Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1936 — Page 1

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»NTY BUDGET |jO IE HIGHER I FOR next tear ft h , (ent Increase Askftp In Proposed Levy I Released Today ifHV for A,llims nu if"' ammral fund :9L gravl i""’ 1 i .-puir fund mmnlftfd to<lay. | ft/’...!-’ e? ■•■Tmioo if"' , ""“ l f,,n<l ’ * I til" srin-l road repair ' {l „ 7 for the year. .„, llv w.lt'ai" fund is fipirha<is "f 1' months and w7OSHU. from .July 1. 1936 1- i- *”■ "> I®, -s.iii amounts after ■V7 ’ -tli.T nv.-nm- and reimBT'. .■■, fem ■’ " «»•“•’ fl "' 1,1,1 ami welfare total ’■>; een.s on the nt'.i. h it" hides a 14 vents |K, (<r the w. lfa.'i program. ■L coitnty ra>. payable this P th*- slu*l. in* the bond fund. tv't ammm’ to be raised for ■.countv fund ie $88,035.<H). a 38 K , 3 ... nt.. : - approximate. Kj,-:*,.» ~n the counyt’s net of $- , . , ’>:>17 "I*. ■ ra ' Sed a IK, . «. lfa.re program. t V D imm' ll periodi. is $31.BL: a 14 '"nt rate producing The total for 1937 is Mr&oo. Mherd fund will receive apK ( rate on the county's valuaThe bond fund rate this . at h SIOO "f valuation. Myo levy is mu.de for the gravel Kj rppj.f ••;:■. department operated from the state tax. The budget totals no. while the amount from the gas tax is N.. levy is proposed excess amount and the probably be redm rd cotintv council to come, the amount anticipated | the state tax. H, tatal amount to be raised propo-tsl general fund levy K 1128.225 i"i. compared to SIOB,K||. this year. The welfare increases the total, for the ■peral county budget and the Kn<l :’ I b’Wer for next vear ■rTh- county council will review budget u.t its regular meeting. jg ■> — liRIPS AWARDED I CLUB MEMBERS ftorty Boys And Girls ■ Win Trips To State I Fair For Good Work ■ Forty Adams county boys and ■sHs will attend the 4-H club day at. ■tteetate fair Saturday. September ■ I The trips have been awarded the ■til group because of special fciievements in club work. Private ■«rs will furnish the transportation. ■ E'abroate plans have been made ■ k state fair officials to entertain ■te boys and girls who will gather ■ M Indianapolis. An educatoinal and ■■wathinal iprcgratn has 'been tpre- ■ Mred I Those who will attend from this ■ flinty are: Gerhart Schwartz. EuArnold. Katherine Lehman, ‘ ■"Wine Lehman, Raymond KolB’ ® rßce dosser, Catherine MoSsI it- Raymond Mazeline. Margaret I ■“Sts. Clarence Schrock, Marion I Lflrpn Kruetzman, Leßoy K™‘ artz Roy G. Schwartz, David g er, Naomi Steury, Barbara ■ “tanan. Dorothy 'Hoffman. I Arguerite Kitson. Agnee Schultz, l“ r niee Mathys, Dorothy Werling. B nna ® e " e Arnold, Beatrice Mallkv ' lar! Cline, Ruby Reynolds, I. , ona Kleine, Hilda Bultemeier. I ' J rPo ' in K. Warren Harden, Har- | vL^V 1 ’ Lloyd Kiteon, Margaret I ICnVTTNTtEn ON PAGE. FIVE) Lnusual Fire Is Put Out With Mud Raping artificial gas in the 2“' lawn of the Dr. F. L. Grandl? hon,ft °n North Second street evening which caught fire. ex,in &ni»hed after several ,cilrs burning. ' h^‘ ca >« and water failing to on tn' 1 ’ fl re ' mu( i was packed burn?’ after ttle flame bad started i j ora^ W . ns under the sidewalk.! t| ni( ? , r was expressed at the h mA ttle flarae spreading over i ‘ ®“«h larger territory. I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Large Sugar Beet On Exhibit Here William Rupert, county "corn i king" claimed another title today. H» brought to town a sugar beet, weighing sewn pounds, which was among those planted during the I first of April. If harvested at this time, he said his beets would make 10 tons to I the were. Raine in the last few j duys have been a great help to ; his crop. The large beet Is now on exhibit in the Decatur Democrat window. When measured 10 days ago the circumference of the beet was IN inches. Today it is 18 inches. The la,st two inches were added in th" past five daye. Mr. Ropert Im»i lieves. 0 CHARGES FILED AGAINST YOUTH 1111,1 ■ Dewey Schaffer Arrested After Series Os Mad-, cap Adventures Dewey Schaffer, of Kekionga street, was lodged in the Adams i i county jail last night after a series of madcap incidents, climaxed , l>y frightening a horse, which . threw a young boy to the ground and fractured his arm. The charge against Schaffer was filed for driving an auto while under the influence of intoxicating * liquors and was preferred by Mrs. Grace Felton, mother of Billy Elston. whose arm was broken by the fall. Charging that Schaffer, after sideswiping three cars on downtown streets, came to the field located near the Massonee home on Kekionga street, tore down a row of fence nearby, and then juinpeu from the auto, grabbed a screw driver and attacked the horse. Mrs. Felton filed the affidavit with Prosecutor Ed. A. Bosse. Frightened by Schaffer's antics, and hurt by repeated blows from the screw driver, Mrs. Felton stated that the horse plunged throwing i th lad to the ground. He was tak;en to the hospital, where the brokten bone was set, and he was released. Policeman Ed Miller was called to the scene shortly before 5 o'clock but Mrs. Felton reported that Schaffer in the company of another local lad had left in his car. stating they were going to hide lout in the country. Authorities apprehended Schaffer last night at 9 o’clock after the charges were fili ed. He will be arraigned before Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse in the citycourt on the drunken driving charge. Selking Farm Brings Good Price Tuesday The 80 acre farm near here, known as the August Selkiug farm and owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. I Gilbert was sold yesterday at public auction to Henry Erxleman for $94 per acre. All personal property, consisting of livestock, farm machinery and growing crops were sold separately. Six bidders for the property and a large crowd in attendance again ' attested to the fact that Adams county farm land is much in demand. Roy Johnson, local auctioneer conducted the sale. WILL SPEAK TO DECATUR CLUB Government Official To Address Local Homesteads Organization Miss Bernice Kohlmeyer, home I economist of the resettlement administration. will come to Decatur Thursday to attend the meeting of the Homestead home economics club which will hold its last meeting of the month at the home of Mrs. Ed Hesher, House 24. Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Kohlmeyer will talk on home management and will assist in setting up a program that will be carried through by other specialists in home economics, who plan to visit Decatur during the : club year. Mrs. E. W. Busche of Monroe i will also be present at the meeting and will talk on the Interna tional Congress of Rural Vfomen. i which she recently attended in I Washington. Mrs. A. C. Hileman and Mrs. | i Charles Keller will assist Mrs. j Hesher in entertaining. All mem- ' bers are urged to attend this meet- 1 j ing as plans for study groups will' 1 Ibe discussed and announced. i i

NEW DEALERS CONCEDED TO WIN CONTESTS Sen. Harrison, Sen. Byrnes, Re-nominated By Huge Majorities Jackson, Mlm.. Aug. 26 —(UP)— Sen. Pat Harrison, who has been goi ing to congress from Mississippi for 26 years, will return again next January for another six year term i In the senate. He won the Democratic nomtnatiota’yesterday, a nearly complete count of .primary ballots showed today, by a vote just .short of twice that of the opponents combined. The nomination is equivalent, be- . cause Mississippi ie tsolidly Demo- , cratic, to election. Supporters of President Roosevelt cheered IFarriaon's victory as a triumph for Mr. Roosevelt, for Harrison has been a mainstay of the administration in the senate. Former Gov. Martin S. Conner and i state Sen. Frank Harper, the other candidates, both charged that Harrison had 'been “merely a rubber stamp for President Roosevelt.” The vote, with 1.518 of 1.636 precincts reported, was: Harrison 123,364; Conner 61,675; Harper 2.275. Sen. Harrison won against the opposition of his colleague. Sen. • Theodore G. Bilbo. Columbia, S. C. Aug. 26 —(UP) — Sen. James F. Byrnes, friend of the Roosevelt administration, won renomination by a landslide majority (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Hartford Township Petition Approved Indianapolis, Aug. 26 — (U.R) — Additional appropriations approved today by the state board of tax commissioners included that of Hartford township. Ada,ms county for ssoo. Os the total amount S3OO was naked tor fuel for schools because of the added consumption during the severe past winter. The balance of S2OO was needed to take care of annual premiums on insurance in the school fund. COUNTY BOARD WILL CONVENE Special Funds Totaling $17,911 Will Be Asked From Council Special appropriations totaling $17,911 will be asked at a special meeting of the county council to be I he’d in the county auditor's office at 10 a. m„ Tuesday. September 8. Os this amount. SI,BOO will be asked from the county general fund and $16,111 from the highway repair fund. The following items are asked for the county infirmary: electric cur- ! rent. $125; men and women's clothing. $150; commercial fertilizer, $35, medical, surgical and dental supplies. $75, and gasoline, kerosene land oils, $l5O. The county surveyor is requesting S2O for telephone and S4OO for surveyor and trustee mileage. The county clerk asks sls for telephone and SIOO for 'books and stationery. County council salary amounting to $l3O will be requested. Fifty dollars will be asked for the repair of equipment at the court house, and SSOO for the refinishing of the basement room for the new ■ . ounty welfare board. The canvassing board and elec- J tion commissioners ask SSO. The $16,111 asked from the county highway repair fund are: ißills for 1934 for stone. $1,459.62: bills from 1934. tar. $5,102.05; per diem, assistant superintendents, $500; bridge material, steel waterproof, etc., $500; brick, cement and Hme, $750; road binder. $600; stone. $5,000, and mileage, $250. Taxpayers objecting to these appropriations will have an opportunity to remonstrate by obtaining 10 or more names to a petition and submitting it to the state board of tax commissioners, through the county auditor. Lenhardt E. Bauer Is Member Os Board Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 26 —(UP) —Lenhardt E. Bauer, state representative from Vigo county, today became executive secretary of the Indiana Wholesale liquor dealers i association. |

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 26, 1936.

Members of Townsend Family -- — *•*’ Oro C fej’ A; ■' W : Lieutenant-governor M. Clifford Townsend and Democratic nominee for Governor otf Indil.ua. has two daughters and one son. Pictured above are members of the Townsend family circle. Top row, reading from left to right are: Miss Lucile Townsend and Mrs. Ixi Moyne Duncan, Bottom row. Max A. Townsend and Mrs. Townsend. The Townsends live in Marion.

LABOR UNIONS FOR ROOSEVELT Three Labor Groups Pledge Support To Roosevelt Campaign Washington. Aug. 26— (U.R) — Two powerful labor unions, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union, today announced endorsement of labor’s non-partisan league campaign for re-election of President Roosevelt. A. F. Whitney, president of the trainmen, in a letter to George L. Berry, president of labor’s nonpartisan league, said the trainmen are "ready to serve labor's interests whenever they may be involved in politics." “This brotherhood,” Whitney wrote, “is anxious to be helpful in any cause that serves to a.-i---vaufee the workers' interests. You are therefore advised that this brotherhood endorses labor’s nonpartisan league and shall endeavor to cooperate in its purposes. Frank R Powers, president of the telegraphers’ union, said: "Clearly all our interests are with President Roosevelt. labor’s non-partisan league has appraised the issues clearly and accurately and I am with it. We must re-' elect President Roosevelt. Anything else would mean calamity. However, if Gov. Ijandon continues to make such empty (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) j 0 WEATHER Mostly cloudy. Showers northeast pbrtion tonight, becoming fair Thursday; not much change in temperature.

Spaniards Live On Dry Bread Mrs. H. Tribble Tells Lions

Mrs. H. F. Tribble, who recently returned from Spain, the country of riot and strife, picturesquely described her stay in that country to the members of the local Lions club at their regular meeting last night In the Rice hotel. Mrs. Tribble, whose husband te employed by the telephone company there gave a vivid description of the conditions existing in the territory, in which she and her husband lived. Stating that, the trouble starting shortly after her arrival in that country, and being able to listen to the general opinion of the Spanish people, she attributed the cause of the unrest tc the extremely bad living cnoditions of the poorer class. These people, she said are forced to live on dry bread soaked in water, and if very fortunate, they are able to ditp the dry morsel into wine or olive oil. This, according to the speaker, constitutes the chief foodstuff of the poorer class. Recalling to mind one incident in her neighborhood, she told of an

County Will Buy Coal For Winter Five car loads of coal will be purchased at the regular meeting of the county commissioners, Tuesday. September 8. it was announ- , i ced today. Bids will be advertised for two I cars to be delivered in the coal I bin at the court house, one car delivered in the bin at the county . jail and two cars unloaded on trucks , at Dfeeatur for the county infii»uai,v. At the same time the commis- ' sioners will receive bids for two and a half tons of 212-6 commercial fertilizer delivered at the county infirmary. —— - o COOL WEATHER FOLLOWS RAIN Storm Does Serious Damage In Other Parts Os The State 11 A softly falling but light shower this morning prolonged the hot . weather respite granted last evening shortly after 7 o'clock, which ,' cooled off the city, enabling residents to secure their first good night’s sleep since the advent of the high temperatures. Starting around 9 o'clock this . morning, the shower held the temperature down until afternoon. Unofficial temperatures here at noon recorded 77 degrees, with a readj ing of 78 degrees at 1 o'clock. The shower last night was even ■ lighter than the one this morning. Walter Gladfelter, official oliservver here, reporting that the preci- [ pitation was too light to be measuri (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

elderly woman who was forced to work as a charwoman for 56 cents a day, this being the sole means of supporting her five orphaned children. Foodstuff prices are very high, coffee bringing TO to 90 cents per pound. The Spanish are unfriendly to foreigners, she stated. One of the many rules enforced to shorten the visitors’ stay is a custom of requiring passports to be renewed every three months. The labor strikes cause great inconvenience, Mrs. TribMe related. She and her husband were forced to walk to their upstairs apartment, mechanical pieces being removed from the elevators by the rebels to insure against the lift running. Although she and her husband had not been made an actual target of the rioters guns, at one time a bullet was lodged In the window of their home after being fired from a radical’s gun. She with all other women in the city had been forced to take refuge (CONTINUED. ON PAGE £OUB),

INDIANA IS ON ROUTE OF TRAIN BEARING F. D. R. Gov. McNutt Will .Join Roosevelt Train In Indiana This Afternoon Willard, Ohio. Aug. 26 — (UP) — Pres. Rlooeevest tod&y mac|p his first rear platform appearance here an his special train to the drought area stopped for a few minutes. “How in everything", he asked the crowd. “Fine since you have been in”.' someone shouted. The Roosevelt special train will enter Indiana later this afternoon. Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 26—(UP) Gov. Paul V. McNutt was to leave' early today by airplane for Auburn from where he will go to Garrett by automobile to join President Roosevelt’s special train. McNutt will be with the President when he makes a five-minute platform speech at Gary and probably will continue on to Chicago' with Mr. Roosevelt. He will visit his family at Dunes State park this week before going' to French lick to attend the Indiana Democratic editorial association meeting, — Aboard Roosevelt special, Aug. 26 — (UP) —President Roosevelt conferred with drought relief officials aboard his “dustbowl special” today enroute to the parched northwest for a series of conferences with governors and others. He received reports Indicating continued spread of drought damage and increased need for relief from secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace, WPA administrator Harry Hopkins. Gov. William I. Myers of the farm credit administration and director Robert Fenohner of the emergency conservation corps. The Presidential special left Washington shortly before midnight last night with Bismark. N. D. the first stop. There Mr. Roosevelt and his aides will begin tomorrow the first of several conferences with governors of 16 states. He will visit the following the !\iwikotas. Minnl|ota, lowa, and Missouri for personal inspections of drought damage. Frequent stops will be made along the route for conferences with local officials and ! for firsthand surveys of damage wrought to crops and 'livestock in the stricken area. Conferences Scheduled Major conferences will be held at Pierre, S. D.. St. Paul, Minn., La Crosse, Wis., Des Moines, 1a.,: Springfield. 111. and Indianapolis. At daybreak today the Presidential sipecial entered the eastern fringe of the drought area. Chicago the first major operating stoip will be reached late today. The President does not plan to leave his train there. At Bismarck he will be met by the Great Plaine drought committee that is now winding up a study cf agricultural and drought conditions in states from the Mexican

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) , o —— VICE RING IS BROKEN TODAY Members Os Gang Believed Operating In Four States Are Arrested Fort Wayne, Aug. 26 — (U.R) — A vice ring operating in four states was 'believed broken here today with the arrests last night of a man and three women by federal department of justice agents and local police. Anthony Ribando, alias Tony Ribando, alias Bill Mooney, 34, allegedly one of the leaders of the gang, is charged with violation of the Mann act. He is being held without bond, pending a hearing before U. S. Commissioner William D. Remmel. The women taken, all charged with prostitution, were Mrs. Martha Mildred Ribando, 28, Grace Adams, 30. and Claudia Sheppard, 24. They are held under SI,OOO bonds, and will ibe given a hearing in city court. Ribando ajlegedly brought Mrs. Ribando here from Canton. O„ for immoral purposes. He married her after they arrived in Fort Wayne. Authorities said the case had just broken and that they expected a number of other arrests. The organizajion is believed to have been operating in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio,

French Evacuated By Spanish Shells As WarlContinues I ■

1937 TAX LEVY MAY BE HIGHER Four Cent Increase Proposed By Units Affecting Decatur Tax rates proposed for 1937 by the different governmental units which make up the rate payable in Decatur, now total $2.85 on the SIOO, compared to the present $2.81 rate. The increase is due to the high--ler proposed rates in Washington township and the levy for the county welfare program, which includes old age pensions, dependent ' children and other assistance to the needy. The rates proposed on each SIUO I of assessed property for 1937. as they affect Decatur. compared with the 1936 levies follow: ’ Unit 1936 1937 i City 40 40 State 15 15 Township: ' General fund 02 05 Poor fund 30 28 Road bonds — 26 24 Library board 05 05 School city 1.15 1.12 County: General fund 43 38 Bond ftind 05 04 Welfare (in county levy) 14 Total $2.81 $2.85 The rates proposed are based on I estimates in the budget and final action will not be taken until the county council reviews the county budget and the Adams county tax adjustment board determines the levies. o MCNUTT DENIES STATE TROOPS Gov. Says He Has No Right To Send National Guard Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 26— (U.R) —Police Chief Robert Eller reported today that picketing at the Joseph Nurre mirror plant, where approximately 20 workers are on strike, was peaceful and that no further disturbances were anticipated. Indianapolis. Ind.. Aug. 26 —(UP) —Gov. Paul V. McNutt last night denied a request from Bloomington city officials for national guard troops to quiet labor disturbances allegedly caused by a strike at the Joseph Nurre mirror company plant. “Unless the peace and safety of the city of Bloomington is endangered I have no jurisdiction and cannot send troops.” the Governor told city officials who conferred with him here late yesterday. "If it becomes necessary to protect the citizens, however, the only course open would be to establish martial law,” McNutt added. Mayor A. H. Berndt reproted that only 20 of approximately 150 men employed at the Nurre iplant were involved in the (present strike, ibut he added that employes of the Showers furniture company have threatened to stage a sympathy walkout today. That development would increase the number of strikers to approximately 1,000 he said. o City Rotary Club Will Hold Picnic In place of the regular meeting Thursday evening, the Decatur Rotary Club will hold a picnic in the grove on the H. P. Schmitt farm, east of the city. The meal will be served promptly at 6 o'clock and all Rotarians are urged to notice the early hour of the meeting. The committee on arrangements consists of J. Ward Calland and Hubert Schmitt. o Toe Amputated After Accident Tuesday Mrs. Andrew Miller, of route six. was brought to the Warns county memorial hospital last evening to have the third toe on her hight foot amputated. Mrs. Miller was chopping wood at her farm home when she struck the member with an axe. She is reported to be improving nicely.

Price Two Cents.

Irun Is Scene Os One Os Most Important Battles In Civil War TO DEFEND MADRID Bulletin The news from Spain today indicated that the leftist government is in a precarious position and its fate is in the balance. The forces of rightest rebels were definitely on the aggressive, especially in the far north and west of Madrid. Today’s developments in the Spanish civil war: Birlatou, French-Spanish Frontier —Rebels open final assault on Irum and advance 1% miles as loyalists retire to city barricades for hand to hand fighting; Moors , advance to lead attack. Madrid — Government begins emergency preparations to defemr city; roads to Toledo closed; disseminators of false rumors to be treated as enemies. Lieban — Spanish government fighting for life as final phase of war nears; rebels on offensive in most important areas and are gaining ground; rebel chieftains confer at Seville on strategy. Biriatou, French-Spanish Frontier. Aug. 26 —(U.R) —Shells fell into French territory today, endangering the lives of the inhabitants as rebel artillery and loyalist forts engaged in a heavy duel for possession of Irun. The residents of the French border village of Behodie were under fire and had to evacuate. Spanish airpla.nee flew over the frontier In the heat of battle, to escape opposing planes. The rebels were engaged in a concentrated drive for Irun. key city of this corner of the northern coast, whose capture ahnost inevitably would doom Sau Sebastian. Tile United Press correspondent 11 watched the battle from the roof of the hotel here, an elevated position on the heights which gave I a clear view of operations. The battle lasted all day and into the evening. It began with protracted rebel airplane bombing. followed by a rebel advance behind machine guns and tanks, which advanced them 2% miles. Late in the day they, consolidated their positions, entrenching themselves in an almost complete circle of the city, a mile from Irun. The artillery duel then began, the Irun forts bombarding the rebel positions and the latter replying with artillery which they hauled by hand to the rear of their trenches. The trained Moorish fighters from Africa and the foreign legion troops of the rebels dug in, sheltered in trenches or behind trees, in preparation for a general advance on the city. After 4 p. m. the battle died down, with only intermittent machine gunning. The rebels dug in ajid held all of the 2% milee they had gained, although they (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) FAMILY CALLED TO DERN’S BED Condition Os Secretary Os War Termed “Alarming” By Doctors Washington, Aug. 26— (U.R) — Members of Secretary of War George H. Dern’s family were summoned to his bedside today at Walter Reed hospital, where the 64-year old cabinet member is criticajly ill. Physicians described Dern’s condition as "alarming.” John Dern, a son and the only member of the family not in Washington, was summoned from Chicago. The cabinet officer is suffering with hejirt and kidney complications growing out of a severe attwk last spring of influenza. President Roosevelt visited him recently and. before leaving on his drought inspection tour last night, left instructions at the White House that he be kept informed of the secretary’s condition. Dern was engaged in mining and served two terms as governor of Utah before becoming a member of Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet at the start the administration,