Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1936 — Page 1

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LoseveZt Opens I Formal Campaign I On False Issues

Kdent Opens Cam * Ipamn I <•» Re-Election ■ U:ih \ Bitter Denunci- ■ alion 01 I a |s ‘‘ hslies ’ ®MES COMMUNISM N v. Sept. 30, <U.R) !h, ‘ M',, today. r - a,l y "• , p . . , ~-upaigli opening IV . I'.-iuo, rati, State I'.ere last night. with K, major address in Pittsummrt'ow night. roaring atmosphere of a a l (•onv.m'mn, and in two- ■' lurekmnM.-d style, the |r ;/ Il'S personal cam .. lion with an atV . ~| his enemies who (onmtnnist or insist ones the sup- ■ nt communists. was theme, hut it led mIU .1 bi'inu denunciation. ■ mttlijr Rooseveltof Republican re S&, preceding il>e new deal, and rele-.iues to Alfred E. wh" ■ his political and |B m| :il .-iid now is at least his enemy .md. speaking on deui thesis, will cotnhim I>V the attention of HE] . cent etoioii ’ ■ ..'-d < io\ Het hert I.. Other members - istration. but he indirectly to the nation the c ombined sac ilities of ■ . adio networks. PB address was admit t ■ pc.nticai lietnoc ratio nat ■ nn paid the- bill His was htief. designed to tit ■a half Im:m punctuated by tin (.invention cheering, to only 2.500 words who cry communist at ■ are dragging a red herring the trail, are promoting a issue, he said, lie went imme,, historic precedent practice is as old as our ■orracy. T.e said. "Avoiding fat-Is fearful of the truth a ■toons .: ..<itio tie-barged that ■fge Washington planned to hinis, it king under a British ■»\’TINVEr> c>\- PAGE FIVE) ill YEARBOOK kSPUBLISHED ■catur Woman's Club ■ear Book Is Publish- ■ ed Today ■V new 1936-37 year hook for Decatur Woman's clnb has ■ completed anti will be dis■ttted among the members of ■ dub. ■lie book this year is the largest ■r published, containing 44 ■” it is attractively bound in ■bu- cover and printed on white ■*« one is the title page. On second k, the collect for club If* 11 »>' Mary Stuart. The third ■ f contains a copy of "America ■ Beautiful." ■*-’e tour is Illustrated by a B“ ,o ?riph of the statue. “Pioneer ■ttw by Bryant Baker. The ■•is dedicated as follows: "We “ a,e this book to the pioneer Üben who played their part in f Progress of our community rin P the past one hundred dub history is included, in Pch are covered many of the tWs stul projects undertaken by ’club. Officers tlite year are: ■ ". Quy Brown, president; s Eloise Lewton, vice-presi- ’ Mrs, c. L. Walters, secre- ' and Mtes Della Sellemeyer. Usurer. we listed as sols Mrs. N. A. Bixler, guest sec.ry' Mrs. R. a. Stucky, attendsecretary; Mrs. Milton Swear- • publicity secretary: and ’ Eva Acker, Mrs. W. E. Smith. ' “tlwkrd Angler, Mrs. Homer " r and Mrs. Lawrence Green. ' room committee. X IW ! „,6ffMs if ObVC FOM ‘ l "‘ federation and county offi- ,.' >a9t Presidents and honorary rs of the local club are Page is dedicated to the ” or> of Mrs. Frank Downs. and Mrs. Janies <CO!, TINuro ON PAGE FIVE)

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Large Crowd Attends .Moose Talking Picture A large crowd attended the showing of the t*E<!e, "Fraternity .Marches On", at the Moose hall last evening. Two filnid were shown and a representative from Mooeeheart directed the presentation and made a short talk on Moose membership, i Lloyd Kreischer. dictator, was in charge of the program, assisted by , Harold Daniele. The door -prize was awarded to Ralph Burnett. REBEL FORCES HOLDING SWAY NOW IN SPAIN Insurgents Advancing On All Fronts; Capital Seems Doomed By Ixtuis F. Keemle (United Press Cable Editor) Spain's civil war neared its dramatic climax today — hut not its end. The rightist, reactionary insur-l gents were in the ascendancy, i They were advancing on all fronts, particularly on the roads leading from Toledo to Madrid. Except for a miracle, the capital seemed doomed. The Madrid loy- 1 alists. outmatched by the better trained and equipped Insurgent forces, was ready to resist to the end. with the bitter tenacity which has marked both sides in the struggle. Madrid figuratively tightened its belt for a long siege and lajd plans for rationing food. The fall of Madrid, however, although it lueaus a. rebel vkuury and domination of Spain, does not mean the end of the war. Weeks and months of scattered strife, murders, executions and reprisals most likely would ensue. The anarchists, communists and some of the other left elements undoubtedly would never become reconciled to a reactionary fascist or semi-fascist rule, so that, no matter what the outcome, dark days lie ahead for Spain. The apparent disintegration of the loyalist defenders of Madrid make it seem likely that the capital may fall within two weeks. The rebels themselves have set I Oct. 12. the day Columbus discovI ered America, for their triumphal entry into the capital. Even now. according to the Seville rebel radio, the insurgent government at Burgos has proclaimed Gen Francisco Franco, their military leader, "chief of state of Spain, —presumably lhe temporary president. The Madrid government meanwhile began mustering Into service every able-bodied ma,n for a (CONTINUED ON PAtTE FIVE) COUNTY RALLY AT KIRKLAND Young Democrats Plan Rally At Kirkland This Evening Persons interested in conservation work are invite! today to attend the county Democratic rally planned for the Kiikland township auditorium tonight at 7:3'1 ©clock, by the Young Democratic club of Adams county Free moving pictures will be exhibited in which will be shown the coitaervatlon work done by the state administration. This will be a part of the local club's program to show the various phases of the state government. On the program will be Ira P. Nelson, a representative of the department of conservation in Indiana, who will eaplain the various phases of the work. John Gottschalk. Berne young man. now associated in the educational division of the state conservation department, will also speak. Special music and entertainment has been planned. There will be free coffee and sandwiches following the meal. Other community meetings are planned by the club during the fall campaign and will be announced as soon as the schedule is complete.

Berne Garden Club Members JP* .J’ ~ French Lick. Ind—(Special to Democrat)—Members of the Berne. Ind., Garden Club attended the conference of the federated garden clubs of the north central states region held recently at French Lick Springs Members of the Borne Garden Club, shown in the hotel's formal gardens are, left to right. Mrs. William Schenbeck, Mrs. E. I). Bixler. Mrs. O. F. Gilliom, Mrs. L. L. Yager. Mrs. E. M. Ray, all of Berne.

Traffic Association To Entertain Solons 1 Candidates for the Indiana State . Legislature from nine counties will be guests of Indiana Motor Traffic association at a. highway meeting at the Catholic CommttnI ity Center in Fort Wayne tonight j at 8 o'clock. Truck operators, their employes ' and others interested in the problems of highway usage in the northeast region of the state have been invited. Taxation, diversion ( and reciprocity will be discussed. | . Candidates for both houses will | be given the opportunity to ex- | ' press their viewpoints. Represeniatives from the follow- < ing counties are expected to attend: Allen. Huntington. Wells. < I Adams. Whitley, Noble, DeKalb, i ' Lagrang o and Steuben. < o— I Ernest Schlickman Marks 80th Birthday i Mr. and Mrs Ernest of North First street, who recently were feted at their 50th anniversary, are today celebrating Mr. Schlickman's 80th birthday. Mr. SchlH'fcmwn. a iwrtive *»t Ugrutany , states that he was born in the old old country at noon SO- years ago I today, and several years later was confirmed in a church near Minster, - that was 1.000 years old. Mrs. Schlickman is past 75 years of age. DEATH CLAIMS JENNIE LITTLE Mrs. .Jennie Little Dies This Morning Os Complications II Mrs. Jenn-le Little, 82, widow of I the late Elisha Little, died at 4 o • ' clock this morning at her home, 337 Mercer avenue, of old age and complications. The deceased was torn in Hamilton, Ohio, July 31. 1854 She had made her home in this city since! April of this year. Surviving are four step-children: W. O. Little, Decatur; Mrs. Victor, Ringer. Williamsport; Mrs. James Brink and Harry Little of Pine Vil- ; lage. Two sisters reside at HamilI ton, Ohio. A number of nieces and II nephew# also survive. Funeral service# wil be held at , 5 the residence at 9 a. in. Friday, with I I the Rev. Father J. J. Hennes officiating. Burial will be made in the Greenwood cemetery at Hamilton, Ohio. The .body will be removed to thresidence from the Gillig and Doan ' funeral home Thursday morning. 0 Death Toll, Property Damage Are Mounting J Denver, Colo., Sept. 30.-—<U.R> — . The toil of life and property in , the worst September snow storm . in the Rocky mountains in many, , years mounted steadily today in • three stales. The cost In lives was raised to 16 when the frozen bodies of three ; Mexican nut gatherers, Jose Cha- j vez, Facundo and Pedro Romero, were found in New Mexico. The biizzard. which swirled 1 across the eastern slope of the ' Rockies in Colorado, Wyoming and ' New Mexico, caused property damage estimated today at 325,000,- ■ 000. . Ethel Gaffer Files Suit For Divorce — * Ethel Gaffer today filed a suit tor '' I! divorce from her husband. Ed Gas-! 1 i fer. Several similar cases are now I j on file in the Adams circuit court. |

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Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, September 30, 1936.

COUNTY ROADS ARE REPAIRED — Highway Department Improving Roads For Winter Driving Intensive work in preparing the, county road system for the ap-1 proaching winter weather, has been opened by the highway de-j partment. it was announced today I' in the offices of Walter Gilliom., ’ county highway superintendent. Waile the work of repairing and conditioning roads has been going J on all summer, the department: opened intensive work this week at the first sign of cold weather. ]• Rilis in cemont roads are tilled with tar to prevent moisture collecting under the pavement, and holes and low places in black top i highways are filled to prevent bulging. In surrounding counties and states, the condition of bulging pkvement was prevalent. Proper drainage and treatment of the roads prevented the trouble in Adams county. The severe weather last year created extra work for the department this year to put the roads in condition for winter driving. All work is expected to lie completed by the time extreme cold weather sete in. the department stated, enabling rural residents to travel the country roads in safety. Three Men And Girl Confess Robberies Peru, Ind., Sept. 30—(UP)—Three I men and a girl, arrested yesterday after an accident near here, today. , confessed robberies in Indiana, ' Michigan and Ohio, Polics said. Those held are Earl Nivenson, 27. Southgate. Cal., Maw Kay Radney. 23, Oklahoma City, Okla., Harold Kelley, 17. Watts, Cal., and Donald Vance 21, Oklahoma City. Police said they admitted three holdups in Huntington county, robjibery of a grocery store at Niles, Michigan and the theft of three automobiles at Montpelier. ().. o ANDERSON BIDS FOR PTA MEET Anderson Only Bidder For Parent-Teachers Convention Anderson extended the only Invitation for the next convention of the | Eighth District Parent Teachers association at the concluding session i of the meeting held here Tuesday morning and afernoon. Before the adjournment, a resolution was unanimously adopted by , the convention, thanking the city, leaders of the local PTA and all others who assisted in the entertainment of the guests. The resolution was drawn up by a committee | composed of Mrs. William Hurst of Muncie, Mrs. Truman Caylor of Bluffton and Min. W. Guy Br6wn of Decatur. Mrs. W. H. Whitten, national field staff representative talked at the noon luncheon, which was presided over by Walter .1. Krick, superintendent of the public schools of this city. Mrs. Whitten talked on "Parent Teacher Leadership DevelopIment.” The Decatur high school {chorug, directed by Miss Helen Haubold and accompanied by Evelyn ItAdams furnished several musical | numbers. The trumpet quartet from I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Men's Brotherhood To Meet Tonight The men’s brotherhood of the Zion Reformed church will meet at the church tonight at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to attend, as a special program has been arranged. o — Roosevelt Meets With Utility Executives Washington. Sept. 30 — (VP) — President Roosevelt meets today with government and private utility executives to discuss the ',pooling” of federal and private power facilities in the Tennessee valley area where federal and private interests have been at war. The President, arriving tor a one-day stopover in Washington i shortly before noon, will receive the utility heads at 4 p. m. at the White House. Tonight he will leave for Pittsburgh to continue his campaign. The conference is intended to further the ’tcheap eleericity. widely distributed," program which he outlined early this month in his world power conference address here. Then he had just rrtnrttpif* from a tour of the Tennessee valley. I 0 Lineman Is Killed At Hartford City Hartford City, Ind., Sept. 30 — (UP)—Henry Worch. 35, Rock, Michigan was electrocuted when he touched a live wire. He was a lineman for the Hoosier engineering company. CLUB PLANNING COMING EVENTS Lions Club Plans Programs For Meetings Os Future Planns for coining events were made by the Lions club at their regular weekly meeting in the Rice hotel last night. The local dull received an invitation to attend a program at Albany on October 6. when a new club wil 1 lie chartered in that town with Lions organizations from several cities taking part. Tentative iplans were also made to attend a Halloween party in Huntington. definite announcements to be made later. Tne club also is arraging for special sessions next year in o'bservar.ce of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Lions dull. The first club was founded in Chicago in 1917. The entertainment last night was furnished by the Zinsmaster quartet, composed of Betty, pianist and director; Donald, banjo and guitar; Richard, voca'ist and Harold, vocalist. children of Louis Zinsmaster. local shoe store manager. E. Z. McCann, office manager of the Central Soya company, was introduced as a new member of the. Lions. Merle Ellenbei ger, local five and ten cent store manager, had charge of the program for the evening. o— Papal Secretary To Visit United States Vatican City. Sept. 30 — (UP) — Cardinal Pacelli, Panal secretary of state, wil sail for the United States in the liner Conte Di Savoia tomorrow, it was understood today. It was said that the Cardinal would examine "unofficially” the situation of the Roman Catholic church in the United States and would confer with American ecclesiastical authorities on major problems. •

Carl Hubbell Hurls Giants To 6-1 Victory Over Yankees In Opener Os World Series

Gas Tax Collection Over Six Millions Indianapolis, Sept. 30. — 'U.R> — I ! Gasoline tax collections for the ■ months of July, Angus! and September totalled 36*089,421, Uiurence F. Sullivan, state auditor, announced today. j The state highway department was'alloted 33,044,710 of the collections. the state general fund 3227.880, and 32,816,829 was dis tributed among comities, cities and towns. EARLBROWDER ARRESTED AT TERRE HAUTE Communist Candidate For President Is Placed Under Arrest Terre Haute. Ind., Sept. 30 — (U.R>— Police threw Earl Browder, communist candidate for president and four companions into jail today and announced no communist would be allowed to make a campaign speech in this industrial ( center. 1 Mayor Samuel O. Beecher asserted: We aje not going to allow communism to become established in Terre Haute. Both of our presidential candidates—-Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Landon—recognize communism as a menace to this nation. "Therefore communistic speakers are not welcome in Terre -Haute" Police Chief James Yates said he would keep the communist presidential candidate in jail until tomorrow night. Browder was 1 scheduled to make an address here tonight. Yates previously had announced that he would not permit Brow- ! der to make a scheduled address here tonight. "I told Browder I wanted him to stay out of Terre Haute and he defied my orders," the police l chief said. "We do not want radicals stopping here. We've already had our share of labor troubles from such agitators", he added. Terre Haute was scene of a paralyzing general strike in July’. 1935. during which Gov. Paul X. McNutt ordered the national j guard. "I have the solid support of business men and others in Terre Haute, ajid neither Browder nor any of his co workers will speak here tonight,” Yates said. The chief said he would keep (CON fINI’B3 ON PAGE FIVE) Founder Os 4-H Movement Dead Springfield. Mass.. Sept. 30.—(U.R> Otis E. Hall, 57. of West Springfield. one of the founders of the 4-H club movement which now embraces a membership of 1,000,000 in the nation, died at a hospital last night. Hall, who wrote the 4-H (Head-Hand-Heart Health) club pledge while a leader in boys’ and girls ' club work in the mid west, came here in 1920 to direct club activities and for the last seven years had been managing director of the Hampden county Improvemen league. o- ——— Ohio Bank Robbed. Bandit Captured Delaware, 0.. Sept. 30 —(UP) — The bank of Galena at Galena. 0.. 10 miles southeast of here, was held uip today by two men —one of whom was captured after a long automobile chaae. The other waa believed wounded. The bandits took approximately S3OO. The money later was recovered when one of the pair waa captured near Worthington. O. o_ Close County Offices To Complete Reports Offices in the county courthouse were closed this afternoon, while county officers were making out their quarterly reports.

Hurls Victory *..c Carl Hubbell AGREEMENT TO LOWER BARRIER Secretary Roper Foresees Benefits From Monetary Agreement Washington. Sept. 30 —(UP) — Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper predicted today that the re-cently-negotiated monetary stabilization agreement involving the United States, Great Briain, and; France would lead to a general lowering of international tariff and trade barriers. "It takes down one of the principal walls that have restricted trade" Roper said. "I anticipate that it will be the baste for the removal ot other barriers, including tariff and quota restrictions in a new era for increasing international trading." Roper at the same time revealed that exports from the United States j for August totalled $178,249,000 as I compared with imports of $195,016.000 giving this country an unfavorable trade balance of $16,767,000 for the month. Last year, he said, exports for the same month were $172,126,000 against imports of $169,030,1)00— a favorable trade balance of $3,096.000 for the month. He pointed out, however, the total trade for August this year was $373, 265,000 compared with $341,156,000 last year, a gain of 6.1 per cent tn volume. Senate Approves Paris, Sept. 30 —(UP)—The senate approved the government's project for devaluation of the Franc today, 137 to 127. o Expect Martial Law In Palestine Today Jerusalem, Sept. 30 —(UP) —Martial law was expected in Palestine today as British authorities planned a final pacification of the Arab-Jew-tehism troubles. An order-in-council permitting this, signed yesterday by King Edward VIIiI at Balmoral. Scotland, will give the military government power similar to that exercised in ilreland >by the British “Black and Tan"regime. British troops have been pouring into the country and taking up strategic positions for several days. A full army division, about 15,000 men at peace strength, had been ordered to Palestine. Most are now here. o Rainfall Prevents Rise In Temperature Showers starting shortly before noon today prevented the temperature from following its usual daily rise after a cool night. The unofficial reading at 12 o’clock was 51 degrees. At noon yesterday thermometers recorded 58 degrees, dropping away to s’ightly below 50 during the night. — •© ■ • ■ — ■ WEATHER Cloudy, showers tonight and probably east portion Thursday morning; not so cool northeast and east central portions tonight; cooler extreme northwest Thursday. •

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Ace Pitcher Holds Yanks To Lone Run To Take Lead In Series; Rain Falls During Game. FOUR IN EIGHTH Score by innings: RHE Yankees 001 000 000—1 7 2 Giants 000 011 04x— 6 9 1 Today's Lineups Yankees Giants Crosetti. ss Moore. If Rolfe, 3b Bartell, ss Dimaggio, cf Terry, lb Gehrig, lb Ott. rs Dickey, c Ripple, cf Powell, If Mancuso, c 2b Whitehead. 2b Selkirk, rs Jackson. 3b Ruffing, p Hubbell, p Umpires: National league: Pfirman and Magerkurth: American league: Geisel mid Summers. Polo Grounds. New York. Sept. 30 —(UP) — Carl Hubbell, southpaw ace of the New York Giants, fulfilled the expectations of experts and fans alike this afternoon, when he hurled his mates to victory in the opening game of the 1936 world series. The Yankees' lone run of tho game was a home run drive off the bat of George Selkiru into the right field stands in the third frame. Dick Bartell evened the count with a homer into the left field seats in the fifth. Ott's double and Mancuso's single put the Giants ahead in the sixth. Burgess Whitehead, Giants' second sacker, brought an abrupt halt to a threatening Yankee rally in j the eighth frame, when he snared ' Dimaggote vicious line drive at hia shoestops and dmtbled Rolfe ott first. Crosetti had reached third and Rolfe first with none out. The Giants put the game on ice in the-eighth with four runs on three hits, two walks and a brace of errors.. Mubbell and Ruffing both hurled excellent ball, considering a steady rain which fell from the second innI ing to the ninth. The game, play by play: First Inning Yankees — Crosetti, with tho count three and two, grounded out, Jackson to Terry. Rolfe out to Terry, unassisted. Dimaggio (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O WORK AT PLANT IS PROGRESSING Turbine, Other New Equipment To Be Installed Next Month Work is progressing rapidly at the city light and power plant addition, preparatory to installing (Tie new turbine and other equipment next month. General Electric company and Westinghouse engineers were in the city yesterday and inspected the jorms for the turbine and condenser foundations. The General Electric company has advised the city that the 2,090 KWH turbine will be shipped October 16. Yost Brothers of this city have the contract for (■onstructing the foundation. Freyn Brothers of Indianapolis have completed much of the piping work and will he ready to connect the condenser when it arrives. Laying of brick for the addition to the building, which will house the turbine and condenser, will begin next week. The Indiana Engineering and Construction company of Fort Wayne has the general contract. Nearly al) the concrete work has been done and much of the steel structure in the floor has been installed. o Exercise Department Financial Report Indianapolis. Sept. 30. — RJ.R) — The state excise department collected $5,668,916 during the fiscal year ended June 30, Paul P. Fry, administrator, announced today. Taxes amounted to $3,501,878 ot which $1,078,455 was for heer, $2,307,670 for whiskey, $51,242 for malt and wort and $64,505 for ' vinous beverages.