Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1936 — Page 1

juxiv. N«.m-

hurricane Sweeps |[/p Atlantic Coast; I Damages Property

■iet Daiuet I'roniS’onn Kppe : i>« <> B<. l oShip>; ■< r HjII !><•/' >' V, ‘"‘' N ■l'|t Distress I lags. ■ ri) <r W \RNINGS ■ aS hmgton. Sept ' 18 ~ (UR,— ■ * tl t Atlantic hurricane ■' stav-ard today on a long K expected to carry .ts wmd from thr northeastern sea L Terrd.c gales blasted at May N J . out were mov H' J nortneast and the blow was ■Ltrd to pass east of At City early tonight. ■ I'- U.R) A allt . sw*-pt up '•><* Atlantic ■ "'today, nippling shipping. ■;,„, property, and driving h'ltii 'o«-!ving places to ■ SP "„n high vrnual. Only one ■£., hall I"'"" riMirted at mid- ■ daine, appeared to be to Half ■' ,l " iten v, ‘“ sels fly ns digress signals from ■virshm' ' i"- N '" JF '’ K~O Coast guard cutters r> . straining to the rescue. K; tt.stn lOf toane appeared ( f>;it.-r-'d some distance at ■, approximately off Norfolk. It K. o-tin northward, carrying K.iitland. Delaware. XrW Jersey coast.s was Icit a trail of inunL| coastal cities and extensive Cwrty damage, tine of the cities j.drst hit was Elizabeth City. [C. Highlights "f lt,e hurricane: Storm warnings posted ns far mil as H,.stport. Me. Full gale mtii’is tone degree less than jrrirane warning* from the VirHa rapes to Sandy Hook. N. .1 Lightship Chesapeake, 15 men. : ..in mooring off Cape jnry. fighting to hold double kiwi against hurricane waves. te>i guard i r.ttei Mendota steam g to the rescue. Tanker Gulfhawk, do men. dangrously disabled five miles off Iniegat Lightship. N. J. Tanker Bifoil standing by unable to aid nause of high seas. Cutters Monk and Champlain bucking 65 gale in effort to reach vessel. [S. S. Ida Hay Atwater. 28 men, Mlioed for aid. Position in Delat'd.'- Bay. three miles south soilthl»' at Brandywine Lighthouse and Sieved going ashore. lOther distressed vessels includit the barge Horke. five miles ’off ewes. Del., the coal barge Herlles off Norfolk and the S. S. Allirante with 32 persons aboard, k Cutter .Mendota was proceedig to the Almirante. First reports from Elizabeth City. N. C.. indicated it was one >1 the hardest hit communities, he three main streets were lltterKi with wreckage. High water inMed the city. All communicators were cut and highway traffic '■as almost stopped by high winds ««i trees felled over the roads. Crops in the region were badly ■maged. Other North Carolina points es«l*<| more lightly. Lack of cas (COWTINUED ON PAGE RIX) — o Mrs. Roosevelt Is Reported Improved Washington, Sept. 18 —(UP) — ■ ,s Franklin D. Rooeevelt, sufferto? from an attack of grippe, was a F-iie better today, the White House announced. Mra. Roosevelt's temperature has topped ad her general condition weared better, the White House •aid. Dr Rose Mclntire talked to Pre--ul' nt Roosevelt ny telephone this ’"Arning ant! recommended that Roosevelt remained in bed pw the week-end. T h“ White House announced that i 06 to her condition and the press [ official business,” the President <■ icing short his present trip and '’returning here directly from Har- ' arriving in Washington early “ urday morning. He has cancellg ’’ Hyde Park stop a also his appearance at the dediKin ceremonies of the Eastern '««« pankway near Fiehville. N. Y'. Mured Youth Is Taken From Hospital a»? e .? ert Goetz ' young eon of Mr. tees ' M William Goetz, who sufa ‘ ea fractured skull in a recent t “. acc .‘ <lent ’ w as released from hospital this morning. His eonn is reported to be satisfactory.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

RURAL SCHOOL TEACHING LIST Faculties Listed Os All Rural Schools Except Geneva The list of teachers in the rural ; schools of Ada ins county, complete i with the exception of Geneva, were ; announced today by C. E. Striker, ; county school superintendent. The list in Geneva was not available, since the school has not opened the 1936-37 term, pending completion of the new consolidated buiitiiug there. Mr. Striker stat-1 ed that the school will open on Monday, September 21. Following is the list in all of the , other schools, both district and consolidated: Union Township District I—William1 —William Noll. District 5— Marie Marbach. District 6—Dorothy Spuller. Root Township Dist. I—Elizabeth Cramer. Monmouth high school: Ernest Curtis, principal; Catherine Weidler, Miriam E. Osborne. Grades: Walter Younkman, Geor- j gia Foughty. Dist. 7- R. J. Mann. Preble Township Dist. s—Wilma Andrews. Dist. 6 —Raymond Borne. Kirkland Township Dist. 1 Radel Andrews. Dist. 2—Mary Dettinger. Dist. 3 - Robert Brown. Dist. 4—Layke Scherry. Dist. s—Garold5 —Garold Roth. Dist. 6 —Oscar Geisel. Kirkland high school: Hansel ■ Foley, principal; Wayne Dilling. I Marie Porter. Nelson Eaton. Violet i Nordberg. Amy Schenck. Washington Township Dist. 1 Esta Fleming. Dist. s—Arline Becker. Dist. 6 Francille Oliver. Dist. 7 Marguerite Lewellen. Dist. s Martha Reppert. St. Mary's Township Pleasant Mills high school: Henry Snyder, principal; Gerald I Vizard, Agnes Yager, Velma Fort-1 ney. Grades: Bernice Masters, Pearl I Ray, Myrtle Clements, Dora Shos enberg. Bobo: Harry Johnson, Matie Stevens. Blue Creek Township Dist. 1 Elmer Ehrsam. Dist. 4—-R. M Houck. Dist. 5- Clyde Troutner. Dist. 6 —Eldon Sprunger. Monroe Township Dist. 2—J. D. R. Schwartz. Dist. 3 Jeanette Rich. Dist. 4 —Helen Roop. Dist. s—Mary E. Potts. Dist. 6—Leo Strahm. Dist. 7—Ezra Snyder. Dist. B—Pauline Buckmaster. Dist. 9—Howard Brandyberry. Monroe high school: Rolland P. , Sprunger, principal; Leonard O Hewitt, Elizabeth Leyse. Geneva Hodges, Mabel Ryker, Helen (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) c SAYS6.O.P.TO BANKRUPT STATE Townsend Charges Springer Os Gross Insincerity Newcastle, Ind., Sept. 18.—(U.R> , Republican leaders are plotting to I bankrupt the state of Indiana for personal political gain. M. Clifford Townsend. Democratic candidate ’ for governor, charged in a speech here last night. The conclusion was reached on the basis of “the Republican program. statements in the Republican platform and subsequently enlarged upon by Raymond Springer, the Republican nominee for governor,” Townsend said. He accused Springer of gross insincerity in his tax statements because. “first he stood on a plat form promising a net income tax and such other taxes; second, he said in an interview that he favored a net income tax to yield 34.090,000 a year, and third, he said i at Lake Wawasee that he was going to run the business of the state with no taxes at all except on real estate." Hits Centralization Vevay, Ind.. Sept. 18. -(U.R)~Centralization of governmental ■ (CONTINUED ON RAGS £QUR).

NINE PERSONS ARE INJURED IN AUTOCOLLISION Nine Are Hurl In (’ollision Os Two Autos Thursday Night In one of the most serious of recent accidents that resulted in' no fatalities, nine persons were injured Thursday evening when j cars driven by Ralph Gillloin, of near Berne and Elmer Affolder, of. route one, Geneva, crashed at an intersection of road 124. three' miles west of Monroe. The injured are: Elmer Affolder, head and hack injuries, and severe cut on left : ear. Dorothy, his wife, who has been in ill health, suffered from extreme I shoek. Kathleen, 8 year-old daughter, fractured jaw in two places, other cuts and bruises. Bonnie, 6-year-old daughter, se-' verely bruised hip and other in-. juries. Ralph Gilllom, driver of other car, cut on nose and minor cuts and bruises. Lucy Gilllom, left arm broken in I two places, between shoulder and elbow, and elbow and wrist. Kenneth Gilliom, right shoulder dislocated. Violet Gilliom. broken right clav- ■ icle and other bruises. Norman Shafer, broken hip bone. By a queer quirk of fate, the i Gilliom party was enroute to the local hospital .to visit with Ralph’s brother. Obed. when the accident occurred. Bbed was seriously injured in a recent auto-wagon crash. To further add to the tragic nature, i the Affolder party had just returned from the cemetery, after visiting the grave of a small son. who (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) MORE EMPLOYES HIRED AT G.E. Production Increase Necessitates Hiring More Employes Motor production and employ-’ 1 ment are on the increase at the General Electric factory, the heav. ier schedules starting about the first of the month. E. W. Lankenau. plant superintendent, stated that production would be stepped up about 10 per ent. This will require about 45 additional employee, of which 251 •have already been added to the j local payroll. I The new employes are being taken ion gradually. Several were added the past couple weeks and more will j ■Lie employed until about 45 have ! been given employment. . The total employed will exceed 400 i by the time peak production is un-, der way, Mr. Lankeanu stated. With the exception of the two weeks vacation period during the first half of August, the Decatur G.' E. plant has operated steadily all i year without a shut down or layi off of employea. The number employed has been increased during the year. The demand for the G. E. brush- ' ! i es3 type fractional horsepower mo- j tor continues to grow and to keep] up with orders, the production «k hedule had to be increased. o Wabash Tow nship Resident Dies Ja-.db E. Schwartz, 78. a retired farmer, died Thursday afternoon at 1 the home of a son, Dan, five miles : southeast of Berne. Death followed a long illness of heart disease. Ho was born in Adams county April 14, 1858, a son of Christ and Mary I Schwartz, Surviving are five sons and three daughters, one half-sister. Mrs. Victor Graber and one sister, Mrs. Sant Liechty of Michigan. Funeral services will be held at the home at 9 a. m. Saturday, with burial in the Amish cemetery, three miles west of Berne. ; ; County Agents Will Select New Officers Officers of the northeastern IndI iana county agents’ association will be chosen at the next district meeting at Fort Wayne in December. This was decided at yesterday’s ; meeting, held at Fort Wayne. L. E. Archbold. Adams county; agent, is now president of the asso-' !-elation and C. V. Kimmel, Allen ' county agent, is secretary.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday. September 18, 1936.

Speak To Men’s Congress ■ 'A* ' I I * ? u’ ■ ■ Hr Rev. E. H. Wessler Dr. J. Raymond Schutz ~ Members of the Decatur Evangelical Reformed church are planning to attend the twelfth annual men’s congress to be held in Goshen, Sunday. Sept. 20. Rev. E. H. Wessler, D. D.. pastor of Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Sheboygan, Wis.. will be the princlpaj speaker. His subject will be. "The Greater Citizenship." Dr. J. Raymond Schutz of North Manchester college will speak at the afternoon session His subject is “The Kingdom of God. a new world.” The conference will be held in the Goshen high school auditorium.

AMERICANS 10 BE EVACUATED Americans Are Given Last Opportunity To Leave Spain Madrid. Sept. IS—(UP)— -More than 50 American citizens are expected to entrain tonight for Alleant. on the ea-st coant. to embark 1 in the Cruiser Quincy. This will be probably the final evacuation of Americans from Madrid. The ministry of interior, in charge of all policing, in a decree today | ordered that all foreigners submit I their passports to police within -seven days for examination and approval. In event that the authorities "consider the stay of any foreigner in Spain inconvenient, he • Will be duly notified to leave the I country,” tihe decree said. There are about 174 Americans registered at the embassy here. Forty- seven American citizens are living at the embassy and 127 elsewhere in the capital. Os these 36 from the United States. 1 from Puerto Rico, and 20 front the Philip- ! pines are at the embassy, and 83 from the United States, 25 from Puerto Rico, and 20 from the Philippines are living outside. Since the civil war 26.8 Americans have been evacuated. Only Monday. Eric C. Wendelin, charge D'affaires, on orders from Washington, issued a final warning that those Americans who did not board the Quincy on its present stop at Alicante might not have another (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o Freidheim Ladies Aid Plan Ice Cream Social An ice cream social will be given Sunday evening at 8:00 P. M. at the Freidheim School by Ute Freidheim i ladies aid. The public is cordially invited. A program of entertainment ! consisting of singing, dialogues and music will be given. o CORPORATIONS URGED 10 PAY Small Corporations Advised To Abide By Compensation Law Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 18 —(UP) Small corporations with less than eight paid employes but with a number of non-salaried officers briging th.? total to more than eiciht were advised by the Indiana unemployment compensation division today to become voluntarily subject I to the state compensation law. By becoming subject to tihe Ind iana law the corporations will not be required to pay more than their present federal unemployment levies, if was pointed out. Differences in state and federal rulings are due to the fact that the federal law makes an officer of a j corporaion specifically included as an employe, while the Indiana law ! includes as employee only those working for wages. In many small corporations now paying federal unemployment taxes the officers do not receive salaries but are paid out of dividends, it was , said. The division pointed out that ■ when corporations pay the state levy, they will receive 90 per cent credit on their federal taxes

None Injured When Two Autos Collide No one was injured when ears driven by Mrs. John Stults, of this city and C. W. Allen of Columbus Grove. Ohio collided at the intersection of Second and Monroe streets at 8 o’clock this morning. Mr. Allen, who admitted running the traffic light, told chief of Police Melchi that he was unafble to see tihe traffic light from the east. The Allen car was strut k broadside by the Stults auto. Both cans were considerably damaged. Mr. Allen was accompanied by his wife, his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Allen. The party was enroute to Uniondale for a visit. Mrs. Stults was accompanied by her sister. Mrs. M. M. Frisbie. o WOMEN MEET AT BERNE THURSDAY Democratic Women Hold First Fall Meeting At Berne More than IftO members of the Adams county Democratic women's club attended the first fall meeting in Lehman park in Berne last night and heard the address of state Senator Thurman Gottschalk. Following th? singing of America, Mrs. C. H. Muselman, of Berne and genera' chairman of tJie meeting, delive!ed a short address of wel-, come to the members. A business meeting was conducted under the direction of Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, president of the club. Plans for the coming election and I the part the lady Democrats are to play were discussed and formed. A novel musical program was presented by girls of the Berne schools, with various tunes set to words of praise for the New Deal and RooseveltV accomp'isihn>)tnjts during his term in office. Following a short address by Mrs. Grady, fourth district chairman. relative to the part played by women vot rs in Lagrange county. Senator Gottschalk, of Berne, addressed the ladies in the principal. talk of the event. Senator Gottschalk, speaking breafl/, told those in attendance of the importance of their voting in the election, of the part played Iby the president in the nation's recovery from the depression, and outlined the party’s platform in the coming election. Tentative plans were made for a meeting in October at the Decatur i Catholic high school auditorium,! with a joint dinner for both men and women Democrats. Plans are for a speaker of national prominence to address the assemblage. oLandscape Architect Confers With Tenants — Ralph Gunn, landscape architect of the special skills division, resettlement administration, is conferring with tenants at the Decaur Home- ] «eads. relative to landscaping of in divlduale properties and group developements. Tuesday afternoon a meeting of the Homesteaders will be held at 'the J. C. Strick'er home and Mr. 1 Gunn will explain the plan of devel- ' oping flower beds and border walks, i Mr. Gunn is giving information I and valuable suggestions to individ- | uals and groups on a long time i landscaping program. The developeI ms nt of the park area is also being I explained by Mr. Gunn.

Ancient Spanish Fortress Os Alcazar Is Dynamited Today To Drive Rebels From Toledo

CONSTITUTION DAY OBSERVED Rotary Club Program Thursday Is Based On Constitution Constitution Day was observed by Decatur Rotarians at the weekly meeting of the club, held Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Oscar lankenau. chairman of the program, was the first speaker. He read a letter from C. Seymour Bullock, governor of Indiana Rotary clubs, urging obsrvance by all clubs of Constitution Day. Speaking briefly. Mr. Luukenau stated that a convention, called to draft a constitution, met In 1187. Ten of the original 13 states signed the constitution at this convention, hut Rhode Island, the last to ratify, did not adopt the constitution until May 29. 1790. There were seven articles in the Constitution. The chairman then called on Fred Fruchte. who discussed articles 1. Articles of the constitution divide the government into three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The first article, discussed by Mr. Fruchte. is devoted to the legislative branch. It defines the powers of congress, as divided into branches, the senate and the house of representatives. W. Guy Brown then discussed article 2 of the constitution. This article defines the executive powers, vested in the president and vice-president. Qualifications necessary for election to this office and changes made from time to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — O Farmer Accidentally Killed While Hunting Waterloo, Ind.. Sept. 18 —(UP) — The body of Gilbert Keller. 25, farmer. was found last night on a farm two miles east of here. He had shot himself accidentally while hunting. A squirrel be had killed was nearby. It was believed Keller hud stumbled on the rough ground, discharging the gun as he fell. The bullet severed an artery above his knee and he bled to death. o All Fire-Fighting Equipment Tested The regular periodical test of all fire fighting equipment was made last night by Fire Chief Charles Robenold and his men. All hose of the department was put under pressure and tested for flaws. The balance of the equipment was tested and cleaned. Chief Robeno'd arrived last night in time for the test from Anderson, where he had been attending the state fire chief's convention with Mrs. Robenold. 0 THREE ILL OF ONOULANT FEVER At Least Three School Children Suffering From Fever At least three Decatur children are ill with lundulent fever. The fever goes and comes, temperature rising as high as 104. The children took ill about the same time. IA local physician took a blood test of the patients and sent iit to the Fort Wayne laboratory. The disease was pronounced findti- | lant or Malta fever. The fever is Infectious, but not contagious. The first signs are a headache and temperature. It is similar to typhoid fever and prevalent in the Mediterranean countries, the cause having heen traced to goat’s milk. i City and county health authorities are investigating the local causes. Dr. G. J. Kohne, a member of the city health board urged the boiling .of milk as a precaution. Medical authorities say the fever runs a five to six weeks course. 0 WEATHER Generally fair north, mostly cloudy and somewhat unsettled south portion tonight and Saturday; slightly warmer Saturday.

0.1. VOGLEWEDE WILL PROBATED Bequeaths SI,OOO To New Church; Balance Goes To Widow Charlie J. Voglewede, retired shoe dealer of this city who died last Saturday, bequeathed $lO9 to the trustees of St. Joseph’s cemetery, the income from which is to be used in keeping hte burial lot in a presentable condition, the entire estate is bequeathed to his wife, Anna M. Voglewede. No inventory was filed with the will. The document was written, January 24. 1927 and witnessed by Mtes Mayrne Terveer and Clem Voglewede. The will was sited by Mr Voglewede’s son. Attorney Arthur E. Voglewede of this city, who represets tihe estate. Mr. Voglewede appointed his wife executrix, with power to nettle the estate without giving bond or report to any court. The 31,000 bequest for the church was made to the Rt. Rev. Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, head of the Catiholic diocese. Mr. Voglewede was the owner of several pieces of real estate in this city, five and ten cent stores and a stockholder in the Citizens Telephone Company. HARVARD MARKS TERCENTENARY Nation’s Oldest University Marks 300th Anniversary Cambridge. Mass.. Sept. 18 —(UP) |erc-’t|Wnary celebration of Harvard University, marking the 300th anniversary of the beginning of higher education in America, ended on a colorful crescendo today President Roosevelt attended, not as the-chief executive of the nation, but as Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the class of 1904. Sixty-two of the world's greatest] scholars, 11 of them Nobel prize i winners, were awarded honorary degrees. John Masefield, poet laureate to the King of England, read his “lines on the tercentenary of Harvard college," an ode composed especially for the occasion. All of the pomp and panoply of the world's oldest universities was in evidence in the march to the open-air theater, where the ceremonies were held. Oxford and Cambridge university procession In their robes and velvet berets, scholars from the Corbonne in their odd-look-ing stove-pipe hats. Indian thinkers in their white turbans, and Japanese sevants lent a universal touch to the march. Former secretary of Navy Charles Francis Adams, descendant of the famed New England family that 'has given two presidents of the Urtited States, was marshal of the procession of Harvard. Alumni. From England Iby short wave radio came the greetings of prime minister Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of Cambridge university, alma mater of John Harvard. Opening notes of the days program were the bells of Southwark Cathedral, 'broadcast from London. Southw'ark was tihe parish church of the Harvard family. Governor James M. Curley extended greetings of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. President Janies Bryant Conant of Harvard paid tribute "to the great universities from which we are proud to claim our descent, Cambridge, Oxford, and Paris." As the name of his university was was mentioned, the chief delegate from each of the foreign institutions (CONTINt'BD ON PAGE FOUR) —o Adams County Native Dies Wednesday Night John L. Ehle. 62. a native of AdI ams county, died Wednesday night 1 at his home five miles east of New Haven, where be had lived (practically his entire life. He is survived by the widow, the mother, two sons, three brothers and two sisters. r Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:30 p. m. CDT. Saturday and at 2 o'clock at the Gar Creek cburoli.

Price Two Cents*

Death Toll Undetermined But Likely More Than Half Os 1,200 Persons Besieged Killed. I f, REBELS ADVANCE Toledo. Sept. 18.—(U.RF The Alcazar, ancient fortress in wh!< fl more than 1.200 rebel men, women, and children have been besieged for nearly two months, was blown up by dynamite today. It was believed that a great numher. perhaps a majority, of thoso within the stone pile, already battered into a partial ruin by artillery and air bombs, perished In the explosion set off by loyalists who had tunneled under the fortress. It was estimated that more than 100 were killed or wouuded, Including 40 loyalists, in fighting at the Alcazar after it had been dynamited. Two mines of 330 pounds each of dynamite had been laid by this loyalists in a tunnel driven through the rocks on which the Alcazar stood, overlooking Toledo. The entire city was shaken and some houses, already weakened by rebel air bombings, collapsed. After the explosion, loyalist storm guards and militia with rifles and hand grenades penetrated the ruins of the building The surviving rebels resisted in tierce hand-to-hand fighting, but the Alcazar tragedy was approaching its end. The electric fuse which blew up the dynamite was more than 200 feet long During the night, sirens and loud speakers had ordered the civilian population to evacuate from the vicinity of the Alcazar. Shortly before the explosion, Irving Pflaum, United Press correspondent, was taken into the tunnel and showm the elaborate preparations for blowing up the building. wdth its women and children huddled in the cellars, apparently just above the mines. When the dynamite was set off, the tremendous explosion shattered the west wall. Great masses of stonework disintegrated and tumbled to the earth. The remaining southwest tower of the historic building, one of the architectural gems of Spain, went high in the air and landed with a shattering crash, some of the stones falling in various parts oE the city. A great cloud of smoke and dust went high into the air, giving the impression of an erupting vo'cano. A group of rebels who would not admit defeat desperately maintained a defense of the Alcarzar this afternoon. Fighting was in progress deep in the cellars of the huge building, which was a mass of ruins after the explosion of two mines ac its south end. A United Press correspondent, Emilio Herrero, witnessed the explosion and the fighting which fol(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

MILLION DOLLAR FLOOD DAMAGE 1,500 Homeless, At Least One Dead In Flood In Texas San Angelo, Tex., Sept. 18 —(UP) —The Concho river flood abated today, leaving 1,500 homeless, at leant one dead, and many miswing. Damage was estimated at $1,000,000. It was feared relief from overflowing rivers swollen by torential rains might (be onl/y temporary. It wars raining here, and reports upstream on both the north and eoutli Cancho branches told of mord rains. A person seen clinging to a treetop in the middle of the raging river was gone when rescue boats arrived. A boy, Ralph Steves, 6, drowned near Leon in the waters of Copperas creek. Early today the receding water had left the (business district and a large part of the residential area ot San Angelo. Wreckage of more than 300 homes was seen about streets. Pereonw fleeing the flood on tha north branch of the Concho river reported nine others were hanging in precarious perches, lit was feared eom? lay have become exhausted' and fallen into the stream. A rescue motorboat was being outfited. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)