Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1936 — Page 1

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■(adjustment ■nil SLASHES RATES ■ | {o;lll | (ills I’ropos|,evil" I* l Seven M Towii'-I’i))'- Today |W.. ■ >,«• i’‘i‘ > <,n ' ji<| - Hdiv bv til. \diims .ommt «i<«nll>" house. ■1 at 8 "" |JV had "> al > officials. —...H H. !<■*nsh’p rates from K i.'nts t<. one cent. ( tit< arc as follows: township: requested 65 ' 64 ■ ents. One ■H lllt in tuition fund , ,eql|eSL-d 1< rehK'sl 18 CW ‘ U - On<> ■ poor relief. This will K pr,ld.' township a, one cent \ l.elie.ed to be |H. *.■ r..|u:i.-.l in the township: requestu ,-uts. reduced to 74 . elite. rents < lit in tuition levy |K. W o cent- ai poor levy. gK . tewn-hip: request.ul jK't Md<"l to 99 cents. Two <ut ■>* tuition l ev > r - |K . • reqll..st.-ll sl. to 94 "''‘ls. Hour |H ; B t::it:..'H !'"> «".! two cents |Hqeriai school levy. - towti-l ip: requested 53 W,,. rwim .d to 511 Cents. Two K <ut in tuition levy and one in P°° r ! ,v )'• town-diip: requested Hr rediuei! to 91 cents. Sewn K cent cut in tuition levy, ■p rates may he changed Mfr-e the board adjourns tliis ■> u ". of otli.-r tax units, tentaun. ita.ti~ ■>l at 2:30 o clock are: Mjiiiuroe civil city, 35 cents: K. library, lu .cuts: Decatur H-a De.a: it-, five cents: DecaK I. !,v, Wjsliinyton township. cents: tr.-ti.-va civil city, $1 65. ■near civil . tty. 4<» cents; Deca■r. 1 cents. tuition ■ cents. bond, four cents, and cottn'y welfare board, ■tUXTIM'Eti US' PAGE THREE) lIRfFORD CITY ■OMAN ELECTED ■ Irs. Cledith Cummins Named District Rehekah Deputy Mrs. Cledith Cummins, of HartK City, was < l>-< ted district depJ president of the Rebekah fees. 1. 0. 0. F„ district 31, in e business session of the ineetI here last evening. Ruby Harden, also of Hartford Ity was lected deputy vice presitut ot the organization and Mrs. « Armstrong, of Geneva was Uned treasurer, with Velma CavI. ot Zanesville, as secretary. Hartford City was awarded the Kiiiant for showing the largest bo in membership of any lodge I ithe district. Montpelier was set as the tentave Bite of the next meeting of * district organization in the I Drills. Hartford City added another >1 for its lodge, in making a •r 'lean sweep of honors at yesmays meeting, when it received “ award for perfect work in *t»t initiation. The team from ,f ity conferred the degree work ®a class of candidates at the con-1 »on of the meeting last night. I along the prominent officers ifesent were: Elmer Weeks, dep- !?« master - Indianapolis; u ”“ Salih, assistant grand herof Indianapolis; Fred Major, distant grand warden, of this p . and Margaret SLoltq, ot Fort *»yne. district officer. I>ii ily ion members from lodges ' Wells and Blackford *•. in addition to visitors 1 tort Wayne and North Man iwi I 61 "’. Were preßent “I the sees—night, which closed one l( 'oviix rlßn on pace f:ve> Report Thefts Os Milk Bottles, Tickets DZ,' U ' lltß or the west part of ur have reported to the city ml . 1 'boys or men are stealing an<l mißt ticfcete from i Poiir A east one theft was seen. Ikt n f Wln ° Uncad toaay that unless Immediately stopped fosecut^ 1 be ma<ie and the casee

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

’ Her Royal Son 111 s - ”e« S '■ . J i igk "W IF J Uy - H|A dSIV WffiWKwMi L » Serious illness of her eon. Count of Covidonga, who is fighting for his life in a New York hospital from an attack of hemophilia, • brougrt his mother, former Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, from Europe to his bedside. The former queen, who is separated from ex-King Alfonso, on leaving the hospital, above, expressed optimism about the condition of her son, ’ who suffers from a hereditary dis- [ ease, causing excessive bleeding. FARMERS WILL HOLD MEETINGS Community Meetings To Consider New Soil Program Community meetings at which all ■ the farmers of Adame county will consider an<j make their recommendations for a 1937 agricultural conservation program will be held i throughout the county during the next week. Five meetings have been planned. These community meetings will lie the first step to be taken by farmers in a genera! cooperative plan , to formulate a 1937 eoil coneerva- ‘ tion program. The community meetings and the recommendations coming from them will be the basis for | a county meeting early next month, at which the suggestions will be 'eummarizzed and set to the state, committee for general state recommendations to he presented to the U. S. department of agriculture to serve as the basis for the 1937 program. Such questions as changes to be ! made in the basis of payment in 1937; changee that may be made in crop classifications to meet 1937 conditions; should saoil bases established in 193fi be need next year, and if not. what changes should lie made; what soil building practices for which payment was made this year should be retained for next year, and if such allowance was established. how should it be earned; is it necessary to have a more comprehensive crop insurance program | than that provided by the Agricultural conservation and commodity I (CONTINt’ RD ON PAGE FOUR) DEATH CLAIMS MRS. KELLEY Aged Geneva Woman Dies As Result Os Fall Last Saturday Funeral services will be held Thursday morning for Mrs. Janies Kelley. 80, who died at her home in Geneva Monday. Death was attribute to a fractured skull sustained in a fall into the basement of her home on Saturday. Little hope had been held for her : recovery following the fall. The deceased was born in Madi- • eon on March 19. 1856 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Laughlin. She had been a resident of Adame county for over 40 years. Surviving are two children, James and Ella, both at home and a sister , Mrs. B. D. Ford, ot Portland. The funeral services will Ibe held iat the St. Mary’s Catholic church Thursday morning at 9 o’clock. The chunch is located near the state line, east of Geneva.

LANDON MOVES IN EFFORT TO CARRY MIDWEST G. O. P. Nominee Starts Tour Through Five Farm States Topr ka, Kan . Sept. 22— (U.PJ - Republicans swung their full fighting strength into action in an effort to recapture the middlewest todav as Gov. Alf M. Landon. i the presidential nominee, and his: advisers left for a six day campaign through five farm states. Numerous brief platform talks and three major speeches, the first tonight at Des Moines, la., will be made. Concentrating on the task of! i swinging the agricultural areas, into the Republican column, Gov-j ernor Landon left Topeka on the Sunflower Special for a series of, brief appeaj-ances in Missouri and lowa cities before his address tonight. when he will present his party's farm program and analyze j the Roosevelt administration's policies. Two other major speeches on reciprocal tariff and social secur-' lity will be delivered a.t Minneapolis and Milwaukee before the Republican presidential nominee turns homeward Saturday night through Illinois. Jowa and Missouri. The nominee’s third campaign tour was viewed by many political' veterans as perhaps the most significant of the campaign because of indications that the decisive i battle of the 1936 election will be I waged over the electoral votes of the agricultural states of the mid-1 die west. . In the view of the Landon strategy board, the Kansas gover-1 nor’s greatest strength lies in the | eastern states, which they hope to carry virtually en bloc. If the president can add the west coast J ' states to the Democratic south, the decisive battle of the campaign will come in the agricultural midwest. It wap toward this great bloc of 1 1 electoral votes in states stretch-' I ing across the nation's granary • that Governor Landon directed his (CONTnOTED GN PAGE FIVE) A. OFC. PLAN FALLMEETINCS Knights Os Columbus Plan Meetings For Three Months A detailed program for October. ! November and December meetings ' of the Knights of Columbus council of this city, was annohneed Monday night at the regular meet-. ing, held at the K. of C. Hall. In addition to the regular meetings, several speciaj events have been planned during the three months. The first of the meetings will .be held Monday, October 5. After the regular meeting, luncheon and j refreshments will be served. Entertainment will be arranged by a committee headed by Joe Lose. The complete program for the balance of the year follows: Tuesday. October 13—Columbus Day dance for members, their | families and invited friends. No admission will be charged. Monday, October 19 — Regular meeting. Pinochle and rhum party after the meeting, with cash prizes. Tuesday, October 27—Card party. dance and bingo. Admission will be 25 cents. Monday, November 2 — Regular meeting and charter member night. Members who founded the Decatur council will be honored at this meeting. Tuesday, November 10 — Dance ■ for members, their families and invited friends. Admission will be 25 cents. Monday, November 16—Regular meeting and memorial services. Monday. November 23 — Stag pinochle and rhum party. Turkeys will be given as prizes. Admission will be 25 cents. j Tuesday, December 8 — Regular , meeting and annual rabbit supper. Monday, December 21 —Regular . meeting. In addition to the above program, an attendance prize of $21 will be given at each regular; meeting. — 0 _— Legion Drum Corps To Meet Wednesday The drum corp* of Adame poet, number 43 of the American Legion will meet at the Legion hall Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to attend.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 22, 1936.

Fire Is Started In Hollow Tree Trunk I When a nine foot hollow tree trunk al the Charles Lobelger home on North Thirteenth street began belchlug flames last night at 10 o’clock, a thoroughly frightened neighbor summoned thi' local fire department. Firemen succeeded in extinguish- '! ing the flames, but were at loss to venture a plausible explanation of origin, which caused fire to leap eix to eight feet above the top of the trunk, when chemicals were used. 'No damage wa.s done. COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE TO BROADEN STUDY Crop Insurance Committee To Study Data On All Crops Washington. Sept. 22. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt’s crop insurance committee decided today to study data on all crops for which the agricultural adjustment ad- ' ministration has had soil conservation and crop adjustment programs. While President Roosevelt, in appointing a committee to formulate a crop insurance program suggested that only one or two crops he included, the committee today asked department of agriculture clerks to extend their studies to wheat, cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, sugar and peanuts. Production figures, on which actuarial basis for which insurance' i premium can be computed, are available for these crops as a result of the AAA program. The committee announced plans to i summon representative farm lead 1 ers to Washington to give their ideas on crop insurance, but prior to that the committee will study reports on crop insurance ven-1 , tures in the past, both in the United States and abroad. The president concerned him- ! self almost entirely today witli I ' plans for a recommendation to the | next congress that, if adopted' would enable thousands of tenant, fanners to buy farms of their own. On the heels of two other announcements of plans for agricultural reforms, he revealed through ; I release of the text of letters writ- ! ten to Sen. John H. Bankhead, D.. Ala., and Rep. Marvin Jones, D„ Texas, that he believes the federal government should finance, at i low interest rates and with long term notes, the purchase by reput able tenant farmers of the land they farm. He asked Bankhead and Jones to help him frame a concrete proposal of legislation to effect it. "Any long time improvement of the welfare of the nation and of farm people involves improvement I of the tenancy situation,” he said Only yesterday he created a committee to study a crop insurance plan and another body to plan for (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Prominent Farmer Is Severely Burned John Miller, prominent farmer living south of Decatur is suffering from severe burns on the right arm Mr. Miller was in the act of lighting a gasoline stove at hie home and the flames flared up and burned his arm. The flesh was severely burned ' ;n places and the injury is a very painful one.

Parents Dispute On Operation T o Save Malformed Baby’s Life

Chicago, Sept. 22— (U.P.) —A ycung and desperate father walked into Danish-American hospital today after hours of hopeless wondering and gave surgeons permission to operate on his five-day-oid malformed son, slowly dying of starvation. Chicago, Sept. 22 —(UP) — The mother and father of a malformed ibaby boy disputed today whether they should let him die or gamble on an operation which might eave him but leave him a cripple. The child. Julian Tafel, Jr., five days old. was slowly starving to | death at Danish American hospital. He was born with part of the lower colon missing, ajid has no means of eliminating bodily waste matter. Surgeons »aid the means of elimination can be provided by an operation. The child would have a 50-50 chance to live, said Dr. Lewie K. Eastman, hospital chief of staff, but the question was: "for how. long?" The mother, Mrs. Eva Tafel, 22,

CLERK URGES REGISTRATION All Voters Must Be Registered By October 5 In Order To Vote The Importance of immediate registration of all persons In Adams county who otherwise would be unqualified to vote in the November election was stressed in a statement made today by County Clerk G. Remy Blerly. October 5 will be the last day upon which new registrations or changes In the records can be made, according to law. At that time Mr. Blerly miisrt close his books to prepare the official lists lof registered voters for use on election day. It had been reported by party leaders that a large percentage of the citizens in the county are not properly registered, many of whom are not aware of their names having been removed from the lists. The master files of the registration cards are maintained in the county clerk's office. To j assist in the registration Mr. Bierly his given records of the registered persons in each precinct to i party officials, who are checking them against poll books or other local records. Four classes of persons xhould register. These are: 1. Every man and women who 1 I has not previously registered. 2. —AI! young men and women ■who have attained the age of 21 since the last election. 3. —All voters who have moved from one precinct to another must transfer their registration. 4. —All persons, if after registration and prior to the date of election, have changed their names (CONTINtTRn ov PAGE FOt'R) o Surveying Site Os Berne Post Office N. P. Greller. construction engi-i I neer for the procurement division | of the United States treasury de-! I partment is in Berne making a i topographic survey of the Shailey-! ! Wittwer lot, which was accepted' I last Thursday for the new Berne ' postoffice site. JURY TRIALS I ARE DELAYED Criminal Cases. Originally Set This Week, Are Postponed With six cases, three carrying charges against the same man. continued in the Adams circuit court, calling of the petit jury for! service has been postponed until Thursday morning. At that time the jury will hear the charge of child neglect, filed against Louis Schindler. The cases that were continued aro: Christopher Spangler, charged with child neglect, originally set for today. Ernest Anspaugh. charged with child neglect, originally set for today. Clarence Mitchell, charged with child desertion, originally set for Wednesday. Ray Anspaugh, charged with drunken driving, reckless driving and public intoxication, all three i cliarges originally set for Wed(CONTTNTTEn ON PAGE FIVE)

wanted to gamble on the operation. “I want him”, she cried, “He’s my baby. I love him.” The father. Julian, stood resolute against the operation. "Why should I learn to love this ' child, only to 'ose him in a few I years” he asked. Eastman explained he could not| operate without consent of both : parents. He is a close persoal friend jof the family, and planned to confer with the parents today in an attempt to settle their dispute. The child was born Sept. 17, and appeared normal in every way. he 1 weighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces, and was described iby attendants ae a “fine looking hoy.” iA few' hour® later hospital attend- j ants noticed he was in difficulty and investigated. They decided the only hope of saving the child was an ini ciuioh in his -side v provide the j needed outlet for waste. "There is no chance whatever for the baby to live unlees the opera(CONTINUED ON PAOB FIVE) I

FARMERS WILL RECEIVE MOST PAY SINCE '29 Survey By Farm Papers Shows Eight Billion i Dollar Year i Chicago, Sept. 22.— (U.R) Farm ’ ers have just-completed an $8,000,-' 000,000 year despite drought-short-'!eued crops, have more money to •'spend than at any time since 1929, • a survey by a group of farm pap- :. ers revealed today. i Cash revenue from sales and i! AAA payments in the year ending I July, 1936, reached $7,540,000,000, while income from the veterans' ’ bonus brings the total to eight blli Hon dollars, the midwest farm pap- ' er unit reported. ' Findings of the survey were pub- j ' llshed by the agricultural outlook, which is prepared by editorial staffs of the farmer, the Nebraska Farmer, Prajrie Farmer, Wallace's ! Farmer and lowa Homestead, and Wisconsin Agriculturalist and Far-; mer. The total is $900,000,000 more i !than in 1935, $1,800,000,000 more) ; than two years ago and $3,100,000,-! i 000 more than the 12 months end , ing July, 11’35. July cash income was $735,000,-1 000, highest for the month since ; 1929 and 56 per cent more thau I last year and 144 per cent higher 'thau in July, 1932. Price increases resulting from the drought and free marketing of J livestock and grain accounted for the sharp increase, the farm papers said. Other farm-business high spots listed in the survey: ( Rural retail sales up 13 per cent! while department store sales, bar-! umeter of urban trade, declind 15: l>er cent from the 1929-31 average. Prices received by farmers reached FJ per cent of prewar i»arity to ! prices paid by farmers. , Return to farm operators in 1935 I trebled that of 1932. Fanners bought 25 to 30 per cent of a record output of motor trucks. Feed grain supply up 5 per cent, 1 hay 30 per cent over 1934. Food supply 3 per cent below '■ 11935-36. 1 per cent under 1934-35. ' The survey pointed out that in spite of drought, the U. S. department of agriculture estimated the! total supply of foods, including: (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) i o Presbyterian Church To Plan Fall Program The Presbyterian church session will meet Wednesday night at 7 o'clock to plan the activities of the church for the coming yeaj. which commences this fall. Repj resentatives of the various organizations of the church are asked to be present at the meeting. The church program will be outlined, together with the activities of th* Sunday School and other organizations. LEG FRACTURE ENDS CAMPAIGN Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rhode Suffers Injury In Accident Washington, Ind.. Sept. 22—(U.R) —A leg fracture suffered in a leap from a motor trailer today 'halted the honeymoon-cajnpaign ' tour of Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen !, Rhode in behalf of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She broke a large bone in her left leg, just below the knee, in the jump. The injury occurred when the ( motor trailer in which Mrs. Rhode | an<( her husband have been making a campaign tour of the state , began rolling down aji incline in the city park while no one was at the controls of the car. Both leaped through the rear door of the trailer in an effort to run to their automobile and reset the brakes. Her husband, Capt. Boerge Rhode of the Royal Danish guard, ( jumped safely but Mrs. Rhode lit on uneven ground and the jar I broke her leg. X-Ray examination today dis-', closed a large bone just below the !. knee had beer, split in two places. Physicians said the fracture was extremely painful but would not leave a permanent injury. i , It will be necessary for her to : abandon the remainder of the cam- ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I 1 WEATHER Fair and continued warm i tonight and Wednesday.

Loyalist Forces Are Being Driven Slowly To Madrid

Peggy Ann Unruffled PAV * : . jjK -wsqWx- m MF Apparently undisturbed by turbulent events of the political campaign in which her father is bat- ! tling for the presidency, Peggy Ann Landon quietly pursues her studies at University of Kansas, at Lawrence, where she is a junior. LOCAL PASTORS’ TO CONFERENCE Will Attend National Preaching Conference Next W eek At the meeting of the Decatur Ministerial association, neld Mon- ' day morning, plans were made by : the ministers to attend the national preaching conference to be held in Indianapolis, Sept. 27-30. The national preaching mission is a united attempt on the part of the churches to bring about a spiritual awakening in America. It rests on the conviction that nothing is so important as to huiliT stronger ot Christian faith and life in the nation. After two years of careful preparation, both in planning and in prayer, the mission will be launched in 25 major cities of the country. spending four days in each i city and using every available channel, both of public meetings and of smaller conferences, to make a combined spiritual impact upon the nation. A group of foremost interpreters of the Christian Gospel, both from this country and abroad, will be associated for three months in this new type of evngelistic effort. The conference planned at Indianapolis next week will be the [center of activities for the Indiana I section. This is to be followed by efforts of a smiliar nature later in the fall in local churches. The pastors attending the conference from this city are Rev. C. M. Prugh, Rev. G. W. Lozier. Rev. C. O. Walton,, Rev. H. R. Carson. Rev. H. J. Aspy, and Rev. H. W. Franklin. The general laymen have been invited to attend the conference. Rurther infromation may be obtained from any of the ministers. None of the ministers plans to leave tor the conference until after the Sunday morning services. o Baptist Church Will Hold Meeting Tonight The officers ot the various departments of the Ba,ptist church, together with the teachers and officers of the Sunday School will meet at the church tonight at 6:30. A pot-luck supper will be served. Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish and sandwiches. The purpose of the meeting is to plan the work of the various departments of the church for the fall ajid winter months. At this meeting the pastor will present tentative plans and outlines for the entire church year. A good attendance is desired. Those who cannot be present for the supper are asked to attend the business meeting following at 7£15.

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| Rebels Force Loyalists Back Slowly On West Front Despite Bitter Resistance. BATTLE LOOMING By Louis F. Keemle (United Press Cable Editor) The Spanish rebels in the west drove on toward Toledo and Madrid today, slowly forcing back the loyalist hordes toward the capital. The battle raged on a front 43 miles from Madrid and 24 miles front Toledo. The loyalists resisted stubbornly but were strictly on the defensive, yielding mile after mile under the pounding of rebel artillery and airplanes. The rebels concentrated a strong air force in the Talavera sector, giving them definite superiority. All reports indicated that. | the planes were powerful, modern I bombers obtained from foreign j countries. Despite the loyalist reverses, it was not a rout and the prospect was that the government lines would be consolidated and re-formed nearer Toledo tor a defense of that city. A major battle might result. Despite the necessity of eapturing the besieged Alcazar in To- ■ ledo, the loyajists were sparing •• some of their forces from there v and sending them toward the r front, mostly militiamen and storm ’• ’ guards. J : The artillery remained to eonI centrate its fire on the Alcazar ■ and the last remaining tower ! crumbled today. The besieged rebels nevertheless maintained ! their stubborn refusal to surreud- , er, waiting in their shell-proof cel- , lars for expected relief by rebel o forces. The battle outside Toledo will decide the fate of the capital. If I the rebels prevail, the government probably will abandon Madrid to its fate and move to Valencia on the east coaat, to join forces with the powerful Catalonr ians in a final effort to avoid t- annihilation. f The rebels also were active and • on the offensive in the Huesca 1 area, northeast of Madrid. The e Guadarrama front north of the a capital was quiet, but a renewed b rebel drive was expected at any 1 time. i There was no marked progress J by either side on the Bay of Bisr cay front, the rebels a,t Oviedo 1 still holding out and the loyalists at Bilbao being threatened with I a rebel assault. Hendaye heard i i that .the Bilbao loyalists had - threatened to blow up ships in the harbor, filled with rebel hostages, t if the city is bombarded. * ■_ .... O—- ; ROOT TOWNSHIP : RESIDENT DIES Jacob Weidler Dies Monday After An Extend- ‘ ed Illness r ! Jacob Weidler. 73. well knowrt farmer, died at his home in Root . township Monday. Death wazt due to eureni'.c poisoning. He had been.' bedfast for the past seventeen months. The deceased was born June 2, 1863, a son of Jacob and Kathryn i Ruth Weidler of Badeweiler, Ger« . many. He came to Adams county at - the age of 18 and resided here the remainder of his life. October 20, > 1887 he married Kathryn Greus- - baunt. He was a member of the Zion Reformed church -of Decatur. HiS wife preceded him in death November 9, 1931. Surviving are the following child- ' ren; Rev. C. J. Wiedler, Abilene, Kansas: Mrs. Clifford Kirkpatrick, Fort Wayne; Rev. Victor Weidler, ’ Humbird. Wis., Fred of Bluffton;! ! Edwin of Plymouth. Wis., and Otto, Adolph. Oswald, Theodore, Kathryn and Marie all at home: one sister, Mrs. Louise Munch, Philadelphia, Pa., and one brother, Dan Weidler of Decatur. , Funeral services will ibe held Thursday at 1:30 at the home andi , 2 o'clock at the Zion Reformed church. The Rev. Charles Prugh will officiate and burial will be ini the Decatur cemetery. The body will be returned from the Black funeral home late 'his afternoon and may be viewed by friends and relatives after 7 o’clock this evening.