Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1936 — Page 1

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* TREATY lIEEENOEO MY ROOSEVELT ■„! Opens Midwest Ol Policies < 1 y,..„ ■ i - i " Jiil( . to■E. i, ■>. : -i,.- i HEk ML, - " ; . . ' h another. aft< r role of political doc■L it" Imai the lw& from of He io the train |^B« , » ii. ■ ■. them. I Norris v although a ft. Rep Terry Carpenter. Ug for Norris’ seat. - .-' ;!■ the Nebraska ■ The advisi etnrv for his polli.r- Tiny said that re I), nioerats opposed il us the party had left his after ’ ■ to supnational ticket. -i spoke last night the state : - mile motor St Paul and Minneamr •li In was i he, rod HI Paul, capital of Minneuf th,, border states Canada han been tinON PAGE SIX) BTRIA UNDER ■ICTATORSHIP ■cellor Schuschnigg ■onies Absolute DicBator Os Austria Be ■na. (jet. pt—(CP)— ChancelB n Schuschnigg effected a ss revolution today by disall semi-military organiza-B'-1 becoming absolute dictaBis bold stroke, he eliminated B p possible rival for power, Bf Prince Ernst Rudiger Von Bmbt-rg. leader of the fascist Behr. ■ sit all night cabinet nieet- ■ ‘Ct.se official statement was 8 to inform the country that Belntwehr and the Catholic Btroopers, the two principal Btlitary organizations, were B p tl completely. Selected men Bi'-m will be incorporated in ■ national militia, directly tinB minister of war—and S«hn--1“-’ himself as minister of war. lediately after the decree was ’ the government ordered ■ ipolice guard put at all HeimB headquarters to prevent B- But none of moment was B* for the organization was BPParently hopelessly, one sac- ■ upporting Starhemberg. the B, 1 Fey . whom Starhemberg B - ‘Fom the organization a ’ a * 0 ’ Sc huschnigg himself ■ ./?h fi<ient there would be no ■ at he left for Budapest ■ , ' n! " K t 0 atten d the funeral ■ ' 6 ri ‘mier Julius Uoemboes Bngany,

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Rural Teachers At Institute Today I Nearly 50 teachers of elementary grades in the rural schools !of the county were in attendance 1 today at the institute held in the Decatur high school auditorium. The morning session of the meeting was taken up by the explanation of 11 wly adopted textbooks. The discussions were in 1 cl large of the tepresentatives of 'the various text book firms. Superintendent of Schools, C.E. Striker was in charge of the meeting. Following the session , at the school, the teachers called at the library of the superintend cut’s office for tile new texts. REGISTRATION FIGURES GIVEN Total Os 11.200 Eligible To Vote In Adams County There will be approximately 11,- j 200 registered persons eligilde to vote in Adams county at tile gen eral election November 3. it was estimated today. County Clerk G. Remy Bierly announced today that 1.560 persons have registered since the primary election. Os this number 459 were 1 transfers and will not constitute additional voters. Before the primary election there were 10,661. Before the next election it will be necessary to purge the county list of names of per sous who, by reason of death, cancellation, duplication or other causes will not be eligible to vote. Bhis may be about 400. At the general election two years ago there were 11,143 persons reg istered. These names were taken I from the lists for the reasons given above or because of failure to vote. Before the election the names must be typed and carbon copies sent to county chairmen, precinct committeemen and officials at the polls. Voters will be checked at : the polls as they are handed their ballots. | Os the total number of new registrations and transfers only 445 came into the county clerk's office The rest were registered by town I clerks or in their own homes by deputy registration officers. UNION TICKET IS RULED OUT Candidate For Congress Filed Too Late To Enter Race The Adams county election commissioners Friday afternoon ruled that the name of Arthur Kelsey, candidate for congressman for this district on the Union ticket, will not be printed on the county ballot. A petition asking for the placing of Kelsey on the ballot was filed I by his representative, Joseph H. Smith on October ”. According to law, the last date for such a petition was October 3. The board had | as a precedent a similar case at Wabash where the state board of tax commissioners ruled against ' the permitting of the filing of names after the closing date. ■ There will be only two candidates for congressman of this district on the local ballots. These will be I Congressman James 1. Farley, Auburn. Democrat, and former Congressman David Hogg, Fort Wayne, Republican. There will be four candidates for governor of the state. These are: M. Clifford Townsend, Democrat; Raymond S. Springer, Republican; Morio B. Tomsich, Socialist; ' and Wenzell Stocker, Communist. 1 Electors of five national polltict al parties for the president will be on the ballots. These parties will ' be: Democrat, Republican. Social- * ist, Communist and Union. 1 These names have been certified ? to the local board by Governor 1 Paul V. McNutt. 3 Work on the printing of the balli ots will be started soon. The printi ing will be done in the job depart- - ment of the Decatur Democrat (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) -: j i Kirkland Township Meeting Tuesday ti s Kirkland township will hold its s first P. T. A. meeting at the school - Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. A » complete program will be publiehj ed in Monday’s paper. i 0 —— —— f WEATHER a Generally fair tonight and t Sunday except cloudy north 1 portion tonight; cooler tos night; continued cool SunI day.

Presidential Party Leaves Washington on Campaign Tour I-.. r f al ‘ ' a. IK W j <' Ft ; s a, / f "" ’^py* 1 i 111

When President Roosevelt departed from Washington, ajiove. on a whirlwind campaign tour that will take him through 11 states in 10 days, li.- was accompanied by ,i party of 14. left to rieht. Secretary

GARDEN CLUB IS ORGANIZED Decatur’s First Garden Club Is Organized Friday Night An enthusiastic group of garden lovers who met last evening at the : Homesteads office, oiganized Decatur’s first Garden club and elected the following officers to direct their activities; Mrs. Delton Passwater, president. Mrs. R. A. Stuckey, vice president. Mrs. George Buckley, secretary. Mrs. N. A. Bixler, 'reasurer. The club, which will become affiliated with the state federation of garden clubs, will ho'd regular meetings the third Tuesday of each i month and will have an active membership of 35. As interest in the club grows, additional units may be organized in order to provide opportunity for other Decatur gardeners ' and landscaping enthusiasts to enjoy the discussions, talks and the inter-change of ideas which will be features of the programs. The year's program will be announced at the next meeting, to be held November 17 by members of the program committee including: Mesdames Lawrence Green, G. T. Burk. Martin Zimmerman and H. B. He’ler. Another committee, including Mesdames Robert Helm. Sam Butler, E- S. Scott and Miss Rose Christen will submit the club’s constitution and by-laws. The club was conceived at a joint meeting of the park committee of the Civic Section of the Woman’s Club and the landscaping committee of the Homesteads home economics club. Following a recent tour or Fort Wayne gardens under the direction of Mrs. Ethel Peters, tempori ary committees were selected to plan for the meeting held last even- • | ing. . j o Sentence Bragg This Afternoon Oral Bragg, the third member of the youthful bandit trio, who plead guilty to charges of robbing two Berne filling stations on October 2, ’ wi'l be sentenced this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock in the Adams circuit court. 9 Bragg plead guilty to the charge ' of grand larceny. Edwin Walker and Charles Carey, other members of the trio are held in the county jail, awaiting committment to the state reformatory. They received sent- ’ ences of 10 to 25 years on charges of manditry. o Adams County Man Given Prison Term i John Edd'eman. Decatur route I one was found guilty of assault and . battery, with intent to commit a - felony, involving charges of a 13 year old girl, in the Allen circuit court yesterday and sentenced to the Indiana stats prson fol 1-10 years. Charges of criminal assault had i originally been filed last May, with Martin Schoppman, of Fort Wayne. I route nine, filing the affidavit.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 10, 1936

Municipal League Meet Ends Today South Bend. Ind.. Oct. 10. —(U.R) —Proposal of a formal resolution I supporting Clare W. H. Bangs, jail ; ed utility-baiting mayor of Hunt- i ington. was expected today at the , annual convention of the Munici ' pal League of Indiana. From his jail cell the militant , mayor yesterday sent a plea for the league to “transcend all politics and throw support to candi- . dates who fearlessly champion the relocation to cities and towns of ’ the right of local government to own and operate their own utilities.” ‘ The convention will conclude to- . day with election of officers. Mayor Clell B. Fireston. Goshen, is ‘the chief candidate for president, and Mayor William Teal. Lafayette. is unopposed for vice president. Possibility of reduced city government costs through elimination 1 of over-lapping functions of city. ' county and townships in the same ! geographical units, was explained ' yesterday by Mayor John W. Kern. Indianapolis. He urged more disI eretionary power be given city of- ! I flctals in manipulation of funds. ■ |

Gross Income Os Average County Farmer Shows Increase

The gross income of the average farmer in Adams county is approximately $1,500 greater in the I last year of President Roosevelt's I first term than the last year of the I I Hoover regime, according to a i table compiled today by the farm ■ editor of the Decatur Democrat. The market facts were obtained i from the files of the Decatur Demo- ■ crat as of October 1, 1932 and October 1, 1936. All may be verified. The table shows that the average farmer grossed $692.30 from six major sources of income in I 1936. The difference is $1,370.50. No account is made of other , sources of income because their . market prices were not quoted in 1932 and 1936. ’ The average size of ap Adams ’ county farm is 92 acres, according to census figures. ■ I I A five year rotation common in I both years is used for the com- ! parison. This is: corn, wheat, oats, h rotation pasture and hay. Gov

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I of Agriculture Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper. Mrs. James Roosevelt. Jr., the president and Mrs. Franklin I D. Roosevelt. ,

Woman, Baby Killed In Truck-Auto ( rash Danville. Ind.. Oct. 10.—IU.PJ — Mrs. Orville Pratt. 45. Jamestown, and Marilyn Walker, nine months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anh-1 urey Walker. Danville, were kill- i ed yesterday when their automo- 1 bile collided with a truck driven' by Harry Morgan. Coatesville, at 1 a road intersection near Montclair, j Mrs. Walker. Pratt and a three-j year-old son of the Walkers were injured seriously. o — Borah Not To Take Part, In National Campaign Spokane, Wash.. Oct. 10 —(U.R) — ! Sen. Win. 'E. Borah. Idaho Repub- , lica.n. has no plans to take part i in the national campaign he said i here. "I have made no promises," he I said last night. "There are all kinds of rumors i and talks going around about what I ajn supposed to have said. I j have no plans to take part in the ' campaign. I am running for the ; senate on my record and I am ' saying in my public speeches what I intend to do on national ques-1 tions.”

■ ernment figures are used to determine the soil depleting or cash crop area of the farm, which would be 52.4 or 48.328 acres. Under this | 1 plan the three cash crops, corn, ' oats and wheat, occupy approxi-. t niately 16 acres each. Because of i the great variation from month to month and season to season, hay I prices are not included. •i The average farmer is estimated I ■ to have three brood sows, which! will raise 22 pigs, sold at an av- > -l erage weight of 200 pounds. The' i farmer keeps five cows from which Che sells four veal calves at an av- . erage weight of 200 pounds. He also keeps 10 ewes and sells 10] i', lambs at an average weight of 100 i pounds. The first vertical column in the t table refers to the number of acres ;' or animals. The next is the aver-1 age number of bushels to the acre I i or pounds to the animal. The last r - column shows the increase in mar- 1 . ket values of each of the sources -|of incomes:

CROWD TO HEAR CLIFF TOWNSEND — Joint Adams-Wells County Meeting At Bluffton Tonight Persons expecting to attend the Townsend rally tonight at Bluffton | are requested to meet at the court 1 house this afternoon at 4:45 o'clock. ’ The 'Adams county delegation will ; 1 arrive in Bluffton in a body. I County Democratic Chairman Nai than Nelson has arranged for the, , Decatur girte’ band to lead the proI cession. The band will play several numbers preceding the rally. More than 50 banquet tickets have been sold in Decatur for the affair. A number, which may equal . 500 from Adams county plan to at- ' tend the rally which follows the banquet. Purchasers of tickets for the banquet. whether they eat in the I church or in the community building. will have reserved seats for the speech and program. . Those who plan to attend only I the program, are urged to be at the i community building as soon after I 6:30 o'clock as possible. The doors ' will be open at that time. The ush- : ers have announced that it will be ' a case of “first come, first served although it is expected that there will be sufficient seats for allLocal candidates will be introduced. i It was announced today that the ' Reformed church ladies will servetheir banquet in the Masonic hall i instead of the church. o ———■ — Home Building Still Behind Population Gain Homes built in fourteen Indiana I I cities in 1935 provided new housI ing for 14.03 per cent of the year’s ' estimaed population gain in such cities, according to J. R. Rid way. president of Investors Syndicate, of Minneapolis, in a survey made public today. Building in these same cities, in the five years prior to 1936. cared for only 12.93 per cent of the estimated population rise during that period. Mr. Ridgway stated. "New homes are not going up as : fast in these fourteen Indiana , cities as their estimated population j is increasing.” he said, "despite the i fact that persons supplied with I new housing in 1935 were more than eleven times those provided for in 1934." Mr. Ridgway based his report on a housing survey made by his company in 310 cities throughout the country. These cities, located in forty-one states and the District of Columbia, contain more than a third of the nation's population. 0 Knights Os Columbus T oHold Dance Tuesday The Knights of Columbus will I celebrate Columbus Day Tuesday evening. October 13, with a dance for members, their families and invited friende. No admission will be charged.

Mussolini Orders 'More Production Os War Materials

DECATUR PLANS ANNUAL PARTY FOR HALLOWEEN Huge Callithumpian Parade Will Be Held* Here October 30 Decatur's annual Halloween party, featured by a gigantic Callithumpian parade, will be held i in this city Friday night, October 30. Jest Rice and Dee Fryback. chairmen for the event, announced today the party w’ould be held the night before Halloween thin year, with the holiday falling on i Saturday. The Cha,mber of Commerce, I sponsors of the Callithumpian par-1 ty, felt that Friday night would be better than Saturday for the parade, as the streets of the city are always badly congested on Saturdays. The Callithumpian parade annually draws a huge crowd to Decatur, and in past years has been one of the outstanding events in the city in the way of free entertainment. Last Halloween, thousands of 1 Decatur and Adams county residents lined the streets of the 1 city to witness the parade. More than $l6O in each prizes will be given to paraders. The parade is scheduled to start promptly at 7:30 o'clock, one-hajf hour earlier than in former years. The largest prize. $25, will be given to the best band or drum corps in costume. Second prize i in this division will be S2O. and j third prize sls. The fourth prize ! of $lO will go to the best rube ! band or drum corps in costume, and the fifth prize of $5 will be for the same competition. Other prizes will be as follows: ladies' costume, most comical. $5; men's costume, most comical. $5; boy’s costume, most comical, $3; girl's costume, most comical. $3; most comicaj couple. $8; fat man. funniest, $5; slim man, best make(CONTTNUED ON PAGE SIX) O ADAMS COUNTY QUOTA SI,OOO Red Cross Quota For Coming Year Is Set At Meeting Friday The quota for the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross for the coming year will be SI,OOO, it was decided at the dirstrict roll call meeting of the Red Cross In Fort Wayne Friday. Several hundred members of the organization attended the eeseion yesterday, which was held in the Woman’s club there, and heard the addresses of many national officers and prominent Red Cross officials. The main speaker cf the occasion was Douglass Greismer, national roll call director of the Red Cross. Plans for the coming year were made by the member of each chapter in the district. The theme of the convention was "The People's Red Cross.” Each chapter in 'he district was asked to send a representative to the meeting to take part in the planning. Those who attended from this county were: Mrs. Olive Peterson, of the Decatur chapter; Mrs. J. A. Long, of the Geneva chapter; Mrs. Thurman Gottschalk and Mrs. Springer, of the Berne chapter; Mrs. E- W. Busche and Mrs. Stucky, of the Monroe chaipter. The drive here will open within the next few weeks, the members stated today. o Annual Berne Colt Show Held Today The annual Berne colt show fs -pe- . ing held today, with Prof. H. F. Moxley, extension specialist of an- ' imal husbandry at the Michigan state college, acting as judge. I There were more than 100 colts ’ registered in the show Buyers from > many miles away attended the show • looking for good animals. The show i has created a reputation as exhibit- ' ing good horses.

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I Italian Premier Orders Production Os All War Materials Increased; New Crisis Looms. REBELS ATTACK Rome, Oct. 10.— (U.R) — Premier Benito Mussolini geared to racelike speed today the machines that are arming Italy for war. Through the cabinet he ordered a 50 per cent increase in the weekly production hours of the 1,200 munitions factories from 40 to 60 hours. He authorized cohstruction of new air fields within striking distance of France. Spain. Jugoslavia, and the British "all red" routes to the East. He authorized an increase in navy personnel, disclosed that I "several dozen" new naval units are under construction, ordered I new factories for airplane and airplane motor manufacture and commented: "All military preparedness of the nation has been intensified with excellent results.” Explaining the increase in working time at munitions factories Mussolini explained: “There is urgent need of certain types of supplies chiefly for the navy and air forces." The announcemeifi followed a i cabinet meeting at the Viminale ! palace, and by less than 24 Hours I the stormy meeting in London at | which Dino Grand!, Italian delegate, hurled back in the teeth of Russia a charge that Fascist powers were supplying the rebels with arms. There had been no warning of the dramatic announcement. The communique issued after the meeting spoke for itself. Reliable informants said the air i ministry expects to put 1,500 new ■ planes, mostly bombers, into the ' field l>y the end of 1936. It was believed the new ships mentioned are chiefly fast destroyers, torpedo boats and submarines. Loose Attack Gibraltar, Oct. 10.—4UR)—Spanish rebels loosed a terrific attack on the loyalists on the Alberche river front west of Madrid today. Reports from botli sides indicated | that they were likely to keep on i going steadily until the actual batI tie of Madrid started. Twenty battle planes, painted j the ominous black of the insurgent I air fleet, rained bombs down on the ' leftist lines, flying back and forth, l being refuelled at nearby airfields, I while pursu it planes protected I them. Madrid dispatches identified the ’I bombers as Junkers—made in Gerl many; the pursuit planes at Fiats —made in Italy. o Evansville Man Heads Shriners Fort Wayne, Oct. 10 —(UP)— Uvy Ragsdale, Evansville, was elected . president of the Shrine council of Indiana last night and his home . town was chosen as the site for the 1937 convention bby 1800 Shriners i who braved a day long rain to frolic • at their annual meeting. In addition i at their annual meeting. H. W. McMillen of Decatur was i among the candidates initiated last I evening. . o EXTRA CLERKS : WILL BE HIRED ) Eleven Precincts Will J Have Extra Clerks On Election Day • No changes will be made in the • number of clerks at the polls at the general election in November, ’ according to the county board of election commissioners. 1 Eleven precincts had extra clerks J at the last election in May. The board decided this number would be ample for the general election. Two extra clerks, a Democrat and a Republican, will be hired for the following precincts: Geneva A; West Root; Berne A: Berne B: Berne C. Decatur I—, Decatur ■ 1-B, Decatur 2-A, Decatur 3-B. De- ’ catur 3-A, and North Washington. 1 Extra clerks were necessary in North Washington for the first s time last spring because of the 48 1 new families located in the Decaf tur homesteads project. v At each election booth there will - be one inspector, two sheriffs, two judges and at least two clerks,