Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1936 — Page 1

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HOLO PARTY Bin or shine Revolt Nominators’ Km To Be Held Here I Saturday Night |H ■ i.omimitoi ■ • ■ ■■. . "T shine. it wa-s in- Yon n a I >■■lll iAdams county. id fair weath’r it wil l lie ’lw w.-st lawn of the H 1’ Saturday at 7: .:•• |H> 111 case of rain ii will court room. Ka li'rn .'i. ( hairmaii arrangement:. tor the party today. Bw - •s> iith-Knapp, pre ..!.!>• B' ■’■:. oitnfy Democra’i i'r> and chairman of Wil! he completed ’ Program wi’l be opened by a of welcome by Mayor Ar liuithouse to the nomina"liter imniunitiets in the «::•> « ill attend the llvatar Plrad, 'ast from Philadelphia p '«l-iit Franklin Itoo-ec ■ It .< ■“‘H'" speech will be picked up a:. I piesented to the < r > a . 1 P : : lii address system fui■H by Marcellus Miller. i" musical program will pr ■ |B ar,( l follow the address. H^ ts are being sold in each W"' 'T' in the county under the iwfoiiof Nathan C. N u l«on, connJ .'oal ehairfnan. hey may be W“ (!l from: Mayor Arthur R. H Decatur, Earl Sanders. C. 11. Musselman, Berne; 1 Geneva; Roy Dubach, | ■Gruvp. o ren pnrtney, Pleasant ■ Milton (' Werling. I’t ■- Rood Johnson Home Is Looted e 6 "’ere called to the RayJohnson home on Tenth last night about 9 o’clock 1 prowler was reported to ttttered the house from a side * a nd escaped with .some change and several valuables, ailed in the loot obtained by “ lf,r was about $2.50 from a tank, church envelopes conI Utnall change, a man’s wrist an <i a ruby ring. by the rear door after ' rln ? the loot. The theft was re- < bv Mary Miller and Char’tor, who were at the home, " e Police arrived. The Johnarrived heme shortly , ■ Police were called.

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: WARFARE RAGES AMONG CHINESE Sporadic Fighting Continues Among Chinese Leaders Canton, China, June 26—(VP) Striking back at Generalissimo Shiang Kai-Shek for sending Central government troops into Kwangtung province, General Chen ChiTang, Canton overlord, invaded Kiangei province today. Sporadic fighting continued in southern Hunan iprovince where Kwangsi province troops under general Li Ttsung-Jen. Cren's ally, re-1 newed attacks on Nanking' troops concentrations at Hengehow. Hunan and Kiangsi are provinces ' under Chiang’s jurisdiction. Kiangsi was the seat of the Chinese soviet republic until the Nanking dicta-| tor pressed h its anti-red campaign to j a suffesnful conclusion. Kwangtung. of which Canton is the capital, was invaded yesterday when Chiang sent his forces into Chen's territory from Fukien, another province controlled hy Nanking. Chinese newspapers reported that widespread hostilities on a scale unprecedented since the establishment of the Chinese lipubli? in 1911 cannot now be delayed beyond July 1. On that day the KwangtungKwansi armies, leaders in the rebetlion against Nanking, will have completed preparations to attack and Chen Chi-Tang wil Itake supreme command of the offensive designed to overthrow Chiang Kai-; Shek and pave the way for a united

Chinese war against Japan. The situalio uwas regarded by Chinese newspaper editors in the southwest 11 as unprecedented in Chinese hisi tory. « hey pointed oil that when major I hostilities break out the Nanking ,I government will be confronted with six distinct campaigns against Chiang Kai-Shek. First and most important, he will have to combat the combined offensive of the Kwangtung-Kwangsi armies, which are determined to plunge north ami south into civil war At the same time Chinese com- ’ muniots in Szechuan. Kansu and Sikiang provinces will be warring 1 1 against the generalissimo. Reds in Fu'kien province are conducting stiß another rebellion against Nan- ‘ king’s rule. In the north, especially in the provinces of Hcpei and Chahar, the Nanking authorities are attempting ' to suppress a campaign for Auton- > ony, while the Tientsin and Shan- : tung province Chiang Kai-Shek is • challenged by another movement against him because of his failure . to offer armed resistance to Japan-, ■ ese aggression. GRASSHOPPERS RUINING CROPS Fifteen lowa (ounties Suffer Enormous Loss Os Crops Minneapolis, Minn., June 26— /TTP) — A plague of tiny yellow grasshoppers settled on the centra | northwest today, stripping parched | [farmlands of vegetation j The insects rose in Kansas and flew in a swarm 100 miles long, arose Nebraska. Parts of them, settled in Lowa; the rest continued In the direction of southern Minnesota and southeastern South Da 1 'vehrvf’ra fartrhrfc praised the -•miracle" that saved them from the invasion The insects flying j 0 miles a , Durand 200 miles a day left only a few tired stragglers in Neb fortunate lowa farmers renorted enormous destruction in 15 poited en grasshoppers cou " ie ? ± f r of the small grain ;owa Ol °c B oun'ies ar ni a y suffer serious insects struggling across I fiom X 1 ON PAaa rIVE;

GERARD SWOPE EXTENDS BID TO FIRST LADY L. E. Head Invites Mrs. Roosevelt To Dedicate Homesteads Gerard Swope of New York City, president of the General Electric company, who, with other company officials. Visited the Decatur G E. Works yesterday, has in behalf of the city and Centennial Association, extended an invitation to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, to officiate at dedicatory ceremonies at the Homestead division during CenI tennial week. There is a possibility that Mrs. Roosevelt may come to Decatur during the Centennial celebration, i August 2 to 8. Invitations have I been extended to her by the city, the Centennial Association, the regional office of the resettlement .administration and individuals. Mr Swope and party visited the Homesteads yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Gordon Acheson invited the party into her home. Mr. Swope made an inspection of the hotfse and beamed with satisfaction over the tine appearance of the place I and paid compliment to Mrs. Acheson on the tidiness and good I housekeeping practices evident in her home. Mrs. Acheson was also hostess to the Homesteads Home i Economics club when the party i called. Accompanying Mr. Swope and party on the trip to the Homesteads were E. W. Lankenau, sup- . erintendent of the Decatur G. E. I plant and Mayor A. R. Holthouse. Those in Mr. Swope's party, included E. O. Shreve. \V. It. Burrows. R. C. Muir, and H. L. Andrews. vice-presidents of the company; John Anderson, L. R. Brown and W. 11. Henry of the Schenectady office; Neal Currie, Jr., general manager, Clifford Matson, superintendent and William Freeman i of the Fort Wayne* wonts. o

CHARLES ARNOLD DIES THURSDAY I.— Prominent Adams Court* i ty Man Dies At County Hospital i Charles C. Arnold, aged 60, life--1 I long resident of Adams county and | a prominent citizen, died Thursday •, afternoon at the Adams county me- ■; mortal hospital after an illness of ' four we ks. Death was caused by i heart disease and complications. : l The deceased was born August • ; 19. 1575, a son of Frank and Susan ' Barger Arnold of Adams county. • j He married Susanna Johnson in Ad‘l ams county August 19. 1X96. He was :|a member of the Antioch church ■ west of Decatur. Mr. Arnold was a farmer and a I contractor and took an active pai t ; in the affairs of the county until! he was compelled to retire four or five years ago due to failing health. [ He was a former trustee of Kirki land township and a director of the Preble bank. For the past several years he resided on West Monroe street In De.atur. Surviving besides the widow are ■ [the following children, Frank >Ar[nold, Mrs. Lawrence Bieberlck, I John Arnold. Floyd Arnold and I Luther Arnold, all residing near Decatur, ami Mrs. Lewellen Stuckey of Berne. Two children are deceased. The following brothers and sisters also survive, Mrs. Frank Martin. Decatur, Mrs. Walter Milroy, Akron, Ohio; Ed Arnold, rural , route, Decatur and a half-brother, j John Barger of Craigville. Three | ■ brothers are deceased. Funeral services will (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) j — -oWilev Morrison Injured Thursday Wiley Morrison of Decatur bus-I tallied painful bruises to his back when a heavy sikid fell from a truck load of logs and struck him between the shoulder blades Thursday. The accident occurred at 5 o'clock at the Adams county lumber company where he is employed. Mr. Morrison was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital I where his injury was treated. He j was much improved this morning and physicians did not believe his condition serious. o—• WEATHER Unsettled tonight and Saturday, showers and thunderstorms probable; slightly warmer south tonight, cooler Saturday extreme north.

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Is Farley Drafting Lehman? -i-. ~ at, zrBL I'l BPS® OISWf _ * I In view of the disappointment among Democrats when Governor Herbert Lehman of New York, decided not to run for his third term as governor, it might well have been that J a men A. Faj-ley, New Deal political strategist, was urging Lehman to enter the race when the two went into a political huddle at the Philadelphia convention.

COUNTY RELIEF COSTS ARE LOW Adams County Costs Rank Well Below Average In State Adams county relief cases amounted to only 2.6 per cent of the total population during the month of April, state figures received by John M. Doan. Washing ton township trustee. The state average was 4.1 per cent. During the month there was 119 families, representing 388 persons, and 40 single men and women making a total of 528 receiving aid. The average cost in Adams county per case was $12.21 as com pared to the state average of > $13.86. Jennings county had the lowest ease average with $6.32 and Lake county the highest with $20.69. Dubois county had tin- lowest percentage of persons on relief, with only 1.2 per cent of the population receiving help. Monroe county had the largest amount with 7.5 per cent of the population on relief. Adams county was the ninth lowest in the state in this respect. The county spent $1.64 less tnan the state average per case. Dubois county spent an average of $18.35 per case and Monroe county an average of $13.33 per case. Father Durkin Is Given Assignment The Rev. Father Thomas Durkin l of this city today received notice of hie appointment as assistant at St. Peter's Catholic church at Fort Wayne. Monsignor Charles Thiele is pastor. Father Durkin was ordained by Bishop John F. Noll Saturday, June 6. and celebrated hia first mass at St. Mary's Catholic church in this city Sunday, June 7, The appointmane wil Ibe effective next Thursday, July 2. Q— — Crouch And Jacobs Sentenced To Life South Bend, June 26 — (UP) — ! Harlan Crouch and James Jacobs ' Indiana rum runners, were sentenced to life imprisonment in Leavenworth federal penitentiary today for the slaying of John R. Foater. internal revenue agent. Both pleaded guilty to second degree murder i cllar B eH -

ONE DAY SHORT NEXT WEEK Only Five Shopping Days Next Week. Stores will be closed SATURDAY JULY 4th and the big shopping days will be THURSDAY and FRIDAY. Watch for the special advertisements of the local merchants in Wednesdays and Thursdays Democrat. They will mean savings to you.

No Objections To Appropriations Here I Paul Weber, field representative for the state tax board, conducted a hearing this morning on the special appropriations recently granted i by the county council. No objections or remonstrances were filed against the appropiiat- ! ions. His report will he taken to Indianapolis where the state tax 1 board will make the final decision in a few days. ■ Mr. Weber also attended a meet- . ing of the county board of reviews . this morning. He answered some . questions which have been brought before the board in re’ation to tax i assessments. PLAN FLOATS FOR PARADES Beautiful Floats To Feature Parades During City’s Centennial 1 Seeking to make tlie parades during Decatur's Centennial celebration August 2-8 the most elab- [ orate and spectacular ever staged in the city, members ot the floats committee met Thursday evening. The committee outlined prelim- , inary plans to contact business men of ail types of retail trade, industrial concerns and others interested in putting on a real show during Centennial. Floats will be featured in at least two parades during the week, on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Several suggestions were received by the committee last night. One suggestion was that retailers in the same type of business prepare a float jointly, thus making a more elaborate and beautiful float, with the added benefit of reduced expense. No advertising of any type will be permitted in the parade of ' floats, merely the name of the firm or firms sponsoring the float. A representative of the Evans flag and decorating company of Terre Haute will arrive in Decatur at least two weeks before the I opening of the Centennial to assist in preparing the floats. This man will be an expert in float building and will contact De- . catur firms, in company with a member of the float committee. The Evans company, which has been awarded the contract for general decorations for tlte Centen- ! i nial, and is the only company auth-

Stage Wild Demonstration As Franklin D. Roosevelt Is Placed In Nomination

Democratic Platform Is Adopted By Acclamation Mid Roar Os Approval By Delegates. CHALLENGES FOES (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Philadelphia, June 26. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt and the Demo cratic leadership ordered an advance along the entire new deal front today in a platform challenge to Republican and left-wing toes in the 1936 political campaign. Without contest, with a roar of approval, the Democratic national convention accepted the new deal platform calling for "a democracy of opportunity for all" and laying down in broad outline the main issues which President Roosevelt may interpret in his campaign tor reelection in November. The principle points were 1 A Democratic policy of co operation between the federal and state governments each in its respective field to solve "many . pressing national problems" as opposed to the Republican sweeping call for return of powers to the > states wherever possible. 2. A declaration to continue to , seek to meet problems such as , regulation of commerce and as . maximum hours an d minimum I wages "through legislation within the constitution" and maintaining . "the letter and spirit ot the con ; . stitution." i But. if that is not possible, a pledge to seek a clarifying constitutional amendment to permit the federal and state governments “each within its proper Jurisdiction" to safeguard economic secur- . ity and regulate commerce. The Republican platform avoided mention of possible constitutional changes, but the party's nominee, Gos. Alf M. Landon, declared for a constitutional amendment if necessary to permit states to regulate hours and wages and working conditions for women and children. 3. A Democratic pledge to con tinue its reciprocal tariff policy, which the Republican platform de-i nottnced and demanded repealed. 4. A new deal declaration for, continuance of present monetary policies designed to maintain "a permanently sound currency so stabilized as to prevent former wide fluctuations." The Republican platform demand for sound currency and international cooperation toward stabilization was interpreted by Landon to mean a return to the gold standard when feasible. 5. A Democratic challenge to i compare three years of new deal recovery with 12 years of Republicanism that "left our nation sorely stricken." The Republican platform denounced the new deal activities "insufferable" in contrast with the Democratic endorsement of the •» '*'■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O CONFESSES TO EMBEZZLEMENT Indianapolis Real Estate Agent Embezzles $75,000 Indianapolis, June 26. — (U.R) — Harry V. Underwood, real estate agent, was held under $25,000 bond today after allegedly confessing embezzlement of $75,000, which was lost in "bookie” and dice-game estalbishments. 1 Sheriff Otto Ray said Underwood surrendered to authorities and pur- • portedly confessed embezzlement • of rental collection, loans and funds obtaineu from sale of stock. >1 He was slated In municipal court ion vagrancy charges. His case yesterday was postponed until July 1 by Judge Dewey Myers pending an investigation. According to the alleged coni session, Underwood said he had I appropriated approximately $42.000 from one institution and pledged $16,000 worth of stock he I bought for a bank to another institution as collateral, obtaining loans of approximately SIO,OOO. In addition, he used considerable sums of his own money and rental collections, and issued checks for which he admitted there were no funds in the bank, the purported confession said. Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN),

I DIRECTOR WILL ■ ARRIVE JULT 7 Rogers Company Director To Have Charge Os Pageant 1 The John B. Rogers producing 1 company will send a director here July 7 to make preliminary arrangements for the huge historical page ; ant to he presented during the first ’ three days of the Decatur Centen- ( n'al celebration from August 2 to 8 ( This director wi’l remain in the , city until after the last performance of the pageant. An assistant director will be sent. ! to Decatur two weeks later, according to information received by Dr. i Fred Patterson, chairman of the I pageant committee. The talent committee, working I in cooperation with organizations in the city, has obtained nearly 600 , persons for the cast. Those who . may have been missed in the recom-. - mendations to the committee and . who would like to take part in the i biggest event of the Centennial cele-| , bration are urged to contact Mns. , Chalmer Porter or other members i of the talent committee immediate- ! Iy. A few parts are sti.ll available. Tlie pageant committee today ask- ; ed all members of the cast to be ’ | ready for the first call of the direc- : tor. which will be made on July 7 or soon after Group meetings will be held for preliminary instructions. I The pageant Is composed of a seri ies of episodes and Interludes depicting the history of this section of the country and particularly this , city. The dawning of creation, the . first Indian settlement, the arrival I of the first local pioneers, the founding of our county and scoiee of • other historical data go into making - up the entertainment. QUEEN CONTEST ENOS SATURDAY Contest For Selection Os Centennial Q u e e n Closes Tomorrow The popularity contest, sponsor-1 ed by the merchants of Decatur and the publicity committee of the Centennial, closes Saturday night at the end of regular business! hours. Miss Decatur and her two attendants, Miss Indiana and Miss Adams County will be named from ! the winners of first three places at the close of the contest. Despite the deluge of ballots in today's results, no major changes developed in the standings. Freida Scherer, with 1,929,400 remained in first place, closely followed by Mildred Teeple with 1,518,750 and Ruth Elzey with 1,062,850. Gladys Harvey is in fourth place, folowed by Patricia Fullenkamp. Kathryn Engeler, Isabelle Odle. 1 Berniece Closs, Roemary Holthouse and Phyllis Krick fn the order named. Miss Scherer and Miss Teeple . have the distinction of remaining in their respective positions since the opening day of the contest. Miss Elzey lost her position for but one day. Kathryn Engeler, . now in sixth place holding third . place for that day. Others have changed positions . frequently, Isabelle Odle probably ' making the greatest change, by , moving from 17th place, which she held for some time, to seventh I place which she now maintains More Ballots Ready ■ An additional 20,000 ballots are I being printed today, and will be ready for sale at the Centennial t office tomorrow morning. Several 5 merchants have used their present I supply. Despite the huge number of ballots printed, and the printing crew . working night and day at various j z^z K z^zV^Z*^\Z^ZXZ>Z-W^ZVz>z-VZ%»^-~-'^*^Z' I I (CONTINUED ON PADP SEVEN) •| o 'CCente r, Cronn Will Meet Monday r v The miscellaneous committee of 3 the Centennial association will meet at the o'tv hall Monday evening s at 7:30 o'c'oek. All members are 3 urged tn attend. Th° committee is j composed of the following memIbens: Leo Kirsch, chairman; Albert 51 Sellemeyer, Miss Louise Haubold ' and Ml sa Florence Uoltbouse.

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Nomination Os Roosevelt Sets Democrat National | Convention Into Frenzied Demonstration. NAMED BY MACK Philadelphia, June 26. — (U.R) — Judge John E. Mack placed Franx- ’ lin D. Roosevelt in nomination for the presidency today and dynamited the Democratic national conven tion into an outburst ot hysterical ' frenzy. The demonstration lasted an , hour and nine minutes. i A slight, graying man, Mack stood at the speaker’s rostrum and pronounced the word the conven- • tion had been waiting through a week of platform drafting, rules . fights, convention routine and horse play "I give you ” he shouted "Franklin Delano Roosevelt." Came an explosive roar from the. jam-packed hall. From delegates ; seats and crowded balconies men | and women sprang from their I chairs roaring and cheering. The i demonstration was off — the dim ' actic event of the convention bad waited for. Mack presented Mr. Roosevelt to the convention not in the words and gestures ot an orator. He presented nim as his old school friend —as the boyhood chum and man hood companion, and now the na Hon's leader and the new deal | author. He spoke in simple terms. Mack said the new deal had stripped the "classes of privilege" of their power over government. "The issue now," he said, “is whether the people are going to retain control of the processes of government or whether they are going to turn them hack to this i small group whose restructive ; abuse of their former power was j responsible for all our troubles. "We are ready for the issue, iWe have ended starvation, bread ! lines, soup kitchens, and have brought this country through the I greatest depression ever known. I "With our decks civuicd fur bat tie, with justice and right and progress with us. we are ready for | more action under the inspired I leadership of that great American i whose name I give you as your i candidate for president, no longer I a citizen merely of one state, but ; a son of 48 states, Franklin Delano ! Rbosevelt.” Delegates had been waiting tor that name. Three days of talk and parading were a build up toward Mack's three last words. In ' 48 state delegations and among the representatives of territories and possessions, men and women were ready to step up with seconding remarks. The big occasion ot the convention was approaching, when the man who led the Democratic party back into Washington in (CONTINUED ON PAGE? SEVEN) O FLOYD ELSTON PLEADS GUILTY Youth Pleads Guilty To Charge Os Vehicle Taking i Floyd Elston, 17, of near Decatur i (plead guilty before Judge Huber M. - DeVoes in the Adams circuit court ('ona charge ot vehicle taking. Judge < DeVoss took his decision under adi visement and will not pronouncu sentence until Saturday. Elston was accused of having ■ stolen a car belonging to Charles > \ Burke Friday, June 20. The car was II found abandoned near Warren, I i where he admitted he stole another t car and which was a'so recovered. Elston was arrested in Tipton • county on a petit larnceny charge •' ■ preferred by a farmer by whom ha ’ had been employed. The farmer charged he etole a watch and some money. Elston was wanted in this county on a grand larceny charge in conj nection with the theft of a gun from ! Sherman Kunkle. He wan returned f ' to the county on this charge, which t was not pressed, however, when the second affidavit was filed today ft by Prosecuting Attorney Edmond 3 1 A. Bosse, accusing him ot vehicle J taking. I I The youth is also alleged to have j! confessed stealing $1 from a local | filling etatlon.