Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1935 — Page 1

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giEALSAYS h|VE JOBS OR PAY THE BILL Ljniijiltration Leader KLeit:' Ultimatum To | B»iness Heads ■ ■JB*' l 7.-(U.R)—The t*r " l "" 1 " til | lhe'h ■ lpmen tMoi policy yet made by Kit M*P|' 1 ”'" ' &nt ROO* ""' ll '" l '" 1 ' Knientiv: l|; ' ""' l ' Es iaea»pb'- !»■* deal will < (>'l- - it* Bb’o .cti'i'ios, wiili o' Z :..vs and poi-'O.'ly inits. Kg -I’D- as Hint." sell E heavllß-S' t Berry, head of the Bwerftd-r s union ami a Ev man In ' I -raaniuit. m"i' Im supreme unemployed must clothed. If industry it by providing them the government must relief appropriations, ots the bill in either there is no other ans-■-blows bristled behind inm-il glasses as he con■an , interview with the ■ss: ■ i to the ret ords the ■nt of buaincM is out of nth unemployment, which ■■educed only slightly. ■s evidence of consider■down in working hour B and there can be no I means an acceleration loyment. I tendency to increase ■ot curbed and faat iniI unemployment will JuI staggering proportions." Berry personally will dokew deal's views to bus■day, when about 2.1 (gather here for his longbarley between labor, inld the administration. He Btions to 5.000 organlzaI only received about 2,- | The ot hers either ignored the Bb. ■issued statements vigoi ■toy ct® lemning the meeting anil |e idea peliind it. No automobile fcaafatfhrers. railroads, nor steel will he present. ■Greatmajority of the concenis representatives are small ■i site,-with only about a dozen signifying tneir cooperate. These in- |™« • National Association ot Manufacturers, the Natfctal ■d<' Retailers' Association. ■> JWfcnal Association of Credit ■fit Ute Wholesale and Retail prazgists Associations, the Interand Telegraph International Paper Co. Tire and Rubber jWWmUED on PAGE THREE) o Center ■Wins By Big' Score I MeJm Center of Whitley connP't'vOed by Peter Vitz, formerdefeated Etna high night by the over FMlmihg score of 69 to 10. The also won, I WJY CHRISTMAS SEALS W airrTA Swiss ic “pp " 3 8 r '' e n often “•rouble with S 'M? * flK tartd ice fl f I M SHOPPING DAYS fwl TO CHRISTMAS of the Alps made the htl’lt* e Century postman a existence at times. They r, eil to have led a file of mSb ache<l t 0 each ° tlier Some ot the horses bags and passengers others, in the winter "-‘■■ere used.

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SELL LICENSE PLATES MOM , Indiana 1936 Auto License Plates Go On Sale Here Monday I The 1936 automobile license plates will be on sale Monday. Deo I Fryback, manager of the local , license bureau, announced today. They may be obtained front Mr. Fryback's office located in the i Peoples Loan A Trust company building. The plates this year are cream and crimson, Indiana University colors. Thirty-five hundred plates ' beginning with the serial number. .' 426,701, have been issued to the local office. ■ The new plates may be affixed to automobiles immediately. Mr. Fryback stated today that there j , will be no extension of time for I I the purchase of new plates after' (December 31, 1935. Last year was I the first time that an extension . was no granted. , Application blanks for license plates have been mailed owners of automobiles. To expedite the issuance of licenses Mr. Fryback requested today that the blanks be filled out before presentation to his i office for plates. His office will . be glad to answer any questions, however, in the proper manner of filling them out. Mr. Fryback, pointed out that if ail blanks were -1 filled out it would be ot benflt both .I to the applicant and to the perI sons behind him in the line. The new plates range in price from $5 to $lO according to the size and power ot the motor. This year, county, city, township and school buses, trucks and trail- , ers will not be required to purchase licenses. The 25-cent notarization fee must be paid. Applications for 1 the licenses should be obtained from the local bureau which will send the requests to Indianapolis from where the plates will be mail- ': ed. J To avoid the last minute rush 'I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THP.EE) REV. BYERLY DIES TODAY Former Pleasant Dale Pastor Dies At Fort Wayne This A. M. The Rev. D. M. Byerly 69, one of the pioneers of XdaTs county and IbuiMsr of the Byerly homestead in ' Kirkland township died at the home , of his daughter. Mrs. William Schwartz in Fort Wayne at 5 ©’click this morning of apoplexy. Rev. Byerly made hie home with ■ the Dean Byerly family in Kirkland i township and had be n visiting his 1 daughter at the time of his deathOn November 26. Rev. Byerly sut- : sered a -severe h?art attack and was ! believed to be recovering. The deceased was born near Lima ( Ohio, on September 25. 1866. He was married on February 14. 1888 to Miss Dorothy Hueson who preceded him in death on September 3, 1920. To thia union were born 11 children, two of whom died in ;j infanev. The following children sur- | vive: Mrs. Etta Tayler of Pennville .! Dean Byerly. Lloyd Bverly and Mrs. ' Lulu Arnold of Decatur; Clint and ( Ray Byerly of Craigville; Mrs. Ma- .; bel Neuenschwander and Mrs. i Glenny-s Schwartz of Fort Wayne and Chester Byerly of Ossian. In the fall of 1921 Rev. Byerly married Mrs. Lulu Paulling Menden-, hall ot Huntington. who survives. There are five brothers, three listers, 29 grandchildren and two great grandchildren surviving. In his early life Rev. Byerly taught In the public schools of Ohio. He moved to Adams county in in the spring of 1888, and located in 'Kirkland township where he assisted in the founding ot the Pleasant Dale church of the Brethren. He was ordained to the ministry in 1889. Failing health caused his retirerent from the ministry in 1932. During his ministry he served 10 years as president and secretary of the general mission boa’d of the middle district of Indiana. The body will be removed front enONTINUED ON PAGE TTTBEE) : st. Benedict Choir Concert Here Sunday The St. Benedict’s choir of Tole- < do. Ohio, will ipresent a concert at . the Catholic school auditorium In ■ this city Sunday afternoon at - ■ ° C The choir of 40 voices is greeted i bv Marvin I. Saurope. A.8.. •• ■ ! A. Admission jJrices will be 50 • j cents for adults and 20 cents for, children.

Train Knifes Into Another at Crossing “ j'*. •— ■ * w v S’- If ■ 5 J .■s’’ | — — - , Vy K c l our persons were injured slightly early Friday in an unusual wreck at Clinton. la. which caused the dci ailment of four cars of a through Chicago & North Western passenger train bound for Los Angeles. The paaasenger train, traveling only twenty miles an hour, knifed through a freight train, knocking a gasoline tank car off the tracks. The gasoline did not ignite. Pictured above is wreckage of the train

ANNUAL STAFF IS ANNOUNCED “Ravelings” Will Be Dedicated To Decatur Centennial Observance Tile theme of the 1935 "RavelIngs" yearbook published annually by the Decatur High School will be the Centennial of Decatur. It will be dedicated to the founders of the city, which in 1936 will Celebrate the 100th birthday of Ils founding. The staff of the annual this year is: Marie Grether —Editor-in-chief. Arthur Sundermann—Assistant editor-in-chief. Robert Johnson —Business manager. David Macklin—Assistant business manager. Albert Keller—Photography ediI tor. Wendell Smith—Assistant photography editor. William Tntewiler—Sports editor. Lewis Smith—Assistant sports editor. Harry Moyer—Snapshot editor. Don Bixler —Assistant snapshot editor. Agnes Nelson —Girls’ sport editor. Gertrude Schultz—Typist. William Schafer—Typist. Sigurd Anderson—Faculty advisor. Miss Blanche McCrory—Faculty business manager. The “Raveling®" published by the local school in the past has been one of the besT annuals issued by Indiana schools. Many prizes have been won in both state and national competition. The staff is beginning the preparation ot the 1936 book. Part of the material is already written. The art work will Illustrate the progress made by the city. — 0 I'OTREOAMETO HONOR F.D.R. President Roosevelt \V ill Be Given Honorary Degree Monday South Bend, Dec. 7—(U.R)—Col. E. W. Starling ot the U. S. secret service ha.s approved plans for President Roosevelt’s reception here Monday and the Notre Dame convocation at which the President will receive an honorary de-, Kree. . Col. Starling, accompanied by Rev. John F. O'Hara. Notre Dame president, inspected the gymnasium where the convocation will be held. He also conferred with Chief of Police Laurence J. Lane a.’id members of the civic committee arranging for the Presi-| dent’s reception. ; President Roosevelt i-s expected to reach here at 2 p. m. Monday. I A military escort will accompany ( him through the community plaza which has been reserved for school , pupils. The President and his escort w’ill then pass through the busi-, noss district to the universitycampus north of the city. At ; Sacred Heart church on the cant- ; pus his eminence. George Cardin-1 e.l Mundelein will join the Pres i-1 dent and accompany him to the gymnasium. Wlien the President appears on the platformjt the gymnasium the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 7, 1935.

William Foughty To Head Veterans I The United Spanish-American I War veterans held their regular meeting at the American Legion hall on South Second street Fri- • day evening and elected the following officers for the coming years: William H. Foughty, commander; John M. Lenhart, vicecommander; William Noll, quartermaster; Jesse Roop, service oft’i- . cer; Orval Jlrentlinger, trustee. After the business meeting Lewis Raye, formerly of Geneva, but of late years at Bartlesvilie, Okla., made a very interesting talk on veteran affairs. This was Mr. Raye’s first visit to Decatur in thirty seven years. A donation was sent to the Knightstown home for soldiers’ orphans for the Christmas fund. Arrangements were made to attend Harvey Janies funeral Saturday afternoon. JUNIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAY Juniors Will Present Annual Class Play Tuesday Evening The junior class of Kirkland high school will present the annual class pp play at the nigh school gymnasium Tuesday, December 10, at 8 p. m. The play is a three-act farce, "Me, Him an 1." I The entire action ot this play takes place in a reception room in the “Breeze Inn,” a summer hotel»in the East. ( Three men playing the parts of Thomas Smith, Richard Brown, and Harry Jones look much alike. Richard Brown is a movie star on his honeymoon and wants to escape the public. Harry Jones wants to be with his fiance and escape a lovesick maiden. One is mistaken for the ofher and the trouble begins: a general mixup and confusion follows and finally becomes very complicated when Tom's Uncle Larry arrives. It requires a lot of explaining from every one . to get it straightened out. "Tommy," "he bellhop and Tillie Tinkle--1 pattgh will keep you laughing con- [ tinualiy. I Admission prices will be, adult ' 25 cents, children 15 cents. L The cast Is as follows: i Thomas Smith, a young business man —Robert Bucher. Richard Brown, a moving picture star —Floyd Engle. Harry Jones, another business man —Paul Arnold. Wilda War our ton, Richard's wife—Georgia Yaney. | Leona Smith, Tom's wife —AnnaI bel Henschen. Constance Crawford, Harry’s fiance —Juanita Lehman. ’ I Mrs. James Crawford, her mother—Luella Warthman. Tillie Tfnklepaugh, a love sick maiden —Virginia Zimmerman. Larry Smith, Tom’s uncle —Donald Hoffman. i Tommy White, a bellboy—Howard Reinhard. Dolly Dainty, a stage star —Mar- ' garet Poling. Beatrice Lovely, a screen star — (Violet Arnold. o Truck Damaged By Fire Today Several bails of rage on a truck I owned by the Maier Hide and Fur I company caught fire this morning on U. S. highway 27 two miles eouth , of Decatur. It is not known how the fire started. The bails were thrown off before the fire reached the truck bed

i SCHOOL HEADS NAME STANLEY I Noble County School Head Named To Lead District Group Ralph Stanley of Albion, superintendent of the schools ot Noble ; county was named president of ! the Fourth Congressional District county school superintendents as--1 sociation. Friday afternoon at the conclusion of the quarterly meet- ! ing held at the Decatur court house. John Jolief, hef.d of the WPA educational projects in district two, and'whose headquarters are . in Fort Wayne, spoke on the problems met in this field. His district includes Adams, Allen, Blackford. Grant. Huntington. Miami. Wabash, Welle and Whitley counties. Mr. Jolief said most of the ' teachers ih all WPA projects are taJten from those on relief rolls. There have been no teachers in Adams and Blackford counties on the relief rolls. '' Teacher# who took part in the project last year and who attend- ' ed a school sponsored by the govj eminent last summer are also qualified to teach in the new projects. There are none of these in Adems or Blackford count!- :. no projects can bn started in these. Harry E. Elder, registrar of the Indiana State Teachers College at Terre Haute, spoke in the morning sc-ssion. He concluded his talk in the afternoon session. He also led a forum at which school heads talked over the problems of personal tra.ining of students for the teaching profession. Mr. Elder explained the personal work being done with the students at Indiana State College in order to make them better fitted to teach. He also ©aid that an(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FRANK WILLIAMS j DIFS OF BURNS Wells County Carpenter | Dies Friday After Gasoline Explosion i Frank Williams. 56. Poneto carpenter, who was burned in an explosion of gasoline at his home late Wednesday afternoon, died Friday at the Wells county hos- ■ pital in Bluffton. . . At the time of his injury he and his wife were engaged in cleaning an overcoat with gasoline. They ! were doing the work in the kitchlen of their home when the gasoi line fumes ignited, possibly from live coals in a kitchen stove. When the blast occurred, Mrs. Williams was standing in the doorway and she was not injured beyond singeing of her hair. Flaming gasoline was thrown over Mr. Williams. He rushed out of the I house, but before he could extinguish the flames he was burned i horribly on both arms, both legs, land about the face. Funeral arrangements will not be made pending arrival of a daughter, who Is taking nurses’ training at ThuTSnapolls. He is survived by the widow and two daughters. Miss Justine Wil- ( Hants, of Marion, and Miss Geral- ‘ dine Williams, of Indianapolis, and a son, Roger, at home. Brothers and sisters surviving I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

THREATENS TO ' CALL OUT ALL WPA WORKERS State Secretary Os WPA Union Threatens To (’all Out All In State India,napolis, Dec. 7 — (U.R) —A sympathy strike of works progress administration workers throughout the entire state unless Vigo ( county relief authorities accede ! to demands of the workers’ alliance for a six-hour day was threatened today by M. O. Jackson. state secretary .of the union. Approximately ha.lt of the 4.000 workers in Vigo county relief projects went on strike this week in protest against working eight hours a day. Virtually all of them returned, however, aflcr Wayne Coy, state relief director, announced workers who failed to abide by department rules shall be cut from reI lief rolfa. Jackson assumed charge of the 1 strike after Hugo Rasmussen. I state organizer for the union of relief workers, was arrested byMaj. Earl Weimar, national guard I officer enforcing martial law in Vigo county. Rasmussen allegedly urged workers to strike. Coy said hours on the Vigo county projects were lengthened so the workers could get in full time and receive maximum pay ■ before Christmas. f Jackson said it was not true. "The checks ordinarily would -I be paid Dec. 18. without any addi- ■ tional working hours.” he said. 1 27 Dismissed Terre Haute, Ind.. Dec. 7 —(U.R) ; —Dismissal of 27 workers from . Vigo county works progress administration projects today apptU’- < ! ently marked the end of a strike ■ of 2,O(M> relief workers, who pro<L'ONTlN’t’i:r> ON PAGE THREE) • I —l 0 RELIEF ROLLS ORDER ISSUED I I Unemployed May Be Certified At Trustee’s (Hike Tuesday i. All persons who are now employ- '' ed but on relief since May 1 in Ad- ■ ante, county but who will be em--1 plove I by Tuesday, have been requested by Miss Margaret Patch, social service director of the Adams and Wells county relief offices, to meet in Township True-tee John 1 M. Doan's office Tuesday. Miss Patch will be at the office at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. At ! this time she will certify the per- ' sons back on relief' who will need relief work. This applies especially to the men ' ( who have been working in the Central Sugar company during the prej sent campaign an'd who will be out of employment Tuesday. Last year i because of the difficulty of recerj tification, workers were reluctant to accept private workNew regulations were made this year to permit them to take part i > time employment and be put back . Immediately on the relief rolls. • | o Bruno Evidence All Ready For Detective Trenton, N. J.. Dec. 7.—(U.R) —All evidence and official records beari ing on the Lindbergh kidnapping case will be made available to El- ■ lis Parker. Burlington county dei tective who believes Bruno Rich- : ard Hauptmann is innocent of [ murder, if he wants them, Gov. Harold Hoffman said today. The governor talked for halt an hour today in his office concernI ing his visit to Hauptmann in death house in Trenton state prison but I refused o say what new evidence < had been given Parker. Otto Hoile Entries Win Further Awards | Chicago. Doc. 7— (U.R) —At the j International Live Stock exposition Friday Otto E. Hoile of Decatur, showing swine carcasses, won first and third for barrows, 100 to ' 200 pounds, and second for car- ' cass for bacon cuts. J. H. Clamme & Sons of Upland, - liowing breeding Shorthorns, won third, get ot sire; H. C. Rose & j Sons of Rossville, fourth, gra.ded herd. Clifford Eller ot Arcadia, showing Belgian horses, took second. ’, produce ot dam, and second, r ! stallion and three mares, as well : " as the junior champion Belgian mare.

Mussolini Again Asserts Plan To Continue Warfare

New Pastor Here j- ' ■ - - ■ Si K « The Rev. Homer Judson Aspy, formerly of the Baptist Mission at | Whiting, will assume his duties as pastor of the First Baptist ichureh in this city tomorrow. Rev. Aspy has just concluded an ! evangelistic meeting in Louis- . ville. PENSION TOTAL” IS ANNOUNCED Adams County Old Age Pensions For Present Year Total $16,597 John W. Tyndall, county auditor.! announced today that the old age ■ pensions in Adams county this i year total $16,597. This is the seelond full year in which pensions I have been paid. Os this amount, one half is paid by the state which matches every ( 'dollar put up by the county. This makes the amount paid 1 from Adams county taxes equal $8,298.50. including the December ( hecks. The pay ni eh t s this year by 'months are: January $1,183.50; February, $1,183.55; March, $1,229.50: April. $1,252; May. $1,298; (June. $1,345; July, $1,385.50; August! $1,426; September, $1,505; October, $1,557.50; November, $1,617.50; December. $1,614, and total, $16,597. Pensions are granted only to j those persons over 70 years of age,' who the county commissioners find ( are in need ot financial assistance : but who have some means by! which to support them. The pay-; ments to individual pensionalres are too small to constitute a means for a living. j The maximum allowed in the state for individual pensions is sls a month. In only a few instances ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o LEADER SCHOOL PLANNED HERE Church School Leadership Training To Start January 28 A series of discussions and studies in the field of leadership In the church and the church school are being planned by the Adams county council of religious education and the Decatur ministerial association. The weekly programs will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 28 and continue for the next five Tuesdays. It is expected that all local churches and many others adjacent to Decatur will wish to avail themselves of the opportunity. The meeting place will be in the Decai tur high school, from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. The commTttee in charge consists of the Rev. H. R. Carson, chairman, the Rev. C. M. Prugh and the Rev. G. O. Walton. The following discussion groups will be set up: “Greater Christian Teachings,” led by the Rev. Geo. O. Walton: "The Prophets of Israel,” led by the Rev. C. M. Prugh; “Childrens Work in the Church," led by Mrs. Paul Spuller; "Church Work With Young People,” led by county superintendent C. E. , Striker and “Adult Religious , Teaching" led by Decatur superinl tendent Walter Krick. The Rev. i H. R. Carson will serve as dean of the school.

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Says Italy Determined To Pursue Ethiopian War To Satisfactory Conclusion. DESSYE BOMBED I (Copyright 1935 by United Presu) ; Rome. Dec. 7 — (U.R) —Premier Benito Mussolini today declared Italy’s unfaltering determination to pursue its war against Ethio--1 pia. despite the infliction ot sanc- ! tions by world powers, until the i East African war reaches a soluI tion entirely satisfactory to Italy. In a brief but emphatic speech ' before the chamber of deputies, which greeted him with wild enthusiasm. 11 Duce declared that. ,no coalition of nations could defeat Italy a.nd that Italian reprisals against penalties inflicted by the league of Nations were "a ' legitimate defense.” He expressed Italy's gratitude to those nations — Austria. Hungary. Albania, and in paar Switzerland —which had voted against Ihe league sanctions, saying that to them “we send our present and future sympathy.” This reference won enthusiastic applause from the deputies. Mussolini replied to Sir Samuel Hove's conciliatory speech before ! the house of commons last Thurs- ' day with a atatement that Italy ' takes note of the fact that Britain I wants a strong Italy and "we have 1 been working for this for 14 years.” Continuing in his emphasis ou Italy's rea.':tions to sanctions, hfl declared that the soldiers ot France were opposed to penalties ; against Italy. Ai for the present peace efforts ! of Premier Pierre Laval and Sir ' Samuel Hoare, Mussolini reported j that negotiations toward peace were in progress, but asserted ! that until their consummation, the I Italian people, who want deeds and not words, -would continue to support Italy’s armies in full confidence of victory. Bomb Dessye Addis Ababa, Dec. 7 —(U.R) —Kalian airplanes bombed De«sye at S a. m. today, an official dispatch said. It was the second bombardment in 24 hours, and it was conducted while American and other Red Cross workers still were working on tlie scores of men, women, and children mutilated in the merciless bombardment of yesterday. Emperor Haile Selassie is at ! his war headquarters there. News of today’s bombardment was flashed front the field wireless station at Dessye hardly an hour after the arrival of an airplane from the stricken city bearing Miss Petra Hoevig, a Norwegian nurse at the American eevON PAGE THREE) o — Grade Teachers In Institute Today Approximately 100 grade teachers In Adams county rural schools are attending an institute today in the public high school building. The meeting is being conducted by Clifton E. Striker county superintendent of schools. At the Institute it will be decided when and how to give the semester examinations. Regular business will be transacted. o — Good Fellows Club Previous Total —$ 100.00 Eta Tau Sigma - 5.00 Total 105.00 The Delta Theta Tau sorority wishes to thank all those who have so generously contributed to the fund this week, and hope that each succeeding week will see the fund grow as rapidly as this first week. The members of the sorority will start investigating the needy families tomorrow from the lists submitted by the school principals o£ the city. Although there is not a great number of unemployed in the city, yet there are many families in which the breadwinner is earning scarcely enough to buy the barest necessities of life. So there is great need for generosity on the part of the more fortunate. o WEATHER Cloudy; rain tonight and probably Sunday morning; t not quite so warm northwest portion Sunday.