Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1936 — Page 1

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Vets’ Bonds Ready m H Bit , ? • '•■tx I 4/ A ' J I / ' lai 4 < i iMW ■< r One of the SSO "ba.by bonds" isoued in payment of the soldier’ bonus, one or more of which will be mailed to each of approximateJy 2.000.000 veterans, is being exhibited by Miss Roslyn Rossett of the federal bureau of engraving and printing. ADVANCE POPPY SALE IS OPENED Ladies Auxiliary To Conduct Poppy Sale Saturday — The advance sale of poppies | I opened this morning with Mayor! | Arthur R. Holthouse purchasing! ' the first flower for the benefit of i 1 disabled veterans. The event is | "sponsored here each year by the, l tattles auxiliary of Adajns post i number 43 of the American Legion. Poppy day will officially open Saturday. A large number of salesladies for the poppies havej been appointed and will assist i during the day. Mrs. Joe McConnell is general i chairman of Poppy Day this year. | The sale will be conducted in I Geneva and Berne by the county i auxiliary. The poppies sold here have tbeen made by the patients of the Veterans Hospital at Mai ion. i They are sold to the local ladies. All money raised above the purchase price is used locally for the assistance of disabled and unemployed veterans and dependents, orphans and widows of veterans. — I j 1 i Proposes President Control Relief Fund Washington, May 22—(UP)—A iproposal to place the new $1,425,000,000 relief fund entirely in the hands of President Roosevelt instead of turning it over to WPA administrator Harry L- Hopkins was discussed informally tfday by senate appropriation committee bers’•l’m inclined to favor giving it to the president," said Sen. Alva Adams, D., Col., chairman of the sub-committee in charge of the billFOREMEN MEET HERE SATURDAY Annual G. E. Picnic M ill Be Held At Sunset Park Arrangements are complete t?r the holding of the stag picntc for foremen and supervisors of the Fort Wayne work« of the General Electric company at Sunset park tomorr°The Decatur foremen and supervisors will be host* to the F.--.rt ( Wayne men. i About 150 men are expected at , the picnic, which will convene at 1:30 o'clock. . Bert Gage, assistant superintenden( of the Decatur works is general ( chairman of the picnic. Other com- ( mittee chairmen and committee, members are: William Heim, ran , Braun, refreshments; RußSel 1 Owen. Charles Langston, eats; Cail I Smith. Alva Buffenbarger, sports ( 'and entertainment; Cal Waite, dec- I orations- ' .. I The G. E- orchestra will provide, I I music during the afternoon. 1

EDEN RESENTS IT»LV CHARGE ABOUT BULLETS Italy Charges England Furnished Hum Dum Bullets (Copyright 1936 by United Prees) Geneva. May 22 — (U.R) —A new . Italian memorandum containing fresh evidence purporting to prove that British firms sunulied dum ' dum bullets to Ethiopians was published by the league of nations today. After citing 15 cases in which Italian troops allegedly were wounded by dumdum bullets, Fulvio Suvieh, Italian undersecretary for foreign affairs, sajd: "1 already have had occasion to supply you with various information regarding dumdum bullets employed by Ethiopians including documentary evtldence regarding the use of ammunition manufactured by Eley Brothers of London a,nd the Kynochs firm of Birmingham.” The Italian memorandum was forwarded to the league on April 30 Himultaneously with another list of accusations cgainst the British and which was withdrawn from circulation among league members. British foreign secretary Anthony Eden announced In the house of commons that the first Italian memorandum was based on fabricated evidence supplied to the military attache of the Italian embassy in London by u-n agent | pi-ovateur. Eden revealed that the government had warned the Italian ambassador. Dr. Dino Grandi. against using manufactured evidence sup plied by one Col. Pedro I»pez. Eden said Lopez hid offered his {services to the British governI ment. When they were rejected ' the alleged provateur contacted ; the Italian embassy where. Eden i charged, he did business. i The British foreign secretary I said he exposed the gathering and I (CONTINUED ON PAGR SEVEN) o — — COMMENCEMENT HERE TONIGHT Senior Reception To l ollow Exercises At Gymnasium The senior reception will fo’low 1 the 55th annual commencement exercises for the seniors of the Decatur high school this evening. The program will begin at 8 o'clock, lira Fuhrman, president of the Decatui sc!.-ol board, will present the diplomas to the 55 graduates. I The program will be held in the school gymnasium, which was beautifully decorated a week ago for the closing activities of the schoolDr.' Robert Williams, president of Ohio Northern University of Ada Ohio, will deliver the commencement address on the subject, The Gateway t-x Success,'' The clase will be presented by W. Guy Brown, , principal of the Decatur high i .school. | Musical numbers at the exerc.ses 1 will be under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold, music instructor in the Decatur high school, and Albert Sel'emeyer, band instructor. Commencement and reception tickets have been distributed by the graduating class. George Toy’s radio orchestra will furnish the music far dancing at the receptionarranging plans for convention Several Hundred Grain Dealers Are Expected In Decatur For Mid-Summer Meeting. Fred K. Sale,- Indianapolis, secretary of the Indiana Grain Dealers' Association and Avery Dodge, advertising manager for the Central Soya Company, were in the city yesterday conferring with local people in regards to plans for the mid-summer convention of the grain dealers to be held here June I - Contact was made with Avon Burk local elevator manager and George Thomas and other officials of the Central Soya company. Several hundred elevator proprietors and grain dealers will attend the convention in this city. Mr. Sale stated an interesting program was being prepared. Sessions of the conference will be held at the Decatur Country club, with a luncheon at noon and a dinner in the evening.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 22, 1936.

* CENTENNIAL BABY * | I | Joyce Ann is the name of the | nine and one quarter pound | I daughter born to Mr. and Mrs v j | Dave Teeple of Short street. | | The baby was born Sunday, | | May 17 at 8 o'clock. As the baby was born on the | . eve of Decatur’s 100th birthday | j she is to be known as the Cen- | | tennial baby. The meeting of the committee [ i to decide on a location for the ; village of Decatur met at the j | iiome of Toyce Ann's great 11 great grandfather John Reyn- 11 | olds who was among the early | I pioneers in this community hav- | | ing come here from Baltimore, | I Maryland. 4 -v ARRANGE PLAN FOR JUBILEE 25th Ordination Anniversary Os Rev. Seimetz To Be Observed Arrangements are nearly complete for the jubilee services to be held here Sunday. May 31, in honor of The Rev. Father Joseph J. .Seimetz' ordinatii.n to the Iprlesthood 25 yeans ago. The jubilee high maes will be celebrbated at 7 o'clock in the StMary's Catholic church here with Father Seimetz as the celebrant. The Rev. Father George Moorman. pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic church at Whiting and former pastor of the St. Mary’s Catholic church at Michigan City. Father j Seimetz' home parish, will deliver the jubilee sermon. An invitation tg attend the services has been extended the Most Rev. John F. Noll. D. D. bishop of the Fort Wayne diocese. Because of other appointments in the diocese. Bishop Noll will be unable to be present, it is believed Invitations have also been sent to the priests "A the Fort Wayne deanery and the classmates of Father Seimetz at St- Joseph's college, Rennselaer, and Mt. St. Mary's Seiiinary at Cincinnati. An appropriate program will be held at 8 o’clock Sunday evening in the school auditorium. The public is invited to attendThe Rev. Father Joseph Hennes, assistant pastor of the St. Mary’s | I church, is general chairman of the I jubilee service®. Clayson C- Carroll I is chairman J.f the program teeo Manion To Address Youth Conference Indianapolis, May 22. — (U.R) — Clarence Manion, Indiana director of the national emergency council, will be the principal speaker at the national youth convention at Chicago May 24, it was announced I today. Approximately 4,000 youthful members of the reserve officers 1 training corps, Boy and Girl scouts, Sons of the American Legion, Campfire Girls and other similar organizations will attend. o DEATH CLAIMS MRS. MANLEY Mrs. C. O. Manley Dies Thursday Night Os Pneumonia Mrs. Mae Manley, age 40, wife of C. O. Manley of Blue Creek township and mother of 13 children, died at 10 o'clock Thursday night of pneumonia at the Adame County Memorial hospital. The deceased was born May 5, 1896 in Wells county, a daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Simon Julian, iln 1915 she married C. O. Manley wh« survives. She was a member of the Salem Methodiet Epiecopal church. Surviving ibesides the husband are the following children, Mrs. Clifford Roe, Blue Creek township; Mrs. Grover Wolf, St. Mary'e township, Edna, Mabie, Velma, Louis, Richard, Eether, Gene, Glen, Kenneth, Lester and Marcile at home; brothers and sisters, Mrs. Everett Schwartz. Wells county, Merrit Julian, Fort Wayne and Elmer Julian, Wells county- The deceased’s mother Mrs- S. P- Julian of Wells county, also survives. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1:30 p. m. (C. S. T ) at the home and 2 o'clock at the Salem M. E. church with burial in the Tricker cemetery. Rev. Vernon Kiley and Rev. S. E. Smith will have charge of the services. The body will be removed from the Zwiok funeral home to the residence late this evening.

APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED County Welfare Board Receives 30 Pension Applications ( Thirty applications for old age assistance were filed Thursday, the .i.st uay the Adams county welfare a.« was prepared to receive the . equests. A schedule has been set up for j the filing of applications by persons who have in the past receiv- 1 ' ed old age pension from the coun- ’ ,y commissioners. Letters in which preliminary ap- ' plication blanks are enclosed are! being mailed to these persons. The 1 letters give the dates on which ( these people may file their appli- ( cations with Mrs. Faye SmithKnapp, county director. Because ( of the number of forms to be fill- ] ed out, only a limited number of ( persons can be accomodated each ( day. The board today issued a ( statement thanking the applicants for their acooperation in appearing only on the correct dates. ( New applicants, persons who ■ ] never received old age pensions i from the county commissioners, , may obtain their preliminary application blanks from the welfare office at any time. The applications are being notarized in the welfare office at no charge to the applicants. Assistance for dependent and crippled children and for the blind will be considered after the work of filing the first applications for old age assistance is completed. Each group will be considered separately. The welfare office is now located on the second door of the court house off the rear of the court room, in the room formerly used by Mrs. Knapp for probation work. o SSO Damage Is Caused By Fire This Morning Firemen answered the second I alarm in two days when they were I called to the home of Virgil Wolf. 809 Bush etreet, at 8:30 o’clock this morningSparks from a defective flue ignited the roof, causing SSO damage. o — GIVES REPORT i ON STATISTICS County Assessor Gives Statistical Information On County Statistical information regarding possessions of Adams county people was revealed today by County Assessor Ernest Worthman in compiling his 1936 assessing report, which was mailed to the state ' board this morning. The report discloses that Adams ounty residents now own a total of 4,603 automobiles and trucks, or 207 more than last year. A total of 4,396 was assessed in 1935. Farmers of the county are also following the mechanical trend in ..._'ir work according to the report, with 1,553 farm machines in their possession this year. This is a gain of 82 machines over last year. Horses in the county have however decreased in number, 4,349 included in this year’s assessment. This is a decrease of 239 from last < year’s figure of 4,588. There are j also fewer mules in the county. The report shows 191 for this year and 220 for last, a drop of 29. The number of other domestic animals is: milk cows assessed in 1936. 9.778, and in 1935, 10,402, a decrease of 624; other cattle in 1936 number 5.605, an increase of 549 from 1935; sheep in 1936 total 8,039, decrease of 154. Hogs showed a decided increase (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) COMPLETE RIFLE RANGE AT CLUB Rifle Range, Clay Pigeon Trap Are Constructed At Decatur Country Club The G. E. club has completed a rifle range and a clay pigeon trap on the country club grounds. These will be operated by members of the G. E. club. The club announced today that the range and the trap may be used by the public as well as members of the club. A small charge will be made. The range and trap are located southeast of the club house, at the rear of the garage. They will be open after 4 o'clock in the afternoons and week days and all afternoon on Saturdays and Sundays.

Cartridges may be purchased from attendants at the range.

DR. TOWNSEND CONTINUES TO FIGHT PROBE Challenges Committee To Cite Him For Contempt Os House Washington, May 22.—(U.R) —Dr. Francis E. Townsend, renewing his defiance of the house old age pension inquiry, today charged the committee lacks courage to carry out its threat to cite him for contempt of the house. Townsend’s new challenge was issued after the committee abandoned its plans to carry the case before the hohse touay. "They haven't got the courage to carry through their threats," said the elderly pension plan founder. “I challenge them to go through with their plan to put me on trial before the house. Townsend, who said he would ‘rot in jail" before testifying further before the old age inquiry, contended the committee was unwilling to accept responsibility for "any more persecution."

Townsend said committee members are “afraid to face the American people" and forecast that they “will pass the buck to the courts rather than try me before the house." Townsend’s new challenge was issued as the committee met in executive session seeking to determine its course of action. Two plans were under consideration but there was no certainty that either of them would be carried out. One plan was for certification of charges to the house and trial of Townsend for contempt by the house. The other plan provided for certification by the house of the charges of the District of Columbia supreme court. The second plan would mean no decision could be reached, probably, before the November elections. If the first program was followed it probably would mean the house would be tied up so long that adjournment would be delayed. o Federation Os Labor To Organize Union I Washington, May 22. — (U.R) — | Chairman John L. Lewis of the 1 committee for industrial organization today notified the Amalgamatled Union of Iron, Steel and Tin I workers that his group is prepared to go ahead immediately with j its proposed $500,000 steel unionj ization drive in accord witli the i resolution passed by the amalgamated convention. Lewis advised the amalgamated that the resolution appeared to be in accord with the committee's suggestions for the steel drive and appealed for quick action by the union’s executive board to get the campaign under way. At the same time he excoriated cue American Federation of Labor o:' "perfunctory actions that get owhere” in connection with the .■derations failure to launch any union campaign. o HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY Annual Legion Memorial Will Be Held At Zion Lutheran Church The annual Memorial services of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will be held Sunday morning at the Zion Lutheran i church. The Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor of the church, will deliver the special memorial sermon during the regular church services. All members of the American Legion, all ex-service men. Span ish-American war veterans and veterans and members of the Ladies auxiliary, are requested tc meet at the Degion home at First and Madison streets before If o’clock Sunday morning. Led by the colors, the process ion will parade west on Madison street to Seventh street, thence north to Monroe street, and wesl on Monroe to the church. Arrangements are rapidly beinj completed for the annual services on Decoration Day, Saturday, Maj 30. The complete program for the (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday, becoming unsettled northwest Saturday; warmer tonight, exI cept extreme southwest, warmer east and north Saturday.

Quizzed in Slaying i ■ Suspicions aroused when Guy Tallmadge reported to police of Oregon, 111., that his wife had been killed by a gunman when the two were held up on a lonely road led authorities to further investigate the case, resulting in a warrant being sworn out charging Tallmadge with her murder. RURAL SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY Kirkland Vacation Bible School Opens Monday Morning The Kirkland Daily Vacation Bible School will open Monday. May 25, at 8:30 o'clock. Children above the age of four- years are urged to attend The Pleasant Dale church is being redecorated and a new hard wood floor is being laid and every efi-rt is being made to get it ready ! for the opening day of the school. | However, if it should not be finished the school will be held in the Kirkland township high school building and the gymnasium. This school has held the honor of being the largest strictly rural Daily Vacation Bible School in the United States and there are prospects of its being still large this year. Children are gathered to the school by the teachers, housewives, farmers, minister®, and other interested persons, and it is hoped that no child who wishes to attend will .be denied this privilege.

The worship as formerly will be held in the auditorium of the Pleasant Dale church if it is finished, otherwise it will be held in the echo."! gymnasium. The director, the teaching staff, the ministers in the community the Workers on the church are all working to maka this a 'profitable and enjoyable means of educating the ch'.'dren of the community in Christian living, Bible, missions, religious art, great hymns, expression and hand work, directed recreation, are some st the things taught. No creeds or doctrines are taught. Children from twenty two denominations come. All denominations are welcome. o Marriner Eccles Talks To Bankers Indianapolis, May 22. — (U.R) — Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the board of governor of the federal reserve system, was to address a luncheon meeting of the Indiana Bankers Association today. A report of the resolutions committee and election of officers also were scheduled for the closing session. Gov. Paul V. McNutt in the principal address last night warned that underlying conditions constitute a base for expansion of credit might easily be translated into another era of unbridled and disastrous speculation. \~~ STILL CHAMPION W. Guy Brown, principal of | | the Decatur high school, is still | | undisputed claimant of the cycl- j | ing championship of Decatur | | pedagogues. So the story goes, | Mr. Brown, some seven or | | eight years ago. won the title | | from the late M. F. Worthman. j | Yesterday the defending champ- | ■ ion issued a challenge but found | ;no takers. Brown claims pos- | | session of a ribbon declaiming | | his championship but failed to | I show the ribbon. ♦ *

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CHANGE IN TAX MEASURE URGED IN COMMITTEE Reconsider Bill When “Joker” Is Found In Compromise Washington, May 22 —<U.R> —The senate finance committee voted today to reconsider a section of the compromise corporate tux plan when a "Joker” was disclosed whereby a heavier tax burden would be imposed on some corporations than committee members had planned. Study of the compromise convinced the committee when it resumed secret session today that it would, in some instances, levy a tax upon a a tax. As a result the committee voted to reconsider this part of the bill and began study of treasury estimates on the ! yield of various rates. The so-called tax-on-a-tax developed in connection with the compromise plan putting an 18 per cent flat tax on corporations and a 7 per cent tax on undistributed profits. It would work out in the following manner for a | corporation with SIOO,OOO income which desired to pay ite taxes out of that income and retain 30 per cent of its earnings: 18 i>er cent flat tax, SIB,OOO ; 7 per cent tax on $30,000 retained, $2,100. In addition the corporation would have to pay 7 per cent on the SIB,OOO taken out of income to pay the original flat tax. This would be an additional $1,260. The tax-on-a-tax was approved by the committee without realizing what its effect would be. Presumably Sen. James Couzens, R.. Mich., who voted against the compromise and possibly one or two other senators who favor- ' ed the tax-on-a-tax were the only ones who understood how the substitute would work. As a result there was a demand today for reconsideration.

The committee then considered several suggestions including one to boost the 7 per cent rate to 9 per cent and exempt income used jto pay the 18 per cent tax. Another suggestion was merely to write into the bill a.n exemption i for income used to pay the 18 per cent tax. This, it was pointed out, would reduce considerably revenue from the compromise bill. — o Schafer Salesmen Hold Conference The regular six weeks conference of salesmen and executives of the Schafer Company, wholesale hardware and saddlery, convened at the company's office on North First street this morning. A two day session will be held, with all the local salesmen and factory representatives from several well known manufacturing plants attending. The salesmen will be guests of the comipany at dinner this even- ■ ing at the Lose restaurant. A business session will be held later at , the company’s .cfflce. o Condition Os Joseph Kaehr Is Unchanged No change was reported this afternoon in the oemditlon of Joseph Kaehr. While his condition is still serious the attending physician stated that he was no worse. o KIRKLAND TWP. ATHLETE DIES Dale Adler Dies Last Night In Bluffton Hospital i Dale Adler, 18, Manchester college athlete, son of Fred -nd Iva 1 Olwin Adler, of Kirkland township. 1 died last evening in the Bluffton hospital as a result of an infected ‘ leg. ' Dale, a former star athlete at the I Kirkland high school fractured the , leg during a baseball try-out at the I college two weeks ago when eliding I into a base. Infection was resultant I of the fracture. j Surviving other than the parents i are two brothers, Glenn and Lester, | at home. Funeral services will be held Sun- : day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant Dale church, with the Rev. : Russell Weller, pastor of the church II officiating The Rev. J. 0- Winger. 11 Manchester college nastor will as- | ] sist. Burial is to be made in the ► church cemetery.