Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1936 — Page 1

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I jIcNUTT SHOWS J sWE ON FIRM .■iNANCIAL BASIS governor Reports Fiscal e| Balance Os Over 10 I Million • Illly 20 ’ <U ~ •' fiscal report show- , t t.eagury balance of more ' ~ (lev. Paul V. Me>.r.- P ar.‘«i today to base and his bid for > nioeratie presidential on a comparison of rritß/'X',-' Hiiwl halancf ot >W.I for the fiscal year ended was 1. ported by the Indieiemtive last night. also took the occasion to | Indiana's position with balance of *1.250,000 balance recently for the state of °«l^B nslls by lomdon. Republican nominee. w „ Wt .re toh! recently through. logH, .((.uspapers that our neighborstate of Kansas closed its nt the end of the fiscal year 'icH ha balance of *1,250.000 and no M|.... ballyhoo followed over the that Mr. Landon's state had going into the red." Me- 1 Ktt said. nni:..' 'WO hundred and —thousand dollars to the good Kansas’ It is my privilege to tii.it Indiana has Just closed books for the year with a bal-1 K .■ u s $10>92.205 in unobligated : js. with all bills paid and not cent of indebtedness to haunt ' ■Bp was tin third time in recent that tie- 45 year-old Hoosier had compared his ad■s governor. ■By. Nutt cited Indiana's school broadened tax base, abi(. bunded indebtedness and ■ f.attiies interspersed with on pmr five* WKES LIFE TO I AVOID CAPTURE Blan Takes Poison Rather ■ Than Surrender To a B Police Ind.. .Inly 20 —(UP) y police who sought to him in connection with l: .i grocery, Paul Harker. Matted suicide by drinking iu his hideout last night. r. ’• addressed "to the police good, wholesome fun.’ SB The i liasi started last Monday |M : 'wo marked youths and a man the grocery of Mrw. Quince of *6O. Fritz Ayers, 19, „ri Branam. 16. were arrested ■ ildi - late: and they nam’d their ■Blid limed po’lce were searching B him. Hu ker took to the woods I he stayed until Saturday when he returned to Bloom- > the home of Mrs. Anna '.'i who formerly had been his From a window in the home Hackr last night saw police deployed to the house. He walked to M back porch, drank the poison then walked into the arms of. pursuers. In the pocket of the former con"ho had served 13 years for I previous offenses, who W*"" 1 the note "to the police.” it "«H. I think you guys win. It's just good, wholesome fun. On1 con’d not have gotten hold J sun and played a game with S But tale is not so. It you really to make men and women out *-e kids, start when they are kids don t s?nd them up so young. so he don't care. The parole ■I iP 2Z r ' x ” En ON page RIX) And Fire ■ tause Heavy Damage Ba■"'Jlunapolis, .July 20—(UP)—A PX Plosion and fire today de.s---n 11 Passenger cars, three racbiaihities and two trucks stored motor service gar--18. b * “ Pn working in the bulldT,J* :aPed injury. f l ' le ra c'ng machines were Prepared for the 1937 Indianan ' UtOr spe? dway classic and ■Kn.,? 1 ’ Wilrf to r un in the 400 tulle ■'■•l oiTS'"' r ‘" “ s ”

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Boy Is Slightly Hurt By Automobile Albert Huley, 7, non of Mr. and Mrs. Nade 'Haley of Lino street, sustain d minor business when ho was struck by a car driven by Hugo Heiman of south of Decatur Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. The accident occurred south of the Nickle Plate railroad tracks on i Winchester street. It was reported to the city police that Ute boy ran in front of the automobile, which stopped immediately. Mr. Helman ' took the boy to the Adams county memorial hospital for treatment. I He wan dismissed after a physician had dressed his injuries. COOL WEATHER BRINGS RELIEF IN MIDDLEWEST Rain Is Predicted To Follow Cooling Winds In Indiana Chicago, July 20— <U.R> —Cool winds sweeping out of the north (across the Missouri and Mississippi river valleys brought with them today a ‘‘definite break" in the searing, month-long heat wave which gripped the mlddleweat. At least two more days of temperate weather were promised for Chicago and vicinity by forecaster J. R. Lloyd. i !»<al showers, he said, will fall over lowa, northwestern Missouri, | northwestern Illinois and extreme northeast Kansas in the north ; central states today. Kain was . expected in eastern and southern Missouri, southern Illinois and | Indiana tonight or tomorrow. Little change in temperatures was torxast for eastern ami southern Kansas and western and northern Missouri. It will be warmer in west und north North DnJtOta and western South Dakota. "The heat wave definitely is broken in the upper Mississippi und Great Lakes regions.” Lloyd

said. fc U still is warm on the central plains and temperatures will remain lilßh in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texae. Arkansas. Nebraska and Missouri. “The present heat wave is centered in Oklahoma, although some let-up is expected.” He forecast relief for western Nebraska, western MNaaourl and Kansas today or tomorrow. Representative temperatures early today included: Devils uake, N.D., 58; Omaha. Neb., 6G; Kansas City, Mo., 72; Minneapolis, Minn.. 66; Detroit. 56; Oklahoma City, a,nd New York City, 70. Despite relief drought by cooling winds and scattered showers, government farm experts predicted a seiious farm relief problem still would face the administration. The rain probably will save a large part of the corn crop, they said, but wheat in states such as the has been vii(.uallv ruined. Wind and rain which brought iCON l INt’F.n OX' P»C,V FIVE! EX-CONVICT SLAIN TODAV Former Convict Is Slain In Nurses Home At Chicago Chicago July 20— (UP)— William Keane, 28. former convict, was ehot to death In the nurses home of Lying In Hospita’ today after a 30 I minute gun battle with 10 police patrol car equads. Keane was cornered beneaUt a bed in the room of nura® Gertrude Arnold and shot by patrftlman Frank Rothman as he reached for a revolver. Nurses summon ?d police when they saw a man on the back porch of their three story home. Patrolman Louis Schillig saw the man on a fire escape and shot at him twice. Keane, apparently unhurt, fled to the roof and Schillig summoned adidtional officers. The £’> nursis were summoned from the building as police surrounded it. Keane frequently crept to the edge of the roof and fired at officers, who shot back with revolvers and shot guns. During the sporadic battle. Mrs. Arnold returned to her room to recover some valuables and discovered Keane in the closet. Officers heard her screams and dashed to s the room. Keane dove beneath the bed and I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

TOWNSEND PLAN ADVOCATES FOR WILLIAM LEMKE Townsend Convention Stampeded To Endorse Lemke Candidacy Cleveland. July 20 —<(J.PJ —Leaders of three powerful minority 1 political movements organized today for a nation wide campaign to defeat President Roosevelt which : was launched here in the second annual convention of Townsend old age jtension clubs. Their candidate is William Ixxnke, presidential entry of the new Union , party. They also oppose Gov. Alf M. Republican presidential candidate, but the fire of enthusiasm is hottest against the new , deal. Ix-aders of the campaign, designed to prevent either major candidate from obtaining a majority of presidential electors and to throw the election of the next president into the house of representatives, are: 1. Father Charles E. Coughlin, whose radio oratory created the national union for social justice. 2. Gerald L. K. Smith, boss of what i» left of the lute Huey P. Long's share-out-wealth movement. 3. Dr. Francis E. Townsend, co-founder und owner of old age revolving pensions, ltd. The successful Coughlin-Smith- . Townsend uunpalgn to stampede the pension convention to informal endorsement of Lemke's candidacy threatens to disrupt leaderI ship of the OARP high command. Form?r associates of the aging doctor object to Gerald Smith's j influence with their leader and fear the consequences as Townsend's participation in the Lemke campaign. They are struggling to confine the Townoend movement to the election of Townsendpledged Democrats and Republi(CONTTN’UED ON PAGE FIVE) .... o —

SOIL PROGRAM CHANGES CIVEN New Regulations Are Received By County Committee Regulations were received today by the Adams county committee for the new soil conservation program which will increase the land which mhy be termed as soil conserving. -. 1. Good stand of soil-conserv-ing crop on land from which a grain, hay dr annual legume hay 1 is harvested is classed as soil-con-serving. lAind from which a crbp of grain hay or annual legume hay, such as soybeans and fleldpeas, has been harvested in 1936 will be classified as soil-conserving provided a good stand of a soil-con-serving crop is growing on this land when performance is checked later In the year. The kind, rate, and time, of seeding the soll-cdn-serving crop will be subject to recommendations made by the state agricultural conservation committee. This provision will not only add to the production of feed and roughage on farms in the com belt this year, but by encouraging late summer and early fall seedings of legumes and grasses, it will offer a definite incentive to farmers to ■ take steps this year to provide "Tor pasture and hay crops in 1937 and thereby get back to a more normal acreage of soil-conserving crops. It is further pointed out that a good stand of legumes and grasses this coming and early spring will tend to prevent wind and water erosion on land that otherwise might be void of vegetation because of drought. 2. Proof of perforffiance other than a good stand —Farmers who have seeded soil-conserving crops in accordance with good farming practice, but who have lost such crops because of drought, insect infestations, or other conditions beyond their control, may qualify for soil-conserving and soil-build-(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 St. Luke’s Church Plans For Social The St. Luke’s church will hold an ice cream social at the Kirkland high school Tuesday evening. The high school orchestra will furnish the music and entertainment. The public is invited to attend. Home \ made cakes and pies will he served ‘ with the ice cream.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 20, 1936.

Bare $10,000,000 Stock Fi aud Zb jPI fB 1 \ b * bTbbSB ' II ’ ZB* / S r Details of an alleged nation-wide stock swindle in which more than 10.000 investors were said to have been bilked of around *10,000,000 came to light as federal investigators rounded up 24 members of the alleged ring in Chicago. One of the three regarded a« the ‘'brains” iof the outfit was L. I. Sutterman, right, shown with his attorney. James A. Leaton, left.

VOTE TO JOIN LEWIS GROUP 350 Members Os Steel Company Union Go Over To Lewis Chicago, July 20—(U.P,)— Van A. Bittner, chairman of the steel workers committee for industrial organization. announced todav tliat 350 mcmbetH of an inland steel company union had gone i over in a body to the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin workers. They represented the entire membership of the Employes’ Mutual Protective Association, he said. The decision to join the steel workers committee was made at a meeting of plant workers at Chicago Heights last night, Bittner sajd. The committee for industrial organization is backed by John L. Lewis. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, is attempting to enroll some 60,000 steel workers : in the Chicago area in his industrial union setup. Inland steel officials offered a different account of the union action in their Chicago Heights , plant. “There aye some 400 workers in our Chicago Heights plant.” said Wilfred Sykes, assistant to the president, “and our information is that no more than 50 signed with amalgamated. “There was a meeting out there Saturday night, it not called by the employes council but by an individual member. Bert Milligan, who has been active in organizing activities there recently. “This Milligan and other organtCONTTNTtED GN PAGE FIVE) HEAVY TOLL OF LIVES IN STATE Traffic Accidents, Drownings Take At Least 11 Lives Indianapolis. July 20 — (U.R) — Seven persons were killed yesterday in traffic accidents on Indiana highways. Four others were drowned. Howell R. Kemper, Rockville, and Edward L. Collings, Belmore, were killed when their automobile 1 crashed into a freight train et a. B & O crossing on state road 63 just north of Clinton. Richard Henry Stair, 7, Mulberry, was killed almost instantly when he drove his midget automobile, powered with an old washing machine motor, onto state roa.l 38 and was struck by an automobile driven by the Rev. C. J. Snyder. Lase Elder. 62, was killed at Evansville when struck by a street car. Cary Sunderland. 6S. farmer living near Muncie, was killed instantly when a Big Four jxtssenger train demolished his automobile. William S. Wood. 60. Bloomington. wan killed when his automobile stalled in the path of a Monon freight train at a Bloomington crossing. Raymond Hummel, Jr., 8, Chli cago, wading near his father, i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Michigan Woman Is Injured Sunday Night | Mrs. Edward Ray. 5220 Turnwood i avenue, Lansing. Michigan is recov- 1 j ering from injuried sustained in an ' automobile accident 16 miles east | of Fort Wayne on state road 30. northeast of Decatur. Sunday night at 9 o'clock. Sh n is a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital. Mrs. Ray was Injured when a car • driven by her husband left the road 1 on a curve and turned over several I times. The car was totally wrecked. Mrs. Ray's wounds were treated I I at the 'ocal hospital. Her attending ‘ I‘Physician stated today she was suf- '; sering from severe injuries to her 1 right hand and elbow, which included compound dislocations and frac- ‘ tures. She also has a scalp wound. Her condition is no: believed to be ‘; critical. ,' Mr. Ray was not injured DEDICATION HELD SUNDAY I I ■ Dedicatory Service Held At Grave Os Thomas Archbold i ■ Formal dedicatory services were held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock over the grave of Thomas . Archbold, one of the few Revolt! tionary War veterans buried in Ad--1 ams county, at the Reynolds cem i etery three miles north of Decatur. Thomas Archbold is the only Revolutionary War veteran, location of whose grave is known in the county, although the D. A. R. officially credits the county with having four veterans of the War of Independence buried here. The ceremonies were jointly sponsored by the descendants of Thomas Archbold and Adams post i number 43 of the American LeI gfon. Preceding the dedicatory rights, |an Archbold family reunion was held at the Mrs. Leota Beery home, east of Decatur. i The ceremony was opened by the playing of assembly by a Legion bugler. The Rev. Paul Brandy1 berry, pastor of the Nazarene church of this city, delivered the opening prayer. He is an Archbold descendant. James Darkless of Decatur, led < the crowd in the singing of patriotic songs. Alex Drummond, one of the four surviving Civil War veterans of Adams county, was introduced. L. E. Archbold, Adams county agent, introduced Morris Archbold of Chi |tgo, who delivered a talk on Thomas Archbold's life. Thomas Archbold joined the Revolutionary army’ in Pennsylvania. By special arrangement, then necessary because of the shortage of food, he fought only when the British were in the neighborhood. The rest of the time he worked on his farm. He was en- 1 listed as a private and served throughout the war, at the termination of which he was given an rCnNTTN’TTED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Carroll Condition Reported Unchanged The condition of Frank Carroll, 104 South First street, who is seriously ill at his home with pneumonia, was reported to be the same today. A trained nurse is on duty at the Carroll home and no visitors are allowed. ,

Rigid Censorship Ordered In Spain As Revolt Against The Government Is Growing Hourly

Radio Messages Assert Rebels Dominant In Practically All Os Spain Today. NO MONARCHY (Copyrigh, 1936, by UP.) Lisbon. Portugal, July 20 -(UP) I —Radio messages flashing out to Europe from revolution torn Spain asserted today that rebels were dominant in all of the country but. Galicia, Asturias and Catalonia. One message reported that the rebels held Cadiz and proclaimed ■ a state of war there; another that' revels dominated at Cordoba and i were fraternizing with the people.] It seemed plain that the rebel movement was strong and that unless the government was able to gather sufficient loyal troops it

might be forced out by the right wing army rebels and the civilian fascists. The situation is the most serious in the five years' life of the republic, uncensored information made it plain. It is more serious than was the 1934 revolt of workers because the country is more : seriously divided. Information reaching here through the government censorship. and by means of the uncensored messages sent by the air waves by the rebels, is conflicting. But it is indicated that the next 24 hours will see the definite turn —a victory for the left wing government or a dictatorship under the rebel generals. The object of the rebel generals. it is revealed, is to proclaim , such a dictatorship. This might' take the form of that of the late Primo De Rivera, which preceded that fall of King Alfonso. But it would be a ir,odernized. republicanized one, it is indicated, not monurchical. Even though Primo De I Rivera’s son Joss Antonio, is the I , Spanish fascist leader, and is openly monarchical, the republican right wing and the centre parties would not agree to restoration of the monarchy. Late news from Madrid on the, new cabinet shows plainly that the government is making a supreme I effort to dominate the situation by using higfi array leaders who are loyal to wreck the rebel movement. I The surrender of the rebel chieftains in Catalonia, it was suggested, might lead others to submit. No Monarchy (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Washington, July 20. — (U.R) — Major Fanion Franco, aerial “Paul (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — O Legion Will Hold Meeting Tonight There will be an important ' meeting of Adams pest number 43 of the American Legion this evening at the Legion home. All members are requested to attend. 0 LANDON READY FOR ACCEPTANCE Topeka Prepares For Notification Ceremony Thursday Topeka, Kane., July 20 —(UP) — . Gov. Alf M. Landon today watched his state's capital city busily prepare for its own history-making day—hie formal acceptance of Ke-, pub'ican nomination as presidential candidate Thursday. The governor spent a quiet weekend. Tomorrow Mix. Landon and Peggy Ann. his oldest daughter, arrive ffom Estes Park, Colo., where they have been vacationing. The governor revised his acceptance speech, "Probably tor the last time.” The parade of visitors continued. Today Myers Cooper of Cincinnati former governor of Ohio; Rep. John B. Hollister of Ohio and Col. Henry W. Anderson of Richmond. Va.. candidate for governor of his state, have conference appointments. The city, amid putting up of elaborate decorations to give the governor a campaign sendoff "in style”, was faced with providing for 100,-1 000 visotors for the notification ceremony on the steps of the Kan- 1 sas state house. The city’s population is 65.000. 1 Officials said they felt confident the city could handle the crowd. Spare] I tCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

GOV. McNUTT TO DEDICATE Governor To Dedicate Marker To Decatur Pioneers Governor Paul iV. McNutt will dedicate the permanent marker of the Decatur Centennial association. it was announced today. A bronze tablet has been ordered. ' which will be erected on the court j house square. The committee which has made arrangements for the tablet is I composed of Lloyd Cowens, chairman; E. W. Ijankenau and Dan Niblick. Below the picture of a covered waxion in bas-relief will be the

wagon in uus-aei.iei win vwc following words: “1836-1936. To our pioneers and those who came after them this tablet is grateful- ; 1y dedicated. Decatur Centennial Association. August 4th. 1936." A tentative location on th" ' northeast corner of the court house square, west of the walk leading to the building, has been selected a.s the permanent site of the tablet. Although the tablet will be I dedicated on Friday, August 7. at | 3:30 o’clock by Governor McNutt, it is dated Tuesday, August 4. which is homecoming day. The dedicatory services, including Gov. McNutt's address, will be broadcast to the crowd through the mammouth loudspeakers of the public address system located I on the towei of the court house. MEET TD PLAN FOR VISITORS Meeting Tonight To Plan Means Os Feeding All Visitors — A meeting lias been called at I the city hall tonight at 8 o’clock Ito make arrangements to serve I the thousands of persons expected in Decajur. Sunday. August 2, the opening day of the Centennial celebration. The problem of feeding the crowd which will attend the three open air church services and the first presentation of the historical pageant has become serious. Cen-1 tennial officials announced today. Representatives of restaurants, churches, lodges, other organizations and private homes equipped to sell food of any nature from sandwiches to meals liave been I invited to attend the meeting tonight. Efforts are being made to find the estimated number of visitors to the city on that day. Pastors of the various churches in the city and county, which are sponsoring tlie three services, have been requested to turn estimates in to the Centennial association. It is expected that many persons I will come to Decatur for the enI tire day. The Catholic services are in the morning. Lutheraji and i union Protestant programs will he held in the afternoon. The first performance of the pageant will be given in the evening. There will lie no mating stands (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Cousin Os Local Persons Is Dead Word was received today of the death of Bort Host of Bowerstown, Ohio. He is a first cousin of John and Henry Heller aud Mrs. John W. Tynda.'l of Decatur and Miss Bertha Heller of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 ip. m. o Francis Costello Is Taken From Hospital Francis “Pat" Costello, local post I office employe, who has been a pat--1 ient at the Adams county memorial j hospital for several weeks, following a major operation, was removed i to his home, 420 Close street, Sunday aborning. He is reported to be | rapidly improving. — o WEATHER Partly oloudy north, scattered thundershowers south tonight or Tuesday; not much change ' • in temperature.

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Censorship One Os Most Rigid In History; No One Permitted To Enter Entire Country. NEWS CENSORED Madrid, July 20—<U.R)—General Jose San Jurno, one of the potential leaders of the present right wing revolt in Spain, was killed in an air crash while flying here from Portugal to take part in the rebellion, the interior ministry announced tonight. By United Press One of the most rigid censorships in history prevailed in Spain today. The border wa.s closed tightly and. it was impossible to enter the country by automobile, train

or boat. Telephone, telegraph and wire- . lens were in government hands. The only unauthorized news allowed to reach the outside world was broadcast from wireless stations in the hands of the rebels, a.nd the authenticity of their dispatches could not be confirmed. Most of the United Press news which came direct from Madrid was telephoned to London. The correspondents, however. were compelled to submit to the censor in writing what they were going to say. A censor sat at theft- elbows to see tliat they did not deviate as much as a w-ord from the written text. If the London office aisked a. correspondent a question, he could only say. “1 do not know” or "I can't answer questions.” Madrid. July 20— (U.R) —While Americans were being invited by the United States embassy io take I refuge there, the government anJnounced by radio today that the i right wing army revolt in Madrid j luul bean crushed. All rebel barracks in the capital have surrendered after fierce fighting, especially at the Montana 'ban-acks, which is in the hands of government troops, workers and militia, representing the left wing faction, the announcement said. There was no direct word of the situation in other cities, although disturbing reports were received of fighting and casualties. t The interior ministry issued a broadcast tonight admitting that the cities of Zaragoza and VaJIatCONTTXTTED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Centennial Meeting At 7 P. M. Tonight The regular meeting of tiie Decatur Centennial association will be held at 7 o'clock this evening instead of 7:30 o'clock. The change as made in order that the executive committee might attend a meeting of the food dealers of the city at 8 o'clock. VIOLINIST IS HELD IN DEATH Seek Statements Os Witnesses In Brutal Killing Asheville, N. C„ July 20—(UP)— Police said today they are seeking statements of six witnesses to dispute violinist Mark Wollner’s alibi that he was home in bed when Blonde Helen Clevenger, 19-yea.r o'd New York university honor student. was attacked and murdered in the fashionable Battery Park hotel early Thursday. “I’m going to confront Wollner with these statements,” said Sheriff Laurance Brown, ‘‘either late today or tomorrow. I’ve already obtained three statements and l'iu going to get three more.” Wollner. 35-year-old concert viol- | inist who made his debut in New I York’s town hall, was left to “cool off" in a cell on the 15th floor of Asheville’s courthouse. Visitors were not permitted to see him. Brown obtained statements from Wollner and his 19-year old invalid fiancee, Mildred Ward, claiming the violinist was home at 1 a. m. Thursday, the time police believe Miss Clevenger was attacked, stabbed in the face and shot. ‘Til have statements of at least eix witnesses who saw Wollner at (CONTINUED ON PAGE MIX)