Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1936 — Page 1

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; llf DANGER ■EATENED BY ■ SPAIN WARFARE , r International Com“s plication- May Bring | \ ( >w Crisis is li&hi bv rhilP(l rr, ' KS ' ■2c 1 >-' - <U ' R) ~ T '"‘ j w:ir became today ■“5. world diplomatic sJM'. Madrid, new. om VK . h -> VV I . I'""" Madrid I M.uh id. wi'h no unisit , <-xI , Ill'll '. 4 „,, ,)„• . ex■E |K ,i of action n Me '" S and munitions to th? - expected to bring ill? insurgent naJ implication would th" governments ML » ~id th. nationalists | . • Russia K n Germany. Italy. ■ Piftugal. became and imlitieal battleground be- ■ idea of dieKgstjp and the contrasting Kj [of Government that run ■L (i ,o i ~ to the .'onimun- ■ of [Russia, I Abrogation Likely Kolon. I let. 22 LI.RI Russia's ■nm the Spanish non > and her withft an the international -of 27 nations on nonwere believed today committee. was called by the o ' I’d mouth, chairman of the . response to Russia's against further delay. A Kgp diplomatic dash involving against (let-many and Italy Btlieved likely. was liar.d Plymouth yesterday eight charges of violation pact against Russia a,'id Madrid of falsifying eviGermany. , [M-The It;.! an embassy announced S ®’y'i ‘l'dii'er before tomorrow's | MKI the Italian reply to Mar Ilßrid'lth I .'"S of aiding the rebels. rlßsrtU; 11 informed Lord Plymouth HhKs reply to Russia's allegabe delayed until next i '-1111311 note accused Ma■M < r a attempt to |Ksle: I" foreign governments by ■teßting false evidence against IB Launch Offensive j 1936 by United Press) EMI Loyalists on AranjuezHoad, Oct. 22— (U.R) — A offensive started at 7 a m. the trained rebel M£ll °n hte Anover De Tajo secwest of the strategic town of Aranjuez. BHH rebels counter-attacked ■untdt .- . '..tidy with the loyalist sending fleets of botnbover the government The fight continued fierceI Mn - >n B T»o black, bombers from the ■■lines flew over the governBS| <b ‘ t '| user on this front during bombing and spa.tthe loyalist militia with Kun fire. The desperate j If" " >X " f ,hp capital's only railJ to the coast sought in ditches and hills. Gaswere light. rebel counter offensive when the government adPosts attacked machine gun •’■northeast of Anover. The f’-SSfents opened up with mortars rW ,lanes - M JBghtington Railroad | Worker Is Killed — Roy Ljf l 58 - Huntington, was killed 1 IbiSl 111 when he stepped from be- | , 1 fiw ' ,c hengine into the path train.

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Widow Star Witness || y i 1I When Mrs. Frances Birch, demure red headed widow, appeared in court to testify for the state against Guy Tallmadge, charge! with the murder of his wife, she wore dark glasses, above. LOCALPUPILS SING FRIDAY Chorus Singing Feature Os Institute At Fort Wayne Student* of the Decatur Unci school will participate in the district chorus singing at the teacherts , institute in Fort Wayne Friday, it was announced today by Miss Helen Haubold. local music instructorThe program of chorus Binging will be broadcast over radio etation WOWO in Fort Wayne at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Max F. Krone, of Northwestern university will direct the chorus. The following students will sin; in the group: Janet Schrock. Jeanette Winnee, Zulu Porter, Lois Sovine. Dorcas Hoagland. Donnabelle Fenimore. Lewis Smith. Don Death. Jim Harklese. Harold Zimmerman, I Ed Eichorn, and Robert Brodbeck. The local singern have been trained by Miss Hanbold in chorus clans at the school. Schools in the city and county are closed today and Friday for the inf Btitute. Chicago Automobile Show November 14-21 The 37th annual Chicago automobile show will be held Nov. 14 iat the International amphitheater, Halstead and 43rd streets. The exposition will continue through Nov. 21. j Every make of automobile will lie exhibited. Car trailers will also be displayed. Local auto dealers ' and otfrer individuals are planning ' to attend the show. AUTOMOBILE IS STOLEN TODAY John Leyse Auto Is Stolen This Morning; Thief Escapes A 1936 Ford Tudor sedan, bearing Indiana license plates 727,512. belonging to John Leyse. local garage employe, was reported stolen from a parked position on North Second street this morning shor'iy before 11 o’clock. Mr. Leyse reported to polled that a man entered the auto and drove I away, just as he was approaching. He was unable, however, to give an accurate description of the thief. Sheriff Dallas Brown and Deputy ! Leo Gillig started in pursuit after they were notified, but the man eluded capture. It was reported that he drove south out of town. Police are investigating 'he possibilities of the thief being linked with a gang that Mr. Leyse reported attacked him near here. At tha' time the men fired upon the local resident, one bullet passing through I his coat sleeve.

TEACHERS MEET I IN CONVENTIONS Indiana Teachers (lather At Indianapolis, Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Hnd.. Oct. 22—(UP) 1 —An estimated 3,000 leathers and Hchool executive* awaited the opening here today of the annual twoday convention of the Northeastern Indiana teachers association. A broader representation for schools within the association wan to be proposed today as an amendment i to the N. 1. T. A. constitution. Election of officer* also was to be held this afternoon at the annual i business meeting in the Allen county courthouse. O. R. Bangs of Lig-1 onier is the present president In addition to the general sessions in the morning and evening there were to be 16 sectional meetings for instructors of various subjects. — Indianapolos, Ind-, Oct. 22 —(UP) ;—Sectional meetings were on the schedule today for more than 15.000 teachers who converged on Indianapolis for the 83rd annual convention of the Indiana State teachers assoI ciation. More than 30 sectional meetings covering virtually every phase of I education were scheduled. The first general session of the convention will be held at the Ladle tabernacle tonight. Miss Hilda Maerlings, Terre Haute, will give her presidential address. .Other speaker*) will include Dr. Mary E. Woolley, president of mount Holyoke college, South Hadley, Mass., and J. W. Studebaker, ■ United States commissioner of education. Albert Free, superintendent of sihools at Spencer who is retiring i presinent of the association, will call the genera! session to order. District meetings were scheduled ' this afternoon to elect members of the nominating committee, which will make its report on the convention floor tomorrow. Among the announced candidates ■ for the presidency are Arthur , i Campbell, superintendent m' agbools at Anderson; Dr. Wendell W. j Wright, of the school of education , at Indiana university; John Hussey, ! Noblesville, superintendent of ' Hamilton connty schools; and Rob-' 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) , o— DECATUR HIGH HONOR PUPILS Twenty-Six Listed On Honor Roll Os Public High School Twenty-six students of the Deca,tur public high school are listed on the honor roll for the first six weeks of the first semester. Misses Katherine Knapp. Emma Marquart and Marjorie Massonne have the highest honor grades, each receiving five A’s for the six weeks. Following is the complete honor I roll: A B ‘ Katherine Knapp 5 0 i Emma Marquart 5 0 ■ Ma,rjorie Massonne 5 0 I Barbara Burk 4 1 1 Faye Martin 4 1 1 Virginia Breiner 4 0 1 Robert Franz 4 0 Betty Jean Fuhrman 4 0 Ruth Grether 4 0 Dorothy Hoffman 4 0 | Gladys Miller 4 0 Marjorie Miller 4 0 ' Thomas Andrews 3 1 James Christen 3 1 Peggy Gaunt 3 1 Walter Hendricks 3 1 Leona Bauer 2 2 'I Donald Bixler 2 2 (CONTINUED nN PAGE THREE) o Auto Accidents Take Two Lives Peru, Ind., Oct. 22—(UP)—Char--1 les R. Teeter. 47. Silver Lake tar- ’ mer, was killed almost instantly 1 yesterday when an automobile in which he was riding overturned ten miles south of here. Anderson, ,Ind., Oct. 22 —(UP) —, John Milton Deweese, 69, Elwood,: died yesterday from injuries suffered Saturday when he walked Into the side of an automobile driven by Herbert Warner. o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday; colder tonight; frost or freezing central and north, light to heavy frost extreme | 4south if sky dears.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 22, 1936.

Cooler Weather Visits Decatur A cold rain, start Ing late Wednesday afternoon and continuing intermittently throughout the night and aided by cool, brisk winds, caused u decided drop in the temp-, lerature thin morning. The unofflciul reading thin morn ing was 39 degrees, the nearest to freezing for the season. The temperatures began a rapid drop at the start of the rain yes-, terday, falling 12 degrees in the I j first three hours of the shower. Continued cold and unsettled weather is predicted for Friday; ORDER SALE OF 1 BANK BUILDING — Old Adams County Bank Building To Be Sold November 19 A petition was filed ja> the Adams circuit court today seeking the approval of the court for the sale of the Old Adams County bank building and its equipment, as a part of the tinal liquidation of its assets. The petition was filed for C. J. Lutz, special representative, and Robert Kramer, assistant special representative, by Henry B. Heller, attorney for the bank. The date for the sale was set by Judge Huber M. DeVess for November 19. The property will be sold in two parcelk, one being the real estate and the other the furniture and fixtures. The petition lists all of the property included in the real estate. The furniture and fixtures will be offered individually and collectively. The prices will be totaled and which ever brings the highest price will be accepted. Included in the furniture and fixtures are the ' combination marble and mahogany partitions in front of the cages, the furniture, and office equipment with typewriters, tables, bookkeeping machines, filing cabinets, add- • ing machines, etc. It is reported .that several local i persons have consulted contractors recently in view of learning the i approximate cost of converting the ' building into a modern store and office building. Several out of the city persons have also inquired about the building. , i o Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the home. First and Madison streets, Monday even--1 ing at 8 o'clock. All members are , urged to be present. Private Industry Adds 355,000 More Workers Washington, Oct. 22. — ((j.R> — Private industry added more than 355,000 workers to its payrolls during September and handed out paychecks totalling $2,500,000 per week more than in August, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins announced today. It was the sixth successive month in which employment increases were reported by the bureau of labor statistics. At the end of September, 1,000,000 more workers were on industrial payrolls than a year ago, and their combined earnings were up $32,000,000 per week, the bureau claimed. o . TWO ACCIDENT VICTIMS BETTER Harold Fortney, C. H. Pier Are Slightly Improved For the fifth consecutive day, Harold Fortney, 8-yeaa-old Dixon, Ohio youth remained in a state of coma at the Adams county memorial hospital, since he was trampled by horses Sunday afternoon. The attending physician stated , tha,' he was able, however, to take a little milk as nourishment for the first time. He rouses occasionally, only to tall back into the semi-conscious state. The lad is still unable to talk, but is able to move a little. His general condition is considered as better by the attending physician. The condition of C. H. Pier, Indianapolis salesman confined to the hospital with Injuries received in an auto accident last Thursday, was also reported to be improving today. He is still suffering from the severe shock of the accident, when he was thrown nearly 30 feet from the wreck. He also sustained numerous bruises.

TREATMENT OF BROWDER HIT McNutt Deplores Actions Os Both Sides At Terre Haute Indianapolis. Oct. 22— (U.R) | Invasion of Terre Haute by Eaj 1 Browder, presidential candidate of the Communist party, and his subsequent treatment by civil authorities and a vigilantes committee was described today by ! Gov. Paul V. McNutt as a “silly performance.” | J He agreed With a citizens comI’ mittee protesting the treatment of Browder that his constitutional i rights had been abrogated, but added: “The publicity given the treatment of Browder was more than he would have received from a dozen addresses. He welcomed ■ the turn of events. And the sad ; l part of it all the Terre Haute ■' authorities played right into his ■ i hands." , I Browder Accuses ‘I New York, Oct. 22— (U.R)— Earl i Browder, Communist candidate ■:for president, reported on “the 1 second battle of Terre Haute" on 1 his return to New York today ’ from the Indiana city where a throng of men throwing tomatoes prevented him from making a radio broadcast. Not at all crestfallen because ' his second attempt to speak in ■ Terre Haute failed. Browder said: | "I did establish the right of a I presidential candidate to go into [Terre Haute without being arrestI ed. The same forces, however. who arrested nte on my first visit I deprived me of my rights with . open force and violence. “1 am wondering, however, if . the sober thought of our enemies , that it has been a good example openly to flout all legal forms.” , He accused Benjamin E. Small. . one of the attorneys who opposed I his application for an order restraining Terre Haute officers I from arresting him, of being a ( leader of the ‘ mob" which attaek- , ed him. , "I spoke to him." Browder said. I “and forced him to shake hands' . with me in order to establish his I identification. One of his lieuten(CONTTNTTBD nt PAGE FTVE) SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING PLANS Plans Are Being Made For Sunday School Convention > Plans for the Adams County •! Sunday school convention which II will be held in Berne are pro•lgressing rapidly. The program is ( i practically complete, with only a few minor details to be worked ' out. ■j The convention will take place Monday. November 9, and will be I in the form of an allday meet- ' i ing. the forenoon and afternoon ' 1 sessions to be held at the Cross 1 Reformed church. The evening ' service will be combined with a [banquet at the auditorium for 1 Sunday school workers and young ’ people. 1 The officers and the committees which they have appointed are endeavoring to make it a trulv I worthwhile convention with the aim and purpose: Whatsoever ye do. do it heaj-tily. as unto the Lord, and not unto men." Col. 1,3:23. The convention theme is: I “Go ye . . . and teach." Group conferences will be con- ; ducted by state and local workers. , The problems of children’s, young ! people's and adult leaders will be ; discussed in the conferences of [ the morning session. In the afternoon conferences will be held on ■ various methods and phases of ■ teaching in the Sunday school. EVery school in the county is asked' to send three delegates, one each from the children's. I young people's and adult departments. Visitors and all interested in the work of the Sunday school and the kingdom of God in. general are also urged and invited to attend. o Society Plans Annual Thank Offering Service The woman's home missionary , society of the Methodist Episcopal ! church will hold its annual thank offering services Sunday. Nov. 29. Mrs. F. S. Thornburg of Winchester, past conference president, will be the guest speaker. Mrs. Thornburg recently attended the national convention held in Lincoln. Nebraska, and her address will be both interesting and in spirational.

GOV. McNUTT ’ TO TALK HERE ON OCTOBER 30 Governor Os Indiana To Speak At Court House In This City Governor Paul V. McNutt will speak* at the court room in this' city Friday afternoon. October 30. at ? o’clock, it was announced by County Chairman Nathan C. Nelson, this morning. This will b?. Ute closing speech of the campaign and will of course l)e one of th? most interesting delivered here. The governor is one of America’s ; greatest orators and his discussion i of state and national issues prom- [ ises to be interesting. The governor will leave here, immediately after his address for Richmond, where he will be the 1 headliner in a political demonstraJ tion, a rally closing the 1936 bat- ; tie in Wayne county. For six ; weeks. Governor McNutt has been .appearing nightly and his voice shows the strain. He is being treated constantly and hopes to be able to “keep the pipes open” as he puts It. until the b'g fight is over. Geneva Meeting Next Wednesday evening, October 28. Chalmer Schlbsser, Indianapolis attorney and one of the best orators of the state, will address the Democrats at Geneva. Mr. Schlosser's address will be one, of the best ever delivered in the county. Few orators in the middle west can compare to his eloquence and Idgic and the meeting should, be one of the best of the year in this county. o Additional Jobs In Welfare Department Indianapolis, Oct. 22.— Applications for three additional classes of positions in the state departI inent of public welfare and the unemployment compensation division ! of the state department of treas- ' ury are now being received by the: joint committee on personal ad- ■ minirftratton for the two state departments, It was announced here i today. The positions will be filled only from the certified lists of applicants who qualify under the new Indiana merit plan, Merrill Collett, I chairman of the joint committee. j stated. The positions to be filled emibrace junior and senior account clerks, and junior unemployment compensation advisors. Final date for filing applications for the ac- ■ Count clerk positions has been set ■ for Thursday, November 5. and for the unemployment compensation advisors for Thursday, Nov. 12. o Sen. Couzens Will Undergo Operation Detroit, Oct. 22 —(UP) —A "very I serious” operation wil be performed upon Sen. James Couzens, gravely ill with uremic poisoning at Har- ’ per hospital this afternoon, Dr. Hugo Freund, the 64 year old sena- i tor’s personal physician announced today. i “An operation is going to be performed" Dr. Freund said, "To relieve the condition that is indirectly : producing the euremira." Sen. Couzens’ condition was deei cribed early today as the same after hia rally of yestrdav morning. His I , temperature and pulse were normal REV. DIXON TO GIVE PROGRAM Fort Wayne Colored Pastor, Wife At Friday Night The Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Dixon, ■ colored duo from Fort Wayne will present a program of negro spiritua,ls and folk songs at the Monroe M. E. church Friday night at 7:30 i o’clock. Rev. Dixon received his university training in Texas. While attending school he worked as a cook for a family there, who started him on his ministerial career. ( He is an extensive traveler. 1 having been around the world ajui , having visited nearly all of the ' foreign countries, in addition to gll of the United States. He is the present pastor of the Mt. Olive colored church in Fort Wayne, Mrs. Dixon is an accomplished pianist. No admission will be charged < but a free will offering will be taken. Superintendent E. M. Webb, of the Berne city schools, will deliver the rally day address (luring the Sunday morning service at. '0:30 o'clock.

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— .. ' - — • Hollywood-Bound life** Fraaicica Gaal is the latest Hollywood import. She is shown i above enroute to the movie colony to fill a contract she was given for her work in Hungarian films. G. 0. P. RALLY IS HELD HERE Ex-Governor Leslie And David Hogg Address Rally Here The first Republican rally of the present campaign was held at the) Catholic school auditorium in Utts city Wednesday night. • Speakers at the meeting were Harry G. Leslie, former governor of Indiana, and David Hogg, Republican candidate for congress front the fourth district. Ralph E. Yager, G. O. P. county chairman, presided at the meeting, opening the rally by introducing the' various Republican county candidates. Mr. Yager then introduced C. L. Walters of this city, former judge of the Adams circuit court. Mr. Walters presented the first speaker David Hogg. The congressional candidate dealt , mainly with national issues, parti- , cular’y assailing expenditures of the federal government, especially singling out the old age pension anfi : I'nemployment compensation acts ' as passed by' congress. Mr. Hogg also attacked what he termed wasteful expenditures in administration ' of relief funds throughout the na- 1 tion. Following Mr. Hogg’s brief address, W. A. Klepper. genera: manager of the Cloverleaf Creameries of this city, introdued Harry G. Leslie. The ex-governor attacked statements by Democratic that | the present state adndnistration has reduced governmental costs in Inddiana. He stated that Raymond Springer, if elected governor, will reduce state expenses. Asserting that the tax burden in Decatur and Adams county is not excessive, Mr. Leslie said that people in this community do not realize the taxes paid by residents in less fortunate parts of the state. The former chief executive said, that, regardless of party, affiliations.. what the average citizen : wants is an economical form of government, whether it be nations', (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Steel Corporation may Boost Wages Pittsburgh. Pa., Oct. 22.—(U.R> — The Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., today indicated it might increase wages of its 100,000 Employes after further collective bargaining. After informing employes' wage committee at the corporation's homestead works that a blanket raise of $1.12 a day for all employes could not be considered at this time, the management said it would be “pleased to enter further negotiations tor a compromise agreement.”

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100,000 Greet President In Connecticut This Morning; Flood Control Urged In Talk. CHEERED WILDLY Hartford. Conn., Oct. 22—(U.R)— A cheering crowd estimated by some at 100,000 welcomed President Roosevelt today when he came here and bid for the electoral vote of Connecticut. The crowd pazked Bushnell Park facing the golden-domed state capitol. The president, in a gray doublebreasted suit, stood on a platform facing the park and waved to hls audience. Finally he began: “Yon a,re more than friends in Connecticut, for you are my neighbors. No one could fail to be inspired by this sight before me, tens of thousands of men. women, and children. "1 am here in a two-fold capacity to talk to your governor, your mate officials, and your senators to talk about floods and I am also here. I am told, as a candidate for high public office.” Mr. Roosevelt then stressed the need of cooperation between the states themselves and the federal government in meeting the problems of Goode, one of which inundated much of Hartford last spring. “Unless floods are controlled at the source of rivers, your work •will be in vain," he explained. On the platform behind the president sat Gov. Wilbur Cross of Connecticut. Mrs. Roosevelt and Sen. William King. Dem., Utah. The spectators broke into noisy and frequent cheers, especially when Mr. Roosevelt observed: "It is a happier Connecticut 11 come back to.” “Listen," he said, ‘'employment in this state ie 45 per cent greater than it was in 1932. Aggregate payrolls are 82 per cent greater than 1933. The payrolls are runI ning at the rate of $44,000,000 a | year more. Building construction iis up four times and the merchants a.r» selling 28 per cent more merchamli.se. “In the value of your farm products, the money received by the i farmer has gone up 30 to 40 per cent. “We are thinking not only of our own state but of the nation as , a whole. The prosperity of the west is reflected in the prosperity of the east. That is a lesson we have learned in the pa,st three years. Your adminintTation has been thinking in terms of the whole nation and not Just one section. "1 am glad prosperity is back once again, and. believe me. it is going to stay. "And on the evening of November 3 1 believe I will get a telegram saying the state of Connecticut is in the Democratic column." Before his speech, the president held a brief flood control conference with Gov. Cross ami other state officials. Extraordinary precautions were taken to guard the chief executive. The city's full police strength was mobilized, as well as that of the state police, and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O DEWEY SCHAFER ESCAPES INJURY Auto Is Badly Damaged In Accident Early This Morning Dewey Schafer, of Kekionga street, narrowly escaped serious injuries about 2 o’clock this morning when the auto he was driving veered out of control on highway 224 east of the city. Coming east toward Decatur, he lost control of the auto in going around the curve east of the bridge. First striking and knocking down the road sign, the auto careened toward the edge of the embankment. Tearing down three fence posts and then swerving against the fence, the auto came to a sudden stop in the mud. The car was considerably damaged but the driver was unhurt except for a severe shaking up. An auto, manned by a driver whose name was not learned, also crashed through a fence further east toward the Ohio line and ran into the nearby field.