Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1936 — Page 1

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YBIIISEVELT AND fcCONFER fc CONDITIONS \bundoned As ■beader ‘ " n,er I prouuht Measures ■ . 4 <U.P> W/I S' .....knUh-pres! .... to•■W ■■ . , U1 ~1 b.h ' ‘ , ~,l W ., |S brought the ■t ill th- lowa W' , .hem to • „. drought relief • .... - . 0.-r where- -■ * lt ,l ■> disag and I general idea of the pro- ’ , n the states of six other Ln.irs participating in the eon-. L then at the close of a busy. J Ld-filled dayCL eastward toward WashingUnd the governor or Kansas Westward on a return autoL tffp to Topeka, it appeared E]r that there had been any Eje developments save an ex-, of ideas It it also was indicated that W ny respects the programs pH by the president for the' be drought area and by Gover- i ■ Umlon for his own state were ■ Jar divided. || president was understood to , complimented the Kansas If executive in connection I the work of Kansas officials Ijater conservation and sur-i Los soil conditions. Again. RA Etaistrator Rexford Tugwell re-; Esl that Governor Landon two L ago had favored, on a visit Hfaahington. plans for state and Itral cooperation in water contain projects which have since L of aid in lessening the bght >■> Kansas. Mere was still another point i tee strikingly emphasized. li a memorandum left with the j Resident, Governor Landon reiter iri his views on emergency and bg-range drought relief and enttesized the desirability of state id federal cooperation in water tnge projects in Kansas and | liter states, especially through I btruction of ponds, lakes and tervoirs in which to store rain The proposals were in various ;d»-a w hit-h the i-ioii has aided or supfav.in d in Ins I!<:’.4 letter to -H pledging the cooperation of his state in a p. aid the drought among the and th- governors of \Vi». .msin. Xebraska. M.»- Kansas and Okla had : .idly broken up last of AgriculHenry A Wlalace said: was a conference The was Well pleased. "A’ ,h ' l’t • -:d.-n- . ould not fore the drought, there probably be a n,.ed for more relief than anticipated. A result 1 (inference liere probably trm tion of more ponds. L " ami ii'liet water storage pro R *-" president, in general, dlscussB with the governors individualF 1 three point program for iniI (CONTINUED ON PACE TWO) I o STOCK BUYER DIES THURSDAY Edward Carrier Dies I Thursday At Home In Williams Edward Carrier. 62. died of heart L*/*' Thursday at his home in Hltams. north of Decatur. L . f arrier - who had lived in e vicinity of Williams his entire e - *as a stock buyer for many Wrs and was well known in this "Wununity. The deceased is survived by the 1 “w, Della; two sons, Joseph of on Wayne and Orville of Shelby, I'T a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Wai°P of F or t Wayne; three brothire tW ° sis,ers and six grandchilCarrier was a member of the on n°^ 19t EP lsc °Phl church of DixOhio. /"neral services will be held at CST °J ne ln Williams at 1 o'clock 13n Satur day afternoon, and at , at ,he Dlxon Methodist Epis'“Pal church.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMSCOUNIY

Rotarians Hold Weekly Meeting Tile weekly meeting of the De-, catur Rotary club was held Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. The i members were entertained with ex-1 cellent music by a group of four Filipinos. Walter Gard had charge of the program. W. Guy Drown, vice-presl<hpnt, preaided in the absence of Rev. C. I M. Prugh. Seymour Bullook, South ! Rend, newly appointed governor of Indiana Rotary, will make lite inspection of the De« atur club next 1 . Thursday, September 10. 84TH ANNUAL FAIR TO OPEN SATURDAY A.M. Speech By President Roosevelt Highlight Os Opening Day Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 4 —(UP* I —The annual last-minute rush was underway at the Indiana State fairground today in preparation for the opening tomorrow ot the "largest state fair in history." Advance sale of 150,000 half-price i tickets led officials to predict last ! year's record attendance of 31U.927 will be broken. Exhibits in every department—agriculture, industrial, educational. I etc. —outnumber any year in the 84- | year history of the exposition. The fair will open at 6 A. M. with boys' and girls day. admitting child- ! ren free. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a last-minute booking, will be the feature attraction. He will speak briefly at 10:30 A. M. from in front of the grandstand. Finals of the state softball tournament will be played in front ot the grandstand after the President's visit. In connection with the childrens' day, 4-H club livestock entries will be judged in the coliseum. The parade through downtown Indianapolis marking flie opening of the fair will be held in the afternoon. it was (postponed from the morning because of the President's (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — o DEMOCRATS TO MEET TUESDAY Precinct Committeemen To Meet At Monroe Tuesday Democratic politics in Adams I county will open next Tuesday with a meeting of precint committeemen and other interested persons at Monroe. The place of the meeting has not yet been aninouticed by County Chairman Nathan C. Nelson. Wednesday, the election of ofti leers of the Young Democratic club: of Adams county will be held. The county headquarters will be opened aboqt September 25. Chairman Nelson is now arranging the speaking scliedle for the campaign. In the next three weeks an extensive drive will be made to register every Democrat in the county The names will be checked against I registration cards and lists from I County Clerk G. Remy Bierly's office. poll books and other records. Members of the advisory board of the Young Democratic club will assist in the registration. These members will be recommended by the precinct committeemen. Chairman Nelson is also arranging a tentative schedule for the Roosevelt sound caravan through the county. It is probable that the caravan will appear in Geneva early on the afternoon of October 26 and stop at the other towns in | the county for several minutes. The last stop in the evening will be made in Decatur. llinli School Office Open Saturday Night The office of high school princt- 1 pal W. Guy Browp will l>e open Saturday evening from 7 to » o'clock to accomodate students from the i country who may not .have had the opportunity to get to Decaur during ■ the week. o NO PAPER MONDAY — In accordance with annual custom, the Daily Democrat will not publish Monday, Labor Day. This is one of the five holidays during the year , when no paper is published. I

Presidential Candidates Meet «sa- — ' \ 1 ■UMW ’ V .« __ . — » President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Gov. Alfred M. Landon, candidates for presidency, axe pictured here in this International Illustrated News soundphoto when they met at the Des Moines. lowa state house, where the drought problem was discussed with governors and legislators from sun baked prairie states. This picture was mmle just before the drought conference. At left, Gov. Isuidon. centei It. 1. Cochran of Nebraska, and. at right, seated. President Roosevelt.

AVIATOR BLOWN I OUT OF PLANE Kansas City Aviator Manages To Land In Parachute Kan., Setpt. 4—(LTD- ( Joe Jaeobtton. Kans a.-- City aviator , flying in the Bendix air derby from ■ New York to Los Angeles. wae blown out of his airplane today when it exploded 5.000 feet in th", air but managed to descend safely in his parachute after an exciting 1 few momenta in which it appeared; the 'chute would not open. Jacobson came to earth in a field and was brought here by the far-! mer on whose land lie came down, i "I was blown clear out of the 1 ip’an", ’’ he said. “It felt as though i 1 had been hit on the head with a hammer. "When I came to, there was tire L and pieces of the ship all around j me. “I pulled the ripcord of the chute j and got fouled in the shrouds. "1 managed to get the 'chute straightened out and landed okay.; "All I could find of the ship was ■ about a foot of one wing tip. It just ' went all to pieces.’’ Jacobson's accident was the only serious upset in the race thus far.. Miss Amelia Earhart had trouble with a loosened hatch when she; ■ ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) | MAKE CHANGES IN RESIDENCES Several Decatur Families Move; Homes Are Purchased Several families have been busy this week moving to new locations. In one or two cases the changes were made because of the sale of the houses. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kirsch are moving from their home, 939 Walnut j street to their home recently purchased by them at 110 E. Rugg street, formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Cowens. Mr. and Mrs. Cowens are moving to 411 South First street, in the house formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Clayson J. Carroll and family, i who are moving into the E. L. Carroll residence, corner Second and Adams streets. The Carroll home has been remodeled into a duplex. It is one of the fine homes in the city. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Earnest are I moving from the Deininger apartment on Madison street to the , Kirsch house on- Walnut street. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Schmitt and ' Miss Grace Coffee are moving from the Coverdale residence, North ■ Second street, to 445 Winchester street which place Miss Cotte has I purchased.

Decatur. Indiana. Friday. Septi'inber I, 1936.

Tax Commissioner To Hold Hearing C. A. Ketchum, secretary of the ; state tax commission, has annottnc- I I ed that there will be a hearing in (Adams county on September 11 at I 9:30 a. tn. on the request for addi-l itional appropriations for Washing | | ton township The meeting will be | held in the county commissioners' room. r The money is needed in the special school fund. Three hundred ; dollars will be required in the fund for care of buildings and SIOO for fuel. o SUIT PARTIES ! ARE EXAMINED Examinations Held Today As Preliminary To Later Trial A suit to collect the remaining $7,000 alleged due supply linns and j brought by the Kentucky Rock Asphalt and two other rock asphalt] I processors, went into another stage j lof the legal complications, which have arisen from the construction ' of the Bernstein road, today. An examination of parties was conducted today in the county com-, Imissioners office in the absence ot special judge Sumtier Kenner. Ilunt- | ington, who in presiding over the I cane, since the change of venue of I judges taken recently. Witnesses were sworn before a notary public and their evidence taken in short hand for possible use in the trial, which (probably will be held thin fall. The Bernstein road is the ini-; proved Second street within Deca-1 tur. extending in Washington andi Root townships. It was paved in ; 1931 by O. W. I’. Macklin and com-1 pany, 'one of the defendants in the 1 suit. The entire contract was for $27.-1 000 but after the construction of the ' road, the county maintained after j accepting the (statements of its en-i gineens, that the road was short] $2,000 in materials as called for in , the specifications. The county had ipaid $20,000 of the contract and offered to settle the balance for $5,(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o • Five U. S. Marines Are Court Martiallled Peiping. Sept. 4—(UP) —Five U. S. Marines were court martialled today. They were charged with running up a red flag on the U. S. Embassy here. Four of tlie group were charged, ■in addition, with desertion, blackI jacking a sentry and stealing government arms. Early in August, according to the, court's charges, privates Edward J O. Kirby of Los Angeles, Ernest R. j Jameson of Lake View, Ore., P. J. Wilson of Baltimore, and Stephen I A. Redden. Jr., of Ridgeley, Md., rained a red curtain on the embassy flag ipole.

MONROE SCHOOL STAFF LISTED Monroe Township School Teachers Announced By Trustee The Monroe township school teachers have been hireuTSßr the i corning year, according io Edwin 1 Gilliom. township trustee. Several J changes were made in the staff 1 Miss Jeanette Rich is teaching at ] District No. 3 this year, succeed >ing Leo StiaUm. who was moved to No. *>. Harry Johnson is not I teaching in the township this year, hie is teaching in St. Mary’s townI ship. Al Monroe, several changes were 'made. Leonard Hewitt, of Selma. ] Indiana, succeeds Jacob Smuts. I Mr. Hewitt will teach commercial. ‘ physical education and will also I coach the athletic teams. Miss Helen Schenk, of St. Mary's township. and Miss Mabie Ryker of Hie southern part of the state will sueIceed Mrs. C. \V. R. Schwartz and I Mrs. Doyle Bauserman as teachers in the Monroe high school. i The complete list of teachers as announced by Mr. Gilliom are: Monroe high school Rolland , Sprunger. principal; Leonard Hewitt. commercial, physical education. coach; Elizabeth Leyse. history. English. Geneva Hodges, 'music. English: Helen Schenk. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) LABOR DAY TO BE OBSERVED — Business Generally M ill Be Suspended Here Next Monday — Business generally will he subI pended in Decatur on Monday. > Labor Day. in accordance with animal custom. Practically all retail establishments will be closed the entire day. Exceptions will be restaurants. hotels, garages, tilling stations. cigar stores and theaters. Meat markets of the city will be open until 10 a. m. Monday and some grocery stores may be opened for a few hours Monday. No special plans have been made for entertainment Monday. Many local residents are expected to take advantage of the last double holiday of the summer season "by motoring to lake resorts and other places of amusement. Labor Day will be the final day of freedom for school children ot the city and county. Both the city public and paroI chial schools and the rural and j town schools of the county will i open Tuesday morning. Pupils of the rural schools met ' this morning in their respective schools to obtain book lists and instructions for the year.

Rebels Capture City Os Irun After Loyalists Kill Captives; ' New Government Is Formed

-- — I New Coalition Government Is Formed Under L a r g o Caballero, A i Leader Os Socialist Party. MOVE TO LEFT Madrid. Sep? 7" (U.RI-A new left coalition government was I formed today under the leadership jof Largo Caballero, socialist lead- . er. The new government is composed of six socialists, two communists, one member of the republican | ! union, one Catalan, two leftist re- | publicans and one unnamed Basque. ; No members of the national confederation of laltor were included, in the new government, which pre-' sumably will replace that of Gen-| eral Jose Giral Pereira. Composition of the new cabinet is regarded as showing a definite move toward the left by the Madrid government. Since the outbreak of the revolution extreme leftist elements have struggled against their more' conservative colleagues for control j of Madrid. Caballero for years has been a leader of the socialist party. Its 1 platform calls for socialization of pr«Kluetion and confieation of large estates of tile landed gentry. Personnel ot' the new cabinet was announced as follows: Premier Largo Cabellero. Foreign minister —Julio Alvarez Del Vayo. Finance minister—Juan Negrin. Navy and air minister indalucio I Prieto. Interior minister—Angel Galarza. Industry and commerce minister Anastasio de Gracia. Agriculture minister Vioenes I Vribe. i. iwlueation minister — Jesus Hermandez. 1 Communications minister DerI nardo Giner De Los Rios. Labor minister Tomas Y. Pie. Justice minister — Mariano Ruiz (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ALL OFFICERS ARE REELECTED Citizens Telephone Com- ’ pany Stockholders In Annual Meet A good gain in business and prosi pects of improving conditions were ’ reported at the annual stockholders meeting of the Citizens telephone ’ company Thutxday evening. All of tlie old officers were re--1 elected. These are: Leo Yager, ■ president: Sam Hite first vice-preei- ' dent; S. E. Bell, second vice-presid-ent; Charles Voglewede. treasurer, ■ and Herman Ehinger, secretaray ' and general manager. A total of 126 new telephones were installed by the company in the last fiscal year. An exceptionally good gain in toll calls was also reported for the ipast I Officials said the outlook for fall anj winter is good and that the de-1 mand for service is expected to <Oll- ■ tinue on the increase. * Plans were made for the promotion of business and additional service to the public. o Gilliom Condition Reported Unchanged Obed Gilliom. 29. a patient in the , Adams county memorial hospital, today was reporte das being in about the same condition he was when brought to the inst-itution 1 Thursday noon with a fractured 1 Skull and davical. His injuries were sustained when the wagon load of hay he was driv--3 Ing was struck head-on by a truck ; driven by Paul Harr of Lebanon, i o Central School Office ‘ Open Tonight, Saturday P; Bryce Thomas, principal of the f Central grade school, announced this morning that the school office ; will be open from 7 to 8 o’clock 1 this evening and from 1 to 3 o’clock I Saturday afernoon. The school is open to give puipile t an opportunity to exchange used e books or obtain book slips for the d fifth, sixth and seventh or eighth i grades.

PRESIDENT TO VISIT INDIANA STATE CAPITAL Officials Os Three States To Confer With Roosevelt Indianapolis, Sept. 4.—<U.R> -Officials from three neighboring J drought-ridden states were en route to Indianapolis today for a conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Representatives from Ohio. Kentucky. Michigan and Indiana will I meet the president tomorrow to I talk over immediate relief and longI term plans for agriculture. Accompanying the president when liis special train arrives at 9 a. m. for a six-hour visit will be Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture; Rexford G. Tugwell, undersecreatry of agriculture; Harry Hopkins, works progress : administrator, and Robert FechI ner. civilian conservation corps di- . rector. Gov. A. B. Chandler of Kentucky, ■accompanied by Adjt. Gen. Lee McI Lain and Dan Talbott, agricultural (expert, are scheduled to arrive tonight. t'. S. Senators Alben W. Barkley and M. M. Logan of Kentucky are to drive here tomorrow. Gov. Martin 1.. Davey of Ohio and one aide are scheduled to tiy to Indianapolis from Columbus this afternoon. Sen. Robert J. Bulkley, of Ohio is to arrive by train tomorrow from Cleveland. Gov. Frank D. Fitzpatrick and Sen. Arthur Vanderberg of Michigan were reported motoring to Indianapolis this morning. Immediately upon arrival the president will be taken for a tour of the city, visiting more than a half dozen major work relief projects. He will deliver a short address from in front of the grandstand at the state fair ground before drought conference begins. Gov. Paul V. McNutt appointed a committee to meet the president composed of Senators Sherman | Minton and Frederick Van Nuys; Mayor John W. Kern: Clarence E. ■ Manion, state chairman of the national emergency council: Vai McLau. V. S. district attorney; Omer Stokes Jackson, state Democratic chairman; Wayne Coy. state welfare director; Thomas D. Taggart, national Democratic committeeman from Indina; Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend: Dr. Carleton B i McCullough, former Democratic (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Public Library To Be Closed Monday Min.s Ruth Winnes, librarian, anjnounced today that the Decatur public library will be clotted all day Monday, September 7, which is Labor Day. 0 — .. HARRY RICHMAN REACHES LONDON Translantic Fliers To Start Homeward Trip In Short Time London, Seipt. 4 —(UP) — The Lady Peace, bearing Harry Richman and Dick Merrill, transatlantic fliers, arrived at Croydon airport today from Bristol. Crowds at the airport cheered as the trans Atlantic ship made a per--1 feet landing at 7:59 A. M. SCT. The demonstration, although hearty and enthusiastic, could not be compared with thutSb given long-dtetance fliers in the last decade when such flights were historic. Richman was heseiged by newspapermen as soon as lie had taxied hie plane to a hangar and descend- ' ed. He said he was returning to the > United States just as soon as winds I w’ere favorable. On his eastward i voyage, the Lady Peace encounter- : ed averse winds. ; ‘‘l am very happy to be here.” Richman said. "It was a wonderful ) reception." I The night club entertainer joked i as he was jostled by autographi seekers, mostly school children and * tourists.

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Key City Is In Flames AS Loyalists Flee; Hold 200 Hostages With A Threat To Kill. SLAUGHTER MANY Behobie, French-Spanish Frontier. Sept. 4.— (U.R) — Loyalist militiamen killed 50 rebel captives today, then surrendered the burning city of irun, its streets drenched with blood, to the victorious insur. gents. As the rebels completed their capture of Irun. the loyalists sent tw’o hundred other hostages to Fort Guadeloupe. They are held in custody by a “suicide squad" oil 20 loyalists who have sworn to hold the fortress or kill their insurgent prisoners if it is captured. These last drastic measures were taken by the defenders oC irun after they were forced to tlee the city before an overwhelming rebel attack. Irun was burning at a dozen points as its defenders tied, many of them across the border into France. Machine gun and rifle tire rattled through the streets in which many bodies lay. The remaining government defenders fled in confusion across the border into France. A rebel drive was started against San Sebastian to the west and their forces advanced a mile to Pasajes, deep-water port of San Sebastian, where fighting was in progress. The battle which ended in the captured of Irun lasted four hours. The city had been abandoned by 3 p. m. by all but a few members of its government. More than half of Irun was in flames. Tiie rebels were in complete possession. They captured the city hall and then drove off the last loyalist defenders, 40 of whom trie<| to hold the bridge-head leading to Hendaye in France. A spectacular fire raged at the bridgehead, where the loyalists set fire to 40 automobile and armored cars to prevent their use by tho rebels. The civil governor of San Sebastian arrived in Hendaye. It was (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) AUTHOR PRAISED BYPRESIDENT Roosevelt Pays Tribute To Mark Twain In Day’s Address Hannibal. Mo., Sept. 4. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt paid a simple tribute to the memory of Marie Twain today as he stood on the banks of the sluggish Mississippi here and dedicated a bridge named in honor of one of America's foremost men of letters. Recalling that as a boy he “had the happy privilege of shaking hands with him," Mr. Roosevelt observed that “Mark Twain and his tales still live, though the years have passed and time has wrought its change on the Mississippi." The president came to this picturesque spot from Des Moines, la., where yesterday and last night he sat at the same table in friendly conference with Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, the Republican candidate for his office. Putting temporarily aside tha consideration of drought and its allied troubles, the chief executive devoted a set speech to recounting the boyhood memories associated with the reading- of Toni Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, characters made immortal in the nation’s literature by Samuel Clemens, better known as Marie Twain. Pointing to the gigantic bridge spanning the river between Mis(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 Lloyd Bryan Accepts Position As Principal Lloyd Mryan, teacher at Monmouth the past few years, has resigned to accept a position as principal at the Anthony Wayne school in Fort Wayne. The school has 26D puipils and seven teachers. 0 WEATHER Fair tonight, becoming unsettled Saturday; somewhat warmer Saturday.