Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1936 — Page 1

MI l» iIWIAPOLIS I |K MOANING l o elt 'i'”' t : "’ itai K \nnual State I air ■ m ~i u.r> ■>• ■ *'' •» . , President ' ,-1 ' * h “* n "‘ . .1..-- 5,: "7 ■ ..lid lM>" hi..! Ottl- ■ ■ lllsll ■ » rw b Through ” is " ulianul ” rains Ip'P'sl -his corn ..all”" most ot ■ w.nt n-.trly ■ ' no tattoo jB.", . wliea' Hat Vesting was ,H. .bought K. T ., ,|.oiidi' ami extreme K.,r. into the <orn crop exM.,..' o: More re. ent K ,i: H‘oe.l .am stand in northern part of the Motion almost h ,ap |r, tarmers of In K similarly hard hit pastures ili'e.l up and a K,, food mt their c attle prices up. A B Chandler of Martin 1.. Davey of Kkii.l Frank I 1 Fitzpatrick of anil, a’--I . ondiflons in were similar. K ompHUiecl Mlai'-d S'.’’- -• iiators. state ... heads and experts. ■h, 111"..'.- -■ last on Hff.snlents through the - -. hdiiled as the us Ins li.H.uiiapolis visit. upon arrival he ■to be taken tor a jcarade ■ „.• swing ■ ate mu. a •■on of relief pro ■> i. »;; ■••er.,| sec tions ■k tour ituief.iry led to the ■g fairzroundc- f . ra brief ad■g by -‘.e pr. siueii m front of ■ pindstand. ■n>ni the .uuids the route ■ ta. k to the center of the city ■ liiiirlpou and conferences at ■ Iniiiaoapol s Athletic club. ■ Fair Opens Sep! (U.R) ■a of the Indiana state fair■vui swung op. n at 11 a. m. to■to admit wti.it was expected ■ > the hr.-si opening day ■rd::. Ilm '(;. ..• history of the ■nition. ■ i".s:' I.y Pt, - d. nt Franklin I), ■tercit and tie,, admission to ■krra enjoyn.r their final week- ■ More the opening of school, ■iri attendance. ■ H Taylor Booneville, presi- ■ state of agricul- ■ predicted that attendance for ■ mmi days ~f the exposition ■ rnrh JSnfiuu tl) 4001100 pal( | ■mrd attendance for the fair ■ let at 316.927 last year. ■bteai n ew records already ■Mu set by this 1936 edition ■<kf expose m. The advance tickets at h~-price was more than any previous ■rM in many of the various ■<’k and produce departments !J* highest in history and ex- ■“ space in the manufacturGilding, on the farm equip- • lots and other display cent•ere sold out many weeks ago. ’keeping with the slogan of biggest and best state fair hilory, the Johnny J. Jones **l troupe has brought the F ”ried show ever to be pre--1 °n the boisterous midway. tocoratic Women To Meet At Berne '' opening meeting of the Adotnty Democratic women's W| l be held at Lehman park r ®' Thursday, September 17, •' time a picnic supper will *fcyed. H. Museeltnan ot Berne t.s Ik. e * la ' rnian of the event and * *s»!ated ,by the Democratic that town. The club has 7“ Mr s. Grady of LaGrange to anii to speak at the meet®hj(jelno<!ratic wome are urged |.| Clutl com niittee met recently ns were made for the OctoUt?!. 1118 ' Mis « Florence Halt- # be general chairman and ln g will be held in Decatur ...7' Oc tober 15. Further an- • ents win be made later.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

CITY DEMANDS STREET LIGHTS I Huntington Council Takes Action To Assure I Lighted Streets Huntington. Sept. s—Mayor C. W. H. Range and nine of his appointees are named defendants in a doiFbie barreled action filed in circuit court to keep street lights > burning without curtailment and to prevent the mayor and his subordinates from 111 rp in g off the • lights. . 1 Tile suit, which asks a mandate | for the one purpose and in injunction for the other, was filed by Claude Cline, former city attorney and member of the committee appointed by council last week "to take action to keep the street lights burning.” Judge Summer Kenner issued a temporary restraining order and temporary mandatory Injunction and set September 16 as hearing date. The mayor’s co-defendants are James Keefe, acting light plant mrperintendent; Harrison O. Richardson. chief engineer of the waterworks, and light plants: William Hartman and O. M Gard, assistant engineers; Ray C. Forst, chief of police; Vernon T. Pinkerton, assistant poljcte chief: James Lilttie, i police captain, and Carl U JacdtHon clerk and cashier for the unofficial city light utility. The suit is based on authority granted by a motion passed at a. special council session empowering President Pro Clyde L. Souera to take action “for and on behalf of the common council and in the name of the common council and in the name of the common council as may be legally done to carry out the recommendation of the committee of the council..” The committee had previously reported that it found no justification for turning off street lights or . curtailing service, that "the facts show an unlawful diversion and misuse of the street light appropriation” ami recommending that "the council has it within its power to prevent such diversion and to keep the street lights burning.” , I . o TWO ARE HURT IN AIR CRASH Benny Howard And Wife Os Chicago Are Crit- . ically Injured Crown Point, N. M.. Sept. 5— (VP)— Benny Howard. Chicago air speeding and hie pretty wife. Maxine. today were in critical conditions j In the Crown Point hospital from in- . juries they received late yesterday , when their Bendix Air race Speedstar crashed on the Navajo Indian ' reservation. , Dr. Fred Loe told the United Press the recovery of Howard was "extremely doubtful" but Mrs. Howard had a “fighting chance." Howard’s injuries included two . broke lege concussion of the brain. ■ interna’ injuries and severe of 1 blood. Mrs. Howard has two broken 1 legs, a broken arm and was suffering from severe shock. The crash occurred. Dr. Ixie theorized, when the oil line on the ' plane. "Mr. Mulligan" broke. 1 Actual details of the crash were 1 not learned. Howard was uncon--1 actons. Dr. Loe said, ami Mrs. How t--1 ard was too weak to explain the, accident. 1 If either of the two live, the phy1 sician said it probably would be ' necessary to amutate both their legs. ’ Both lost a great deal of blood. ’ The crash occurred about noon yes- ' terday. it was not until 3 p. m. that the plane was flighted by school teiacher. It was another three hours 1 before the aviatore -could be taiken to the hospital. During that first three hours. '; Howard was pinned in the wreckage of the iplane, which however, was found upright. The flow of blood ! had not been stopped when he was reached. Howard was leading the Bendix racers when he left Kansas t ity where he refueled his p'ane. He was ' within a few hundred miles of his ’ goal. Last year Howard in the same ; plane, averaged 239 miles per hour. J to win first place In the Bendix , race. He made the New York to Kansas 1 (CONTINUED ON PAOK THREE) ■ — » 1 Conservation Club Will Meet Monday The County conservation club ■ will meet Monday evening. Septem I ber 7, at the St. John’s school, i ■ north of Decatur on federal high- ■ way 27. All members are urged' to ■ attend. ‘

Roosevelt Dedicates Mark Twain Bridge 1 ..-1,. J J i J" MSB** 1 , LHHKWMgIHESBMHaKWrWHMi Returning home from a tour of inspection of the Northwest Drought areas. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped at Hannibal, Mo., to dedicate the million-doilar Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River. President Roosevelt is pictured cutting the ribbon officially opening the . bridge. At left is Governor Guy B. I’ajk of Missouri and at right Governor Henry Horner of Illinois.

SLAYER GIVEN TIME FOR PLEA Confessed Van Wert Killer Granted Additional Time For Plea Van Wert. 0.. Sept. 5. — Loris LonganXeker, 28, confessed sTayer of Mrs. Mary Jane Woodruff. 85, wealthy Van Wert widow, was granted a "reasonable extension of time" before entering a plea to a first-degree murder charge Friday by Common Pleas Judge Sumner Walters. The slight, nervous strangler whose crime was a locat mystery for over a year, appeared in the courtroom with his attorney, John Albright. Democratic candidate for prosecutor. Albright said he had been retained only a few minutes before by Longanecker's mother, .Mrs. J. L. Rank, of this city. Explaining that he had only five minutes in which to talk with his client before making the mandat-1 ory appearance 24 hours following indictment. Attorney Albright re-! quested tlfe court for an extension. 1 The motion was granted immed-! iately. That the prisoner would be ar-1 raigned no sooner than Tuesday September 8. was considered like-, ly. Just what the plea will be is | unknowh. but the general opinion was that Longanecker would p'ead not guilty on grounds of insanity. It is expected that he will be taken to the Lima state hospital for the criminal insane for an examintion. regardless of the verdict of the three-judge tribunal which will pass on the case. CONNECTIONS AT PLANT ARE MADE Piping Connections For New Equipment At City Plant —.- Piping connections from the condensers and turbines at the (City light and power plant to the spray pond were being made today by Freyn Bros., of Indianapolis, con-j tractors on the job. It is p’anned to have all connections made by Monday night, it being necessary to make them at this time while the 3,000-KWH turbine is idle, due to the General Electric shut down over Labor Day. Work on the construction of the building will be resumed Tuesday and it i« expected that the structure will be completed by the first of October. W. C. Bevington of Indianapolis, engineer on the job was here yesterday and conferred with the contractors. The new 2,600 KWH turbine and condenser is expected next month, city officials stated. Legion Committees Will Meet Tonight Membeni of the executive committee of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion, who served under Dee Fryback, and the committee serving under the present commander, Henry Faurote, are asked to meet at the legion home ;at 8 o’clock tonight.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 5, 1936.

Otto Hoile Places At Ohio State Fair Otto Hoile, well known farmer’ and livestock breeder of Union township, has returned from the Ohio state fair at Columbus, where he exhibited Chester white hops. Mr. Hoile won fifth prize in the | class. The grand champion barrow of the show was a Chester white hog and it was sold by Col. Fred Reppert of Decatur for SI.BO per pound. The hog weighed 195 pounds. Mr. Hoile has won several prizes on his Chester white hogs at the Indiana state fair. ——o MEETING HELD FRIDAY NIGHT Red Cross Work In First Aid Explained To Local Committee Mobile equipment, rural stations| j and private lessons in first aid were I ! explained to the Adams county Red t Cross executive committee by D. IH. Brown, field representative of! 1 Indiana for the American Red I i Cross, at a meeting held in Deca I I tur Friday night. Mr. Brown has just returned! from four months rehabilitation services in the flood areas around I Pittsburgh. He told of some of his experiences there and of the benefits rendered by the money raised for flood relief by county units. , A report was made on the work I of the Adams county Red Cross; organization in its first aid tent on ' the court house square during thel Centennial celebration. Full equip-' ( inent and a registered Red Cross; ; nurse were maintained in the tent I ! throughout the week. Thirty-five cases were handled | by the local tent. Only first aid | treatment was rendered. Phys-; icians were called as soon as possible by the Boy Scouts, who vol-1 unteered their services during theji week. Mr. Brown then explained the twin programs of accident preven ! tion and first aid training, being sponsored by the American Red | Cross throughout the country. The i accident prevention program was 1 I publicized through the schools.! County superintendents and teach-j era were given the information and ' instructions for this. The first aid training program is J being pushed on a number of; fronts. WPA classes have been held in many cities. These have I been conducted by representatives of the Red Cross and attended by private citizens as well as WPA workers. Decatur students enrolled in Fort Wayne classes. Something new in the program is the establishment of highway! first aid stations. These are usually placed in service stations which have more than one attendant. Equipment and training are given the attendants. The stations are well marked in order that they may be easily located. Polic and firemen are being given first aid instructions. Another ((•OV“iV|TRn ON PAGE THREE) 0 WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, showers northwest, somewhat warmer tonight except extreme south ‘ west; unsettled Sunday, showers central and north.

MAKE TRIP TO INDIANA FAIR Forty Boys And Girls Os County Given Free Trip To State Fair Forty Adams county boys and girls are attending the Indiana utate fair today a»> rc wards for outstanding work in 4-H club in the county during the last year. Cars were donated and the trips I will be free to the winners. Those who attended today are: Gerhart Schwartz. Eugene Am- | old. Katherine Lehman, Ernestine ■ Lehman. Raymond Kolter, Grace Mosser. Catherine Mosser, Raymond Mazeline, Margaret Moses, Clarence Schrock. Marion Burke. Loren Kruetzman. Leßoy Schwartz, Roy G. Schwartz. David Habegger, Naomi Steury. Barbara Lehman, Dorothy Hoffman. Marguerite Kitson. Dorothy Werling, Agnes Schultz, Bernice Mathys, I Donna Belle Arnold. Mary Cline, ■ Beatrice Mathys. Ruby Reynolds. I DeVonna Kleine. Hilda Bttltemeier, | Arthur Poling. Warren Harden, I Harvey Smith. Lloyd Kitson, MarI garet Poling. Helen Ineichen. Deloris Dailey. Margaret Alls- | paw. Irene Cline. Joel Habegger, j Paul Harden. Chester Schwartz, ! and Earl George Fuhrman. | In addition. Wilma Miller of this city and Juanita Lehman of Washington township, are attending a two weeks school in home economics in connection with the I fair. They were enrolled in this I school for exceptional 4-H club ; work. They left a week ago and ' will remain during the fair. o ; Local G. E. Worker Given Large Award Frieda Merriman, employed at the I Decatur works :>f the General ElecI trie, hae been awarded $35 for an | operating suggestion during the | ipast month. This was one of the I highest awards paid during the ! month and is in adition to antward ! of $65 previ .usly made to Miss Merriman. Awards totaling $940 were made i to employes during the four weeks I period ending August 22. with W. H. I Barseis of the Fort Wayne plant I receiving SSO as the largest indi- . vidual award. o Gilliom Condition Remains Critical The condition of Obed Gilliom. 29, of southwest of Decatur, remained critical today. He i« a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital where he is suffering from injuries ! sustained when the hay wagon on which he was riding wan struck by a truck driven by Paul Harr of Lebanon. Thursday on .11. S. highway 27 north of Berne. ——‘ o Falls Under Train, Killed Instantly South Bend, Ind.. Sept. S—(U.R)5 —(U.R) —Jack Casey, 64, Dumon, was killed instantly last night when he fell beneath the wheels of a Grand Trunk freight train. A note found on the body instructed, ‘‘in case of death notify Horace Swisher, Thayer, Ind.”

BUILDING IN DECATUR HITS j NEW HIGH PEAK Construction Work In Citv Is Heaviest In Many Years Building in Decatur has reached its highest peak since the depression, with many persons unable to find contractors ajid laborers to do their work. Most spectacular of the work done this summer han been the erection of the giant silos at the Central Soya company. Pouring of the concrete has been completed but the tops have not been set. The silos are one continuous piece and laborers poured the cement night and day wfthoift stop. The exterior of the elevator has also been completed at the Soya I company. The Sugar company’s j new office is nearly finished. The new furniture comp an y, which is occupying the Macy building west of the city, is doing some remodeling as it installs its machinery. Workmen are removing the forms on the new coal bin at the county court house. This will hold two carloads of coal and will permit truck® to drive on the top and dump the coal directly into the bins. The two carload capacity bin at the county infirmary was finish- | ed several weeks ago. I Work is progressing slowly on the addition to the Zion Reformed church because of the inability to ’ obtain necessary materials. This will lie completed this year. The Gulf filling station at the intersection of Fourth and Monroe will be completed this fall, it is I expected. Work hat: been delayed ( until the contractor can find time for It. The excavation has been com- ‘ pleted and the foundations and sidewall laid for the basement of ’ the home being constructed by Dr. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O—LOCAL RESIDENT REPORTS ATTACK John Leyse Reports Being Shot At Three Times Last Night John Leyse. employe of the Ford garage of this city, was shot at . three times, one of the bullets passing through hin left sleeve, ac- ■ cording to a story told Sheriff Dall- . as Brown and City Night Police- . man Floyd Hunter last night at 10:30 o’clock. f No motive could be given by E' L<eyse for the assault by the two - men. whom he could not identify. • According to his story the same “ men chased him Sunday night. i The assault was alleged to have > ; taken place on a country road four I miles south and two miles west of pecatur. He said thgt the two l men. driving an automobile believed to have been a Buick and bearing Illinois license plates, chased him from Decatur ajid forced him off the road. He said they pulled him out of his car as eoon as it came to a stop. They fired three shots at him, tore most of the clothes off his back and struck him several times in the face. Powder burns on his arm indicated that the bullet had been fired at close range, local authorities stated. His face was bruised but his condition was not serious. He said that he finally managed to free himself from the met:, who he said were between 40 and 45 yeaj-s of age. He jumped in his car and one of the attackers leaped on the running board. By crisscrossing over the road he managed to shake them off and drove to Decatur where he informed the authqrities. The case was investigated immediately. At the scene of the tussle, marks and evidences of the fight coujd be observed on the road. No trace of the car and the men could be discovered, however. L>eyse said that Sunday night, a car believed to have been the same one, chased him home. He said at that time he (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0Donald Wolf Is Injured Friday Donald Wolf, son of Curt Wolf, . High street, was lacerated about the face Friday night at 8 p. m. when he stumbled over a wire on the ■ court house lawn. He and some friends were playing at the time of the accident.

English Society Woman Completes Atlantic Flight

I REVOLTERS IN SPAIN CONTROL FRONTIER NOW I Seize International Bridge; New Government In Action (By United Press) Today’s developments in the Spanish civil war. Hendaye—Rebels gain control of frontier by storming last loyalist defenders at International bridge: all males 21 and over mobilize at San Sebastian. Madrid — Government prepares military, civil plans of action cov- ‘ ering all fronts and the territory behind the fighting lines; new chieftans named to defend Madrid. Oviedo —Cfty is short of wajer as loyalists intensify attack. Planes drop hand bills on Oviedo, appealing to soldier and civil guards to overwhelm officers. Barcelona —Police confiscate SB,- ' 400,000 in treasure at cathedra,!. IJsbon —Madrid wireless in entirely unconfirmed dispatch says loyalists penetrated Alcazar at Toledo. bombed rebels with hand yrenades and forced surrender of ’, many. Madrid. Spajn, Sept. 5—(U.R)— Spain’s new yovernment has prepared a military plan covering the ■ entire country and will put it into immediate effect upon its approval by the war ministry, it was announced today. A new national plan covering the Bituation behind the fighting lines will be studied at a cabinet meeting tomorrow. Pledged to single minded suppression of the rebellion, and following that, a policy of peace and friendship with all nations, the new 1 left wing cabinet proceeded with energy to ite many tasks. . The military situation was up- ' permost and it was recognized that the San Sebastian and Toledo fronts were of first iportance. Rebel consolidation of victory in the north or a break through to Tloedo, would put the rebels on direct highways to the capital. Col. Jose Ascension of the general stajf was named chief of opera- • tions for central Spain and thus will have supreme command of the capital area; embracing the defens • of the city both from the north and the south. The cabinet decided to merge the navy and air ministries under Indelecla, Brieto. socialist leader. It will be the "ministry of marines and air.” ONE IS KILLED AT AIR RACES National Air Races Opened With One Death, Three Injured Los Angeles, Sept. 5. — (U.RI — ( Speed pilots, racing against a back- . drop of death and injury that ' marked the bloodiest opening day in national air race history, risked their necks today in the most perilous contests of all —the speed dashes. Men and women pilots were ready to speed their tiny racing craft over treacherous 5 and 10mile courses. Speed as high as 175 miles per hour was expected in the Amelia Earhart trophy race for women; and 255 m.p.h. in the Shell trophy race for men. the two feature events. A toll of one dead and four injured, three critically, marked the opening program which featured Louise Thaden's victory in the $15,000 Bendix race from New York. The races had not opened formally when L. C. Faulkner, San Diego seaman making his 39th parachute jump for a S9O prize, was dashed to his death before 50,000 spectators. His 'chute fouled 50 feet above the earth, the fall snapping his neck. Spectators were tiling ou tof the stands hours later when word rached the airfield that Benny How- , ard, for whom many had waited, had crashed his Bendix racer in , New Mexico, seriously injuring himself and wife. ' A few minutes later 19 parachute .CCONTINUfiU ON fAGJD

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Mrs. Markham First Woman To Make Solo Flight On East To West Route; Bad Weather Encountered. ! FLIES SPEEDILY St. Georoe. N. 8., Sept. 5— ((jp)_Mrs. Beryl Varkham’s plane was sighted over St. George at 10:45 a. m. local time today. ■ St. John’s, N. F.. Sept. s.—<U.R> Mrs. Beryl Markham, 31-year-ol<l ' English mother, crossed the At. lantic ocean today in her turquoise blue monoplane, the first woman ever to succeed in a solo flight over the hazardous east to west ' route. The plane in which Mrs. Markham is attempting a non-stop flight from Abingdon. England, to New York City, was sighted at 11 a. tn., Newfoundland summer time, over Renews, approximately 25 miles north of Cape Race, southeastern tip of Newfoundland. Fifteen minutes later, the plane was sighted passing the cape, moving at tre« mendous speed. 4 j The daring Englishwoman succeeded in making the perilous crossing in the face of odds so overwhelming that other fliers had advised her against attempting it at this time. Her plane bucked headwinds on much of the flight and 500 miles out from Newfound- • land it moved into the center of > a storm area which had been mov--1 ing northeastward for days. i It was this storm which prompt- • ed Harry Richman and Richard Merrill, American fliers, to delay ' the return trip on their flight from i New York to England. But as the powerful, low-winged percival gull plane made Landfall ■ overHenews, Mrs. Markman found ■ her luck changing for the better. I Authorities at Cape Race estimated that she had a 40-mile an i hour following wind. It was still raining and foggy in spots, how- ■ ever. Halifax. N. S„ to the south, also > reported favorable winds. Inhabitants of Renews, a fishing 1 village, got their first glimpse of . the trans-Atlantic air voyager from the southeast. The plane roared in at a low altitude, while Mrs. Markham evidently took bearings, banked and sped off to the south- ■ west. Fifteen minutes later, she pass- ■ ed Cape Race. Mrs. Markham left England at 11:50 a. m. CST yesterday. Her ' destination was Floyd Bennett air- ’ port, Brooklyn. N. Y. Her plane was sighted by thd steamer Spaarndam at 6 a. m. CST.. approximately 250 miles east of Bonavista Bay. N. F. At that time, it was 17 hours and 50 minutes since Mrs. Markham had taken off from Abingdon airdrome. An hour and four minutes later, her blue airplane was sighted from the liner Kungsholm, about 60 miles east of the Newfoundland coast. The plane carries no radio. o Farley Asks Workers To Back Roosevelt Fort Wayne. IInd„ Sept. S—(U.R) \ —The United electrical and radio workers of America meeting in their first annual convention were I to be asked today to support labor’s non-partisan league in support of the re-election of President ' Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 190 delegates, representing 55,000 members were expected to react favorably to the resolution, ' formulated after a spirited plets Rep. Jajnes I. Farley of Auburn, 1 for support of the Democratic cause. Two cities entered bids for thd 1937 con vent io n— Springfield, Mass,, and Philadelphia. Pa. Tha 1 site will not be selected until lata 1 tomorrow or Monday. Youth Killed By Hit-Run Driver, Fort Wayne Ind., Sept. 5 —(UP)— I Norman Resor, 17, wa* killed latd I yesterday when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a hit-and-ruil 1 driver on Road 30 east ot here. Two oompani-oue swerved into A ’ ditch to evade the car which waa • ipansing another machine on a curve 1 when it etruck Resor’s bicycle head- • on. A strip ot radiator grill and a headlight rim torn away by the impact (partly identified the car ag • either a etudebaker or a Chryßler,