Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1935 — Page 1

■ XXXIII- No. 305.

lIIIIN PLANE I SHOT DOWN ||| ETHIOPIANS ■ 0 of Occupants EsL e ; Defeat Os Ethiopian f orce Reported ■ Ethiopia. l>e< 26 (U.R) ■" 8 „ forc <’s shot down an 1,1,1 ■L ;1 i paggahbur today. K plane was forced down six K,outli of ihiggahbur by rifle Ethiopians hiding in a K' o f the occupants of the K escaped. A third was cap- ■ and watt reported to have decapitated. plane was one of two which ■ over Daggahbur at 9 a tn . K. ou t Hie Ethiopian postseeing nothing. ■(„•„ low and the Ethiopians ■ out of Hi'* I’ l ' and °l>ened ■ Ulll m two more planes aril looking for the men who ■ crubed. ■ Defeat Force ■mra, Eritrea, Dec. 26.—((J.P) Kai forces have defeated a ■of 150 armed Ethiopians who ■ crossing the Danakil desert supplies of salt, it was Kneed today The Ethiopians Kite Italian forces met on the ■m slope of the great plateau K was a skirmish lasting sev ■ hours before the Ethiopians ■ dispersed, it was asserted. K> Duke of Spoleto. cousin of ■ Vicbu Emmanuel and an ac- ■ naral officer, took command ■|ht naval units in the Red Sea Krday after Impressivle cerePee. 2d— (U.R> —A minor Kish in the Danakil desert ■of Etniopia. in which Danakil Kuner fighting on the Italian ■ dispersed armed Ethiopians ■ reported today by Marshal ■> Badoglio. command In chief. Komunique No. 80 of the war. ■f communique said: ■i the eastern slopes of the Ku>d tin the north) toward ■k:i. a group of armed Ethi■i attempted to descend to in- ■ plains anu were dispersed by ■native Danakil company. T! • ■plans left on the field after ■ ret real ed five killed and six ■de<i. ■connaissance in the Takaze ■r nas encountered no resistBo the Somaliland (southern) ■t our aviation bombarded ■s of Ethiopians between tn. » Parma and Galant- Doria ke rivers are in the area kof Dolo, where kalian Somali. Ethiopia and British K< nya ■ meet. The troops are those kas Besta Demtu, who have t bombed frequently. . o ny Relief Funds Used To “Buy Votes' •shington, Dec. 26—(UP) - Ibkan charges that federal relic: bare being used to ‘ buy votes" ’igorotisdy denied today by SenPostigan democrat. Colorado i declared that charges made oight by the nationa'. rep it bl ieongrevssional committee are »" and “fraudulent." Similar fee were made last week by governor Gifford Pinchot of Nflvania. m Christmas Program Sunday “ e Christmas program of tin* s United Brethren church will liven Sunday, December 29. 0 mmissioners Name Appraisers * county commissioners TuesAfternoon appointed Noah Rich •■nroe township and Lawrence * n of Washington township as ’ era to make the annual ap--181 of the Adams county infir- “ e county commissioners, connAttorney and the viewers '•■it the Infirmary on Thurs- ■ January 2. Before the trip, the Slssioners will reorganize and ’new appointments for 1936. io Resident Dies At Local Hospital I »Tte! Carr of near Rockford, ’■ died at the Adams County '“‘‘Al hospital last night at 9:15 Mr. Carr was brought to on December 23 and ' seriously ill at that time. 18 A'irvived by the widow and ™’ldren aged four and eight.

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Approval Is Given For Bluffton Sewage Plant Approval of a sewage treatment works for the city O s Bluffton has i been given by the federal emerg- ; =l. grant up to 45 per cent of the cost or the project. , A tentative contract has been awarded to James A. Crosbie, Bluff | ton contractor for the building of | the severs and sewage treat mem I w »rk»>, on his bld of $129 928 o'' | The project will be financed by a 1 loan and grant. The city of Bluffton will issue bonds to the amount of $74,000 as its share of the cost of the Improvement. Plans and specifications for the project were prepared by Charles H. Hurd of Indianapolis, “e engineer who prepared the preliminary plans for Decatur's proposed sewage treatment works. • -o CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED HERE Commissioners A w a r d Contracts For Highway Supplies The county commissioners have awarded contracts for the purchase of county highway repair. Improvement and maintenance supplies. Tn many instances where simitar bids were offered for the same materials the contracts were divided among tho countv bidders. County Highway Engineer Wali ter Gilliom is tabulating the bide ■ 'n order that they may be ulaced ; tn the permanent commissioners’ I recowl. Because they are quite I comnlice.'ed this will not l>e comI nleted for several davs. Bjdders submitted prices quoted at the mill or quarry and delivered. The contract for the crushed | -t.me was divided between the Blue Creek Stone company of Blue I Creek township: Meshberger brothers of French townshin and 'he Karsh Stone comnanv of Jes- . 'arson townshin, who quoted a i nrlco Os 90 cents a ton at the j ■ nul. The average price delivered 'of "r-fflnus noints in tho county was about $1.19. ; As with most of tho bid* the crushed stone will be purchased ! when needed from tho nearest vard to the point where it is to i be used. Two bids were offered for grav'd and sand. Both were accented. Yo»t B-others of Decatur quoted I s price of 70 cents a ton for san J and road gravel at the pit a.'id «ptcAs ranging from sl.lO to $1.35 ■ I delivered, and a price of 80 cents , a ton for concre’e and n°a gravel I •>' the nit and nrices ranging from 1 95 cents to $1.35 delivered. The ' Lvbarger comnanv of Geneva subI soua.re yard loaded at the yard. A 20 cent reduction was made lin the bids for screenings and ! were accepted at 50 cents a yard, i Gast year all the bids were 70 I -onts a vard. The three success--1 'ul bidden* were Meshberger Brothers, B'ue Creek Stone Comi nany and the Karsh stone company. The Kocher Lumber company | was awarded the contract to furI nlsh vitrified sewer pipe at prices (ranging from 12 foMJor ( ON PAGE SIX) URGE REUNION OF CHURCHES Episcopalian Churchmen Seek Reunion XX ith Catholics New York. Dec. ing that Christian civihW'tw” «i ■ threatened as never before 9g Eoisco alian churchmen appealed X for reunion with the Roman Catholic church. They ' -estantism was "Bankrupt . J ly, culturally, morally, and rellgtoulyThe move for unification was ”*■ “*■„ X'‘o“ ?«■■>?”"'''" **3525 council secretariat. tho ! Accompanying the --1 : union was a let of st . ; Dl , Franklin Joine . delphia , ' Cl;n ’ ent \f h the comxßtee. asking chairman of Fni«ct:palians ' that Catholics and Episc-P- --; pray for the fusion- ne . ON PAGE FOUR)

COLO MATHER BRINGS DEATH TOLL IN STATE Low Temperatures To Continue Today And Tonight Indianapolis. Dec. 26 — (U.R) Low temperatures which precipitated conditions causing at least , ten deaths In Indiana Christman , day will continue throughout to- . day and tonight, according to J. 11. Armington, U.S. meteorologist. Temperatures fell sharply throughout the state early today and relief gained late yesterday from tho coldest Christmas day I in several years was lost. Indianapolis reported eight de- , grees above at six o’clock but the temperature had fallen to two above at nine o'clock. Fort Wayne reported an early 14 degrees but , the mercury was dropping rapidly. The cold area still is over the northwest section of the state, moving eastward. Temperatures will range around zero in central ( sections of the state tonight, from ! zero to five below in the north, and zero to 10 above in the south. Fair weather will prevail. Blinding snow, swept l>y winds ,of near-blizzard proportions, attributed to many of the accidents, officials believed. Two persons froze to death in the emb-zero temperatures. As Hoosiers experienced their worst Christmas weather in 13 years, transportation was slowed considerably. Trains and traction cars were running behind uhedules, and highway travel was treacherous. William Peterson, Lafayette, 72-year-old railroad shop worker, died from pneumonia caused by exposure. He was found in his fireless home alone. Theodore Bargeman. 46. Indianapolis, was found frozen to death in his milk truck Indianapolis police also found an unidentified man suffering from exposure and two unexplained wounds. He was lying along the Big Four railroad ' rCONTINUEn ON PXGE TWO) o SEVERE WINTER WEATHER HERE Thermometers Hit Four Below As Blizzard Strikes Decatur A blizzard followed by a 17 degree drop in temperature gave the city its first taste of real winter Christmas morning. The snow which began falling ;arly Christinas morning lay three or four inches deep before noon. On top of the snow already fallen it lay over half a toot deep. The temperature began to drop at 10 o’clock Christmas morning when the mercury rested at 18 degrees above zero. At noon the temperature was recorded at one degree above zero. Between 3 and I o’clock Wednesday afternoon, the coldest hour of the season resulted as toe thermometer showed j four degrees below zero. The temperature then slowly rawed and after midnight was record!ed at 10 degrees above zero. It continued to rise today. Driving was difficult. The , lay over half a foot deep. The snow which was partially melted, froze again and made the pave- ' ments slippery. 1 The city street department began Wednesday morning to clear the sidewalks and the streets. Most of the sidewalks were opened by , Christmas evening. The department continued today to open Second street. The snow pushed ofi' the sidewalks by the plows and shovels was loaded on trucks and hauled away. Garages reported one of the best days in the year. Christmas night ill of the storage room was filled. The wreckers were busy all day nulling cars from drifts and starting automobiles who radiators had frozen. —o Sister Os Decatur Woman Died 1 uesday Mrs. Mary Johnson. 64, sister of Mr s Etta Jones of Decatur, dieu “ her home in Allen county ' Tuesday. Other survivors are a ; „ aLey at home; a brother, ; ’° ‘ Pisher Allen county and a sX' S Hattie McClintock, ' n-riock this afternoon at the Eel ■ River Baptist church. Burial was Sde m ‘he Eel River cemetery.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 26,1935.

Widow May Get Senator’* Post F * - *■' i » i- - Bksbk.. ' I Among those mentioned to fill tho unexpired term of Minnesota's late Senator Thomas D. Shall who was killed In an automobile accident at Washington is his widow, shown witli her son. Thomas. Jr.

JAPAN, CHTnA I TENSION GROWS Another Assassination Adds To Tension Between Nations Shanghai, Dee. 26. — tU.R) —Martial law. already in effect here, was extended today to Nanking and i Hankow in expectation of further | --tudent rioting. The extension coincided with Japanese-Chinese tension that was moving closer to a crisis after the assassination of Tang Yu-Jen, vice i minister of communications, and ffhe explosion of a bomb in a main street. Students, who to show their angier at Japanese interference with the government have seized rail- , ,way stations In an effort to get I free transportation to Nanking, the J capital, remained active. Today one train moved slowly toward Nanking after studenTS for a time halted it. They got aboard I a second train made up for the journey, but the train was halted j and they were dispersed. Tang was regarded as pro-Jap-' ‘ anese and a Japanese embassy i spokesman left no doubt that his assassination was regarded as a blow aimed at the Japanese. The boThb seffT Japanese troops at once to the scene of the explosion. They were withdrawn after 1 a couple of hours. Acoolie was carrying the bomb ' in a basket in the Darroch road—- ' the street in which a Japanese bluejacket was killed Nov. 9. The bomb was exploded when a second coolie kicked the basket. Both coolies were injured. The man who was carrying it, l (CONTI'*UHD ON PAGE FOUR) HOWER GROCERY STORE LOOTED Merchandise Stolen, Door Damaged At Store Tuesday Night Thieves entered the M. E. Hower grocery store, northwest corner Monroe and Seventh streets, sometime before midnight Tuesday and made way with some meat, butter, sewing thread, candy and smoking tobacco. I Entrance was gained by knocking in the glass pane of the front door. A German ham, half a side, of bacon and some jowels, about' five pounds of butter, bars of candy, a few cans of smoking to- i bacco and some thread was taken, i Other articles were scattered over the floor. The loss is estimaed at less than $25, including the damage to the de or. The robbery was committed before the snowfall, Wednesday morning, for when Mr. Hower went to his store at 6:30 o'clock there were no foot prints about the place. The glass in the door of the McFarland west end restaurant was also knocked in, but entrance to the place was not gained. Police are investigating several clues-and suspects.

Louis Armstrong Goes To Elkhart Announcement was made today of the resignation of Louis S. Armstrong, 317 East Wildwood Avenue, j Fort Wayne as assistant to Herbert K. DeWees, receiver for the First and Tri-State National Bank and Trust Company, effective January 1. Mr. Armstrong has accepted a posi- . tion as cashier of the St. Joseph Valley Bank, of Elkhart. Mr. Armstrong wont to Fort Wayne from here in 1931 and was employed first by the Old-First National Bank and then the First and Tri-State receivership. He has been prominent in civic affairs and is first viceipresdent tof the Lions Club and a member of the Friars Club. He wil assume bis duties in the Elkhart bank January 2. cNEW OFFICERS NAME DEPUTIES Jett Liechty, G. Remy Bierly Take Office ' Next Week Two new county officers will assume their duties January 1. 1936. They are Jeff Liechty of Berne who will become county treasurer and G. Remy Bierly of Hartford township who will become county clerk. Mr. Liechty will succeed John Wechter as county treasurer. Mr. Wechter plans to return to his ; home in Please,nt Mis|s. Mr. Bierly will succeed David D. Depp of B"rne as county clerk. Mr. Depp has not yet announced his intentions as to what he will do after the first of the year. Before he was appointed county clerk to fill out the unexpired term of Milton Welling, he was j associated in an electrical supply i store in Berne. I Mr. Liechty announced today ( ' tlw.t Miss Alice Lenhart, who is now a clerk in the county treas- : urer's office, will remain in the | | same caacity for at least some i time after he takes over the j ! office. Miss Lenhart was named! ■deputy to former county treasurer lEd Ashbaucher eight years ago and has been in the office since, j Mrs. Richard Arnold, who has served four years as deputy clerk, will remain in the county clerk's office. Miss Fern Bierly, daughter of the clerk-elect, also will be in the office. Miss Bierly has been working in the office several ! weeks learning her new duties. Mr. Liechty has not yet found (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ° Son Arrives As Christmas Present 1 A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. ' William S. Bowers of this city at one o'clock Tuesday afternoon, December 24, at Lying-in Hospital, Chicago. A Caesarian operation was performed by Dr. Joseph B. De Lee, noted surgeon. The baby weighed seven and one-half pounds . and has been named William SigmunC, Jr. Both mother and baby are reported getting along nicely. This is the first child in the family and friends in this city were sending congratulations to the happy parents on the arrival of : their treasured Christmas gift.

FLAMES CAUSE HEAVY DAMAGE AT SOUTH BENO Fire Threatening Destruction Os Entire Business Block 'South Bend. Ind., Dec. 26 —(U.R) —A general alarm calling all apparatus was issued today when tiro threatened a downtown business block here. All stores in tho block were closed and traffic on Michigan Htreet. scene of the blaze was baited. Tho blaze was discovered at 7 o'clock this morning by emloyes of the If. L. Green department store. It had started in a, waste uaoer basket. Firemen ! were called after use of hand exItinguishers failed to halt tho spread of flames. Heavy smoke prevented the firemen from locating the source of tho blaze immediately and meantime tho conflagration spread more rapidly. Equinments from 11 downtown fire departments were culled to the block. Extreme cold hampered movements and reduced the efficiency of water lines. All stores in the block were reported damaged by the thick black smoke and water. A skylight in tho throestory Green building exploded ! shortly before noon causing a ■ draft and giving the flames headway. The interior of the Green ■•■ tore was believed gutted. Ono fireme.u, Lottie Bortowski. was taken to a hospital suffering from ! exposure and smoke. The temperature ranged be- ■ tween 6 and 7 above zero and firemen em ?rged from the burning store covered with ice. i Officials of the store held little hone for recovery of stock but declined to make an estimate of ■ the loss. The Green building is surrounded by other three- four and five story structures. PurticuUr effort was made to a seven story apartment across the alley. o — Schafer Comnanv Salesmen To Meet The annual meeting and salesmen's conference of the Schafer I company of thia city will open Fri- ! day at the company’s office on First ■ street. The 12 travleing salesmen, de- ■ artinent heads and officers of the I company wil attend. The conference will continue over to the first of ' the year. Autos Collide At Street Crossing 1 Charles Baxter of Sullivan, figured in an accident at tho corner l of Ninth and Nutmann streets this ! morning. Mr. Baxter, who was I’.econipanied by Mr. and Mrs. ; Milo Flook, was returning home (after spending Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. King and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Baxter. His car collided with a car whoso driver ignored the stop sign. No one was iniuredj although both cars ; were damaged. MAY INTERVENE IN DIFFICULTY Intervention Foreseen In Indiana Mine XVage Dispute Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 26. —(U.R) j —lntervention of the international ! organization of the united Mine Workers of America into the deadlocked wage negotiations between Indiana union coal miners and operators was anticipated in official quarters here today. it was considered possible that William Smcad, Washington, D. C-, personal representative of John L. Lewis, international president of U. M. W. A., might act to terminate the discussions for a new Indiana wage contract which have been in progress for virtually three months. More than 150 delegates to a scale convention of distict No. 11 here rejected Tuesday for the second time tentative contracts submitted to it by a scale committee of shaft and strip miners. The miners are believed to be demanding a wage scale of $5.50 which would be compatible with that in effect in the Appalachian district and in several other tnidwestern states including Illinois. The question of working condi(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Severe Blizzard ( Sweeps Country Over Christmas

GOODFELLOWS CLUB REPORTS i ; — More Than S3OO Cash, Many Donations Os Clothing (liven i Tho Good Follows club reported cash donations of $317.18 for tho ' fund raised annually for the re'lief of indigent children ou Christmas Eve. This was $36.14 more than last year which was $280.74. The cash donations were In addition to tho contributions of food, toys and clothing. Members of the B. P. O. Elks assisted tho Delta Theta Ton sor--1 ority, which sponsors tho Good Fellows club, to distribute the gifts Christmas Eve. Eight automobiles were used to carry the ! baskets to the children. Two cash donations were reI ceived after the last report was made Tuesday. Mrs. W. A. Klepper gave $2. A friend donated 70 ' cents. Saturday a Decatur man con- . tacted one of the members of the Delta Theta Tan sorority and asked that she pick out two boys for him to assist. He bought $5 worth of clothing and then asked that the gift be kept ananymous. A detailed report will be made by the sorority as to how the fund was administered. The committee in charge is paying the bills to- • day. Tho sorority learned that shoes were needed most by the indigent children. Approximately S6O wortli were purchased. Other gifts were made in the form of 1 clothing, toys and food. No effort was made by the sori ority to replace the regular relief - agencies. Onlg such items were purchased which would not ordin- . arily be given to the children in ' the form of work or direct relief which supplies only necessities. o — DEATH CLAIMS MRS. FUELLING l Mrs. Charles Fuelling Dies XVednesday At Home Near Decatur Mrs. Lcuise Fuelling, 73. wife of Charles F- Fuelling, died at her home five miles northeast of Decatur Wednesday n on. She had been bedfast sine? Saturday with an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Fuelling was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, on December 28.1862. She was married on June 9, 1887. There are surviving besides the husband, two daughters, Miss Clara Fuelling and Mm. Fred Crosby, botli lut home; one brother, Henry, and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Grabei meyer and Miss Louise Fuerst all f Dowagaic, Michigan, and five grand children. Mary Louise, Char- , les. James, Dorothy and Franklin Crosby all at home. Mrs. Fuelling was a member of t St. Peter’s Lutheran church of east | of Decatur and was a charter meml( her of the Ladies Aid society of the I church. She had lived in Adams county I for 47 yeans, coming hero from Dowagiac. Michigan. Funeral services will be held at i the St. Peter’s Lutheran church, Sunday afternoon. The time has not been set. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. The Rev. L. j J. Dornseif, ipastor of the church, . will officiate. The body will be taken home ! from Gwick’s funeral home Friday. 1 day. ; io Sports Announcer Dangerously 11l Jersey City. N. J., Dec. 26—(UP) —Joe Humphries, veteran sports announcer, was reported dangerously ill in the Medical Center hospital today. He made two gallant battles last summer against heart, attacks and apparently was well on the (road to recovery when he was stricken again while visitlag friends here. o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday; rising temperature Friday.

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[ -a ■■■ Many Deaths Are Caused By XVinter’s Severest XVeather; Promise Relief B\ Week-End. (OLDEST 22 BELOXV ' (By United Press) Tho winter's first severe blizzard swept over tho midillewost toward tho oast today, crippling transportation in some places and causing 26 known deaths from exposure and unto accidents on highways made treacherous by ice and from six to 10 inches of snow. Coldest place In tho United 1 States was, as usual. Devil's laike, N. D.. which recorded 22 degrees ' below zero. Williston. N. D., had IS below and Miles City, Mont., had 10 below. Chicago and adjacent ■ cities recorded three below, with • temperatures expected to slide to five or more helow during the day. ■ Rising temperatures, however, worn forecast in the mlddlewost for tho ' week-end. Carlton F. Kidwell and Frank S. Day. both of Washington, D. ' were Killed and throe others injur- • ed when their automobile skidded • on icy pavement and crashed into a telephone polo near Baltimore, . Md., early today. ■ Planes were grounded in Chicago I and trains were from 20 minutes to two hours late arriving. A 38inile an hour wind whined over Indiana. Drifts made driving miserable for motorists and resulted in ' innumerable collisions on icy paveI ments. At Indianapolis Theodore Hagerman, 46, died in his milk truck. Ray Moutscha, 41, a city fireman, was killed at Evansville, Ind., when a fire truck answering a call skidded on the pavement and overturn- . ■ ed. At Dumreith. Ind.. Mrs. (Trace I S. OvFliden. St. Louis, Mo., and F. E. Ovenden. Shelby. 0.. were Killed when their auto slid into a. PeiuiayJvujua lullioad train. Al 8 Newcastle, Ind.. Joan Cummins, 6, was killed when a car driven by her stepfather crashed Into an in- ' terurban car. Four persons were killed in automobile accidents on slippery lowa roads. A farmer was found frozen to death when he was caught in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX > ' Braun Infant Dies XVednesday Afternoon ► William Joseph Braun, day old E'n of Mr- anff Mrs. Bernard Braun of tho Homesteads, died yesterday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Death • was caused from an improperly de- . veloped heart. Surviving besides the parents are , tho grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Braun and Mr. and Mrs. CharI les Massonee. Mrs. Braun was for- . merly Miss Charlotte ReynoldsFuneral services were held at tho St. Mary's Catholic church at 3 , o'clock this afternoon, with Rev. k Father J. J. Semlmctz officiating. Burial was made at the Catholio I, cemetery. • i °—zn. BANK INTEREST RATES CHANGED New Scale Os Maximum Bank Interest Rates Is j Announced Indianapolis, Dec. 26 — (U.R) —A new scale of maximum interest j rates which may be paid by banks , will beotne effective Feb. 1 1936 in a regulation of the Indiana, state department of financial institutions, it was announced to- > day. Tlie regulation, which amende maximum rates established a year ago. will be promulgated Jan. 1. Richard A. McKinley, department, director, announced. I The maximum rates include: Two and one-half per cent ini terest on time deposits running II for 12 months or more. Two per cent interest on savI Ings and time deposits running six ; months to one year. i One and one-half per cent inter- ■ est on amounts running 90 days i to six months. i One per cent interest on aci counts running 30 to 90 davs. The former rate established a ' flat maximum of two and one-half per cent on all deposits. The action of the state financial Institution department con(CUNTLNUED ON PAGE SIX) *