Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1936 — Page 1

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liIITICS IN ■elight of eitire nation ■lection Less I han K Away. Interest 5 Intense Ky I llit.lt I’'“** ■itieal front: ' gji an first lln« (,ov - A | K, ell route to Chi' ago for ; ■ •■budget balancing"* Kight, tells Freeport, 111.. I new deals ‘great Kaehim ’ can and will be, ■ | ( . campaigns In Illinois Ktie first line President ■ back on mid west battle Kialos rear platform ap ■ and speeches and c0n■„,.,l Democratic leaders Minnesota today. 1 party first line Father! ■appears to modify at-1 ■ Roosevelt, coincident Kai of papal secretary of ’ gj attack of Widely known ■pdueator. ■ lie second line-interior, ■ Harold Ickes on radio | ■o show alleged eonnec-l BL en Coughlin and RepubL command. | Rev. .John A. Ryan, of i I niverslty. condemns g economic and monetary I ly; assails those who call' t communist. v deal first line —Alfred reveals blue print of his I i to defeat Roosevelt —his lon will be alleged new idiation of 1932 platform.; Roosevelt Roosevelt special. Oct. 9. The largest presidential i special that ever rolled 'ashington returned Presieevelt to the midwestern firing line t'oday on the. e of a 5.000-mile tour. ief executive and a party; cratic leaders moved dio lowa and Minnesota for 1 of speeches, platform aps. and party conferences to strengthen his bid for oral votes of the pivotal ij from Washington by NLED ON PAGE SEVEN) ?ETARY OF RD ANSWERS nation Head Rees Answer On Pollution Inquiry . E Daniels, secretary of board of health, in answer iquiry from Roy Johnson, t of the Adams county con--1 league, advised Mr. John Allows: Ir. Johnson: lation to your inquiry cona sewage disposal plant community, I would like hat there are many interacts surrounding this situThat pollution of the river ring constantly, seems to after beyond mere suppoWe have in our tiles, an Ive scientific report comthe engineers of the state ! division, that elucidates ®t concisely. . Board of Health of the city Hur, along with the state and many local citizens, >st sincerely the need for Bicient control of the sewI waste matter of this city. !< t of this sort can be ached in two ways, viz: •y legal coercion. Acts of liana state legislature of ntltled ‘Anti-Stream Pollurs, place authority on state i to order local officials to kt such a unit. Local education, or more ’ally a spontaneous approves citizens of the communD are acutely aware of the f such a unit. iously, Mr. Johnson, under imocratic form of governthe latter method would ° be the better manner of Ire. wish to thank the members Conservation League for TINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) obleson Funeral Services Saturday Iral services will be held ay for Green Tumbleson, re■lock buyer, who died at his In Wren, Ohio, Thursday 18- Services will be held at beral U. R. church at Wren tn. EST. and burial will be n the Odd Fellows cemetery luntington.

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David Ross Speaks To Municipal League South Rend, >lnd., Oct, 9— (UP) — i David Rows, Lafayette manufacturer j will address delegates to the annual convention of the munk‘i|>ai league of Indiana at a banquet to I night. Hie togde will be "home rule I and taxes." ( Speakers on the program today ’ j were Ray Madden, Gary city con-; : t roller; Mayor Allen Jacobs, of Jeff ersonville; Louie Roberts, Evaneville city attorney; and C. W. Ham, | Chicago executive director of the American Municipal association. BLUFFTON HOST TO CONVENTION Annual State Baptist Convention At Bluffton Next Week The annual state convention of J the Indiana Baptist association will be held at the First Baptist church ’ in Bluffton for four days, starting next Monday, October 12, and conI eluding Thursday, October 15. The Bluffton church has been ! completed remodeled and redecorated. and rededication services were held last Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. Morris Coens. pastor, conducting the service. Rev. Homer J. Aspy, pastor of the Decatur Baptist ' church assisted in the ceremonies. The convention will open with a pastors’ conference, which will be held Monday and Tuesday. Services will be held at 1:30 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. Monday. The pastor's conference sessions on Tuesday wiU be held at the Reformed church, concluding with the afternoon meeting. The Indiana Woman's Baptist missionary society will hold sessions both morning and afternoon of Tuesday. This meeting will be I closed with a woman's banquet at the community building at 5:15 ! o’clock. The state convention (program will open Tuesday evening. Addresses of welcome will be given by Rev. Coers, Mayor Franklin Buck- ! ner and Will R. Barr, William P. Dearing, president of Oakland City 'caUe«e, will deliser the principal address. The convention program will continue al! day Wednesday and Thurs- ; day. The address of Dr. William R. Seat, Washington, state president i will be delivered Wednesday toreI noon. The state convention banquet will be held at 5:30 p. m. Wednes- ■ day. with an address, “Wake up , and give,” delivered by Mrs Leslie I E. Swain of New York. K. G. Spen- . cer. Franklin college president. will speak at theevening session Election of officers and board members will be held Thursday morning The principal address ■ Thursday afternoon will be given by (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Young People Plan For Service Sunday j ' ■ A special young people's service - will be held at the Union Chapel ■ IT. B. church Sunday evening at > 7 o'clock. This service is part of - the annual rally day services of i the church. -■ Rev. A. F. Knepp, pa.sUtr, will • | deliver the address. Special music i and readings will be featured on the program. AH young! people ,- are invited to attend. , ! —■ O —— WILL DISCUSS PUBLIC HEALTH f Situation Will Be Discussed At Meeting Monday Night A meeting has been called for Monday evening in the Haul H. Graham company building to discuss the present status of the pubp lie health situation and lay plans for the future. j Present will be the city health t board composed of Mrs. Paul H. Graham, president; Dr. R. E. Dan- , iels, secretary, and Dr. G. J. Kohne. r Dr. F. L. Grandstaff, county health - officer will also be present. Roy Johnson, president of the Adams county fish and game conservation league, has announced f that a committee from this organization will be present 1 City and county officials and lay- . men are invited tq attend the meet--3 in «- , (T It is expected that some sort of a t permanent full time health officet i will be advocated at the meeting. s Suggestions from citizens will be r welcomed. Officials will make re|Torts on conditions.

TWO BANDITS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS — Two Os Bandit Pair Sentenced To Serve 1025 Years Two youthful bandits, Charles E. Carey. 24 ami Edwin Walker, 20, both of Marion, were sentenced to* lb to 25 years in the Indiana state reformatory by Judge Huber M. DeV<*« in circuit court this afternoon, after they had plead guilty to chargee of auto babndilry. The youths plead guilty on Tuesday before Judge DeVoss to the harge of robbing two Berne filling stations early last Friday morning,’ climaxing a series of stickutps and robberies. The third of the trio. Oral Bragg. 1 will be sentenced tomorrow after pleading guilty to a charge of grand larceny. Judge DeVoss stated. Sheriff Dallas Brown stated they would probably be taken to the reformatory early next week. Under the statute governing the sentences, the boys must serve a' least six yeans ami eight months be- , fore being eligible tor parole under 1 the full time good behavior rule. 1 Both of the young men stoically ' received their sentences, returning to the sheriff's office to answer the ' queries of County Clerk, G. Remy Bierly in filling out committment blanks for the institution. They were then returned to the Jail to await committment. In the meantime Bragg, the son of a Marion minister, was confined to his cel in the jail to await his sen- ’ fence tomorrow. | The lads were captured and had j confessed to police authorities within 36 hours after they had staged 1 the Berne holdups last Friday, and ‘ all p'ead guilty to the charges when '■ brought before Judge DeVoss. ’. oWEATHER 'I Cloudy tonight and Saturday, rain probable; cooler Saturday or Saturday night. < K. P. MEMBERS HEAR OFFICER ' Ira E. Clarke Speaks At t Open Meeting Last Night "Friendship is the second great- [ eat thing in the worla, second only to life itself," Ira E. Clarke, assistt ant supreme keeper of records and >’ seal of the national order of Knights ’ ol Pythias, told those present at the f joint open meeting of the Knights ’ and Pythian sisters in the lodge I home last night. "And without the fraternalism, sponsored by all of the great lodges .’of the worlj today, life itself would not be worthwhile,", he said, "To make it w'orth living, spread the , feeling of fraternalism to those in t need, aid those in suffering and j reap the benefits of a Good Samarf itan—the feeling of a deed well done.” I Mr. Clarke, who has visited with ■ members of the order in 7,066 i lodges in 76 domains of the United > States and 12 in Canada, cited var- | ious examples of the aid given by the Knights of Pythias and various other fraternal organizations. He mentioned the large sums of money spent, and labor and time I offered to victims of flood, tire, tornado ami riot disaster* by the K. of P. and other orders. He stated that 26 homes for orphans and aged people are now being maintained by the order. Music for the meeting was furnished by a double trio of the Decatur high school, girls glee club, unr der the direction of Mies Helen Haubold. The girls who took part in the singing were the Misses Maxine Martin. Jeanette Winnes, Zulu Porter. Janet Schrock. Kathryn Baker and Donnabellc Fenimore. , Short talk* were also given by members of the local orders. i? A pot luck supper was held in , the lodge dining rooms earlier in j the evening. o POSTPONE GAME I" I 1 The Decatur-Portland football game, scheduled for 8 o'clock tonight at Worthman Field under the lights, has been postponed until Monday night at the same time, it was l announced this afternoon by r Principal W. Guy Brown. The postponement was occasioned s by rain this afternoon and the !- ’ forecast of inclement weather i tonight.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 9, 1936.

President’s Son Denies Charge r wi « J f. 'J j it kTSM sEfe&WAnthony lokker —ir... .-, v w - v ■ ■— • \ 4, v‘s_ '■ .• % wW**'-* 7 : An emphatic denial was voiced by ETlliott Roosevelt, son of the presklent, when informed of disclosure of testimony of Anthony Fokker last year before the senate munitions committee. According to the testimony, Elliott Roosevelt was to receive a commission of $500,000 in connection with the saje of military airplanes to Russia. The matter comes to public attention now because of an article in an aeronautical magazine.

DEMOCRATS TO HOLD MEETINGS Blue Creek Township Schedules Meeting October 14 Blue Creek townshp is the first to announce a rural Democratic me“ting in the county. The committeemen there have decided to hold a ral'y at the Jacoba school house, Wednesday evening. October 14 with John W. Tyndall, county auditor; Jeff Leichty. county treasurer ■ and Arthur E. Voglewede, candidate for proeecutinj: attornay, as the ! speakers. The public is invited to i attend and to listen to the discussions of issues in this campaign, one of the most important tor the farmer, ever held. N. C. Nelson, county chairman, this morning received a wire from , Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, saying that he had not yet completed plane for his visit here October 17, but will be here in plenty of time for the meeting and will telegraph .later the exact time for his arrival. The Woman s Club members are busy selling tickets for the banque’ on the 15th. when Mrs. Olive Belden Lewis of Indianapolis, outstanding civic leader, will give the principal address. it in noped to have 200 at this meeting. The Young Democratic Vo’ers club is assured of a large attendance at the dance on the evening of the 15th, many tickets having Iteen sold already, according to reports from those in charge. The Berne meeting on the evening (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) — 0 FATHER AND SON MEETING PLANS Holy Name Society Annual Meet Sunday And Monday The annual father and son meeting of the Holy Name society of St. Mary’s Cathoik church, will be held Sunday. The fathers and sons will attend the 7 o’clock mass and receive Holy Communion in a body. Monday evening the boys will be entertained with a program at the Knights of Columbus hall. A free lunch will be served. The committee in charge of the program is comiposcd of J. J. Reed, Robert Gage and Haloid Daniels Lawrence Beckmeyer, president of the society urged the members to accompany their sons to church Sunday and invited them to attend the entertainment Monday night. —o Regular Legion Meeting Monday The reg tlar meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the Legion home Monday veening at 8 oclock. New by-laws, recently adopted, will be read at the meeting. After ; the business session is concluded, a fish fry will he hied. All mem- | bers are urged to be present.

Union Party State Candidates Resign Albany, Oct. 9—(UP)—The entire Union party state ticket, supiported by forces of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, declined today to enter I the November elections. Members of the ticket, headed by Emmett J. Larkin. Buffalo, candidate for Governor, had been designated by petition filed with secretary 1 of state Edward J. Flynn several ■ day sago. The formal declination was received kss than 15 hours before the , deadline for such action expired. I Under the law the party has until ■ Monday to fill the vacancy on the 1 nomination petition. , o CHURCH PLANS SERVICE HERE Special Service At M. E. Church Here Sunday Morning i 1 At the fourth of the special "Covenant Services” next Sunday morn,l ing at the Decatur Methodist Epis- , copal church, a .specially prepared ! i program will be need and the "CovJenant” presented to all present. Dr. jjTinkham. former nistor. will be 1; present and assist the Rev. H. R. Carson in the service. The occasion will be the 95th anniversary of the sending of the , Rev. Jesse Sparks as the first resident pastor-in Decatur. The date of his appointment to the Decatur circu't was October 13, 1841. and while , he was the third Methodist Episcopal minister to serve Decatur, he I was the first to come to live in the settlement. The “Covenant” which will be present; d. reads in part as follows; “Believing that spiritual recovery I is imperative, and diviring to do my jlpart, I accept the life and teachings ’ of Jesus for my life realizing that spiritual power comes through wor- . ship, service and sacrifice, 1 promise;” and then follows a number of pledges in regard to Bible study, private devotions, family worship, public worship attendance, church - work, persona! evangelism and fin- . aneial support of the church which i each person may check for himself and sign. 1 Eventually the “Covenant Card” r wi’l be carried to every home in the membership and constituency ? of the church by evangelistic teams ?! under the guidance of the pastor ? and the committee on membership ? j and evangelism, and messages on -I the genera! theme of covenants will I j be presented at the worship serl vices during October and N’ovemII her. si o Announces Best Air Mail Service Postmaster Phil Macklin today announced that best air mail ser--71 vice may be obtained west by leaving the letters at the post i . office before noon each day. They i | will be on the west coast the next 11 day. . I Connection on the evening train , | with the Chicago airport has been r j discontinued. East bound air mail , j letters will continue to have the -.best service if mailed before 6:45 j o’clock each evening.

Portuguese Delegate Walks Out Os Conference; Russian Action Called Hostile One

REV. COUGHLIN VIEWS SCORED BY REV. RYAN Catholic Educator Assails Coughlin’s Theories In Broadcast Washington. Oct. 9— (U.R) — The i new deal opened a major barrage against Father Charles E. Coughlin today. ■ The attack was opened last night by the Rt. Rev. John A. Ryan in a nationwide broadcast assailing Coughlin’s economic theories an 1 denouncing those who have raised the issue of communism in the national campaign. Tonight Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes carries forward the offensive with a.n address seeking to link Coughlin with the Republican hieh command. The title of his speech is "Landon, (Coughlin, et Al”—the ‘‘Al" refers to Alfred E. Smith. Meantime the Democratic naI tional committee emphasized the importance it attached to Ryan’s pronouncement by undertaking mass distribution of the Catholic educator’s address. Several hundred thousand copies will be distributed. The task of putting them in the mails was under way even before Ryan spoke. Ryan is a member of the faculty of Catholic university. "I say deliberately to the laboring men and women of America.” he sa.id. "that Father Coughlin’s explanation of our economic maladies is at least 50 per cent wrong and that his monetary remedies are at least 90 per cent wrong. ‘‘lf the latter were enacted into i law they would prove disastrous I ;to the greaj majority of the American people, particularly to | the wage earners. "Moreover. Father Coughlin’s monetary theories and proposals find no support in the encyclicals of either Pope Leo XIII or Pope, Pius Xi. "Toilers of America. I implore you not to permit yourselves to be misled.” In contrast, he cited President Roosevelt as “the man who has shown a deeper ajid more sympathetic understanding of your needs and who has brought almut more fundamental legislation for labor and for social justice than any other president in American history.” He characterized forecasts by Coughlin and Union party spokesmen that the candidacy of Wil--1 Ham Lemke will throw the election into the house of representatives as a delusion. "Do not let yourselves be persuaded that your votes can throw the presidential election into the 1 house," he said. “That can not happen unless Mr. Lemke carries at least one state. Where is he (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ZIUN REFORMED PLANS FESTIVAL Annual Mission Festival Will Be Held Next Sunday The annual mis’sion festival of the Zion Reformed church will be i held Sunday. Guest speakers for ■ the day will be Rev, Walter E. i Scherry. pastor of the Reformed • church at Stoutsville. O„ and Rev. > Matthew Worthman, pastor of the i Reformed church at Bluffton, Ind. I The program as announced by Rev. . Charles M. Prugh. pastor of the . church, is as follows: Church School 9:15 o’ clock. Morning Worship 10:30 o'clock. Combined choirs of the church will furnish music. 1 Sermon by Rev. W. E. Scherry. Afternoon service 2:30 o’clock. - Music furnished by representa- . tives of nearby Reformed church- , les. Sermon by Rev. Matthew ; Worthman, Bluffton. ■ I Svening worship 7:30 o'clock. Music by the Girls' Choir of the church i i Sermon by Rev. W. E. Scherry. i i Al! offerings for the day will be I devoted to the missionary or benev- » olent fund of the congregation. The > public is invited to enjoy the festI vities of the day.

HOLD INSTITUTE HERE SATURDAY Rural Grade Teachers To Attend Institute Here Institute for all teachers of elementary grades in the rural schools of the county will be held Saturday morning in the Decatur public high school The eeesion will open at 9 o'clock. Representatives of the state adopted text books will addretw the teachers and explain the newly adopted texts. Superintendent of Schools, C. E. Striker will be in charge of the institute, which is call'd by the superintendent when new books are adopted. Enrollment announced Superintendent Striker annotinc-, ed today the enrollment figures for the newly constructed school at Geneva. The total enrollment in the school this year is 443, of which 326 are enrolled in the grades and 117 in the high school. School there is now under full swing, being delayed at the opening due to construction work. Following is the list of teachers, the grades and enrollment: Catherine Fravel, grade one, 41 : Mary B. Wheat, grade two, 39. Blanche Shepherd, grade three 44 Elizabeth Kraner, grade four. 48. Esther Greene, grade five, 32. Goldine Butcher, grade six, 36. A. C. Cook, grades seven and eight. 44 and 42. Total grade enrollment, 326. High school; R. O. Hunt, principal Nell Pyle, John Bauman. Guy Brooks Bell, Blanche Aspy, Margaret Rhodes and Mildred Yopet, 1 117. o COMMITTEES TU SELL TICKETS Announce Committees For Women’s Democratic Banquet The ticket committees were announced today by Mrs. Faye SmithKnapp for the banquet to lie ne'd by the Democratic Women's club of Adams county at the Masonic hall Thursday, Oct. 15 at 6:30 o’clock. Tickets will sell for 50 cents each and may be purchased from any member of the committee on arrangements or the hospitality committee. The feature talk will be given by Mrs. Olive Belden-Lewis of Indianapolis. Special music will be furnished by a quintet from Berne composed of Betty and Gyneth Schindler, Josephine and Phyllis Zehr and Henrietta Bixler. Mrs. Knapp announced today that the banquet will be over in time for the dance sponsored by the Young Democratic Club of Adams County at the Country club. Members of the two committees ! having tickets for sale are: Committee on arrangements: Mrs. Anna Nichols, Mns. Charles Lose, Mrs. John Heller, Mrs. Roy Archbold, Mrs. Kathryn Tyndall, Mrs. Nathan Nelson, Miss Bernice Nelson, Miss Betty Macklin, Mrs. James Briggs, Mrs. Clora Anderson, Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk, Mrs. Arthur Zehr . Hospitality committee: Mrs. Leigh Bowen. Mrs. Fred Heuer, Mrs. Lawrence Green, Mrs. John H. Heller, Mrs. G. Remy Bierly, Mrs. Lawrence Green, Mrs. George Squier, Mrs Roy Dubach, Mrs. Mary Mau- ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Andrew Luttman Dies At Sturgis Andrew Luttman, age 60, of Sturgis, Michigan former Adams county resident, died Thursday night of complications. Mr. Luttman was born in Adams county and moved to Sturgis several years ago. Two brothers and one , sister reside in this county. They aie, Henry and Fred Luttman of Root township and Mrs. Frank . Neadstine of Decatur. The widow . survives. ■ Funeral services will be held Sun- - day afternoon at the Lutheran church with burial at Siurgus,

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Committee Meeting For Neutrality In Spain Is Stormy; Italy And Britain Clash. DEFEND MADRID London, Oct. 9.—ilU.PJ —Ambassador Dino Grand! of Italy, at the afternoon session of the international committee on neutrality in Spain, accused the Soviet union of smuggling aircraft, rifles and ammunition to the Spanish government in three Soviet vessels. Grandi’s statement was a counter attack against Russian charges that Italy, Germany and Portugal. Fascist nations, were aiding the Spanish rebels. London. Oct. 9. <U.R) -The Portuguese delegate, accusing Soviet Russia of "an act of hostility," walked out of a meeting of the International committee of 27 nations 1 on neutrality in Spain today. The meeting was generally stormy, and PortugaFs action wag preceded by a clash between Italy and Britain. Francisco Calheiros. the Portuguese delegate, resented Russia's charge that Portugal violated the international agreement for neutality in Spain by permitting shipment ot arms through her territory. He said he would not sit with the committee again unless ' instructed by his government. Russia also has accused GerI many and Italy of aiding the Spanish rebels, threatening to give armed support to the government side if such aid does not cease. When the meeting opened. Lord Plymouth, presiding, presented the memorandum regarding neutrality violations which Julio Alvarez Del Vayo, Spanish foreign minister, handed to the League of Nations on September 15. Dino Grandi, Italian ambassador to London, at once arose and denounced the accusations of “Spain's socialist-communist government" as groundless. Attempting to answer Del Vayo's charges point by point, Grandi sought to prove that most of the I war material shipments to the rebels specified by Dei Vayo had j occurred before Italy imposed her embargo on such shipments. Grandi then attacked Britain, I charging that British subjects had joined the Madrid government forces, mentioning among others the labor member of parliament, William Dobbie. The Italian. German, and Portuguese representatives, after some hesitation, agreed to submit to the committee the observations of their governments on the I>el Vayo indictment. Fuerst Von Bismarck, of Germany, said Germany must refuse to answer the Spanish allegations because they were not presented to the committee in accordance with prescribed procedure. He insisted that as Spain is not a member of the committee, Britain must assume responsibility for the Del Vayo note whiich Lord Plymouth presented. Calheiros and Grandi identified themselves with Bis(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 MASONS PLAN FALL PROGRAM Eastern Star Order Holds Family Supper Last Evening Approximately 100 members ot the Eastern Star and their families . attended the family potluck supper of the organization at the Masonic , home last night. Following the supper served in the dining room, the members retired to the assembly hall, where a regular business meeting was conducted. I The committee in charge of last night’s entertainment was; Mrs. ■ Mart Gilson, Mrs. W. Guy Brown, • Mrs. C. A. Burdg, Mrs. Leigh Bowen I and Mrs. Dan Tyndall. The Masonic order will open the . i fall season of entertainment at the t home next Monday night at 7:30 s o’clock. < A card party and other entertaint ntent has been arranged by a comt mittee, under the direction r George Harding, worshipful master. Complete plans for the (party. - which will be the first of a series i during the winter months, will be announced later. *