Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 21 May 1936 — Page 1

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'mlllATE 55 fiins HERE 'WH NIGHT Exercises At HL,, (i\mna'iiiin R3r-." Kc' li " k ... . i iekets -1 1 i hi . H ,PS ls: quintet. ■ (lurch. folk time .. io th i.Hi-t ilio diroe Kul iistnictor. Mg ■ ' John-•■: H*' (tiy Hi !•" i prill' ipal. ■mA I diplomas Ira B < Hsilmml board. Kinel lienvj ■ ■ instructor. ~ p W- Roach the and T the wild Hr W !' Hollins.>n i- < lass graduates |K General .' BaiitiTng, I*. ■ e Mil CLAIMS ■LIAM WEFEL gR* Os Preble Dies jMßdnesday At Fort ■ Wayne H W.fel, 68, native Wednesday after■>M ' ;:s Imine, 1:115 Sweeney B®®e r Fort Wayne. A former Mr Wefel had tieen Bj* January. widow, Mrs and August Foil Vayne Otto |l ' 'l' v lrs Sophie Bolte- ' iliiuck and Mrs ■F a ß> ! -::.. y. I all o f Friedheim |MMrs Ai.io, Haiigk of Adam< 0.1 was a nteinher of I Lutheran church K/J’’’ tin. Kreis Stolzman R HB] services will be held at ■K/I Ip. in. Sunday CST oclock at the Emanuel vliurch. with Rev. Fred ,!ffi 'iating. Burial will c in the Concordia cerheNe W Trial On g Planted Evidence” .Th?, a r 11S ' ,nd ” May 21—(UP) •a o a " aiP circu it court today tt ' PI ins,riK 'tions from the Meßt'' >,PI " P ' <>llr *- to reconsider ■ 111 the case In which it etin>. gP(I tllp defendants were FrJi. Os a " p, ' ac t:cal joke.” t jl' all| t Mae Rector of Munbar! I Convicted <n 1930 on a Utlon" I)<>sseaai "S a still. They Writhf* l ' le sl| l H 'e , tne court for ei (. rOr ’ tolam morbis on the i Ce -,. ot 'tewly-discovered evidstl th." s ''P lp, ”e court once dezni e(i ‘ '‘tion but late yesterday In ft, , kvitibv n?' ev;<len ce is an affithe ioo ert Marfi t>all, a roomer 4s r«lil\'i 01 llorae at the time it •and Sb a and, nd parts °f a still were ’ "Ptant/p 166 ,which states that W)lefAr h l !,! V . ldence and was irgllTr,,. e t , 01 lnforni ‘ng patrolman tuuL. ti 6 a still "could be W the Rector home. 5: ■ ‘ - — ~ Herali WEATHER Frldcv y . f ’ lr t° nl Oht and ■ ’’ risln 9 temperature.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Her Campus Majesty t ifg ||| 'fak® L s - * ' -*-■< One of the leading contestants . for the title of ‘‘Mias Kentucky." who will be chosen by Gov. A. B. Chandler at the annual Kentucky . | Mountain Laurel festival at Pine- ! ville. May 29 and 30. will be Miss . .Joy Bailey who was selected by students of Eastern Kentucky . State Teachers' college as campus ( queen. OPEN STREET FOR TRAFFIC Work Completed On Madison Street, North Os Court House 1 Madioon street, north of the court house is to be :pen for traffic to- ’ night, Wendell Macklin. Wl’.A pro- • | joct foreman stated tins afternoon. ! The street and adjoining sidewalk ’ have been under construction for ' the past few weeks. I A liquid asphalt was •poured on the tewly rolled stone this after’,noon. A permanent "black top” is I to be placed <n the new section ofi I the street later, he stated. The sidewalk en the south side of j the street was narrowed from 11 to ’ ’ five feet and the street widened an : extra five feet, as a result of the work The widening was done to. permit double parkingI Driving will be permitted on the new street tonight, as it is unneces- j sary for the liquid asphalt to set The work was carried on as a • WPA project, with as high as 15 and 20 Jien employed at one time. — ■■ o Adolphus Macy Is Injured Wednesday i Adolphus Macy of west of Mon- ' roe is in the Adams county memo- ’ rial hospital, suffering from itijur- . ies sustained Wednesday afternoon I when a team he was driving threw him from a wagon He was rushed to the hospital, where it was l. und [ he wao suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg and bruises. , His condition was reported improv- . ed today. i Regular K. Os P. I Meeting Tonight r I i ’ The regular meeting of the > 1 Knights of Pythias will be held to- ; night at 7:30. All members are urg- i • ed to attend. — —o — 4 CANDIDATES FILE EXPENSES I — All Candidates Must File Expense Accounts By June 4 Four persons have filed their exi pense accounts as candidates in the primary election. May 5- . G. Remy Bierly, county clerk, to- ( day warned candidates that they • must file before June 4. The law ■ provides that all candidates in eleci tione file expense accounts, whether • or not they paid any money in • their campaigns. The t?ur who have filed are, W. H. Gilllom, Democratic candi- . date for county surveyor none - Frank Liniger, Democratic candidate for county commissioner from > the second district. SB-<5- ... i M. E Hower, Democratic candidi ate for county recorder. $26.47. Prestrn E. Booher Reipuibl.can i candidate for recorder ot Adams ' county, none. Blanks for filing the expense accounts may be obtaln r d a nJvh county clerk's office where they i must be filed. I

TOWNSEND SAYS FRAUD CHARGE ■ UNCALLED FOR Committee Counsel Says Fraud Used In Obtaining Funds Washington, May 21 <U.R> —A charge that Townsend leaders used • mails to defraud In seeking to raise a “bogus” SII,OOO lobby fund • was presented and immediately denied today as the house old age inquiry renewed examination of 1 Dr. Francis E. Townsend, S2OO-a---month pension booster. The charge was made by committtee counsel ~lames K. Sullivan who submitted copies of a "Townsend gram” sent out in March, 1935, which urged members to hurry ( contributions for a lobby which he charged did not exist. Townsend. 70-year-old sponsor of the pension movement, denied any fraudulent implications in the "Townsend grams" although he said he was not familiar with all details of the appeal. Sullivan contended the "Townsend grams" solicited funds for i support of a Townsend lobby at a time when the movement’s lobbying activities had ceased. Sullivan brought out that in December, 1934, several months be- , fore the "Townsend gram" appeal. ; a lobby had been set up by the . movement in Washington and a , fund of $23,490 raised for its sup- 1 port. ; The lobby. Sullivan disclosed, consisted of a Townsed “board of strategy" including Charles Randall. former congressman, Glen J. Hudson. Daniel Carmichael, Otto Moore, and Francis Tuttle.. Its duties had ended, however, when the “Townsend gram" appeal for lobby funds was made. Sullivan said. “Notwithstanding the fact that $23,000 was raised and only $1,804 of it spent, seven weeks later when these men had left Washington after their lobbying terminated, you sent the Townsend gram ont?” | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CMDH SCHOOL I OPENS MONDAY j — I Decatur Vacation Church School Onens Monday Morning The Decatur vacation church school will open Monday morning | with the flag-raising exercises, ■ which will take place on the Central school grounds at 8:30 o'clock. There will be no preliminary registration of pupils, but registration in all classes will be made at the opening ot school Monday morn-; ing- . I “A varied program of study, worship and recreation will be carried out. We believe this to be the • foremost project in Christian education undertaken in this community by the co-opefating churches. ■ As such the school should have! the support of the community and the hearty endorsement of all parents interested in the development | of Christian personalities in boys and girls. All teachers in the school have had public school experience and are vitally interested in the cause of Christian education. Worship, patriotism, art appreciation. nature study and Bible training are included in the comprehensive curriculum." This was the statement of Rev, Charles M. Prugh, dean of the school. There will be movie programs . on Friday evenings during the , term of the school. The ministers' , trophy, awarded for the champion- ( ship in the boys' soft ball league , last year, will again be put up for competition. A new feature this year will be the organization of girls’ soft ball teams in the upper grades. There will also be supervised recreation for all younger children. ■ oState Banks Must Pay Gross Income Undianapolis, Ind-, May 21 —(UP) i Collection of gross income tax from state banks was upheld today in a decision by the Indiana Sup- i rente ccurt. The court handed down its deci- < sion in a case filed by the Bankers Trust Co- Indianapolis, against the state department of treasury. The bank sought to recover mon- i ey paid as gross income tax oh the grounds that state banks were diacriminated against because they i were required to pay gross income tax while National banks were ex-, em.pt. I

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 21, 1936.

Wemhoff Monumental Works Gets Contract The Wemhoff Monumental works cf this city secured a contract yesterday to build a two crypt mausoleum for Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Loveland ot New Haven, in the Odd Fellows cemetery. The masoleum will be constructed of Georgia marble and will be one of the finest in this section of the state. Work will begin as soon as the material arrives. P.cth Mr. and Mrs. Ixiveland are living. They selected the site for their mausoleum yesterday and closed the contract with Wai Wemhoff. representative of the local monument works. ——o TAX PAYMENTS REPORT GIVEN County Treasurer Announces Total Amount Os Taxes Paid Reports made today from the office of County Treasurer Jeff Liechty show that probably only a small amount of 1935 current taxes payable in 1936 will fall delinquent, in relation to former years. A total of $240,255.61 in current taxes was paid until the final day of May 4. These figures include several payments of both spring and fall taxes, with the majority of payments for spring taxes only. The total current tax, both spring and fall payments, is $488,507.39. Nearly half of the delinquent taxes, accumulated in recent years, was also paid this year, the report shows. Payment of delinquent taxes amounted to $22,725.10. The total delinquency was $76,• 306.94. Oth?r taxes collected were: moratorium, $545.77 and insolvent,, $12.94, making a total of $263.-' 539.42 collected this year for all tax payments. The increase in the payment of due taxes this year has been interpreted as a result of better business conditions existing in the county. The exact amount of taxes fall-1 ing delinquent in spring payments is expected to be made known shortly. o Hearing Conducted By County Surveyor A hearing on maintenance reallotment of the John Beery ditch j in Kirkland township was conduct- ■ ed this merning in the court rooms of the county court house. The hearing was conducted by Walter GUllonm, county surveyor. o Josenh Kaehr Condition Only Slightly Better Ths condition of Kaehr, j confined in the 'Adams county memorial hospital in a serious condition as a result of injuries sustained in an auto crash Tuesday, was reported to be only slightly improved today, by the attending physician. oMISSING MAN RETURNS HOME Burley Drew Tells Os Enforced Ride To St. Louis Burley T. Drew, 29, who has been the object of a statewide search for the past few days, since he disapp eared Saturday afternoon, returned to his parents, Mr. and MrsThomae Drew, of Geneva last night with a story of a forced ride to St. Louis Mo. Drew, upon his return to Fort Wayne last evening, where he has been employed in the insurance business, telephoned his brother, Thurman, of near this city assuring him that he was none the worse for his forced joy-ride. After visiting witli hie parents in Geneva, he returned to Decatur and related the story of his adventure to Sheriff Dallas Brown. Drew stated that he had in hitchhiking to Geneva Saturday afternoon, obtained a ride near the local creamery. Upon seating himself in the car, he discovered the driver was intoxicated, he told the sheriffThe imau refused to stop in Geneva and Drew remtained iu the car until they reachced the Missouri city on SundayThe young man then told the sheriff that “thumbing his way” I home had required from Sunday un- | til last night.

THREE EMERGE AS LEADERS IN G. 0. P. FIELD Landon, Borah, Knox Lead Field As Convention Nears Washington. Muy 21. (U.R) Three Republicans emerged today from the pre-convention political sweepstakes with big delegate-vote leads over all others in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. They are: Gov. Aif M. Landon of Kansas. Sen. William E. Borah of Idaho and Frank Knox of Chicago. iJindon is first choice in pre-convention tabulations by a wide margin. After Borah and Knox the others are nowhere so far as delegate strength is concerned. New Jersey's vote Tuesday concluded the scheduled presidential primaries. A series of dead heats and primary reverses has blistered the Borah boom. The New Jersey primary landslide for Landon endorsed the judgment of Ohio voters that Borah is not the most promising of Republican contenders. None yet is close to the 501 minimum necessary for the nomination. Landon is the standout Republican aspirant as of today. He has demonstrated impressive strength in all areas except the far west. He cut deeply into Borah votes in Nebraska. An informal Landon-for president campaign kidnaped South Dakota from Borah last month. A Massachusetts write-in movement for Landon first impressed observers with his eastern strength and his hackers emphasized that eastern advantage by putting Landon ' in the New Jersey primary where he won over Borah by a 4 to 1 margin. An unofficial table of Republican l convention delegates shows from 200 to 250 first ballot votes which] | probably should be counted in the | Landon column and not more tfian , 150 for Borah. Knox managers] claim upwards of 160 votes for | , their candidate although theyjdo I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE! O ERMAN FOGLE TO GRADUATE Geneva Y outh To Graduate From Mooseheart Next Month Erman Fogle. 19, will be the second Adams county student to graduate ,rom the school at Mooseheart, Illinois, when the 18th annual commencement exercises are held there on June 30. The honor of being the first student to graduate from the Moose maintained school went to Erman s sister, Mildred, who graduated June 27, 1935, with an enviable scholarship record. Mildred, after graduating from I Mooseneart lived in Geneva for a short time, and is now employed ( in Van Wert, Ghio. Erman, following the example set | by his sister, has also established a fine scholastic record, despite] the fact that he was handicapped | by illness, returning to his classes only about three weeks ago, after an attack of appendicitis. He is the second child in a family of six, who were admitted to the Moose school on February 20, 1930, after the death of their father, Fred Fogle, ot Geneva. The Fogle children now attending the school are: Dailey, 14; Sarah May, 13; Betty, 10 and Joseph. 11. Members of Adams lodge 1311 in Decatur were instrumental in enabling the Fogle children to enter the school. To show their appreciation of the remarkable records made by Erman in justifying his faith in the Moose organization, the local order is naming a class of candidates in honor of Erman, initiatory services to be held June 23. 1 Mrs. William Huffman, of Decatur is an aunt of the Fogle children. Four children of the late Walter Wilkinson, of this city, are also students at the school. Several members of the Moose. Women of Moose and other interested persons are planning to at- ' tend the commencement exercises. Fire Department Is Called This Morning Local firemen were called to the . Central Soya Company at 8:30 this m,?rning when the smoke stack atop > the large dryer "burned out”. No ' damage was reported. Firemen -. were called to prevent flying siparks | from igniting adjoining buildings. 1

Probe Discloses No Political Influence Used In State WPA As Charged By\Hoosier Senator

DEMO LEADERS DEFEAT REVOLT IN COMMITTEE Compromise Is Reached On Bill To Tax Corporate Profits Washington, May 21 —(U.R)- Administration forces beat down a roaring revolt in the senate finance committee today and achieved ai compromise designed to save the drastically modified theory of the new deal's tax on undivided corporate profits. The committee decided at the same time to drop proposals to increase the normal income tax rate. Members agreed on a plan, estimated merely to raise “over $500,000,060” as compared to the $623,000,000 corporate tax item in the house bill, as follows: 18 per cent flat tax on corporation earnings. 7 per cent rate on undistributed corporation income. Ma.ke dividends subject to the normal income tax rate of 4 per cent. Grant corporations earning $20,000 or less in one year an exemption o' SI,OOO. The agreement was reached only after a bitter controversy which led to one 11 to 8 vote against the administration ajid, reportedly caused some ot the ad-1 i ministration supporters to threat-1 ien to write a minority report if j necessary and carry the fight to I * the floor of the senate. Later the controversy was com-' 1 promised and the committee .agreed, 18 to 1, on the substitute pla.ti which saved only the bare theory of the administration plan to force corporations to pay out earnings in taxable dividends. Sen. James Couzens, R., Mich., i I cast the only vote against the compromise finally agreed upon. The estimate that the substitute plan would ra.’se only “over $500,000,000” appeared to leave the committee still up in the air about how it would boost the total yield of the bill to meet the i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) —o — — Hearing Held Today On New Trial Motion Fort Wayne, Ind., May 21 —(UP) —Hearing on a mrtion for a new trial by Charles F. Howenstein, 58, now serving a life term in the Indiana state prison for second degree murder, Is scheduled today in AlI len circuit court. Howenstein’s attorney charges jury which heard the first trial was illegal because names of women I were ommitted from the jury box I from which names cf Jurors for the ' case were drawn. OPEN PARKING LOT SATURDAY City To Open Second Free Lot At First And Jackson Decatur's second free parking lot, ivrthweet corner Jackson and first streets, will be opened t* the .public Saturday night. The lot has been filled in with •cinders and a row of posts placed around the lot so that the automobiles can't be driven over the sidewalks. Auto owners are asked to park ►their cars diagonally with the border of the lot, driving in from Jackson street. The lot will accommodate a number of cars. Two strings of electcric lights were placed on the lot today Dry the electric department of the city plant. o Hold Aaron Kipfer Funeral Sunday Funeral services will be held Sunday for Aaron Kipfer, Adams county World War veteran, who died Wednesday afternoon at the Veterans' hospital in Indianapolis. Services will be held at the home at 9 a. m. Sunday and 10 o’clock at the Christian Apostolic church. BurI ial in the church cemetery.

Victim of Maniac _■ , tar / / Temporary insanity brought on by overstudy was given as the , reason for the maniacal outburst of Lewis Somers, 19-year-old student at Williams college, Williamstown. Mass., who shot to 1 death Robert Henneberry of Chicago. above, wounded another stu- ’ dent, and then committed suicide when he ran amuck in one of the ] college dormitories. i COMMITTEES TO I CONDUCT SALES i — Committees Are Named To Conduct Sales On Poppy Day Committees in charge of poppies i on Poppy Day, Saturday, sponsor-]. l ed by the American Legion auxil • iary, were announced today by I Mrs. Joe McConnel, auxiliary Poppy | ; Day chairman. Those in charge of the morning ; sales Saturday will be the Mes-1 dames Velma Roop. Dallas Brown. Ferd O'Brien, Herb Kern. Adrian , Baker. Walter Gladfelter, Vincent , Bormann, Tony Metzler, Hubert Schmitt, Lois Graham, Raymond Kohne. Afternoon sales here will be conducted by Mrs. Lloyd Kreischer, the Misses Florence Me . Connell, Jean Bright and Patsy McConnell. A group of the morning salesladies will conduct the evening , sales. The committee for Geneva narn- j ed by Mrs. McConnell: afternoon] sales. Mrs. Adrian Baker and Mrs. l Herb Kern. Evening sales will be conducted by Mrs. Izora Roop. I Berne salesman will be: afternoon, Mrs. Tillmon Gehrig, Mrs. McConnell and Mrs. Lillian Burdg. ] of Berne; evening, Frank Schu tnacher, Otto Gase, Miss Agnes Gase and Miss Mary Yoder, ot Berne. The poppies will be sold upon the contribution of any amount, i The flowers are bought from the soldier’s home at Marion. The local organization pays for the flowers upon receipt of shipment, this money going to the home at Marion. Upon sale of the poppies, all pro-1 ceeds above the original cost are used in aiding disabled and unemployed veterans in the county, and their families, and orphans and widows of deceased veterans. It was pointed out that a total of over 200 baskets of food were given to needy persons in the above named classes, in addition to paying for eight tonsilectomy operations of veterans' children. This is said to be only a part of the work made possible from the funds derived from Poppy Day sales. o President’s Mother Is Injured In Fall Hyde Park. N. Y-, May 21 —’(UP) —Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, 82year old mother of President Roosevelt, is confined to her bed today as a result of a hip injury suffered a I week agei Mrs. Roosevelt was under the • care of Dr. Scott Lord Smith of > Poughkeepsie. X-rays revealed an . | impacted hip and a cracked bone. > | Mrs. Roosevelt tripped over a L step as she entered the home ot -ithe President's daughter iu New I York City.

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Harry L. Hopkins Asserts Thorough Investigation Shows No Truth Found For Charges. AGENT USED Washington, May 21— (U.R) — Works progress administrator Harry L. Hopkins reported today tha,t an investigation of WPA in Indiana showed no evidence that any state WPA official sought to influence WPA workers “to vote for or against any candidate.” Hopkins said the investigation indicated "a number of administration officials of the WPA were indiscreet in publicly expressing their political preferences in the recent primary." After Sen. Frederick Van Nuys. Dem., Ind , asked an investigation Hopkins sent an agent. Pierce Williams. Hopkins’ inquiry went into detailed charges made by Van Nuys and showed: 1 — Van Nuys said Curtis Hostetter. publisher of the Rockville Tribune and WPA time keeper, had been directed by Wayne Coy. Indiana WPA director, not to back candidate Greenlee. "My findings.” Williams reported, "are that Mr. Coy called Mr. Hostetter into his office ami discussed the political situation with him and that while Mr Coy admonished Mr. Hostetter not to use his position with the WPA in support of Mr. Greenlee he (Coy) did not in a.ny way attempt to coerce Mr. Hostetter. 2 — .Senator Van Nuys charged that Art Webb, Greencastle, Indhad told him that "a Mr. Lenz, a representative of the WPA had told Webb he must not support candidate Greenlee and wus later discharged. “Mr. Webb informed me." Williams said, “that he was not so advised by Mr. Lenz and further that his position in connection with WPA matters had not in any manner been changed, not withstanding the fact that he had made it clear he expected to continue to support candidate Greenlee.” 3— Van (Nuys said Chas. R. Dietz Lafayette, Ind., had compiled and filed a slate of Townsend for governor delegates. Williams reported that Chas. R Dietz, Sr., was apparently confused with hie son. Chas. R. Dietz. Jr., a student at Purdue who was a classmate and close friend of candidate Townsend's son. 4 — Van Nuys said that Ollie Davis wae demoted as WPA director at Terre Haute on account of his refusal to accept political dictation from Mr. Coy. Williams said Davis refused to say what had passed between himself and Mr. Coy but he did say that never at any time had Mr. Coy told him he was to appoint anyone to a non-relief position for political purposes. 5— Van Nuys said M. J. Sallesser, assistant WPA director al Gary, had Informed Frank Morton Valparaiso and Charles Skillen, Winamac, that he would not employ men supporting candidate Greenlee. Sallesser admitted discussing (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) MAKING PLANS FOB EXERCISES Eighth Grade County Commencement Set For June 13 Plane are now underway for the annual county eighth grade commencement exercises. Tentative plans call for the exercises being held in the Decatur public high school, with preliminaries at the Central school. If no conflicting entertainment arises, June 13 is expected to be agreed upon as commencement da.te. Exercises wore held at Berne last year in the auditorium. A total of 269 pupils were enrolled in county eighth grades this year, with the majority eligible for I graduation. Diplomas will be presented to the graduates at the exercises. | Grades of the students are now : being tabulated and the annual distribution chart, prepared in the county school superintendent's office is expected to be released goou.