Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1936 — Page 1

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Aches plan observance of Ater Sunday K(ial Services V\ ill Be Si e |d In Decatur ■$ w Ly ■ Churches planned 11 in f|'r thP ■ . .. A ' S'-d.o. mining th.' . r ;. < f th' Protestant in ■ ' vill " ni "‘ ,. » "rvic" on th" Coun’ry |H\. :'■ :■■• k Smilla- th" - an <-gg ..' or a. i"" 1 Decatur. I ?tK . h. -- have ■., < _ d, paittm th.' “ V. <liiir. li will conK .nnri-a prayer M-rviee foiEighth i t'nited Bri tha Knurih will hold an Easter morning. F.'. nc.l. al <hurch will . P . SKilat 7 V' o . io. k when the an! intermediate depart1 of th" Cross.” “The First Easter" 1 ci. n by ilia girls' chorus j M,. ■.:.■ !;< i- "pal ' hill- h af'- ' at 4 o'cliH'k. under the direction Pan 7. and Mrs. 1 Burk. i liiir. li will Easter breakfast for the . people of the church at 7 el. : !>wn invited to sponhr ii." I < people of the A cross 30 by 2<h he erected on the hill r.»..<l and across the the >'.uh house, where 1 will be held. gMI -• ! ri. " is sponi . people. Only on the pro-j HL .. "ii extend- <1 I). I’. o. Elks to all chil-| in . and those out of who ar.- interested. <0 th air.uaj egg hunt. ( maximum a:;.- limit has boon j seven. In addition to th" ' uniformth" city will ' in conducting the children the uouiniis io hunt for the > r Easter rabbits I^Bbi 1 on the grounds. rain Hie sunrise serand the egg hunt in home. :..s were filled Friday as up". .. is attended Good Fris. r. ie.s. Th,. ...-rvices began morning when the St. s • :i'!i"i:< .Ini', h observed of i!i,. pre-sanctified. In SB afternoon the Protestant •la Id iinmn services in MB Methodist Episcopal church until 12 o'clock. ev. ning special services ■"'ld in ''l" St. Mary's Cathoth" Christian a.nd the I^B'kalit al churches. ■ — o S' 1 Mechanic Is 8 Sentenced To Life imp, Apr ii._. <Uß )_ Thompson, 32, Indianapolis hanic. was under a sen|B. T r >t life imprisonment in the |^B wna stat" prison today after on charges of kidK a I'-year-old girl. ■‘“'l'" circuit court jury found g ' I,y of ,he charges made by a, i“ Hawkins after only Sd-m".' " f ,lf ‘ libPl ' a, >on. The de■dirt ir a i d h<! W ° Uld appeal the d denied a new trial. BceZh" testilied 'hat Thompson ■ .’, 0 accom Pany him on crimin 0 )!' P ' ide durin K which |B ninaliy assaulted her. B' lr leather Is J Forecast Sunday fU.R) - Misu... w ’ n for the accordt ° U ' lndiana tomoriH tn., us u tO w J ' H ’ Arrnin S to n IHrhe Wea ' ther bureau here. Bshtly c J,?‘i. PratUre wiu be ißcinum ’ ht> ad ded. W"«! XV 1 proval ' in at,uti ‘-

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Easter Breakfast At Presbyterian Church All young people of the Presbyterian church are invited to an Easter breafast to be served at 7:30 Sunday morning. The breakfast will consist of eggs and bacon. A short program will be given following the breakfast. During the regular morning church worship the young people’s choir will sing several Easter Carols. Examination and confirmation of 11 young people will also take place during the morning worship. ■ - - ■ ■ -o WOMAN AUTHOR IS MURDERED IN OWN HOME Police Follow New Clue In Death Os Nancy Titterton New York. Apr. 11 — (U.R) —Police followed a new clue today believing it might lead to the I strangler who assaulted Nancy Evans Titterton. an author, and left her dead in her bath tub. The clue suggested a mystery as strange as a.ny Mrs. Titterton injected into the short stories that were bringing her into prominence when the assassin ended h"r career. Eight hours before Mrs. Titterton. wife of an executive of the National Broadcasting company, was killed after a terrific struggle through her apartment, a mysterious intruder rang the bell of another apartment in the building. It was 3 a. m. of Thursrday morning. It was the third time within a week and at the same time, that I the intruder had put in an appearance. Mrs. Titterton died soon ■♦" r 11 a. m. The clue was furnished by Countess Alice Hoyos, who, with her mother, Mrs. C. Browning Smith, occcupies an apartment two floors below the Tittertons. Each of the three times she answered her door bell at 3 a. m., she found a young and well dressed man, wh-> seemed to be a.’ixioits to conceal his face, standing in ithe corridor. Each time, and with Gome confusion, the young man said: “I'm looking for Miss .” Each time the name was mumbled. but each time it was a different name. Countess Hoys and her mother were terrified by the repeated visitations. This and a finger print found 'in the Titterton bathroom police i hoped would lead to the slayer. Twelve men, including Mr-. Titterton’s radio executive husband, were questioned almost continuously from t p. m. until 4:15 a. m. and then freed. Her husband. Lewis M. Titterton. head of the National Broadcasting compa,ny’s continuity department, left her working on an already sold novel when he went to his office. Both he and she were suctcessful writers, she specializing in fiction and he in reviews and essays. Assistant district attorney Frank O'Rourke said a 16-year-old tailor s delivery boy who visited the Titterton apartment in exclusive Beekman Place at about the hour Mite. Titterton was killed, would be questioned today. But neither he nor police expected to learn anything except what the boy reported to his employer — that he attempted to deliver some garments to the apartment at 11:30 a. m., received no answer to his knockings, and returned immediately to his shop. O’Rourke said “nothing — absolutely nothing’’ had been learned beyond what was obviour when Mrs. Titterton was found, nude except for stockings, in the bathtub of her apartment yesterday afternoon. . . --■() • Rural Electrification Meeting Monday Night A rural electrification meeting will be held at the Pleasant MTlls school Monday evening at 7:30 oclock. All those interested in getting light and power for use in their homes should be present to learn how it can be done at a price farmers can afford to pay. . o— Boy Scouts To Meet Sunday Afternoon All Roy Scouts of Decatur are requested to meet at the Central school building at 1:30 p. m. Sunday. The scouts aa'e asked to dress in uniform to assist, in the Easter egg hunt at the Elks home Sunday afternoon.

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Prospects of a congressional investigation of WPA expenditures hximed a.s Republicans marshaled their forces to push th" probe after Harry Hopkins, left. Works Progress Administration head, appeared before the house appropriations sub-committee.

STATE PARKS OPEN MAY 1 Indiana Parks Will Be Formally Opened On Above Date Indianapolis, April 11— Parks of Indiana, which are becoming nationally known as recreation and historical centers, will be formally opened Friday Mary 1, according to Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the department of conservation. Workmen are busy in lastnrinute details in preparing for the 1936 season. With improvement of business conditions and increased popularity of the Indiana Resorts, Mr. Simmons predicts a recordbreaking attendance this year. Within the last three years through the progressive policy 6t the department of conservation, great strides have been made in improvement ot the state parks. This has been possibly largely through the help of the CCC. Since the initial tracts of lahd for the establishment of McCormick's Creek and Turkey Run state park were acquired in 1916, millions of person have enjoyed the scenic beauty and historic background of Indiana’s parks. Thousands of these visitors have come from other states, attracted Io Indiana by the opportunities for the enjoyment of nature anil healthful outdoor recreation afforded by the state pars. During the past three years, aided by Civilian Conservation camps established in the parks by the federal government, facilities for the visitors have been materially extended and developed without sacrificing the natural beauty of settftig which distinguishes and individualizes each of the state parks. Roads have been constructed only where necessary to permit access to different sections of the parks; buildings have been designed and erected to harmonize with the setting in which they were placed and service areas have been restricted as much as possible. o GIVE CANTAIA HERE SUNDAY Girls Chorus To Give Easter Cantata At M. E. Church An Easter cantata entitled, “The Firet Eaoter”, by Wilson will be .presented by the girls chorus at the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church at 4:90 p. nt. on Easter Sunday. Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall will direct -the cantata and Mrs. Avon Burk will be the accompanist. The program is as follows: Organ Prelude—Mrs- Avon Burk. Invocation —The Rev. H.R. Carson “Silent The Sleeping Town” — Chr.rus. “In The Garden”—Miss IHelpn Ilaubold. “Shall Heavy Rock?"—Miss Sara Jane Cauffman and chorus. "The Break Os Day”—Mrs. Dan iH- Tyndall. “As Ct Began To Dawn”— Miss Helen Haubold and Chorus. "All Hail”—Miss Sara Jane Kauffi.man and Chorus. “Christ Is Risen”—Chorus. “Offertory”—Mrs. Avon Burk Benediction—Mrs. Avon Burk. Benediction—The Rev. H. R. Carson. Organ Postlude— Mrs. Avon Burk.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 11, 1936.

Intangibles Tax Fund Distributed Indianapolis. Apr. 11—A total of $460,991.28 from intangible tax receipts is available for distribution to the various school and county general funds as of April 15. 1936. Os this amount. Adams county will receive $2,796.32. Os this sum, 25 per cent goes to the county general fund an<l 75 per cent to (the school units. Total receipts of the department were $520,856.13 from August 1. 1935, to January 31, 1936. Ten per cent totalling $51,221.25, goes to the state general fund and tota operating expense of the department was $8,643.60. MONROE CHURCH PLANS CANIATA Easter Cantata At Monroe M. E. Church Sunday Night An Easter cantata, “King Triumphant." by Ashford, will be presented at the Methodist Episcopal church in M.rnroe Sunday evening , at 7:30 o'clock. A community chorus will present ■ the cantata and will be directed by ' the Rev. E. S. Morford- Soloists i will be Mrs. Homer Winteregg. | Mrs. Morford. Mrs. Russell Mit- : < hell. R- P. Sprunger and Rev. Mor- ' ford. Miss Jeanette Rich will accompany at the piano. Members of the ch.-rus are as follows: (Mr. and Mrs. (Homer Winteregg, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mit hell, Mrand Mrs. Lawrence Von Gunten, Mr. .and Mrs. E. W. Busche, Mrs. John ! Floyd. Mrs. J. C. Rich, M“s. George i Q, Smith, Mrs. Otto Longenberger, Mrs. Clifford Essex, Mrs. P. M Bahtier, Mrs. Howard Hahnert. Mrs. Raymond Crist. Mrs. E. S. Morford. Mrs. G. A. iHahnert, Miss . Ruth Bahner, Miss lAnoli Walters S. Everett Rice, Freeman Walters. R. P Sprung*?r, Floyd Jr-hnson, Roger Bluhm. Glen Stucky, Max Bahner. Everett Johnson. o May Postpone Levies For Social Security (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Washington, Apr. 11.—(U.R) —The new deal, in an effort to alleviate the immediate burden of the proposed surplus tax on business, is considering asking congress to postpone imposition of social security levies. The proposal, it was learned from a high administration source, either to delay the security tax collections or revise the schedule for annually increased levies under the program to give security to unemployed and the aged, has reached the "discussion” stage. John Gilbert Winant, chairman of the social security board, said “a suggestion of that sort was made probably two months ago, but the board does not have it under consideration at present.” o Candidates Listed On Page 3 Today A complete list of both Democratic and Republican candidates for nomination in the primary election Tuesday, May 5, is published in legal form in today’s issue of the Daily Democrat. The complete list is on page three.

requesting $1,500,000,000 to carry on the WPA program for the next fiscal year. Representative James P. Buchanan of Texag. right. Is shown talking with Hopkins at the hearing on Hopkins' request for additional funds.

THREE DROWNED IN PLANE OR ASH Three Drown As Brazilian Clipper Collides With Launch Miami, Fla. April 11—(UP)—Two passegners and a steward were drowned tmlay when the Brazilian cli. per. Pan-American airways seaplane, collided with a launch on a take-off from port of Spain 'Harttor Trinidad. Pan American officers here announced. According to Radio reports rej ceived by local headquarters from Port of Spain, those drowned were: E. Roman Martinez, New York. Eric R. Br.sgh, London, Eng. Lopez. Miami, one of the two <abin stewards. Other occupants of the plane were rep. .-ted cut and bruised, but the seriousness of their injuries was not indicated in first messages. The ' ■plane carried IS passengers and seven crew members. South-bound for Para. Brazil, with Rio De Janeiro and Buenos Aires as s h duled st. .ps, the huge ( clipper ship was moving along the i water of the harbor to gain upeed , for a take-off when Captain Wai-' I lace Cubertson. piot sighted a small i launch directly in his path. He charged the plane’s course im- 1 mediately, according to radio re-! ports, but was unable to avoid gM-i ■ lision. A portion of the seaplane’s cabin was submerged by the impact. A pan American launch put up from ■ shore and succeeded in taking 22 occupants off alive. The other | , three were drownedThe plane left Miami Thursday on the regular South American flight. The ship was damaged but > reports did not indicate how badly. Another plane was ordered out of San Juan. Puerto Rico, immediately to maintain the Brazilian Clipper’s . schedule. The launch with which the clippi er ccollided was not identified in , early reports here. 0 PUPILS TAKING ANNUAL TESTS More Than 200 Rural High School Students Take Tests ’ More than 200 pupils in Adants county rural high schools are takL Ing the annual high school honor test at the Decatur high school . building today. , Winners in each of the contests . will be awarded a large letter “A” with the name of the subject written over it. The winners will be announced , by teachers who are grading the I papers as soon as they are coni- . pleted. Contests are being conducted in ’ the following subjects: English 1, 2, 3 and 4; World history, U. S. history, Latin 1; plane and solid geometry; algebra 1; advanced algebra, biology, home economics, advanced home economics; civics, economics, bookkeeping and physics. : ° . WEATHER — i i Fair tonight and Sunday H expect mostly cloudy south t' tonight; somewhat cooler Sunday.

FORMER MINER HELD SUSPECT IN BOMB DEATH Man Held As Sender Ofi Bombs Killing One, Injuring Four Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Apr. 11.—<U.R) I —A former miner in whose home was found a cigar box similar to those used in manufacturing bombs that killed one man and injured four yesterday was held by authorities today. No charge was placed against him and police refused to divulge his name but they said they believed they had “the right man.” He was arrested late last night and questioned by postoffice inspectors. Police said he was a former member of the United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania, disbanded last year after an unsuccessful strike I in which many of its members lost I their jobs. Authorities had theorized, before the suspect was arrested, that the killer, who mailed bombs to six persons, was a disgruntled and probably maniacal miner. All but. one of the men to whom he sent his infernal machines were connected in some way with a strike 'of the United Anthracite miners two years ago. Despite the arrest, postal inspectors and police kept close watch over Wilkes-Barre mail today in fear that more bombs might be posted. Delivery of parcel post virtually was suspended because of panic among public officials and officers of mine labor unions. Physicians said that Thomas J. Maloney, former district president of the defunct United Anthracite Workers of Pennsylvania, was permanently blinded by one of the bombs. His left hand was blown off and his right hand mangled. Shock made his condition critical. Clinton Lehman. Maloney’s son-in-law and a Hanover township school teacher, was temporarily blinded and cut by the bomb, but was recovering. Maloney’s son, Thomas. J., 4. suffered cuts on his face and hand and Margaret Maloney. his 17-year-old daughter, was cut severely by bomb fragments. Authorities were convinced that the bomb which killed Thomas Michael Gallagher, 70, a cemetery caretaker and former politician, was intended for John B. Gallagher, organizer for the United Mine Workers of America. He was closely guarded. Besides Gallagher and Maloney, bombs concealed in cigar boxes were addressed to Judge Benjamin R. Jones of county court, who handled several charges of disturbance growing from the strike; James A. Gorman, of Hazelton, former umpire of the anthracite i conciliation board; Luther P. Kniffen, sheriff during the strike, and Harry Goldstone of Kingston. Pa., official of the Glen Alden Coal company. o — Walters’ Conviction Is Upheld By Court Indianapolis, Ind., April 11—(UP) —Rollo N- Walters, former state senator and secretary -.f the defunct Lagrange county trust comipany, today faced a 2-21 year prison term on a embezzlement charge after the supreme court affirmed his 1931 conviction. The high tribunal, in an unanimous opinion last night, affairmed the conviction on one c» two counts by the lagrange circuit court. Walters was charged with embezzlement on bonds on two counts. He served 11 months in the state prison on one count, but w r as released when the supreme court reversed the decision. He has been at liberty since that lime on an appeal bond. o — General Calles To Live In California Dallas, Tex., Apr. 11. — <U.R) — A haggard, dispirited exile, Gen. Plutargo Elias Calles, once Mexico’s “strong man” today flew to California to live in hope that he may one day return to the country where he rose from peon to president. Calles said his deportation yesterday in a surprise purge of oppositionists by President Lazaro Cardenas was because he opposed communism, 'which is ruining the infant industries of Mexico and can lead only to anarchy and chaos.” “T knew nothing of plots of revolution in Mexico," he said. “If Senator Ernesto Soto Reyes says I was to blame for that train bombing between Mexico CHy and Vera Cruz, he is a liar.”

New War Threats Loom As England Moves For*Action

DECATUR MAN'S BROTHER DIES William H. Tccple Dies This Morning In St. Mary’s Township William H. Teeple, 81, lifelong ' resident of Adams county and ’ brother of Judson Teeple of this 1 city, died at hie home in St. 1 Mary’s township at 1:20 a. m. today. Death was caused by infirm- 1 ities of old age. He ha/1 been in 1 failing health for several years 1 and was bedfast the last two years. Mr. Teeple taught in the public schools of St. Mary’s township for < 30 years, retiring from this work ' in 1901. He was then elected ■ township trustee, serving four J years. Surviving are 'the widow, one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Bookhart; four sons, Benjamin and William. ' ea«<t of Decatur; Don of Fort i Wayne and John, who lives in the state of Washington. Three brothers surviving aie Judson of Decatur: Benjamin of New York state and Zach. ' Funeral services will be held aX the home at 10 a. m. Tuesday and at 10:30 o'clock at the Bobo Methodist Episcopal church. Burial in the Mt. Tabor cemetery. WHEAT PAYMENT WILL BE MADE AAA To Pay 21 ’/ 2 Cents Per Bushel On Benefit Payments Washington, Apr. 11. —(U.R) —The AAA announced late Friday that , it will pay 21% cents a bushel in benefit payments on allotments to; be made to wheat farmers who . signed crop control contracts and adjusted their wheat plantings be- < fore January 6, 1936, date of the AAA invalidation. The total payments are expected to be $40,500,000. less local administrative expenses. They will be full settlement of the AAA’s obligation , to farmers who complied with the 1936 wheat adjustment contracts before the old program was outlawed by the supreme court. Congress in February appropriated approximately $296,000,000 to meet the “moral obligations” incurred by the old AAA. The AAA estimated that the full benefit payments for 1936, if the program had been continued in effect, would have been approximately 40 cents a bushel on farm allotments. The allotments would be based on the base acreages of each farm. The payment of benefits of 21% cents a bushel were said to have been the AAA's determination of a “fair and equitable” settlement of the obligation due. It was emphasized that these payments have no connection with the new soil conservation program. Actual payments will not be begun for several months, the AAA said, as it will be necessary to measure fields to determine the extent of compliance on January 6. Principal winter wheat states affected by the ruling: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska. Illinois. Indiana, Ohio, Washington, Idaho and Oregon. To obtain these payments, the AAA said, farmers must have signed and filed a wheat adjustment contract prior to January 6; the acreage planted to wheat before January 6 must have not more than 95 per cent of the farm's base acreage; the basis of compliance will he the acreage actually in wheat on January 5, 1936. o Democratic Banquet At Ft. Wayne Monday The Yeung Democratic Club of Alen county is sponsoring a Jefferson Day banquet at the Shrine Temple in Fort Wayne on April 13 at 6:30 p. m. On the program will be Governor McNutt, Omer Jackson, Virgil Simmons,'Alex Campbell, R. Earl Peters, James D. Adams, Clarence Manion, Congressman J- I. Farley, Judge Clarence R. McNabb, T- P. Riddle and others. Tickets may be obtained from Robert Heller or Nathan Nelson. They sell for 75 cents. Reservations should be made by Monday afternoon.

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Talk Os War In Europe Increases As Great Britain Presses For Cessation Os War. NEW PENALTIES Rome, Apr. 11— (U.R) —Talk of war in Europe increased today as Great Britain pressed for immediate cessation of the Italiaji-Ethio-pian war or new penalties against Italy. Resentment of the British attitude grew so strongly that ole servers again feared a Mediterranean crisis. Feeling was growing that Great Britain would take independent action if the league failed to adopt new penalties. There was no hope that an early peace could bo attained on terms satisfactory to Italy, Britain, the League and Ethiopia. The continued presence of more than 500.060 tons of British war ships in the Mediterranean convinced Italians that Britain meant to seek an opportune moment to prevent Italy from realizing its “colonial aspirations.” as they are called. Now that the Italian armies are nearing their goal in Ethiopia, foreign diplomats believed tha.t Britain would act independently, if necessary, or undergo the humiliation of seeing Italy attain its end despite league penalties and British opposition. Most Italians, including government officials, refused to believe that Britain was going to fight Italy. But the general staff was I taking no chances, and the air and I naval fleets were ready for any sudden development. WPA Payroll Juggling Will Be Investigated | S ath Bend, dnd., April 11 —(UP) | —Charges of pay roll juggling made by Gilfred Burdick, recreational supervisor for South Bend, against the works progress administration of nine counties in this district were to he investigated today by Clarence E- Manion, state director of the National emergency council. (Burdick submitted to U. S. Marshal A. W. Hosinsiki statements of six WPA workers who said they received fay for periods when they were not workingin addition, he urged that appointments in the district have been made on a poitica basis and that. WPA officials failed to cooperate in the recreational .projects in the district. — o Youth Badly Hurt By Hit-Run Driver Kendallville, nd., April 11 —(UP) Police today sought a hit and run ‘driver who yesterday struck Harold Newman, 16. as he was rollerskating here, inflicting possibly fatal injuries. The impact tore off a headlight but the car had not been found early today. Newman suffering fractured skull and fractured legs. — o BOMB DANGER WARNING GIVEN Local Officials Are Warned Os Bombs Being Sent Through Mails All public officials and postal authorities in Adams county have been warned to handle with care any suspicious packages, as there are known to be at least two bombs in the mails addressed to public officials. The warning came from the state police ot Pennsylvania and was received here by Sheriff Dallas Brown on his short wave receiving set, from the Indiana state police radio net. According to the notice the bombs were mailed from WilkesBarre, Pa. They were cased in a, cigar box covered with white paper and tied with white string. The addresses of public officials are printed on the paper with pencil. The word sample is also printed. The reason why they were mailed was not stated in the first dispatches. Police TTClhorities here assume they were either intended to blow up a post office or to kill public officials.