Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1936 — Page 1

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fortugal Charges feiissia Communists I Heading Defenders

| a l Hurls Charges ft Emissaries Are in« Defense Moves n RK WRITER .Wight 1930 by UP.) ,„, 2*;. (U.R) — Soviet L, brutally frank public l,v Portugal today that i- n.m Moscow were dipresent defense of MuLin's civil war. !lite) | press learned exthat the Portuguese for,,t Lisbon. Armindo had made these charges plomatit ally worded note , thr Karl of Plymouth, of the international non(ommittee, in London. I ,vi>.'.ed to Moscow tat stir had shipped mutoss into Spain by deal agents are trying to t red (communist) revoI row is seeking to incite Portuguese war. m - are dirt < tit g jdL • of Madrid . note sitnulan j T 4. ■ h.it bolsheviks are K the Iberian (SpanHi ilmrged with projns he Spanish war against i also levels accuH. soviet ambassrjl.M I Mai eel Rosetlherg, hriii lie dominates the Madrid MM -in Rosenberg is alleged bell: Udeii spirit" of the front regime, attending - > - tots and asserted that seat ttmmoned a secret nt Spanish and interkm| umunista at Madrid at th o Largo Caballero net:M-a their prime minister." Captured UP- NattonalRl ks racing wildly over lit south at Madrid, marie tow IN :■ ON* PAOK FIVE* Vt. LINDON 19I1R OF CAST 0. I’. Nominee Opens Fin; I Campaign Tour Os East sere .nth Oov. Landon to u Dei. 28 —-UR) —Gov. I. it. opened a final campaign through the fe tflav with a charge that ihe Pferi - -aw puzzle" of planthreatens America and ' deliber(■at.'.ii" as a, prelude to die- : -ii in the Intimate circle ■ iPresident Roosevelt't) adthe pattern of their ft economy before them.'’ Ipuhlioan presidential nomiM a Maryland crowd that it-tit when he left his speat Baltimore to speak thy platform. »[ homes, our communities, P' and our businessess are c -. ted from Washington." the profit motive is to ii — business as we is to disappear—and findeficit spending and inflation which go hand and which eventually ere-j B 1 ry, tlie poverty, the *■ ss out of which riictatA arise.” hg upon the nation’s voters fse between a "strange new tha,t would destroy the conhi and make America -into cign-stule dictatorship as red to the Republican parifense of constitutional govit and free enterprise, I .an FTTMUBfI ON PAGE FIVE) Gad Officials Visit Local Plant Imembers of the traffic of the traffic depart- ■»' the Pennsylvania rail road ■shown through the Central ■ company, the Central Soya B 13 !’ and the McMillen feed ■rtilizer plants here Saturday ■bon. B ty ' si) t of the men were from B° a!1(i four from Port Wayne. headed by F. j. Schoett■visional freight agent of the ■yb'ania system of Fort

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

: FIVE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK Demo Meetings Scheduled For Final Week Os 1936 Campaign Democrats of Adams county tojday began the final drivi to pile , up u substantial majority of votes 1 1 as the campaign entered the last 1 week before election, Tuesday, • November :!. County Democratic Chairman ! I Nathan Nelson has scheduled five ! events for the week, beginning with J the Roosevelt sound caravan today and culminating with an address by , Gov. Paul V. McNutt, Friday after- . noon. The caravan entered the southern part of the county this morning, j stopping at Geneva, Berne and Monroe, this morning and early t afternoon. It will arrive in Decatur 'ate this afternoon and remain tor ■ ; the evening ■ | A series of three Democratic city ■ meetings will begin Tuesday night when Mayor Arthur R. HMthotise, ! State Senator I'. A. Gottsclialk and others will speak at the West Ward school I adding at 7:30 o’clock. Wednesday, Mrs. Faye Smith ' Kti.v p. county welfare director. County Auditor John W. Tynduii and Democratic candidate for pros- ; I editing attorney, Arthur Voglewtde, will speak it the South Ward i school at 7:30 o'clock. Thrusriay, County Clerk (». Itemy ( Bier 1 , and Mr. Voglewede will speak • at tl.l North Ward building at 7: -U» ! o’clock. Slosser At Geneva - Chamier Scloaser, Indianapolis .] attorney and one of ’lie best orators in Indiana, will speak at Geneva j Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock. Mt. S' hlosser is Indiana president of the national professional men's club. This organization is favoring the reelection of President RooseI velt. Mr. Schlcdser has returned to | India' a from a national sp**akin ■. i tour. I I M cNutt Speaks Friday Gov. McNutt’s address will be de- ! livered in tlie circuit court room in i the court house at 2.30 o'clock Frij day afternoon. The governor will ’!sp-ak on both stat-> and national • issue-a. As he id one of America's great- '! est orators, it is expected that i-Banding room will ne a premium in the court room. Plans for this meeting are being completed and com- | mittees will be announced this week. WEATHER Cloudy and colder, freezing temperatures tonight: Tuesday generally fair, not so cold in afternoon. CHURCH OF GOD OPENS REVIVAL Muncic Pastor To Speak At Revival Services Here The Rev- H. F. Allen, pastor of the Church of God ot' Muncie. will conduct a revival service at the Church of God here, which will bej gin this evening and last for at least two weeks. Services will be held each evening at 7:30 o'clock on week days. The Sunday services will be an- : nounced later. The local church has been making ; preparations for the revival for sevI era! weeks. A spect.il series of prayer meetings has been held. ■j Rev. Allen is a foreeful speaker. : He is well knoyvn over Indiana both for his pastoral work and his revival . services. He has been located in Muncie for more than 15 years. Announcement of special services will be made each day by the pastor . of the church, the Rev. Glen Mar- , shall. The public has been invited to i attend. Revivals are held by tile church j at least once a year.

F. D. R. OPENS FINAL WEEK OF HIS CAMPAIGN President Dedicates Building At Negro University Washington. Oct. 2(1 — (U.R) ! President Roosevelt turned down the home-stretch of his campaign for re-election today, mapping plans that will keep him on the stump from now until Nov. 2. „ In the seclusion of his study on the second floor' of the White House. Mr. Roosevelt buttled himself writing his final speeches and studying the latest reports front all sections of the country concerning the political outlook. Mr. Roosevelt stayed away from the executive offices hut he had 1 one engagement. Shortly after noon, he arranged to see three New York stock brokers. In late afternoon, Mr. Roosevelt planned to go to Howard Univer--1 slty, negro educational institution here, and dedicate a, $828.0(10 1 chemistry building that was constructed through federal financing. The president will leave Wash- ' ingtou tomorrow night on his final swing of the campaign. He ' will be 24 hours behind his Republican rival who today went through l Washington a,ml started along al- ' most the same route Mr. ltoose- ' velt will take. The president will go first to New York, arriving Wednesday to • deliver a major speech at the t Statue of Liberty ceremonies and then move into Pennsylvania for I speeches at Wilkes-Barre and Ha/I risburg and a public appearance at Philadelphia. The tour also will , take him into New Jersey and Delaware. Igitei in the week. Mr. Roosevelt will return to New York for two addresses, one in Brooklyn and a major speech Saturday 1 night in Madison Square Garden. FORTY HOURS ENDS SUNDAY Forty Hours Devotion Period Is Ended Sunday Evening ’ Forty Hours' Devotion was sol- - emnly closed at the St. Mary’s Catholic church here Sunday evening by a service which was at- ■ tended by a crowd tilting ttie 1 church to overflowing. -j Sunday night the litany of the I Holy Name was recited by the Rev. 1 Leo Hoffman, assistant pastor of St. Andrew's Catholic church of - Fort Wayne. t The sermon was preached by the ! Rev. Vincent Khinger. passionist missionary from Detroit, formerly _ of this city. He used "Prayer" as . the subject, outlining the three requirements, faith, confidence and perseverance. Following the sermon, the entire congregation, led by Fr. Khinger. renewed the Aet of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Fr. Ehinger then gave the Papal blessing. ihe Rev. John Dapp, pastor of St. Jude's Catholic church of Fort Wayne chanted the litany of All | Saints. The procession of the Blessed Sacrament included ail visiting priests, altar boys and children of St. Joseph's school who inarched < through the aisles of the church. The Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given by Fr. 1 Kohne, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul church, Goodland, and the services were closed by the congregation singing, "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name." During the Forty Hours' devo--1 tion 1,244 confessions were heard ‘ and more than 2,500 communions were distributed. I The special services began Friday" morning and masses were held - afternoon and evening until Sun(fIONTTVIIRP ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Fort Wayne Degree Team To Give Work Initiatory work will be conferred , on a class of candidates at the l Moose lodge Tuesday night in their I regular meeting in observance of i the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the Mooseheart home, i The lodge will also commemorate • the 65th birthday of Sen. Jan!%s J. ■ Davis, founder of the Mooeeheart home. i A class of 40 candidates will receive the work, with the For* i Wayne degree team conducting the I initiation.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 26, 1936.

Youthful Bandits End in Jail On< bandit killed himself rather than he caught, and three others, i-dll in their teens, one of them a girl, were jailed following a holdup in Memphis. Tenn. Those captured included Prit-cilla. Frosta, 15, of Beloit. Wis.; Dick Flannery, 15, of Cairo, 111., shown above with policeman, and Chester Johnson, 16, of Chicago. A fourth member of the gang. Jimmy Magid. 20, ex-convict, killed himself rather than be captured as officers closed in on the youthful bandits when their automobile was wrecked in fleeing the scene ot the holdup.

PARTY CARAVAN IS HERE TODAY Roosevelt Sound Caravan Tours Adams County Today The Roosevelt red. white and blue sound caravan arrived in Decatur at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon after completing a tour of southern Adams county communities this morning early afternoon. The first scheduled stop was at Geneva at 11 a. m. At 12 o'clock the ■ in rivan stopped in Items. Mondoe citizens heard the caravan at 2 o'clock. The caravan carried its own nmsital program, in addition to speakers and literature. Among these speakers are Hallie Myers, director of the caravan; Milton J. Fineburg. former president of the Jackson club at I U. and Mrs. Hattie Duncan, of Lafayette. Pamphlets on what the New Deal has done for America and Indiana were to be distributed. Other litera•ure includes; "The I) mocratic record in Indiana. Cliff Townsend. Democratic nominee for governor; ihe tax question ami others. The caravan is one of 20 traveling under joint auspices of the national ami state Democratic committee, and inis been received by large crowds all during the tour. o Department Answers False Fire Alarm The local fire department answered a fa'tie alarm on Kekionga street at 7:30 o'clock this morning. DEATH CLAIMS REBECCA ABNET Mrs. Rebecca Abnet Dies Sunday At Home Near Geneva — Mrs. Rebecca J. Abnet, 84, died at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at tne home of her son, Charles Abne f , j east of Geneva, aft°r a two years’. illness from infirmities. The deceased was a resident of j Adams county for 75 years. She j was born in Virgin'?. December 4, j 1861, a daughter of John and Ann Robertsson Barr. She married Jacob Abnet February 29, 1872. He j died several years ago. Surviving are the following child- j ren: Charles E. of Jefferson town-' ship; Frank of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Mrs. Mary Hueer of Fort| Wayne; Mrs. Bess'e Ledogar of New York City; one t'os'er son,j Edwin Wheeler Fairbanks of Chi- { cago. Two sons and four daughters preceded her in death. Two broth rs James and Rob-| ert Barr, Doth of Geneva, survive, and a half brother Charles Barr, also of Geneva. The deceased was a member of the Maple Grove church of Christ. Funeral services will be held at! the church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in the Crawford cemetery near Genova.

Auto Badly Damaged In Accident Today One auto was considerably damaged this morning at 8:45 o'clock, when cars driven by Martin Rica, route two, Decatur and Harry Kestersoti. 4222 Hoaklaml avenue Fort Wayne, collided neu 'y head-on near tlie intersection of Madison on Second street. Keeterson stated that he was driving south on Second street when the Rica car suddenly veered In front of this auto. No one was injured. Both cars were damaged, 'lie entire front end of the Keeterson auto being demolished. DEATH TOLL OF 15 IN INDIANA Week-End Traffic Accidents Take Heavy Toll Os Lives Indianapolis, Oct. 26. — (U.R/ A death toll of 15 persons was recorded today as result of weekend traffic accidents on Indiana highways. Mrs. Anna F. Giilledge, 44. Mt. Vernon, was killed when an Evansville street car jumped the track and plowed into the side of the car in which she was. riding. Her son, Frank. 26. and a daughter. Hope. 12, suffered critical injuries. Betty Hall. 15. was killed when I struck by an automobile in Indianapolis. Two persons were killed when their automobile overturned on a highway curve north of Greensboro. The victims were Donald I C. Muzzy, 20, New Castle, and Miss \ Bond Bell, IS, Clear Springs. Gerald Swindel. New Castle, was iin critical condition at Henry I county hospital. Another accident was caused when an automobile traveling at I high speed skidded on a curve 'near Crawfordsville claimed the ! life of Cei il Boze, Jr., 22. Miss Sue Pruitt was in critical condi- ] tion in Culver memorial hospital, j Crawfordsville. Paul Brown, 27. Ekin. was kill- ! ed when a truckload of tomatoes toppled on him when a jack slipped as he was changing a tire near N’oblesvilles. Charles Cassel, 65, was killed I and three other persons were inccormwTTßn on page ftve) ! ° Two Autos Collide At Street Crossing | No one was seriously injured in | an auto accident this morning at ; seven o'clock, when ears driven hy Mark Colchin and Bob Frisinger col- | Ikied at the Intersection of Jack- , son anil Third streets. Young Colchin, accompanied by I his sister, Martha Co'chin and Mary K. Leonard were enroute west ou I Jackson and Mr. Frisinger was goI ing south on Third street. Mr. Colchin reported to po'ice that he slowed down at the crossing, but failed to see the oncoming car approaching. Both enrs were considerably damaged. Miss Colchin was the only one ot either party to be injured, suffering slight bruises and abraisions.

Supreme Court Will Review New Deal Labor Legislation Before The End Os The Year

DISTRIBUTION IS ANNOUNCED BY LOCAL BANK Old Adams County Hank To Make Distribution Thursday A distribution of 6.75 nor cent, | based on the amount on hand | when the state department of financial, institutions took over ! liquidation of the Old Adams County Bank, was approved by Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court late this afternoon. The distribution will amount to $21,006.30 and will be available for the depositors Thursday. Checks may be obtained at tlie bank. None will be mailed. Tlie distribution was rushed through in order that tlie money could be used to pay taxes next Monday. The petition shows that there vva.s $14,989.37 on hand on June 30, 1936. Since that date $24,012.27 has been collected, making a total of cash and collections of $39,001.64. Disbursements since then were preferred claims paid amounting to $6,576.93. leaving a balance of $32,424.71 from which the distribution w ill he made. During the year the bunk department has paid $81,323.90 from the liquidation of the bank. This figure includes tlie present distribution to tlie depositors. On ■ May 14. 1936, a 10 per cent distribution amounted to $46,365.46. A total of $3,952.14 was paid in preferred claims. Total distributions made by the .bank amount to 68 per cent of the , amount on hand when the department took it over or 69.28 per cent of the total deposits in the 1 bank when i* was closed This includes tile present distribution. The bank- -building and the fur- ■ niture and equipment in the bank will be sold November 19 at public auction. This will lie sold in one lot or in pa.rcels, which ever totals tlie largest. The bank also owns a farm, a . dwelling house, a number of good building lots and some miscel- ( laneoos notes. Another distribution will be made after the first of the year. Berne Distribution Checks totaling $31,493.37 were mailed to stockholders of the ‘ People* State Ba.nk of Berne today by the department. This distribution is a refund to stoekhold- ' ers on the 100 per cent assessment ' made to pay depositors. The distribution will amount to 60 per cent of the amount paid by thotse who have already paid tiieir full assessments. A second se.-ies of- cjiecks a,mounting to I $337.89 will also lie made to those ' (Criwr'Ttcvttn nv pagf ftx*e) ROOSEVELT SON TELLS NEGLECT James Roosevelt Again Taxes Landon For School Policy Boston. Oct. 26— (U.R) —James Roosevelt, eldest son of the presiI dent, again taxed Gov. Alt M. Landon with neglect of the Kansas public school system in a radio speech last night. Roosevelt spoke in reply to Gov. London's charge that in a prevr iuus ra.dio speech he had been ' guilty of ‘scurrilous misrepresentation” of Kansas school condi--1 tions. He quoted from what he said were "exact statements" in up- ' holding his previous charge that Gov. Landon "cut the salaries of school teachers of Kansas to an average of $9 a week —(and)- ■ eliminated schools, thereby dei pricing thousands of children of ■ their opportunity to receive a i • (primary school education.” He read the following, which he [ said was a,n excerpt from Oov. . Landon’s message to the Kansas legislature in 1935 "During the past, three or four • stressful years it has been necessary to conduct our schools at ' lower costs than in the past in 1 (CONTINUED. ON PAGE TYYOJ

PLAN INQUEST IN LAD'S DEATH Inquest Thursday Night Into Death Os Don Thompson An inquest into the death of Don Thompson, local youth, who was killed early Saturday morning in an auto accident in Fort Wayne, will be held In that city Thursday night, Coroner Walter Kruse, ot Allen county lias announced. Wilf,am Merriman. 25, of sot* Belle avenue, Fort Wayne, driver , of the car, arrested on a charge of , reckless driving, lias been grunted a continuance until November ti.j The continuance was granted by, Judge William H. Schannen in , Fort Wayne city court Saturday. I Merriman was driving south ini , the 3400 block on Broadway in Fort j Wayne about 2 o’clock Sunday, morning when he lost control of the auto and careened into a tree, Thompson died almost instantly from a fractured skull. Surviving Thompson are the parents, Mr and Mrs. William Thompson, of this city and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs J G. ; Robinson, of Xenia, Ohio. Funeral services will be held in that city. The body was taken to the Neeld funeral home in Xenia , until time for burial. Contrary to reports, William Merriman. driver of the ill-fated auto, is no relative to the Merriman family of this city. FREIGHT TRAIN CRUSHES AUTO Fort Wayne Couple Leap From Auto After Engine Stalls Mr. and Mrs. Harry Springer, 220 j Second street. Fort Wayne, leaped , from their automobile a few moments before a fast moving Erie freight train crumpled their car into bit* at tlie Mercer avenue crossing here. Sunday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock. Their car stalled on tlie tracks. An eye witness to the accident stated that Mr. Springer approached the crossing from the south. He made a U-turn around the north sig- j nal light and waited before driving 1 the track, until a car passed. As 1 I the automobile was less than had way across the main track tlie en- ‘ gine sta’led. According to the eye witness, I Mrs. Springer jumped from the car ! and ran to safety. The engineer saw their plight as he crossed thb river bridge and began applying the brakes. As it was a long train, 't was impossible to stop the train . until it was half way between the Mercer avenue and Winchester -treet crossings. Mr. Springer waved at the train to stop and did not leap until the engine was within 50 feet of his car. He was able to run about 20 feet before the train crashed into his ca r. The car was dragged to one side of the engine and was forced between the train and a pile of heavy wooden ties fastened at the east end of a spur to prevent switched trains running past the track onto Mercer avenue. The automobile was twisted to the extent that one wheel was on top of the car when it came to a rest. It was necessary for the j wrecker, which cleared it from the j right-of-way, to make three trips to carry away all of the parts. Very little can he salvaged from the wreck. *fter ascertaining that no one was hurt, the through train pulled away. I- was not learned whether any damage was done to the train. t Mrs. Passwater Attend Meeting Mrs. Delton Passwater spent Thursday. Friday and Saturday in t Muncie, where she attended the general executive meeting of the woman's foreign missionary society held at the High Street M. E. church. Many splendid and inspiring sessions were held. At the banquet Thursday evening 1,300 persons were present, including 130 missionaries. Many bishops and their wives also attended. 1

Price Two Cents,

High Tribunal Accepts Challenges Against Validity Os Wagner Labor Act. DENY COMMUNISTS Washington, ()< t 26. — (U.Rt Sweeping supreme court review of new deal labor legislation before the end of the year was assured today when the high tribunal accepted two challenges ot the constitutionality of the Wagner labor act. At the same time the court refused to intervene in the bitter legal fight of the communist party which seeks a place on the ballot in Illinois in November. Action in the communist light 1111(1 the labor law attack highlighted a brief court session after which j ihe justices recessed for two weeks ! during which time they will pre- ] pare opinions on cases already I argued. The court will not convene again until after the national elections. In accepting the two tests of the Wagner aet, the court advanced their position on the calendar appreciably. probably insuring a decision shortly after the first of the year. The tests were brought by the Associated Press and the Washington. Virginia and Maryland Coach Co. Both were set for argument immediately after an attack on the railroad labor aet brought by the Virginia Railway Company On the calendar the Virginian case is considerably ahead of the Wagner cases. Thus the court appreciably speeded its probable decision of this latest new deal test. Court attaches believed the Wagner act test will he heard in December. Ordinarily it would not ibe reached until late in January lor February. Thus the Wagner cases probably will constitute the I first major new deal decision of I tlie term. In the communists’ appeal, the j court refused an injunction which j would have had the effect of compelling state election officials to place the names of communist electors on the ballot. This failure to act appeared a certain ban to participation of party members in the voting next Tuesday. The court today rejected a plea by former Congressman John H. Hoeppel of California and his son, who are under jail sentences growJ ing out of their conviction on j charges of conspiring to sell an I appointment to West Point miliI tary academy, to be allowed to intervene in a case pending before the court. The case involves validity of most of the jury panels in the District of Columbia. A lower court ruled that civil service employes and recipients of benefits from the government could not serve in cases to which the United States is a party. The Hoeppels presumably desired to intervene in the case in the hope that their own conviction in the District of Columbia might be set aside. The attorney who made the Hoeppel appeal was Jesse C. Duke, a local lawyer barred in the lower courts. Rejection of the Hoeppel plea was accompanied by an order directing Duke to show cause why she should not he disbarred from practicing before the supreme court. COOL WEATHER HITS DECATUR First Below-Freezing Weather Is Felt In Decatur Decatur experienced its first be-low-freezing temperatures of the season over the weekend, when the thermometers dropped 'o an unoftiscal 30 degree above zero. Several residents reported a thin coat of ice on water in vessels that remained outside during Sunday night. The thermometer a* 9 o'clock this morning recorded an unofficial temperature of exact freezing point, 32 degrees above. Considerable damage was done to local gardens, perishable flowers, fruit and vegetables suffering from the frost killing temperatures. Cloudy and continued cool weather is forecast for tonight and Tues—K~J