Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 28 August 1936 — Page 1

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>ols TO fcTBESOJV ■SEPTEMBER i ■ hull Schools Preparations ■for First Classes ~,, „f l». ..■fiii-H public ■* ?,. n.’» ! '’ Jll ' mil ' |p ’ ■> , lal-r has "> ■ "...(I h' "’'i'll is 1-ah.r !■s.. h illinr ’" ,l '" s *''" nrt ■. ... ■ i. ami school Jr ,, -locked by 111 in-paiaHon lor ■ninz day's rush of Mu- ■ Mint K«PPIi‘ > «- u ~ . .yronashim of the high ■ c-.1, as oud' h.ol-. 111111 nI - th, building Ml huililWard building basement painted. |K, r < and iiMoitians of the llilV ,. I>. ■ working in-i.-r th.- past few weeps |K.i oral nc process in IMfor the opening. list 111 all " f ''eiihl !"■ compiled w-ek f " r publication. ■ a f f » i hanges liar been ill the staffs. book lists for the, public »->li be published in the Saturday. Catholic schools lIEIT SHADY |K THURSDAY n ■bit Engineer Dies Os Complications After ■ Long Illness s'-i.'i •;!. .li> .1 at his home • -.||y evening at foilowing a ten week's : Mr. Shady ... I. a r.s-id’ nt of Preble •.>•■ years was for Indiana Pipe Mmtpatiy until recently. 'cased was in Wells .Mar.:: ■ IS7.">. a son of SamHnd Rebel. a Mills-Shady. He ■a am:!- r : -he Zion Reformin Decatur. Brriviiu b.ei !■■- -lie w idow. Mrs. Sliady. are the follow-Mtlli:d'>-U Wall.-! of Fort Wayne ■ Bio*:*- Bogner. Decatr. Mrs. Monroe; Mrs. Nina ■wman f’r.-liie, Ethel at home ■ Dor'ha of Kirkland township. M son. Larw 11. preceded the in death two years ago. Ten Btrtiidivii a.- > survive together ■ the following brothers and sisof Port Wayne; Frank ■ton Mrs \|i,,. Grimm, Tocsin, ■ Mrs Fred Bender of Bluffton. aervi.-cs will i>e held Sun■ftnrnoon at 2 o'clock (C. S. T.f H*thome in Preble and 2:» o’■*at the Zl..u Reformed ehurci. The Rev. Charles M. ’'ill off:.-iate. Burial will be ■* ln the Him Grove cemetery at B* w;il be removed from ■ ®t'k funeral home to the resid■in Preble this afternoon and ■f v ir'.ii‘d by friends and rela■•klter 7 o’clock this evening. B — o— — B Terpenning I Visits Decatur ■ "alter A. Terpenning, form■wistant regional director of ■ wiettlement Administration, ■ offices in Indianapolis, stopEDecatur today, enroute to ■Jot'tady. n. Y.. where he has ■“d a position with the Inter■*Partment. ■ Terpenning has taken a uteres t in the Decatur ■“leads project, the local divi- ■ th"i llß un<,Pr thp supervision ■ Indianapolis office. He conr* *ith Miss Marion Neprud, ni,y nialla ger this morning h ,h<> Homeste ads anil ex- ■ ’ “.s regards to Decatr peot ° m be met on several visits WEATHER 4abl?~ C '° U dy ' showers n orth and central S.ii‘° ni9ht ; Saturday , er,l| y f«ir and cooler, [

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Thief Leaves Old Bicycle For New A bicycle belonging to Honora Schmitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Fruncls J. Schmitt, of North Sec ond street, was stolen from the front yard of the Schmitt home this morning. The thief replaced I the new bicycle of Honora's with an old one. Police are investigat Ing. CALLS STALIN “BUREAUCRAT" IN INTERVIEW Trotsky, exiled Russian Leader, Predicts Another Revolution Oslo, Norway, Aug. 28—<U.R) — The ministry of justice announced today that Leon Trotzky, exiled Bolshevist leader, will be interned with his wife in his present residence here. Oslo. Aug. 28 <U.R>— Trotsky testified in police court today that he maintained a correspondence with political leaders in France and other nations who i were sympathetic with his views. , He was allowed asylum in Norway on condition he would take no part in polities anywhere. Trotzky appeared to testify against six Nazis who allegedly entered his home two weeks ago, i disguised as policemen, and stole some of his correspondence. Among the papers. It Is understood, was a copy of a letter he wrote mentioning two American communist leaders. “Eric and Abera.” New Class Evolving Oslo. Norway, Aug. 28 — <U.R) — Josef Stalin. Soviet Russia’s “iron man.” has robbed the Russian people of the fruits of the 1917 revolution ami is subjecting them to a “privileged caste.” Leon Trotzky charged today in an interview with the United Press. As a result, Trotzky predicted thaj the soviet union ultimately must endure another revolution to ■ - secure the freedom of the working classes. An exile here, under oath to I take no part in polities. Trotzky's police guard will not allow him to receive visitors. Hence the interview was conducted by telephone. Trotzky, recently accused by the Stalin group of plotting with 16 men to overthrow the present regime and kill its leaders, was bitter in his denunciation. He has denied all pajt in the alleged “plot" for which the 16 were executed. The bearded exile summed up the situation in Moscow thus: “Stalin, the bureaucrat, has killed the Bolshevist party, thus robbing the people of the fruits of . the October revolution.” He predicted this must ultimately plunge the country into further upheavals. "Stalin represents the privileged ruling caste,’’ Trotzky said, his voice vibrant with emotion “I wish the people to enjoy what the Octooer revolutidn achieved. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) — TAXPAYERS TO MEET TUESDAY School To Be Held To Reduce County, Township Budgets A tax school will be held above the Model Hatchery at Monroe at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning for Adams county. The school is sponsorj ed by the Indiana farm bureau and the Indiana tax payers association. Ralph S. Myere announced today. A discussion of townships and county budgets will be held. All taxpayers, township trustees, township advisory board members, county officials, county adjustment board members, councilmen and all others interested are invited to attend. A basket dinner will be served at noon. The schools are being held throughout the state for the punpose of examining county budgets with a view toward making suggestions for reductions in tax levies. The fact was stressed today that the levies will ibe fixed in SeptemI ber this year so none of the meet-; i ings will be political. ! Officials in charge of the school ; stated that they have no idea of cutting budgets to reduce the necessary functions of government. The purpose is to “eliminate every item I proponed that is not absolutely nec|eesary". 1

DROUGHT EASED BY RAINS EARIY THIS MORNING Crops And Citizens Alike Share In Benefits Os Precipitation Dashing showers, early this morning, followed by a slow rain definitely ended the tense drought situation in Adams county, agriculturists agree. More rain, however, would be wel-. corned by some crops, they state, which are in need of moisture. Despite the fact that at 7 o'clock this morning only .76 of an inch rainfall had been recorded by Walter tlladfelter, official observer, much good was derived. This wan attributed to the fact, that after the first hard shower, the softly falling rain sank deep into the sunbaked ground. Pickles and tomatoren of the county are expected to be especially benefited. Sugar beete. too. are ex- ; pected to flourish through the presence of the added moteture. Rain in expected to increas their size, thereby adding to the sugar content. Sun-parched pasture ground will i te greatly affected, giving livestock its first green vegetation of the summer. The rain will also aid the farmers by permitting them to get their fall seeds in the ground. Boon To Citizens The showers were a boon to citizens of the city, who have been suffering through the summer from the high temperatures. Many have been forced to go without soft water from cisterns. Temperatures after Thursday morning’s shower fell to around 7b (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O M. E. CHURCH HAS PROGRAM College Students And Teachers To Be Honored Sunday Morning Sunday will be educational day at the Methodist Episcopal church of this city. The young married couples’ class of the Sunday school will sponsor the program. The services will honor college students and school teachers who are leaving for classes beginning iin September. An effort will be made to encourage the guests to attend church while out of the city. The Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, retired minister of Fort Wayne and former pastor of the local church, will preach the sermon on an educational theme. Reserved seats will be held for college students and teachers. | leaving the city. All local persons who expect to leave Decatur, and whir are not going to attend other services, are invited to attend. The program will be: Organ prelude. Hymn number 283. Prayer—the Rev. Lamport, from ' Michigan. Ixird's prayer—congregtion. Special music —Vera Porter. Explanation ot services—Lowell Smith. Special music—Mrs. Walter . Krick. Scripture—Alva Lawson. Prayer—Fred Busche. Special music—Henry Busche. Offertory prayer—Melvin Barber.! ' president of class. Sermon —Dr. U. S. A. Bridge, Fort Wayne. Tymn —number Til. Announcements —Mr. Barber and Walter Krick. Benediction —Dr. Bridge. o Rotary Club Holds Meeting At Sun Set The Rotary club enjoyed a picnic supper in the pavlllion at SunSet park last, evening, H. P. Schmitt being in chrge. Rev. Charles Prugh. president of the club and Walter Gard, secretary gave short talks on the executives conference held at Logansport this week. J. Ward Calland was called on to speak in behalf of Hie committee which arranged the picnic. 0 Lightning Kills Shelbyville Boy Shelbyville. Ind., Aug. 28—(U.R) i —Roger Bottroff. 10, was electrocuted during a storm yesterday when lightning struck a chimney I and ran down a drain pipe against. , which the child was leaning. te

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 28, 1936.

Flees During Court Recess / - ' N 'S • / ‘ || * ‘' K ll * F»>ug‘ Uli ■ U'lagenc* < MIII» Named by Prosecutor Duncazi C. McCrea of Detroit as the national commander of the Black Legion, Virgil F. Effinger. right, Lima, Ohio, electrical contractor, is pictured In court at Columbus as he opposed extradition to Michigan. Clarence C. Miller, Effinger's attorney, is shown at the left. Effinger disappeared after the heaj-ing was recessed and a general alarm was broadcast for hie arrest. The contractor is charged by Michigan authorities with criminal syndicalism and possession of bombs.

EDITURS GATHER AT FRENCH LICK McNutt, Townsend, Van Nuys, Minton On Democratic Program French Lick. Ind.. Aug. 28 —(U P) —The campaign to hold Indiana : for a second term brought Democratic leaders and workers to their editorial association's 56th annual summer outing today. The two-day meeting was heralded as the formal opening ot the state campaign with Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, the nomi- ! nee for governor, giving the keynote address tomorrow night. James A. Farley, national party chairman, in scredttled to arrive tomorrow for a conference with the state central committee. He will lie introduced at tomorrow’s ' night's banquet but has announc- ' ed he will avoid campaign issues, confining his remarks to organization plans. The opening day was given over to recreation. There was a golf tournament for the men and women were entertained with a bingo party. A dance, floor show and awarding of golf prizes is scheduled tonight. Business sessions begin tomorrow. The editors will, have a shop-talk cession hearing A. E. Johnston. Cincinnati, O.; John Senbower. Bloomington. under : secretary to Sen. Sherman Minton; Dudley Smith, state commit-' tee publicity director, and Town-! send. The governor nominee will I discuss newspaper sei vices in the j 1 campaign. Farley will meet the state com(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — — Boy Injured In Accident Today Laurence Fricke, 11 year old . son of E. J. Fricke, of Monroe, i 1 received cuts and bruises about | the head this morning when cars; driven by Mabie Fricke, his sister and Lauren Miller, McMillen Feed | Mills truck driver collided two I miles south of the city on road 27, t this morning. Trying to avoid passling the oncoming truck on abridge. Mabie applied the Drakes, swerv■ing into the truck. Both the car ; and the truck were damaged.

“Farmer” Franklin Roosevelt Meets “Great Plain” Farmers

Aboard Roosevelt Special, Aug. | 28 -<U.R>- President Roosevelt met farmers face to face in his invest!- • gation of the "dust bowl.” In speaking to the crowds along his route, President Roosevelt has termed himself a "Hudson River farmers.” In a talk. Mr. Roosevelt assured the Dakotans that there was no in tention of the government to move them To other parts. "I had a hunch, and it was a I right one, that when I got out here 1 would find that you people had your chins up; that you are not looking forward to the day when this country would be depopulated. But that you and your children expect to remain here. "A few days ago I was passing i through one of the greatest industrial centers in the United States, Gary, Indiana, where you pass ; through miles of steel factories. 1 told them there what is perfectly Itrue, that your problem out here)

Eight House Are Built At Berne Eight houses have beenconnpleted or are under construction at Berne in the most active building period the town has seen for a number of years. A house built by Marshal and Mrs. Dave Dubach on North Jeffereon street and one constructed for Mr. and Mrs. Orten Wulliman are almost ready for occupancy. Other new homes are being built for Dr. M. L. Habegger, Hiram Nussbaum, Victor Nussbaum. Grant Smith, Floyd Schindler and Robert Rieeen. o ALFM. LANDON RETURNS HOME Presidential Candidate Forgets Speech At Topeka Station Topeka. Kan.. Aug. 28— (U P) — Gov. Alf M. got ba."k to liis gubernatorial job today “deeply gratified" with results of his finat campaign swing through the farm belt and the industrial east. He was ready to join President Roosevelt in a drought conference at Des Moines next week. The cheers of crow’ds which welcomed him through Illinois and Missouri — climaxed by a 1 crushing throng at a surprise j homecoming at the Kansas City pinion station — had hardly died ' away before the Republican nomi-, I nee was tentatively planning his next campaign trip up the Mississippi valley. Landon was tired but happy when he got home. His advisers said they were praticularly pleas-1 ed by the rapidity with which he adjusted his informal campaignI ing style to the exigencies of ai I national drive for the presidency. Some of Landon’s most en'thns- | iastic railroad station meetings I came as he swung through MisJ souri last evening and at Kansas I City a crowd jammed almost every square foot of the big union st a. , 'tion lobby to shout a riotous welcome at 11 p. m. “You said it, Alf. it’s cockeyed” and other signs referring to his campaign attacks on the new deal waved like saplings in a storm fCONTINTTED ON PAGE SIX)

]is their problem back there, because the perfectly obvious fact is that steel factories would not run at fuH capacity unless the agricultural states were in a position to buy farm implements and other products of the steel mills. “I have learned a great deal to- 1 day and I am going to learn more , in the next few days. I get a pic-1 ture which reassures me as to the future of the so-called great plains; drought area reassurance of the fact that the federal government can and must and will go ahead —i not only the federal government but the state government and the local government—go ahead with winning out through a system of careful, long-range planning.” Mr. Roosevelt then paused and in conclusion, remarked: “And again I say that you are not licked.” The Presidential special on which the chief executive has been i (CONTINUED ON I'AGE SEVJJNi

RUSSIA UPEN EMBASSY TU MADRID, SPAIN Soviet Government Offers Moral Encouragement To Loyalists Sipanish war developmental Siratou- Rebels, checkmated In In fierce three-day attack on Irun, withdraw ehock troops to reorganize for fresh assault. Zaragoza 10,000 rebel regulars organized to march against loyalists ten miles from city. With Northern Rebele —Delay In advance on Madrid, giving loyalists time to bolster Guadarrama mounteain defences, may have eoet rebels their chance to take capital, unless from the south. Lisbon —Rebels at Oviedo reported weakening after long eeige, Gibraltar — French cruiser silences Spanish shore battery with warning shells. Rome. Aug. 28—(UP)—Italy has applied an embargo against shipment of arms to Spain, it was announced officially today. Madrid, Aug. 28— (U.R) —Soviet Russia, in a practical manifestation of friendship with the beleaguered government, opened its first embassy to Spain since the day of the Czar Nicholas today. While other ambassadors are on frontiers awajting the result of j the civil war. Marcel Rosenberg arrived from Switzerland, this country's first soviet ambassador, the foreign office announced. Rosenberg’s presence was regarded as giving considerable moral encouragement to the government. Rosenberg’s arrival shared interest with the news that another rebel plane flew over the city on what has become a daily visit timed at 5 a. m.. to try to bomb outlying airfields ajid to drop leaflets warning the city that unless it surrenders, there may he a real Ixtmlsardment. The government doubts that the rebels would bomb the open capital because of the effect on foreign opinion. A summary trial of 28 rebel officers wm opened at the city jail and arrests of right wing adherents continued. Sixth Week of War Lisbon. Aug. 28—(UP)— Spain’s civil war was a confusion of (battles, seigee. marches and countermarches, complicated by conflict:ng wireless claims of victory, as its sixth week ended today. The main fighting was at Irun, key to tlie San Sebastian area, where rebels for the third day attacked the city and still had not penetrated it or. apparently, weakened i the loyalist defense. White flags were seen fluttering from private homes on the outskirts of rebel-held Oviedo in the north, and they were believed an indication that the civil population was ; weakening in face of the long nerve wracking seige by Asturias miners. The Madrid government announc- | ed the arrival of Marcel Rosenberg. Russia’s first ambassador to Spain since the world war. It was regarded an important dip(CONTINUED ON PAGE SfX) oTWO CHANGES ARE PIANNED Faculty Announced For Decatur Catholic Grade, High Schools The opening of school for the Catholic high school and grades will take plaice on Tuesday, September 8. A full attandance is expected the first day for complete registration. The teaching staff for the school year 1936-37 is as follows: Grade I—Sr.1 —Sr. M. Helene. Grade 2 —Sr. M. Henrita. Grade 3 —Sr. M. Dominica Grade 4 —Sr. M. Carissa. Grade s—Sr. M. Angelus. Grade 6—Sr. M. Letitia. Grade 7 —Sr. M. Winifred. Grade B—Sr.8 —Sr. M. Lucile. Teachers in the high school ini dude: Sr. M. Rosemary, Principal, Mathematics. Sr. M. Alibertonia, —Commerce. Sr. M. Agnes—English. Sr. M. Fidelis —Social Studies. Sr. M. Agnes Terese —Latin, Biology, Chemistry. Only two changes were made in the teaching staff, Sr. M. Agnes, replacing Sr. M. Regina as English teacher and Sr. M. Lucille replacing Sr. M. Lamberta as eighth grade teacher. ___ i —•

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COUNTY IS REIMBURSED Eighty-s even Counties Receive Checks For Old Age Assistance Indianapolis, Aug. 28— (U.R) — ' Checks reimbursing 87 Indiana ' counties for the federal and state 1 share of the old age assistance payments made during August have been majled to 87 counties, ■ the department of public welfare announced today. The checks, totaling $227,286.49. i will provide counties with suffiI cient funds to meet current payi ments for old age assistance . without tying up county funds, . officials said. Adams county's share of the reimbursement amounted to $1,344.07 County Auditor John W. Tyndall announced today. The total disbursements for old age assistance, as certified by Auditor Tyndall und Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, county director of public welfare, totalled $1,647.00. Twenty per cent of this amount is reimbursed from the federal fund for old age assistance, 60 per cent from the state for the ' pensions, and one per cent for administration, totalling $1,334.07. The check was received yesterday. POPE IS IN GOOD HEALTH 'I Pooe Considers Spanish Problems; Meets Six Escaped Nuns Castel Gondolfo. Italy. Aug. 28— 1 (U.R) — P<>P e P' us today received Several visitors, did a normal ’ day’s work and went riding in his automobile, thus alleviating any ' immediate anxiety over his health. 1 The pontiff was in an affable • mood as he greeted Father Stein. • director of the Vatican observa- : tory, and his assistants, after ' looking at some 30 photogra.nhs of the heavens which were shown .'< him. he remarked: • “Even if things on earth are ■ going badly, they are going • smoothly in the heavens.” I Pope Pius arose at 6a. m.. his customary hour, and devoted his ' prayers largely to revolution-torn i Spain where, according to report. . priests are being persecuted. Afterward he did hfe normal i day’s work and received a number i of pilgrims. Among those received by the Pope today were a group of six nuns who had escaped from Bari celona. He also conferred with ■ Cardinal Cremonesi and three . officials of lateran congregations. ' Later, the Pope took his usual automobile ride in the gardens of his summer home. He expected to grant other private audiences la,ter in the day. _O I Mrs. Roy Dubach In Auto Accident No one~was injured this morn- • ing when cars driven by Melba /Phillips, 28 of Cincinnati. Ohio and Mrs. Roy Dubach, of Linn Grove collided on road 27. Miss Phillips, driving by the Knapp fill- » ing station near the city limits, apl plied the brakes and started to ’ back into the station for gas. The dear driven by Mrs. Dubach struck .' the rear end of the Phillips auto. I Both cars were damaged. o — Lancaster Center School Is Robbed A thief or thieves entered the Lancaster Center school building some time Thursday night and carried away among other loot seven typewriters. The loss was not discovered until this morning. The Lancaster school is located three ': miles north of Bluffton in Wells county. o Postpone Round-trip Flight To England i New York. Aug. 28—<U.R>—The • proposed round trip flight of Richi ard Merrill, veteran transport pll- : ot and Harry Richman, night club ( entertainer, to London was postponed today; until Sunday.,

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I Great Plains Drought Committee Makes 10point Recommendation TO ATTEND FUNERAL Jamestown, S. D., Aug. 28—(UP) — President Roosevelt arrived here shortly after 9 A. M. today for a continuation of his dust bowl tour. Rain was falling as his special train rolled into the little station where several hundred persons greeted him. Aboard Roosevelt special, Aug. 28 — <UP) — President Roosevelt, convinced the government Is faced with not one but three problems in this sunbaked area of ruined crops and swirling dust, moved from Bismarck to Jamestown, N. D., today. He will head for Aberdeen, S. D., in the afternoon. Mr. Roosevelt set out on a tour of his own the first day of his dust bowl visit, driving into the very yards of embattled farmers who, overall-clad and hat in hand, (painted in their simple words a vivid picture of the effects of a searing sun and no rainfall on their crops. "What I have seen.” the president said on his return, “confirms me in the belief that I have had for a long time—the belief that we are going to win on this problem. “It really comes down to three problems," he explained. “The first is the immediate one of keeping people going who have lost their crops and lost their livestock. The second is to keep them going over the winter until next year when we hope we will havo more rain. “The Third problem relates not only to the future of North Dakota but to the future of a good many I other states. It relates to working out a plan of cooperation with nature instead of going along with what we have been doing in the past—trying to buck nature.” Mr. Roosevelt’s schedule calls for him to be in Pierre. St D„ tomorrow r for another drought conference. He will spend Saturday night and part of Sunday in Rapid City. S. D. From Rapid City he will go to Salt Lake City where on Tuesday lie will attend funeral services for Secretary of War George Dem. After four hours there he will move eastward to resume the drought discussions. As the result of the last minute change in plans he now is expected to meet with Governor Landon and other state executives at Des Moines Sept. 3 instead of Sept. 1 as originally arranged. 10-Point Program A special great plains drought committee bluntly informed Mr. Roosevelt at the conference yesterday that “we endanger our democracy if we allow the greax plains or any other section of the country to become an economic desert, and that a long time program was needed." It recommended: 1. Soil erosion prevention by “efficient” use of water resources. 2. Study of sub-areas for the kinds of agriculturaj practise and engineering required. 3. Soil conservation. 4. Long-term credit to farmers. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) , 0 — SERVICE TO BE IN GROVE U. B. Church Announces Plans For Camp Meeting Sunday There will ibe a United Brethren camp meeting Sunday at Butler’e grove, a mile and a half from Decatur. The Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of the local chiurch, will be in charge of the services. Hubert Gilpen is general chairman., of the program. Mies Bernie Franklin will be the orchestra director and song leader. Music will be furnished by the Evangelical chorus from Fort Wayne, one of the popular organizations of its (kind. This chorus has sung at numerous public gatherings. The Rev. W. <A. Fallis, pastor or the Methodist church of Geneva, will deliver the sermon. A noon basket lunch will be served with a special dinner program. A play period will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. At 2:35 o’clock a scared program will ibe held, __ __