Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1936 — Page 1

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B RIOTS I EFFORT 10 mi SUSPECTS liianl’oliceSeek Pair ho ShotOHker, Kidnaped 'i outh L <”•» -, Tb ’ 1' of trunk highways leadMichigan Into three Ir “', blocku.led today by ’ L in a chase <>t «*» .4 .hot a police °«« r L n ,ped a youth, whose auto--1,, thev commandeered. Xtims of the «wo fleeing Le chief of police Fred • of Zeeland, and Everyman. 20, of Fennville. Jd man. who was riding , hf suspects, was arrested End Raid*- He gave h>» is Jay A t'amdifl. 30, lonia. !« who '"ire a sailors uni"Jd he Had hitch-hiked •be unknown suspects yes but they pushed him from %• when the police chase ,.tar I near Zeeland, -torn Michigan, when chief , moated the two men »30 a. in., when he thought were acting suspiciously. As Broached, Hie men roared in (heir automobile. The u, bore Ohio license ple.tes. tuna gave chase in hie police . fh j chase led to Holland , jg jt as the two automobiles (he town, an occupant of iJP eot car. fired at Borsrna. bullet struck him in one band emerged from the other isma continued nevertheless, luide Holland city limits dnl his siren to attract attenHolland officers took up the i Borsnia. who had collapsed taken to a hospital at Grand fc where it was said he i recover. ir police were notified and farm was broadcast. At FennI south of Holland, the susi abandoned and wrecked Bobile was found in a ditch. B w that point they held up Bar. and forced him to go jas a hostage when they his machine. latest police ra indicate he is still missBdilf w - as pushed from the It car outside the city limits rand Rapids He could give ascription of the men. exceipt If that one had a “light hat.” WTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) • o — tructors Are Guests Os Sprunger e instructors of the Reppert lion school were the gueets this of Colonel and Mrs. Cy user of Ap; le Creek. Ohio, who I returned from an 8,000 mile ling trip through Texan, Calihand along the Pacific coast, i. Sprunger, who was a former lent of Berne, owns and operthe largest community livelau iion sale in the United • He is one of the instructors • Reppert Auction school. — o ■ 1 ■ - - —■ •se Lodge Plans Centennial Exhibit ■bens of the local Moose lodge •ranging a display of art and bork made by students of the • heart school, which will be * on exhibition during Centen•eek. The exhibit is expected • completed tomorrow, and will tin the lodge rooms. . tiuded :>i rhe display will be ™ °f dressmaking and sewing ris of the schools, moulding, tin 1 leather working and steel •f by boys, in addition to sculp- • and modeling by both boys flrk. The exhibit will .be open • Public. r~ -o k Case Elected ’urple Heart Officer [" G a*e, Decatur World War ■ • "as elected an inspector at «aual convention of the Indapartment of the military « Purple Heart, held Sunday •knapolis. • 1S '*‘ invention of the organbe held at Fort Wayne. * al Dentist To Report To Camp u P ' F:e lds, Decatur dentist, ‘ ordered to report to Fort k° uilßVi " e ' Ken|ucky. H, n ’ “ r a two weeks training ui> t !dS is a flrst Heuten“r. the on ‘y dentist in •hdii i' * WU| witn< * lß the war during August, in which 20,Participate.

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“Vaijean” Gets Away * F fi J ’ j/? f * i > r Clemency appeared in prospect for a modern Jean Valjean as Gov. E. W. Marland of Oklahoma undertook a personal study of the case of Charlton B. Chilton and ordered temporary cessation of extradition proceedings. Sentenced . to two years in the Oklahoma reformatory for an unpremeditated and unarmed bank robbery he committed when 17, Chilton escaped after serving a year.. Now. 23 years later, a. resident of i Cleveland, married and father of a 16-year-old son, Chilton is I fighting extradition, backed by aroused public sympathy. HENRYFAUROTE HEADS LEGION Grocery Proprietor Elected Commander Os Adams Post Henry Faurote, proprietor of the Erie grocery on Winchester street, was elected commander of Adams ! post number 43 of the American | Legion, at the annual election of officers, held Monday night at the Legion home. First and Madison streets. Other successful candidates were: Ralph Roop, first vice-com-mander; Herb Kern, second vicecommander; David Adams, adjut- , ant; Dan Zeser, finance officer; ' Joe Laurent. H. V. Aurand and Dee Fryback. executive committee; Henry Faurote, Tillmon Gehrig and Herb Kern, delegates; V. J. Borman. David Adams and Leo EhThger. alternates; Charles BurkefTrustee. Approximately 100 members of! the post were present for the meet-1 ing. The drive for members forthe 1 ensuing year will be launched immediately. Adams post is seeking a goal of more than 200 members. ( Eddie Bauer made a request at the meeting for 12 to 15 legionnaires or ex-service men. who are needed to take part in the histor-1 leal pageant. These men are asked to report for rehearsal at 7:30 o’clock this evening. A resolution endorsing the candidacy of Vincent J. Bormann for the post of commander of the fourth district, passed unanimous(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o CASH PRIZES TO BE GIVEN Prizes Will Be Given For Flower Display, Contest Mrs. Delton Passwater, chairman of the flowers and gardens committee of the Centennial, issued a statement today urging all floral enthusiasts to enter the flower display and cointest, which will be held in the lobby of the court house on Wednesday and Thursday, August 5 and 6. Any person in the county is eligible. Cash prizes will be awarded in each of the classes, namely petunias, xenias. flox, mixed bouquets, dahlias and gladiolas. A prize ot $2 will be given to winner of first iplace and >1 to second in each class. Judges in the contests will be Mrs. C. D. Lewton and L. D. Adams, of Decatur and Mrs. L. L. Yager, of Berne. Their decision will be final Entries in the contests may be brought into the court house lobbyon Tuesday night of the Centennial. There they will be tagged and pre-, served in good condition during the; two days they are on display.

J. D. MALONE TO BE SPEAKER ■ - Home Towners Banquet At Country Club Centennial Week J. D. Malone, attorney of SpringHeld, Ohio, and New York City, | has been obtained to deliver the i address at the “Old Home Towners" banquet to be held at the Decatur Country club, Thursday evening, August 6, at 6 o'clock. W. A. Klepper is chairman of the general committee in charge of entertajning the former residents Thursday evening. Harold W. McMillen is assisitant in charge of the arrangements for the banquet, music and program. Other members of this committee are J. H. Heller. Carl C. Pumphrey, French Quinn and Mayor A. R. Holthouse. Tickets for the banquet will be $2 a plaite. There will be only 250 plates. 50 of which have already been reserved. Those wishing to attend are urged to purchase theira at once from Hither Mr. Pumphrey or Howard Wisehaupt. Mr. Klepper will act as toastmaster at the Iguiquet. An interesting program is 'being arranged and will be announced in detail soon. o Hunger Marchers Storm Assembly Harrisburg. Pa.. July 28—(U.R) — j Determined to force a legislative I appropriation of $100,000,000 for 1 unemployment relief, 2,000 "hunger marchers” stormed PennsylI vania’s assembly hall here today. Recess picketed were reinforced at noon when the house and senate were scheduled to convene, but few lawmakers were in their seats. The galleries bulged wiith men. women and children, who shouted and screamed. •Come on. get to work, stop litalling; tax the rich, feed the ipoor; th°re will be no compromise with reactionaries; pass bills to feed the hungry.” were demands hurled at the slowly filling seats on the floors below. DEATH CIAIMS JOHN FOUCHTY Aged Decatur Man Dies At Home Os Daughter Monday Night John J Foughty. 87, died Mondayevening at 7:45 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. E. Moon. Death was due to infirmities. Mr. Foughty, who wae interested In the ' timber business had been a re.sid- ' ent of Decatur for the past 42 yeans, I having moved here from Wells county. The deceased was born March 4, 1849 in Columbia county, OhioHis wife, Adaline Hoover Foughty, preceded him in death December 14, 1921. He was a member of the United Brethren church. The following children survive: Mrs. Deesa B. Moon. Decatur; Charles K. Foughty, Fort Wayne Mrs. Ella Hoopengartner, Fort Wayne, Mns. Etta G. Lake, Fort Wayne; William H. Foughty. Decatur and Mrs. Myrtle Sipe. Lake Charles, Louisiana. A half-brother. L. M. Foughty of Cleveland and a halfsister, Mrs. Frank Thurber of Bluffton, also survive, ’ together with one nephew, two nekes, 24 grand children, 10 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Moon residence and 2 o’clock at the U- B. church Rev. H. W. Franklin will have charge of the services, assisted by Rev. H. R. Carson. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed from the Zwick funeral home at noon today. o Representatives Visit Homesteads Project A committee of representatives and business agents of the various building trades from Cincinnati and the labor relations representative of the Resettlement administration visited the Decatur Homesteads project todayThe men met with Miss Marion Neprud, community manager at the local Homestead office in the Old Adame county bank bui'ding and then visited the homestead project. The men were, Charles Foster, Frank Vincent. John Dempsey, John Fox. Joseph Interreiden and Thomas A. Murray of Clncinnlti and I/eo J Myrne of the Resettlement | administration.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 28, 1936.

1913 Auto License Plate Is Found Here EDr. J. M. Miller, who owned one of the firtit cars In Decatur, a Cadillac ot the 1913 vintage, while rebuilding hie barn Into a garage, t found the first license issued bo him under the law of 1913. It wa« number 30, Indicating that he wae the thirtieth to appeal in the state, since that was the way they were issued. It Is a “cut-out” plate, carrying the -! number, “30-IND." It hi dieplayed . at thia office and will be turned over 8 to the Historical Society. SLIGHT DAMAGE CAUSED HERE I J r ■ ~ " l T Little Damage Caused By Electrical Storm Monday Evening r Only slight damage was report- . ed here from the electrical storm * which accompanied the thunder , showers falling on the city last j evening, resulting in a decided » drop in the temperature. Lightning struck the home of Godfrey Nesswald, on Marshall . street and followed down the spouting of the house, finally grounding, 5 without serious results. Members i of the Nesswald family sitting on the front porch were uninjured. A nearby electrical transformer was blown out by the bolt. Martin Mylott, city light supers intendent reported today that only slight damage was inflicted on light lines from the lightning several ? transformers and fuses being r blown. The local telephone company reported but very little dam- ' age. The showers, starting at about 6 1 o'clock last evening, caused a drop ’ in the temperature, which had '• hovered above 90 degrees all day. r Temperatures recorded last night 1 read as low as 76 degrees. } Walter S. Gladfelter, official weather observer here, reported 1 that the precipitation was slight, J reading only .08 of an inch in total ’ 1 rainfall for the day. Despite the 3 slight fall, crops were aided and 9 several empty cisterns were re- ’ plenished. Agriculturists agree, i however that more rainfall will be needed by the drouth-stricken crops. Rising temperatures of today were again expected to be arrests ed by more showers tonight. Start Erection Os s Tents For Livestock Workmen, under the direction of H. P- Schmitt, general chairman, started thin morning on the erection i-1 of the first tents for the Centennial ? celebration. The tent to house the cattle shows, 90 by 150 feet, is being erect- ■ ed on the municipal parking lot at 8 First and Madison streets. A 60 by ’ 120 foot tent, to houe the horse • show, Ib being erected on the lot at 9 First and Jackson streets. o 1 WEATHER Generally fair northwest, local "thundershowers east , and south this afternoon or tonight, somewhat cooler east and south tonight; Wednesday fair, somewhat coolHORSE PULLING : ENTRIES FILED ’ Only Farm Horses Pert mitted In Horse Pulling Contests 1 . ‘ H. P. Schmitt, today announced t that entries have begun to come • in for the horse pulling contests . which will be one of the attractions at the Decatur Centennial - celebration next week. i Mr. Schmitt, who is chairman of i this feature, said today that the new rules this year will make the events more attractive to Adams county farmers. The contests are again limited . to Adams county entries. Only ’ farm horses will be permitted this year. This rule will bar logging ' teams and others whose work is ' chiefly concerned with the pulling , of heavy loads. Two farmers may make up 1 teams by entering one horse each. 1 The prizes this year have been increased to SIOO for each class, to be divided from S4O for first place 1 to $5 for sixth. 1 The lightweight division will be 1 limited to teams weighing less than" 3,000. It will be held Friday, - August 7, at 9 o’clock. The heavyweight division will be represented by teams weighing 113,000 pounds or over. It will be held Saturday, August 8, at 9 | o’clock

- PLAN DETAILS ' OF CENTENNIAL ■ Final Details Arranged Monday Night; To * Meet Wednesday » I I Final preparations for the cele- ' brating of Decatur and Adams I county's 100th birthday on August 2 to 8, were made last night at the meeting of the Centennial executive committee. Chairman Dee of the ' I concession committee, reported ' | that the midway on Second street I I from Jackson to Jefferson streets I would be entirely filled with conJ cessions and stands, with a fourfoot space separating each stand. He stated that all available space would be sold by Wednesday. Shows and rides will be lined • along intersecting streets east to i First and west to Third streets. ’ Indicators to various displays and t exhibits will be placed on downI town streets to aid in locating the ! places of interest. As much as II possible, a 16-foot clearance on the I midway will be observed. Arrangements have already been . made for 12 commercial exhibits, i it was reported. i A pyrene fire extinguisher will . be placed in the information booth i by Fire Chief Charles Robenold for use in emergency, and a man • will -be stationed there to aid in exr tinguishing small tent blazes, or l minor fires. I Ora Baker, state road superin- ; tendent for this district, reported - yesterday that all detours will be - arranged to reroute traffic through the city during the ; The committee s,<ted that the > parking problem had been ade- | quately solved for the week. Lat- . est space available for parking was t the Catholic church, which will use the church grounds for that I purpose. I All members of the executive , committee and committee chairI man are to meet Wednesday night . in special session to take care of I last minute arrangements and to - inspect the lighting facilities. o FRED REPPERT 1 TO BROADCAST Local Auctioneer To Speak On Final Program Thursday i The fourth and final in the eerI ies of four weekly broad; a.ste, (publicizing tthe Decatur Centennial cele- > bration, will be on the air over ra- ■ dio station WOWO, Fort Wayne, 1 Thursday evening at 8 o’clock, De- ■ catur time. ■ Col. Fred Reppert. Decatur auctioneer. will deliver the address on the 30-minute program. Special musical numbers during the broadcast will be played by the American Legion city band, under the direction of Bob White. Thuisday's program will be the final broadcast in the series. The opening program Thursday July 9, was featured with an address by French Quinn, prominent Decatur historian and attorney, with vocal solos by Mrs. Dan Tyndall and Mrs. Walter Krick, accompanied by Mrs. Carrie T. Haubold. Arthur R. Holt house, mayor of Decatur, was the speaker on Thursday, August 16, with music by the Decatur Girls' band, directed by /Albert Sellemeyer. The third in the series, broadcast August 23. featured an address by Dr. Fred Patterson, local dentist and chairman of the historical pageant. Music was furnished by MrsDan Tyndall, Miss Helen Haubold and Miss Sara Jane Kauffman. Miss Louise Haubold served an accompanist and also played several of her original compositions. 0 Suffers Severe Gash From Fall Henrietta Hunter, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hunter, of North Seventh street, sustained a severe gaesh in her right leg last evening at 6:30 when she fell from a tricycle on Nuttman avenue. She She was taken to the hospital where 20 etitchee were required to close the injury. o ——- Pleasant Mills Man Fined In City Court Dan Dougherty, of near Pleasant Mills, plead guilty to a charge of public intoxication when arraigned before Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse yesterday afternoon, and was fined $1 and costs, amounting to sll. He paid the fine and wa.s re{leased.

STORMS DAMAGE EIGHT STATES MONDAY NIGHT Six Persons Killed; Hurricane Approaches Florida Coast By United Pr°ss Storm wreckage strewed parts of eight states today in the wake of wind, rain and lightning that killed six persons and injured 20 or more. A hurricane approached the Florida, coast from the Baha- , mas. The federal hurricane warning rysitem said a tropical disturbance generated in the Bahamas yesterday was moving with increasing intensflty toward southern Florida, and might reach there Wednesday j night. Yesterday’s stonna killed three in the Pennsylvania, Ohio, Went Virginia tri-state area, flattened trees, buildings and telephone poles in Louisiana, Missouri and ! Kansas, and washed out rail lines and drowned a man on the Ari-zona-California border, where two others had been killed by a 48Itour sitorm previously. Hurricane Warning Miami. Fla.. July 28—(U.R)—The federal hurricane warning system advised residents of the south Florida, coast today to prepare within 50 hours for arrival of a tropical disturbance of nearly hurricane force advancing toward (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o Urge Decoration Os Store Fronts Merchants wishing to have their etore fronts decorated for Centennial week, are asked to get In touch immediately with the Evans decorating company. An office has been established on Monroe street, be-1 tween First and Second, and a telephdne. number 158, has been installed. The majority of business men have already contracted for decora- | lions, and it is expected that all. store fronte in the business district will he decorated this week. The company also has material for sale for building floats. o Make Special Request To Obtain Articles A special request was made today to persons having article* which they wish exhibited during the Centennial celebration to bring them to the Central school house at once where they will be registered. The committee, under the direction of Frd Kolter, is making arrangements with local store*, and buildings for the exhibits, moet of which must be located by the middle of the week. The hobbies committee is espec-. ially desirous of obtaining these displays at once. Some of the stamps, doJle and model airplanes have already been registered. Miss Eleanor Pumphrey, acting chairman of the hobbies and art committees, can give further information. Old pictures are also wanted by this committee. o PREDICT BAIN TO BBEAK HEAT Scattered Showers, Cooling Breezes To Bring Relief Indianapolis. Ind-, July 28 —(UP) ; Scattered thundershowers and cooling breezes were predicted today to bring early relief from Indiana’s •second heat wave within a month. Thunder showers for the east and i south this afternoon and toniglYt, followed by somewhat cooler temperatures throughout the state tonight and Wednesday, were fore- ; cast by the United States weather j bureau here. The forecast was welcomed by | Hoosiers who sweltered nnder more than two weeks ot extreme temperatures which began the first ot the month and threatened to begin again this week. No relief from the drought which parched crops and dried out pasture land was in sight, however. Scattered rains were intermittent and seldom of sufficient itensity to aid the scorched fields. Four deaths, two heat prostrations an dtwo drownings. were reported in the state as result of temperatures yesterday which climbed above the 100 mark. Charles H. Cooper. 70 custodian (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE). 1

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Blanton Defeated J 111 ■ . One of the most colorful figures in the house of representatives, Congressman Thomas Blanton of Texas, representative for ten con(secutive terms, was defeated by Clyde L. Garrett of Eastland for the Democratic nomination which is tantamount to election. Blanton was known for his outspoken ways and activities as House ’■watchdog of the treasury.” changesmade” IN WAGE SCALE Prevailing WPA Wage Scales In Indiana Are Revised Indianapolis, July 28.—(U.R) — A revision of the prevailing wage scale on words progress administration projects in Indiana in, which common labor will be paid 50 cents per hour in the larger counties and 40 cents dn hour in the smaller counties, effective Aug. 1, was announced today by Wayne Coy. state administrator. Previously all laborers on WPA projects have been required to work a total of 130 hours a month to earn the security wage. Now they w?ll Continue to earn the monthly security wage by working the requisite number of hours at the rate per hour for their class of work, Coy said. There is no chance in the schedI tile of monthly earnings for the intermediate, skilled or professional classifications. On July 22 Coy issued an order adjusting the schedule of monthly earnings for unskilled laborers as follows: counties whose principal city is in the population class of 1100,000 and over. $60,000; 50.000 and verr, $57; 25,000 and over, $52; 5,000 and over, S4B; under 5.000, $44. Coy pointed out the adjustment in the monthly wage schedule for unskilled workers resulted from a study of living costs made in each county of the state. The study showed monthly earnings for unskilled workers were insufficient for subsistence of the average family and that many of them were dependent on township trustees and other agencies for supplemental relief. o Request Garments For Exhibition The committee on old fashioned garments requests anyone who has not been solicited, and hae articles of interest, to bring them to the Central school building, or call 1194 any day this week. The old fashioned garments which will be exhibited all during Centennial week will not ibe handled by the spectators and a man has been hired to guard the articles. o Bondholders To Be Given Cards Merchants who have purchased their quota in the "Good Will bond sale which was conducted recently, will be given a courtesy card, in selling foodstuffs to concessioners during Centennial week, it was announced last night :by Herman Ehinger. finance chairman. Contracts or concessioners stipulate they must I buy foodstuffs from these card hold- | ere-

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To Evacuate Americans From Beleaguered Spain Thursday; Loyalists And Rebels Fight DOWN PLANES Washington, July 28— (U.R) — Plans have been completed' to evaluate the Americans and other foreigners beleaguered In Madrid I from that city to the Medlterran- • ean coast Thursday morning, the sttate department was officially > advised today. The announcement was containled in a brief message from Eric C. Wendelin, third secretary of the embassy in charge at Madrid. With evacuation of the 160 odd Americans who sought refuge in the American embassy alt Madrid virtually all American citizens will have been removed from the trouble zone. The message telling of Madrid evacuation plane was timed ] p. tn. Madrid time. It said: “Plans ha,ve been made to evacuate foreigners to Alicante or Valencia Thursday morning. Madrid is quiet.” Wendelin did not say what means of transportation would be used to evacuate the Americans p.nd other foreigners but it was presumed that he had obtained assurances that the Spanish government would furnish a special train and armed escort to make ’ the run to the Mediterranean OOOAt. The U. St S. Quincy arrived today at Alicante on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, prepared to I receive the Americans when they , I arrive from Madrid. Wendelin had been pressing the Sipanieh authorities for days to ! furnish transportation and an escort, and yesterday he was joined in his requests by other members of the diplomatic corps in Madrid, representing all foreigners beleaguered there. American naval forces in Spanish waiters will he temporarily augmented tomorrow by arrival of I the battleship Arkansas and the training ship Wyoming in the vicinity of Bilbao at 6 a. m. The ships we-e ordered there by the navy department to lake on board the 56 U. g. eoast guard .cadets now on the Cayuga. U. S. coast guard cutter which is being retained at least temporarily in Spanish waters. A number of navy enlisted men will be transferred to the Cayuga to replace the coast guard cadets and give the Cayuga a full crew. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Important Meeting Wednesday Night Members of the American Legion drum corps, color bearers, firing equad and color guards, are asked to meet at the Legion home, First and Madieon street, Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. AU members are requested to be present as these organizations will take part in religious services which will open the Centennial celebration Sunday. 0 COOPERATION OF ALL URGED Decatur Citizens Asked To Leave Autos At Home During Week The traffic committee ot the Centennial association, today made a request that persons living in town leave their autos at home during the celebration next week. “We should make every available spot open to the visitors and the large crowd expected will more than tax the capacity ot the streets and parking lots.” W. A. Lower, chairman of the committee stated. Among the large parking lots obtained by the committee is the 20 acre field just north of the Decatur country club, on the west side ot the road. Arrangements are being made to have a large bus operate between the parking lots and the center of town, so motorists can park their car on the lot and then ride uptown. Other lots are being obtained by the committee. The two city parking lots on First street will be occupied with tents for the horse and cattle shows.