Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1936 — Page 1

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fcVITIES OF JIICK IFCION |||E RESUMED &man “Squealer” Is Sgdiv Beaten By l’n- ■ known Assailants |K. |V U.P) AiH'hh' |K'.:.■ -I tlu-ir efforts to ,-x Black Logion toda) v,donee that it hot RK, . t, noristic iu tivili.e- --... ,is official assassin his work in a court K ... j imi w j du . I. .1 nil , P i . who had. aided the |Ktig;dioii growing out of the ■H. execution of Charles \ |K . w I' \ worker, and autlca Hi;.. d that it might result obstructing justi.e ., number of black legion|K»>:„ hale not figured prom in the investigation to |K d tii- temerity to reveal the terrible oath might be ■ punishment, author,IKriier. -< tile ,loses! possible for William Guthrie, 33. was hospital in a serious from multiple bruises KHi'.o-u.i after she had be.-u cagm-d. and flogged in li.-i |H by unknown men. While BKrj> undergoing her torture. ■ 1' Seallen was orderk legionnaires 10-l-i for charges of plotting the of two prominent n-udibors. attracted to moans, broke into the I. . • -terday after RHci's.l I:- r on the floor, semi Still in her mouth was of black cloth that li.nl I as a gag. which authoi once was part of 'I. md-like cost nines ~f IK -t.il questioned her hasOX PAGE FIVE) o — . - HN EXHIBITS BICENTENNIAI Mistrial. Commercial exhibits To Be Held M In August for the greatest industrial HMt'Olnni- h ial show ever held nf a metropolitan area m .m progressing, aeeordm;: |ME Bell, chairman of the ex riiiiiiiiittee for the Decatur Ktui ' ■ l-liration from Angu--' blocks will be reipii Um exhibits, it is ex of the industrial and committee are: Mr. BHb I). Mollenkoff. Ferd Lit Thomas. Wilson Lee. Krick and E. W Lankenaii exhibits will be housed in HB lll ' l constructed water prool tents on Montoe, MadiCmt streets. The tents beautifully decorated. HBassist the visitors it is planMB* locate kindred exhibits in e sections of the tents. will be placed on pro Manufactured in the county effort will be made to show with the new. special sections will - t | le many prod :• through local dealers ■B rp has been some agitation automobile show. There exhibits of farm equipment gflyhe present it appears that MB l ' of the show will be limitHB*-' by the amount of space ■B“' ! ' Requisitions for exhijßrooni are coming in rapidly who desire space are reIo contact members of the immediately. BM o Mnship Trustees fl Hold Annual Picnic loO persons atO'e annual (picnic for pres- ,(| former township trustees wives, held at Lehman's n Berne today. The principal was made by Walter J s ”Perintendent o ft he Decaschools. ■ ■ ~ 0 Legion I Meeting Monday r ejular meeting of lAdanie K ht e he ’d at 8 o'clock Monday n the Legion home. NominaEbe ff ' eeiß f ° r f ' le fioniin K >’ ear ■ ■ ttttde at the meeting-

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Auto Damaged By Fire Today An auto parked at. the Country dub during the grain dealers’ convention caught fire at 12:15 this | afternoon. The cause of the fire was J 1 not learned, Upholstering in Die in. terlor of the car was heavily damaged before the flames were exting-1 , j Dished. CENTRAL SOYA ' COMPANY PLANS NEW ADDITION Ground Is Broken For New Storage Tanks And Elevator Ground has been broken at the Central Soya company property for . the construction of new soybean storage tanks and elevator, which will soon be a dominant figure in the city's sky-line. Ten circular re-inforced concrete ' tanks will be constructed immediately south of the present soybean proqjssiing plant and the present road from the highway ■ to the plant. The tanks will be 26 feet in diameter and 110 feet i high with a capacity of 46,000 bushels each. Miscellaneous extra i storage space of 40,000 bushels will ' be provided, bringing the capacity of the new building up to 500,000 1 bushels, and making the Soya com- ■ pany storage capacity of 1,000,000 bushels. A work house 30 feet by 54 feet and 150 feet high will be erected at one end of the tanks had will have elevator legs, conveyors, cleaners, grinders, and a bean drier with a capacity of 1.000 bushels I per hour. Four cars can be un--1 loaded every hour by the new unloading dump while trucks can be emptied at a rate of 3,000 bushels i hourly. The complete building will be 54 feet wide by 175 feet long and will approach to within 40 feet of ■ the present bean storage. It is expected to be finished about September 15, in time to receive new crop soybeans. The new building wax designed and wfll be buift by the Indiana Engineering & Con(CONTINURD ON PAGE FOUR) j o ' French Political Groups Dissolved Paris, June 18.—(UP)—The cab- ' inet today drafted emergency decrees dissolving the fascist croix de feu (cross of fire), organization ' and other right wing organizations opposed to the popular front government headed 'by Premier Leon ' I Blum. • 1 The decrees, to be signed this afternoon by President Albert LeI Brun, provide for dissolution not only of the croix de fen but of the Francistes Solidarite Francalse and ! the Jeunesses (young) patriots. They followed clashes between . communists and fascists In Marseil- ■ lee yesterday and coincided with . unconfirmed reports that Col. De La Rosque leader of the croix de fur. i was planning a Tightest consolidation to move on Paris in a demon-. • stration similar to Benito Musso--1 lini's famous March on Rome. BAND CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT Decatur Girls’ Band To Present Concert Here Friday Night The Decatur Girls’ band, under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer, i will present a concert at 7:45 o-< ■ clock Friday evening at the corner of Second and Madison streets. The girls, bedecked in their new 1 bright red uniforms, will through the business section immediately preceding the concertThe local organization is the only | strictly girls band in this section ' 0( t | ie state. The band is formed entirely of girls, all of high school age or younger. The complete program concert follows: i March-Military Eecort. by Ben-n*Overtiire-Magneta, by HuffSelection— Saxaphone, accordian uet ‘ j i.iu Fancy by Bennett i Serenade-Idle h ancy, uy March—Fort Gay, by Huff. Mexieana-Themea from Mexico,. b> March— Hippodrome, by HuffHarmoniana overture. Saxaphone and accordian quintet. Themes from Mignon, io . country Gardens, 'by E. DeLan te March-Progre«B- by Bennett.

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Arrest Fort Wayne Man For Fraud Fort Wayne, Ind., June 18 —(UP) —John Van Sloet-Tot Haarman, 23 admitted today that he bilked working girls of $lO by posing as social ' secretary to Rep. James I. Farley of Auburn, Ind., and promising them jobs In the postoffice department. He was bound over to the Allen I appearing in city court on a charge appearing in cit court on a charge of obtaining money under false ipre- ’ tenses. Haartnan's racket first was uncovered when a series of his victims who had paid him $lO as “good | faith bonds." attempted to check his identity through the United Press bureau. He also had presented himself as a United Press correspondent and as a reporter for the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel-AUDITOR MAKES ' DISTRIBUTION Checks Are Mailed Today As Distribution Os Taxes Checks totaling $267,245.73 are being mailed today by County j Auditor John W. Tyndall as the distribution of taxes collected by , County Treasurer Jett Liechty dur- j ing the first six months of the | year, including May tax collection, j The June settlement sheet, or; record of money to be distributed by the county auditor, has been approved by the state board of accounts, which complimented the auditor for his promptness and ac- : curacy. No errors were found in the settlement sheet. The money to be sent to the state is as follows: state general fund, $7,519.47: common school relief fund, $9,671.60; teachers retirement, $2,936.34; World War memorial fund, $<89.44; board of | agriculture, $428.17, and state forestry department, $244.71. County funds to be distributed are: county general fund. $52,855.84; township road bonds and interest. $30,559 70, and county bonds, $6,117.42. Other payments are: township general funds, $9,077.73; tuition. $43,310.66; special school, $55,121. SO; school building bonds, $3,851.56; township poor tax. $22,043.47, and library tax, $2,113.01. The sheet shows that County Treasurer Liechty collected sl,035.22 in personal delinquent taxes last May for which he will receive $31.06. or three per cent from the penalty. The money due this year is as follows: total current tax (both May and November installments). $489,323.06; former years' delinquent, $43,470.68; penalty on former years delinquent taxes, $4,807.91; and total, $537,601.65. There was paid in property and personal taxes last May $262,993.65, of which $22,738.04 was delinquent taxes from former years. In addition there was collected $4,136.66 in poll taxes, distributed as follows: common school fund, $1,105.47; tuition, $134.94; special school, $134.93; and corporation poll, $550.38. Other taxes collected were: bank taxes, $4,024.65; building and loan associations, $110.42, and moratorium tax duplicate collecItions, $545.77, and total, $4,680.84. Men’s Brotherhood Meeting Postponed The Christian church men's brotherhood meeting hae been postponed from tonight until Tuesday evening, June 23.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 18, 1936.

RECEIVE BLANKS TO AID NEEDY Welfare Board Receives Application Blanks This Week Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, Adame county welfare director, has received application blanke for assistance for dependent children and. for the needy blind. The county welfare ‘board wishes to have all the application blanks filed this month and will begin aci cepting the applications at the county welfare office on the second floor of the court house Monday. State regulations under the 1936 welfare act permit assistance be given children whose parents can not adequately support them because of death, continued absence from the home or physical or mental incapacity, or whose relations (liable under the law for their support) are not able financially to provide for their adequate care and and support without public assistance." The welfare act also provides that these children must he “living with a father, mother, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, stepfather. step-mother, step-brother, step-sister, uncle or aunt in a place of residence maintained by one or more ot such relatives as his or their own home," There are about 65 needy children now receiving financin’ help by the county, who will be eligible under the new welfare act, it is estimifted. The county welfare board met this week in its regular monthly momeeting. Reports were given on the applications for assistance by men and women over 70 years (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) SELL HOMEWOOD LOTS NEXT WEEK Lots In Homewood Addition Will Be Offered At Public Sale ■ln connection with the public sale of lots in the Homewood addition next week, interesting comment has been tnado by French Quinn, local attorney and historianMr. Quinn's comments follow: “Our attendtion has been called to a sale of vacant town lots in the Homewood Addition lying north and west ot the General Electric Company plant and adjoining on the east Hanna-Nuttman Park. I have no interest financially in these lots, but I am interested with the hope that they may be sold advantageously tor worth while home building. "The truth is that these lots are magnificent. They will make ideal locations for pleasant homes. They are near to the manufacturing section of that area and only a short distance from the business section of Decatur. “Personally I am interested in that section of town -on account of Hanna-Nuttman Park. The years shall bring great beauty there and and homes in that addition will ultimately greatly increase in value. It appears certain the U. S. Highway No. 27 will be re-routed away from down town and will follow Thirtenth Street north and south across the city. "Very earnestly, I hope that those who are in a position to ibuy and have vision will not overlook this great opportunity."

Unusual Honor I This is the first time that a state convention of the Indiana Grain Dealers’ association has ever been held in a town the size of Decatur. Past conventions have been held in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Richmond and cities of that size. Due to the cooperation extended by the Central Sugar company, Central Soya company, McMillen t Feed Mills, Burk Elevator company i and the Cloverleaf Creameries. , Inc., of this city, it was possible t to bring the convention to Deca- | tur. The Cloverleaf Creameries and , Burk Elevator company provided , the luncheon for the visiting wo- ( men at the Elk’s home. The Cen- , | tral Soya company and McMillen ; Feed Mills acted as host at the noon luncheon. The banquet and ( entertainment this evening at the ' Decatur Country Club will also be provider! by these organizations. o STORM CAUSES SOME DAMAGE I ■■ " < Barns Blown Down; Indianapolis Man Killed By Lightning i Freak winds and rain late yes- i terday afternoon caused consider- I able damage before finally subsiding. | Seven tarns were reported to i have been blown down during the ‘wind storm, which reached near cyclonic proportions. Among these was a barn belonging to Frank ' 1 Heiman, of south of the city. Martin Mylott, city light super- ; ; intendent, reported today that I electric lines in the city and sur- ‘ rounding territory had been damaged, but all services are expected to be re-opened by tonight. Wires at the Presbyterian church were ‘burnt off, poles along the county infirmary line were blown down, and several in Union townshiii were broken off by the. high velocity wind. Numerous , house fuses were also blown out. The Citizens Telephone company reported considerable damage to telephone lines in the community, with all communication ' , service restored by noon today. Yellow hued skies accompany- ; ing the winds caused considerable . fear of a cyclone for some time. Hail, falling in stones as large as I peas, contributed greatly to the i 1 fall in temperature, breaking the , ■ heat wave which gripped the city , during the afternoon. Man Killed 1 Indianapolis, June 18 — (U.R) — ' | Fred J. McMillan, 34, father ot six ' I children, was killed last, night by ''a bolt of lightning during an electrical storm. The storm broke a heat grip which sent the mercury to 94 de- ’ grees, the highest of the year, 1 here yesterday. Crop damages were reported and several persons were injured in 1 Indiana last night as electrical storms, followed in some sections i by hail, broke a drought of almost ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I All Boy Scouts To Meet Tuesday Night ' There will be a, meeting of a.ll r Boy Scouts in the city Tuesday 1 night at the municipal swimming pool at 7 o’clock. Plans will be ’ made for the summer camp and I for the Scouts’ participation in the s Centennial celebration from August 2 to 8.

C.E.PICNIC HERE SATURDAY Annual Picnic For G. E. Employes At Sunset Park Saturday Approximately 1,000 employes of the local General Electric tplant, members of their families and invited guests are expected to attend the annual G. E. picnic at Sunset park Saturday. Those who will attend, are to meet at the factory at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. There a procession of over 100 autos will be formed to transport the employes and their guests to the park grounds. A free lunch will ibe served at 12 | o'clock noon, followed by entertainment, including horseshoe, softball games and other amusements, in addition to a dance in the afternoon. Frank Gillig is general chairman of the event Other committee chairmen are: Solomon Bowser, lunch; Wa’do Eckrote, ice cream; Herman Keller, lemonade; Carl Smith, refreshments; A Hilton, softball; Oren Schultz, coffee; Mary K. Leonard. children’s entertainment; Paul Reynolds, transportation; Cal Wait, decorations and Bob Gage, tickets. Several score employes of the plant have been named on committees in p’annning the event and a complete day of entertainment has been arranged. o Huntertown Truck Driver Is Killed Fort Wayne, June 18 — (UP) — Cleo Simon, 30 year old Huntertown truck driver, was killed near here today when the gasoline truck he was driving left the road and crashed into a telephone pole. The truck cab was smashed and the load of 160,000 gallons of gas I and 30 gallons of oil ran into a ditch | without lighting. REV. MORFORD iS SELECTED Monroe Pastor Named President Os District Epworth League The Rev. Elbert S. Morford, pastor of the Monroe Methodist church was elected president of the Fort Wayne district, M. E. league Wednesday afternoon, as the final act of the convention representativesOther officers elected are: Theresa Neputne, of Forest Park M. E. first vice-president; Joyce Webb, Nevada Mills, second vice-presid-ent; Russell Ba’yard, New Haven, third vice-president; Mildred Neuhausen Bluffton, fourth vice-presid-ent; Gladys Boles, Garrett, junior league secretary; Alice Hall, Garrett, secretary and Louis Dilling, First M. E. ot Fort Wayne, treasurer. The convention representatives selected the Geneva M. E. church as the 1937 meeting place. A total of $1,300 was pledged by the district leagues to aid in missionary work in South America, and a SIOO was voted to be given toward the erection of a girlville building at Lake Webster on Forest ‘park. The Rev. H. R. Carson, pastor of the local church delivered an address at the convention Others who gave talks were; Dr. E. T- Franklin, of Fort Wayne, the Rev. A. R. Shanks and the Rev. Owen Geer, ot Chicago.

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NEW DEALERS I HOLD CONTROL OF DEMOCRATS Little Fight Expected In National Convention Next Week Philadelphia, June 18. — (U.PJ New dealers head into their nat- ; ional convention next week in full control of the party, with dissatisfied Democrats either suppressed , or busy taking walks. All signs point to a brief, hard i fight on whether the two-thirds I rule shall be abolished, some . wrangling in committee over a , platform, and then harmony and good will among the delegates. i Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia took his walk today, but in a tentative sort of way. A telegram cancelled the reservation he had made for an entire hotel floor during the convention. In Atlanta, he refused to say whether he would come to Philadelphia, but did say that he would support the party’s nominee and its platform. Two months ago Talmadge was stumping across Georgia, threatening to fight the renomination of President Roosevelt on the convention floor. He even won the indorsement of the “grass roots” Democrats in Macon, Ga., for the presidentil nomination, and was expected to march into Philadelphia with red suspenders snapping to breathe brimstone at the new dealers. A "Georgia delegation pledged to President Roosevelt was certified (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CHARTER TRAIN TO WASHIGTON Gecode Club Members Will Visit Washington June 26 A chartered train will carry 45 girls, members of the Gecode club of the local General Electric plant and 11 other girls to Washington. D. C.. on Friday night, June 26. The trip, planned by the club I members, will include a tout of all the public buildings in the nation's capitol. A tea will be served the girls, with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as hostess. Other places which will be visitled include Mt. Vernon, the tomb of the unknown soldier, Annapolis and the Washington monument. The special train will leave Fri--1 day night at 5:45 p. m. (DST) from the Fort Wayne station, arriving in Washington Saturday morning 'at 8:45 a. m. Rooms in prominent hotels have been engaged by the girls. They will leave Washington Sunday night to arrive in time for work Monday morning. The club members who will make the trip are: Mildred Acker, Bonita Baughn. Jeanette Beery. Virginia Beery, Amanda Bieberlch, Vera i Bleeke, Elsie Brunnegraf, Hilda Bultemeier, Martha Colchin, Thelma Cook, Esther Deßolt, Lois Dellinger, Ruth Elzey, Freida Merriman, Dora Miller, Lucile Rumschlag, Dorothy Miller, Fern Passwater, Evelyn Reber, Lorena Reppert, Betty Richart, Dolores Russel, Mary Jane Schafer. Betty Schieferstein, Harriet Shockey, Ethel Tumbleson, Mary Ulman. Alvera Vian, Geraldine Wait, Rosalynd Foreman, Estella Frank lln, Mary Jane Fritzinger, Marce- \ \ line Gage. Claudine Gallogly, Kathryn Hower, Kathryn Hyland, Hazel Hunt, Mary K. Leonard, Mina Lynch, Effie McGill, Helen Weaver, Mary Werling, Agnes Wolpert, '; Mina Wynn, Mary Margret Keller. ’ I Those, other than the club members, who will make the trip are; ' Helen Barthel, Marie Deßolt, Ver- ’ nie Franklin, Frances Franklin, ( Evelyn Gladfelter, Nellie Hasis, Kathryn Hill, Mary Miller, Sylvia ’ Rhul, Vian Schwartz and Mary ’ Wertzberger. Several hundred members of the ’jElex club, of the Fort Wayne I works are also planning to attend, fl o WEATHER 3 Generally fair tonight and Friday; cooler east and south £ tonight; rising temperature Friday afternoon.

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Larger Crowd Than Expected Gathers In Decatur For Annual Convention Os Grain Dealers. BANQUET TONIGHT A crowd larger than expected attended the annual mid-sumtner convention of the Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association in Decaiur today, all sessions being held at the Country Club. More than 300 persons are expected at the banquet and entertainment to be given this evening, the early morning crowd swelling during the day with arrival of visitors from throughout the state and Ohio. The delegates began to arrive early. Two hundred men and about 75 women had registered up to 11 o’clock this morning and automobiles continued to arrive during the noon hour and early this afternoon. Registration tables were arranged on the south veranda and four women were busy typing the names of visitors and issuing coat lapel, badges. Many came from a distance, several registrations were made from Toledo, Indianapolis, Gary, and from the north, south and west parts of the state. The morning session got underway at 10:30 o’clock with C. C. Barnes, of Winchester, vice-presi-dent ot the association, presiding Mr. Barnes filled the president's chair in the absence of G. A. Pritchard. Fortville, who was injured in an automobile accident last Monday. Welcomes Dealers Mayor A. R. Holthouse, in behalf of the city, welcomed the guests and made a short talk on the importance of the elevator and grain business in each community. •Most communities can trace part of their growth back to the time when the first elevator was established. The elevators became the town halls' and out of-state commerce started as soon ua the establishments began to gather the surplus farm grains and ship the products to all parts of the country." Mayor Holthouse commented. An invitation was also extended the visitors to return to Decatur for the Centennial celebration next August. Gives Response Fred K. Sale, Indianapolis, general secretary ot the association, which has 450 members in the state, presented Mr. Barnes and presided as chairman of arrangements at the business sessions of the meeting. W. D. Springer, Indianapolis, past president of the Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association, gave the response to the city’s welcome and expressed the association s appreciation for the invitation to gather here in convention. A. B. Pattou, a representative ot the Glidden Paint Company, Chicago, one of the largest users of soy bean oil in the making of paint, gave an instructive paper on the importance ot the soy bean industry. Mr. Pattou stated that from every bushel of beans, one gallon of oil could be obtained and drew a word picture of the multiplication of this formula, showing that the farmer could raise part ot the product which goes into the manufacture of paint for his barns and other buildings. Through the commercial use ot soy bean oil, the demand and price ot soy beans has advanced on all markets and the farmer has been given another profitable crop, the speaker stated. Mr. Pattou stated that if the importation ot foreign oils were stopped, more soy beans could be grown in this country. HI Lew Hill of Indianapolis gave a discussion on grain grading and moisture testing. Following his talk a resolution was adopted relative to the federal grade of musty oats. H. L. Gray of Crawfordsville, chairman of the grain dealers transportation committee, closed the morning session with an address on “Grain Rates to Southern ' Territories." He told the new ' delegates that the rail roads had ' approved a lower freight rate or "tariff" to the southern states which would have opened up a ’ market closed by high rates for the last tour years for wheat and ' flour to the southern states. The Indiana and Ohio shippers have been prevented from selling these products because competitTbn with shippers from the southwest, who use boats via the Pan- | (.CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE).