Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1935 — Page 1

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KO RAILWAY Hator OIES [tris morning Lth Os ' an Sweringen As Shock To I tt anv ,r,ends !>.■<■, 12 (U.P) M. .1. the . <>m;l , o'clock K K *. ■■ . '' *" ,l "' 11:11 llt - i.akeside Hospital, ~i . n K f"3kS. relations office K;, Yr vmacn int. Tests. ■L X . vral moltth-s :ic stricken James HSHlirmher of <). !’■ Van Inseparable ■ • , rs w. re MM ( e. ■ th '- built o>»' of indu-trt Sweringen. l>nt power made him one figures world 0.. I years ago. ■ ,-<t,at>* i am-.- ot ■MI. pltble kir ■■l.. t mid «">k "‘ |KB - inception the one their Cleveland ■ eSte developments. JB Sii building of their va..i tie y made use of one i: - ■ ■patty. Under this com Be. -'anized Mir largo i subsidiaries: ■ Strmwhtan utilities. I their street o\- PAGE SEVEN' o ■HSICIANS TO ■GIVE evidence ■ Testify In Murder Hsl Os Fort Wayne gßVoman Today frt Dec. 12 - (U.P) ■M pill -n tans and patliolim V »’«'■ scheduled to analyze i'> Bernadette De old poisoning victim. trial of Mrs. Laura tfi“ child's step-moth i. Biileti circuit court today. and Imogene, her Bl dd Sister, became viol-nth Bfter eatti. cottage cheese du. I. ~: at their home last Bernmione died io days Bm stale charges Mrs. Doerarsenic with the during the course of The step-mother's de!>aSf'! on ,he fa<( ' allm ittstate, that she was not B™® when the meal was pretold a jury of 10 men women yesterday ilia' her r became viobmtthat she called Dr. Karl who said her condi led that of persons ■■ from ptomaine poisoning. the girl testified. Jr., brother of tlm another physician. ON PAGE FOUR) tftve DecaturI Van Wert Highway commissioner Phil Sauer engineers from Ohio who were surveying the road east of the ndiana ■Vs« vr " aveT - ent which extends K,“a ert 1111(1 was informe<l tiiu: stretch would be ini■f"' Ohio next year. K^*"" er stated that the engin told him Ohio would a ement road beginning ■ of the pavement and ex JSS ,0 the Adame county line, complete the road beand Van Wert. is known as U. S. road B™" 1 Decatur east to the Ohio ' roa<l is improved with a Pavement and from the •i’e h " t 0 al)out six miles east a ga P °f unimproved road de improved by the state ■ u„ 1 uwtt year, the engineers

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Isiulore Blumcnfeld. alias "Kid Cann." notorious Minneapolis underworld character, was taken into custody by police in connection with the murder of Walter; Liggett, crusading editor, follow , ing the 'identification of Blumenfeld as Liggett’s assassin by Mrs. Liggett, witness to the shooting.

REPORT FUNDS DISTRIBUTION Adams County Share Os Excise Distribution Over §3,500 (Special to the Democrat) Indianapolis, Dec. 12. — Adams [ [county drew a total of $3,578.75 from the distribution of $1,164,I 307.89 from excise funds. ntVW being disbursed by Laurence F. Sul.lvan, auditor of state, to the var i ous municipal units of governI nent. The distribution, based on the | estimates used in the liical budgets as given in August, 1934, oy 1 the ffthte board of accounts, was I .3 follows: i Adams county: estimate used, ' $650; December distribution, $650.! Distributions to towns and cuTes ■ jin Adams county were as follows: Decatur, 1934 estimate used in budget. $2,750; previous distribuj tion, in 1935, $271.25; total of December 1 distribution, $2,478.75. Berne, 1934 estimate used in ! budge. $300; total of December 1 I distribution. S3OO. Geneva, 1934 estimated used in l budget, $150: total of December 1 ! distribution, $l5O. Total distribution for Adams ounty. $3,578.75. Municipal units which used the i estimates in fixing uieir budgets were entiled to the full amount of the estimates. Those units which did not include the estimates in their budgets received only the amount due under the excise law in the December distribution. o — 0. S. IS STILL BUYING SILVER | Secretary Morgenthau Says Buying Is i rom Many Sources London. Dec. 12 —(UP)— The ' United Staten treasury again saved the silver market today when it purchased approximately 1' o' ' cent of the total spot offerings, .t.a '- ■ ing possible living of ra? price at 267-8 pence an ounce, equivalent < 1 59.62 cents an oun.e at current exchange. The iprice here was .>-8 below that established yesterday. Washington, Dec. 12— I' 1,e . United States treasury has inutiti ed a policy of buying silver at a number of points in the wot < <*- ‘ contrasted with the previous pro- ’ gram of buying largely in London. * secretary of treasury Henry Mor 1 genthau, Jr., revealed today. ’ i The treasury has purchased ’ in world markets every day this " week, despite its apparent failure ! to support the London market on : | Tuesday, it was revealed. ‘j Morgenthau conceded this was a ‘ departure in policy hut instated that " broadly he fe continuing to ay ; out the mandates of the silvet pur , Ch TheVecretary said there was no 1 chlnge in his Pledge to silver senacarry out the purchase pro--1 eram “enthusiastically. -I He refused to, answer question. ‘Ltd Where silver purchases had . been made this .week but said B i we re bothe foreign

SEVEN NATIONS REJECT JAPAN NAVAL DEMAND U. S., Great Britain Lead Nations Refusing Demands — London, Dec. 12—(UP) —Seven delegations, led by Great Britain and the United States, rejected Japan's demand for naval equality to-1 day. j It was learned from the United ! States delegation after the confer-1 ern e adjourned until tomorrow that | Norman H. Davis, htad of the delegation, had presented three arguments against Japan's claim. Theee were intended to show that •he Japanese plan for bringing the ■ navies of the three strongest naval w ewers to the same level —as out’ined yesterday by Admiral Osami Nagano, head of the Japanese dele-, sption—was borth unworkable and unacceptable. i'n the first place, the U. S. Am | has oadoret large (contended., it' would result in an increase rather, than a decrease in naval building., secondly, Davis insisted, it was learned that the Japanese project would upset Washington and London treaty arratigements which he i said had created an equilibrium I based upon the respective naval needs of the signatories. He suggested that there had been no liange in the international situa1 Hon of the nature of warrant revi-i ■■’inn of this equilibrium. The thrd point Davis made was I'hat the Japanese plan faled toj I take account of the varying naval] reoqniretnents among the powers ’ Those who rejected Janan's claim ' to naval eouality in addition to Davis, were Viscount Monsell of Eve-1 sham, head of the British delegation 1 Andre Charles Corbin, of Eranee, owl the spokesman for the Italian.! South African, Australian, and Canadian delegations. o JUNIORSWILL I GIVE PROGRAM — Pi-og-rom Will Be P r pse’it°d At U. B. Church Sunday The innior Christian Endeavor of the United Brethren church will nresent a Christmas program at the , "hurch Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, i The ipublic is invited to attend. The final practice will be held I : Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The complete .program fol'ows: Prelude—Mrs. Carl Fisher, Song- "Silent \ight,” juniors. : ; Prayer —Rev. Franklin. Song—‘’Bethlehem Star.” about! sn children will appear in this num-; , l>er. Recitation—Drnna Johnston. Playlet ‘.'Friends in Need,” cast: Dwk. Jimmy Cochran: Tom, Don ! Williams; Harold, Orn Crider; Fred ; Billy Porter: Rob, Dan.Zinsmaster; I John. Gerald Leight. i i Pantomime —“Away in a Manger H by nine girls: Arlene Roop. Betty Roop. Jcyce Roop. Donna Johnston, ! Clara Mae Jackson. Jean Strahm, l i Bonny Roop and Virginia Venis; : soloist, Rose Myers. Announcements and offering. | Playlet—“Janet's Christmas with . i Pierre and Mimi in France,” scene 1 I afternoon. Christ mac; scene 2. t 11 p. ni. Christmas’eve; place in a . mod st heme in France in a village . near the forest- The cast-Janet ; Peters, an Amedican girl, Charleen > Shackley; Mrs. Peters, her moth.’er. Eileen Johnston; Madame Var- ■| ON PAGE THREE) Revival Service At Winchester Church Revjcal services are being held ' nightly at 7 o'clock at the Winchester iiurch in Monroe townshipi, 'I conducted by the pastor. Rev. C M Sill Special music is furnished .. ’ each evening and the general pubs He is invited to attend. i Michael Kenney Dies Wednesday Afternoon I I —-—— Michael Kenney, 74, died at his f home east of Geneva Wednesday '■ afternoon of paralysis. He had spent hiri entire life on the farm where z he was born and had never married. - surviving are one brother. Peter. wl th whom he made hie home, and " ' Fun ral services will be held at d 9:30 a . m. Friday at the St. Marys y catholic church in Jefferson town c ’ship, with burial in the church ' I cemetery.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 12, 1935.

f — * STORES OPEN | | Most of the business houses . in the city today signified their : intentions of remaining open I in the evenings next week, i J The majority of them will ' dose between 8:30 mid 9 j | o'clock. 1 The ChrsltinaM business has ' I been, unusually heavy this year. s | By remaining open at nights | ; the merchants Ttope to accom- ' ' modate tho persons who are | employed during the day. SANTA TO BE ! HERE SATURDAY Plans Completed For Reception Os Santa Saturday Afternoon Final plans to meet Santa Claus ;In Decatur Saturday were made today by the Decatur Junior ’ Chamber of Commerce, who is ’ assisting the local merchants in ; planning the event. Santa Claus will arrive in Decatur at 1:15 o'clock in his new airplane.* He will circle the city for 15 minutes looking for a "soft" place to land. At exactly 1:30 o’clock he will leap from his plane over the center of the city and suspended from his parachute will drop into Decatur. He will brush himself off. comb out the knots in his wllKskj ers caused by the air flowing through them and bd in the business district at 2 o’clock. A special delivery letter was rej reived from the North Pole, sign- , ed by Santa Clause and addressed to Mayor A. R. Holthouse today in which Santa extended an invitation j to every child in Decatur and the 1 surrounding towns and communities to meet him personally at 2 ! o’clock in front of the court house. Mr. Claus said that he wanted to I get *>s Christmas orders. He also requested that th» parents come up town in order that he might ’ learn whether the boys and girls have been good or bad. Mayor Holthouse wrote Santa laus by airmail, extending to hint all the courtesies of the city. May1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Q Only Slight Damage Is Caused By Fire A fire at about 5:30 o'clock Wed- - nesday afternoon did a small amount of damage at the Dierkes Auto Wrecking company on Nuttman Avenue. The fire wan caused by the flames of an acetelyn torch which ignited the greese around i the motor of a car. The torch was being used to cut off a bu.nper. The ! city fire department was able to ’ extinguish the blaze with chemicals ’ before it sipread to the garage.

v • w>: Ft ( V W ? j zr , 1 I’ll See You |aS SATURDAY O December 14, 1935 Will arrive in my airplane '"rt at 1:15 p, m. anu will visit M* w,th the boyß and ° irl * up " >' \ HHW town later. Sg||gp-'«MM| | want to see every boy and 1 X '-/■L' flirl in the community. fefSiO |w®a| W?' Santa Claus B

COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE BIDS Bids Will Be Received Friday Morning F o r l . Plant Improvements The city council in session at 11:30 o’clock Friday morning, Dei cenrher 13, will receive sealed bids for tho building of an adui- > tion to the city light and power plant and for a 2,000 K.W. turbine, condenser, exciter, switchboard i panel and other appurtenance. Plans and specifications for the I building improvement, turbine anil ' other equipment weiT" prepared by Bevington and Williams, consult ing engineers of Indianapolis. It is a PWA project and an offer . of $49,800 as the government's maximum share of the cost has been received by the city. ThP entire project Is estimated at $110,500. The public works nd ; ministration has agreed to pay up to 45 per cent of the cost, not to exceed $49,800. Bidders and successful contract--1 ora must comply with all the rules 1 and regulations governing PWA projects. The maximum hours of ■ employment is 130 hours per ' month and the scale of wages as adopted by thi 5 local labor board and (). K'd by the state director must be complied with. It is expected that a number of • bids will be received on the several projects. At least two local contractors will submit bids on the building, it was stated. A PWA representative will nt- : tend the meeting and final action ■ in accepting or rejecting the proposals cannot be made until acted • on by the federal representative. If the low bids are under the estimate, it is expected that coni tracts will be awarded~immediatei ly and work started next week. The new 2,000 killowat turbine ■ will increase the generating capacI ity at the municipal plant to 6.500 KWH and in view of the capacities i of the three tu.'Taes now in use , ox PAGE FIVE) O Twelve Days Without A Marriage License Dan Cupid has gone on a strike in Adams county according to the records at the county clerk’s office.. For the longest time in the memory j of deputies in ths office no marriage licenses have been issued. ! On the day before Thanksgiving four licenses were issued. On November 20 a license was issued to ‘ ■ Lawrence W. Eichar and Martha i V. Liechty. Until noon today no ■ more had been issued. I During the same 12 day period i last year 12 licenses were issued. I Officials in the county clerk’s i office todaj' stated that they be- ' lieved young couples were waiting i until tomorrow, which will be Frii day the 13th to begin their matrimonial adventures.

FIRST CHECKS , ARE PREPARED FOR GROWERS Guaranteed Payment Os $4 Per Ton Will Be Made This Week Checks for the first payment due the 1,700 beet growers for the Cen- , tral Sugar company are being written today and will be In the mails I so the growers will have them Saturday. Nearly 90,000 tons of beets were processed at the local plant. On this basis approximately $3(10,000 is due the growers on their advance payments of $4 per ton. Deductions will be made from som checks for money borrowed from the company for I labor, trucking, etc. The advance payment now being made will cover all beets delivered to the factory this fall, ilt was announced today that the advance payment will cover the beets brought Into the factory after December 1 as well as before. It was f’rst planned to make one payment before December 15 for beets delivered before December X •because the campaign began earlier this year and because of the blight which cut down the yield, it was dei elded to include all advance payments in one check. A second payment will be made growers before March 1. The last will be made before July 1- As all the growers signed 55-50 contracts again this year in which they share equally with the company on the oroceeds of the sale of sugar, ipulp and molasses, the second and third payments will be determined by market iprfces of the products. The last of the sugar for the present campaign wa t sacked Tuesday. There is now a small crew at work ; at the plant cleaning up the floors and machinery and making some repairs. The firemen and generating ’ machine men are still at work providing heat and power to the assoiated plants on the grounds. Last week checks totaling approI rcoKTrvr’ED nv pull’ SEVEN) , o DEATH CLAIMS MARYMAULLER Mrs. Mary Mauller Dies This Morning Os Complications Mrs. Mary Entity Mauller, aged 87 years, three months and 15 days, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Austin McMichael of near Bobo this morning at 1:10 o’clock. I Death was caused by complications and old age. She had been ill since Thanksgiving. Mrs. Mauller was born in Penn-j | sylvania August 27. 1848. On Jan-’ ' uary 22. 1871 she married Janies Madison Mauller, who prfeeded her, in death May 23, 1907. The couple spent most of their married life in ! Harrison township, Henry county, I Ohio. Mrs. Mauller moved to Adams ; county six years ago and had been . living with the McMichael family I since. Ten children were born to Mr.! and Mrs. Mauller, six of whom are! deceased. The surviving children j are: J. C- Mauller and J. W. Mauller Harrison township, Henry county Ohio; Mrs. Maude Heckert of Van I Wert, Ohio, and Mrs. McMichael. A brother and a sister are deceas- ’ ed. Other survivors are a sister, ’ Mrs. Sarah Sheets of Marion, Indiana; a half brohter, George Cramer ! of Union township; a half sister,! Mrs. Anna Brodbeck of Union town- j ship; 18 grandchildren and 12 great I grandchildren. Mrs. Mauller was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Middlebury, Ohio. Funeral services will he held at the McMichael home at 1:00 o’clock, with Rev. Bailer, pastor of the church officiating. Burial will be made in the East Salem cemetery, east of Decatur. The body will be taken from the Black funeral home to the McMichael home after 7 o’clock this evening. o Medical Society To Name Officers The Adams county medical society will hold the final regular meeting of the year Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the maj or’s court room, i Officers for the coming year will be elected. 1936 dues should be ipald , at this time. Drs. W- E. Smith and J. C. Grandstart will have charge of the pro- ! gram. Dr. Van Buskirk of Fort ) Wayne will read a paper on cardiac diseases

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AVhen A. P. Haake, above, of Chicago, president ot the National : Association of Furniture Manti- ' facturers, rose to his feet and : clashed verbally with Major George Beery. New Deal director of industrial co-ordination, the Washington industrial conference called by Berry to plan a “voluntary" NRA broke up in disorder. ,

WILL REPLACE I CAMP VETERANS RepiacementsTo Be Made Next Month In CCC Camps fn State Earl Adams of this city receiyod word today that there will be 151 replacements of VFierans and their i dependents between January 2 and il3 in the CCC camps in Indiana. , It is necessary that applications : be received and processed prior to that time and it is desired that eligible veterans who are interest j ed in being enrolleu make applica- : tion without delay. Applicfflion forms and instructions will bo promptly furnished to interested I veterans upon reqnest by letter or postal card to the veterans adminI istration facility. West Riverside Drive and 26th Street, Indianapolis. The relief requirement for eligibility has been modified to read as i follows: “For the purpose of Civilian I Conservation Corps selection, the phrase from public relief rolls shall be understood to include all ] juniors whose families are certified or are eligible for certification for the work program. The phrase should be interpreted to' include also juniors receiving relief under ; the D-deral transient program." The federal emergency relief administration advises that "this : definition will cover all veterans' families as they have been certified for the works program.” This definition has been interpreted to include veterans or their dependI ents who are not receiving public (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O MOOSE LODGE TO ENTERTAIN Moose Lodge To Hold Annual Christmas Party December 23 The annual Christmas party for 1 the children of Moose members will be held at the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium, Monday night, December 23. Arrangements are being made to entertain and treat several hundred children. Santa Claus will be there and will distribute gifts to each child. A program will be given and Christmas carols will be sung. William Foughty, veteran Moose and a member of the committee stated that plans were going forward to make the entertainment one of the happiest events for children during the Christmas season. The parents of the children are 'also invited to attend and mem- ! bens of Adame lodge 1311 of the Loyal Order of Moose are desirous of making the event one of the larg- • eet in the history of the lodge.

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Force Agreement For All Members Os League To Debate On Proposal At Tuesday Meeting. TO REJECT PLAN By United Press La.test war developments: ' Geneva Small powers, angered by Franco-British peace proposal, force agreement to debate it be. fore full council next Wednesday. Rome — Government spokesman warns against over-optimism about Mussolini's attitude, indicating he may not reply for several days. Paris—Ethiopian minister says Haile Selassie will reject plan at any cost. Addis Ababa — British and French texts to be given Ethiopia tomorrow; emperor expected to refuse surrender of territory. Cairo—King issues decree restoring parliamentary government to pacify anti-British faction. Display Anger Geneva, Dec. 12— (U.K) — The small powers, angered by the concessions made to Premier Benito Mussolini in the Franco-British peace proposals, won a tactical victory today as soon as the league’s penalties committee of 18 assembled. In the first skirmish against the ’ Franco-British plan, the small ’ powers succeeded in forcing an ! agreement for a full debate on it ’ when the council convenes next Tuesday. Opposition of Turkey and Poland obliged France and Britain to ■ abandon their plan to submit the ' peace proposal to the council's committee of five, where with the support of Snain. they would have u majority. The committee of five ’is composed of France, Britain, ! Spain, Poland and Turkey, j Under those circumstances, the committee of five could continue negotiations with Premier Benito Mussolini and the emperor ot • Ethiopia as it wished. Consequently, it becomes necessary to submit tlie plan directly (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) OFFICERS FIGHT CENTRALIZATION County, Township Officials Fight Loss Os Positions Indianapolis, Dec. 12.—(U.R> —Members of county and Township ofliI rials' organizations In convention here turned on Gov. Paul V. McNutt with renewed vigor today in protest to his stand in favor of consolidation of smaller governmental units. Eleven groups affiliated with the Indiana County and Township Officials' Association held separate meetings yesterday and today were scheduled to hold a Joint session. Otto Ray, sheriff of Marlon county, and president of associaion, and James A. Slane, Lafayette, president of the county commissioners’ organization, led the battle against McNutt's program. Bo.**sok issue with a statement by the governor in which he relteraed his stand for the consolidation move, adding that “any move to protect jobs of public officials eventually will find no favor with the general public.” Added Impetus was given tho anti-McNutt move when Leon J. Granger, Lake county, ana president of the Hammond Taxpayers Association, and Robert Brown, Hammond attorney, announced they would support a plan to shear appointive power from the state administration. Resolutions calling for laws which would make members of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o High School Juniors Will Present Play Kathryn Kavanaugh will be presented by the Junior class of Decatur high school January 21. The cast has been selected and work started under the supervision of I Mies Verneal Whalen. 4 o WEATHER t Cloudy tonight; unsettled occasional rain and warmer Friday.