Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1936 — Page 1

XXXIV. No. 237.

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■enera/ Electric JCompany To I Recreation Hall '« _

Itpany Will Build New .H. c reational Center Kr Employes; Social ■Loin Planned. 'JbpWLIXG ALLEYS ■ . . w * n i Oft.. i..l< have approved — . riti'-s will he 1111 I [., . lull" the L , make | ... ■\ nt !, . .. •' o sini' with saw tooth m building. I' smith the )<•< extendriig; ! I;.. corridor ■ pre. I th' I"' 1 s|, nt ho tory build ■ Ing ■ w-.1l have an ■ ssiw ii.a ■ » ial room of 2.000 I ■«' ! l ot The .mire addi[gill KMT ’..1 will bo eqnipp. ■ , Bftj * bowling alleys. bil ... Bf Built By Company Kts » I’i'ing the recreation 1 paid by the for the benefit and use ■ rrnai'V' - members of the GE the th.ode Club and Volun- ■ teel t men otganizations operation ot the new quart , under the direction of I ■I •m '.i 1 .. nnniitee of four eni- I 'f a . will |„. named by the’ and two elected by Tile committee Will. a form of rules and regulafor the control of the build | and will appoint ..miniittees. such as athleti. and entertainment. .: policy to so schedule . mid activities so that all "ill be served." Mr. to present plans four alleys will be installed. interest in bowling beeii manifested by the em- ' At present t’lere are four mens' teams 'he Debowling leagues and the new will provide ample facilities -ami" matches. Other equip"ih include billia-d tallies boiinls. card tables and To Receive Bids l.ankeiiau stated that the would receive bids at the construction of the The cost of construction equipping the building will not | K mid.- known until after bids ■ at» received. space will he provided ' ■ i-ooin facilities. The ■ ' hili rooms already include p rn kitchen and this will be ■ Jw rs, ' | l i" order to accommodate I guests. ■ f lle "'"struction of a recreationhas been a dream of and management for sev- ■ IJ* .'ears. Several plans were |^■'^X ’ T ’NITED nv PAGE FIVE) o . |»c Enrollees To | Report Thursday to J. M. Doan al' CCC : who have signed theit applicaare to report at Fort Wayne i I . , cain P Thursday morning at S Owing to tin fact that the ; I W ,a ’ las not been tilled any one to go may do so if they re- . I , ’ at Mr- Doan's office today or i I tojorrow. office is also in receipt of atpfor five experienced men i ■B. for work at Camp Knox, KenT Applications may be made . next 24 hours. i

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FRANCE LEADS WAY TO BREAK TRADE BARRIER European Statesmen Talk Os Means To Break Trade Barriers (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Geneva. Oct. 6. (U.Ri European statesmen talked today of the ' possibility of breaking down trade ' barriers and. by stimulating the flow of world commerce, stopping ! the trend toward war. France led the way when, de j valuing the tram and thereby dis rupting the European bloc which had adhered to the gold standard, she also slashed import tariffs and suggested reciprocal abolition ot the quota system of restricting ini porta. Italy followed suit yesterday ami ] Premier Benito Mussolini revealed I that he was ready to discuss inter .national financial arrangements in the interest of world peace. I There were even rumors at Rome i —for which there was no confirmation that either Great Brent lain or the United States might soon ' recommend the immediate assemli 1 ly ot a world economic and Allan- | eta! congress to study tne problem j of' world trade. W. S. Morrison, financial secre- | tary to the British treasury, in a (speech at the League of Nations : assembly, indicated that Britain was opposed to international econ loinic conferences, preferring direct negotiations between countries. In a speech at the assembly at Geneva today, before the league economic commission. William Van iginsi hot of the Netherlands indi--11-ated similar belief that this was 1 not the time for a world conference but suggest- •! that the league I itself establish a committee to study the problem of abolishing i trade barriers. Before the same assembly, Victor Antonescu of Rotimania pledged his country's support to the American-British-French financial agreement announced coincident with the devaluation of the franc as a means of leading to progressive abolition of import quotas and exchange control. French spokesmen, in Paris, hailed the French Italian devaluation as the first important step toward (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MANY TO HEAR CLIFF TOWNSEND Joint Rally Will Be Held At Blufl'ton Saturday Evening Democratic County Chairman Nathan Nelson announced this morning that a delegation of 500 from Adams county will go to B'uffton Saturday evening for the Clifford Townsend joint Adams-Wells meeting. The Decatur girls band, 42 pieces, led by Miss Patsy Moser as drum major, will accompany the delegation. Plans are to meet at the bridge north of Blufl’ton and enter the city in a body with the band at the head of the procession. Delegations from each town and township in the county are invited to join and may get details by calling Mr. Nelson. The meeting will start at 6 o’clock with suppers and banquets in various places in Bluffton and the speaking program will be held at the community building at 7:30. Everybody is invited to join the | crowd and enjoy a haippy evening of politics and meeting old and new friends. Mr. Townsend's message' is worth hearing and every one interested in Indiana affairs should i hear this well known leader and citizen and the candidate for governor. '

THREE MARION ' Ji YOUTHS PLEAD Il GUILTY TODAY Bandit Trio All Plead Guilty; Sentences Under Advisement Three youths, who less than a I month ago equipped themselves I ' J II guns of ancient makes, to begin ;ci - "f (j [jne and ten tion. this morning plead guilty he-1 - fore Judge Huber M DeVoss In j the Adams circuit court. The youths are Edwin Walker. 20. and Charles E. Carey. 23. who were arraigned on auto banditrv charges, and Oral Bragg. 21. who wan charged with grand larceny. t All are taxi drivers in Marion. Judge DeVoss took the matter of itnitosnig sentences tinder nd- ‘ visement. They were remanded ‘ to the Adams county ja.il. > In a series of confessions made to Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Policeman Burl Johnson. Monday, the three youths admitted seven 1 hold ups. In one of the eases at • Marion in which only Walker ami I Carey took pa.rt, Joe Kocher was 1 tdugged with the butt of a gun They were arraigned this morning on the specific case of the I armed robbery of the Shell serI vice station at Berne early Friday morning and from which approxii mately s2s was taken from the attendant. Carl Mcßride. The trio • also held up Warren Lehman at ■ the Sim lair station in Berne a short time later Friday morning. ! — —- - (CONTINUED ON PAGE 'I Wo) O—METHODISTS TO HOLD MEETING I' • Members, Officers Os Ad- ' ams County Churches To Meet s Ada,ms county Methodists will . meet at 6:30 pm. Wednesday in . the Decatur Methodist Episcopal > church. The occasion will be a • group second quarterly conference at which the 14 churches of this . denomination in Adams county . will meet and present reports of . | the work accomplished during th-> I pant three months. Dr. Fribley II will preside over the meeting and ‘the pastors will make brief, com- . | posite reports for their respective I ’ churches. The conference will tajte place at a carry-in supper, which will ! be held in the church basement. I under the supervision of Mrs. W. F. Beery, president of the ladies aid society, and her helpers. Following the meal five laymen will make addresses of five minutes each on various phases of church I activity. Then the young people will adIl jottrn to a.nother room and will ! confer with the Fort Wayne dis- ! trict Epworth League cabinet ! officers in regard to the fall and I winter program of Epworth League I work. The adults will remain at the tables for the business session of the conference and adjournment i will follow at 8:30 p.m. All young - people, officials a,nd members of ■ the church are cordially invited . | to be present, according to the an- [ nouncement of II R. Carson, .[group leader of the Adams county > Methodist Episcopal ministers. FATALLY INJURED Hosa Newcomer, aged about 65. died at his home near the Adams-Jav county line at 3 o'clock this afternoon from a head injury sustained in a truck-wagon collision less than a mile south of Geneva at 2 o'clock. The physician !at Geneva, who treated him. 'stated death was undoubtedly caused bv a skull fracture. The truck, with two occupants. whose names were not learned, was owned by the Kiefober Martin company, of Davton. Ohio. The horse was instantly killed and the buggy rent to pieces from the impact! of the collision. Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Police!man Burl Johnson were call-: led to investigate.

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Drcahir, Indiana, Tuesday, October 6, 1936.

Bandit Trio Pleads Guilty ■mb, f' V I'’ ».#•>) ; Mr>- k*’ L. ** — «*> HbhAK H -fli 0. hB, - 1 Above are pictured, from left to right. Charles Carey. Oral Bragg I and Edwin Walker. Marion youths who have confessed numerous [ holdups, including twe, at Berne last week. The three all entered guilty pleas when arraignml before Judge Hubei M. DoVohk in Adams ( circuit court this morning.

ONLY ONE HURT IN COLLISIONS Five Autos Figure In Accidents Early This Morning Only one person was injured when five ears figured in two col listens early this morning on fetiei al highway 27. south of the city. The first crash occurred at I. :lo o'clock, when cars driven by Joint Trout, of south of the city and Herald Gebhart, of Fort Wayne collided two miles south on road 27. The crtish occurred when Mr. Trout turned into tile lane of his farm, as he was enroute south. . The car driven by Gebhart, etiroule. I north. crashed into the side of th<* : Trout auto. Mrs. Gebhart suffered slight la, erations from ttying glass and I i numerous cuts and bruises She I was taken to the Adams countv memorial hospital for treatment, but wtis released shortly alter. ’ Nearly two hours later ears driv-l en by Clarence Kruse, age 20, of Decatur route four, and W. T Hughes, age 23. of Roanoke crash ed nearly head-on at a spot only a few feet from the former wreck, i The car of Mr. Hughes, alter 1 hitting the Kruse auto careened to the right and crashed into an auto owned by Paul Weitfeldt. Mr. I Weitfeldt had parked his car on' the west side of the road, while he i helped move the wrecked autos i from the road. No one was injured in lit" gee (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) WEATHER Cloudy, showers or thunderstorms tonight and probably | south portion Wednesday morning: cooler Wednesday and north and west tonight. TWO ARE NAMED ON COMMITTEE Mrs. Hollingsworth And James Hendricks To Attend Meeting — Democratic agricultural chair-1 men and chairwomen of the various counties in the 4th district j are to meet at 7:00 p. m. Thttrs-1 day at Fort Wayne, it was an-| nottnced today by J. D. Hull, chairman of the agriculture bureau of. the Indiana Democratic state cen-! tral committee. Nathan C. Nelson, of Decatur, | Adame county Democratic chairman and Mrs. Mary Briggs. Gene- . va. Adams county Democratic vice-chainman have named James A. Hendricks of Monroe and Mrs. . Ruth Hollingsworth, of Decatur, to represent Adams county and attend the above mentioned meeting. Selecting the township and precinct agricultural chairmen and chairwomen is being done rapidly to complete the county organization. Slate chairman Hull will I 'also attend the district meeting | and expiajn the program. The plans mapped out at the ; district session will be taken into | j their counties by the chairmen and chairwomen to co-ordinate the campaign activities with those of i the district and state organiza--1 tion.

Holiness Association To Meet Next Sunday The monthly meeting of the I Adame county Holiness Associa-' tion will be held at the Missionary chur h in Berne. Sunday. October 11th at 330 p.m. "Uncle' .Buddy" Robinson will be the!, speaker. Liquor Board To Conduct Hearing The Adams county alcoholic' beverage board will conduct J hearing in the county commission- 1: ens’ room in the court house at Hi a.m. Wednesday, October 2S The: application of Fred Fullenkamp. I of Decatur, for renewal of a beer retailer's license, will be head'd by the board. MRS, BROWN IS CLUB SPEAKER Woman's ( lull Holds Annual Opening Banquet Monday Night Mrs. DeMarcos Brown of Indiana- ' polls, who spoke at the annual, ! opening banqu t of the womans club at the Zion Reformed church: | Monday evening, he'd the attention i lof her audience of 175 club women j I closely as she gav • a fascinating; disctl-sion of the lives of ' The Two I Women Napoleon Feared." Mrs. Brown stated that biography I ‘does not interest only the antiquari ian and that she wa* particularly I | interest d in the "debunking" type! I of biography, rather than the type' I which place* its subject on a pedes-! 'tai. Napoleon wa*. in the speaker's! lopinion, a man whose unadmirable ! qualities far out weigh-d his admit'-; ! able ones. He feared and disliked ' anyone who was educated, and he t . particu'arly di*like ( | brilliant wo-: men. The two worn it whom he feared! I to the extent that he banished them I from France were Madame de Stael j and Madame Recamier. The former possessed a bouyant personality as ! well as a keen and brilliant mind and the latter was renowned for| her beauty and goodness. These two women represented and believed 'in the principle of old government Jand upheld the French ideals. Mrs. Brown also commented on I the a tivity of the Decatur woman's club and complimented it on its en- | thusiastic opening. I Prior to the lecture a dinner was , i enjoyed at 6:30 o'clock, at the con-1 illusion of which Mrs. W. Guy; ( ! Brown, president of the local club, 1 introduced the heads of the various ( departments. Each department ( chairman then gave a brief outline ( of the work for the coming year and also introduced the new members. ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ' —.— 0 I Checks Fail To Show Up, Pay Is Delayed Because a new .supply of checks . . failed to arrive in County Auditor , ' John W. Tyndall's office, county , employees and nffiers drawing , funds from the county will not be i paid until \Vedne*dry. The checks'] I are usually available Monday even- : ing following the first session of , the regular monthly meeting of th£ county commissioners at which time i claim* are allowed. Il

YankeesJWin World Baseball Title With 13-5 Victory At Polo Grounds This Afternoon

REBELS CLAIM LOYAL ATTACKS ARE REPULSED Loyalist Miners Face Murderous Machine Gun Fire By Rebels By United Press Developments in the Spanish civil war situation today were: Oviedo Asturias miners (Loyalists) fought their way into Oviedo, held by the tebels. in the face of murderous machine-gun fire This was the third day of their attack and they hoped to take the city today, but their chances were held negligible. Madrid—The "big push" against the Spanish capital wa.s believed started today when rebels attacked Loyalist lines at Navalperal. northwest of litre. Foreign legionnaires, Moors, artillery, infantry, ami ca.valry were employtsl in the drive. Government communiques said that the enemy had been driven back in every attack. Hendaye. French-Spanish Frontier Spanish rebels said that all attacks on Oviedo had been repulsed. loyalists losing many men. Santander A loyalist battle fleet broadcast a challenge to the rebel navy to meet them in pitched battl ■. Series of Thrusts Gibraltar. ()i t. 6 <U.R> Spanish ! insurgents were believed today to have inaugurated the first phase of their attack on Madrid. A series of thrusts in the Naval peral sector west-north west of Madrid, according to loyalist sources, indicated that this would lie made one of three pointe of departure for a 'ina.ss attack on the capital The others would come from Toledo and the north. For the present, the situation tin all oilier set tors of the Madrid front were quiet. The insurgents were organizing at Toledo for their advance northward —a march of 40 miles to Madrid. Their ' communion,tion lines already were long. Interest in actual fighting was centered today on Oviedo, in the north, where loyalist miners were attacking, for the third day. the garrison fortified in the city. In a series of attacks yesterday, in face of almost a wa.il of ma(eONI fNt ED ON PAGE FIVE) FIRE DESTROYS WALTERS HOME Farm Residence Is Completely Destroyed By Fire Monday The farm home of Mrs. Lulu Walters, five miles east ami one and one-half miles south of the city, burned to the ground Monday night. The fire, said to have been started by a kerosene lamp, had completely enveloped the upstairs of the two-story frame st nice, before the young son of Mrs. Walters noticed the flames. He had gone upstairs to bed, carrying the lamp along. According to his statement the first time h 5 noticed the flames was shortly after he had retired. By the time the local tire department was called to the scene, the entire second floor was in flames, and the first floor was rapidly burning. Only a little of the furniture and clothes the family had picked up in a hurry, were rescued from the conflagration. The department succeeded in keeping the flames from the granary, barn and chicken house, which were located nearby. Fire Chief Charles Robenold estimated the damage at near $2,500.

Winning Hurler I i 1 i/ A W s Vernon Gomez BTH DISTRICT MEETING HERE District Federation Os Clubs To Meet Here Thu rsday 1 More than two hundred women 1 are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Eighth district of the Indiana Federation of Chibs ■ comprising clubs from Adams, (Delaware. Madison. Randolph and Wells counties, at the Zion Reform- • ed church Thursday when mem-1 ! hers of the Adams County Federation will act us hostesses. Highlights of the day s program , which will begin at nine <>'< lo< k will include talks by the state . president of the Indiana federation. . Mrs. Frederick G. Balz of Indianapolis ami th-- second vice presi . dent. Mis. Claude Steele of Knox. . Indiana. Miss Marion Neprud. manager of the Decatur home-! ; steads, will speak on "Internat- . ional Relations." * , A feature for the out-of-town | . delegates will be a tour of the Decatur Homesteads and a ride about the city following the noonday . luncheon. Miss Vivian Bink, president of the Adams county federation has announced the following commitmittees: Reception. Mrs. R. A. Stuckey, assisted by Mrs. John Tyndall, Mrs. Guy Brown, Mrs. Cal E. Peterson and Mrs. A. D. Suttles: luncheon, reservations head- , ed by Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher. as sistea by Mrs. Russell Owens and , Mrs. L. A. Cowens; music. Mrs. • Ralph Roop: registration and transportation, Mrs. Herbert Kern and ‘ Mrs. H. R. Carson. it is necessary that local reservations for the luncheon be phon 1 ed to Mrs. Owens, telephone 1180 ‘ by Wednesday morning, October 7. '[ln order to offer Decatur hospitality to delegates visiting the city for tlie first time, it is hoped that ■ those having automobiles will call Mrs. Herbert Kern to assist her in providing transportation for the | ' tour. The complete program will be! announced in tomorrow's edition of ■ the Decatur Democrat. — O' — Decatur Ministers To Meet Wednesday ■ The Decatur ministerial asso- , elation will meet at the Presbyterian church Wednesday morning at ' 10 o’clock. I o — Knights Os Pythias To Meet Wednesday There will be a called meeting of the K. of P. lodge on Wednesday I night at 7:30 o’clock. AU members are urged to attend, ae special bueinees will Ibe conducted.

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Yanks Blast Out Seven Runs In Ninth Inning To I’ut Game On lee; G o in e z Is Winning Pitcher. SEVENTEN HITS R H E Yankees 021 200 017—13 17 2 i Giants 200 010 110— 5 9 1 Today's Lineups Yankees Giants Crosetti. hk Moore. If Rolfe, 3b Bartell, ss Dimaggio, cf Terry, lb Gehrig, lb Leiber, cf Dickey, c Ott, rt Selkirk, rs Mancuso, c Powell, if Whitehead, 2b Lazzeri, 2b Jackson, 3b Gomez, p Fitzsimmons, p Umpires: National league: Pfirman and Magerkurth; American league: Geisel ajid Summers. Polo Grounds. New York. Oct. 6. (U.R) The New York Yankees. American League pennant winners, today became champions of the ’ baseball world, scoring a 13-5 vie- , tory over the New York Giants in tlie sixtli game of tile World Series. played at the Polo Grounds. Tlie Giants put up a bitter snuggle for eight innings, but the Yankees battered Coffman and Guinbert, relief hurlers, for seven runs in the ninth frame to put the game far out of the Giants’ reach. Fred Fitzsimmons, Giant hiirler who lost a tough 2-1 verdict to the Yanks last Saturday, was driven from the box after the Yankees scored five runs in tlie first four [ innings. Lefty Gomez, who scored a vic- [ tory last Friday, was knocked oft tlie mound by the Giants, Murphy muling good relief ball to save the victory for Lefty. First Inning Yankees Crosetti flied to Whitehead. Rolfe grounded out to Terry, unassisted. Dimaggio flied [to Leiber. No runs, no hits, no errors. Giants Moore singled to left. Bartell walked. Terry sacrificed. I advancing both runners. Leiber walked, filling tlie bases. Ott doubled to right, scoring Moore I'and Bartell. Mancuso fouled to [ Rolfe. Whitehead grounded out. Lazzeri to Gehrig. Two ihus, two hits, no errors. Second Inning Yankees—Gehrig flied to Leiber. Dickey flied to Moore. Selkirk tripled to right center. Powell drove a long home run to tie the score at 2-2. Lazzeri singled to left. Gomez out, Fitzsimmons to I Terry. Two runs, three hits, no (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) JOHN BUCHER DIES MONDAY Retired Jefferson Township f armer Dies At Berne John Bucher. SI, died at his home in Berne at 10:30 p. m. Monday after a sev-ral weeks ’illness ot infirmities and complications. The deceased was (born in Jefferson township May 15. 1955. a son ot Joseph and Katherine Bucher. He farmed for many years until 20 years ago. when he retired and moved to Berne. He was married *n early life to Rose Wetter, who survives. Children surviving are Charles Bucher ot Elkhart. Mre. Frieda Teeter, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Mary Reed. Williston. N. D. Mr. Bucher was a member ot the j Reformed church. Funeral services win be held at the Berne Reformed church Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial j will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery at Berne.