. Benedict’s 40 voice choir of Toledo, Ohio, which will be held at the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The program will be directed by j Marvin I. Sauppe, A.8., 8.M., M.A. ( The program is: Lord's Own Day C. Kreutzer Terra Tremuit Carl Von Greith Chapel C. Krqutzer Exultate Jos. R. Zangl Heavens Are Telling—From the "Creation” Franz Haydn Intermission Negro Spirituals and Traditional Hymns: Steal Away My Lord What a Mourning ; Bye and Bye Swing Along ..Will Marioh Cook Intermission Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen German Folk Song Halleluiah Handel Sherubim Song Tschaikowskl A Love Dream Franz Liszt Joy of the Hunter Karl Maria Von W’eber Wenns die Soldaten Durch die Stadt Marschleren German Student Song Greetings to spriffg .Johann Strauss

SIO,OOO SUIT DOES TO JDRY Case Growing Out Os Accident Goes To Jury This Afternoon The SIO,OOO damage suit venned here from Jay county wae given to the jury at about 2 o'clock this afternoon. The ease wa« brought by Fred H. Rowls against Arlet Walters and Leonard Penee. Four women, the largest number to eit on an Adams epunty Jury deliberating on the case with eight 1 men. | 1 The attorneys for the plaintiff in 1 their arguments today asked that ; no liability for the automobile ac- 1 cident be assessed against Leonard Penee, one of the defendants. Tho ' attorneys told the Jury that the 1 name of Leonard Pense was brought 1 into the case to provide a more complete story of the accident. The arguments were based on the • question as to whether Arlet Walters was negligent in falling to set flairs around his truck when it ran out of gas on state highway 26 west of Portland on September 15, 1933. The time was set as between 6 and 1 7 o’clock in the evening in the complaint. The question was raised as to whether at the time of th? accident it was dark enough to necessi- , tato the use of flares. The evidence disclosed that afi ter Walters ran out of gasoline he went to the farm home of Fred H. Rowls for motor fuel. Mr. Rowls returned with the fuel oil and was standing near the cah of the truck when a car approached from each direction. Mr. Rowls ran to the front of tho truck as Pense. who failed to see the truck, crashed Into the rear of it. The truck was pushed over Mr. Rowls body. Witnesses testified that Mr. Rowls, who is alleged to have earned $1,200 a year before the accident, has an expectancy of over 12 years. The witnecses also testified to the amount Mr. Rowls expended for ; medical care and to the ,pain he sufIfered from the accident. NEW DIRECTORY BEING PREPARED Citizens Telephone Company To Issue Annual Directory Type for the directory issued by the Citizens Telephone company is being set up in the Decatur Democrat company's Job plant this week. Herman Ekinger, general manager of the local telephone company, asked today that corrections in street addresses, names and possible errors In the last book, as well |as any changes for this year, be re- [ ported to him immediately, in order that they may be incorporated in the new book. Mr. Ehinger stated today that the company has enjoyed a nice increase in the number of telephones this year and that the new book will contain a large number of new names. The equipment owned by the office in Decatur, Monroe, Berne and on the rural lines has been improved this year at a considerable expense to tho company. The books will be ready for distribution after the first of the year. They will be attractively bound and 1 printed. Mr. Ehinger said today that there j is stil itlme to have new phones : listed in the book, but that the re- ; guest for the installation must be done immediately. o Kicks On Sentence, Judge Gives Him One Fort Wayne, Dec. 4 — (U.R) —”1 'didn’t get a square deal,” shouted Edward Mennewisch, 35, an itinerant, after being sentenced in j Allen circuit court to one to 10 years at the state prison for burglary. "0.K.,” said Judge Clarence R. McNa.bb, "then I’ll give you one. I I hereby change tho sentence to five years at the state prison and | fine you SSOO and costs." 0 — Non-Support Victims Are Aided By Judge Shelbyville, Ind., Dec. 4 —(UP) — Shelby county non-support victims were assured of support today under a plan advocated by Judge James A. Emmert in Circuit court. Judge Emmert proposed that unemployed defendants in non support ■cases be compelled to work on county roads with $1 of each day’s pay to be turned over to the defendant’s wife or former wife.

CHINESE HEAD ! FIGHTS JAPAN AUTONOMY PLAN Statement Taken As Evidence China Will Resist Move (Copyright, 1935, by UP.) Peiping. Dee. 4.—(U.R) —Gen. Sung Cheh-Yuan, overlord of Hopei and Chahar provinces, twin keys to dominance in North China, today characterized the movement to separate Hopei, Chahar, Shantung, Shawsi, and Suiyuan from the rest of China as a "Japanese snare." His statement, made to the Chinese press, was regarded as strong evidence that Chinese resistance to the North China autonomy movement is stiffening because Sung has frequently been mentioned by Japanese military leaders as the possible head of a self-government state. One reported reason for sending War Minister Ho Ying-Chin nortnward was the desire of the central government at Nanking to assure Itself of the loyalty of the powerful Sung. Even before Ho reached Peiping whlehthey declared they had been promised by the Japanese, the Japanese made it clear that they were not pleased by the arrival of the man to whom Generalissimo Chian Kai Shek. China’s OCONTTNUED ON PAGE THP.EE) O Gaffer Funeral Rites Thursday Funeral services for Mike Gaffer, 74. former Decatur resident and brother of Peter Gaffer of Mon■routli, who died in Fort Wayne Thursday morning at 9 o’clock in the St. Peter’s Catholic church In Fort Wayne. The Rev. Father Thiele, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Fort Wavne Catholic cemetery. i • - Mandate Suit Is Dismissed Here The mandate suit filed by August J Schlickman against tlie county comI missloners and the county auditor in 1934 was dismissed Tuesday afternoon by agreement of the parties. . The case was ordered taken off the docket by Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court. Mr. Schlickman was a former assessor of Kirkland township. In 1934 he had a balance of S6B duo him for his work that spring There was no argument about the amount of tho i check. However, a creditor tiled an objection to the money being paid Mr. Schlickman and the county auditor refused to pay the check until he obtained a court order stating to which party it should be paid. Attorneys for Mr. Schlickman agreed on a settlement Tuesday out of court. They requested that the cheek be paid by the auditor when both attorneys were present. The money was appropriated in 1934 and again in 1935. o TURKEY DINNER HELD BY CLUB Decatur Lions Club Entertains Wives And Sweethearts — Members of the Decatur Lions club entertained their wives and sweethearts Tuesday evening with a turkey dinner at the Knights of Pythias home. W. F. Beery and Roy Mumma served as chefs, with daughters and sone of the members acting as waiters. Following the dinner, Lloyd Cowens, club president, expressed appreciation of the club for those who made the banquet possible, also Amos Graber, who contributed Ico cream and George Rentz, who furnished the flowers. C. L. Walters then presented the club’s customary matrimonial prize to the club's new ibride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baxter. [ Amos Graber, chairman of the [ program, then presented Lewis Armstrong a former member of the I club, who in turn introduced Boyd I Crouse, Fort Wayne, Lion deputy district governor. Mr. Crouse spoke on "Sharpening our axes.” He complimented the Decatur club for Its fine work, particularly on the splendid fourth district meeting held in this city in October of last year, when more than 200 persons, representing the various Lions club of the district, I attended the local meeting.

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> i I ■ ■■ I 1 ... I. I Thaw Seeks Ellsworth f jib 1 * I L I Russell Thaw. 24-year-old flying son of Harry K. Thaw and Evelyn , Nesbit, as he tuned his huge [ monoplane in Now York prepara- , tory for hopping off to the Antarc- . tie to join in the search for Lin- [ coin Ellsworth, missing explorer, t and his companion. Replanning ? ANNUAL PARTY I General Electric Club Christmas Party Set For December 21 The General Electric club of this I city will hold the annual Christmas party Saturday evening, December ' 21, at the Catholic high school audiI torium. ; J Children frem tho ages of one to ' 10 will be given gifts and candy. A : splendid program is being arranged and it will be followed by a dance. Bert Gage is general chairman in 1 charge of all arrangements. The ' complete Hit of committees fol- ■ lows: General Committee —Bert Gage. • Chairman; E. W. Lankenau. Lohnas 1 Mclintosh. Wm. Heim, Frank Braun, Milton Brown. Chas. Langston. E’hel Tumb’.eson. Lorena Reppert, j Erna Welland, Dore Miller, Elsie Brunnegraff. Door and Ticket Committee — ■ ■ Warren Kleinknight. Waldo Eck- ! rot", c'vrle Beery Chas. Miller, I Ticket Takers for Santa — Leo Ulman, H. Cochran. Entertainment Committee — I>or- j ” ena Reppert, Katherine Hower, Ruth Elzey. Decorating Committee —Solomon I Lord. Cal Walt, Carl Smith, Leo Ulman, Alva Buffenbarger, Adam 1 Schafer. ■j Ushers —Albert Fruechte, Albert • Beery. Ray Moser, Frank Gehrig. Packing Committee (candy and '! toys)—Elsie Brunnegraff, Lorena 1 Reppert, Erma Weiland, Ethel - ■ Tumbleson, Hilda Gaunt, Anna Mur- , taugh, Luetta Reffey. Mary J. Frlt- " [ ziznger, Feren Passwater, Tllmon - i Gehrig, Ida Potts, George Myers, ’ Dora Miller, Frank Bohnke, Ralph • Roop, Mary K. Leonard, Carl Smith, ’ Wm. Helm, Hilda Bultereyer. Balloon Committee —Alva Buffen1 barger, Kenneth Eady, George ' Mysrs, Harry King, Dewey Neldigh ' Fred Chronister. 1 Gift Booth Committee—Katherine Tyland, Fern Passwater, Elsie Brun1 negraff, Mary J. Fritzinger, Ida 1 Potts, Esther Deßolt. Agnes Ness- ! wald, Lorena Reppert, Mary K. 1 Leonard. Q : Legion Drum Corns Will Meet Tonight j i The drum corps of Adams Post ‘ number 43 of the American Legion ' will meet at the Legion hall at 8 o’clock tonight. All members of ’ | the corps are requested to be present.

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Indications Point To United States Refusal To Place Embargo On Copper Exports. NEED LEGISLATION Washington, Dec. 4—(U.R) —The United States will avoid slapping an embargo on oil, copper, and cotton to Italy and Ethiopia, it was strongly indicated today, until—and if—congress amends the neutrality law. A state department official indicated the determination of the government to pursue its independent policy in the European crisis by verbally assuring a foreign envoy that an embargo on copper would be impossible without further legislation. Observers believed that the same conditions, in the view of the I department, would apply to other American materials which might come under the heading of war I necessities. At the same time, state departmenj officials were interested but silent on an injunction suit filed in New York to halt a possible embargo on such materials, and on Rome dispatches stating that the Italian government and an Italian subsidiary of Standard Oil of New Jersey, had a "gentleman's agreement” to circumvent the league of nations oil embargo. Although tho International embargo vortex appeared to bo whirling closer around Washington, eecretary of state Cordell Hull calmly scanned incoming bulletins and as calmly adhered to his "completely independent policy” in regaxd to embargo action. There was. however, one other development in regard to oil for tlie war machines of Italy. Secretary of interior Harold L. Ickes eald ho had been misrepresented when hla recent statement was i taken to be a plea for oil com- '. panies to withhold shipments to | Italy. He merely meant that oil I producers ought to cooperate with the government policy. Congressmen avoided comment pending study of developments, but it seemed to be their general opinion that the reported Standard Oil negotiations with Italy, instigated by an Italian subsidiary of tlie concern, technically would not be a violation of the neutrality (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o McMillen Speaks At Van Wert Tonight Dale W. McMillen, president of the Central Sugar and Central Soya Companies of this city, will speak before the Chamber of Commerce , in Van Wert this evening. The meet- ! ing will be held at the Marsh hotel. Mr. McMillen is a native of Van Wert county, having been born in Union township. BROTHERHOOD TO MEET THURSDAY I United Brethren Men’s Brotherhood Meets Thursday Evening > ...... The program was announced today for the brotherhood meeting of the United Brethren church to be held in the church basement Thuns- ■ day evening at 7:30 o’clock. The program is: 1 Orchestra Song Service Prayer. 1 Responsive Reading No. 305. > Secretary’s report. 1 Report of Committee. ■ Appoint Nominating committee, Eddie Deltach, Orland Brown, Rev. Franklin, Earl Crider, Frank Fisher 1 Frank Hurst. Special Muelc. Mixed quartette. 1 Short talks. "Preparation of Sunday School • Lesson” — John T. Kelly. "Christianity and Business’’ —Roy Mumma. “Co-ape ration in the Church” —• Jesse Hurst. “Prevention of Fire in the Home” —Chas Robenold. J “Benefit of Tithing in the Church” —Frank Bohnke. . "Brotherhood and the Church”— i Dick Shaffer. ! "A Man’s Place in the Church” t —Jim Stonerook. » Closing song. Benediction.