Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1936 — Page 1

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IP r'.'WINESEPLAN ;I|( INCBEASE ImSUIfIEET \nnounces Inten■jnOf l’" sses>inK LarKC V Submarine l icet 5.7 (VP)- The Mie'Sn effect I.G’-' ■.tiClition of po»- ' 7 fl--' approx!Wr- '■' ..is-rtban -ithitiWl oHh- States or Great p ,,w ' ■ by V* :< " l-o'Klo" Kj treaty ML, ::(•■<! Gnat I,ri,ain that ; M,L IrteHMii.'.l to beep afloat 11. Os ■‘" ll 1;, - WS k .. '■ II"' F■ ■ • I ■p’"- would I- -raitped at the Kot thw year. i -"" ,i " n ,r, ' ; " y will ex ’ K January l. 19*7. A second ■. ....g,,!,;!-..! tins year, plaeee 1K,',,,;..-..al lirn 'on total tonnage. K t iin |, „ n the unit tonnage of i was sinned by Great BritK, i States, and France. Ktnot by Japan I. / |Hjipans move replied to Great '’"^■7»' matin can.l im of July 15. evoking the - scalator \ its destroyer ■[- tnenii.rgtKiuni. Great Bt ittons • \etes of its treaty of 150.W0 tone. S of stiff:,' ent a- its reason for i'i submarines. at: ‘ .1 <-f the London B::'..'.r- nvocation of the '"Kj 4 -,.' ■ destroyers retaining an equivalent to that of the • ... ategory of vessel, tin- would not apply to sub"1 i: _ !■ 'unient. it in nnd now considering the •-'.er Japan's retenond its treaty ■ would < onstitute of ill.- Ixindon pact. .- "os expected the -e-t tlie Japandecision. ■E ATH CLAIMS I BERNE PRINTER ■rnest bro Dies Tuesday ■ Afternoon After Exfl tended Illness Ernest Dro. aged 52. for 25 a printer at the Berne Witdied at his home in Berne afternoon. Death was by i , in ( |i S e asf > a nd com|fl was bi'dfast for 18 days prior tis death, and had been ailing several years. At the time of |V* death he was secretary-treas-I^F r of the Berne Witness, and been manager of the paper U"hng the time p rH( i Bohrer, pres- ■*' ’niiiiiig, I served as postmaster Herne. ■ Th- deceased was born in Switz■*»d on November 27, 1883. the ■j* of Emil and Pauline Geroer He came to this country ■*» six years old. ■j-v »as married to Ruth Kattwho survives. Other survtvfljj ,r " aU daughter, Mary BBc 11 Dro. two brothers. Ervin of U? nP '. and Emil, of California: HL? sisters. Mrs. Pauline Benton. ■, fa *° a "<l Mrs. Lena Hall, of ■"»ra. Ninols. ‘ was prominent in musical ■7, ' n Bern#, serving at the time '» death as chorister in the ■ “ Reformed church, of which ■ was a member. He was also B in garden flower work. ■ ''"era! services will be held fl h J‘ ly mornin 8 at 9:45 at the flj. 5, an(l at 10 at the church, flr al will be made Tn the M. R. ■ B<h^a nie ' ~ry' The Rev ' C. A. ■"“nttd wm officiate. ■ ~— o- ■ Adjourn Black Legion | Trial Until Friday SepL 2 -<U.R>—Trial of I ilan, C * eßion members for the I Mio, K Charles A. Poole was BhZ, rned today until Friday when ■ Panel of 100 veniremen will I ed in efforts to select a jury.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

State Corn Husking Contest November 6 Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 2—l UP) — The Indiana state corn husking contest will be held Nov. tl neur 1 Marion. Dave Thompson, editor ot the Prairie Parmer, announced tie day. Winner of the event will compete in the national content to be J held In Lake county. Ohio, four days I later. The national event, originally I schedule dfor Missouri, had to be transferred to Ohio ue to eevere i drought conditions in the former I state. The two fields on the bartel farm near Marlon, planted especially for ,1 the state contest, are in good shape Thompson said, and no transfer ot i site is neeeeeary in Indiana. EDUCATION IS ’ I TOPIC AT CLUB Educational Topics Are Discussed At Lions Club Meeting Educational topics were discussi ed by three speakers at the regular . meeting of the Lion club Tuesday night. Miss Marion Neprud. community manager of the Decatur homesteads project was the first on the program. She stated that in her I opinion the forum method is the type most beneficial to the greatest number of adifits. Through ' this method each individual has his or her opportunity to develop fine personal characteristics which I usually lie latent and dormant. The audience i ntiie letcure system of studying does not participate f directly in the benefits of the subI ject. “The forum brings to our minds the old New England town pumps at which place each participant of the debate had equal rights to express his or her innermost reason why this or that should be so and so. Such freedom of speech broadens ones views and presents a fihe opportunity for clear reasonable I thinking.'' Miss Neprud concluded. . Lte. EiederM-k ftatge. a professor , of sociology at the state teachers ■college at Millersville. Pa., was the j next ipi -the program. He gave a humorous talk which was enjoyed by the members. He made vivid the vastly changed world of today compared with that of 100 years ago. He dealt on the progress of educational methods and the cultural, material, financial, and social advances of the present age. He challenged the public to remain wide awake so that it may grasp in even a small way, the immensely rapid forward procedure of mankind. Mr. Vandyne, assistant superin-j tendent of public instruction of , Indiana, outlined the Hoosier institutions of laming. “The state of Indiana has approximately 700,000 children who will enter the fall term within a few days, " he said. "To transport portions of these future adults to the 3,240 schools requires approxii mately 6.000 school busses. Indiana taxpayers raise about $22,000,- , 000 a year for the salaries of the i 22,000 Indiana teachers. “More than $3,500,000 for clothi Ing and more than $2,000,000 for . books will be spent by Indiana parents this year. Truly the school teacher has a big job ahead and the school system is big business," Mr. Vandyne concluded. .: Lion Walter Krick presided over the meeting. Lowell Smith and . ; Robert Zwick were in charge of i the program. Before closing it was . announced that Lions Smith. Hill. , Mumma and Beery had been ap- . pointed delegates to attend the . meeting with the district governor at 1 p. m. Sunday at the Wayne hotel in Fort Wayne. o BUDGET FIGURE IS ANNOUNCED I], Roosevelt Issues Revised Mid-Year Budget Os ’ United States I I Washington, Sept. 2 —(U.R) — President Roosevelt forecast a 1937 ■ j fiscal year deficit of $2,096,996,000 ■ today in a revised mid-year budget ■ estimate reflecting inipioved business conditions and increased tax | revenues. The revised budget pointed to' Improvement in re-employment by : private industry, but warned as ' much as $500,000,000 in. new relief I funds .may be needed Jan. 1. Mr. ■ ■ Roosevelt predicted a national debt 1 of $34,000,000,000 at the end of the 1 j fiscal year. June 30, 1937. The Tjudgat revision, in which I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

GOVERNORS OF FIVE MIDWEST STATES CONFER Governors, Senators To Hold Conference With Roosevelt (Copydight 1936 By United Press) Des Moines, la., Sept. 2—<U.R) - Five governors and five nenators grouped around President Roosevelt will tell him tomorrow how hundreds of thousands of farmers I face starvation In their droughtscan ed states and what can and should be done about it. In their description of drought conditions, they told the United Press today, they will tell how once fertile fields withered beneath the scorching sun until farmers had to pasture livestock on the remnants of gain fields, sell dairy cows because they had nothing to feed them, cut seed corn and store it for fodder, haul water by wa«;on for miles, and now look to the federal government to keep them in { food and shelter until another harvest time. Their remedies will vary from ' the immediate feed loans and reI Iduced shipping rates to long range water and soli conservation. The suggestion—especially longtime projects—will be offered not f alone for the ears of the president but for Alf M. Landon, the Republican nominee, who will sit with Mr. Roosevelt at the conference table. Landon will offer his suggestions as governor of Kansas. They may include the soil erosion control and ■ water conservation ideas he related to the president in a letter two years ago. The governors or their spokesmen at the conference may address Mr Roosevelt this way: Landon —1 have asked railroads for emergency reduction of feed, water and cattle rates to droughtstricken farmers in Kansas As a long time program we should have additional soil erosion control and flood control. Farmens should be eecouiagad to buiUi -Udfdl* oul small reservoirs on their land, and lakes should be constructed to store water. Gov. E. W. Marland—between 85 and 95 per cent of Oklahonfa’s crops have been destroyed and 400000 persons face starvation. We need immediate re 1 i e f—perhaps peveral millions of dollars each month—and a large federal program of soil conservation. Gov. Roy L. Cochran— Practical(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MAXINE MOSER HURT TUESDAY Berne Girl Injured As Auto Overturns North Os Decatur j Maxine Moser, 13, Berne, suffered severe lacerations about the face Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock, when the car in which she wan riding overturned near the St. John s i church on federal road 27, north ot this city. Mrs. Elda Moser, mother of the i injured girl, was driving when the accident occurred. Becoming confused wken she attempted to pass a car, enroute in the same direction and pulling a horse, Mrs. Moeer turned out too far in avoiding the horse, upsetting in the ditch. The injured girl was brought to the Adams county memorial hospital by Ralph Gentie. local salesman, and 30 stitches were required to close the lacerations. She is reported to be improving. Although her face was badly cut near her eye, the member was not injured. Mrs. Moser, Mrs. D. D. Stauffer and daughter, Betty, ateo of Berne, who were accompanying the party home from a trip to Fort Wayne, were uninjured. The identity of the driver of the other car was not learned. The injured girl waa released from the local hospital this morning. o Homesteads Group Will Be Organized Miss Mary Gordon, parental education leader of Fort Wayne will be the discussion leader Thursday evening when the homesteads home economics club will meet ut the home of Mrs Gordon Acheson, house 42, to organize a child study group. All those interested are invited to attend.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 2, 1936.

Princess, Her Commoner Fiance wIK- ' ■' -■ -I* ' "x* ' i \ ' i it * *I x ® Dr bj R* Wil j w I K y. 1 * ■■ i f I j > n. Jkl >. K 7 Si Princess Alexandrine Louise County Castell Thin is the first picture of Princess Alexandrine Louise, niece of the king of Denmark, taken with her commoner fiance. County Luitpold Zu Castell Castell, since the recent announcement of thier betrothal. The couple met for the first time at the Olympic games in Berlin. To marry him, Princess Alexandrine, who is the youngest daughter of i Prince Hajald. must renounce her royal rights. The count is of an ancient Bavarian family.

HABVEY CLARK DIES TODAY Retired Farmer Dies Early This Morning At Home In Ohio Harvey C. Clark. 73, retired farmer of near Mart Center. Ohio, died at 1 o'clock this morning at his home. Death was due to the cardia renal vascular disease. , Mr. Chuk, had'lived. Lu ami near, Decatur for 39 years. He was a ! member of the Nazarene church He was born in Hancock County on January 6, 1863. a son of Reub- . en B. and- Agnes Clark. His wife, Lucinda Clark; a son, Arthur Clark of Mart Center, Ohio; a stepson, John Townsend of Garden City, Michigan; one foster daughter. Mrs. Lillie Winnas of route 6, Decatur, three grandchildren, nine step-grandchildren, five foster grandchildren and twb sisters, Mrs. ' Anna E. Huse of Alexandria and ' Mrs. Ida King of Kokomo survive. Funeral services will be held Friday morning aj 9 o'clock at the Gillig and Doan funeral home in 1 this city and burial will be made ‘ in the Mud Creek cemetery near i Sharpsville. Rev. Harry Thompson officiate. The body will remain at the Gilland Doan funeral home and may be viewed after 7 o’clock tonight.

United Press Writer Tells Os Raid While In Progress

(Editor's note: The' following two dispatches mark what is perhaps a new stage in speedy, factual news reporting. Irving Pflaum, of the United Press Madrid staff, telephoned to London, via Barcelona and Paris—l.ooo odd miles—the news of an air raid actually in progress as he talked. Members of the United Press London staff i not only hard the crash of aerial ‘ bombs, the firing of anti-aircraft guns, but the raid was recorded on dictaphone records). By Irving Pflaum (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Madrid, Sept. 2.-^U.R>—(By telephone to London via Barcelona and Paris)—(U.R) —Rebel planes have just appeared over Madrid. It is 5:20 a. m. I am telephoning from the central telephone building. Firing is breaking out down the street. There are occasional thuds and crashes. I am unable to see what is happening. But I can hear how the sirens of the police cars screeching their air raid warnings to the sleeping people of the capital. Bells are clanging. The antiaircraft guns are popping now as the raiders fly over the city. Despite the noise, it seems as if the raid will be a failure. The firing of the government's air de-1 sense organization, developed within a few days, is brisk and it looks : as if the planes will have little i chance to drop their bombs in the city proper. (At this point the telephone call was interrupted. It was resumed

Five Wisconsin Boys Are Believed Drowned Ashland. Wise.. Sept. 2 —(U.R)—‘ I Five Ashland youths today were believed to have drowned in Chequamegon Bay when their 15 foot | sailboat capsized. Dfecovery of the overturned boat and its oars 100 feet away led auth- | orities to believe that its occupants Daniel Weir, 16. Eugene Sullivan, i 14. Henry Mitchell, 15, John Wiseh. 17, and Phillip Jensen. 15, had drowned. The youths were last seen leav- . Ing the Mitchell boat house at 4:30 i p. m. yesterday. They were sailing ; their little craft toward the break- ' water here in the face 'of ar strong ’’ northeast wind. Fog hampered the search for the todies of the missing boys. - Life Termer Escapes From Michigan City i I Michigan City. Ind.. Sept. 2 — 1 (U.R)—Charlm Hamilton, serving a I life term in the state prison as aji I habitual criminal, escaped last 'night, it was learned today. Hamilton, a trustee working in the officers’ barber shop just outside the prison walls, walked away from in front of the administration building, it was reported. He was sentenced from Randolph county in May, 1931. The escape came less than 21 hours after Warden Louis E. Kunkel ordered all “lifers''’' returned from honor farms in surrounding counties to within the prison walls.

at 6:40 a. m. in a censored conversation as follows): A government spokesman announces that an airplane appeared over Madrid this morning flying at I a height of 5.000 feet. An air alarm was given. It was announc-1 ed that the plane flew around the I outskirts of the city without bombing it. No places, it was announced, were actually sighted over Madrid. It was reported that the raid was made over Barajas or Cuatro Vientos airdromes or some other airport on the outskirts of the city. It was asserted that the city antiair guns made no attempt to hit the planes and that no explosions were audible. By Joseph Grigg, Jr. (Copyright 1936 by UP.) London. Sept. 2.—<U.R>— Members ! of the United Press London bureau listened on telephones today to an '■ air raid in Madrid, a thousand i miles away, They heard a blow by blow ac-, count, dictated by Irving Pflaum of the Madrid staff. Pflaum's call came through at' 6:20 a. tn.. London time from the | central telephone building in Madrid to the London office In Bonverie street, off Fleet street where Johnson and Boswell used to foregather and through which Samuel Pepys" used to go on his way between the city and Westminster. j Everything that went on was ! clearly audible. We could hear the hum of airplane motors and the occasional thuds of guns or bombs, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

TEACHERS MEET FOR INSTITUTE IN THIS CITY Annual Teachers Institute Is Held For Teachers Os County Importance of education was the chief topic at the annual Adams county teachers' institute held in the Decatur high school today, and attended by nearly ail of the county’s 175 teachers, principals and superintendents. The Rev. George S. Lozier, pas tor of the Decatur First Evangel ical church opened the institute with invocation, followed i>y a religious number by the Manchester college quartet. C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, who had charge of the program, introduced Grover Van Duyn, assistant state supervisor of education and first speaker of the meeting. Educational statistics concerning ! schools were given by the school supervisor in his address, "Opening of School. A Big Business.” “On the opening day of school : in Indiana," the speaker said. “700,-1 000 boys and girls of the state ot Indiana will start to school. If : these boys and girls should join hands, they would form a line 650 miles long — 22,000 teachers will open instruction on that day —6,000 school busses in the rural district will transport students daily to I and from classes. If these busses were joined end to end they would ! form a line 120 miles long—big business, tile opening of school. , 'There are 3.624 educational ! school buildings in the state, both public and private," he continued, "and if these buildings, considering 100 feet of playgrounds for each school were placed side by side, it would take nine hours to pass the formation in an automo-1 bile going 30 miles an hour. At I present there are 350 cleaning and i repairing projects in the state on educational buildings, and 14 additional college buildings are being built. A total of $22,000,000 is paid the teachers of the state for one term." In closing the speaker approved the method of gross income, taxing which he stated has been an invaluable aid in supporting the public school system. Accountability Theme Dr. Jesse H. White, former head of the psychology department of the Pittsburgh Institute was the i second speaker of the morning session, talking on the subject, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS BUDGET Proposed Budget Approved; Firemen Ask Increased Pay At its regular session Tuesday night, the city council approved and adopted the proposed 1937 budget calling for a tax levy of 40 cents on the SIOO. An ordinance adopting the levy was passed on its third reading. | The budget totals $32,889, of 1 which $14,970 is raised from sources other than taxation. This leaves $17,919 to be raised by taxation. The 40-cent levy is the same as is in effect this year. Members of the volunteer fire department appeared before the council. They asked that the budget be increased to include a new rate for the volunteers. Fred Engle, speaking for the volunteers, said that the men are now receiving $1 an hour. He stated that often their clothes are damaged or soiled while fighting fires with a result that It costs more to have them cleaned and repaired than the firemen make, iHe said existing rates would be ' satisfactory if firemen were always dressed in their old clothes. Mr. Engle proposed the followling rate: false alarms. $1; fires at which chemicals only are used, $1.50 for the first hour and $1 for succeeding hours; fires at whiclj water is used, $2 for the first hour and $1 for succeeding hours. Fire Chief Charles Robenold corroborated Mr. Engle's statements. It was explained to the volunteers that it would be impossible [ to increase the budget Tuesday because it had already been adverj tised two trines. However, it was j said that the proposed increase in 1 rates was being considered by the board of public works and safety ' and that a satisfactory adjustment ’ could be made by tlie first of the year.

Rebel Airplanes Bomb Madrid For The Fourth Time

State Sanitorium Planning Reunion The annual reunion of all pa»<t and present employee and expatlents of the Indiana state sana- [ torium will be held at Beechwood park, Rockville, Sunday, Seiptember 13. A basket dinner will be served lat the noon hour. — o —— SCHOOL ZONES ABE ANNOUNCED Zones For City Schools Announced By Walter J. Krick Zones, designating which school the children of Decatur should attend, were announced today by WalI ter Krick, city school superintendj ent. The zones are listed: All first, second, third and fourth grade children living in the territory bounded by the Pennsylvania railroad on the went, corporation i line on the north, St. Mary's river I on the east, and Adams street on the south are to attend the North ward. All fir. t, second, third and fourth grade children in the territory bounded by Adams street on the north St. Marys river on the east, corporation line on the south, and Pennsylvania railroad o nthe west (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT DIES Mrs. James Stogdill Dies This Morning At Fort W ayne Mrs. Ada Stogdill, 60, of 2727 Hanna street. Fort Wayne, and a resident of Adams count;, for many years, died at her heme at 3:45 o'clock this mornirg of apoplexy. Mrs. Stogdill was ill but 16 hours preceding her death. Mrs. Stogdill was born in Adams county, west of Decajur on February 13, 1876. She was a daughter ot Lyman and Electa Blossom. She resided i nthis county until 1 1920 when she moved to Fort I Wayne. iShe was a member of the Pleasant Valley Friends church. Surviving are the husband. James Stogdill; one eon. Rajph O. Stogdill of Fort Wayne; and two brothers. O. H. Blossom of Marion, and Frank Blossom of Girard. O. punertil services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, central daylight saving time, at the Old Time Religion Tabernacle in Fort Wayne with Rev. Howard Paschal officiating. Burial will he in the Decatur cemetery. Abandonment Os Projects Forced Washington, Sept 2. —(U.R) —The resettlement administration was forced to abandon 30 approved construction projects in order to meet costs of relief to drought stricken farmens. o FIRESIDE CHAT | I | Washington, Sept. 2. — (U.R) — | | In another of His famous fire- j | side chats President Roosevelt | | will discuss the drought situ- j | ation and make an “important | announcement regarding re-em- | | ployment by private industry of j i persons on relief rolls." on Sun- j | day night, Sept. 6. the White | House announced today. The speech will be by radio | | at 8:45 p. m. CST and similar | to several by which the Presi- | dent has addressed the nation | | from his study in the White j | House. He will speak 30 mln- | | utes. The speech will be broad- | | east over both large networks. | The President is expected to | return from his current inspec- ' tion tour of drought regions | | only a few nours before making | | the radio address. ♦ o WEATHER Showers west tonight, and east tonight and possibly Thursday morning; somewhat warmer south portion Jhurt-

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Loyalists, Rebels Are At Death Grips In All Parts; Os Spain: Execution Os Hostages Reported. REBELS ATTACK (By Louis F. Keemle) (United Press Cable Editor) The Spanish picture continued today to be one of death and ruthless destruction in almost all parts of the peninsula. Both sides were at death grips. Neither could clami the advantage. The Loyalists at Irun, although they were in desperate straits, held out with bulldog tenacity, and the Rebels were unaible to gain, although they poured a devastating barrage of artillery shells ajid airplane bombs into the city. The Loyalists theatened a sanguinary retaliation by announcing that they had 20 airplanes—greater than the Rebel air force-—ready for bombing raids. They exhibited their uncompromising hatred of tlie insurgents by executing an unknown number of hostages in the . city. Madrid wa.s Ibombed again, for the fourth time. The sounds of the raid were recorded in the London office of the United Press over an open telephone line from Madrid. The extent of the damage was not reported. The Loyalist city of Maiga on the south coast also was bombed again by the Rebels and the government said many were wounded. An important Rebel achievement was the bombing of the HispanoSuiza automobile plant at Guadalajara, near Madrid, which was set afire. The government has been using the plant for the manufacture of airplane engines and war supplies. Whether the plant was put out of commission was not known. The fighting was general south of Madrid, in the Toledo region. With the Rebels checkmated in the 1 Kuadarrazna mountains north of the city, the chief menace to the capital appeared to lie in that direction. Rebels Advance (Copyright, 936, by United Press) Biratou, French-Spanish Frontier, Sept. 2—(U.R)-A smashing Reibel offensive against Irn was resumed at 2 p. m. today after a lull during the morning because of fog. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) COUNCIL HOLDS REGULAR MEET Approve Extension Os Light Line In Union Township The city council Tuesday night approved a report filed by the electric light committee to extend tho light and power lines to Rolla Crozier and nine others in Union township. The cost of the improvement is $1,090 and will tost each of the ■petitioners $lO9. F. J. 'Schmitt appeared to objeet to the letting of the garbage contract to Harley Roop. He said that the work could not be done “satisfactorily by 15 men because of the refusal of citizens to cooperate by placing garbage in proper containers.” Mr. Schmitt had the contract two years ago and also submitted a bid this year. The report of the board of public works and safety, letting the garbage contract to Mr. Roop for $650 for one year, effective September 1, was approved by tha council. Jesse Niblick asked the council to replace the light and switch in the alley back of the B. P. O. Elks home. He said the light had been out of commission for about a year. The petition was referred to the electric light light committee with power to act A petition was presented asking for the installation of new lights on Eleventh Street between Monroe and Adams streets. The petition called for lights ibut not of the ornamental type. Frank Bohnke appeared for the petitioners. Mr. Weiland stated that he had canvassed all of the petitioners and learned that they were in favor ot the installation of ornamental lights. The petitioners were instructed to file a new petition requer.tina ornamental lights. The petition asking street lights was referred .(QQNIiNUJiii OR pAUM