Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1936 — Page 1

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l/.S. Warships Are {Ordered To Leave I Spain Immediately

B r( | c r -n Warships ■ Withdrawn Immediate- ■|. |join "I’ain To NearOp European Ports. ■ u xK ( OXTINTES <U,R> ■’, I '--lay withdrew battl-shiP- from Spanish ■„.. U dispat..lA ... of further incidents ■*' * ■ )>. ;,U.■topled bombing of ■ ' I'-'- '»'>l>l*‘<l *' ;th »Lfart that nm-t \mericans who ■L,, ' ■ s l‘ ai " alrea,,y K, don I" th- action. - Cordell Hull ■Lj th., ships, of Which there Urtwnib ar •- «>■' ,0 European ports and may t„ Spanish waters for Utergein' cation work W v th.' tint., the secretary that the -tale depart- ■ nl h.,. 1 -I t's diplomatic jKj ,-o.sulpr i.prewentatives in r> ..| ..in at their own dis■Ttioa and ' in th»-ir individual jKa>> tin- sp .atton seems to be ■ I.rantee reasonable safety. ndieation that :. Spam micht become -.. nwessitate closi 'li'ed States embassy K withdraw all repre■pp.y , . ..m the country, but ■,■„,:! • no snch blanket ..... . inplatd.. and any future action will be K, the dis. retion of the vardiplomatic officers. noint-sl out that ever since ■» .mtlr-eak of the Spanish civil ■ government and .utd consular repre■gutiv>« tn Spain have repeatedr ,>N I’AC.E THREE) S ■ " — * IfflAL HERDS I PLAN MEETING liberals Os All Parties I To Meet Friday At ■ . Chicago ■ th., ar.. Sept 10. <U.P.) —Fifty ■r more liberal leaders of all po■tiral parties will confer here toKorrii* in losed session to decide ■hsir course in the presidential ■unpaign. ■ Moving spirit tiehind the conferBfto- is Sen Robert M. LaFollette, Mho led Wisconsin Progressives ■at of the Republican party and Mho has supposed much new deal Mgisltaion. ■ Larollette and seven others who Mstwl the call for the conference Mtve refused to enlarge on the ■tatement that it merely is a meet■A to determine “joint action." I Mayor Fiorella H. Laguardia of ■-« York another signer, announced last week he would support Mr. Booseveit. Others on the list are ■oosii to be friendly to the presi■ent I The meeting is expected to bring] Mil George W. Norris of Nebraska ■om his summer “hideout" in the ■Wisconsin woods and clarify his position in the campaign. He has ■•ot commented on a petition tiled 'o Lincoln yesterday which will place his name on the ballot as an “dependent candidate for re-elec-lion. Gov. Hjalmar Peterson of Minneota. heir to the Farmer-Labor adership of the late Gov. Floyd B °n. win attend. A few days be"!l' he died, Gov. Olson appealed “r re-election of President Roosevelt. "thers who have accepted includ'd Sen. Elmer Benson and Rep. ‘■-I Kvale of Minnesota; Reps. ° rgp J. Schneider, Harry Saut»n and Gardner Withrow of Wiswtisin. and Allen Bouge of South Jan,ea G Blauvelt, RidgeN. J. ; George T. David. San -Maurice Davidson, New

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NO INCREASES IN ENROLLMENT No Increase Is Shown In Enrollment In Public Schools i A survey today failed to show any increase in the enrollment in the i publie schools ot the elty. The numI ber is expected to be increased tty i next week, school officials state. 1 While no one factor was cited as ’ cause for the decrease, local schools have been no exception in the mat--1 ter. Schools in Fort Wayne. Bluff--1 ton and other surrounding towns ' and cities are all reporting a decided decrease. One of the reasons for the slighter enrollment, school heads believe, is added employment available. This, they say. Is especially true in the ! high school, where students of that age have been able to secure emp’oyment in local factories, shops , and stores. While the population of the city has not decreased, several large families. embracing a number of school age children, have moved away. The senior class of the high school lost five students this way. The high school enrollment was located by 30 last year, when the method,of mid-year promotion was dispensed with. The smaller number of graduates from the townshsip school was also suggested as a reason. Teaching Staff The following is a list of instructors in the school*. North Ward John R. Parrish, Prin., Fourth grade Elizabeth Peterson. First grade. E*~Ha Hellemeyer, Second grade. Florence Haney, Third grade. South Ward Eva Acker. Prin.. First grade Effie Patton. Second grade j Matilda Sellemeyer, Third grade i E'ecta Oliver, Fourth grade Riley Building | Nell Winnes, Prin., Second grade I Ruth Vizard. First grade Bertha Bunner. Third grade Margaret Moran. Fourth grade Central Building Bryce Thomas, Prin.. Arithmetic Grace Coffee, Language and writing Harry Dailey, Arithmetic Glennie Elzey. Reading J. Lowell Smith. Georgraphy Eleanor Pumphrey. Spelling, writing and composition. Edward Jaberg. History and Civics Sy'veeter Everhart, Hygiene and General Science. High School W. Guy Brown. Prin.. Social Science Sigurd Anderson. Commercial Vaughn Millikan, Commercial and Mathematics Deane Dorwin, History Elizabeth Frisinger, Latin Eloise Lewton. English R. iA. Adams, Science (OGNTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o GOVERNOR DAY AT STATE FAIR Gov. McNutt, Legislators Guests At Indiana Fair Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 10 —(UP) | Governor Pau! V. McNutt and Indiana legislators were guests of the board of argiculture at the 84th annual state fair today. Girls in the home economics school were to serve the governor and the legislators at a luncheon in the women's building. The program for the day included judging of Belgian honses. Shropshire and Dorset* sheep, and spotted Poland China and Hampshire •swine, grand circuit racing. Hoosier music festival and the regular midway and daily attractions. Beth Bray, Westfield, and David Raiden, Bedford, members o.f the music festival band, were awarded , scholarships valued at 190 and SSO. respectively, for the Indiana University school of music. Orin Wilson, Marion, and George Rix, Delaware, 0., showed leading competitors in judging of grade draft horses. 4-H colts, and draft! teams in harness. First prize in the four-year-old class of the Percheon breeding sec-, tion was won by the Conner Prairie (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I

100,000 MAY HEAR F. 0.0. ( SPEAK TODAY . Roosevelt To Address “Green Pastures’’ Rally At Charlotte Charlotte, N. ('., Sept. JO.—<(J.P) ' This “Queen City of the South" welcomed 75,000 Democrats to a “green pastures” rplly today to ■ hear a major address by President Roosevelt. The president, resting at Asheville. N (’., after a motor trip over the Tennessee and North Carolina mountains, is scheduled to speak at the Charlotte municipal stadium • at 5 p. m. EST. From seven states came prominent Democrats — governors, sen--3 ators and congressmen—to promj ise Mr. Roosevelt their support in . the November elections. The city ■_ was draped in gay flags and bunt- , ing. Officials estimated attendance . at the stadium may reach 100.000. At Asheville, the president tuckr ed away pen and paper after sev- ( era! hours' work, satisfied with the final draft of his address. His tour ’ through the Great Smoky mount tains was described by White House attaches as non-polltical, ' but observers believed the nature of today's rally would necessitate important partisan declarations. ' Hundreds of early arrivers here from Alabama. Georgia. South r Carolina. Tennessee. Virginia. Flor--1 ida and North Carolina mingled 1 in crowded hotel lobbies last night, discussing the p*~ical situation. 1 Their leaders prepared to tell Mr. ' Roosevelt that the southeast would > give him overwhelming endorse- ■ ment in November. > Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus of North - Carolina and Senators Josiah W. Bailey and Robert R. Reynolds will accompany the president's motor- - cade from Asheville—a 100-mile ; jotirney. Ehringhaus will introtCONTINIIED ON PAGE TWO) O ROBERT HELLER IS REELECTED Young Democrats Reorganize At Meeting Wednesday The Young Democratic duh of Adams county officially launched its program for the fall campaign at its organization meeting Wednesday night in the city hall. Officers were elected for a two year term. Robert Heller ajtd Mrs. Ruth Deßolt were re-elected 1 president and vice-president Arthur Voglewede, Decatur attorney and candidate for county prosecutor. was named secretary. John ' j L. DeVoes. Decatur city attorney, was elected treasurer. Edwin Kauffman, former secrei tajy-treasurer. was appointed chairman of the advisory board and Fern Bieriy. deputy county clerk, was named vice-chairman. The advisory (board is being I chosen this week by the precinct committeemen of the county central committee. It will be composed of one young man ami one young woman from each of the 34 precinctu in the county. Membership cards will be available for distribution next week, i The membership in the club for the two year period will again be 10 cents. Among the activities of the club this year will be assistance in the registration, organizing of county and community meetings, and work on election days. The social program will include dances and community parties with a number of general county get-to-gethers. The report of the former treasurer, Severin Schurger, was read Wednesday night, showing the i club had a balance of $30.88 in the ' treasury. It was decided to pur- ! chase a state charter and to dintribute state memberships. The date of the first dance will be determined at the organization meeting of the advisory board, to be held next week. , o » Delivery Os License Plates Is Delayed Delivery of Adams county’s share of the 1937 -license platen, which were expected here several days i ago, has been delayed at the prison I manufacturing point, Dee Fryback ! local bureau manager stated today. They are expected to arrive in the | near future, he stated. The plates, which will be cream j and crimson, will probably be placled on sale December 10, Mr. Fry-] j back stated.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 10, 1936.

Rivals in Political Battle T 1 £ I ' S PI IB '' Wi M ISlwfc £1 t ~ Senator James Couzens Wilbur Brucker Political observers throughout United States are watching with keen ’ interest the outcome of the close political contest in Michigan wherte Senator James Couzens, supporter of the Roosevelt policies, and • Wilbur Brucker. former Michigan governor and strong antl-New . Dealer, seek the G. O. P. senatorial nomination.

LANDON TO STOP AT FORT WAYNE i Republican Nominee In Fort Wayne At 4:30 P. M. Friday Topeka. Kan.. Sept. 10—(UP) — li Gov. Alt M. Landon swings eaet- • ward tonight to presh battlefronts in Indiana and New England where i he wi'l open the most aggressive . phase of his campaign for the Pre--1 sidency. Striking into areas not touched ? by hie first major campaign tour, - the Republican nominee will strive toward two objectives en route to Portland. Me., for a Saturday night speech closing Maine’s "political "’barometer’* election. Indiana, he will seek to lay th? ground work for swinging that I doubtful state ito the Republican column, four three-minute etops for •ear-p'atform appearances will be made at Gary. Valparaiso. Plymouth and Fort Wayne on Friday afternoon. The Republican leaeders of Indiana will board the Landon train in Chicago for conferences as he > speeds through their state. ! In New England. Gov. Landon will seek to capitalize on what Republican leaders believe certain to be a victory -In the September 14 election from which grew the e'ogan: ‘Ue Maine goes, so goes the nation.” here will be nine stops in four New England states which the Rei publicans must carry in November I to achieve a strong position for the | vital test in the farm belt states. With the opening of the jaunt to Maine, the Republican nominee will plunge into a series of tours and major speeches that will carry h-Im up to election day without much opportunity for rest. And his friends : believe that from now on he will (CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) JUDGE LAYMON . IS APPOINTED Clinton Circuit Court Judge Named To Appellate Court Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 10 —(UP) Judge Paul E. Laymon. of Clinton Circuit court, was appointed by Gov. Paul V. McNutt today to the Indiana appellate court, succeeding] Judge Fred A. Weicking. who died! recently. Appointment for the remanider of the term, which expires Jan. 1. was considered tantamount to selection for the p’ace on the state ticket in I the November election vacated by Wiecking’e death. "I have no doubt but what the person named for the unexpired term will be nominated by the state Central 'committee,” McNutt said. “Judge Laymon has made an excellent record as judge of the Clinton circuit court and I am pleased to announce his appointment." Judge Weicking died of a heart attack induced by extreme heat on ' the golf course of the Highland golf and country club here July 28. He had been appointed to the appeal’ate bench Nov. 3, 1935, eucceeding Judge Ralph N. Smith, LaPorte, deceased. Prior to that Judge Weicking had been a deputy attorney general and public counselor of j the public service commission.

Steamers Collide, Twelve Are Injured , Boston. Sept. 10—(U.R) —Federal , and state authorities began investigations today, with an eye to lodging criminaj charges, of the 1 collision off Boston harbor last night of % two coastal steamers carrying more than 600 persons. The 38-year-old excursion steamer Romance sank in 66 feet of water 20 minutes after the steel • bow of the 4.989 ton S. S. New s York rammed her amidship in a • fog so dense tha.t trans-Atlantic » liners had anchored all day rather - than attempt navigation of the harbor. • Twelve persons were injured but . no life was lest. None was hurt ? seriously'. j 0 COUNTY 18TH FOR SAFETY r 1 Adams Countyßanks 18th In Traffic Safety Contest i », Adams county ranked 18th in the counties of 15.000 to 20.000 I population in the Indiana traffic . safety contest from December 1, , 1935 to August 1. 1936. according . to the report released this morning by the governors committee on . public safety, bureau of accident r prevention. In the eight months period Adams county deaths from auto accirl dents amounted to four, while ! during the same period in 1935 no deaths occurred. Spencer county ’ was the' only one to report no I I deaths for the period, in counties 1 of this size. 1 ' On the basis of four deaths, the 1 estimated yearly rate per 1,000 • I population in Adams county would l j be 31.3. ] There are 25 counties in the group with Adams county. Hancock sustained the largest number of fatalities, 11 killed in the period. The fatalaties in Adams county were: ■ Walter Hettier and Orville TftTkham. Blue Creek township, killed 1 in a wreck near Monroe on February 26. Alice Brown. Decatur store clerk,! - killed on April 15, when the car in which she was riding crashed: into an abutment near Wren, O. Otis O. Fletcher. Frankfort truck driver, killed when he was struck by an auto when walking along road 27, two miles south of the city. Coroner's verdict of accidental | death was returned in all of the ' cases. o Gilliom Reported Slightly Improved Obed Gilliom. who is in a serious . condition at the Adams county memorial hospital as the result of a skull fracture and other injuries sustained In an accident last week was reported slightly improved today. o Man Is Sentenced For “Rattlesnake” Murder Los Angeles. Sept. 10—(UP) — Robert S. James today was sentenced to be hanged for the "rattlesnake murder" of hie seventh wife. Mary. 1 The red haired Romeo barber was convicted of drowning his young blond bride after failing to kill her with the bite of a rattlesake.

COUNTY BUDGET IS SLASHED BY BOARD MEMBERS County Council Slashes Proposed Tax Levy Nine Cents The county council Tuesday and Wednesday slashed $33,960 from the proposed 1937 budgets for county general fund and highway department funds. Os thi* cut only the $13,410 reduction in the general fund reduces the tax levy as highway department funds are derived from reimbursements from the state gas tax. The county rate is: 29 cents for county revenue; 14 cents for welfare board and four cents for the bond fund, total 47 cent*. This Is a reduction of nine cents, under the estimated rate. The 1936 levy is: county revenue, 43 cents; bond fund, five , cents, and total 48 cents, one cent higher than the proposed rate for 1937. The council cut the estimate for county revenue purposes from $106,561 to $94,151. Ot this amount $66,065 is to be raised by I taxation and $28,096 will come from other sources. Sources for I additional revenue are listed as follows: $13,597, fees of officers; i $5,040, special taxes such as ex- > citse and intangibles, and the balance of $9,459 from the cash surplus. The estimated highway budget of $107,250 was cut to $85,700, a reduction of $21,550. This money is derived from the state gas tax reimbursements, estimated a.t $95,800 for 1937. Should the payment* to the county from the state equal the expectations there would be an unappropriated balance of SIO,IOO. The portion of the welfare budget to be derived by local taxation ■was left by the council at the department's original estimate of $31,808.10. This will require a levy of 14 cents. The rest of the budget will be paid from funds received from the state and federal government. The total budget for 18 months is $96,000. Figure* in the county auditor’s ] office reveal that expenditures for | the work now administered by, the county welfare board amount-1 ed to $19,500 this year. This is an increase ot $12,308.10 next year which required the additional levy of about 5% cents. Increases in the amount of assistance grant- , ed under the new social welfare ■ lact are accountable for a large part of the raise. Decreases in other items of the county budget enabled the council to cut the whole levy one cent. Th* county bond fund estimate of $9,950 to pay interest and principal on the Adams county memorial hospital and Scheumaji bridge bonds was left unchanged. The additional decrease of three cents was taken by virtue of the county's cash balance. Levies for the township free gravel road bond funds were left unchanged a* estimated for each of the. 12 townships. These are: Union, 25 cents; Root. 12 cents: Preble, 20 cents; Kirkland. 9 cents; Washington, 24 cents; St. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o CHURCH PLANS FOR SERVICE Welcome Home Service At M. E. Church Sunday Morning Plans were made for a "Welcome Home" service at the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday morning, at the official board meeting held at the church laut evening. Invitation cards were being mailed out to all of the famines of the church membership and constituency .urging them to be .present. The invitation card bears the words. “Vacation time is over and a cordial handciaep awaits every bronzed vacationer ae well as every regular church attendant next Sunday morning. The pastor and hie family are home again and are anxious to see everybody again. Meet me at church without fail!" As the invitation Indicates, an attempt is being made to get everybody back to the chunch for the fall and winter program now beginning. Several important announcements are to be made. Then Rev. Carson and his family will be welcomed back after a trip of over 8.006 miles through the west. The sermon theme for the morning will be "Home, Sweet Home". Special mu1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Roosevelt Forces , Whip Talmadge In Georgia Primary

PASTOR TAKES : VACATION TOUR p i Rev. Carson And Wife Complete Tour Os Over 8,000 Miles ' One of the interesting vacations 1 of the summer was taken by the Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Carson who returned the flint of this week from ( an 8,156 mile tour of the west in . 32 days. They went by the way of the Dallas, Texas, exposition. In Roswell. New Mexico, they vis- , ited Rev. Carson's father, John Careon. and found him some improved. They visited the Grand Canyon. Near Angeles they visited Mrs. . Lew-la Kelby. Rev. Carson's sister. They aleo attended the San Dlega i exposition. Returning through Los Angeles ■ they met the Rev. R. R. Detweiler, bpastor of the North Hollywood community M. E. church, and then through the Universal moving pic- ■ ture production lot. The Carsons then went through ! the National parks. Sequoia, Yosemite, Mt. Lassier, which they climbed, Crater Lake and arrived -in Seattle where they met their son, Bob, who returned with them for a short visit with friends here. Coming back they saw the Rocky mountains, and Yellow Stone National park. They visited relatives in Colorado. Rev. Carson will preach his first sermon since his return Sunday morning at the M. E. church. ASKS SPRINGER GIVE TAX PLAN Cliff Townsend Challenges Springer To Announce Plan

Terre Haute. Ind.. Sept. 10 —(UP) <—A challenge that Republicans out- ' 'ine specifically wnat taxes they would advocate to supplant the gross income tax law was issued last night by M. Clifford Townsend, Democratic candidate for governor. "Republicans are afraid to admit I openly their intent to saddle a sales tax on the working people of Indiana. 1 " Townsend charged before a rally opening the seventh district campaign. Quoting the Republican platform p’edge to repeal the gross income tax law and enact “other taxets” Townsend said: “They admit that a net income tax would not be adequate to support the schools in the way a gross income tax has done and they vaguely promise 'other taxes.' “I insist, and I think all intelligent taxpayers will insist, that these tax-rippers tell the taxpayers just in what manner they are going to redistribute the essential costs of government “Do they mean they are going to throw’ the burden back onto the shoulders of propery owners? Are they going to make the poor man pay a tax on his food three times a day? Are they going to drive industry out of the state with high net; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Communist Ring In Italy Is Smashed Rome, Sept. 10 —(UP) —The government was said today to have discovered and smashed a large communist organization with headquarters in Rome and branches in Leghorn, Goseetto. and other Tuscan towns. Some of the communist ringlead ers were understood to have held high official posts in the fascist party. All were reported to have been arrested and confined in the Regina Coeli jail in Rome. Several score workmen belonging to the communist organization also were reported to have been arrested. The leaders were expected to be placed on trial soon. The government tried to maintain secrecy about the affair. o WEATHER Generally fair south, unsettled north; showers probable northwest tonight and Friday and northeast Friday; cooler north Friday.

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New Deal Candidates in Georgia Hand Crushing Defeat To Talmadge And His Supporters. MARGIN 2-1 Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 10 — <U.R) — A new deal tidaj wave today swept the Georgia Democratic primary, crushing opposition and nominating Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr„ over Governor Eugene Talmadge for the U. S. senate. Talmadge and his entire ticket went down to defeat in the primary. The electorate voted better than 2 to 1 against the critics of the new deal. Senator Russell had a popular vote of 162.843 from returns gathered in the state’s 159 counties. While counties were incomplete Ruesell had 342 unit votes. Talmadge polled 87,231 votes in the same counties. His county unit vote totaled 68. Under Georgians primary rules 206 of the counties' 410 votes are necessary for nomination. The landslide for the Roosevelt administration supporters also nominated E. D. Rivers, speaker of the house of representatives, as Georgia’s next governor—nomination being tantamount to election. Rivers who ran on a ticket pledging support to President Roosevelt and his new deal program. was running nearly 2 to 1 ahead of his nearest opponent, Charles D. Redwine, president ot the senate and a Talmadgeite. The vote from 159 counties, incomplete, was Rivers 131,617 and Redwine 68.891. Judge Blanton Fortson, also a new deal supporter, was a poor third. The unit vote stood Rivers 358. Redwine 18, Fortson 10. The victory so the new deal was conclusive and broke the last intiRoosevelt rebellion in the deep south. Both Russell and Rivers used "Roosevelt and Russell" and "Roosevelt and Rivers" as their campaign slogans. The result of the primary thus fissures Georgia’s electoral votes

for President Roosevelt in the November elections, the threat of Talmadge having been definitely eliminated. Federal Bond Issue Is Over-Subscribed Washington. Sept. 10. — (U.R) — Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr„ announced today that the $400,000.000 cash offering of 2% per cent federal bonds was oversubscribed 13 times. “I think that is a new record for such offerings," Morgenthau said. “Thirteen is my lucky number.” The bonds were offered in connection with a nearly $1,000,000,000 mid-September financing program. The balance will be exchanged for $514,000,000 in maturing 1% per cent notes. The financing program will add an additional $400,000,000 to the present public debt of $33,361,412,880. TO DISTRIBUTE INTANGIBLE TAX More Than $740,000 Td Be Distributed To Counties Indianapolis, Sept. 10.— (U.R) — Distribution of $740,234 in intangible tax collections to local governments was announced today by C. A. Ketchum, secretary of the state tax board. Last year’s distribution for the! same period totaled $654,737, Ketchum said. Intangible taxes are collected on stocks, bonds, recurities, otes and mortgages on the basis, of 25 cents per SIOO valuation. Total intangible tax for the period Feb. 1 to July 31 were $835,614. Collections for the previous six months were $520,856. Aggregate valuation of intangibles on which taxes were levied for the 12 months ending July 31] was $521,588,100, Ketchum said. Os the total collections for the last six months, $82,248 goes into the state general fund. $12,996 for operating expenses, and $134 for, refunds. Twenty-five per cent of the county distributions will go into county general funds and the remainder to the school districts. _.a