Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1936 — Page 1

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111 LEAGUE HUGHES PLAN |HNffIM«TY L e Backs Roosevelt; Lorm Party For I 1940 LLrtlsan lf»K ue EXt" organization today. E ~ a nuclei for a nationfl in i»<® " ls neoe * L nlftteing support of PreelKu in November, the K the ground-work for a L labor, or farmerlabor, f. r rears hence. It sharply E Gov. Alt M Landon. F" presidential .andidaje. E~l objectives of the league, of President Kand. ultimately, forming Ej party, were set forth in Eresolution saying: L te commit ourselves to of liberalism in L j grates, recommend and Etpc continuance of labor's Efcgit league as an instruEytw the furtherance of Eg in our country. ’ U Berry administration Etor of industrial cooperaEleader of the league, was Kpresident of the permanent Edon. John L. I-ewis. leadEe Iv “rebel" committee for E organization unions bus-i Efrem the A. F. of L. was | ■Jaman. I L hearing speakers assail LL the league c heered a jfnffl President Roosevelt i K i's support and pledging Eure of (he fight for the Eti's social program. Euwis and other speakers K Gov. Landon s labor rec- ■ jfciev Bell, federal conciliate IMS lead strike in Em Kansas, criticized Knor for sending troops Kt strike area. K baton do- sn't know what E» bargaining means." Bell LB. Hillman, president of Kited clothing workers. Kwcratic lalxir campaign ■ asked workers to unite in Kpicn for re election of Kt Roosevelt Kg of Gov. Landon. Hill■ts would block labor's Kt obtaining a shorter work ■nd work day. K frequentmentioned as Kte presidential candidate K. called upon labor to Kmomically and politac■kuked delegates of the ■k# ezpend every effort for ■tia of your friend. PresiKneveit" He challenged Mi interests' to show their M» declared that "everyMtu will affi ct the future Ms at stake in this cam-■Nrekerat>-d Berry's stateMM “after the election of ■teprctabL will be a reMM of the political organ!Mot this country.” MMid the league now holds Mt of power in New ■huylvania. Illinois. Wtw! Mud Kentucky. In add!■aid. the le.iuue ' perhaps" ■ like position in the po■itution in X»\a.'la. I'tali. Bttsrgn ox page five) ■fr—■ o Binary Report ■Given Monday Night Mtanary financial report by members of the executive committee at meeting Monday eve!■city hall. It is hoped final report ready for B**® next Monday night. 0® - 0~- — ■’’ding Leaders M°Be At Convention ■L P ; Dearing, president of College, Dr. E. L. of Chicago, Rev. R. S. M* w of Topeka, Kaunas. K,’-" els!1 * ,f Anderson MJ Otho rs are among the outat Indiana’s 48tli !M'- Conv ention at Ml ‘ ri near Brooklyn this cession win open FriSeptember 4 and M onday ino-ning. Sept-m-H;'"® singing will be led by Canard Smith of ' ee Per delegate is ■Ji A1 entertainmnt will yPa rk with room rent meals three dolMfiu “ lur ttle entire conWi!l 1)6 no other exM^y ,tr «:ons should be ’’mlu? Bern ' ece Magnuson, ■ *«tary, Valparaiso,

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Savings Groups Report Increase Indianapolis, Aug. 11.—(U.Rlr Indiana savings and loan assoclatlouH reported an Increase us 144.4 per 1 cent in the volume of home mortgages acceptance for Insurance by the fedtal housing administration during the first six months of 1936, , lt was announced here today. 1 George E. Palmer, special assistant to administrator R. Earl Pet- . ers, said that of the total of sl,416,912 in accepted loans reported up to July 1. Indiana associations, (1837.250 was loaned during the first half of the year. PRIMARIES TO TESTSTRENGTH Four Southern States To Hold Primaries On New Deal Strength Washington, Aug. .11.- (U.R)—A series of primary election referendums on the Roosevelt administration beginning today in four states of the solid south will indicate the extent to which new deal recovery methods have alienated conservative southern Democrats. Today's test vote is in Arkansas. General and emphatic reverses for candidates closely associated with the Roosevelt administration would suggest the possibility of Gov. Alf M. Landon repeating the achievement of Herbert Hoover in breaking into the solid south for Republican electoral votes. Texas. , Florida. North Carolina, and Vlr- ■ ginia voted in 1928 for Hoover and against Alfred E. Smith. Senatorial primaries in the next five weeks will test southern sentiment in Arkansas. Mississippi. South Carolina, and Georgia. The outlook is for uniform new deal victories in the nomination of candidates opposed by men who challenge the new deal Tn varying degree. Southern and border states primaries so far have reflected Democratic loyalty to the administration although one outstanding critic of the new deal. Sen. Carter Glass of Virginia, was re-nominat-ed last week without opposition. Senate majority leader Joseph T. Robinson, one of Mr Roosevelt's principal lieutenants, is opposed I for re-nomination today in Arkansas by two Democratic candidates. W. F. Denman, of Prescott, a form- • er law partner of the late Huey P. .. Long, withdrew from the race so that the vote would not be split so much. Still in the race is J. i Ross Venable of Little Rock. ‘ Cleveland Holland, the third can- ’ didate, is an anti-Roosevelt Democrat who denounces Robinson for supporting new deal legislation. Rejection of Robinson in Arkansas would hit the Roosevelt administration amidships and do tremen1 dous damage. The next southern primaries will take place Aug. 25 in Mississippi ’' and South Carolina. Senator Pat ' I Harrison, chairman of the senate finance committee, and Sen. James ; F. Byrnes, unofficial Roosevelt spokesman on the senate floor, are ’I up for re-nomination in those states. The new deal issue is not precisely drawn in Mississippi. The Mississippi campaign is an old time Democratic shindy in which Sen. Theodore G. (the man) ’ Bilbo is battling to unseat his colleague. Bilbo's senatorial candl- . (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o LIST TOTAL Os EXPECTEDfUNO ; ! County Auditor Receives i Figures For Use In Budgets Adams county may expect sl-,700 for the general fund from intangi ibles taxes and $95,000 for the 1 special road fund from motor fuel t tax and motor vehicle fees, according to a communication received by County Auditor John W. Tyn- ' dall. ' The estimates also cover the ex--1 pected returns for the balance of 1936 and for 1937 until the June 1 distribution of tax collections is 1 made. ’ The estimate of money to be re- ' turned the county from the state 1 is furnished each year for the pur- ' pose of computing local tax budgets. ' Expected intangibles distribu--1 tions are as follows; August 1, i 1936 to December 31. 1936. $1,000; s 1 January 1, 1937 to December 31. 1 1937, $1,700; January 1, 1938 to t June 30, 1938, S7OO. Ths returns for the special road • funds are: August 1. 1936 to De- ;- cember 31. 1936. $21,500; January b 1, 1937 to December 31, 1937, $95.- , 800; January 1, 1938, to June 30, 11938, $50,300.

SHOWERS ARE PROMISED TO BORNEO AREAS Thousands Os Acres In Northwest Destroyed By Fire By I'nlted Press Scattered showers were promised over smoke--blackened north- ; ern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan today and 24.000 weary men and boys hoped to relax their ■vigilance along still smouldering fire lines. I'. R. Harmon, regional forestry supervisor, said that fires which raged over thousands of acres of green forest laiid since Friday virtually all were under control lin Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Licking flames continued to I menace residents on Isle Roynle In Lake Superior and boats and airplanes stood ready to remove residents. largest of 12 fires in Michigan raged in Hiawatha national forest near Munising. Serious blazes were reported to the east. Denso smoke in all sectors hampered fire fighters. DouglaH county sheriff Arthur Sedin said the situation still wrs "critical" in that portion of Wisconsin and sought relief crews a,t Superior for exhausted men on the fire lines. He estimated 3.00') men in the lines on the Brule river near Solon Springe and Bennett. High win Is added to the danger last night and 40 to 50 dairy farms were menaced. The Brule fire station said flames were licking through valuajile timber toward Cornucopia in Bayfield county, Wis., and a stubborn brush and wood fire burned in Chippewa county. One new blale developed in the Markham. Minn., area today where 50 farm homes were destroyed (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WELFARE BOARD LISTS BUDGET Proposed Adams County Welfare Budget Totals $60,785 The proposed county welfare budget for 1937. as shbmitted to Counity Auditor John W. Tyndall for presentation before the county council, totals $60,785. This budget includes the ajipro- i priations for all welfare agencies in the county, which this year were merged under one board. Eighty per cent of the majority of the items on the budget will be paid by state and federal governments and will not come from local taxation. According to present estimates. Indiajta will pay $12,680,557 annually for the welfare program. The state and federal government will provide $9,718,609.55, and the 92 counties $2,961,947. Section one in the local welfare budget includes the following items totaling $52,445; old age assistance, $36,000; burial allowance, old age recipients, $1,275; burial allowance deceased blind, $170; assistance crippled children. $500; child welfare service, $5000; assistant department. children custody, relatives. $14,000. Current charges total SB,OOO and ’ are: a,ssis4atu.e dependent children ;iu custody of individuals. $500; assistance dependent children in i custody of individuals. $3,500. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ' — — Red Cross Dolls Are On Exhibition Here The collection of dolls sent to the Red Cross in Decatur from the Red Cross in Washington will be on exhibition all day Wednesday at the Winnes shoe store. The public is urged to visit this interesting exhibition. Assessor Office Is Closed Today The office of the county assessor was closed most of the day while Assessor Ernest Worthman was in Berne, and French and Hartford townships making personal and real estate appraisements. Reappointed To Library Board Judge Huber M. DeVoss has reappointed Elizabeth Neuenschwander as a member of the Berne public library board. The terra is three years. The library was established last year.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 11, 1936.

Amplifying System Dismantled Today Representatives of the Electro Acoustic Products company of Fort Wayne, builders and installers of the public address system used on ! the court house during Centennial week, were dismantling the sys tem today. With this system gone and the' city light force taking down the string of colored lights strung from the building, practically all material evidence of the Centennial has been removed, with the | exception of the information booth.! CHECK FORGER ACTIVE HERE Checks Totaling $270 Are Forged On Local Business Firm Local authorities are conducting an intensive search for the forger, or possibly forgers, whose work during the pant week resembles that of a professional "penman.” Six checks, totalling $270, have been reportedly forged in Decar tur. Fort Wayne and vicinity, all by the same persons, and written on the name Decatur business house. The checks, each issued for $45. were written on the printed stationery of a local hardware and cashed, either to be sent to the local bank or Fort Wayne clearing house. Reports of four of the worthless checks have already been authenticated, and two more are reported to have been forged. All checke were made out to "Harry Turner." and contained the forged signature of Henry Knapp, co-owner of Knapp & Son hardware. Most of the checks l>ear two or three endorsements. Charles Knapp, junior member of the firm, stated this morning in explaining how the printed forms were obtained, that the person must have asked to use the telephone during the day. and gained access to the pads in the office. No evidence was found indicating a hncak-in at the store, substantiating the theory that the checks were obtained during open hones. One of the checks, cashed at a local wholesale house, was made out to "Harry Turner” and bore the endorsement of Turner, a second endorsement of a "J. L. Russell," who upon investigation proved to be fictitious, and the endorsement of the firm. Members of the local firm could not check as to where they obtained the worthless paper. Three of the cheeKs were cashed in Fort Wayne, cleared there ' and sent ‘to the local bank. After checking with Mr. Knapp, they were discovered to be forgeries. o Drinking Fountain Installed Today The new drinking fountain recently purchased by the county commissioners was erected today on the northeast corner of the court house square. The fountain, of the two bowl variety, was to have been erected for Centennial week but did not arrive in time. The force of the city water department installefl the new equipment. o STATE PROBATE REPORT GIVEN I Indiana Probation Director Lists Annual Report Indianapolis. Aug. 11. — QJ.R> —A cross-section of the personalties involved in probation violations among adults was offered today in a report by Dr. Francis B. McCabe, state probation director, for the 1935 fiscal year. The department j-ecorded 255 revocations during the year. Intoxication was the principal individual cause, blamed in 96 cases. Other causes for revocation and the number of cases listed included petit larceny. 33; assault and battery. 26; traffic violations, 23. and burglary, 12. Only 34 of the probation failures were credited with a co-operative attitude toward their probation officers. Twenty-three were listed “indifferent” and. 199 were antagonistic. Nearly half the group lived in neighborhoods considered delinquency areas, Dr. McCade reported. Only 18 were considered economically secure. A majority of the failures had no leisure time activity. Twenty two were persons who had been divorced; 117 were mar(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

NO SETTLEMENT IN ASTOR CASE Screen Actress Submitted To Bitter Examination Loi Angeles. Aug. 11.—(U.R.' — In a sudden descision in which he chastised attorneys for both sides for “mud slinging." Superior Judge Goodwin Knight, hearing the case of Mary Astor versus Dr, Franklyn Thorpe, her divorced husband, today called a halt in the sensational proceedings until 2 p. m. I Los Angeles, Aug. 11 —(TTP) —Aay I possibility of a private, out of court ‘ .seti lenient of the Mary Astor-Dr., Franklyn Thorpe child custody fight was believed to have vanished today following M:se Astor'# merciless cross-examination (by ber former husband’s lawyer. She return# to her courtroom ordeal today and persons close to her said she was "out for blood.’’ While officers sought George S. Kaufman, famous playwright, the one lover she has admitted, Dr. Thorpe’# lawyer. Joseph Anderson, duelled all day with the beautiful, sharp witted and sharp tongue actress without gaining appreciable advantage. He Dung at her the names of eight men—many of them prominent in the theatrical and business world —and demanded to know if she had entertained them in her 'liedroom. The answer in each case was negative and once she said, sarcastically, "I didn't entertain him in my betroor either" before Anderson could put his question. Anderson's .purpose was to prove that Miss Astor was an unfit moth-; er. Both were aware of this basic intention and they duelled back and forth, the little a tress neutraliz(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LIMITED CORN CROP VALUABLE — Government Predicts Corn Crop Smallest In 50 Years Washington. Aug. 11 — (UP) — America's 1936 corn crop will be the smallest in 50 years but statistics showed today that it will be more valuable than some of the bumper ‘ crops harvested during the depression. One of the paradoxes of the worst drought America ever has known will be the fact that farmers in sections where rain has made a corn crop a reality will reap a rich harvest while their neighbors in dry states will have to depend upon the government for food and clothingCorn was quoted on the Chicago market today at $1.03 per bushel. If the limited crop of 1.439.135.000 predicted yesterday is correct, the corn would 'be worth approximately $1,482,309,050 (B). In 1932 the American farmer raised the largest food crop of the last decade, agriculture department figures showing that he harvested 2.514.613.000 IB) bushels. Bnt for it he received an average price of only 31.8 cents per bushel, or a total of $799,646,934 or $682,662,116 less than he will receive this year if the crop board's estimate is correct anfl if the price remains at the present level. Inasmuch as scorching weather has continued into August, experts believed the Sept. 1 estimate for corn may be slightly below that of ! yesterday, based on conditions of August. 1. but this decrease is like-1 ly to be compensated for in money by further rise in corn prices, it was believed. o WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, rising temperature northeast portion tonight: Wednesdy cloudy. FEW COPIES LEFT The Daily Democrat has a few copies of the Centennial Edition, wrapped for mail- * ing or flat for filing purposes. Copies are five cents each, plus mailing. If you wish extra copies or want to I mail a copy out of town, place your order at once.

Spanish Government Asserts End Os Rebellion Near; Four Germans’ Deaths Affirmed

Dispatches Confirm The Execution Os Germans At Barcelona;MayLead To Difficulties. — TORTURED (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Portbou, French-Spanish Fron- ! tier, Aug. 11.—<U.R>— Authentic dispatches from Barcelona confirmed : in detail today the execution by left wing extremists of four Germans — perhaps the most serious ! Ish revolt. Circumstances of the executions, j the dispatches said, were as follows : On July 18, the day after the revolt started, two Germans named I Freiz and Daso. residents of Seville, arrived at Barcelona on their way to the Olympic games at Berlin. Caught in revolution, they decided to continue by motor ear to the French frontier along with two compatriots named Hoffmeister and Gasje, residents of Barcelona who also intended to go to the Olympics. The four Germans started for the frontier July 23 in an automobile which one of them owned. They had hardly reached the suburb of San Martin when an armed group took them to the suburb of Pueblo Nuevo where a revolutionary committee condemned them .to death. Reports in Barcelona are that this committee subjected the Germans to brutal treatment before the sentences. The four Germans then were executed by a firing squad. Their bodis elay in the morgue of the clinical hospital for several .days without being claimed and then were photographed and buried. The executions, the dispatches] I sottf, have caused the greatest con-1 sternation among the German col-i ] ony at Barcelona, which normally numbers fore than 5,000 but now has been reduced to barely 1.000, most of whom are property owners. The dispatches said that conditions in Barcelona were much more troublous than normal reports could indicate. It was known, the dispatches said, that in instances where cables said that meat was scarce and taxicabs were not running the censors had altered the cables to make exactly the opposite statement. Reports of factories being closed, the dispatches said, had been altered to read that factories were operating under the control of workers' committees. Th# dispatches indicated that the Barcelona authorities, pressed by left wing labor leaders, are planning important, drastic alterations in the social nd economic structure of semi-autonomous Catalonia. Concerning what the alterations will be, the authorities apparently merely hinted. Luis Prunes, Catalonian minist(OONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o FIRST HONTING DEATH MONDAY Squirrel Hunter Accidentally Killed; Four dther Fatalities Indianapolis Ind., Aug. 11 —(UP) —The first fatality of the southern Indiana squirrel hunting season was reported yesterday when Merrill Rkhardson, 22, was accidentally shot and killed by his companion, Eugene Groomer. 18. Four other fatal accidents — . three traffic deaths and an electroI cution —were reported. While walking along the highi way near Veedersburg Kenneth Es- ] tee. 20, a hitch hiker, was injured fatally by a car driven by W. Geiger. Wanatah. Earl Murphy, 16, died from injuries suffered when a blowout crashed the machine in which he ] was riding into a ‘Utility pole near I Nashville. 'lnd., The impact broke] the pole and it toppled on the boy’s headAn automobile <(rash on iKen- ] ttteky state road 36, three miles east of Milton, Ky„ caused the death of C. H. Stoffler, 48. of Scottsburg. He lost control of his car and . it carreened up a bank. i Henry O’exander, 15. was killed instantly when he touched some I electric wiring while helping repair | a barn near Leo.

: SAVE INMATES FROM FLAMES — Thousand Insane Patients Saved From lowa Institution Mount Pleasant, la., Aug. 11. — (U.R)- —One thousand inmates of the state hospital for the insane milled around today in two small buildings, the remains of the institution gutted by fire last night. Volunteers and a handful of officers maintained a constant watch over the lunatics. Nearly 5.000 townspeople and farmers locked arms in a ring around the grounds to prevent escape when the patients were led from the burning building. The men were so crowded in one building today they were forced to stand. The women in the second retaining structure, had more room and were able to find space to sleep. The screaming inmates, some of them violent, were transferred from their quarters by firemen and volunteers when fire destroyed the center sections of the hospital. The patients were roused from their beds about 10:30 p. m. last night when the first blaze broke out in the wing housing the kitchen, employes apartments and dining rooms. The blaze soon leaped a fire wall and swept into the women's dormitory. For nearly two hours after the fire broke out. patients were held in their rooms to prevent disorder while firemen attempted to halt the flames. The entire population of Mount (CONTTNUED ON PAGE FIVE) TRADERS ARE UNIMPRESSED Corn Prices Unchanged Despite Government Report Chicago, Aug. 11—(UP) —Grain traders in the nation# commodity market center were unimpressed today by the government’s crop report indicating the smallest corn yield In the history of the country. During the second hour of trading on the Chicago board of trade corn prices were unchanged to 1-4, cent lower. With the September delivery selling at $1.03 1-4 a bushel after a boom that carried future prices uip nearly 50 cents operators felt that not even the pessimistic government report warranted a further ‘price boost. Transactions i nthe corn pit were rapid, but almost every purchase was matched by a large iprofit-tak-ing sale. Crop experts, nevertheless, described the crop reporting board’s estimate as sensationally bullish. Nat. C. Murray, grain observer for Clement Curtis company said the government estimates were far Lelow any previous private predic-i tion. “The corn estimate indicating a final yield of 14.8 bushels per acre is by far the lowest in the history of the country. 'lt is possible, however, that the government reporters were a bit too pessimistic,” he said. H. C. Donovan, statistician for the grain commission house of Thomson and McKinnon, said the government report indicated a winter of hardship such as has not been endured for many years. “There is a shortage of all feeds for both ntan and beast,” he said. A corn crop which is a billion bushels below the average is certain to dls(CONTTNUED ON PAGE FIVE) Elderly Berne Man Is Seriously 111 John Gerber, aged 94. Berne's oldI est living resident, is reported to be seriously ill at his home in that town. 0 Hearing For Beer License Aug. 27 A hearing on the application of the local A and P. store for a beer dealer's license will be held August 27 by the local alcoholic beverage commission.

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Ministry Os War Asserts (iovernment In Control J Os Three-Fourths Os Entire Country, 1 RESUME ACTIVITY (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Madrid, Aug. 11 —(UP) —Jubilant at its resistance to rebel thrusts. ! the government asserted today that the end of the rebellion was ap- ■ i roaching. The ministry of war, In an official broadcast, laid claim to control ■ of three-fourths of the country, including the entire coast line, mines. 1 foundhes. textile, and other important factories and wide communication lines. Loyalist forces had refrained from attacs in full force on Cordoba, Seville, Valladolid, Burgos, Avila, and Segovia “and other cities of the Noble Spanish tradition," the ministry asserted, only in order to avoid destruction of precious architectural and artistic gems. Loyalist troops and militiamen in the guadarrama mountains resumed activity all along the line in preparation for a general offensive to • free the capital fro mthreat of a rebel thrust. Increasing confidence in the tone of government statements indicated that repeated threats of a rebel bid for capture of the capital are I taken less and less feeriously. The city has resumed a normal appearanceAnger increased at alleged foreign interference in behalf of rebels. Loyalist avitors brought to Madrid the three-motored Junkers airplane in question, which, it now develops, made a forced landing at Sarajas. in Badojoz province. It bore the number 52. symbol of a type of tiireemotored German Junkers plane suitable for either peaceable II or bombing use; the letters “AMV" land the Nazi Swastika. Though a ministry of war communique which announced th,e seizure said the | plane was armed, there were no | arms on it when it arrived here. Three Germans and a Spaniard who occupied the plane, it was announced. were arrested. Report Battles HendjMye, French-Spanish frontier, August 11 —(UP) — Spanish loyalists advanceing on Zaragoza have suffered a severe defeat, re<>el reports said today. A loyalist column was defeated between Huesca and Baragoza by Aragon peasant militia, the reports said, but 100 killed and 300 wounded. Rebels seized 40 automobiles in which the column had advanced from Barcelona, it was said. A second column, attempting to encircle Zaraboza, was almost wiped out, the rebels asserted. Hendaye, French-Spanish border, Aug. 11—(UP) —A heavy battle was in progress today on the north coast near Irun. The rebels launched a new attack from the south against the passes to Irun, attempting to drive toward (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MODERN HOMES BEING BUILT Building, Remodeling Activities Continue In Decatur Building and house remodeling activities continue in Decatur. Progress is being made on the new houses being built by Dr. and Mrs. G. J. Kohne, northwest corner Third and Adams streets and T. J. Metzler, North Second street. Modern houses are being built by both parties. The new home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Smith, southeast corner First and Marshall streets is nearing completion. Several houses are being extensively remodeled. Mr. and Mrs. Will Lose. Winchester street, are making their home into a duplex. The Hammel home at the edge of the city limits on Winchester street, is being remodeled. The house purchased by Mr. and Mrs. G. Remy Bierly, North Second street, is also being rebuilt. Other extensive repairs are being made to several other houses in the city and carpenters, brick masons and painters continue to be busy. . w