Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1936 — Page 1

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|f[S RIGHTS ■i BE CHIEF ME IN FALL lign Issue; Roose- ■ ]s Given Great I Reception ■ ■ 1....-- 2" <U.R> «•' th.- Democratic Ilf-W today Hl.- battle behl ■ pl ,-ulelitial campaign W ... division of noth stales and federal Ih-il respective can cl.ixation in pr-p th** f |a yK,IhJ imos.-v.-lt, re nominal by 'he Democratic mn wit ion i" Philadel K grr i H I ~n in. Hyde Park. N. lE* f.iilllu .dion I eienionieH K'lio- islerously .•ntliiis i" I'tanklin Field. ■ m Landon is hooking ■ llu | nailing detective stories K Park. Colo., a mile high Kguml where fie lias leased a K|! IIU s ( . Im himself and lain MflP guieiiinr shortly will re io Topeka to deal with a u session of the state legis ( siniiiuoiieil In vote Kansas ► security system sei up by jjeral government. Rposev.li's campaign formopened Saturday night at Ills Field in the blue-white ot kleig lights before so

that a mass move ■ p.uiidi- demonstration ,i iiilil have caused deaths injuries. He will week, visiting \ii ■ two speeches and ntav siiiiimei invade Topeka wn h mi tat'lii 10l lot But «i spolighl has swung deal to the Kepuldi |Mpar:v and its candidate will be notified of his Be:Ju!) 23 in Topeka and nil) he on until early ■t- ■ :o-n voters R.-t.-t mm" shall occupy the niastei 's in the big house at 160 C -■ijlrania Ave., here. state's rights issue cuts between the Republican -..t.c platforms. Repuh .:. ii.-o-i.md adopted sever ■h deal objectives, but pro Mti.loro be transferred to Their- W. IS a notable trend ■htdiio (mu in the Republican Plank Landon's telegram amend ■lit necessary, to permit regu ON PAGE SIX) Im VOTING lOJ FINAL OAT ■eclion Os Centennial ■Queen To Be AnI nounced Tuesday I BULLETIN r tr won the title of “Miss it was learned at 3:15 ■kit this afternoon. Mildred ■* le was named “Miss Indi- ■*" as runner-up with 4.381.- ■ “Miss Adams Conn J lB Huth Elzey, with 3.571.400 ■ t,! Fourth place was taken ■ Cladys Harvey with 2.901.350 ■*’■ Totals for the remaining ■ contestants will be announc ■ Tuesday. ■hiday was "bill(paying" day in ■ llnr an hundreds of citizens ol ■ fil - and surrounding < •<> jjiinu ti • ■fM old accounts in order that ■ 9 ' J = might be obtained for the ■*lp)’of voting in the (’em-iinia: ■"contest. avalanche of ballots east Sat■>'"snowed under" members al' ■ ''liHiclty committee of the On■'"l and a large force of 25 Girl ■ ■•making the final determina--I°f the winners of the iconttut Miable today. •* contest aroused more inter“ail had been anticipated by the r-hy committee, which was *'l lo ext Pnd the facilities of Hi" Job printing plants in the i lly J" limit during the last weeks ** contest to supply the forms. I supply Os 20,000 white ballots purchasea was exhausted •CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ' O *eive Post Office Site Bids On July 13 e United States treasury tie■ntnt announced today that bide ■ a site for 'Berne's new poet B" building will be opened at the office July 13 at 9 a. m. A K ot 167,000 was allotted last ■■torpurchase of a site and con■,tl|on of a tew building. 5

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

6. E. EMPLOYES COMPLETE TRIP Decatur Girls Arrive Home From Washington This Morning The Decatur General Electric girls who were members of the weekend excursion to Washing ton. D. arrived home early this morning, tired, but happy. The special Pennsylvania train arrived in Van Wert, Ohio, nt ' about 6:30 o’clock The i-omiu gent was met by busses and tinparty was conveyed from Van Wert to Decatur. The girls rejiort ed tor work at the local plain at | the regular time. A highlight of the trip vv'as the Visit to the While House 'ate Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Prank lilt It. Roosevelt, wile of lhe President, gave a tea ami reception for the girls. Mrs. Koosevelt received each one. shaking hands in old Hoosier style with more than lion iMss Lorena Reppert. president of the Decatur Decode club, in be half of the City amt the Decatur Centennial Assiiciatiini, and the General Electric organization, per sonaily invited Mrs. Roosevelt to eonte to Decatur for the Cetden nial celebration. Mrs. Roosevelt informed Miss Reppert that she had already writ ten to Mayor A. R. Holthonse, stating it was impossible for her I to accept. The G. E. girls were escorted , I through the White House and

grounds Mrs. Roosevelt remained with them until it was time for her to go to Philadelphia to attend the program at which Presi dent Roosevelt accepted the Demo cralic nomination for president. She made the trip from Washing Ton to Philadelphia by airplane, in order to he with the girls and re- ' main with them during the re(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I | O JUDGE DEVOSS HEARS CASES I Three Sentences Are Imposed; One Not Guilty ' plea Received Judge Huber M. DeVose in the 1 Adams circuit court this afternoon . i imposed three sentences and heard a iplea of not guilty. Floyd Elston. 17 of near Decatur, was sentenced to one to in year imI prisonment on a charge of vehicle taking- He pleaded guilty before Judge DeVoss Friday. E'aton was alleged to have taken I an automobile from Charles Burke, Friday. Juno 24, and abandoned it near Warren, where he mole a second car. He also is alleged to have | stolen a small amount of i h and a watch. Elston was arrested by the Tip- ' ton county sheriff and returned to Adams county on a grand larceny | charge preferred by Sherman Kunkle. who alleged he stole a gun i worth $26. This charge wan dismissed by Prosecuting Attorney Edmond A. lios.se when F.'eton plead guilty to Hie vehicle taking charge. Ernest and Howard Willhoff of Jefferson township, who were ari rested Saturday on a i 'TcONTINVRD ON PAGK WR> FIREWORKS TO FEATURE DAV . Fireworks Display Dmi| ing Legion Conference Here Saturday An elaborate firework® display ' will be the outstanding P>«b.k 1 feature of the annual fourth dis ' trieconference of the American Ugion. to be held in Decatur. Saturday. July 4. • James K. Staley. «® neral J™ ' man. announced today t •• 1 «s ■ over a period of at east uteg , will be held at 8.30 p. in.. i Saturday evening- ~n nVe nient X S ouS Monroe street brldge 0 ,.i outline for the day's sis.»‘"“‘“"'j 1 : «. The morning will be uevule “ ... J Oll Hni a ’fourth l page five.

As President Accepted Democratic Nomination '"^qhhbhhmmhhhhmmhhmqßhmhmn9bbbih m m lil F -k * Ik ■\ , , J •e-d, ■ " &&,*• rX-W ipswwmMs? w®*t«®3Maa»Stg WSiMMIi AKfwite .>&' wtH- • JBEBg i nnr- -w ' ■ ' I B- ■ ;'£j The above remarkable picture shown President Roosevelt holding up Vice-president Garners hand —as a. ij ’f , ’’ , *P m l < r d J hearers liefore an immense thrlng at Franklin Field. Philadelphia, where acceptance speeches, were made m the Demo.rat»c standard bearers.

Local Lady Observes 86th Anniversary Mrs. C. B. Schumacher, mother or I Will, Frank aud Tony Schumacher, | is celebrating her 86th birthday at The home of her sow, WHL Mrs. Schmacher has been confined to her bed the greater part of i the time for the past two months. She enjoys fairly good health, and ' has been the recipient of many I ' cards and other forms of greetings from her friends. Sunday she enjoyed a birthday dinner with the immediate members of the family as guests at the I Will Schumacher home, i o TO SELL HOUSES j ATHOMESTEADS Purchase Contracts Will, Be Ottered Homestead- ' ers This Month -—— Washington, D. C., June 29 (Special) — Ernie Sam is “satis-1 fled" with practically every one of tlie 48 families occuping homes for a trial period at Decajur Homesteads, at Decatur. Ind., ami not later than July 15 will offer pm-j chase contraetn to each ol the, families "with one or two possible I exceptions," Dr. Wendel Litml. | head of the Family Selection Sec-1 tion of the Resettlement Administration. sn»id today. While the exact schedule ot I monthly payments Io be made, by | Hie residents will not be available for another 10 days, the payment will be substantially the same as the rental now paid l y the occu punts, Dr. l-und explained. The monthly payment arrangement | may vary slightly when final cost calculations have been completed.' lull the present payment figure ol “around S2O" will be substantially l unchanged. p Acceptance or refusal of the contiwte by the occupants will he speedily consummated, taking title out of the hands of the Government and permitting state ami local governments to derive taxes from the community. "Miss Marion (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ' —0 Family Dinner Is Held Here Sunday Twenty-four relatives of Paul' Kuhn motored to Decatur bunday and spent the day as the guests of Mi- and Mrs. Kuhn. ,At noon a the afternoon the guestewere treat-] ed to a sightseeing tour over DecatUThCse present who Included four generations of the Kuhn family were from Cincinnati, Ohio, Lawrenceburg and Richmond, Ind.. Detroit, Michigan and Newport, Kentucltq

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, .lune 29, 1936.

JOHNS RESIGNS AS SECRETARY OE COMMITTEE Recommends Dick Ilellei Be Named To State Committee i Indianapolis. June 29— (U.R> j Keith L. Johns, Lafayette news-

I paper publisher, resigned as secre- ! tary of the Democratic state cenI trial committee today with a recommendation ’that Dick Heller. 1 I Decatur, succeed him. Heller wae pre-convention camI paign manager for Lieut. Gov. M. I Clifford Town eml. who won the 1 gubernatorial nomination Johns said his private interests ! would not permit him ito continue | with the state committee He has accepted an executive ! position with the Bookwalter-Ball-I Greathouse Printing company, Indianapolis, and acquired two newspapers isince 1934 and bus spent little time on state committee .business as result of those lonnect ions. Tlie letter of resignation, ad 'dresoed Io Omer Stokes Jackson. I dhairmsn of lite slate committee, I pointed out the need for a fnll]tlme secretary during the import-

;ini I9:bl campaign. "It is my hope that Dick Heller. [campaign manager for our noini- ! nee for governor, will l’° I choice of parly leaders and the Mate committee to become secretary upon my resignation. Johns wrote. The retiring secretary thanked . tho state committee for re-eleet- ' ing him in its biennial reorganiza tion meeting last month a.ud pledged vigorous support of tlie (state ticket this fall. — o— Joint Meeting To Be Held This Evening A joint meeting of tlie hi.itoridal] aud hobbies committee for the Decatur t' liteunial will lie held this evening at 7:3d o', lock in the council room at the city hall this evening. . —

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SHOPPERS I STORES WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY. JULY 4. Shop Thursday and Friday for special July 4 Bargains arranged by the local merchants. Watch Wednesday and Thursdays

Mrs. George Gerber Suffers Broken Neck Mrs. George Gerber of Magley: suffered a broken neck Saturday] afternoon when she was thrown again>st the top of aa aulu. while , riding in the back seat. The acci- ] dent occurred on the detour of highway 224 west of Decatur, when the car in which she was riding struck a chuck-hole in the road. She was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital where a brace was applied. Slto was removed to iter home today, where] her condition is reported to be improving

CHURCH AWARDS ORGANCONTRACT Zion Lutheran ( hurch Contracts For New Pipe Organ Tlie local Zion Lutheran church j awarded Hie contract lor Hie Hirn ] isliing of a new large two manual] Gottfried pipe organ Saturday to] the E. B. Bolin I>lP° organ sales; service of Fort Wayne. Work on the sls, mm project of , remodeling the t'hureh was start ed last week with Hie rebuilding of the gable in Hie west portion

and tearing out the h;u k ,u "' t the church. Construction of the newly putchased organ Is to begin al the Erie, Pa., piP« or ß an tactor y at once, according to Mr. Bolin. | Tlie organ will lie of the latest design, equipped with electropneiimaiic action and straight organ throngbol in Hie stop speeifl-| I cations. A detached console w ill b! . imut and insntanlnlendn nannn lie built and installed a short dis tanee from tlie organ proper. Tlie 1 range of the new organ will mHnde diapason, flute, string and reed choruses, and a set ot -> I chimes. ~ , . Tlie organ is to be installed in the front part <’f <hurch left of tlie chancel Tlie organ is ex pected to lie completely installed by Hie time the remodeling of the church is completed

FARMS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES FROM DROUGHT Hundred Million Dollars Already Lost In Middlewest (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Chicago. June 29 (U.PJ —One! hundred million dollars worth ol crops lay ravaged by insects ami withered by a scorching sun today in the nation's agricultural north west. A United Press survey dfsclosed plague atid drought damage in 18 stales which agricultural officials estimated lias cost farmers at least $100,000,000 already. Rain fell in scattered sections over Hie weekend, ami more was promised this week But Hie re suits of tlie rains were problem atical. In most sections it was feared they came too late or were 100 light to save dried up crops, or kill Hie hordes of insects which have stripped leaves from stalks ami left fields of barren stubble. The double-edged menace spread across tlie agricultural section in the shape of a triangle bordered by Hie Ohio and Missouri rivers ami Hie Canadian border, the I'nited Press survey showed, it reach-

(CCINTIWED ON PAGE SIX) 1 O 11 ADAMS COUNTY : EXCEEDS QUOTA I County Exceeds Quota For Roosevelt Nominators; Hear Broadcast i Nathan C. Nelson, county cial chairman for the Roosevelt no- ] j initiators, announced today that Ad-; | ants county had exceeded its quota, of 100 memberships. The reports were incomplete at; noon today. There were seven city chairmen, all of whom had not filed reports. A special program was held on the west lawn ot the B P. O. Elks home Saturday evening for those who wi’hed to att-nd the county rally. Others heard President Roose- ' velt accept the nomination ever ra- ] d'.o at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Mayor Arthur R Holthouse was chairman of Decatur and was assisted by Herman Kruckeberg, city treasurer for the nominators. The names of the original nominators will be sent to President Rooseve't late this afternoon, together with the communities and county reports.

Zioncheck Again CausesJJproar In Capital Circles

FIRST LADY TO BE UNABLETO VISIT DECATUR Mrs. Roosevelt Unablel To Dedicate Homesteads At Centennial Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, will he unable to come Io Decatur to dedicate the Homestead project during Centennial week, for the reasaon that she whi be in anther part of the country at that time. Mayor A. R. Holthouse received the following letter from Mrs. Koosevelt. in which she expressed her regret at not being able to accept the invitation to come here "My dear Mr. Mayor: "Mr. Swope sent me your letter and 1 wish very much that I could accept your very cordial invitation to attend the dedication ceremon ies ot the Decatur Homestead project. I regret, however, that I shall be In another part ot the country at that time. “I want to congratulate all of you upon the success ot this project. • "Very sincerely yours, ‘‘Eleanor Roosevelt.” Gerald Swope, president ot the General Electric company, extend-1 .ed an Invitation to Mrs. Roosevelt! to come to Decatur and dedicate the Homestead project. Other invitations were sent to Her by the Resettlement Administration, Cou 1 gressman James I. Farley, Carl C. Humphrey, president ot the Centennial Association, and others It is not known if plans will be made to dedicate the Homestead division since Mrs Roosevelt can not be here. The formal dedlca- ’ tion may be postponed until a later date, with the hope that the wife of the President will find It possible to come here and officiate at the ceremonies o

COMMITTEE TO MEET TUESDAY Gold Medal (’oil Club Committee To Meet Tuesday Henry L. Dehner, county chairman of tlie Gold Medal colt club committee lias called a meeting of the members of his group for I Tuesday at 7:3b p. m to lay plans for weighing up tlie crop of 1936 Gold Medal colts and to complete I the weighing up of tlie Gold Medal colts nominated last July. Members of this committee are: Wm. Mitchell. Ed Neuhausen Frank llaliegger, Leon Netienscltwander, Dan D. Kauffman, Wm. Neadstine. Winfred Gerke and Henry Dehner. It is quite likely that this com-

mittee will call on a great many more interested horsemen to assist in the weighing up. aa this is getting to be a huge project in tliis county; in fact, Adams county has tlie largest enrollment of Gold Medal colts in the state of Indiana and has had for the past three years. The first party to sign for the Gold MedaJ colt club this year is , Lester Mazelin, son of David J. ] Mazelin of Monroe township. LesI ter has been a. member of tlie Ad- ' ams county 4-H calf club for years and is now extending his interest to the colt club. People who enrolled colts last [year are: Noah Augsburger, Wilbur Baker. Christ D. Balsinger. Sylvan Baattnan, Mrs. H. H. Baumgartner. Sam L. Baumgartner. Fred W. Beeler, Ed Beitter, CharI les Bentz, Fred Bilderback. Ben Bixler, Ed Bollenbacher, E. W. Busche, Voyd Case, John Eicher, Dye Fergu=on, Martin- J. Graber, Victor C Graber Wlnfrod Gorte, ’’an Fab "eer. " n ’ J «b-<?g3r, E. H. Habegger, Fra,nk Habegger, . Earl R. Haines, Everett Hawkins, ■ (’nv ttvt t rd nv pxgf twoi — WEATHER Mostly unsettled, probably showers or thunderstorms tonight and ■ Tuesday north and possibly be- ; ginning tonight or Tuesday aouth. - warmer tonight except extreme 1 southwest; cooler by Tuesday j night.

Price Two Cents.

(’ongressman Flees From Hospital Into Office At Washington; Problem Confronts Officials. VAULTS FENC E Washington, June 29 — (U.R) — Rep. Marion A Zioncheck threw authorities into a dilemma today when he boldly ret limed to hH utTlce at the capital after vaulting to freedom over a seven-toot fence around a private Marylaj-.d sanitarium. A warrant charging assault was revived against the Democratic congressman from Washington; he is wanted by Maryland authorities an a fugitive from the sanitarium. and a lunacy hearing may be ordered here.

But in the face of it all Zioncheck settled himself complacently in his luxurious office suite while police, reporters, and scores of curious crowded around hLs office door and authorities admitted that because of a tangle of jurisdictional disputes no one can be found with recognized power to take Zioncheck into custody. The crowd was ordered out ot .».» hnitafn? st 18-46 nm EST by orders of ser»ea’'t-at-ams of the bouse Kenneth Romney. The action was regarded as significant and possibly indicating that Zioncheck wished to leave his office. Zioncheck. playboy of congress who got arrested for speeding, got married, got drunk on his honeymoon, and finally got committed to Gallinger hospital for mental observation, was found in his office at dawn today when a charwoman went, in to clean. The congressman, who had been the object of an extensive search since he fled from the private sanitarium yesterday, ordered th* scrubwoman from his office and settled back in characteristic defiance of authorities who flocked around the portals of his suite but dared not enter. It wias explained that so long as Zioncheck remains in hie office he is in the jurisdiction of capital police and they have no order for

ills arrest. A warrant, issued more than a week ago charging the congressman with assault up on his landlady, Mrs. Pamela Young, was revived by District Attorney Leslie Garnett and turn ed over to metropolitan police for aervice but they were powerless (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ——• .John Mundhank Dies Saturday John Mundhank. 64, Hartford township farmer, died at the Hoesman huepitul in Berne Saturday ’ afternoon of cancer. 'He was born ' in Hartford township January 27. 1 1872. He wae married to Elizabeth Bierie, who died 14 years ago. No children were born to this union. Surviving i«s one sister, Mrs. ’ Joe Liechty. Medina. Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 2 ip. m. Wed- ' nesday at the Union Chapel church, near Geneva. Burial in the Alber. , son cemetery.

TUESDAY FINAL , DOG TAX DATE Tomorrow Is Final Day To Pay The County Dog Taxes Tomorrow is the final day for the payment of the county dog tax. The payment ie to be made to the respective township trustees on or before that date. According to law. names of all dog owners who havo not made the payment by that time are turned over to the county prosecutor for action. The rate is the same in all town- ’ ships in the county, sl:sv for male, $3 for female and $1.50 for spayed , male. j-' n : . Doan, Washington town- , hip trustee called attention to the , fact today that many residents of the township had failed to make the payment as yet. and urged that all dog owners do so before allowi. ing the tax to become delinquent, d Residents of Washington town- >. ship are to pay the tax at the of- , flees of Mr. Doan on Madison street, e Residents of other township* ara yj to make their payments to their I respective township trustees.