Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1935 — Page 1

\XXHI. No. 301.

Seeks Lower I Rafe To Benefit >1 power Users Here

A d « P t 8 New *Kchedule. Reducing As Low As .013 i ■£ rh \\ II: Effective In k ’■]93s GOOD YEAR Decatur will file a ( til- ' ''' i* lll an(l I ,OW, r ullil! .-di.lte approval of ' P"''i" service com- ■ will i” ‘OUkIu so the new l '. , i.jil” effective with readings. ■ • the council in S H^i ( .n last night. The al [,,v. - hedule affecting pcwi- u-ers will he main,n order to give them the el th' drop from tive ilf f.r-t 2"U kilowatts to P"t kilowatt in excess KWH. estimated the saving to WI II be b.-tween $9,00u and a . : used on the 1935 lS e,'.. electric power p).,p,,sed sciredllle follow Proposed Power Rate _ >.i |(\\ H per month 95.1.. KWH per month - KW H p.r month ;,. ... KW H per jH KW HP< I month 1!■ I^K W il . Power Rate Proposal Primary Customers KWH per 9'"" KWH per _■ .... kwh p* i nt ......... KWH per month ?. . KWH pel tnoilth Secondary Customers KWH per KWH per month |^H.... i-: KWH per "175. . iiaigi ofibi pci Dei month toi conne. \'o maximum demand ■ charge. Exoect Further Cuts ,s hope of the coum :: ?'lr it. -trg'ion and those c.f th" municipal utilitv reduce the resid< n tate schedule dining l‘.’.>. present n.sideline rales foi tn.- first 50 kilown"* foi the next 10" KWH tier month. PO-Übie -Ht *lll lie established, giving of 'be city light and ice.'• JMI oue of the lowest rai. s Costs will bo for'!. ; new turbine. Enjoyed Good Year evening at the A. Ft Holthouse gave t"' on the first ton months’ of the city utility. Un t> was prodimed. In 192". neak vcnr. 6.996.000 was i.roThe 1935 record comoac favorably with the peak > > in view of the November and uslness this year, th kilowatts produced will B - or possibly exceed the 19_’!' Profit Substantial 1995 profit from p’ant ..p. will he hi keeping with the M v )’ Production of electric cur It is eHtimated at mor.. $40,000, Mavor Holthouse in■"ed the council. Totals for 10 months show a volume of ■>Mss of $126.946 59. Nov.mi". of the best months of the ON PAGE THREE) BhristmAS ARRETING Edition I MONDAY, I Dec. 23 I ■j* Decatur Daily Democrat ■" Monday, December 23. w' ll ■ olish the annual Christmas ■»T tlnqS of loeal Merchants. B" “’tries & Professional Men. ■ J. hi » edition will be filled E’ messages of the joyous ■’’’on in keeping with the ■ e «ive occasion. M W/atch for It Monday evening' || Y ou’ll enjoy reading it.

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; Would Sell Baby I —- ■■ k X . WW * A * w r F 1 lib f - L - ; »F < wßr 1 rar *** v ■■ r Sffcc. 7. .# H J ■'Xj.'b ■' ■ g - J HMr Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hardt of , Chicago, both deaf mutes, offered : their . three-month-old son. Ed- | ward, for aaje for SIO,OOO and 'then lowered their "price" to I SI,OOO to buy food for themselves and their other son. Warren. 2. JOHN KELLER DIES FRIDAY Well Known A dam? County Resident Dies After Long Illness John Keller, CO, died at his home | five miles south of Decatur “f' ( 11:30 p. ni. Friday. Death was due to complications. Mr. Keller had been ill for five yearn and had been confined to his he’d for the past several weeks. Mr. Keller was born in Seneca County. Ohio. August 20, 1875. II" came to this county when a small., boy and resided here the remaind-. er of bis life. He was an emnloye of the General Electric for fifteen , years and a member of the Saint M iry’s Catholic church of Decatur - i «,■ : Mr Koller was the .second of thirteen brothers and sisters to I die. th" first being Frank Keller' who died September 5. 19S0 ; He Is survived by the widow. Nannie Frank Ke'ler: the following children. Bernard. Charles and Leona of Decatur and Floyd of Rock ford Ohio: seven grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters William and Edward Kel-1 ter of Decatur: Otto, Fred and; Anthonv of Hammond: M™- ’ ■'» j line Roon. Mrs. Li'llan Shanahau I and Miss Bertha Keller of Hammond: Mrs. Gertrude Better of Jackson, Mich.: Mrs. Ma J°° r ' and Mrs. Emma Perrv ol Decatur., One child died In Infancy | i Funeral services Wll * l ’°, ,' k Tuesday morning at B:3 ® 01 . , at the residence and 9 o clock at S. .t ' Decatur, with burial in the ■ ' Joseph cemetery. The body will be removed ftom 1 the Black Funetal home at . o'clock this evening. Be a Good Fellow— Former Society Editor T™es Florida Position Friend) in Decatur today receivv..™ ••<«> '“ C h ° ' * M K i,i S .»."ii’>>»':“' n , F ';,“ e i Shanghneesey i« Pre’ident First Nation ßl Bank in 1 Miss Macy and her paran g and : Mrs E. B. Macy, are spending whiter in West Palm Bea h. —Be A Good Fellowpisn.iss H'" ; From Hospital 100 Hill city street Ocorge HIL * department hnplnvmemorial ' fro m th e Adams countt me , hospltai the hX'ltal since < Sm^l^nt: -overcome- , by sewer gae.

MAJOR VICTORY OVER ITALIANS CLAIMEOTODAY Claim Heavy Casualties; Britain Assured Os Support (By Bulled Press! Today’s war developments: Addis Ababa — Ethiopia claims military successes along northern front, reporting Italian casualties as over 600 and the capture of several Italian positions. Rome Mussolini will not reply to the now defunct Anglo French peace proposals. Strong guard es- j tablished around British embassy. ; London —Britain reportedly pos-, sesses definite assurances of support from Mediterranean powers in event of any attack on her by ' Italy. Paris— Ethiopian “publicity couu-, sellor" says Ethiopia is ready to; give Italy occupied territory be-1 tween and north ot Adigrat and Aduwa and section of Ogaden iu I exchange for seaport. Important Victory Addis Ababa. Dec. 21.—(U.R>—An . important Ethiopian victory in the western scire region of the north-! ern front was reported officially; ■ today. Ethiopians captured two Italian j positions, with 10 tanks, 28 ma- 1 chine guns, two motor trucks, two automobiles and seven Italian white soldiers, the communique, 'asserted. Private reports said that Italian casualties In the fighting amount-1 < d to more than COO men and that | Ethiopian losses were somewhat ! less. Officials spoke of the diffi- > < ulty in restraining the enthusi- ■ asm of the Ethipoiau troops. Officials claimed Ethiopian fore- ' os had captured Enda Silas!, 31 ! miles west of Aksutn, and also Dega Shah, in their offensive | against Italian positions. There were persistent reports that Makale. chief town oi the Ital- j 1 ian front line, had been recaptur-, ed. Officials doubted this but said ‘it was known there was fierce [ fighting all along the northern i front, particularly northward and | westward of Makale. The advance guard of Ras Aya-! leu, entrusted with the defense of | the western part of the frontier, ! extending to the Sudan, was said to have attacked the Italians 50 i miles west of Aksum. A deadly battle, iu the words of ' the communique, left the Ethiopians in possession of two Italian i positions and It was implied that Ras Ayeleu’s victory was complete, j The Italians were driven back, it ; was asserted. Casualties were said to have been heavy. Palace officials here expressed ( belief that Ayaleu’s attack must : mean the start of an offensive. Support Assured iCopyright 1935 by UP.) London, Dee. 31.—(U.PJ — Great I (CONTINUED ON I’'GE THREE) I —Be A Good Fellow — COLO WEATHER AIDS HARVEST Present Weather Is Aid To Harvest Os Soy Beans Agriculture authorities announc-1 ed today that the cold weather now ' eiug * xperieneed will enagle farm-, era to harvest all remaining eoy beans at once. Harvesting equipment can now enter the fields and ■ gather what remains sf this imipor- j tant crop while the beans are com-1 paratively dry. ' Wet 'beans quickly become musty , and mouldy; in that condition they | are worthless for processing and positively dangerous to use for feed-, ing purposes because cf their toxic effect. A recent survey has shown many fielll in which half of this year’s rTOP is still standing. Bean growers should take advantage of the very first available opportunity to harvest these beans. ! Henry D. Egly, vice-president of the Central Soya Co., of Decatur in . a r’cent statement said: “Our com-) pany has installed a bean dryer whi h will take care of moderately moist beans which are not completely. saturated with water. We already have plenty of beans in storage. In fact enough to supply our needs unn next fall, but any bean grower wh o wishes a cash return or his „nv beans should communicate with us a once. We will absorb all beans offered in this territory at a price based on the condition ot the beans."

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 21, 1935.

Auto Is Damaged In Accident Today The driver of an automobile owned by R. E. Yager of this city lost control of the car at the railroad crossing on Mercer avenue this morning. The aaitomo’Tle struck the cement base of the flasher light, glanced off, struck the foundation of the Jack Neering residence at the northeast 'ntersectlon of the crossing and then came to a etop against a post. The car was found by the police narked cross-wise on South First street. —Be A Good Fellow— FIX SALARIES ; OF OFFICERS Mayor And City Attorney (liven Minimum Os Additional Salary Complying witli the law governng and fixing the salaries of mayors and city attorneys and : ''oilowing the recommendation of I field examiners of the etale board iof accounts, tho city council in session last night adjusted the salaries of Mayor A. R. Holthouse and city attorney 11. M. Myers for I 1935. The law provides that in cities , owning and operating a inunici- , nal plant, that the officers can be , »ald an additional salary up to S6OO, over that received from the ' civil city. Tho option of paying i only SO per cent of tho amount is | also given the council. Last evening tho additional salary was fixed at 80 per cent of S6OO or , S4So per year. The mayor’s salary i will be SI3BO, including S9OO from 'he civil citv and that of the city , attorney. S9BO, including SSOO 'rout tho city. In the annual report made by the state board of accounts, the following notation was made on 'he salary ordinance: “Salary | ordinance March 29, 1934. setting salaries of officers makes no pro-, vision for payment of additional salary from utility funds as per--1 milted under 1933 acts. This hould have been done under opiit'imt of State Attorney General.” To make the proper charros ■'gainst executive operation ae- - "ount of the utility for the year, i 'ho council followed the state ' board's suggestion. —Be A Good Fellow— Christmas Pageant At M. E. Church A Christmas pageant. ‘‘The Gifts of the Magi,” written by Nancy Longuecker will be given is the Chi’istmas program at the Methodist Episcopal church Sun- ' day night at 7 o’clock. Carolers will sing Christinas ongs. In the pageant will be the Holy family, the three angels (of ’he star, of the king and of the ; way), the three kings, represent : ng the different nations, and two ' readers.

. — —— Early Days Os Decatur Told Reporter By Mrs. Fullenkamp

In a great big house at 421 West ' Adams street lives an interesting little lady who remembers when ■ tier mother cleared the five-acre j tract on which she now lives. She i is Mrs. Mary Fullenkamp. Mrs. Fullenkamp was found busy in her kitchen preparing a dish of I red beets. When told of the pur- ! pose ot the Visit, she was delighted to tell story after story of the : early day? of the city. Although not the oldest person lin Decatur, she has lived here longer than any other man or wo- ; man. Mrs. Fullenkamp observer her 85t.h birthday December 6. She came to Decatur when she was about two years old. Mrs. Fullenkamp obtained her I education in a smalt parochial school southeast of Decatur, as there was no Catholic school in the i city at that time. Her formal education was nothing compared to that her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren are receiving today, but from her mother she learned lessons which have added not only to her happiness but to her longI evity! Her mother operated the Brem- ! erkarnp General store, located ! where the Smith Drug store is situated today on North Second ' street, and had one philosophy of ' life, "hard work never hurt anyone." That Mrs. Fullenkamp learned this lesson was testified to by the fact that she now maintains one of the largest houses in town, which she keeps as neat and clean as the day it was first built. It was built for a big family and is used for frequent reunions of Mrs. Fullenkamp’s eight children, 33 grandchildren and 27 great-grand-‘children. It is Mrs. Fullenkamp’s

..-..a* EMPLOYERS TO FILE REPORTS Taxes To Finance Unemployment Benefits In Effect January 1 Washington, Dec. 21 —(UP)—Tho New Deal reminded employers today that taxes to finance unemploy--1 meat benefit)) under the social security law will be placed in effect on January. I . The Christmas mails will carry 1 treasury orders to all employee of eight or more ipereone requiring that they begin keeping payroll records at the start of the new year. Tax collections will be based on those records. The treasury directed employers to maintain records showing the groe payroll, total taxable payroll, and the number of persons employed and length of employment. No special form of record is prescribed. “Employers claiming to be exempt from the tax should k-ep records to establish their exemption." the treasury order «a!d. No records ot amounts paid to particular < mpoyea required. “Employers claiming t , be exempt from the tax should kectp records to establish their exemption." the treasury order said. No records of amounts juiid to particular am(CONTINUED ON CAGE THREE) —Be A Good Fellow— I Good Fellows Club » « Contributions to the Good Fellows , club neared the S3OO marl, today. Three d nations were mad' today. Tho fund raised to provide n Christmas for every Indig nt hoy and girl in the city if possible. The Goodfellows are purchasing toys,; candy, food, fuel and clothing for ; children of families on relief This does not replace the regular relief agencies which provide nee ■'sullies ' only. Because the Chib has furnished many a little kiddie in Decatur a happy Chrietmas for the last several years they naturally have.4daced their faith in the Club and are confident that it will not fail them this year. One cf the members of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority, while investigating a family, was asked by one or the younger members of the family whether she was Mrs. Santa Claus, as he remembered she came to visit him last year. Donations will he received in boxes located at the Democrat office, the Rice Hotel and First State bank. Clothing, toys and other articles will be called for If Miss Helen Holtbouse is notified. Previous total $283.33 Music Secticn of Women's Club. 5.00 Otto Holl.' LOO D?lta Theta Tau Alumni 5.00 Total $294.33 —

Map kV n ' ■ 1 ~ A OWF; ■ • chief entertainment to get as many of her family together as she can at one time and serve them an old fashioned dinner which she plans for them. The favorite question put to old- \! er persons, “Do you think the younger generation is going to the j dogs?" will not apply to her for '! she is getting the same thrill out of life she did three quarters of a century axo. The “youngest person at church parties Is usually Mrs. Fullenkamp. Mrs. Fullenkamp can remember I when her parents operated a five- ! acre farm across Adams street from the Decatur high school bußd1 (CONTINUED ON-PAGE TWO)

Jury Will Receive Everett Case Late This Afternoon; Severest Penalty Is Asked

BLIND SENATOR IS REPORTED AS LITTLE BETTER Very Slight Improvement Noted In Sen. Schall’s Condition Washington, Dec. 21 —(UP) —Doctors reported a “poslblo light Improvement" today in the condition of Sen. Thomas D. Schall, Jr., Minn., but the blind legislator still was unconscious in casualty hospital as a result of sell us injuries suffered Tliusrday when he was struck by an automobile on the Baltimore-Wash-ington highway near his Maryland ' home. Brain, bone and stomach specialists examined the vigorous new deal opponent last night and raport--1 ed in a formal bulletin: Senator Schall is still uncon--1 scions and his condition is serious, although there is posibly a slight improvement in his general condition" The senator was struck as he attempted to cross the busy highway ion lhe arm tO. L. Leon, a clerk in i his office. Leen also is In tho hospital, .suffering from scalp cuts, minor i bruises about tho legs and body, and 1 a possible brain concussion, Schall ■ has a fractured skull and left leg and internal injuries. Six physicians sought to determine tho outcome cf Shall’s injuries. They held frequent consults- ; lions but refused to publish any bulletins containing more than a brief announcement of th) senator's general condition. Doctors said Shall may remain unconscious for several days and still rally. They are anxious to remove him to an operating room for a closer diagnesie, but it was said too much disturbance at thin time j'.r.ight lie dangerous. —Be A Good Fellow— General Electric Closed On Holidays Th' factory and office cf the Decatur General Electric plant will be cle-sed on Christman and New Year's days. Work will be resumed i the following Thursdays. —Be A Good Fellow — Interesting Program Held At High Schoo! An interesting and unusual program was presented by the pupils ! of the Decatur high school Friday afternoon in the form of a "Hadio Broadcast." A number of alumni attended. —Be A Good Fellow— KIDNAP VICTIM IS RECOVERING Caleb.). Milne, 4th, Is Released From Hospital Today Doylestown, Pa., Dec. 21. —(U.R) —Caleb J. Milne, 4th, 23, who was held captive for tive days by< a kidnap gang, was removed from Doylestown general hospital today to an unannounced destination. The youth, recovering from over loses of narcotics believed to have been given him by his abductors, walked out of the hospital. Ho was accompanied by Harold O. Nathan, assistant to J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the federal agents, and his mother, Mrs. Frederica Milne, and two other federal agents. i Hospital attendants carried ! Milne from his room on the second floor to the entrance of the building from where he walked to tho waiting automobile. Mrs. Milne and Nathan assisted him into the automobile. He appeared haggard and apparently had not been shaved since he was admitted to the hospital Wednesday night after being found bound and [ gagged on a highway near Doylesj town. After the youth, his mother and Nathan were in the automobile j two other federal agents got in I and the car sped away. It was driven on the road toward Easton, | Pa., and it was believed the youth i would be taken to Mrs. Milne’s home at Woodstock, N. Y.

Senator Injured t JL Thomas B. Schall, blind senator . from Minnesota, is in a Washington hospital in critical condit tion following his serious Injury . in an automobile collision in a capital suburb. ■ safetylchool’ : WILL BE HELD r Two- Day Educational Program At Purdue January 9 to 10 1 Lafayette. Ind., Dec. 21—A«igni-| ficant two-day educational program i dealing with the problems of traffic 1 and safety in Indiana win IF ftcTl! -j at Purdue University on January ■: 9-10 under the direction cf the reI cently organized public safety inst- 1 ) tute’ it was announced here today by Franklin M. Kremi. public safety specialist, in charge. The tw -day conference will be of particular interest to Mayors, pollen . officials, city and highway engineers, municipal, county and state' officials, teachers, and represents-, I tives of Chambers of Commerce - . 1 , ■ .rotor clubs, and civic and other orI ganizations interested in one of the! most pressing problems of the day. i According to the tentative pro-! ; gram already arranged, a number of i nationally known authorities on var-i I i ions prases of traffic and safety will j be listed am ng the speakers. The opening session on Thursday morni ing, January 9. will be devoted to a discussion of the problem of traf--1 flee and accidents from the stand- ) joint of the state as a whole, from i cities, and rural communities. In the afternoon, traffic surveys | and records as a basis of building safety progra.r.s, accident investlga-1 tlon, and organizing and training i I fur traffic control will provide the I main topics, while the evening will be given over to a round table cn traffl and safety legislation needed in Indiana. Features ot the closing program I of Friday will Include a luncheon ■ addies.-; by President E. C. Elliott. 1 of Purdue, In which he will explain | I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —Be A Good Fellow— G. E. Employes Are Given Awards Ezra Brandyberry of Decatur re- ’ ceived $lO this month for suggesting that guides be Installed at the ! conveyor, at the local General Electric plant where he is employed. Three $5 awards will be given this imonth for Improvements at the iocal plant- Soloman P. Bowsher, j Lloyd B. Ahr and Harold Baughn will receive these. —Be A Good Fellow—s HEALTH BONDS i ♦ * W. Guy Brown, head of the AdI ams County Tuberculosis Asso-

elation, today announced additional purchases of health bonds. Bonds of $5 each were purchased by the Shakespeare club, Moose lodge, Masonic lodge and Psi lota sorority. The fund is used to provide care for victims of I the disease and) milk for under-1 1 nourished children. I

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Arguments By Counsel Open This Morning; Law Os Self-Defense Is Plea Os Defense Lawyer. SECOND TRIAL The Joseph Everett murder case will probably be given to tho Jury late this afternoon. Court did not open this morning until 9:43 o’clock. Prosecuting Attorney Edmond A. Bosse, in making his opening plea to the Jury, asked that Everett be convicted of the second degree murder of Doras Welling at Pleasant Mills on June 29. 1931, adding thut he thought Everett deserved “nothing less." John L. DeVoss made the opening plea for the defense. He placed emphasis on the law requiring that a defendant be proved guilty "beyond all reasonable doubt" before conviction. He also argued that Everett only protected himself when he feared for his life when he was at a place where “he had a right to be" under the law of self defense. Former Judge C. L. Walters will probably make the closing plea for the defense when court opens nt ' I o'clock tfiiw afternoon. Proseeuti ing Attorney* Edmond X. Bosse I will make the closing plea for the I state. Special Judge Hanson F. Mills ! exam“ed the instructions sub- ! initted to him by opposing counsel, i He will read the Instructions he I approves to the Jury before the I ease is finally given the jury for , deliberation. The Joseph Everett murder ease which probably will be given to i the jury Inte this afternoon lasted i only half as long as his first trial, four yeans ago in the Adams circuit court, in which he waa convicted of first degree murder. Fred .Mills, regular court bailiff at the time of the first trial, gave the following statistics on the case. The first case started Monday, November 2:1, 1931. It required four days to select a jury. In ad- ' ditlon to the regular panel of 12 persons, a special venire of 50 wi'.s called. Eight men who were tentatively selected on Thursday, November 26, were permitted to go home over Thanksgiving. The jury was finally selected on Friday, November 27. The evidence was all in and the jury instructed at 10 a. tn. December 5. The verdict was returned at 3:30 a. m. Sunday, December 6. The late Judge Dorr B. Erwin camo immediately ajid read the verdict. The .at■ la ted exactly 12 da.s ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —Be A Good Fellow— Moose Entertain Children Monday — The annual Christmas party for Hie children of the Moose will bo held at the Catholic school auditorium. Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The final practice for the program will be held at tho Moose home Sunday afternoon. Treats will be given the children Monday. —Be A Good Fellow — WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Sunday with rising temperature. —Be A Good Fellow— DEATH CLAIMS FIECHTER LAD Three Months Old Boy Dies At Home Os Parents Friday Ravmond Dale Fiechter, three months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Fiechter. died Fridav at the family home one mile north and four and one-h-alf miles oa«t of Bluffton. The child had been ill four davs. Death wan attributed to hemorrhagee. The child was born in Wells county on September 20, 1935. a son of .Del and Lucinda Baumgartner Fiechter. Surviving are the parents, and seven brothers and sisters Melvin, Homer. Glad™. Alvin. Devona. Justine and Ellen Fiechter. all at homeu I Funeral services will be held at 2 I o’clock Sunday afternoon at the I Christian Apostolic church, with I burial in the church cemetery.