Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1936 — Page 1

■ No 197

I,OLSON IS «NG BACKER ■ROOSEVELT ‘ ri ’ 5K a |h HI. • {oos,s president - Kj;> .4 "'’" al ""'■?■ ! u : ■ L.,1 strongly fm ~t ■' .if hi , s S1 Mai hospital. «>1 , ms s.ntiio-nl-s to Son. , „K,di. II- Wisconsin >.HL, 'I- !■,,, ..v-<iiii'" j ,,in 1,1 a piori'-siv.- leaders . \i I sympathy , ■ aiididate. Wil-■-’■izirk-' -i"' l "lon. tary re ii.Hion.il ninon justice, but said: |H p r ( „ ; ,|. nt lioos.-.elt mm of reactionKdrnl l.mi<l"'i -i' l ' l ■for the future ' ■ .jriiol aitamst a split in proK,, »nd lil'.'i-d ranks which tn'" 'l"‘ hands K Wall street gang." ■t.,l- ill- mniost respect for , hl - . ai.ilala. > of WilFather Cough ■gr-. pec inoii.-fary re sound. 1 Hunk th- defeat of c m th- utmost importb. :ii.- is».-s of Amer governor wired. ■ by splitting our oiii.e we will 1! ! which for u ,.\. ; - lie forgiven " ■' is issued while . th- advis- ( ,f Minn.- of He . \. 1 m iatillg So. :■ .am -1 ot |-ain abated to hut his ion. n-malned critical. \ - physician, was I- Ro. by .Mrs. ■if. i'AH.I-l sixi ■RT GIVEN I ON CORN CROP ■rthern Half Os Indi■ußvnefits By Recent ■ Rain fall agj£ Aim lb <U P> heavy rams in the northi>: -i. He. particularly I Wal>a-':, .H.d Kankakee val-1 improv.-nient in th-! ■»nfiwii in that area, the u-ath-t bureau said today report l-i ihe week ended ■* 18 ' ePr.-iir northwestern and sections of the state relittle ram however, and the! m those areas was WW as too far gone for any ■»ol are tilling irregularly to in th- better watered °f both northern and areas, it was reported, has been considerable for fodder in many secH’lter.- th- crop has deterior- ■“>' far tor recovery. pickers reported mostly and considerable blist- ■ I Tin- vines, however, conH* ,0 look iairly well and with ■>lt* moisture will be able to t* Rood late crop, they said. B 1 stilling is underway in the B* l!l ' fair or under results B' h - V weather and thin stands. B™ are being harvested with B lr, T in view, it was report- ■ 'bird crop of alfalfa is beBf ut an< ' some seeding was ■ Plowing or discing for sow ■ M! alul rye was reported in B cl10 "’ where soil was suftip moist. Bwtellent harvest of canteBE and watermelons was reE* ln southern growing secp 1 Worker And I Wife Found Dead fe jJ nd ” Aug. 19—(U.R)—Elmer ’• and his wife, Virginia, 56, L^ 1 <iead toda y in a closed ■ e Into which they had pipfrom the exhaust. i't lef. a Worl<er in Gary sheet , " a note which indicated he *of h ra<X * illg over t!l ' e 'lftaanlde Hon /t/ o'* 0 '* becauee 'he atnpu- • “is left arm three years a-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Returning Record Books To Farmers Harry Moore, of the farm management ilivislon of Purdue University. is ni'turniiifc record books 1 to farmers of Adams county. These books have been checked and compared to other farms in this district by aocountante of Purdue University. By consulting the completed books, local farmers can determine their efficiency. Adams was one of the first counties in the'state to cooperate with Purdue in filljing out the record books. ... —o i DROUGHT MEET HELD TUESDAY I ■ Regional M ee t i n g On Drought Control Held Tuesday • ■ “Ain’t God good to Indiana," was the theme struck by H. S. Heck ard, assistant county agent director of Indiana, who presided over the regional meeting of county agents and agricultural representatives held in the federal building in Port Wayne Tuesday evening. This meeting was fine of nine drought control meetings being lield in the state as a part of the national checkup on the damage done to farm crops and supplies this year. H. J. Gramlick, head of the animal husbandry department of the University of Nebraska and now I loaned to the Federal government I for drought area conservation J meetings, discussed the important phases of this program. Representatives from Adams county to the meeting were: County Agent L. E. Archbold. Arthur Erwin, Homer Arnold and Robert Heller. was reported that Adams. Jay, Wells. Huntington and Allen counties have received more moisture than any other part of the state. Had as the crops are, in only one county. Elkhart, will additional relief be necessary for destitute farmere. ruined by the drought. A plea to farmers in this region to eenaerve as mwh i«Heiitiai teed as possible was presented by Prof. Gramlick, who warned that he believed the drought is much more serious than is indicated by statistical reports. He has just completed 1,700 miles of travel through the heart of the drought area, where Ihe found conditions worse than in 1934. Rains occurring before this time of year in 1934 in the southwest revived pastures and provided feed for the starving cattle. The result has been that stock which normally would not reach the market until January. February and March is being finished out with the remaining feed and will soon be dumped on the market. He strongly advised the construeI tion of trench or other temporary silos to store poor corn and other 'crops which will not yield satisfactory grain. He also suggested that farmers in this area feed out .western livestock. Sileage, he ! stated, now has a value of $5 a ton and may go to $8 a ton. It can be successfully transported, sometimes las high as 500 miles, especially in the winter time. S. A. Anderson gave advise on ’ (CONTI Nt TED ON PAGE FIVE) o FOUR MINERS ARE TRAPPED Rescuers Work Feverishly To Reach Trapped Men Moberly, Mo., Aug. 19. — (U.R) — Mine rescue crews, harassed by water and poison gas. worked through tons of debris today in an effort to reach four men trapped 110 feet below the surface in a coal mine. Earlier estimates that the way would be cleared shortly were revised and Arnold Griffith, state mine inspector, said it might be 48 hours before the men were leached. No sound has come from the miners to indicate that they still live. I “There is just a chance they are alive,” Griffith said. “Perhaps if we can break through in 48 hours we may save them.” The entombed men are Ed Ston er, Jr., 22, Demmer Sexton, 32, Jack McCann, 45, and George T. Dameron, a negro mule driver Sexton and Stoner hold the lease on the mine. The men were trapped yesterday afternoon when fire destroyed the superstructure at the head of the (shaft and the entire entryway coli (CONTINUED 6N PAGE SIX).

NEGRO ADMITS KILLING WOMAN I ■' IN HOTEL ROOM Hulking Negro Confesses To Killing Young Chicago Woman Chicago. Aug. 19—(U.R> A hulkting negro who contested he killed attractive Mary Louise Trammell as she prepared to sleep in a hottel bedroom, was questioned ,about two other Chicago murders I today—for one of which another ' msi,n already is serving a 199 year prison term. Rufe Swain. 27, walked into the detective bureau yesterday at noon and denied he knew anything of (the killing. Five hourK later he ibroke under U cross fire of police questions and admitted he cMmbed through a window of Mrs. Trammell’s room and surprised her as she stood in a, corner preparing for bed. He said she asked him: “What are you doing here*” “I want some money,” he said he retpli°d. “Then I was afraid she would scream. 1 picked up a water pitcher. I hit her once on the head —hard. I threw her on the bed. Then I hit her four or five times again, not so hard.” He said he 'ransacked the room and then fled. He slept on a park bench that night, near the Lake Michigan shore. But with the murder of Mrs. Trammell solved, police were most Interested today in what they might learn from Swain about the murders of two other Chicago women- Mrs. Lillian Guild who was choked and beaten to death in a Y. W. C. A. room three months ago and Florence Thompson ('astle, killed in her hotel room tis she slept beside her seven year old son. Thomas Starr, giant negro rag picker, confessed the Guild murder and was sentenced to 199 years tin prison. , But police today said Starr.waa mentally unbalanced, thalt he may have confessed the crime to avoid (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PRIZE WINNERS ARE EXHIBITED State Ayrshire Cattle Picnic Held In Allen County Winning entries in the Decatur Centennial 4-H ca'f club show were exhibited at the state Ayrshire cattle breeders association picnic, held Tu a day at the Andrew Fuelling farm north of the Adams-Allen county line. The calves which took blue ribbons at the local show were exhibited to the more than 125 persons attending the picnic. These were owned by Ernestftie Lehman. Stanley Arnold, Catherine Left hian and Eugene Arnold. A oasket lunch was served at noon, after which a program was held. Present and speaking to the group were: Dr. J. L. Axby, state veterinarian; Dr. H. Busman, federal veterinarian: E. E. Ormistun. Mid-West field representative, of the Ayrshire breeders association; Dr. Edgar Wright, Wells county, president of the state Ayrshire breeders association: Spencer Richards, scretary of the state association; Ralph Henry and Ira Eby, director of the state association, and Henry Aschleman. president of the Adams county association. Progress made by the breeders, methods of controlling diseases, and prices obtained from the sale of Ayrshire cattle were among the matters discussed. Games and contests were conducted under the direction of Noah Wall, 4-H club leader of Wells county. Although the crowd was reduced by the rain in the morning, it was one of the largest ever held by the association. Members were present from localities as distant as Elkhart and Indianapolis. Following the program the visitors were shown Mr. Fuellings’ prize Ayrshire herd. No Objections Filed To Appropriations No objections or remonstrances were filed today against the request i for special appropiations totaling SSOO for Hartford township. S3OO was asked for coal and S2OO for insurance. Paul Weber, field represen- : tative for the state tax board, was lin charge of the hearing today, |

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 19, 1936.

Slayers Hear Death Sentence - r - i I ■ c i -. / j I ,’ummlngs | \ - ; An interesting study in contrasts is provided by this excellent ciose--1 up of George Lewis, left, and Felix Gummings, right, as they heard themselves doomed to due in the electric chair for killing two men during a Brooklyn. N. Y„ hoklup. Lewis, the younger ot the two, hangs his head in despair, while Cummings accepts the news with leering indifference.

AUCTION SALE HELD BY BANK F arm Property. City Properties Are Sold At Auction Dr. C. C. Rayl this morning pur- ; chased the SO acre J. E. Anderson ■ farm at a public auction conducti ed by Col. Roy Johnson for the i Old Adams County Bank. Robert lytMamer. assistant special representative and H. B. Heller, bank attorney, were in Charge. Dr Rayl paid $6,400 for the farm, which is located south of Decatur on I T . S. highway 27. It is a modern, improved farm. This afternoon a number of city . lots will be sold at the bank building. No houses are located I on these lots Jesse Rice, at $1,500. was the high bidder Tuesday afternoon for ■ the vacant Julius Haugk lot at the southeast corner of the intersection of First and the extension of Madison streets. The lot is now leased to the city as a parking ground. The lot has a front on First • street of 140 feet and extends to- . wards the river 140 feet. Its north ■ boundary is 22 feet south of the i south line of the extension of Madison street. Henry B. Braun of route five - Decatur. Tuesday afternoon pur- ■ chased the Burdge property on ■ 704 High street for $2,550. This , is an all modern dwelling house built in the last 12 years. Miss Leota Burnette at $1,650 : was the highest bidder for the ' (CONTINUED nN PAGE FIVE) O GARBAGE BIDS ARE RECEIVED Four Bids Received By Council For Garbage Disposal Sealed bids for the disposal of ’ garbage in the city during the com- ' ing year, were received and opened by the city council in regular session last night. Four bids were presented to the board, with three of the bids showing only a difference of $5 each for the year. The other bid was considerably higher. T|ie bids presented were: George Brown, $480; Ed Newport, $475; F. J. Schmitt, $470, and Harvey Roop, $650. '; Awarding of the contract for disposal of the garbage was referred to th board of public works and safety with power to act. The report of the light and power committee on the C. A. Doehrinan line in Root township was approved by the council and placed on file. A petition by residents of High street for a new street light near the Nickel Plate railroad was referred to the light committee. A request by W. Guy Brown, in behalf o, the city school board for the erection of light posts at Worthman Field was also referred |to the light committee.

Fort Wayne Company Paid Large Damages Fort Wayne. Aug. 19.—William J. and Margaret S. Vesey, as operators of the Vesey Green House on Thompson Avenue, have received a check for $110,065.81 for their judgment against the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, which was recently affirmed by the Indiana Supreme Court. The Judg- . ment included $82,570 damages, together with $27,495.81 in accumu- . lated interest. . The check was received from Attorney James M. Barrett, defense . ,<oUlisel for the public service pom : pany, who had paid it into the DeKalb county clerk’s office at Au , burn, from where it was forward j ed to the Veseys here. SEEK HELP TO HALT POLLUTION Group Os Men Ask Coun- , oil Aid In Halting River Pollution * A group of 12 men. members of the County Conservation and St. ■'Mary’s river Conservation clubs, i | all residents living along St. Mary’s 1 river, north of the city, appeared before the city council last night, asking the board’s co-operation in ' a drive to eliminate pollution from ■ the stream. 1 Contending that sewage disposal > from Decatur, coupled with industrial wastes, was polluting the stream. Martin Buuek, president of ’ the St. Mary’s organization stated ‘ that a number of harmful results were occurring from the condition of the river. Mr. Buuek, spokesman for the group listed among these results: strong odors, compelling residents in the river vicinity to keep their | doors closed during the warm months; fumes injurious to health; fumes causing paint, to peel from barns and houses; fish dying in the , streams and poison to fishermen. Among those who appeared before the board to substantiate Mr. Butlck’s statements were Henry Gallemeyer, Leo King, Ed Auman, > Arch Schuller, Henry Getting, Mel- . vin Bultemeier, William Auman, Theodore Kleine, Edward Hermann . and Herman Hockemeyer, all of Adams county. Mr. Buuek and , William Akey live in Allen county. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse, told . the delegation the topic was one . of general interest and thanked the men for their interest in the , city and community. — o ■ Strikers, Non-Strikers Battle At Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Aug. 19 —(U.R)— Ten additional deputies, carrying tear gas bombs and maces, were rushed today to the vicinity of the Standard Steel Spring company plant at Coraopolis, where strikers and sym- , pathlzers fought with non-striking ’ employes shortly before dawn. , Chief Deputy B. V. Coffey took time out from a hurried conference ( with company officials to announce , that the special officers were sent i to the strike scene "to preserve I ''peace and order and 'Protect life and property.

Mussolini Opposes Any Italian Intervention In Spain; Fears Action Would Mean War

CITY TAX LEVY UNCHANGED AT FORTY CENTS -— ■ Decatur City Council Levy Unchanged At 40 Cents Decatur’s 1937 budget was swbi mitted to the city council In session last night and ordered published. The total ot the budget is practically Ute same as this year’s and I the proposed levy on each $lOOl I worth of property is the same. The 1037 levy is 40 cents. Based ' on the city’s net valuation of $4,479.758, the rate will produce approximately $17,919, compared with $17,675.54 this year. The budget totals $32,889, from which is deducted revenue other than taxes of $14,970. Other revenue listed in the budget follows: State gas tax, $5,780; state excise tax. $1,000; coal unloading, $1,500; licenses and fines, $300; miscellaneous revenues, $300; city hall rent, water department, $240; I donation by electric department of ■ municipal plant. $4,000; donation by water department of municipal plant, $1,000; ipoll taxes. SBSO. II Appropriations in the budget were I not changed much from the present ’ amounts. A five per cent increase for policemen and firemen salaries ■ was figured in the appropriations ■ for tliese two departments. Reserve is made for a street re- ' pair program in connection with W i PA projects next year. The budget appropriates $2,900 for street material, an increase of $l,lOO over this year. The budget will be finally acted ' on at the next meeting ot the council. September 1. This will be the fourth year that the city has not made a levy for ornamental street lighting, maintenance and fire hydrant rentals. With these two items eliminated, the budget is reduced approximately, $20,000. equal to about a 50 cent | levy, (based on the city’s valuation. o— — Garrett Man Drowns In Gravel Pit Tuesday Garrett, Ind.. Aug. 19 -(U.R)—Walter Burch. 44. drowned in a gravel pi near here yeserday. The body was recovered in a tew minutes but ( respiration efforts were futile. ; Lions Club Holds Regular Meeting I No pre-arranged program was ■ held at the regular meeting of the ' Decatur Dions club Tuesday night. ' Several members of the club were I called upon tor impromptu talks. 1 ; o VIOLENT DEATH TOLL IS FIVE II Five Additional Deaths Are Reported In Indiana ■ Indianapolis, Aug. 19. — (U.R) — , Five additional deaths, three of - which were attributed to automo- . bile accidnts, were reported in Ini diana today. f Injuries suffered in an automoI bile collision at Brookston, Aug. ~ 10, were fatal last night to CharI les Gardner, 19, Reynolds, in a La- ■ fayette hospital. I Mrs. Melvin Timborough, 35, died in a hospital at Newcastle after she suffered a fractured skull in a head-on collision on a detour on state road No. 3, two miles north of there. Jack Turner, 36, of near Laurel, was Injured fatally near Conners- } ville when an automobile he was driving went out of control on a turn and struck a tree. The home of Hubert Jackson, near Salem, caught fire late yesterday and burned to death Robert ■ Dale Jackson, 23 months old, who had been left asleep on a bed while ■ his mother went to a neighbor's 1 home. ' Max Hollen, 35, a motorman in the Liberty mine near Oakland ' City, died last night from injuries ' suffered when he fell from a motor.

CITY COUNCIL MAKES AWARDS Make Tentative Awards Os Bids For City Plant Work The city council in session last night made a tentative award of contracts for piping and electrical connectlions and foundations for the 2,000 KWH turbine project at the city light and power plajit. The individual low bids in the three classes were recommended !to the PWA for approval. They | are: Freyn Bros., Indianapolis, piping, $17,976; Yost Bros., Decatur, foundations, $2,000; V. M. Nussbaum. Fort Wayne, electrical work, $3,475. The three contracts total $23,451.00. The original bids ajid the council’s tentative approval of awards were taken to Indianapolis last night by W. C. Bevington, consulting engineer, to be submitted to F. M. Logan, state PW’A director for itlual approval and award. In the budget set up by the WPA, contingencies, which include the piping, electrical w-ork and foundations, were listed at $17,230, from which will be deducted $2,000 for changes in the general contract, leaving a balance of $15,230. Since the contracts total $24,451 or $8,221 more than the amount available, it was necessary that the council appropriate the funds needed. From the original budget SBOO was re-appropriated, S3OO from the resident engineer’c appropriation and SSOO from legal services. The city is handling the PWA project without any additional legal fees or services, City Attorney John DeVoss. doing the work. The appropriating of SBOO from the original budget brought down the amount needed to $7.421. (CONTINUE?!) ON PAGE FOUR) CORN FUTURES STILL BOOMING Futures Highes t Since 1927; Cash Corn Highest Since 1920 Chicago, Aug. 19 — <U.R) —Corn futures boomed to a new high since 1927 in a fresh burst of speculative buying today on the Chitcago board of trade. Cash corn I was at a new high since 1920. After easing at the start of trading, prices rocketed upward on heavy buying by panic-stricken shorts who realized that corn available for delivery in iSeptember was becoming increasingly scarce. During the second hour of the session corn futures were up 2 to 2% cents a bushel, September selling at $1.18%, the highest in nine years. A car of no. 2 corn in the cash market sold at $1.37 a bushel, highest paid in the spot market in 16 years. In 1920 cash corn sold for $2.17 a bushel. September corn was quoied at a premium of 3 cents a bushel over the same delivery of wheat, the second time that corn has become more valuable than wheat since 1930. Meanwhile Charles E. Reed, federal meteorologist in Des Moines, la., reported that lowa’s crop continued to wither under a parching sun. “Field examination shows that new tassels are furnishing an abundance of pollen capable of fertilizing any silks that are receptiive in the cooler hours,” he said. The scramble to buy wheat futures which has skyrocketed (prices over 50 cents a bushel m six weeks was accelerated today by the realization that with almost 10,000,000 bushels of corn needed to meet September delivery contracts in Chicago there are only 185,000 bushels of contract corn (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WEATHER Cloudy, thundershowers north portion this afternoon or tonight, and south portion tonight or Thursday; cooler north and central portions.

Frice Two Cents.

Great Britain Is Given Assurance Mussolini To I Cooperate To Avoid War; Ruthless Tactics. TO WAR TO END By United Press Latest Spanish war developments: t Madrid — Government, protest 1 ing rebel tactics, deciares ruth- • less war to end, on principle of 1 “anything goes.” Gibraltar — Disaffection agnong s rebels reported in Morocco. I San Sebastian —Water ration cut ■ still further in beleaguered city. , Northern Rebel headquarters — ■ Foreign legion regiment from Mo- . rocco leaves tor Guadarrama I mountains ilii preparation for march on Madrid. Lisbon —Total dead in war unofficially estimated at 50,000. Rome—Mussolini represented as opposing Italian intervention in Spain, believing it would precipitate European war. London —Britain receives assurances Mussolini will co-operate to avoid war. No Intervention (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Rome, Aug. 19 — (U.R) — Premier Benito Mussolini believes Italian intervention in the Spanish rebellion would precipitate a European war that would leave Europe easy prey to communism when the nations became exhausted, it was said in responsible quarters today. Officials, army men and foreign diplomats agreed that the permier would do all he could to ' 'avoid international complications, ’ though it was not denied that ' Italy is privately aiding the rebels —as France and Russia are held to be aiding the loyalists. Mussolini went to Pontinia to- ’ day to inaugurate the threshing season. Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister denied as absolutely fantastic” reports that Mussolini was ready to intervene in the Spanish revolt. Persons close to Mussolini and Ciano said that Mussolini had taken no measures toward intervention, such as mobilizing his fighting forces or any part of them. A two hour survey of offi- | ciajs and others well informed l failed to reveal one person who I believed that Mussolini had , threatened to intervene, or intended to intervene. Given Assurance (Copyright, 1936, by United Press) London, Aug. 19— (U.R) —Great Britain has received assurances that Premier Benito Mussolini shares its anxiety to prevent the spread of the Spanish civil wa,r into a war that would engulf all Europe, it was said authoritatively today. The assurances were given by Count Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister, it w said, and Included a- statement that Italy had not attempted, and cherished no ambition, to conclude any arrangement with Spanish insurgents regarding (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) JORY SELECTED TO TRY NEGRO Negro Charged With Murdering College Girl Goes On Trial Asheville, N. C., Aug. 19—(U.R)— A jury comprised largely ot farmers ajid small tradesmen was selected today in Judge F. Don Phillips’ court to determine the fate of Martin Moore, negro charged with the brutal slaying of Helen Clevenger, pretty New York co-ed. The jury was choeen from a panel of 150 talismen. less than three hours after the trial formally started. The state seeks Ito send Moore to North Carolina’s lethal death chamber for the murder of Miss Clevenger, found slain in her room in the fashionable Battery Park hotel last month. Guards lined the walls ot the crowded little courtroom as the trial got under way. The room was hot and stifling and Judge Phillips was forced to grant a recess at one point so attorneys could get a breath ot air. J. Scroop Styles, counsel for Moore, said he would fight introduction of an alleged confession by the negro on grounds it was (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX). I