Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1936 — Page 1

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■MEN MEET >|E SATURDAY |j[(L ATTENDED , Ktate .Meeting 01 Red Order Is Held H Here Saturday Ma Mi.hlgaii and Ohio attristate meeting of 5 W, n ' !,pM ‘ ity HaturH, colorful pai.niP at 7 o'clock, b „, aliv ~f the visitor* upin full Indian costume, ,1,.11-e through the <l*t l;; -. »a« witnessed of people. ■ noting was opened by at 9 o'clock This j ,1 by a program on the iKeast corner of the court in front of the Gene memorial. Three ~ erected With V,Mistan. eof Decalur Boy E Alv , t Kerst of Greenville, Uteri an interesting “The Unforgotten , le<k a second open was presented in the K hc auditorium. Huston J. reon , ~f Indianapolis. preski- "■ Mayor Holthouse adiire-s of welcome was bv Mayor A. R. HoltMayor Holthouse said in Hp. n p sav that Decatur ie not but honored in that i .' a- your convention H Our citizenry appreciates e j« a distinct honor for a ,|f e.iNiii population to act a.s i to sin h a notable gathering. many -’ate and out-of-state to national and state offithe Improved Order of Men. are a part of the greajl territory, which shall ■i.;ut- an important place in. and m the building of this nation. Mfr the south and west of us ■b hip-orii Wabash river ajid north 'he conflux of the ■j • and K- kionga rivers, now st Mary's, on whose hanks bulilied Fort Wayne. To the is Fort Recovery and old ■t Defiance, with the Wayne Winili.trail and other unites skirting our on* time the Miami* and Pottawattamie* roamed this ■' i:y and must have felt that ■ Great Spirit blessed it spe ■ wish to pay tribute to your for the mantle of protection given the orphan. To your to this worthy cause. it is the reason why your flotiri-.h. why red-blooded ■r. 1 nt mi-' to enlist under yor.r and way the council chamMF continue to hold interest for ■u. You are doing a great let it go on and on, holding ■ore the entreaty of the Master, ■t-r the little children to come ■o me'.” ■ Father SeimetJt ■other J. J. Semietz, pastor of ■ Decatur St. Mary's Catholic ■nh. added his welcome to the ■tors. This was in part: ■When. 1 use the name Red Man ■means more to mo than just the ■><’ It means 'Americanism.' been founded in patriotism, ■tried on friendliness and nur- ■ ■*i on charity. ■"'e pride ourselves on our proyi», we have made, but I some-, ■*s wonder if we take the time ■ think of the sax-rifice it took 1 J make ta, a nation. We have I ■tn more from the Pale Face | from the Red Man. In our' ■Nnstrial nation we are seeking ■tier, power and ease. As Red ! ■> it becomes an obligation to ■J° nurture the true spirit of ■fOOVTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I o Bfirothy Summers ! Condition Worse Tke condition of Miss Dorothy j ®inere, who is confined to the ftc Byron sanitarium, was reportlt° be worse yesterday. Her moth-, ■ Mrs. L. E. Summers. of thia city ** summoned to her bedside. Resident Roosevelt Broadcasts Thursday “ ■! Resident Roosevelt will make his polictical speech of the Thursday evening, Octo- “ .at a o’clock, central standard Marie Lahmon, state radio b f ®an requests that as many wo’■j, 4 " Possible organize listening lk . ?s . for thia occasion and the r Important readio addresses 1 la « campaign.

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Rose Show Queen ’ Jz ; w < ’ mW* • ■■‘X*. y— , 1 Mg ' K r; 1 J*” > -JSr ,y u 1 Charlotte Guy, granddaughter of, Madame Schumann-Heink. famous singer, pokes her head through a wall of roses just to give an id*a of what may be expected in the way of beauty and bloom at the annual national rose show nt Sa.n Diego, Cal. BOARD URGES j BLOOD TESTS Health Board Urges Tests To Trace Undulant Fever Symptoms • i Dr. R. E. Daniels, secretary of i 1 the city health board, today urged 1 all persons who may have symp-; tome of undulant fever, to report to their physicians for blood | tests. "There may be several minor cases not diagnosed, in ad-i dition to the four known.” he said. The symptoms of the disease j may be all or any of the following: alternating periods of fever and chills; persistent headaches pain about the joints, or a general feeling of illness. In the meantime he urged the continued practices of boiling all of the milk consumed. Under the supervision of Dr. .1. : W. Jackson, state epidemiologist, j tests will be made of all the dairy ! herds in the county, which are selling milk in Decatur. Through : these, it is hoped that the source | of the disease may be learned. Dr. Daniels said today that under epidemic conditions blood tests are made by the state free of charge. Dr. J W. Jackson, of Indianapolis. state epidemiologist, wa.s in the city continuing his investigation in the undulant fever cases. Dr. Jackson visited the four patients and obtained information relative to each one. He is making a complete investigation rela(CONTINUED ON PAGE FTVE> HIGHWAY WORK BEING RUSHED — Benjamin Franklin Highway Work Is Being Rushed John H. Williamson, of Findlay, j Ohio, president of the Benjamin: Franklin Highway association, has received word from John Hestor, Jr., i 'director of Ohio State highways, to the effect tlsat the proposed coast to coast highway is being improved i asrapidly as possible. The purpose of the road is to provide a direct route from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, omitting some | of the larger cities. The route would pass through Decatur p nstate highway 224. i Considerable inmprovementa have been made on the route in Ohio this year. Others are proposed and will ; l>e completed this faß or next ■ spring according to Mr. Hestor. State road 224 west of Decatur is also tbeing improved and resurfaced by the Indiana State highway department. Federal funds are being used in conjunction with state anprotp: lations to pave the road. i As now planned, the route will pass over roads already paved, i when possible. The route will necesi sitate only small improvements.

U. S. READY TO “GO LIMIT" IN MONEY CRISIS Back Stabilization Program; Launch Devaluation Plans Washington. Sept. 28— <U.R) — The United States 1* prepared to I "go the limit” in support of the gold stabilization agreement with France and Great Britain, Secretary of Tieasury Henry Morgen- ! thau, Jr . said today. The "llnrlt'*, it was indicated, ' is the full use of the $2,000,000,000 'stabilization fund set,aside when I the dollar was devalued more ! than two years ago to prevent ' wide fluctuation in currency j prices. Morgenthau returned from a I conference with President Koose- ' velt at Hyde Park. N. Y., during | which he discussed in detail I negotiations leading to the threei party monetary agreement. Mr j Roosevelt was reported pleased ; with its consummation. Although the trr-aeury's action | in aiding world currency atabillza- 1 'tion moves was favorably received here and in several European capitals. Republicans immediately charged that it had “political im- 1 plications." John D. M. Hamilton. Republican campaign manager, contended the Roosevelt administration had 1 made "a complete somersault'' in its fiscal policy. He charged the tU'tion was taken to "forestall further Republican criticism of the ehort-sighted policy hitherto pursued by the administration." Treasury ofticials were pleased by early results of the agreement. I Quick action of the treasury in using its stabilization fund to support the pound when £ 1.000,000 was offered in New York Saturday has increased world I confidence in the agreement, they said. Treasury officials said further tests are likely this week, after i the expected revaluation of the franc by the French parliament.' Morgenthau sajd he would lie r (CONTINI'EP ON PAGE FOUR) CYCLIST HURT HERE SUNDAY Russell Smitley Has Narrow Escape From Death Sundav Morning Russell Smitley, age 22. son of Mrs. George Smitley, of Rntisell ■ street, escajied serious injuries and poMiblle death Sunday morning in an unusually freakish accident. Traveling south on Second street; on his motorcycle about 8:20 o’clock Sunday morning, the young man suddenly 'ost control of the vehicle as he approached the stop light at the corner of Second and Monroe streets. Careening onto the sidewalk at the southwest corner, narrowly missing the mail box, lamp post, telephone post and brick building, his motor'ycle crashed against the iron gate-post of the stairway to th* basement of the Boston Store. Still carried forward by the mo- , mentum gathered earlier, the vehicle tore off the iron post and ran j down the sairway. Rider and veI hide crashed against the cement ■ wall at the ibottom. Young Smitley eustained a laceration on the forehead, an injured I chest and bruises on his legs, but; was able to walk from the scene of the accident. The motorcycle was only slightly damaged. 1 That he was not more seriously injured was attributed partly to tile fact that the iron gate, carried down I the stairway on the front of the cy|cle, withstood the shook of the | crash against the wail. The damaged stairway was repaired yesterday and the gate reining to prevent injury to any passerby. - Northern Indiana I Dentists To Meet Five hundred dentists from the 1 ' northern part of Indiana are expectI ed to attend the 46th annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Dental Society in Hammond, Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 13 and 14. Clinicians and essayists of national repu- 1 i ration ilave been obtained toiprovlde an excellent two day (postgraduate I course in many different phases of dentistry. Both scientific and commercial exhibits will be on display throughout the entire meeting. Sev-H eral local dentists are expected to I attend, _ i

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 2K, 1936.

Here Tonight i __. _ - , Z M James I. Farley, fourth district congressman, will be one of the speakers at the smoker in Democratic headquarters in this city at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Thia will be the first general meeting of Democrats for the present campaign. nFARLET - HERE TONIGHT Congressman To Speak At Democratic Smoker This Evening James I. Farley, of Auburn, fourth district congressman, in Decatur on business today, agreed to remain in the city for tonight's smoker at Democratic headquarters. All interested Democrats are urged to attend. The 1936 campaign of the Adams county Democrats will be on at 7:30 this evening, when headquarters over the Daily Democrat office will be formally opened with a. smoker, to which the public is cordially Invited. Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk, member of the state budget committee. an authority on tax problems, how it is raitjed and why and just what becomes of the -money, will give a talk and there will be a discussion of plajis for the next six weeks. It is expected that several rallies will be held and the cooperation of every one interested is desired. County Chairman Nelson is desirous of putting on a campaign that will be both educational and interesting. He plans numerous meetings over the county with eeveraj here and with something doing at headquarters each evening. The women are urged to use the headquarters for their sessions when they need or desire it. as are the Young Democratic club members. Marie Lhamon. state radio chairman, ajinouncee that President Roosevelt will speak at 8 o'clock Thursday evening, standard time, and urges as many listening parties for the radio pragratn as is possible. Among the speakers for whom application has been made for this county are Senator Sherman Minton. Harry Woodring, secretary of war; Earl Crawford, Henry Schricker, candidate for lieutenant governor; Cliff Townsend and others. 4-H CONTESTS NEXT SATURDAY District Contests In Allen County All DaySaturday The District 4-H home economics judging and demonstration contests will be held Saturday. October 3, at Hillcrest school building, near Fort Wayne. The county winners in the various 4-H home economics contests will represent their respective counties in the district conteet. The representatives from Adams county are as follows: Clothing judging. Margaret Poling; canning judging. Marjorie Dilling, baking judging. Helen Ineichen; and the demonstration contest will be entered by Wilma Miller, with Linda Parbach assisting. The subject of of their demonstration is "First Aid" The program for the day is as follows: 9:00— Registration. 9:oo—Preparation by 4-H committee aud extension specialists. 1 ::00— Judging; baking, canning, food preparation, clothing, and room improvement 10:30 —Demonstrations. .12:30 —Lunch (served at school building.) I:3o—Deboustrations (continued) 3:3o—Announcement of placing*).

SEVEN PERSONS ARE KILLED IN FOREST FIRES Favorable Winds Aid In Averting Danger Temporarily Marshfield. Oro., Hept. 28. -<U.R> Eight Coos uud Curry county cities, threatened all day Sunday by forest fires which wiped out the town of Bandon and Prosper with . I the loss of at least seven lives, ap-1 II peared safe today. Favorable winds and all night battles against the Hames which were licking close to the limit of Marshfield. North Bend, Coquille, Port Oxford. Gold Beach, Langlois, Myrtle Point and Bridge, bore results and the only danger to the I towns today was a possible recurrence of Sunday’s high wind?. Relief workers rushed aid into an area blackened over 6,000 acres, in which the towns of Bandon and Prosper vanished in flames and valuable timber was lost. '; A tent city, populated by the ! thousands who fled from the for- ■ est holocaust, went up over night. i Huge trucks lumbered over deb-! .' rls-choked roads an d charred ‘ bridges throughout the night to! ! carry the refugees into Marshfield, where relief headquarters were established. Food and water supplies appeared adequate at Marshfield, for the | time being. Twenty four army I trucks, loaded with food, blankets i and medical supplies commandeered at CCC <amps, were enroute : from Medford. Governor Clarence Martin told Major-General T. E. Hilea, Oregon i national guard, in charge of relief [ efforts, there appeared no need for martial law. The governor said if looting or disorder occurred, he would appeal tor federal troops. As the evacuation of Bandon and Prosper continued, state and I federal agencies liattled to cheek ! the uncontrolled blaz.es flaming in nearby sectors. Foresters mustered more than J 1,000 fire fighters. Highway crews ’ * (CONTINUED ON PAGE FTVFD DISTRICT PTA MEET TUESDAY District Parent-Teachers Association Meeting Here Tuesday All local reservatlone for the ■ noon luncheon, held an a part of the eighth district Parent-Teachers association convention in the Zion Re- , formed church Tuesday, are to be made with Mrs. Lloyd Cowen by to- . night, it wan announced today by Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, necretaryi treasurer of the district council. These reservations must be tele-i phoned to Mis. Cowens, to enable : the committee to ascertain the numJ ber who will attend the luncheon from the Decaur PTA council. Ladies of the Zion Reformed church will nerve the luncheon. The public has been invited to i attend the convention, a special invitation being extended to parents, who have children in the local schools, and who are not members of the eouni il. The activities for the day open at 9 o'clock with registration in ' the church. The program starts at 9:30 o'clock, with invocation by the Rev. Charles M. Prugh. pastor of the church. A comp'ete program, replete with addresses by state and district heads of the association, musical entertainment, and instructive discussions, has been arranged by the program committee, headed Iby : Bryce Thomas, Central school principal. Prominent officials of the state and district organization will attend the meeting and address those pre sent. More than 300 members of councils in the district are expected to attend the convention, which is the , first of its kind to be held in the (CON'TINTTED ON PAGE FIVE) — Portland Centennial Pageant Postponed The Portland Centennial committee late this afternoon announced that the historical pageant scheduled for tonight had been postponed until Tuesday because of badi weather. The pageant will be repeated Wednesday and Thursday nights. Coronation of the queen will precede Tuesday night’s pageant presentation.

Spanish Rebels Take Control hOf Toledo; Loyalists Forces Falling Back Toward Madrid

CANDIDATES IN BUSY CAMPAIGN — Both Major Parties Schedule Busy Week For Candidates Washington, Sept. 28— (U.R> — The presidential campaign gained momentum today as both major parties entered a week of intensive activity. President Roosevelt adds campaigning to a busy week of executive duties. Gov. Alf M. I.andon returns to Topeka. Kan., for conferences with Republican leaders after his farm belt speaking tour Alfred E. Smith, the "happy warrior" of 1928. makes the first of five major addresses in opposition to President Roosevelt ttnd--1 er the banner of the Jeffersonia.n Democrats. Mr Roosevelt, in his first week of avowed political activity, will make two major political addresses and one expected to be largely non-political. He will speak tomorrow night before the New Y’ork state Democratic convention at Syrazuse. which will renominate Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York. Republicans meeting in Albany at the same time will select their gubernatorial candidate. Returning to Washington, the president will preside Wednesday over a conference of government officials and private utility executives to discuss a southeastern power-pooling scheme. Wednesday night Mr. Roosevelt will leave Washington for Elkins, W. Va., where he will pause for a short time at the Mountain State Forest festival. Hurrying on to Pittsburgh he will make Thursday night what is expected to be a. major political address. This address will be foli lowed immediately on the radio (coynNi'BD gn page five) Democrats Rally At Kirkland Wednesday An Adams county Democratic rally will be held in the Kirkland townshiip auditorium Wednesday night , | at 7:30 o'clock. It will >be sponsored [ by the Young Democratic club of , i Adams county. , Featured on the program will be a free movie shown by the state con- , servation department. John Gott- , sehalk. a member of the local chib i and associated in the educational di- ; vision of the state conservation department, will also speak. i Mr. Gottschalk, a son of state i Senator Thurman Gottschlk of i Berne, is well known as a speaker, having appeared on the platform at i Decatur, There will be special music ' At the conclusion of the program I there will be free sandwiches anil coffe. o — U. S. SAILOR IS SENTENCED — Sailor Convicted In Germany Os Treasonable Activities i (Copyright 1936 by United Press) ■, Berlin. Sept. 28 — (UP) — The | Nazi people's court today sentenced 1 Lawrence Simpson, of Seattle, to ! three years I mipr Ison men t on i charges of treasonable activities 1 against the Retch in connection with I the sailor’s communistic activities. 1 Simpson, who confessed the communist activities on the stand during hie sensational trial this morn- ■ ing. will be given credit for 14 of the 15 months he already has spent in ; prison pending trial. The iproseceutor told the court ' that the charge of espionage against ' Simpson was not sustained by the evidence, concentrating on the sailor’s communist connections. Simpson's attorney, Werner Amthor, had asked the court to give the ( American a maximum sentence of one year In prison on the treason charge and throw out the espionage charge altogether. Amthor, in defense of the sailor, stressed that he was not the ini- , tiator of any attempt to distribute . communistic literature in Germany ; before May 1, 1935. He said a heavier sentence would be justified If it . could be proved the communist paricwxißuafi sn j' ags riysi J

New Banking Head jj| -Z t • Tom K. Smith (above), president of the Boatman’s National bank of St. Ixiuis. was chosen president of the American Bankers' Association at the close of their convention at San Francisco. 34 GRADUATES AT COLLEGES Rural High School Graduates Taking Higher Education Information compiled today in the office of County Superintendent of Schools C. E. Striker disclosed that a total of 34 graduates of six rural high schools in the county are now furthering their education at various colleges and universities. Names of graduates from the Geneva school and the college they were attending, were unavailable, due to the delayed opening of classes there. Os the 34 graduates now in college, five are enrolled at Indiana university, five at International Business college. Fort Wayne, tour at Ball State Teacher's college, Muncie; three at Purdue university, four at various hospitals for nurses training and the rest at various other colleges. Hartford has the largest representation, 10 gradutes now being enrolled at universities. Monmouth has seven, Kirkland and Pleasant Mills five each. Jefferson four and Monroe three. Following Is the list of graduates and the college each is attending: Hartford township: Warren D. Munroe. Dale Anderson. Merle Shoemaker and Burl Von Whiteman, all at 1. U.; Naomi Studler and Beulah Augsburger, at Ball State; Hubert Glendeniug. Purdue; William Glendening, Missouri College of Mines, and Elizabeth Staley, nurses training, Jefferson Park hospital. Chicago. Monmouth: Edward Merica, Indiana State Teachers college; Franklin Hobrock. Ball State; Franklin Franz, Purdue, Edwin Weidler, Mission House College. Plymouth; Luellir Brokaw, Warner School of Beauty Culture. Fort Wayne; David Kunkel, University of Cincinnati; Dorothy Harshman, 1. B. C., Fort Wayne. Pleasant Mills; Loren Troutner, Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute; Marion Burke and Jean Willliams, I. B. C.; Mary K. McMillen, nurses training, St. Joseph's, Fort Wayne and John Schenck, Purdue. Kirkland' Mildred Beer, Butler University; Ruth Borne, nurses (CONTYNTTED ON PAGE FIVE) Gilliom Funeral Services Tuesday Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning for Obed Gilliom. 29, French township man, ■who died Saturday morning of injuries suffered in mi accident September 3. Services will he held at the home at 9 a. m. Tuesday, and at 10 o'clock at the Christian Apostolic church.

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Insurgents Score Severe Blow Against Loyalists In Civil War; Parts Os Loyal Army Trapped. RESCUE BESIEGED Talavera, Spain, Sept. 28 (U.R> — Rebel headquartere announced officially today that there were 80 dead and 500 wounded among the cadets in the Alcazar, who numbered 1.200 nt the start of the siege. By laiuls F. Keemle, (UP. Cable Editor) The rightist insurgents struck: their greatest blow in the Spanish civil war today with the capture of Toledo, 40 miles south of Madrid. With the fall of the ancient city, I there was little doubt that the hesieged rebels, with their women and children, iiad been rescued from the. Alcazar. The world eagerly awaited details from the survivors of what went on within thut shattered citadel during ten weeks of almost ceaseless attack with artillery. air bombs, dynamite, machine guns and rifles.. After tne capture of Toledo, the insurgents advanced toward the capital on the Madrid-Toledo highway, cutting off the retreat of a large part of the loyalist forces. The had advanced at least six toward Madrid, because a United Press correspondent with the loy- • alist forces got through a dispatch from Olias Del Teniente Castillo, by courier to Madrid and telephone to Paris. He said the loyalists had checked the rebel advance at that I point. Il The situation of the Madrid government was more precarious than at any time during the war. The • insurgents jubilantly announced that they were going to march into the capital. Holding the main highway to Madrid, the rebel plan of campaign 1 was to push eastward from Toledo (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) [ 0 W. C. T. U. Convention In Decatur Tuesday Plans for the Adame county W. C. , T. U. convention to he held Tuesday morning and afternoon in the Decatur United Brethren church were completed today. The program will open at 10 a. m. . and the most important business in this session will be the election of officers for the next year. Dinner will he served at noon. The Rev. H R. Carson, pastor o$ the local M. E. church, will deliver the address in the afternoon. WEATHER Rain tonight and Tuesday; rising temperature east, cooler extreme southwest late tonight; cooler extreme south Tuesday. LIST GLASSES OF COLT SHOW Fifth Annual Suckling Colt Show At Berne October 10 The Adams County Gold Medal Colt club committee has set up the following classes for the Berne suckling colt show, to be held Saturday, October 10: Belgium pure bred stud class. Belgium pure bred mare class. Grade Belgium studs foaled Jan. 1 to May 14. Grade Belgium studs foajed May 15 to October 10 Grade Belgium, mare foaled Jan, 1 to May 14. Grade Belgium mare foaled May 15 to October 10. Percheron stud class. Percheron mare class. Sweepstake ribbons will bo offered for pure bred Belgian colts, grade Belgiaji colts and Percheron. The judge selected by the committee is an extension horseman who will be able to give ampin reasons for his placing* and has judged at a number of state fairs. The policy of the Berne suckling colt show of using outstanding judges is making it one of th* great educational horse shows of the midwest. An interview with P. T. Brown, state leader for Gold Medal Colt .(GONXLNUEXi ON PAGE FLVBI ,