Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1936 — Page 1

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fcIOENT TO U ROUTE I FOR FUNERAL ■ Will Attend Bm Funeral Kites •" V Salt Lake City 27 (U.R) ■ I;..18,,f < ,f War W°|, iwn in Salt City |Bl tn't unt.nl bis drought M-.'’.., r;, '■ Whl "' ll ' , “ s " today. M.. !;.><><■ U lfs meeting ■L und.m ■ ' Kansas may !><■ dff't'ifd from Sept. 1 3 du>‘ to tlm death of UK rv Ik-rn. Whit" House Ml.' _., J t.Hliyv Th lay M~. r nm :!<■■ I’r.-id.mt to ate-: vi" ~ .0 Salt Lake Roosevelt Special En Bismarck. N. D. Aug. 27 |K P,....|.‘H,' Koos.'Vl'lt from room of an air-condi-■j train today got his first W. of the 1! |:1 ' ; dust howl a, - "f baked and bar■the prfsid-nt|‘il special roarHfjtnrd. 2'l hours out of. th- lush, rain-soaked of states ' of the Missiswav to sun browned Mx'i- u !l1 Pakota with stalks of coin ami ■, ".,--1 ..pp.-r menace. H«har products of a great ■jtatk:.- th- rout.- little ■ 0 ; tarn: ' Ik stood patiently dust-stained clothes to ■ a greeting to the chief who has come bark to ■atelier for the first time in ■ear- '.I see for himself the Kof weeks of blistering heat ■« a drop of rain. ■ ieers:icker suit and broadpanama hat. his conces■to the hot weather. Mr. ■gelt soon after arrival In ■rk this .ift. -msm plans to Is 8 trailing automobile for a i through the countryside, twill have pointed out to him li examples of the drought tir. -.i k p-i - : il.y. perhaps, me of th- sufferers and visit i prop ts designed to atnele conditions and provide i I for those "bi.'ke" financially he result of the disaster, deed as the worst of its kind to nation’s history. tore he begins the motor trip, iter, he will lunch aboard the with acting governors WaltFelford of North Dakota and r E. Holt of Montana, later will confer with chairman k L. Cooke and members of, peat plains drought commitrho have been engaged in an ! sire survey of the drought ates from the Texas panhan- 1 o the Canadian line. his return from the motor he will again swing into a fence with Welford, Holt, Lynn J. Frazier and Gerald fe. North Dakota; Burton K. Bjer and James E. Murray, Ma. the special drought comle. and Henry Wallace, secreef agriculture; Harry Hopadministrator; William fnrs, governor of the farm k administration; Eugene S. ptt. national emergency coun*ni other federal and state ’ i < '■ i i * It results of the discussion, it understood, would help in the Jtnination of a legislative proI to be submitted to the next N«s looking toward perman•rrtNTED ON PAGE THREE) 'o Automobiles Collide Today w driven by Mrs. O. J. Paes- *■ «t 261 N. Seventh street, Glenn Sipe, of Berne collided on 1 street at 2:40 o’clock this nwn. Mrs. Passwater was pull- / from the curb, and Sipe was north. Unable to turn out °' e his car into the left rear ™nt fenders of the Paeswater i^' 1 ’ ca rs were only slightly W Chickens Stolen Tuesday 2' Ern ie Tope, of Washington » r „ repor;e( l to Policeman Ed ?\ lßr da y afternoon that to entered her chicken !me Tuesday night and he ?? le w ya»dotte chickens. inptf Pritß pulle(l down the! the h ng ’ an< * tore siding »■ A’^ S u, t 0 enter the chicken elue 8 h taft e h ar t fo,lowlng 8ev ‘ a lb *t by thieves.

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15,000 HAIL ROOSEVELT AT GARY .2 s" J V/ 1 jL M MR H *■ Jr 4 ■ ,Mi *'.WnE*‘. Sl'-i « wMM| ’ ■ I MR «>1 L dr r l W 11 f. President Roosevelt's special train taking him to the great “dust bowl" drought area for a series of conferences, made a brief stop at Gary, Ind.. Wednesday afternoon where he spoke for throe minutes before an estimated crowd of 15,000 people who had gathered at the railroad station. President Roosevelt is shown speaking from the rear platform of his special train. His eon, John, is shown on his left.

Test Flight Is Made By Pilots New York. Aug. 27 —(U.R) —Dick Merrill, one of the best known transport pilots in the country, and Harry Richman, night club singer, left at 9:36 a. nt. today in their big Vultee monoplane on a test flight to Newfoundland and back. Before leaving Floyd Bennet Airport, the fliers, who propose to make a round trip-flight to Europe, said they were flying to Newfoundland merely '‘to look over the ground on the first leg of our projected trans-Atlantic crossing.” DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING PLANS First Delegates Arrive At French Lick For TwoDay Meeting French Lick, Ind., Aug. 27 —(UP) I —The vanguard of Democrats who will attend the two-day meeting of I the Indiana Democratic editorial ■ association tomorrow and Saturday I arrived today by train, automobile . and bus. The meeting will mark the openI Ing of the Democratic campaign in j Indiana and interest is centered on j the scheduled appearance of James A. Farley, National chairman of the party. Farley already has announced he will not discuss national issues in his address before the meeting Saturday night but will combine his remarks to organization plans for the fall campaign. He will meet with members of the state committee soon after his arrival Saturday. Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, nominee for governor, will make the keynote address of hie campaign at the annual dinner Saturday night. Other speakers will include Fari ley, Gov. Paul V. McNutt, senators Frederick Van Nuys and Sherman Minton, Omer Stokes Jackson, state [Chairman. Mrs. Emory Scholl, state vice-chairman and Scott B. Chantj 'vers, Newcastle, President of the editorial association. o Rotary Club To Meet At Sunset J On account of probale showers . > this evening, the Rotary picnic will , I be held in the pavi’ion at Sunset ; park, ineteead of at the Schmitt grove, H. P. Schmitt, chairman, announced this afternoon. Dinner will be served at six o’clock and a musical program will be given. The members are urged to attend. Man Killed When Struck By Truck J I Rome City, Aug. 27—(UP)—M. Martz. 26, Kalamazoo, Michigan was , killed near here tod ; ay when! a heavily laden beer truck he was I driving crashed through a oneway wooden bridge. His body had not : I been recovered late this afternoon. State police summoned a derrick from Huntington in an attempt to extricate the body.

ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEA I ———- Alleged White-slaver Ari raigned In Ft. Wayne Federal Court > Fort Wayne. Ind., Aug. 27—(U.R) •J—Anthony Ribando. 34, charged with violation of the Mann Act, and allegedly a leader in a vice ring operating in four states, waived preUtuinary hearing ami ,enterer a plea of not guilty here yesteri day. He was committed to the federal division of the county jail under I bond of $2,000 by U. S. CommisI sioner William D. Remmel. Prostitution charges against Mrs. Ribando, 34. Grace Adams, , 30. and Claudia Sheppard, 24. were ' continued until Sept. 2 by Judge William H. Schannen in city court. They are under bonds of SI,OOO each. 1 The four arrests were made | Tuesday by local authorities workj Ing in conjunction with federal department of justice agents. I I Ribando is alleged to have been . residing in the city for about two months. He is charged with bavng brought Mrs. Ribando here for im- ' moral purposes. After coming to 1 this city he married the girl, the police said The department of justice has J opened an active campaign against the white slave traffic in the country. I The three girls taken into cus- : (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I WILL CLOSE LOCAL POOL -I I Season At City Swimming Poo! Wil! Be Ended This Friday The municipal swimming pool . will be closed Friday night for the ,; winter season. W. Guy Brown, supervisor. announced this afternoon. The pool will be open to every- [ one tomorrow between the hours of 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m.. to peril mit all to enjoy the last day of swimming. Rout i n e restrictions i concerning age and sex will be a- [ bandoned for the day. Early closing of the pool was necessary this year to permit the . installation of pipe connections to the new turbine at the municipal . light and power plant. Water in the swimming pool must be drained, and the pool used for a cooling system while the connections to the o'd turbine are’ made with the regular spray pond. Work is to be done over Labor ■ Day on the installation while all j factories are closed. To permit | time for draining the pool, and refilling with soft water, the pool must be closed Friday night. Mr. Brown reported that the pool had enjoyed a successful season, thousands of local bathers finding relief in the cool water during the unusually hot months. A detailed report of the pool activities will be made at a later date.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 27, 1936.

Pope Will Protest Spanish Massacres Vatican City. Aug. 27 — (U.R) — It was reported today without confirmation that Pope Pius is contemplating a solemn audience . at Cartel Gondolfo of refugee Spanish bishops and clergy, to whom he will make a speech energetically protesting alleged massacres by communists and the firing i of churches and convents. It also was reported tha,t after his return to the Vatican, the Pope ’ would hold a special expiation service at St. Peter’s, with the college of cardinals taking part. ’-+ o RETAIL SALES ARE GREATER Indiana Stores Report 21 Per Cent Increase In Business Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 27—(UP) —.A representative group of 446 i in Indiana reported an increase of i2l per cent in retail sales last /month as compart'd to July. 1935. ! the department <4 commerce, Wash- . ington. said today. i Inditfhapolis stores showed the largest percentage of increase, 46 stores reporting retail sales were 33.4 per cent higher than for the same period last- year. July sales of the establishments totaled sl,036,000 as compared to $776,000 for the sam? month in 1935. Fort Wayne sales in 25 stores increased 32.1 per cent; Gary. 27 per cent; South Bend, 24 per cent; Evansville 22.9 per cent; and Terre Haute 11.6 per cent. Sales in other cities with 2,5100 or | more population gained an average ,1 of U.S per cent and areas with lesI ser population showed an average | gain of 11.1 per cent. The seasonal decline in July as l compared to June in-the entire stato j was 13 per cent. Good Business To Reduce Deficits Washington, D. C. Aug. 27 —(UP) —Administration leaders said today they expect improving business conditions to reduce the federal deficit this fiscal year to the lowest ipoint since the new deal took office. Un- . official figures indicated that from 500,060,000 to one billion may be pared from the previously estimated deficit of three billion dollars for the 1937 fiscal year. o Five Are Killed In Maryland Accident Conowingo, Mo.. Aug. 27 —(UP) — One white man and four negroes were killed today and a dozen others injured, several seriously, when I a truck plunged off the highway at I the approach to the Conowingo dam over the Susqquehanna river. The four negroes were not immediately identified. The white man was George D. Hart, HasTtings, Fla. driver of the truck. The accident occurred when the truck, filled with negro laborers, skidded from the road and plunged down a 100-foot embankment.

BOND LEVIES ARE COMPILED I Township Gravel Road Bond Debts Are Announced By Auditor The 12 townships in the county will pay off $51,152.60 of gravel road bond indebtedness during . 1937, according to tne budget compiled by County Auditor John W. Tyndall. i The interest payment on the bonded debt will be $6.608.4., or a total of $57,761.02. All of the 12 townships have a | balance in the gravel road fund | and it will not (be necessary to raise the entire amount with a. tax levy next year. The credits in the various township road funds reduces the amount to $44,871.64. The levies fixed in the 12 townships for the payment of bonds -and interest follow: Township Rateonsloo . Union $ .25 ’ Root -12 ; Preble .20 Kirkland 09 Washington .24 St. Marys 05 I Blue Creek .32 Monroe -20 ’ Ftench 16 I Hafeord 27 ' Wabash ' 18 1 Jefferson . -25 The road bond «I«’bt ha.s been coming down ever since 1932. the last year when bonds were issued under the three mile road law. ’ In a few years several of the 1 townships will be entirely out of i debt. GOV. LANDON LEAVES EAST Republican Leader Turns Homeward After A ; “Wonderful” Trip Aboard Landon special train, Aug. , 27 —(UP)—Gov. Alf M. Landon turn- . ed homeward today from what he called a “wonderful" reception on his first campaign trust into the . east and began 4 15-stop tours [ through Illinois and Missouri en . route to Topeka. I A halt at Springfield. 111., to visit . the tomb of Abraham Lincoln and toepeak briefly in that state capital was the chief point on the day’s heavy schedule. Cheered by the confident predici tions of eastern party leaders that he would carry that section of the country, including New York and i Pennsylvania, the republican nom-| ■ inee Looked forward to a short rest i in his liome capital before setting : out for Dee Moines to confer with i President Roosevelt and a group of mid-western governors on drought • relief. i The cheers of an estimated 26,000 • at the Buffalo baseball stladium were still ringing in hie ears ae i as he strode through the station, . waving at the crowds there. He I stopped twice to shake hands with I small children.

SECRETARY OF WAR DIES FROM HEART DISEASE George 11. Dern, Organizer Os CCC Camps, Los- I es Fight For Life ■Washington, Aug. 27 (U.R) — | Secretary of War George H. Dern i died of heart disease at Walter Reed hospital at 10:55 a. m. EST today, opening the first gap in the j ■new deal’s cabinet ranks since inauguration of President Roosevelt. Dern was the first new deal cabinet officer to die while on active | duty. Secretary of treasury William Woodin was the first Rooeevelt cabinet member to die but was on leave of absence at the time. Sen. Thomas J. Walsh, attorney generaldesignate in the Roosevelt cabinet. 1 died before assuming office. Not himself a man of ajiy war I or army experience, Dem’s tenure of office marked sharp changes ' and innovations in the army, long considered the most conservative branch of the government. The secretary of war came into the cabinet from background of mining and legislative experience i in Utah. He had served two terms in the Utah legislature and . two terms as governor of the state before coming to Washington. Organized CCC It was under Dem’s administra-1 tion that the aitny received one of 1 its greatest tests in quick organization — the task of assuming charge almost overnight of the newly launched civilian conservation corps in early new deal days. ; This feat of quickly establishing camps and enrolling some 300,000 American youths within the period of a few weeks was acclajmed as , equalled only by the draft mobilization of world war days. Under Dern. also, the army air corps met an equally stiff tank —, that of taking over the nation’s airmail service on notice of little (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O — PROPOSE GOV. MCNUTT TODAY Indiana Democratic Lead- I er Is Boosted For Cabinet Post Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 27 —(UP) —<lov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana , was mentioned prominently as a possible successor to George VN. ■ Dern, secretary of war, who died . today, when it was reported recent,y that the cabinet officer planned to resign the first of the year. , A former national and state commander of the American Legion and a strong proponent of military preparedness. McNutt had the backing of pei-sons close to the President, it was said. Assistant secretary of war Harry H. Woodring is also a likely possi- 1 bility for the secretaryship. Woodring has been in active charge of the department for the most part during Dern’s illness and > is a strong administration supporter He is a former Democrat governo’ . i of Kansas and a leading figure in Kansas Democratic circles. Chesterton, Ind., Aug. 27—(UP) ' —The death of George W. Dern, secretary of war, was a great loss i to the nation, Gov. Pau! V. McNutt I said today when advised of the passing of the cabinet officer. i "The news comes as a g> eat 1 shock to me for I had held out nope . for Mr. Dern’s recovery after a physicians’ report yesterday. “He was an efficient and conscientious public servant and I have the highest regard for his abilities.” o Negro Admits North Carolina Murder Raleigh, N. C„ Aug. 27 —(UP) — State police commissioner Edwin N. Gill today quoted Martin Moore, convicted negro slayer of Helen Clevenger, as having made a full and frank, confession of the NewYork coed’s murder. Gill said Moore, a gangling 22-year-old negro, sat o nhis bed in his prison cell here and talked freely about the crime. He said Moore's mind “is easy now" and that he has no fear of the lethal gas chamber in which he has been sentenced to die next month. o WEATHER Fair south, showers probable north portion tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature.

Dies This Morning I * . 1j ■ • Jr ly Jh Secretary of War George H. Dern died at 10:55 o’clock this moirning of heart disease at the Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D. C. MORGENTHAU ANSWERS GOV. ALF LANDON Republican Candidate Attacks Federal Spending Policies Washington. Aug. 27 — (U.R) — Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., today replied to Gov. Alf M. Landen’s attack on the administration’s fiscal policy with an assertion that treasury policy “has met with the approval of the country." Morgenthau showed reporters a two-paragraph reply to Ixuidon that he had scrawled in his handwriting. The statement said: “The policy being pursued by the United States treasury has met with the approval of the country. “The acid test of it is the government bond market". Morgenthau would not amplify on his statement but he remarked that he had looked at the liond market quotations and then he said: “After seeing them. I guess there is no cause for alarm." Aboard Landon Special Trajn, Bloomington. 111., Aug. 27 —(U.R) — Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, carrying his campaign into Illinois in an attempt to swing that state back into the Republican fold, addressed a large group of central Illinois farmers here today. “The first thing the present administration did was to plow under its own platform." Gov. told his audience, many of whom came miles from their farms to this area, the state’s richest agricultural district, to see and hear him. Speaking in Buffalo last, night Gov. Landon said in part: Soak the Rich Talk of “making the rich” to pay for government was a sham. He ridiculed what he described a,s (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CHURCH PLANS ANNUAL PICNIC Union Chapel U. B. Church To Hold Services In Grove The Union Chapel United Brethren church, of east of the city will hold its annual picnic on Sunday, August 30. in Krick’s grove, one mile south of the church. The regular Sunday School session, beginning at 9:15 o’clock will be conducted in the grove, followed by the morning worship and sermon by the Rev. Miss Hollingsworth. A basket dinner will be served at noon. The program in the afternoon will begin at 1:30 o’clock with the Rev. E. F. Hine, of Craigville. speaking on the subject of “The Rural Church”. Each class of the Sunday School will furnish one number for the program along with the congregational singing. In the event of rain on Sunday the entire service and program will ibe held in the gymnasium of the Monmouth siehool. All members and friends of the church have ibeen extended a cordial invitation to at-

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NEGOTIATIONS BEGUN TO END SPANISH WAD France Proposes Committees To Settle International Questions London, Aug. 27- <U.R> France and Great Britain today began a spirited diplomatic drive to align the powers of Europe In an embargo on arms to strife-torn Spain and to mitigate the horrors of I war there. They appealed to all powers which have not already done so to pledge themselves not to sell munitions to either side. Eighteen capitals wer» approached. Four nations already have taken this step. At the same time France proposed—and Great Britain agreed—to set up a committee in London to supervise the carrying out of the agreements. Although the spervision committee's terms of referenc do not now include meditation, it is believed the body, which doubtless will consist of the regular envoys of the approximately 22 powers invited to pledge themselves to non-inter-cession is feasible. The committee also will be authorized to supervise and draft the international appeal shortly to be , addressd to both the Loyalists and Reibete to curtail ruthleness in warfare. Biriatou, French-Spanish frontier, Aug. 27—<U.Rk—Spanish Loyalists turned back wave after wave of attacking Rebels at Irun today and after a long morning of fighting the lines were unchanged. Loyalists strengthened their lines by dragging field guns and trench mortars up to the sand-bag-ged machine gun emplacements in ' their front lines. A heavy coastal fog rose like a curtain in the morning, and with a din of firing from weapons of all sorts the Rebels began the second day of their attack in the Irun-San ’ Sebastian area. 1 The Rebel attack still was con([centrated on the Loyalist lines before Irun. at the frontir on the Bidasso river. Elsewhere in the country, except at Oviedo, where the Loyalists are still engaged in a stubborn siege which began almost at the start of the war there is scattered fighting. They are not battles in the strict sense of the word, but casual engagements whenever forces of the two sides get together. A blast of radio propaganda came out of the stations controlled by both sides. Many of the claims were obviously exaggerated and may be discounted. -- Each day of the war brings an easing of the European situation and a lessening of the danger that other powers may be involved. Portugal laid down an arms embargo today, and Britain welcomed a French suggestion for concerted European action through a joint committee to assure Europe neutrality. By United Press Today’s developments in the Spanish civil war: Pamplona—Rebel plans call for capture of Irun-San Sebastian area by Saturday, attack on Madrid in middle of next week. Biriatou — Rebels, open second ' day's attack on Irun; loyalists hold fast throughout morning. Madrid —War zones declared In Toledo and Caceres provinces south of Madrid; raiding squads search for rebels; death sentence I asked for 15 rebel officers. Lisbon —Rebels still on the aggressive; declaration of war zones !in Toledo and Ceceres provinces ’ constitutes admission of rebel advance from southwest on Madrid. Neutrality Pact London. Aug. 27— (U.R) —The French government today propos- ! cd establishment of a “diplomatic general staff” in London to super- ’ visie execution of the non-inter-vention pact among European (powers with regard to Spain's ’; civil war. Great Britain promptly agreed (CON'TTNUEn nN PAOW FIVE) — O County Agent Leader Defendant In Suit » | - Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 27 —(UP) — 1 Dr. Z. M. Smith, state 4-H club leader with offices at Purdue university, [ today waa defendant in a J 10,000 ■ damage suit In superior court as I result of injuries suffered by Leonard R. Musgrave. 10, in an automo- ! bile accident near here July 12. > Dr. Smith was arrested by state - police on charges of leaving the I scene of an accident, and is now at ■ j liberty on ibond. i • I The youth is undergoing treatI nieut in a local , _