Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1936 — Page 1

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Receives Word Os Death Os Brother T. W. Holsapple has received word of tile death of his brother John Holsapple. of Portland. Funt era! eervlcta will be held Friday at the home in Portland at It) a. m. The deceased was 62 years of age i and death was due to complications i following an operation two years, I previous. Ils wars well known here, 1 having visited his brother a nttnwier i of times. AUCTION SCHOOL CLOSES FRIDAY Graduation Exercises Friday For Reppert Students Commencement exercises for 37 graduates of the 32nd semi-annual Reppert school of auctioneering will be held at Belmont park Fri- ■ day morning al It) o’clock. All instructors and students of the school will deliver short addresses as part of the program, and Col. Fred Reppert will present the diplomas. The exercises Friday will close a three weeks schooling of the students. which opened on July 27, and continued daily except Sunday at the headquarters in Belmont park. The final public sale conducted by the students will be held Thursday night. The instructors aiding Col. Reppert this year are: Col. Earl Garfin, Greensburg; Col. Guy L. Pettit, Bloomfield, Iowa: Col. Roy Johnson, Decatur; Rev. Harry Thompson. Decatur; Col. Roy Hiatt, Portland; Col. S. C. Sprunger, Apple Creek, Ohio; Col. Guy Johnson, Columbus, Ohio; Col. C. M. Carter, Scottsville. Ky.; Col. A. W. Thompson, Lincoln. Nebraska. The names of those who are to graduate from the school are: Jas. L. Brashears. Estherville, la. Luther J. Boyd. Elkland. Mo. Earl W. Blizzard, Mechanicville, New York. R. E. Britt. Big Springs. Nebr. Troy H. Cox. Nenzel, Nebr. Tom Cherry. Enville. Tenn. Loren Callahan, Pender, Nebr. Albert L. Carstens, Manilla. la. W. L. Dameron. Belknap, 111. F. E. Driscoll. Colome. S. Dak. Russell Ewers. Belmont. Ohio. Roy Ennigar, Fairmount, ill. Herman Enninga, Glenvil, Nebr. Toby Fitzgerald, Rome, Ohio, Elmer Gratz, Parma, Mo. C. W. Graham. Hoonah, Alaska. Joe \V. Griffith. Paducah. Ky. t Vern B. Hirsch, Lincoln. Nebr. Alfred P. Idso, Pringhar, lowa. George A. Jany, Haubstadt. Ind. Merle C. Knittie. Middlepoint. O. Philip Kabank. Killdeer. N. Dak. Russel Kammerman. Orange City. lowa. Verner E. Lundquist. Lindsborg. Kansas. Donald H. Mocherman. Edon. O. E. A. Moore, Fairbank. lowa. Lee R. McDuffee, LaOtto, 'ind. Lynn L. Owen. Lockwood. Ohio. Jimmie W. Reimann. Boonville. lowa. John H. Stark. Gretna, Nebr. Wallace F. Strong, Stromsburg, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o RELIEF POLICY CHANGES MADE Drought Conditions Cause Relaxation In Regulations Washington. Aug. 12. — <U.R) — Pressure of swelling relief needs aggravated by extraordinary drought had forced tne Roosevelt administration today relax public works employment restrictions to add approximately $600,000,001) to job-making resources. President Roosevelt has abandoned the policy of requiring 100 per cent relief labor on jobs financ-. ed in part with grants from tne new $300,000,000 public works fund. Strict application of his original regulation was found last month to have eliminated at least 11 states from participation in that phase ot relief activity. There was some inclination in Washington to read political implications into the shift of administration policy. It was recalled that a similar retreat was necessary a. year ago after Mr. Roosevelt had attempted to establish wages for carpenters and other skilled public works projects employes at levels well below union rates. Labor exerted the force of its organized influence on the administration and forced a gradual retreat from that policy in many ! areas. The going wage provision ■ was written into the 1936 telief I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR! I

EIGHT BUDGETS ARE PROPOSED FOR YEAR 1937 Eight Proposed County Budgets Are Submitted To Auditor Eight proposed county budgets ' for 1937 have been submitted to County Auditor John W. Tyndall for presentation to (lie county council. The others will be filed in the next several days. Those already filed and compared to the existing 1936 budgets are: County clerk: services personal, $3,950; other operating expense, $990; current charges, $1,100; total. $6,040; 1936 total, $5,3(18. Treasurer: services personal, $3,540; all other operating expense, $910; total. $4,450; 1936 total, $4.425. Recorder: services personal, $2,700; all other operating expense, $525; total $3,225; 1936 total, $2,795. Sheriff: services personal, $3,240; ail other operating expense, $1,470; properties. $200; total, $4.910; 1936 total. $5,060. County superintendent; services personal. $2,503; all other operating expenses, $600; current charges, $75; total. $3,178; 1936 total, $3.082. County assessor: services personal. $1,080; all other operating expenses, $495; properties, sl2; total, $1,587; 1936 total, SI,OBO. Circuit court: services personal, $5,620; all other operating expense, $290; current charges, $225; properties, $500; 1937 total. $6,636; 1936 total, $8,020. County jail: services personal. $700; all other operting expense. $7025; material, $1,150; total. SB,875; 1936 total. $2,475. GENEVA SCHOOL WILL BE READY To Be Used At Opening Os School; Complete In November It will be possible to hold classes in th« Geneva school house on the opening day of school, September 8. it is believed by Jess C. Mann, trustee of Wabash township. The building now under construction on a PWA contract will not be completed, however, until October or November. P'A'A laborers began today to instf.l: the roof. The second floor will then be completed immediately. Classes for the first month or two of the next school year will be held on the second floor and in the basement. The first floor will be finished last. When the building is entirely completed the basement rooms will be used for manual training and domestic science classes. The third floor has class rooms and a school assembly room. The first floor also has class rooms. The large gymnasium, which has a stage at one end and will be used as a community center, will be located on the second floor. It is probable that the sec ond floor will lie completed in time to permit the basketball team an opportunity to practice before the beginning of the season. Charles Houck, the architect, ordered the second floor finished before the first in order that workmen would not damage the flooring, walls or ceilings on this level while carrying supplies to the next floor. Attempt To Free Killer Thwarted Los Angeles, Aug. 12 — (UP) — Two hack-saw b'ades, sent through the mall to Robert S. James, convicted wife killer, were Intercepted today by county jail guards. James is under death sentence. The blades .wrapped in newspaper were new and were about a foot long. Experts said the wrapping around the newspaper had been addressed In a woman’s handwriting. The wrapper was turned over to handwriting experts to be compared with the penmanship of various women connected with the case. — o Church Mission Band Will Meet Saturday The Mission band of the Evangelical church will meet Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the church. All children are urged to be present as plans will be made for the! j summer Christmas tree program. |

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 12, 1936.

Charged With Triple Murder * iU ■ I 7 L '■ I-.UxJ First degree murder charges were drawn against Harry Singer, 25, ex-convict farmhand, following discovery of the bodies of his employer, John Wesley of Wabash. Ind.. Mrs. Wesley and their daughter, buried ■ beneath the Wesley barn. Police said Wesley had confessed to shoot- , mg the couple and clubbing to death their daughter because he wanted . money. Singer is shown above with two guards after his arrest.

REV. THOMPSON TALKS TO CLUB Lions Club Members Hear Address On Auction School The Rev. Harry Thompson, instructor in the Reppert school of auctioneering here, which closes . its 32nd annual term Friday, spoke to the members of the Lions club last night on the merits of the school, both to the students and to the city. The speaker pointed out the constructive advertising and favorable i comments on the city, carried out by the more than 1,600 men who have graduated from the school since its first term in 1921. These men. who leave with the . thought of Decatur's hospitality and civic spirit indelibly printed on their minds, have publicized the city all over the United States and several foreign countries, from whfch they came to attend the school, he said. The speaker also touched on the 1 actual training the student receives while enrolled at the school, stating that 72 hours of actual work are required before graduation, and that the training is thorough, men from each phase of auctioneering being brought here to instruct the students. Rev. Thompson teaches voice 1 culture, poise in public- speaking and ethics at the school. C. L. Walters, local attorney also delivered a short review of his recent trip to the Pacific coast, as part of the program. ('. C. Baxter had charge of the program. o DETERMINED TO CONTINUE CASE Man Astor, Ex-husband Continue Court Battle For Child Los Angeles, Aug. 12. —<U.R>—Despite terrific pressure from leaders of the movie industry. Mary Astor and her former husband. Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, bogged down early today in their efforts to settle their differences privately, out of court. The red headed film star was unmistakably angry and determined after a series of conferences between her counsel and counsel for Dr. Thorpe. She said: ‘‘All I can say is that it looks like I will hava to go on fighting." She already had braved scandal of the type that has ruined the careers of other celluloid heroines, and her friends did not doubt her ability to tight to the bitter end over the one issue said still to remain — the custodianship of her diary, in which she described her extra-martial love affair with George S. Kauffman, the playwright. with many allusions, of a nature unknown, to persons prominent in the movie world. This morning the rival attorneys will appear before Judge Goodwin J. Knight to report on the progress of negotiations the court ordered yesterday. It may be that he may persuade one side or the other to give ground, or the attorneys may settle the Issue before they meet him. But if both fail, the trial 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIN)

Man Burned To Death As Auto Is Overturned Linton, Ind., Aug. 12—(UP) —One I man was burned to death and another may not recover from injuries suffered today when the automobile ’ in which they were riding overturned and burst into flames on the gravel road nine miles southeast of here. The victim was Odi-s Flynn, 58 veteran employe of the Milwaukee railroad. Walter Howe’l, 64. WPA worker, was brought to Linton hospital in 1 critical condition. O WORK MOVING ; AT SOYA CO. Work Is Progressing Rapidly On New Plant Addition I Work is progressing rapidly on the new addition to the Central Soya company plant in this city. Pouring of concrete for the workhouse was started Monday of this I week and will be completed by next Monday, officials stated today. One hundred and 20 men are [ working daily on this tower, work ‘continuing without interruption for 24 hours each day. When com--1 1 pleted. this tower for the workhouse will be 130 feet high, and ' I the actual construction will be 152 11 feet ' ’ Ten circular re-inforced concrete 1 tanks are being constructed im--1 mediately south of the present soy- ‘ bean processing plant and paralleling the present road from the highway to the plant. The tanks are 26 feet in diameter and 110 feet high, with a capacity of 46. 000 bushels each. , Miscellaneous extra storage space of 40,000 bushels will be provided. bringing the capacity of the I new building up to 500,000 bushels, and making the Soya company storage capacity one million bushels. The workhouse, which is 30 by 54 feet, has elevator legs, conveyors. cleaners, grinders, and a bean dryer with a capacity of 1,000 bushels per hour. Four cars can be unloaded every hour by the new unloading dump, which trucks can be emptied at a rate of 3,000 bushels hourly. The addition, when complete, will be 54 feet wide by 175 feet ■ long and will approach to within 40 feet of the present bean stori age. Work will be completed early ’ ! next month in time to receive new | crop soybeans. The construction was designed ' and is being built by the Indiana II Engineering and Construction comIpany of Fort Wayne. o Rotarians To Hear College President I Dr. W. G Spencer, president of Franklin College at Franklin. Ind-, ■ will address members of the Decatur Rotary chib at the weekly meet1 ing Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Dr. Spencer is noted as a ' gifted speaker. Cal E. Peterson will ' lie chairman of the program. ' o— WEATHER I Cloudy tonight and Thursday, thundershowers and cooler north portion Thursday.

ROBINSON ANO BORAH VICIOUS IN PRIMARIES Senate Veterans Apparently Assured Os Renomination By United Press Two senate veterans — William E. Botali of Idaho a,nd Joseph T. Robinson of Arkaneas seemed ' assured of renominatlon today as returns from yesterday’s primaries were counted. Borah seemed a certain victor over one opponent, running with the hacking of the Townsend old age pension organization, in the Idaho Republican primary. Robinson won over two opponents in the Arkansas Democratic primary. In Florddi, the Townsend, organization scored a victory when its candidate, Judge Charles O. Andrews. won the Democratic nomination for the senate seat vacated ' by the death of Park A. Trammell. 'ln Florida the Democratic nomination 4s equivalent to election. Far Ahead Boise, Idaho, Aug. 12 — (U.R) — Veteran U. S- Senator William E. Borah was running away with the ' Republican senatorial nomination today as results of yesterday’s primary poured in. With 203 of ithe state’s 850 precincts reported, Borah led his Townsend - sponsored Republican opponent — Byron Defenbaeh — 13,732 to 4.571. Gov. C. B-n Ross, chief executive of Idaho for the past six years and leader of the state ■ Democratic party, was having a stiffer fight with John A. Carver, blind U. S. district attorney. Ross was leading 9.619, to 7.429 with 212 of the 850 precincts reported. Easy Victor Little Rock. Ark.. Aug. 12—<U.R) —Sen. Joseph T. Robinson, ma, jority leader and a new deal stalwart. was an easy victor in yesterday’s Democratic primary, parI tial returns indicated today. The votes of 1340 precincts out iof the total of 2.102 gave for the ’ Democratic senatorial nomination: Robinson 66,560 Cleveland Holland 17,346 J. Rosser Venable 8,900. Robinson ran as a new deal candidate. His opponents charged that he had "tied himself onto the tails" of the Roosevelt administra- . tion. Andrews Named Miami. Ha.. Aug. 12 — (U.R> — Judge Charles O. Andrews, of Orlando, was nominated the Demo- , eratic candidate for the United States senate today, on the basis of almost complete returns from ' yesterday’s primary. He had the active backing of the Townsend old age pension , club. He defeated former Gov. Doyle E. Carlton. Carlton conceded his (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) TWO MILLION ACRES BURNED Forecast Os Showers Bring Hope Os Slight Relief Minneapolis. Minn., Aug. 12. — (U.R)--Forecasts of showers brought a faint hope of relief today to the 24,000 men and youths fighting fires which have ravaged more than 2,000,000 acres of forests in northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The U. S. weather bureau predicted scattered showers over most of the wilderness area which lay under a dense pall of smoke from hundreds of fires which for more than two weeks have swept through potentially valuable summer resort distfflcts. State and federal conservation authorities directing the fire-fight-ing battalions were skeptical whether the promised storm clouds would bring rain to extinguish the fires or lightning to start more of them in the drought-dried forests. Grover Conzet, Minnesota foresI try department head, said “far more than 2,000,000 acres of timb- ’ erland have been destroyed in the , three states." In Duluth, the U. S. forestry ser- . vice estimated the flames destroyed 1,600,000 acres of timber in the Superior Ntaional forest alone. In addition, many thousands of acres have been swept by fires in tho Dakotas and Wyoming. In southern Alberta, fires have devastated more than 100 square miles of forests. Conservation officials declined to (CONTINUED. ON PAGE J'QURI

Starvation Among IRebel Forces In Spain Is Retold

A.F.LSTAYS NON-PARTISAN President Green Declares Neutrality In Election Washington, Aug. 12. — (U.R) — President. William Green declared the neutrality of the American Federation of Labor in the national election today. The federation will cling to its traditional nonpartisan policy despite the efforts of the non-partisan labor league to organize a labor front for the re-election of President Roosevelt, and despite the raising of the labor issue against Gov. Alf M. Landon by John L. • Lewis, George L. Berry, and other labor leaders, Greene said in an interview. His insistence on the federation's strict non-political status was in sharp contrast to the anti-Landon speeches by Lewis, Berry, Sidney Hillman, and others before the newly formed pro-Roosevelt league at its first national convenfion : here this week. Green made it plain the league I could make no claim of general I federation backing. “The American Federation of Labor is not in the league,” he ■ said. "What the federation is doing this year is to pursue its own non-partisan political policy. “We will not formally endorse any candidate this fall. Our nonpartisan committee will merely (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o DECATUR MAN'S BROTHER KILLED Christian T.Springer Killed By Auto Tuesday Night Christian Theodore Springer. 75, brother of Charles Springer of Decatur, was killed instantly Tuesday night when struck by an automobile driven by Robert J. , Archbold, 25, of Ossian. The ac- . cident occurred on road 1. near the Allen-Wells county line. According to a, statement made by Archbold to investigating officers, Deputy Sheriff Walter Fel- ■ ger. Special Deputy Sheriff Russell Guinn and Mark Nelson of the state police, Springer was walk- , I ing in the middle of the highway when he was struck. Archbold told officers that was proceeding north on the state i highway about 45 miles an hour ; when he saw Springer crossing the road. As he approached, . Archbold said that Springer hesitated for an instant and that he swung his car to the left in order to avoid hitting the man. Just as he swung his car, Archbod said. Springer walked directly into the right side of his car. Springer, a lifelong resident of Alien county, was employed as a i farm helper on various farms in the vicinity and was well known in the community in which he j lived. He is survtived by three sisters. Mrs. J. F. Springer, Wells county ; Mrs. George Lahrman, Fort Wayne and Mrs. William Leininger. Allen ; county, and five brothers, George Springer Fort Wayne; Charles Springer, Decatur; Michael Springer, Waynedale; Ernest Springer. Allen county, and Ferdinand Springer, Waynedale. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Friday afternoon at the home and at 2 o’clock at the St. Mark’s Lutheran church. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. —o Front Window Os Store Is Broken Vibration from a large truck paa<- , ing early this morning caused artic- . les to fall from a top shelf on a display at the Morris 5 and 10, break- . ’ ing the large front window of the . i store. o Samantha Adams Is Seriously 11l Mrs. Samantha Adams, of West Monroe street is seriuosly ill at her home. She has been confined to her ' bed since last Friday when she suffered a stroke of apoplexy.

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Escaped Men Tell Story Os Suffering In Rebel Camps; Heavy Fighting In Northern Spain. DECISIVE BATTLE (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Hendaye, French-Spanish Frontier, Aug. 12—(U.RX- Men, women, and children are slowly starving in Toledo, Gijon, and Oviedo, where rebels are holding out uncompromisingly against superior forces. Direct news from the relbel centers showed today the terrible suffering and the fortitude of the besieged. Rebel deserters from the Gijon garrison told Spanisli loyalists that the situation was desperate. The defenders slaughtered their ' last horse yesterday. They were repelled in an effort to break into food stores in the loyalist lines last night. At Oviedo, the rebel commandant begged the Asturias miners, who are besieging the rebels, to give the people water for at least Jin hour a day. The miners, demanding unconditional surrender, refused. But the most graphic story came from Toledo. Seven rebel soldiers escaped from the historic Alcazar there, where rebels have held out since the start of the revolt. They arrived at Madrid to relate horrible scenes behind the huge grilled gates. Jose Sanchez Garcia, 18, pale, hollow cheeked, one of the seven, told the United Press correspondent at Madrid of the situation at Toledo. “I had my first square meal in , three weeks when 1 surrendered." he said. "There are 1.700 people inside the Alcazar — 100 soldiers. 700 civil guardsmen, the rest cadets of the military school, their instructors, fascists, and women and children. The soldiers two virtually prisoners. "We were always guarded by two lieutenants and three or Cour sergeants. Escape was possible only at grave risk. "They used to tell us that Gen. Goded, Gen. Mola. and Gen. Franco (the chief rebel leaders — Goded was executed by a firing squad at Barcelona today) were on the way to Madrid and would free us soon. "When heavy firing would begin, nearly everyone rushed to cellars, the women and ihildren weeping and screaming. • "Two days ago a woman gave birth to a child. Nearly everyday somebody dies. “We used to eat horse meat and toasted wheat. Forty horses and 30 mules remain. Water is rationed. It comes from two wells inside a building. Fifty sacks of wheat were stolen from a warehouse near the Alcazar. The rebels broke into it through the roof.” Heavy Fighting (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Madrii. Aug. 12— (U.R) —Heavyfighting raged in northern Spain today for possession of the sea (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 MOBERATERAIN AIR Id CROPS Indiana Crop Report Is Given By Weather Observer Indianapolis, Aug. 12. — (U.R) — Normal temperature and moderate rains in scattered sections of the otate prevente further deterioration of the corn crop, R. E. Spencer, of the United States weather bureau here said today. “Ir general, the crop may be said to have held its own with improvement in scattered areas,” said Spencer. “Many fields are barren, however, and the ears are mostly small and not filling well.” Tomato harvesting was reported in the south and central sections. The crop is uneven both in development and quality and is setting light in all localities, it was said. The pick will be below average, Spencer added. He reported that the melon harvest was continuing and that oats threshing had been finished. The quality of the oats crop is fair to guud aud the yield is fair.