Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1936 — Page 1

■\\\iv No I*3.

PEAKER OF HOUSE IS DEAD

fcSEMENT ■LINDON IS fcfCMNTED H B,. w <! (lusted From Ritrol: Springer Is ■.Lain Nominee rl ,.v ■ n- ■ ■ S^H. w> K <>r in.-’i ■ ■ » ■ ■■ ■; >• !<■’ the - |K ■ - ionaj r, 1,1! ■M: ..■■•:•! I omni oni i-’< ' appeared tn ■. - - •-•-■• the tin', MB - ' nv ■ FTVE> 118 HIGH |i ACCREDITED High School On I List Since ■ Year Os 1910 Brown. Tr ill, innl of the high ■., iiool, announced |M' ::i ' !1" lias 1.-reived notice "Had School has been a< ’lc North Central as|^V": - < ullcL'cs ,OHI secondary |W ••*■ ■" i'ii-’li s. liool has been (,n t)),. accredited list schools since 191 b ' ’in- largest association ; "’ 4 secondary schools schools and colleges as '-ii'se in the central states. a!, ' s i'“l local high school f u ]| ( i-piijt f or work ere when entering any of e ?es in the association. i •:pose of the association ria 8 about a better ac- ■ "("''■ “ g ”” 11 " 1 ' sympathy and H^B 1 :i "i'ci at ion between the idary schools of llr)l - V: second, to consider <>duca ’ ioilal problems and ' hP 11l Ht ways alltl nt'-ans K lh g s f '" l: and third ’ t 0 I’f'w !(, S " al, ir,te! lectual and - < )tdnß of students by K,:,"| f)l> , t ' r . sani,a ry conditions a . luildin gs. adequate liK lal >watory facilities, and "," da, ' ,1R of scholarship." ° Us Qualifications are set , I,R association. liii-if tllP I, ' Kh BC,l °ol must ~ B J andar ds of training. ■ fl ‘.° must be ade- ■ and he“ U " lber ° f PUpHs en |H; of studies p age four) K g hts Os Pythias ■ Nominate Officers K 6 offim 1 2' thiaS WIU no ’ WAftH tor lle coming year Bt! „’*' y meeting tonight. All ■ Urged >o attend-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Assails Townsend ' h jMCJ ■LX < ' W > i AW\ ■ i \ '\ \ \ 'F \ \ \ V b Dr. Francis Townsend, author of the old age pension plan, was the target of bitter criticism from his own supporters when Charles M. Hawks, above, father of the e. viator and former Townsend manager for Massachusetts, ap- [ peared with other Townsend leaders before the congressional committee investigating the OARP. Hawks charged Townsend with being an “autocrat and a despot.” CALL SPECIAL COUNCIL MEET Adams County Council To Meet In Special Session June 16 County Auditor John W. Tyndall announced today that there will be a special meeting of the Adams county council Tuesday. June 16 at 9 a. m. in the court house to consider special appropriations which have been requested, totaling $10,033. The chief request for appropri-1 ations will be $2,660 for the remodeling of the court house to ac-. comodate the newly organized county welfare board. The county commissioners two ! months ago decided to revise the arrangement in the court house to accomodate the board on the theory that over a period of years this would he more economical than paying rent. At the present the board is operating in an office to the rear of the court room on the second floor, where Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp conducted her probation and juvenile work. Members of the board have announced that more room will be needed because of the great num her of interviews necessary by members of the board which consolidates all existing welfare agen(CONTINtTED ON PAGE FIVE) GIVES FIGURES ON ASSESSMENT Total Os 2,280 Personal Assessments Made In Decatur iA total of 2.280 personal assessmenta were made in the city of Decatur this year, it was disclosed today by County Assessor Ernest Worthman, chairman of the board of review. This number is considerably more than last year, Mr. Worthman stated. He also stated that the average persona! assessments of the townships had increased this year. The average assessments are 300 P el township. , Township records that have bee checked by the board are Root, Union, Preble. Kirkland and ington- The board is now work g in Blue Creek and St. Mary's rec-, ° r The work of checking is exited - to be completed late nex time the for « ( of complaints and Q , «U 11 L* N., b “ conducted prior to that ti

DETECTIVE IS I ARRESTED FOR WENDEL KIDNAP Ellis Parker, Sr., ContiI dante Os Gov. Hoffman, Under Indictment I Mt. Holly, N. J., June 4—<U.RFThe arrest on a kidnaping < harge of Ellis Parker. Sr., 65-year-old detective friend of Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, promised a re-investiga/ tion of the entire Lindbergh kidnaping case under new authorities today. Parker was seized by New York and New Jersey policemen on the steps of the Mt. Holly Elks’ club lust night for the kidnaping of Paul Wendel, once disbarred Trenton lawyer, in New York city last February. A New York grand jury indicted him secretly yesterday afternoon. , At the same time it reindicted his son. Ellis. Jr. who has been a fugitive since early April, and three New York men. They are accused of having seized Wendel on a New York street, held him prisoner and tortured him for 13 days in Brooklyn to compel him to confess the Lindbergh kidnap- | ing. The “confession" in which Wendel said he kidnaped and killed Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., delayed the execution of Bruno Richajd Hauptmann three days. Wendel’s alleged kidnapers delivered him to Parker's home in ! Mt. Holly. Presumably using his i official position as chief detective 1 of Burlington county. Parker ent-' 1 ered Wendef in a sanitarftmi for ’ feeble minded where the lawyer ■ remained until copies of his “con- - session" were sent to judges of the pardons court just before they considered Hauptma,tin’s last appeal for clemency. Wendel then was taken to Merrmx'TTN’T’F.n nv P4GE five) o ARRANGING FOR BONUS PAYMENT Veterans J:i Decatur Area Will Receive Bonus Bonds June 16 — World War veterans in the Decatur Post Office area will receive their bonus bonds on June 16 by a system of restricted registration. Postmaster Phil L. Macklin announced today. Final instructions have been received by the local office, and Joe Laurent, clerk, has been appointed by Postmaster Macklin in charge of the distribution. Mr. Laurent will use the postmaster's office, and all business pertaining to the bonus payment will be under his supervision. Deliveries will be made by the regular carriers on the routes and must be signed by the veterans to whom they are addressed. In the event that the veteran is not at home, and cannot be reached at the time, the carrier will return to make personal delivery. The bonds will be sent from 12 postoffices on June 15, namely Boston, New York, Philadelpnia, Cleveland. Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, San Francisco and Washington. D. C. “In case delivery is to be made to a farmer veteran, who is at work in the field, the postman is to send a meeßenger for the recipient, and wait until he returns to make personal delivery, even if an 1 extra two or three hours are required,” Mr. Macklin stated. In cases where the veteran cannot be located at all, notice will be left at the home Informing him ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Centennial Stamps Being Distributed Roy Kalver, chairman of the publicity committee of the Decatur Centennial, is distributing rubber stamps to be used by the merchants on the back of envelopes sent out of the city. The stamps read "Decatur Centennial celebration, August 2-8, 1936. They are being sold at cost, which la 35 cents each.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday. June I, 1936.

Postmaster General To Broadcast June 13 Postmaster General James A. Farley will speak on the final preparations for delivery und payment of the veterans bonus bonds on June 13, from 6 to 6:15 (CST) over a nationwide hookup of the National broadcasting company. The address will contain a message to the men and women who participated in the World War. MORE ARRESTS ANNOUNCED IN LEGION PROBE Fifteen Warrants Issued In Kidnaping Os Fellow Member Detroit, June 4—(UP) —New evidence of Black Legion terrorism was disclosed today with the issuance of 15 warrants against members of the vigilante band on charge of kidnaping a fellow member who refused to attend a meetingProsecutor Duncan C. McCrea announced the arrest and confession of three legionnaires to the kidnaping of Robert Penion. of Ecorse, and the issuance of twelve John Doe warrants for other members of the legion. Penion was kidnaped at gun point from the dinner table of his home by Thomas Cox, Frederick A. Gulley Earl Angstadt and others, the prosecutor said. Cox, Gulley and Angstadt, after i allegedly confessing their part ! were taken before common pleas (judge Charles Rubiner. where all ' entered pleas of guilty. Police To Testify Detroit, June 4 —(UP) —Po’ice officers who stumbled upon the vigilante Black Legion in their routine investigation of the salying of Charles A. Poole were called to testify before Attorney-General David H. Crowley's investlgatio nos the night riding, terroristic bandTheir testimony of how a minor homicide case developed into revel ations of a nation-wide ring of vig- ; lantei who inflected torture and I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Register Friday At Swimming Pool Children of Decatur will register at the municipal swimming pool Friday afternoon and Saturday. Children under 16 will be given a physical examination by W. Guy Brown, supervisor, and Miss Glennys Elzey, assistant. Registration will open at 1:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. All persons 16 years old and over must present a physician’s certificate before being registered. If weather conditions permit, the pool will be opened Sunday afternoon. TO BROADCAST ABOUT DECATUR Facts About Decatur Will Be Broadcast Over WOWO June 10 Pertinent facts about Decatur will be broadcast over radio station WOWO of Fort Wayne, Wednesday morning June 10, it was announced today by Roscoe Glendenning. president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The Decatur program is on the schedule of the Fort Wayne station in its breakfast dub program in which salutes are being given to cities in this area. The prograin nl>xt Wednesday morning will be from 7:30 to 8:30 central daylight saving time. Bob Valentine of the Fort Wayne station announced that the salute to Decatur will be shotted at about 8 o’clock CDST. Information was requested by Mr. Valentine on Decatur's population, Industries, points of intereat, public buildings, future celebrations etc. Information for his selection was submitted by Mr. Glendenning, Charles Voglewede and Robert Heller. Information about Decatur’s Centennial was also supplied the station.

FORESEE EARLY NOMINATION OF t ALFM. LANDON Indications Point To Kan- > sas Governor’s Early Victory Cleveland. June 5. — (U.R) —Political evidence pointed today to the nomination of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas for president on an early i ballot in the Republican national i convention which will meet here i next week. I Sen. William E. Borah’s support- | ers are backing away from an open battle with the Landon clan on the question of inviting all candidates to address the convention. They do not appear to be willing to carry the fight to the convention floor. Managers of Frank Knox's campaign for the nomination have taken the lead here in a stop-Lan don movement but there is no evidence that all the Kansan's other ' | opponents, who are mutually hostile, will join in any organized ef- ' ■ fort. Landon and his managers insist | they will make no trades on the vice presidency to advance thfiir campaign. I Former Sen. George H. Moses of i New Hampsire, who is advising Knox, sought to rally stop-Landon sentiment with a statement ridiculing talk of a first ballot stampede to the Kansas governor. | “No candidate will be within striking distance of the nomination on the first ballot," Moses said. i “We will be lucky if a nomination I is reached on the sixth." “Delegates gathered in Cleveland are of too high a calibre to be rushed off their feet as the Democrats were by the Roosevelt-Farley machine in 1932. All attempts «t steam-roller tactics will fail before •r’DNI INUEn ON P4GK FIVE) MOREINTEREST IN QUEEN VOTE — Rise Os Candidate From Tenth To Third Place Features Vote Overshadowing Frelda Scherer's dally large number of votes gathered in the contest to select Decatur's Centennial queen by popular vote, was the rapid one-day rise of Kathryn Enegelr from 10th to third place in today's results. 5775 s Engeler, who yesterday had < but 2,500 votes to remain in an (insecure tenth rating received 33,050 votes, leaving her but a small mar-1 . gin from second place, occupied by Mildred Teeple, with 44,850 votes. Miss Scherer remained in front with 132,880 votes. Ruth Elzey with 32,390 votes. Berniece Closs with 25,020 votes I closely followed the leaders. With possibly 8 or 10 girls near the 20th position battling to survive the first week’s cut on Saturday night, prospects for a heavy vote over Friday and Saturday loomed favorably today. Due to the large amount of interest shown in the contest, several merchants who are eligible have not received their voting suppliees. An order for extra ballots Is now being printed and will be sent to the merchants when completed. Supplies will be located in the . office of the Centennial secretary, above the A. & P. grocery atfer today, and may be obtained there, or by calling 209. Miss Corolene Townsend will be in charge. Today Final Day To File Expenses Three additional candidates filed . their expense accounts today for money expended during the recent primary campaign. G. Reniy Bierly county clerk, announced today that ■ this is the last day to file expense . accounts under the state law. Those who filed today ere: C. H. , Muselman, candidate for prosecuting attorney, Democrat, $86.15. , Moses Augsburger, Democrat, . candidate for commissioner of third district, none. Arthur D. Unversaw, Republican. ■ candidate for county prosecutor, none.

Speaker Joseph W. Byrns Dies Suddenly Early This Morning; Bankhead Is Named Successor

STRIKE THREAT SPREADS OVER MANY NATIONS Several European Nations 1 ■ ■' Are Harassed By Strike I Situation ) Strikes inspired by left wing demands for better wages and work- . ing conditions spread in several i European countries today. The most serious situation was in France, where the government headed by the socialist Leon Blum is about to take power. More than 400,000 workers were out and there i was a threat of a paralyzing general strike. Similar conditions prevailed in Spain, where hundreds of thousands were on strike. The port of Antwerp, Belgium, was tied up by a strike of 5,000 dock workers. As in France, a socialist coalition government is about to be formed in Belgium. A 20-hour general strike, attributed to communists, was declared in Salonica, Greece. Food Supply Short (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Paris, June 4.—(U.R)— The bread supply of the capital was threatened today when workers in the flour mills of the Paris region joined the series of strikes which were spreading with increasing rapidity. Despite assurances of the communist party that the bread, milk, and general food supply would not be cut off, a strike of truck drivers made the delivery of vegetables, 1 meat, fish, and other supplies from the railroad stations to the cen tral markets difficult. Gas w’orkers in the western su- | burbs were out and the supply in the tanks grew lower hourly. Group after group of workers, fired by a new sense of power in | j the hands of the left, struck toj impress the incoming socialistic coalition government with the necessity of granting their demands for a new deal In wages, working hours and collective bargaining. After the breakdown of negotiations at the ministry of labor to settle the strike, metallurgical employers issued a statement declaring that the strike created an unprecedented situation of a revolu- | tionary character ... a flagrant I violation of the rights of property." As the strike grew, the cabinet of Premier Albert Sarraut resign(GONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MAKING SURVEY OF HOMESTEAD Landscape Specialists Are Making Survey At Local Homestead Ralph Gunn and Jerry Curtis, landscape specialists from the special schools division of the resettlement administration, have been making a survey of the homesteads project. The landscape specialists were requested from Washington by Miss Marion Neprud, community manager of the local project, after a number of homesteaders had tasked for assistance in arranging I a long time planning program for their yardis. The original plans designed by ' the' landscaping department of Purdue university will be used as a basis for long time planning pro- : gram. i The plans now call for individual gardens, although efforts will . be made to have some continuity -of landscaping and motif throughout the project. To illustrate What could be done along this line a i number of the homesteaders were conducted by Mr. Gunn and Mr. Curtis on a tour through the Van Wert. Oh'-o, peony gardens Wed- ' <CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

“I’m Not Crazy” ' 1 i • " - J ’ v K Si I v w • W' W ® .WL i - I Insisting that he's "not cra,zy;- l . Representative Marion A. Zion check, “bad boy" of congress, is | , pictured in a Washington, D. C., hospital where he was taken for I mental observation. His many; escapades came to a climax when he was arrested on a lunacy warrant following a day of typical ■ Zioncheck “pranks”, one of which i was to present a “gift” of empty 1 beer bottles to the president. CHURCH PLANS - ! FOR SERVICES Special Services At M. E. Church Sunday To Honor Pastor — ' Special -services honoring the j Rev- Herman R. Carson, pastor of , | the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church, on the occasion of his 20th anniversary as a Methodist minister, ■ will be held at the local church dur-! ing the regular service Sunday . morning. A special program has been! planned by the committee, compos-! ed of Walter Krick, chairman; Mrs.; W. Guy Brown and Miss Bernice Nelson. The service will start at 9:30 II o'clock, with Mr. Krick presiding. C. L. Walters will speak on “Good ministers of Jesus Christ," telling his experiences with ministers in I his many years of connection with | the church. The Rev. Carson, as a response to Mr. Walters’ address, will speak on “20 years in the Methodist ministry.” Rev. Carson will relate his i experiences as a minister during ' the 20 years he has been active in ‘ Methodist circles. Miss Helen Haubold is planning a program of special music. This ser- ' Ice will be followed by the regular Sunday School hour. A basket dinner will be held in the church basement following the ' Sunday school services. At this time ' : a representative from each of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE, SIX) WEATHER i Fair tonight and Friday; slightly warmer Friday. r Regular Legion Meeting Monday L i Adams post number 43 of the ’ | American Legion will hold the regular meeting at the home on First 1 and Madison streets Monday even- " Ing at 8 o’clock. All members are asked to be present,

Price Two Cents.

( erebral Hemorrhage Is Cause Os Sudden Death Os Democratic Leader; Roosevelt Confidante. RITES SATURDAY Washington. June 4 — (U.R) — William B. Bankhead of Alabama was elected speaker of the house today to fill the post left vacant by sudden death of Joseph W. Byrns. Adjournment plans were pul aside in the crisis caused by Byrns’ sudden death. Congress is ' now not expected to quit until sometime in the week following ■the Republican national convention opening at Cleveland Tuesday. Bankhead’s elevation to the speakership was agreed upon al an emergency conference of house leaders. He will serve as full ! speaker for the remainder of the i session. Whether he will Htand ' for re-election to the post a.t the ■ next congress was uncertain. Immediately after electing ' Bankhead, the house prepared to lecess. until a state funeral so“ | Byrns. to be held in the house at noon tomorrow. 1 President Roosevelt will attend the house funeral. He will also go ito Nashville. Tenn, for the final ■ services at which most of Byrns i congressional associates will !>»• ! present. It was formally announced that after services in the house at ! noon, the body of the late speaker ! will be placed on a train for (Nashville at 4:55 p.m. The train 1 will arrive at Nashville at 12:50 ! p.m. Saturday where final services I will be held Saturday afternoon. The senate paid its respect by I recessing and delaying tax bill acI tion indefinitely. Bankhead, house majority leader since the elevation of Byrns to j (lie speakership after tile death of i Speaker Henry T. Rainey, was ; elected by legislative crisis arisi ing from Byrns death. I Clerk of the house South TritnI hie called the house into session. Galleries were crowded. It was the first time in history that the i house had been with the I duty of electing a successor to a j speaker who had died while congress was in session. Trimble announced briefly that, “it is my painful duty to inform the house of the death of the speaker." I Rules committee chairman John J. O’Connor then offered a resoj lution for the election of Ranki head to Byrns’ post. "It is necessary," he told memi hers, "for the machinery of gov(CONTINUED ON PACE FOUR) o PLAN FOUNTAINS AT COURT HOUSE Commissioners Seek To Place Water Fountains At Court House Providing an appropriation is made by the county council water fountains will be set up on the northeast corner of the court house square. An agreement has been worked out by the board of county commissioners and city council. The county commissioners have approved the expenditure of county funds for the purchase of the equipment of two fountains. The city council approved the provisions of the agreement whereby the city water department would erect The fountain, furnish it with water and maintain it at no cost to the county. It was first proposed to erect one fountain on the corner with two or three bubblers. The state health I board refused to approve this plan jon the grounds that it would be ' unsanitary. The board stated that • the water from one bubbler would ■ drip into the other bubbler. ■I The proposition will be submitt.- ) ed to the county council at a specI ial session to be called soon.