Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1936 — Page 1

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1.1 PLEADS ||PEACE IN ■jEECH FRIDAY K t es To I ivhl |or ■ Peace 9| \ Aug ir»- \U.R) lunnn otfices »'"• ■lellerh'S *° K < >•■<*■» 1 “T”. Kfrom all »•" dangers | Mm P-l'-> "" I' l , ' sl ' l ' lll '' IKL 01 S( .(,ial thousand last , 1,., h. " latterly dis in th-- hop-- that the ■ „,rld oedbi l-l -Hf lhe ■ tetrav-l ■ „ )rk |',,ual 10“! ' S. of his ever) -4 hours, he dev-'t-'l i" a study of relations. H-- did not re ■Ljfi-tfllV - IIIV -n his listeners K, doubt tlial some of his bas-'-l I1I" IU 'he Span r .| war. th-- halo Ethiopian K' : 1,.- --" -omtm-st ot e ! lr! i.-o io tc-tiioi racy, ' lie Kout at th-' eml. repeating ■■l,,. had said before "We beM... ami «e believe in An d s „ tt . offer to every K .-■ th. wold handclasp t,t»Kl ii--mhiioi l.et those M,’.. tri.-mlship look ns and tak-- our hand." ....... significance atmls appended to Mr K,.:-. that this eoun |Bfa, reaily to delend itself ..a suggested the b-ti'-aih lhe velvet ■ - friendship The words pledge to defend not the K States alone, but to "de neighborhood." ■ Rooseielt lll.oh- font speci am to maintain neutrality and peace in of «ai ami threatening These points were: ■ Jims'. 1...- 'll.ll \im lii an lins- ■ industry, and agriculture j-ri'hls Irotn loi.-ign coll 9 Cultivation ot an active and publu opinion in favor ■ Greatest .dtii tai caution to Hi any stop or action which lead towaid .-mln oilmen! of Mtnitai States in war. ■ Extension and development ■b "good i . ij'libor policy" in ■ •-sifi'ii limmcpfi.-iseeking Bkul North and South America ■in area. < oinj.i ising half the Hi, in Kim i peace always will Mi'ii- point ilu- president spoke Mrsuiia, am,ll , . against war ■b» 'oil e «a . even more force■tan his words: ■ have seen war." he said. ■ hi- seen war | iin< | and sen ■ bar.- seen blood limning from ■founded. ■ have seen men coughing out ■ gassed lungs. ■ have seen the dead in the. Mhavn snen cities destroyed. Shave seen 200 limping, exmen <0,,1e °ut of the line V survivors of a regiment of that went forward 48 hours Bhave seen children starving. ■ lu'e Seen the agony of moth ■•nd wives. Ikate war. I have passed unnumbered fowTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BFTON TAX SATE 1$ FIXEO Wncil .Approves Levy % Cents Per SIOO to tCD ’ Aug. 15—Members of council have approved al providing for a tax lev of 96 ltl( ‘ 31 ”0 valuation tor 1937,1 r ' ai " ra ' e as is in force this f O r carrying on a street' emen t program to correct 1 ith-r <°, nP by the Bevere cold sni, Mt "inter prevented the s "oni making drastic redty-sr-7 far tlliH sum mer, about -At) will be resurfaced, and at 1 t»t much more is needed. To «c ”i re;la * r Wut i t would be t , y whe “ conditions would b« actlon ln the future. it« in .u calls for a lev y of 77 str«, ,f eneral fUnd - 10 cent 3 i*rhva I!g ktlng; 7 cents for i "wutt an d flushing service a t e ’ t ,’, for the P ai * fund, rnaktota ‘ levy of 96 cents. I

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DEMOCRATS TO MEET TUESDAY Mass Meeting To Be Held At Weisser Park, Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Aug. 15.--Democrats from over the entire Fourth congressional district will send large delegations here to attend the Democratic mass meeting to be held at Weisser Park. Tuesday night, August 18. The program is being sponsored by the women's division of the Allen county Demo I cratic central committee. Candidates on the state Democratic ticket and candiuates on the eight county tickets in the district, will be invited to attend. They will be presented to the crowd by Joseph Suelzer, Allen county chairman. Mrs. Otto Koenig. Allen county vice-chairman, has announced that Miss Harriett Elliott, dean of the North Carolina Women's College and instructor in political science, and national director of the Democratic women's study clubs, will be the principal speaker. Miss Elliott will be introduced by Mrs. Emery Scholl, state vice-chairman. Mrs. Anna Grady of lAtgrange. district I vice-chairman, will present Mrs. Scholl. Women members of the Allen county Democratic central committee will serve on the reception committee. State candidates invited to attend are: M. Clifford Townsend, Marion, for governor; Henry F. Schricker, Knox, for lieutenant-governor: August Mueller. Indianapolis, for secretary of state; Laurence Sullivan. Princeton, for auditor of state; Peter B. Hein. Crown Point, for treasurer of state; Floyd I. McMurray. Thorntown, for superintendent of public instruction; Judge Walter E. Treanor. Bloomington, for ■ supreme cuoreme court, first district; Judge Curtis W. Roll. Kokomo, for supreme court, sedond second district; Judge William F. Dudine. Jasper, for judge appellate court, southern division, and Miss jinuna May. Terre Hwute, for re- ; porter of supreme and appellate 1 courts. —o TWO TRAINMEN DIE IN BLAST Engineer And Fireman Killed As Boiler Explodes Terre Haute, Ind.. Aug. 15 —(VP) —Two trainmen were k'.ll-ed today in a boiler explosion which wrecked a southbound C. and E. I. freight train at Pimento, seven miles south of here. The victims were Gene Vierling. engineer, and Harry Irwin, fireman, both of Evansville. Railroad official were unable to determine immediately the cause ot j explosion. J. Stakeman. Evansville, conductor on the train, and J. C. Shaw. Brakeman, escaped uninjured. Stakeman said the train was traveling about 45 miles an hour when the boiler exploded. The engine was thrown on its side and several cars at the head of the train were drail-d. Approximately 200 feet of track was torn up before the train cam- to a halt. Vierling apparently had been : standing close to the boiler when it let go. His body was blown to hit® and scattered over a wide era. Irwin's body was found in the cab. Wrecking crews were sent to the scene from the Evansville and Danville., yarde of the C. and E. 1. Railroad and the Terre Haute yarde of the Pennsylvania railroad. o Worker Is Killed By Falling Bucket Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 15—(UP) —Emil Spring, 42, Chicago, died ' here last night, eight hours after a heavy asphalt bu-oket plunged five . floors and struck him on (he heats. Fellow workers said Spring saw ' the falling bucket, but seemed paralyzed by freight and made no move to evade it. Youth Is Found Hanging In Rope Columbus. Ind.. Aug. 15 —<U.R) — i Apparently entangled in a rope while playing. Eugene Donnell. 10. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Donnell, Columbus, was in critical condition today after he w-as found hanging in a shed at the home of i Sid Sullivan at Hope, Ind., where 'he was visiting.

Thousands Cheer Roosevelt on Cleveland Visit 1 ■ J~ »■ < 3 //< ! * r 4 i ‘ 1 » ihf sNTBMThousands of cheering citizens lined the streets of Cleveland to greet Presid-nt Roosevelt when the chief executive, indicated by artow, visited the city in the course of his tour of the flood area. In singular contrast to the ovation given the president by those who lined the streets was the Absence of any demonstration at tlie I nion club (shown in background), stronghold of conservative wealthy Republicans.

LIST PAYMENTS MADE IN COUNTY Resettlement Administration Has Paid Over $27,000 Indianapolis, Aug. 15—Payments totaling >27,955.75 were made in Adams county by the resettlement administration from July 1, 1935 to June 26. 1936. according to in- ' formation announced today by i Clarence Manion, state director of the national emergency conned. Os these payments loans totaling $27,353 were made to 67 perigons and $602.75 of grants to 12 persons were disbursed. An additional activity of the re.settlement administration, that of , farm debt adjustments, showed that in Adams county 16 cases had been adjusted through May. 1936, linvolvyig an original indebtedness of $6,042 with resultant savings of | $209.00. In addition to the saving through adjustment there were 16 cases where loans had been extended or where a r*eduction of interest late had been effected. The state of Indiana, Mamion said, had received rehabilitation loans through June 26, 1936. amounting to $1,346,802 which 1 were actually certified for payment. There remained the sum of • $81,152 ini unpaid commitments. Rehabilitation grafts during the same period were advanced in the 1 sum of $42,894.13. A total of 3.614 persons in Indiana received loans while 1.044 were the recipients of ■ grants. — o —— Regular K. Os C. Meeting Monday The regular August meeting of ''the Knights of Columbus will be held at the K. of C. ha'l Monday night at 8 o’clock. All m inhere are urged to be present. —- o CHILOREN DAY PROGRAM PLAN Program To Be Given At U. B. Church Sunday Morning A program has been arranged ■ for the children's department of the United Brethren church Sunday morning. The program starts at 9:15 and will be under the supervision of Ruth Williams, superintendent. Ths fol'owing program will be given: Prelude Vivian Hitchcock. Song Angry Words. Theme —’I Would Be True. E. ripture and Meditation Super. ! fntendent. Will It Do Any Harm - Don and J Sally Williams. Song—Yield Not To Temptation. Prayers. Class period, announcements and offerings. Dismissal. The juniors wil’ meet at 6 o’clock The topic will be "A Junior and His Btble.” All children are extended a cordial invitation to attend this I meeting. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 15, 1936.

Defiance Factory Being Expanded Defiance, 0.. Aug. 15 — (UP) —, [contracts for two additions embracing total floor space of 3,500 feet were let today to the Baker and ■ Shindler contracting company iby Harold L. Schlosser, president and general manager of the Lectrolite corporation, manufacturers of Saturn electric water heaters, grease guns, automobile wrenches and hardware. t iA steady increase in business was given as the reason for additions, by Manager Schloener who said plann were considered for a third addition later. This is the second r factory to expand here within two weeks. The Arnold Haviland Stamp- . ing company is engaged in building an addition with 10,000 feet of floor ' epace. TRUSTEE LISTS TEACHER STAFF Wabash Township Teaching Staff For Year Announced The second township trustee of the county named the tea hers fori the echoote in hte township yester-' day. Trustee Jesse Mann listed the following teachers for Walnush township: Geneva High school: R. O. Hunt, I principal; Brooks Bell. John Bani man, Nell Pyle, Blanche Aspy, Es- | ther Hutton and Margaret Rhoades. Grade*,: A. C. Cook, Esther Greene, Catherine -Fravel, Goldine Butcher, Elizabeth Kraner, Mary Wheat and Mrs. Blanche Shepherd, i District school: Harold Long. Both of the teaching staffs named thus far have been in the southern half of the county. Trustee Eli DuLach naming his Hartford township ' roster earlier in the week. -

Local Reserve Officer Tells Os War Maneuvers At Fort Knox

An interesting description of the war maneuvers around Fort Knox, Kentucky, was given today by Dr. > E. P. Fields, who has just returned from a two weeks' encampment at the military headquarters. Dr. Fields was the only dentist at the camp. He is a first leutenant in the medical corps. The maneuvers were planned to test the efficiency of different types of war equipment. There were ; two main armies, the red shirts ' and the blue shirts. The red shirts owned infantry and field artillery equipment. The blue shirts had the air forces, assisted by motorized and mechanized equipment. The red shirts were given a week to entrench and ’ prepare themselves for the battle. They were given the assistance of a mythical brown shirt army. The blues came in from the north. The browns were expected to come from Cincinnati. However, the browns were anihilated before they reached the reds by the airplanes and motorized and mechanized pieces. The airplanes were used both as bombers and 'observers for the blues. When the blues attacked

MURDER THEORY IS ADVANCED Double Murder Theory Raised In Wabash County Deaths Wabash. Ind.. Aug. 15 —(UP)—A theory of double murder in the shooting of Mr. ami Mrs Omer Dunfee. Wabash county farm couple, was raised today after examination of bulet holes in the .bodies. An autopsy revealed Dunfee had been ehot four times, twice in the chest, once in the arm and orree in the right temple and hte wife had been ehot in the head three times. Coroner Todd Bender admitted the number of bul'et holes conflicted with the murder and suicide theory he expressed when the bodies weer found in their automobile parked beside a lonely road near Largo yesterday. He likewise was perplexed over the possible motive in the double murder theory. There was no indication the couple had been robbed. Dunfee and his wife had been separated three weeks and she had instituted divorce action. Relatives xaid he had been attempting to effect a reconciliation since she left their farm near Urbana and moved to Waibash. Offers Special Rates For Mass Marriages Fort Wayne. Ind.. Aug. 15—(UP) —New special rates for doub’e. triple and quadrup'e marriages were offered bv Wayne township .magistrate John H. Taucey here yesterday. "Three or four couples can be married simultaneously with little more effort than is required for i‘i« couple,” .said the magistrate,” and the mass marr!age-s are just as binding as the old fashioned kind.'

> the reds, streamers were used as ■ bombs. Thre ehundred and fifty army officials acted as judges to determine when the reds' anti air craft pieces scored hits. One of the interesting phases of I the battle was the night attack of I the blue bombers on Louisville, Kentucky. The big bridge across the Ohio river was demolished by ' I “bombs." The city was “blown to bits.” The tanks, gun trucks and other equipment under the direction of i the blue army then entered Fort Knox and anihilated the red army. Results of the battle appeared to many observers to reveal the efficiency of air and motorized and mechanized armies against infan- ') try and ordinary field artillery. I Approximately 30.000 men, con- | sisting of both the regular army ■ and C. M. T. C. boys took part in s i the maneuvers. ■ j Dr. Fields was given orders to > puTT teeth whenever possible rath- ’' er than filling them. The one deni tist and seven physicians were asI sisted by approximately 25 technicians from the regular army. i Serious medical cases were sent i to the Walter Reed hospital in I Washington, D. C. by airplane.

I). $.. BRITISH WARSHIPS AID IN EVACUATION Train Guns On Rebel Cruiser When Fire Is Threatened (By United Press) Latest developments In Spain: Hendaye: U. S. and British war ships train guns on rebel cruiser when it threatened to tire on them when exacuating refugees. Rebel* start smashing drive on Irun. Madrid: Northern miners, hurling dynamite, blast way through Oviedo. Libson: Rebels penetrate streets of Badajoz in fierce struggle for city. London: British government taking neutrality stand, warns Britons they will not be protected if they aid either side in Spain. Spanish French border: Ruthless executions reported daily in Barcelona and other parts of Cata lonia. Train Guns Hendaye, French-Spanish Frontier, Aug. 15 —<U.R>—The United States coast guard cutter Cayuga and the British destroyer Comet trained their guns on the Spanish rebel cruiser Almirante Cervera when it threatened to fire on them |as they embarked refugees, it was , understood today. The Almirante Cervera retreated. I The Almirante Cervera was cruisI ing in the Gulf of Gascony. It ap proached the Cayuga and the Comet, its eight 6-inch guns train- ’ ed on them, as the American cutter and the British destroyed were embarking neutral refugees at San Sebastian. "We will open tire on you if you . help government adherents to es- , cape among the refugees,” threatened the rebel cruiser by wireless. "Thank you,” rplied the Cayuga. The Cayuga's one 5-inch guns i and its two 6 pounders, and the 1 Comet’s four 4.7's were turned on 1 the Almirante Cervera. > The rebel ship steamed out and i lay offshore while the embarking I of refugees continued. The refugees were landed at St. Jean de 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) -; o t LICENSE PLATES TO ARRIVE SOON J 1937 License Plates Are Expected Here Next Week Adams county 1937 license i plates are cxpeited to arrive here by the first of next week. Dee Fryback, manager of the county license bureau, stated today. The plates for next year will be black and gold, Purdue univer- ' sity colors. The plates this year were cream and crimson, colors of Indiana university. The checking slip for the plates ■ wa.s received today by Mr. Fry-. ■ back. According to the slip, a . total of 4,500 pairs of passenger oar plates will be received. Num- ■ bers on the plates will start at > 451,901- The blip also states that I a total of 600 pairs of truck places . will be sent. The numbers on these will start at T 81.701. Mr. Fryback stated that a total of 4.300 passenger plates were j ' issued during the past year, thus 1 the number sent is expected to be sufficient. ’ Although no poiiitive opening ’ date of sale for the plajes has been established dt is expected they will go on sale about December 10, which was last year’s ' opening date. The plates are manufactured in Michigan City by the inmates of . the prison there, and wiill be shipped here from thaj. point. , o — Bolshevists To Be Tried Next Week Moscow,‘Aug. 15—(UP)—Gregory Sinoviev and Leo Kamenev, two i men who have been eynomonous with uncomprominsing 'Bolshevism I since long before the 1917 revolu- , j tion may face a Bolshevik firing j squad some morning next week it . was reported today. They face trial along with 14 oth- • ers, next Wednesday, as t'omenters -of a terrorist 'Plot against governi ment leaders —a plot alleged to have been Inspired and directed tby Lon > Trotzky, once co-dictator with Nic- • olai Lenin, now an exile in Norway. - Both are now In jail. o —. — WEATHER Mostly cloudy, thundershowers t east and south portions toniflht t or Sunday; not much change in temperature.

Moser Infant Dies At Local Hospital John Edward Moser, three day old son of the Rev. and Mrs. Clinton Mater, of Yoder died al the Adams .county memorial hosipital FnI day. Funeral services will be held ! at Yoder, Saturday afternoon at 2 , o’clock and burial will be made in | the M. R. E. cemetery in Berne. OFFICERS PLAN SEED AID FUND Administration Officials Frame 10 Million Dollar Plan Washington. Aug. 15.—A 110,000,j 000 seed purchase program to help fanners whose grain for next sea son’s planting was destroyed by ' drought was framed Friday by ad ministration officials. While the seed program was discussed, the drought’s devastating effects were reflected on many fronts. Increased farm and food products prices pushed the wholesale commodity price index up one per cent. The forest service reported 1.078 fires during the first 10 days of August. Shortages of red spring and durum wheat foreshadowed continued imports. Looking toward a long range solution of the arid west's problems, the great plains drought area committee headed west for a 3,000-mile trip through the hardest hit regions, winding up with a report to President Roosevelt at Pierre, 3. D. Plans for purchasing grain seed through the Federal Surplus Commodities corporation on funds from the Farm Credit administration were made at a conference between F. R. Wilcox, president of i the corporation, and W. 1. Myers,' farm credit governor. But officials said it might not be possible to make an announcement before Tuesday of next week. Technicians employed on the project said the farm credit administration would lend "not more | than $10,000,000” to the federal ’ surplus commodities corporation (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —— —o —— Two Wabash Men Wreck Victims Wabash, Ind., Aug. 15 — (UP) — Clarence Joy, 40, and Presley Calvert. 40, both of Wabash, died in the ' hospital today from injuries suffered last night when their automobile I crashed into the rear of a truck on a ' downtown street. Mrs. Robert McNabb, Detroit, was ; injured slightly when Joy's machine struck one driven by her husband after the collision with the truck. # o Prisoner Died Os Natural Causes Anderson. Ind., Aug. 15—(U.R) — Death due to na,tural causes was . the verdict returned today by Coroner S. J. Stottlemeyer in the case of Harold Haney, 25-year-old Delaware county inmate of the Indiana sta.te reformatory. Stottlemeyer exhumed the bodv of the prisoner after it was reported he had been mistreated by a prison guard the day before he died July 18. A post mortem examination by Stottlemeyer and Dr. Henry Al- ( burger, Indianapolita, and Drs. L. L. Nesbit and W. L. Sharp, Anderj son, revealed Haney died from , bilateral lobaj- pneumonia, as reported by the reformatory physician. o INJURED GIRL RETURNED HOME Naomi Franklin Recovering From Accident Injuries Naomi Ruth Franklin, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Franklin, who was injured Thursday when 1 the car she was driving overturned near Wabash, throwing her through the top, was removed to her home from the Adams county memorial hospital late yesterday afternoon. Examination revealed that the ’ young girl sustained no broken bones from her harrowing experience, but that she was badly cut and bruised. Rev. Franklin reported that she spent a restless night, but was slowly improving. Mrs. Franklin, who with two oth-: er daughters, Stella and Nina, and ' a neighbor girl, Jennie Light, were in the accident, also is reported to be improving. Mrs. Franklin suffered a severely bruised shoulder and ribs, in addition i to shock. I

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AT LEAST 22 ARE KILLED IN CANADA WRECK Fourteen Others Hurt Critically As Train Hits Truck Louisville, Que., Aug. 15--(U.R) —At least 22 men and boys were killed and 14 hurt critically today when a fast freight train struck a truck containing 40 persons at a grade crossing a half mile from here. The truck caught tire while the heavy train swept it threequarters of a mile down the trakik and some of the victims were burned to deajh. Four men said to have been on the truck were missing and may have died in the fire. Joseph Richot, owner of a garage near the scene that was turned into a morgue and hospital, said some of the bodies were mangled and burned together beyond separation. Physicians, nurses, and ambulances were summoned from towns for many miles around Louisville. Some of the moat seriously injured were, semt by ambulance to Montreal for emergency operations. Most of the dead were left where they lay while all the meager medical facilities of the district were turned to saving the Injured. Bodies were thrown as far as 100 yard* from the tracks. ‘'That whole three-quarters of a mile of track and roadbed was covered with blood," Richot said. He wap the first person, besides members ot the train crew, to ■ reach the scene. The party on the truck, ranging i in age from boys of 14 to elderly men, were returning to Louisville from a political meetling at Ste. Justine. Quebec has a provincial I election Monday. Authorities were unable to learn immediately from the shocked and 1 hysitericaj survivors why the accident occurred. A Night rata was i falling. The road rises at the point of the railroad crossing to a level abov<f surrounding fields and the truck driver should have had a clear view of the track. The driver was Edmond Houle. 40. All but one of the rest of the dead were identified as local residents. In the light of red and white flares from their signal equipment and of kerosene lanterns, trainmen worked desperately but almost futilely to remove partis of , the truck jammed under the locomotive. They said it would be impossible to establish whether other bodies were in the wreckage until a wrecking train arrived from Montreal. Gasoline from the big truck’s tanks flooded the road bed and saturated the clothing of men pinned in the wreckage and burned until consumed. Dirt. sand, and cinders that trainmen threw on it had no effect. "Nothing we could do was any good,” Richot said while a physi- ' cian bandaged his arms, burned severely in his efforts to pull victims from hte truck and to beat , out the flames. "I was just locking up my garI age when I heard a terrifying ; crash. Then there was an explosion. Tha.t was all. "Nobody in the wreck screamed. 1 guess they were (all killed or knocked unconscious before they knew they were hit. "I whirled around in the door of the garage and I could see bits of the truck and bodies just shoot up in the air like bullets.” Richot ran down the rightyj of way’ beside the 50-car train to the I locomotive. "The engineer was just pulling a body off the cowcatcher,” he said. "It took two of us to get a second one loose. I found two more between the locomotive and the tender. "It Was easy to find bodies in j the field at first. They were all afire.” Louiseville Is 74 miles east of Montreal. Seventeen of the victims were killed outright. Four died in ambulances on the way to hospitals, and a fifth died soon afterward. o Social Justice Union Adopts Resolutions Public Hall, Cleveland, Aug. 15 ! — (U.R) —The National Union for Social Justice today voted unani- • mously to appeal to the court to i declare the federal reserve act ! unconstitutional and in a series of . resolutions denounced the Roose- ■ velt administration as a "usurpai tdon of power.” Several thousand delegates to i the organization’s first convention in a thunderous burst of sound, , adopted a report of the resolu--1 tions committee en bloc.