Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1936 — Page 1

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■j.VOCtEWEDE If; FOLLOWING MIT ILLNESS K inill .ni 8,,s - Man Siiccuinlx: Funeral Tuesday IK.. • i " ,t a K7 ..i i’H>HB VI""" 1 ’> Mt . ' ■ M'”' '••liv and , k . , . ..mmiinity. rt.dh.wing ■T ‘ Hum li- und.-l' r i k . Sunday fur thof "1'1" I" 1 ’* HV ■,.|'ii-n was < ..n- - .1' 'll- tilll- of thlie was IK'... , • prour.-s. .. .....-ti his .ondition |Km-' due to his ■,'.... "><• I -tr-am sills wha li hnut K. . . r |K,< an ,| «uh th. IL-v Father J S-rn-tz. pa-t-r of St K - • i 1 "" h - :i ’ |H ■ id. .oh < II- ■ '•*- all ' r l1 "’ . ■ . 1..Seimetz. M Funeral Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock s M . ' .Itholic church. K» ■■ ■ ■ ■■ 1111:11 " ia« ■" 111 ■ .sSla-o. 'll F.,’h. acting: a- celebrant. K Stores Will Close ■ -f Deca’cr 1 lainhi’i of ('em-prnf.-ssi-nal ni-n to < lose - <l:., ihhour, as a mark of r--'a a n no f-r more th m H:..'. »,<- in lhe busiand civil- life of the com■rity. H Os A Pioneer Family ■k \ .cl.was horn in De Mtur July 2.’, 1*74. a son of Henre and M.uy Voglewede. His (:•■!(.ir.l Voglewede Mgativr of Germany, setthsl ; n Muns county about 1837. His ■fe-r was a pioneer merchant ■d a forrii. r county treasurer. In yminir majihood Mr. Vogle- >* engaged m the shoe bttsiss with his father. This partchip wa- i ntniurd for a numrof years and then Mr. Voulesi- went into husinetsa for himIf In 19:14. when he retired mi the mercantile line, he had tn in th- retail store more than years. H- was widely known in this ifsification ano for year's his lly advertisements in the Daily tnocrit made his slogans, liarlie Voglewede Fits Feet” 1 "Better the Grade Bigger the uie" household words in this luimunity. His terse, original (wages were carried in this U»r daily for nearly st) years. ■ Telephone Director Mr. Voglewede became identitd with the Citizens Telephone Hnpany a number of years ago. was a director and treasurer ' the company and one of its •for stockholders. He took an ttive part in its management and “ s on the board when the comtny started the rebuilding of the ’stem. Active in business affairs. Mr. ujirwede was a member of the ommittees, instrumental in obining the Holland St. Louis “ nr fompany in 1912 and other austrial plants which located *** About that time. He was a wmber of the committee which T" in locating the General “fine factory in this city. In Chain Store Business Mr Voglewede was the owner of and ten cent stores in Auburn, “Kington and Wabash and in I 1 ” ' a,PW yearo devoted most ■’ time to the management of enterprises. The stores are grated under the National 5c I( >e to »1 stores. On Hospital Board n !'• -.1 the county commisetonappointed Mr. Voglewede a ni 'er of the board of trustees county memorial "iWTTNt'En ON PAGE FIVE) Holland Will Have 'ireet Fair This Week iJ. ,le c °unty conservation club Is L . B “ rin S a street fair, which will Th ll ,. P ‘ at Hoagland Wednesday, ay. Friday and Saturday. «a< h , a ' nateur contest will be held »n<l "' S ll ’ wit *' f 'ie final contest There 4 Sa,urday ni B ht ' and r aBO r: d® a > free acta conceseions.

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Illness Fatal «• •• 4 k ' ■fa Charlie J. Voglewede, prominent business and civic leader of Decatur. died Saturday night after a short illness. Funeral services w ill lie held Tuesday morning. JUDGE SETS TRIAL CASES Damage Suits Are Set For Trial In Circuit Court Action was taken Saturday by Judge Huber M. DeVoss in Adams circuit court on several cases which have held interest for the past year or two. The $25,000 damage suit of Everett B. Cary against Sterling P. Hoffman. Sr., and Sterling P. Hoffman. Jr., as result of a.n auto accident in Fort Wayne was dismissed at the cost of the plaintiff Saturday. The damage suit of John Brunton against Harriet Rice, asking $250 for damages, allegedly sustained by the plaintiff when the auto he Was driving struck a cow, belonging to the defendant, was set for trial on October 1. The damge suit of Chalmer Walters against the city of Decatur, for injuries allegedly sustained when he stepped in a hole on a broken eidewalk, was set for trial on November 5. The damage suit of Charlie J. Oren against the Pennsylvania railroad was set for trial on October 22. The S2S,(MM) damage suit of Grace Deßolt, by her next friend. Chancey Deßolt against Abe Wahli and Edward Alt for damages allegedly sustained in ajt auto accident was alno set for trial, on October 21. The suit of Vernon Ross against Harry Spencer was set for trial on September 28. The plaintilf asked $5,000 for damages allegedly sustained in an auto accident in Fort Wayne on July 9, 1936. —— o — Daughter Os Local Residents Serious Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Breiner were ca'led to Fort Wayne this morning because of the serious illness of their daughter. Mrs. Dale Osborne, who is suffering from a heart ailment. o DEMOCRATS TO MEET IT BERNE Democratic W omen I o Meet At Berne Thurs- . day Evening The Democratic women of Adams county will meet Thursday evening, September 17, at the Lehman Park in Berne at 6 p. m. The meeting will be In the form of a pot luck picnic eupper and each person attending is reqqueeted to bring one covered dish and her own table service. Mrs. C. H. Muselman of Berne is general chairman of the affair and Mrs. O. U. Smith of Berne is program chairman These Indices will be assisted by other members of the club in Berne. Mrs. Anna Grady of La Grange, district vice-chairman, is to be present and wiH give a short talk. All members and any one who is eintrested is cordially Invited to be present. An urgent invitation is extended to all precinct committeewomen. The Decatur committee in charge of transportation Includes the Mesdames Ada Martin, lAlva Nichols, Cleo Arnold, Burl Johnson and H. R. Daniels and the Misses Mary McKean and Alice Lenliart.

RICHMAN AND • MERRILL LAND ON EAST COAST Trans-Atlantic Fliers Land In Marsh In Newfoundland St. Johns. Newfoundland, Sept. 14 (UP) Dick Merrill and Harry Richman, returning from England on a round trip trans-Atlantic flight landed their mono-plane, lai<|y | Peace, today in a marsh near Mus-| grave Harbor, about 15b miles from here. First reports did not Indicate whether the plane was damaged nor ,the cause for the landing. The powerful monoplane, in which Richman and Merrill flew to ; England and made safely the long water jump on the return, cracked up in landing in the bog at 4 p. tn. Newfoundland time (12:30 E. D. T.) It was reported one of the fliers was badly hurt but this was not confirmed. Th- last word received prior to announcement of the crackup came .shortly after 1 p. m. EDT, when wireless operators picked up a mes-! sage reporting "all well", but the: plane's small radio faded and the position at that time could not be learned. Officials made every effort here ! to.learn details but only a telegraph i line connects Musgrave Harbor with i St. John's and messages had to go through a series of relays. The fliers, who succeeded in flying non-stop from New York to Wales in record time of 18 hours. ■< racked up in a forced landing 16 hours and 25 minutes after they left Southport, England. The takeoff from the beach at Southport, which had been especially prepared, was perfect. Merrill and Richman ha<] had a disagreement over a place for the take-off. Merrill had thought the Speke airdrome. at Liverpool, south of here, suitable, while Richman, owner of the plane, wanted a longer runway. Both denied that the disagreement , had been anything even approach(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o REPORT FIVE PERSONS HURT Five Injured, One Seriously, In Accidents Over Week-End Five persons were injured, one seriously, in traffic accidents in DeI catur and vicinity over the weekI end. j Herbert Goelz. ID-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Goelz. of Union township, suffered a probable fractured skull Saturday night iat 6:20 o’clock. The attending physician reported his condition satisfactory today. The lad was thrown through the window of his father’s auto, when it was struck by an auto driven by Henry Dehner, one mile north of the Union Chapel church. Mr. Goelz, and his son, enroute to visit the minister, had just driven the car from the farm lane when the j accident occurred. Mr. Dehner and Mr. Goelz suffered only sperficial scratches and bruises. The other, crash Saturday night occurred at 7 o’clock, when an auto driven by Eno Lankenau, local General Electric head and a Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., truck, driven by Ansel Hackman, of 226 N. Ninth street, sideswiped on the road Dve miles west of Monroe. Mr. Hackman and Mr. Lankenau were uninjured except for minor cuts and bruises. Mrs. Lankenau. accompanying her husband when the accident occurred, suffered severe bruises. Flora Marie, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lankenau, also sustained a severe shaking up. Several of the young lady's teeth were knocked loose. Sunday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock cars driven by Ed Coffee, local shoe repair meerchant, and Lester Garwood, collided at the intersection of Rugg and Winchester streets. Mr. Coffee had just driven his auto onto Winchester street when the Garwood ear hooked the bumper. The Garwood auto, before losing its momentum, turned over in the street. Irene and Ivan Garwood were taken to the Adams county memorial hospital where their Injuries were treated. The young lady was knocked unconscious for several minutes after the crash. Their injuries consisted of cuts and bruises. Both autos were considerably ■ damaged.

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Wins New Trial Mil i I Hl I lire s b Jr i si w The Virginia Supreme Court of AppeaJs set anide the conviction of Editli Maxwell, curfew girl who was tried and convicted of murdering her father when he attempted to punish her for staying out late. She will be tried again. DATES LISTED OF CONVENTIONS Announce Dates For Annual Township Sunday School Meets Clifton E. Striker, superintendent of the Adams county schools, today announced dates for the annual township Sunday School con ventions. Dates were also listed for the county convention and the young people's convention. The county convention will be held Sunday. Novmber 8. with the location yet to be determined. The young people's convention will be held in Decatur, Sunday.: October 18. Dates for the various township conventions are as follows: Preble-Kirkland. October 4: Wabash. October 4: Blue Creek. October 11: Hartford. October 11: Monroe. October 25: St. Mary's. October 25; Jefferson, November 1: Washington, November 1: UnionRoot, November 1.. Program arrangements and selection of speakers are being made and will be announced in the near future. o To Install Leuion Officials Tonight Henry Faurote, newly elected commander, and other new officers of Adame past number 43 of the American Legion, will be installed at the legion home this evening at 8 o'clock. The principal address will 'be made by Father J. Ryder of Fort Wayne, former state chaplain of the Legion. IAII members are urged to Ire present. CRIMINAL CASE SET IN COURT Criminal Cases Are Set For Trial Bv Judge DeV OSS Criminal cases were set for trial Saturday by Judge Huber M. DeVoss in Adams circuit court. Most important of these were the charges against Ray Anspaugh, Van Wert slot machine operator, apprehended here several weeks ago by local police. Charges of public intoxication, reckless driving and driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor were filed against him by the state. They will all be tried on September 23. Anspaugh also has a $5,000 damage suit pending against him. The suit was brought by Paul York, who. with his wife, was injured in an auto crash on the night Ans paugh was arrested. All charges are an aftermath of that night. The other two criminal chargee to be tried are against Chris Spangler and Louis Schindler. The charge of child neglect against Spangler was set for trial on September 22. The charge of child desertion against Louis Schindler will be tried on September 24.

ELECTION IN MAINE TODAY HAS INTEREST General Election In Spotlight; Five Primaries Tuesday Washington. Sept. 14.— <U.R> — Five state primaries tomorrow fol lowing Maine's state election today, will clean the held for a seven weeks battle for the presidency. Primaries in Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Wisconsin are the last of 42 in which the date is fixed by law. National issues have been injected in several of these. | Republicans, confident of a Maine victory, are prepared to hail the outcome, if favorable, as indicative of national victory in November. Both major parties have waged a vigorous campaign there. While Gov. Alf Landon, Republican presidential nominee, made a major political address at Portland and then went to church yesterday, President Roosevelt relax ed on a fishing cruise down the Potomac. The American Liberty League, heavy campaign contributions of whose members in Maine became an Issue there, analyzed "the i Roosevelt administration's attempt 1 to destroy local self-government" and the Republican national committee charged WPA relief rolls are being "loaded in an attempt to influence votes." “Encroachment upon the rights of the states by the federal government." said the Liberty Leai gue, “although held in check by decisions of the supreme court, remains a distinctive feature of the new deal." The league said the questions of preservation of the constittional system pf government “cannot be avoided as an issue of the 1936 campaign.” The Republican national committee asserted that the WPA. "with its boondoggling, now overshadows 'all other emergency relief organ- ! izations" and is being substantially increased. The administration, it said, has spent $11,800,000,000 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) FORMER U.S. SENATOR DIES Magnus Johnson Os Minnesota Dies Sunday Os Pneumonia Litchfield, Minn., Sept. 14—(UP) — Minnesota citizens who respected Magnus Johnson’s grassroots philosophy and tolerated the eccentricities which made him the "clown of congress." paid their last res-' pects to the former senator today. Johnsoii. 64. died early yesterday from pneumonia, culmination of injuries suffered last winter as he be- ! ban his last and unsuccessful “comeback campaign." He had been desperately ill since Aug. 22. Johnson, born in Varmland, Sweden. Sept. 16, 1872. became the founder of Minnesota's farmer-labor movement and represented his peo- ! pie in both liouscs of the state and national legislatures. For more than a decade his bristly mustache, ready wit, and uncouth ( grammar made him a familiar fig-' ' ure on the national political stage. He preferred stained overalls to tailored dress, and once startled the IT. S. Senate by proclaiming he was “the best gol-durned cow milker m Minnesota.” From the time he was 20, he lived ; in Kimball, Minn., where his six children were born. His desire to correct farmers' economic ills led him into politics and brought him wide popularity in (Agricultural sections while he served as state representative from 1915 to 1917 and state senator from 1919 to 1921. He was a forceful, fiery speaker, and his slovenly dress and grammar proved political assets. His first campaign under farmerlabor banners was an unsuccessful one for governor in 1922. The following year, however, he was elected by 90,000 plurality to succeed the late Knute Nelson in the U. S. Senate. He was defeated for re-election to to the senate in 1924. but in 1932 be returned to Washington as a rep- ! resentative. His defeat for re-elec-(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, becoming unsettled northwest Tuesday; continued warm.

ECCENTRIC IS GIVEN YEAR FOR PLOT ON KING Englishman Says He Was, Bribed By Foreign Power London, Sept. 14 - (U.R>— George Andrew McMahon, middle-aged eccentric who sajd he had been bribed by a foreign power to shoot King Edward VIII, was eentenced to one year at hard labor in old Bailey police court today. The prosecution did not appear to take very seriously McMahon's disconnected story of foreign plotting against the king* The attorney generaj suggested it was a product of his imagination. McMahon was convicted specifically for “producing a revolver near the person of the king with intent to alarm him." The trial grew out of an incident on July 16 when McMahon flourished a revolver during a military parade on Constitution Hill and threw it toward the king’s horse. McMahon was found not guilty t of two other charges—unlawfully ■ possessing a revolver with intent • to endanger life and property, and : presenting a revolver near the, ’ person of the king with intent to break the public peace. i McMahon testified thaj. the gun , -was knocked from his hand and that he threw it toward the king to convince his co-plotters that he had carried cut his part of the bargain. ! McMahon said he and nine colleague* twice rehearsed the attempt to shoot the king and that he constantly was under supervision of the plotters just before j ; the incident. . The accused said he made ; every effort to get in touch with the war ministry and various government officials to warn them ! about the plot, which caused him , to carry a. pistol because “I was ' playing a dangerous game, in . taking money from one power and imparting information to the Brit-: i ish government.” He said specifically he was paid tlso l$7;>0) for the attempt. Under examination by his counsel McMahon testified: • I wanted to give the whole information to the authorities. There was a lot of bungling. They made a mess of it. “I want to go to prison. I want you to give me the heaviest sentence you possibly can. Only by ’ remaining in prison can I save my life from those I have given ( J 3w<i<y. i Then he almost shouted: "I do not want mercy." Escaped Inmate Is Returned To Home ' ■i Isaac Smallman. escaped inmate of the feeble-minded home in Fort ( Wayne was returned this afternoon , afternoon after being apprehended , here last evening by Chief of Police , Sephus Melchi. . . , 1 Sheriff Dallas Brown positixely , I identified the escaped man after , making several radio calls, t hies j Melchi lodged the stranger in jail. ; wh n he talked incoherently and < ■ was unable to give his address, when asking for a. place to stay. He i was held here overnight. I TAX BOARD TO L MEET SEPT. 21 1 Tax Adjustment Board J To Meet For Annual Session The members of the Adams coun‘ty board of tax adjustment will j I convene at the county auditor’s of- ' : lice Monday, September 21, at 9 ’ , a. m. • I The purposes and duties of this board are to examine, revise, and ' reduce if possible the budgets,: I estimates and tax levies as pre- 1 seated by the respective officers ’ and legal representatives of the various municipal corporations comprising the various taxing units, of Adams county. On Monday the hearing* will be i 1 j as follows: city of Decatur, civil: I town of Geneva, civil town of ■ j Berne, civil town of Moiyroe, Decatur school city, Berne school town, Berne library board, Decatur library board. On Tuesday they will consider I the townships as follows: Union, I Root, Preble. Kirkland, Washing- I ton, St. Marys, Blue Creek, Mon- < roe, French, Hartford, Wabash and < Jefferson. 1

Pope Pius Decries Rise Os Communism As A World Issue

Starts Boulder Dam Kl jL IBS* jgllll r By pressing this golden telegraph key at Washington. D.C., President Roosevelt unloosed the pent-up energy of the $165,000,000 Boulder Dam power project. He warned private utility companies that the government is prepared to build more such projects to obtain cheap power rates. SOY BEAN FIELD DAY IS PLANNED Central Soya Company, Purdue University To Conduct Day The Central Soya Company is co-operating with the Purdue extension service in conducting a soy bean field day at Decatur on Wednesday. September 23. Free sandwiches and coffee will be served at noon. The first event on the days program will be a tour of the soy bean producing plant at 9 a. m. Guides will be furnished for the plant tour. Following the plant tour the visitors will be directed to the soy bean variety plots one mile north of Decatur. on the Central stock farm. Here K. E. Beason, extension agronomist, will lead the discussion on the soy bean varieties. Following the soy bean variety plot discussion, visitors will have an opportunity of seeing the Purdue trash plow shields in operation. The trash shield helps to make a remarkably clean job in plowing trash under and placing it deep enough not to interfere with surface cultivation. The demonstration will be in charge of R. H. Wileman of Purdue university. Sugar beet growers who attend the soy bean field day will have an opportunity of seeing the sugar beet fertilizer test pTots that are under the supervision of J. Ward Calland. field superintendent of the Central Sugfif company. The visit to the sugar beet fertilizer test plots will be made al 1 p. m.. immediately following the free lunch of sandwiches and coffee. Professor A. T. Wiancko, chief agronomist of Purdue university will lead the discussion at these plots. Visitors will have an opportunity of seeing an entire set of farm buildings decorated witli soy bean oil paint at 2; 15 of the day mentioned. Tliis demonstration will be held at the E. W. Busche farm, 34-mile east of Monroe on State Road 124. Following the inspection of the (CONTtNUFD GN PAGE FIVE) o Holy Name, K. C. Meet This Evening All members of the Holy Name and the Knights of Columbus will assemble at the Knights of Columbus hall this evening at 8 o’c’ock, and will go In a body to the home of C. J, Voglewede to recite the rosary.

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Pope Links Spanish Civil War With The Universal Spread Os Communism; Deplores Atrocities. NO LET-UP SEEN By Louis F. Krernle, (UP. Cable Editor) Pope Pius XI, linking the Spanish civil war with the universal spread of communism, presented it I as a world issue In a speech today I which was broadcast throughout Europe and across the ocean. The Pope pictured the Spanish outbreak as a part of the spread of Godlessiiess which he said is demoralizing youth and threatening the foundations of civilization. He called on Christianity to combat It. The Pope’s expression of horror over the stories of atrocities which are coming out of Spain was reflected by the Latin-American diplomats in Madrid, who started an earnest movement to humanize the war. Their first effort, which was to end the siege of more than 1,200 men, women and children in the Alcazar at Toledo, met with failure. The beiseged rebels, demon- : strating once more the undying : hatred which animates the revolt, refused to listen to terms. The war meantime went on with no signs of a let-up or any possible petfee negotiations. Each day strengthened the indications of a long and bitter conflict which will • leave Spain a wrecked and ruined 11 nation. . Major activity centers on the 1 Talavera front, southwest of Ma- > drid. The news from there clearly indicated that the rebel drive . had been checked and the government has a good chance of completely halting their attempted advance on Madrid. The earlier success of the wellI trained and equipped rebel regui lars was offset by the numerical ! superiority of the loyalist volunI teers. Re-enforcements of militia I poured out; of Madrfd to join in ’ crushing the rebel attack. In the north, the rebels constituted a greater threat and General Emilio Mola consolidated his forces . for a massed drive on Oviedo, the j next object point on the coast west , of San Sebastian. The main rebel “push” had not yet started, but was expected to be in full swing after a five-day lull. Rebel columns meanwhile were successful in several scattered attacks. i Castel Gondolfo, Sept. 14. —(UP) ’ —Pope Pius, his voice shaking witji ( emotion, expressed today his sorrow over the civil war in Spain and his horror at the stories of atrocities. But despite his 79 years and his . falling health, he spoke firmly and forecfully of his hatred of the work. ■ ings of subversive elements—com- . mu.nists —which he said are endangering Europe and the world. "... A voice is heard proclaiming the world a truly horrifying ; story," said the Pope— "Brothers i have murdered brothers in a civil ■ war between sons of a common ■ country, a common people, a Common fatherland. “God knows that war even in its I — — , (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o REV. HERMAN IS SELECTED Berne Pastor Named President Os County Ministers , Tlie Rev. M. O. Herman of Berne , was elected president of the Adams. . county ministerial association this I morning. The Election was held as, a part of the meeting in the Ween , Missionary church near Berne. The Rev. George O. Wadion <pas- . tor of the First Presbyterian church of this city was elected vice president and the Rev. Charles M. Prugh, pastor of the Zion Reformed church of Decatur was named secretary* ( treasurer. The Rev. George M. Lozier, pastor > of the local Evangelical church adI dressed the ministers talking Ou . "Facing Our Task”. , Sixteen ministers of the county . were present at the meeting. Planet i for the coming year were by the pastors during Uj session.