Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1936 — Page 1

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GE BRIDGE $ dedicated 81 ROOSEVELT „ York’ New Sixty Million Mar Bridge Is Dedicated „ k inly 11—<U.R>— P rea1 ’ pwftici paHnS " . . tndav of New York s ' d ±S« tri borough bridge.: ’ I that federal and local '“ini- t« s " rvlve> mUBt Pro ' Pionable and constant *, ,7 meet problems arising; » ,Me “nereasing complexities | idiately after the exereiaes.! ~ h ,. dozen federal, state, and ' *1- a blistering sun. Z bridge was thrown open file On- of the first pro'in )»• ‘ he ‘ ,ubiic worka ; ■iMWraiio met up by the RooseXinistratlon which advancLii.dOO in l<’“ nß un<l g r ant ’; & link’ "> p boroughs of h " „ Queens and Bronx. Il Jwross the East and Harlatn with viaducts and approachMd feeder highways totalling i, miles in length. Roosevelt s pause here to licinate in the dedication was j , nop on a month's trip | rt will take him on “ ‘‘ ru ' Be „ the Maine coast with his I And later to Quebec by train rtlt the governor general of j foiing the great increase in the l (generation of government acKies especially for civic imminent and human welfare. Mr. tsevelt in his brief address said i was due not only to needs tl ed by new conditions, but so because growth in human wledge labels now as needs g y things which in olden days i did not think of as needs."

lift IO HALT MIN BANKS ■orb Are Being Made ITo Prevent Split In | LlibOi* iViillks ■uhington. July 11 — (UP) —; ■-makers of the American fed■ta of labor turned today to pri- ■ ■ effort to prevent a split in ■gr’t ranks due to the in-surrec-p ■of 1! powerful unions led by ■l L. Lewie. ■ was learned that one plan for ■promise action by the federa- ■ Kecutlve council had been die■nd unofficially and that per■t two such proposals would be ■Mated to the council before a ■1 decision on suspension of the. ■el unions. ■ Itieface of an uncompromising ■went by president William ■a that only surrender of the in■tents would be satisfactory to ■coancil. a conciliation commit■leaded by Georg- Harrison con■ted study of the possibility of or preventing a final split ■the federation. ■aders seeking conciliation ap■ted uncertain whether any deB ? settlement of the quarreli Vd >e achieved, but they hoped ■>t least arrange for a delay ■to would permit tempers to cool the executive council takes, ■ dnstk action that would sever [tykbly its bonds with one-third membership. ■*” faced formidab'e obstacles ■to were emphasized by develon- ■*!• before the council recessed until Monday. ■‘t’t". despite another expression ■w that the breach could be W*. said' "[ n my opinion. taru . ■ ’ nbnndment of the committee ■ wastria! organization (headed B. tis| would bo the council’s ■r™ 1 requirement.” Bl* Kroup, inaugurating a B 10 UDi °nite the steel Indus■bc X ” eS t 0 have one W union ■F !" dUß,ry in contrast to the B'- 11 - L ' pulicy of dominant craft K '■°°P*‘ration with indusunions. ■ We Increase I InJ»rice Os Milk ■iUcrM’ in<l ' July n —(UP* Kt in a° f 30 CPnts a hun dre<lBiwiiik. 6 price of class one K adviT pr:)pos “d to the local K“Sz ß :°r ittee by Kiifiy | rae,n,)l? ’’s of the group ' **s announced last ■ H;, a ’ e ' brln sing the iprice Kw l ? ,Jn(lrP(iwei « ht ' w °uld K«Z^ 8 ° fmllk l <> Horn B ' lar|

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Union Speaker AYjjY' >-sS TjjjjSjSBSME JI V. Malik Verda. a native of Assyria, will speak at the United Brethren church in this city Sunday evening, at the second of the union Protestant services. WHEAT BRINGS GOOD PRICES Average Per Acre Less, But Price Is Higher, Quality Better

— Ix>cal elevator men reported today that Adams county farmers are enjoying an exceptionally good wheat season, dewplte reduced yields because of sub zero and icy weather la.st winter. The first wheat brought in for the year. Thursday, tested 62 an-i 63 pounds to the bushel, while the : average for a period of years ie slighHy less titan 60 pounds. Farmers are consoled for their | spotty wheat by the fact that it is bringing approximately 98 cents a ini.'hel. as compared to about 8h cento a bushel a year ago for the -«atme quality. The high pt ice received locally is due to grasshoppers, drought and a combination of other poor wheaj growing conditions in the west and other parts of the United States.

Adams county received rain nearly every week until the wheat was headed out. The extreme heat and dry weather coming after this I time improved rather than harmed the majority of the wheat. Entirely different condittone prevail outside of an area extending a few miles from Adams county in all directions. South, west and north much of the wheat has been burned up in the milk stage. In Southern Indiana there are many parts where there ha.s not , been rain in months and the yield is estimated at 10 bushels to the acre. Tlie state average for wheat is about 15 bushels to the acre. The firsit reports in Adams county estimate the average yield at 20 bushels to the acre. Some wheat haw been reported at 26 bushels to the acre.

SAYS THREAT ONLY A HOAX Mayor Os Illinois Town Says Extortion Letter A Hoax Prophetstown. 111.. July 11 —<U.P) —Mayor George S. Brydia indicated today he regarded the threatened extortion of SI,OOO from the town's merchants as a hoax, and said that a box of bricks would be the "payoff." Declaring he would "like to take one cra.ck” at the anonymous extortionist. Mayor Brydia said he would accompany sheriff Arthur Hamilton to the pay off tonight. "If he doesn’t show up. I'm going home,’’ he said. “I'm not afraid of him. As a matter of fact I Wish he would show up. I d like to take a crax'k at him." The letter promising destruction to the town’s business district came to the mayor's office Wednesday afternoon. It was forwarded to department of justice agents at Chicago who refused to reveal its wording. Mayor Brydia believed "some lunk who wanted to gelt a, barrel of easy money in a hurry" w r as responsible for the threat, and also that the write) might be a Tittle “fetched in the haid ”

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA MAKE PEACE TODAY Agreement Eases Tense War Situation Throughout Europe (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Vienna. July 11— <U,R> Germany and Austria made peace today, ending many yeujs of strife over Nazi attempts to rule this kind. Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s agreement to keep hands off Austria wan confided to Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg by Col. Franz Von Papen, relch minister to Vienna. It may drastlcajly alter European political alignments and avert the threat of a European war. The agreement was reached in conferences conducted Immediately after Von Papen arrived from consultations with Hitler at der Fuehrer s villa at Berchtesgaden, Germany. The agreement was regarded as U tremendous contribution to European peace. It settles a, problem which, with the exception of the Rhineland, was considered Europe's most potential war danger. It also smooths the way for western European powers to settle their difficulties with Hitler. Von Papen conferred with Hitler yesterday. It was believed Hitler will announce -the Austroi German accord in a, speech to be J made July 29 or thereabouts. Great interest attached to the Austro-German pact because of its probable bearing on lialo-German I relations. Italy is the avowed protector of Austrian independence. Should Hitler and Sehuech(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O

RESOLUTION IS PASSED FRIDAY Bar Association Pusses Resolution Honoring Judson Teeple The Adams county bar association met Friday morning to honor Judson W. Teeple, second oldest member of the association, who died suddenly Thursday evening. A committee composed of Clark J. Lutz, Ferd L. Litterer and French Quinn, was ordered to draw up a resolution of respect. The* resolution is: In Memoriam The following resolution was passed at a meeting of the Adams County Bar Association on this 10th day of July in the year of our .Lord 1936: Whereas the Honorable Judson . W. Teeple a member of this Bar passed away in the City of Decatur at 9 o'clock P. M. on the 9th day of July, 1936 and Whereas for a half a century he practised his profession in the Adams Circuit Court of Adams County, Indiana with as honorable a 1 record as any member of this bar has ever evidenced; AitJ Whereas; His practice of his profession was characterized by conscientious devotion to the interests of his client, sterling honesty and integrity; Therefore Be It Resolved, by the Adams County Bar in meeting assembled that Bar individually and collectively feel profound sorrow at his passing and in commemoration of his life among us, we (CONTINUED ON PAGE Si.-,'

Thirteen Pavement Blasts In State Indianapolis. Ind.. July 11 —(UP) —Thirteen pavement explosions have occured on Indiana highways during the last two days of 100-de-gree heat, the state highway commission reported today. .Motorists were urged to heed warning signs placed at each of the spots. The blowups are marked by lanterns at night. Workmen have been dispatched to each of the places where the pavement explosions occured and repairs were started immediately, James D. Adame, commission i chairman said. o Trade Agreement With Russia Extended Year Washington, July 11—(UP)—The state department today announced one year extension of its present trade agreement with the Soviet government providing for purchase of another $20,000,000 in American 1 goods during the year beginning j July 13.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 11, 1936.

Mrs. Gladfelter Heads Auxiliary Mrs. Walter Gladfelter was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary at a meeting held In the Legion hall Friday night. Other officers named were as follows: Mrs. Tillman Gehrig, first vice-pro xident; Mrs. Mary Yoder, Berne, second vice-president; Mrs. Herb Kern, secretary. Mrs. Adrian Baker, treasurer; Mrs. Dullae Brown, chaplain; Mrs. Lloyd Kreischer, sergeant at arms. Mie. Ralph Roop, Mrs. Harry Miller of this city and Mrs. Ina 'Aschllman of Berne will comprise the executive committee. At the meeting last, evening (plans were made for Centennial week.

LAWYERS HOLD ANNUAL MEET Indiana Attorneys Favor Nonpartisan Election Os Judges Lake Wawasee. Ind., July 11. — Lawyers of the state favor the election of judges on a nonpartisan basis and the abolition of the Apleliate court, Bernard C. Gavit, secretary of the Indiana judicial council, reported here at the fortieth annual meeting of the Indiana State Bar Association in the Spink-Wawasee Hotel. The report of the secretary of the council was based on questionnaires sent to more than four thousand Indiana lawyers asking them their views on legal reforms. The secretary is dean of the Indiana University School of Law. Most of the lawyers took the view that the recently adopted amendment to the state constitution providing for an eleven-mem-ber state Supreme court should be acted upon by the legislature. By increasing the membership of the Supreme court the Appellate court could be abolished. In addition to favoring the election of judges on nonpartisan tickets, the lawyers took a strong position against appointive judges. They also favored a change in the law to permit the seating of alternate jurors in criminal cases. The practice of having one or two additional jurors sit in each case to act only in the event of the illness of one of the regular panel has been established in some other states. o Life Saving, First Aid Classes Planned A first aid and a life saving class will be organized in Decatur next week under the supervision of the Red Coss and the WPA. it was announced today. Those interested in taking either the junior or senior Red Cross first aid class are requested to call Sylvester Everhart. Only senior Red Cross life saving for persons 17 years of age or older will be given at this time. The class will be held at the municipal swimming poo'. Those who wish to take the course are reqqueeted to contact Bryce homas. For both classes, instructors will be sent to Decatur from Fort Wayne.

ASSYRIAN TO SPEAK SUNDAY M. Valik Verda To Preach At Union Protestant Service

V. Malik Verda, native of Assyrt ia, will speak on "By the waters ' of Babylon,” at the United Breth- . ren church in this city Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. 1 This service is the second in the 1 series of union services sponsor- ' ed throughout July and August by ' the Protestant churches of the city, Mr. Verda is a native of Assyria, ' born and educated in the cradle ' of mankind. Appearing in native costume he will bring to the conl gregation a story full of history i facts and pathos, as his personal . experiences from the land of his , birth. As a member of a noble family of Maliks, which ruled in the hills of Assyria for five centuries until the World War, he was educated in the schools and colleges of the Near Far East. He speaks several languages fluently. A feature of the service will be the singing of several songs composed In the fifth century in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. Mr. Verda has a pleasing personality, a good voice, speaks the English language well, and his address is instructive, interesting and in- | spiring

INVITE GIRLS TO TAKE PART Contestants In Q u e e n Race Asked To Take Part In Pageant The 32 contestants in the Centennial queen contra* today were mulled invitations to participate in the historical pageant “A Century Marches By." to be presented during the first three days of the Decatur Centennial celebration. August 2 to 8. An honoiwy part in the parade of the states has been reserved I for the girls. This parade will be 1 led by Mildred Teeple as “Miss Indiana." In the pageant she and her sister states will be welcomed to the etty by the queen of the Centennial. Frieda Scherer, as ■“Miss Decatur." Thia part will be presented each evening during the first part of ' the pageant. The royal court of honor, composed of one girl selected from each of the 12 townships, will be headed by Ruth Elzey, who won the title of “Miss Adams County.” Several affairs have been planned for the girls before the Centennial. Costumes for the girls will be ordered next week. They will be in the city in one or two weeks Ufter the order is placed. o — Liquor Hearing Date Set For Local Club

The Adams county alcoholic beverages board will hear the petition requesting a renewal of the beer, liquor artd wine retailer’s license requested by the B. P. <). Elks club. The meeting will be held in the county auditor’s office July 31 at 9 a. m. SAYS COMPANY NOT TO BLAME « Conservation Leader Issues Statement On River Pollution Numerous dead fish found in the St. Mary’s river at a considerable distance from the Central Sugar company, has torn down the theory that pollution might have entered the stream from the sugar company's waste, it was said today by L. R Meyer, president of the Country Conservation club. The dead fish were found by I), i W. McMillen, president of the Central Sugar company and William Uffelmane. secretary of the conservation club. While their death has been attributed to pollution in the stream, it could not have been caused by waste from the sugar company, since it is not running at present, and has not been in operatic nsince the latter part of December. Mr. Meyer declared that he made the statement in defense of the sugar company, which has been blamed for pollution of the river. The death of the fish must be caused by pollution which entered the river above the sugar l company, Mr, Meyer said. The local company, since first taking over the beet sugar plant here has made every effort to keep the waste from the beets out of the river, spending considerable money in doing so. Screens and settling tanks are employed and one type of refuse is piped across the river to an adjoining field where is is permitted to evaporate.

NO IMMEDIATE BREAK SEEN IN STATE WEATHER Death Toll In Indiana Since July I Mounts To 28 Indianapolis, July 11. — (U.R) Sweltering city dwellers joined with discouraged farmers today in a prayer for rain as the weather bureau forecast "fair and warmer" for the next 36 hours in Indiana. For eight days the mercury has soared above the century mark in most sections of the state, prostrating city life and doing untold damage to farm crops. The death toll in the state since July 4 mounted to 28, and hospitals reported numerous cases of prostration. Stifled by the intense heat from city pavements during the daytime. city workers have found little comfort in nightfall. They have crowded swimming pools and parks in ait effort to escape searing heat. They also have become concerned over the prospect of an increase in some food prices which is promised as a result of the scorched conditions of farmers' fields. Transportation of milit is hand! capfted because quantities of the product sours before it reaches the market. Lack of pasturage also has forced fanners to go into the open market to buy feed, increasing his production cost. Wheat is reported favorably in most sections of the state, but corn will be endangered if the heat wave continues for another 48 hours. Several industries and construction companies halted operations to relieve workers. A garment factory at New Abany and officials of an improvement project at Bluff ton dismissed workers and told them to report again Monday. Street and highway workers were busy making repairs where pavements have blown up from the heat. Claude Remsey, Hammond business man, complained of the 100degree heat, went into an adjoin ing room and shot himself to death. Stanley Sopowieh. also of Ham mon. died from heat prostration while landscaping a lawn. Barbara Jean Congdon, five months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Congdon, Michigan City, died of acidosis, attributed to the heat. John T. Reynolds. 85. Brazil; William H. Phares, 86. Shelbyville; Britton Smith, 66, South Bend; Perry March, 53. Plymouth, were heat prostration victims, Harry Bennett, 55. Markland, drowned in the Ohio river when his fishing boat hit a dam near Vevay. Rains fell at Bloomington. Kendallville, and parts of St. Joseph and Elkhart counties. Kendallville had a violent combination of wind, rain and hail and several thousand dollars damage was done. Spontaneous combusion, caused by the excessive heat, did untold damage in various sections of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

WATER SUPPLY IS ADEQUATE No Immediate Danger Os Exhaustion Os City Water Supply No immediate danger of exhaustion of the Decatur water supply is anticipated by Charles Brodbeck, manager of the city water department. The plant is now pumping approximately 1,000,000 more gallons than the weekly average. Frank Burns, chief engineer at the city plant, announced today that 3,609,800 gallons of water have been pumped by the plant this week as compared to 2,750,700 gallons last week. The city now has four good wells in operation. On an average only two are required to supply the city. Occasionally during peak loads a third well is used for a few hours. All four of the wells could be used in case of necessity. However, for best results, the wells are alternated. In addition to the water snp(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) _ o WEATHER Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Sunday except acattered thundershowerg extreme north this afternoon or tonight,

Definite Breakup In Intense Heat Seen By Monday

Her Love Costly 1 - W ■f ’ / 1 ■ V ' i' x ■ I \ « The love of Kathryn Crawford, above, former screen actress and divorced wife of James Edgar. Jr., of Detroit, is worth $35,0000. At. lea.st that’s the sum that a jury at Miami, Fla., ordered Lewis E. Mallory 111, Bradford, Pa., oil heir, to pay Edgar after hearing testimony in a heart balm suit. Edgar filed suit against Mallory, charging that he alienated his former wife’s affections. ADAMS COUNTY WOMAN DIES Mrs. Thomas Titus Dies Friday Evening Os Pneumonia Mrs. Alice Newton Titus. 70. well known Adams county resident and mother of Wesley Titus and Mrs. George Hazelwood, of this city, died at her home five miles southwest of Decatur in Washington township (Friday af->| ternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Death was due to pneumonia. Mrs. Titus, wife of Thomas Titus, was born in Concord. Illinois. January 17. 1866. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Titus. The deceased was a member of the M. E. church in Concord. She had lived on the Washington township farm for 17 years. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. George Hazelwood. Decatur; Mrs. Beauford Carper. Fort Wayne; Wesley, of Decatur; Mrs. Ray Neibel, Fort Wayne and 11 grandchildren. Two children are deceased. Two sisters, Mrs. Addie Willard, Concord and Mrs. Catherine Rentz, California. one brother. C. E. Newton and a half brother, Jay Newton, both of Concord, also survive. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home and at 2:30 at the An--1 tioch church, west of Decatur. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. Harry Thompson of this city will officiate, assisted by the Rev. O. L. Fletcher, pastor of the Antioch church. The body will be taken this evening from the Lobenstein funeral home in Monroe to the Washington township residence, where it may be viewed until time for the funeral. State Road Closed U. S. highway 27, has been closed from the St. Mary’s river bridge north to the road leading from the Scheuman bridge near the Allen county line. The road is being resurfaced from the bridge to the Monmouth railroad crossing. The state highway department has marked the detour west of Decatur. The road Will be opened Wednesday night. o Municipal Swimming Pool Reopened Today Bryce Thomae, in charge of the municipal swimming pool, stated that the pool would be re-opened this afternoon on regular schedule, after undergoing a thorough cleaning for the past few days.

DECATUR ' CENTENNIAL AUG. 2 to 8

Price Two Cents.

Weather Bureau Forecasts Breakup In Heat Wave By Sunday Night; Death Toll Mounts To 425. LOSSES MOUNT (Copyright 1936 iby United Press) Chicago, July 11—<U.PJ—Definite indication of a breakup in the intense heaj in America's worst drought area by Sunday night was reported today by forecaster J. R. Lloyd of the Chicago weather I bureau. "Showers will fall in the Dakotas* northwestern Minnesota, western Nebraska and extreme northwestern Kansas.” Lloyd said. “They will be more than scattered rains and undoubtedly will bring relief from the heat and aid what crops are not already destroyed," Lloyd said a fresh mass of cool air is moving over tthe mountains from Washington and Oregon. Idaho and Montana were cooled today by showers, he said. “The cool air is moving east ward and should reach the upper Mississippi valley by Monday. We may have showers in the immediate Chicago district then.” The death toll from heait and 1 drownings mounted to at least. ■ 425. Damage to crops soared to an estimated $300,0(M),00(). Two more days of intense heat , will fire a good share of the corn . crop in lowa. Minnesota, and NeI hraska which thus far has escaped destruction, crop experts said. . Farmers in the devastated Dakotas who lost their farms in 1934 and 1935 believed themselves fortunate as they saw their former fellow’s lose all their crops again. “We lost our farm last year after my husband died," said Mrs. I Napoleon Arnte at Aberdeen. S.D. . "We moved into town and I'm '{mighty glad we didn’t try to’work | the farm this yeag. All we've lost .! now are the vegetables we planted C in a little garden here." Wheat prices were off % to life cents at the opening of the Chicago board of trade as the result of the fairly encouraging government crop report released late yesterday. The report did not include the 11 sizzling, rainless days of July and prices were exi pected to rise again before the trdaing session closed. Corn prices were quoted ilk to i 314 cents higher, reflecting the new damage to the crop. City officials who dismissed their employes early held to their desks planning aid fefr heatstricken residents. In Chicago, policemen guarded water hydrants I to maintain faltering water pressure against street batthers. Residents were warned against needless lawn sprinkling. A chain organization operated its 24 air-conditioned theaters all night inviting customers to spend the night. Police patrolled beaches ami parks where apartment dwellers sought relief. Meantime, damage from the drought multiplied hourly. Agricultural officials estimated $250,000,000 worth of crops have been destroyed since the last effective rains last month. The federal crop reporting service estimated 'the prolonged dry spell has cut the spring wheat (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) PLANS ANNUAL CAMP MEETING Adams County Holiness Association Annual Meet July 12-28 The annual camp meeting of the Adams County Holiness Association. Monroe will be held from July 12 to 28. Services will be held each weekday evening at 7:30. On Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, services will be held in the afternoon at 2:00. Sunday services will be held at 2:00 and 7:00 p. m. The speakers for this camp will he Dr. Paul Rees of Kansas City, Missouri, and Rev. M. T. Brandyberry of Elreno, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Salvidor of Evansville. Indiana will give special music. The public is cordially invited to attend this camp meeting.