Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 261, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1936 — Page 1

No. 261.

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lEAVY VOTE IS BEING CAST

Won Hal K Killed Kl Soya ~ i 9H Man I- Instanth When Arm Is flHht In Machine: IHSpr Injured. .mi , i 1> llabegger. "as ins Linmorning at 10:10 -KT *i was .-mployed. ki the magnet! ■ ■EBi in ih<- elevator of the the ground. KBgl he reached l,ig of the Ktoty’t ’i"' had fallen in. A on the Krilir Winn Walter Harris. Ek*.' "f the plant went ■to Be fl >n which the ma- ■ noticed HabegK|K p.. tn the machine. KmM ■>■ caned to Herman "■tonß "nt- to stop the ma--turned they found lying on the floor, with K arm horribly mangled Kd pg): <1 nearly away from the Ky. ff : - neck and shoulders Kre «£<l> t:-- el being caught in! K gMiin.- and blood was gush-I ■M| hi« mouth, giving evicrushed. ■ Empto t mated that he had Keo 4*<l foe minutes when they torn laborious job of nHH 'i. body to the lower ’lm man lift and etatr- ■}’ *- rm run to the upper I ■or fcnm ■..■> of the plant had ESS Um body with ropes [ Boer be Kli&arenis and wife of the' ■oung fat v.t rr not notified until hail been lowered ■ HWrATED ON PAGE SIX) — o ta EES MSI ■eir ballots BNHcnt Roosevelt, Gov. Cast PresiI Htntial Ballots N.Y., Nov. 3—(U.R)—pmnit|tl<‘(i by members of his !’ ■ dent Roosevelt ci'.d , El 1 ?! ! '" lay in the little green [ ,H wn hall of this sleepy [ Rwl v " !l >' village. He was ■' executive, drove up to , P’Hlilic place shortly before tyW ll dtl(>r responding io the P e *Ooi' lOtt or more persons P' 1 ®”'”! about the entrance, Or hall with his son. Jr., Harvard junior. ,!lp broad brimmed hat f‘ a^B' v <‘d him throughout the ■ and attired in a gray MH breasted suit. Mr. Rooseto the table where inspectors sat with before them. name please,” he was I ' ' ,anies Finch, one of rhe D. Roosevelt,” he rethsn called out * ki*W kbn D ' Roospve,t - number then was handed ‘ J^B l ' lnent blank for the next iie w «nt to Che greenvoting machine where > JB s,ered his choices. the lapel of his coat a watch chain once worn ? ~T' ( ' ent Andrew Jackson. It ''■F'l'lmted on page six) .3F Upl Services At Pleasant Mills services will open at the B 1 Mills M. E. church Tlrurs-B-jlr ning at 7;1 5 o’clock. The ?*■ Cottingham will preach s M ening ' Rev - Cottingham is a MB” missionary in the Philip- (

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

begger I Today Company IRECmOTE~ PREDICTED IN ADAMS COUNTY Heaviest Vote In County’s History Is Expected Today The total vote In Decatur at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon amounted to 1.943 in the six precincts. The vote by precincts was: 1-A 420 1- 240 2- A 365 2- 200 3- 350 3-B 360 This was approximately a 15 per cent larger vote than had been cast at the same hour in the general election four years ago. With what has been termed by local political leaders as perfect voting weather, the heaviest vote in the history of Adams county was , predicted. At 11 o’clock this morning the overage number of votes cast was ! between 45 and 50 per cent of the total rgkstered voters .This Is unusual because the majority of the vote is ordinarily cast in the afternoon. From the time taken by the majority of the voters it is believed that very few persons are splitting , i their ballots. j At several times in the morning i tines were formed in front of all the I polls in the county by voters waiting i i their turn. Four years ago when about 9.000 votes were cast, approximately 6,000 were Democratic. The vote in Decatur also exceeded the-expectations of party leaders this morning, it has been predicted that records for total votes will fall in the city. First returns are not expected be-1 fore 8 o'clock this evening because ! of the heavy vote. All results may be obtained from the Democrat a« 'soon as the ballots are counted, i Toll wires have been leased and interested persons may call 1,000 and 1,001 from any point in the I county free of charge. National and state returns will be obtained from United Press leased ■ wire by the Democrat and will be - available with the local vote. BOARDHOLDS REGULAR MEET Commissioners Take Action On Several Matters Monday The county commissioners Monday afternoon approved an agreement to take over a small strip of 'and. totaling 25 feet along a road near the St. John's ehurch. The land will be used for a ditch. The corttmissioners also set up the specifications for the county printing. Contracts will be let during the December session of the board. A petition was filed by Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp asking for a table and furniture for the county welfare board. Should the furniture be purchased it would be used in the county welfare room being refinished in the basement of the court houseA petition was submitted by the Michigan Gas Transmission company asking the permission of the county to cross highways in Root I township with a new pipe line. The ' line would extend from the exist- ■ Ing east and west main line, north-1 west toward Fort Wayne in Allen county. The commissioners plan to meet., again on November 14 when Coun- | j | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

DAWN BRINGS | FIGHTING IN SPANISH WAR Report Rebel Forces Will Seek To Enter Madrid Wednesday Copyright 1936. by United Press) Madrid. Nov. 3—(UP)—A report I that the Nationalists intended to try to enter Madrid Wednesday sent thousands of workers from shops and offices today to work on the city's defense lines. The nationalist lines were on a front whose advance lines were but seven miles from the outskirts of 'he*capital at the nearest point. Again the situation in Madrid had made a lightning turn from confidence to anxiety. Militiamen who had been ready for a big offensive were waiting in thir trenches just a few miles south of Madrid for a ruthless nationalist attack. Fighting began at dawn today. It was believed here that the spearhead of the Nationalist attack in this decisive battle would be the Mostoles area, for here the Nationalists would drive eastward to Oetafe. At this critical moment, the government was busy reorganizing Itself. shifting cabinet posts so as to include syndicalists of the extreme left wing. But Madrid had no time for poli'i- 1 cal changes, and concentrated its thought on the Nationalists. Thous-1I an da of workers took turns throughou' the night working on the city ' trenches, and thousands more joined them this morning. Officials of the socialist add syndicalist labor unions ordered al! construction workers to join in the. work of erecting fortifications. it was announced that a nationalist airplane bombed the great southern highway yesterday and wounded a young woman probably fatally- < Conservation Films Showing Postponed The showing of the conserva- , tion films which was to have been held at the Decatur high school November 4. has been postponed , indefinitely. — o —- , MONROE PLANS DISTRICT MEET ' Quarterly Conference At Monroe M. E. Church Wednesday The second district quarterly conference and settlement day will be held in the Monroe Methodist . Episcopal church Wedeusday, beginning at 9:30 a. m. The Rev. H. ; R Carson and Fred V. Mills are I delegates from the local church and the meetings will be open to the general public. Forty-four pastoral charges and 80 churches will be represented. The program is as follows: 9:30 a. m. — Devotions by the Rev. L. M. Hile. Hoagland. 9:40 a. in. — Address. “A Layman's Inspirations from the General Conference.” by Homer R. Gettle, Fort Wayne. 10:10 a. m. — A model worship service, led by the Rev. Howard J. Brown, Fort Wayne, with the sermon by the Rev. K. R. Thompson, of Fremont. Constructive comments by the Rev. H. R. Carson. 12 noon. Dinner served by the Monroe ladies aid society. 1:15 p. m.—Summarized reports by the Rev. C. H. Jennings of! Waynedale and the Rev. L. E. Clayton of Spencerville. Conference business. 1:45 p. m. —Address, ‘‘The United Christian Adult Vovemnt,” by the Rev. W. E. Pittinger of Wabash. | o Lyle Gibson Hurt W’hen Hit By Autoj Lyle Gibeon. 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gibson, escaped serious injury when struck by an auto driven by a Mr- Brown, whose i first name was not learned. The ! accident happened near the Deßolt ’ 'school. Mr. Brown’s car knocked the boy down, cutting deep lacerations j ' in his legs. No bones were fractured.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 3, 1936.

Roosevelt Hearing Returns I „: * ' F- —JShii Campaign worries over. Franklin D. Roosevelt returned to his home I at Hyde Park, N. Y., to cast his ballot and follow the course of elec- j tion as results are announced over the radio. UflkinD OU ACTED Sponsors For Blind nUllUil Ulmll I Ln Announce Winners. K 0 AACAADCDQ At the close of the Flower Sale” a Ui IVIL V DLDO IhHI(I Saturday by The American I Vi lllfa.lVlWl.iiV Brotherhooil fol . the Blin d, Miss Betty Frisinger, who had charge Knights Os Columbus » f headquarters, reports that Lois r ,, , »«_ Franks was entitled to first prize, Honor Charter Mem- Paving secured $7.94. The second bers With Banquet prize was won by Betty Sautters. Charter members of the Knights Marjr Pickford, had $4.22. The of Columbus were honored in last other workers were given movie 'night's meeting of the order held paa es ' „ rQ torni , “ , . The sponsors are gratetul to in the local council halls. , r.,uhr>iiiv ->n _ ... .... those who worked so tuitnliilly all Ten survivors of he group, who who ( . ontt .. b on February 26 1905. founded the u(pd jn w |()war( , thp sl , p . Decatur council were present at of tlll(ie ,.taking the banquet held early in the evening in their honor. The Rev. __ Father Seimetz. a member of the T InlfLT PI! L [order for 35 years, and Robert ||U|\ [. | UfILL I Gage, present knight of the order 1 were also present rnDDAMHIICT Several of these charter mem- PMK bers are past grand knights and I ■ one is a past state warden, the I |st'at y e X tl,r member ,o ho '“ 11 Legion To Hold Armistice Those present at the banquet Dav Banquet Nowere: Fxl Carroll. John Baker I vember 11 Dave Coftee. Dynois Schmitt, past I grand night and state warden,, Thp tjck sci) , thp Arnlis . Frank Heimann, Frank Barthel, Martin Mylott, past grand knight, t * ce banquet a.t the mei han IVrnian Yager, past grand knight; Legion home Wednesday evening, Jc’li Smith and Dan Niblick, past November 11. has been opened, grand knight. I Albert Miller is general chairCharter members who were tin- man o f the day's activities. Other able to attend: Leo Yager, Lee Legionnaires from whom tickets Yager. J. H. Yager and Wai Wem-[ may p e obtained are Tillmon Geh(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX! I ' o Edgar Yoder of Berne. I All n, embers of the Legion. PmlikPU RlI I x i,iipir wivps ' a, ‘' l ""'" ii,prs '' ie DnUHUII DLLLv auxiUarv are invited to attend the banquet, which will be held at 7 II rN MIooILIN 1 Assemble call will be sounded VI Lil mivviviv at 6:4 . o , clock This win bp fOl . I lowed by a roll call of all veterans National Preaching Mis-[^ hoare ° r haye J een a^ m ?!I B f or • rwi n it i j 1 the America,n Legion, and also 101 SIOTI To Be Held Here deceased members. Friday 1 Mess call will be sounded at 7 I o'clock, followed by she banquet. The official opening otf the! which will be a chicken dinner. National Preaching Mission in served by members of the auxilDecatur will he indicated by the! iary. ringing of church bells on Friday [ Elmo Smith will lead the commorning at. 9:30 o'clock. Thia is I munity singing of old war nongs i the hour for the opening of the, during the banquet. | one-day preaching mission to be, Only a short program will be held in the First United Brethren [ held. This will be followed by a church. ! dance, with Ed Coffee in charge Programs for the day, with de- of the orchestra. tailed announcements of all serv- The Legion will also conduct ices, have been issued and dis- the usual 11 a. m. ceremony, tribution made in all the cooper- There will be a salute of three fating churches. Outstanding guns and the bugle will sound speakers from Font Wayne are in- taps. There will be 30 seconds of eluded in the program. Rev. Paul Silent prayer, during which time H. Krauss, pastor of the Trinity all business will cease. English Lutheran church, will be — o the speaker in the morning ses- County Treasurer slou. The afternoon session will. Office Is Closed be addressed by Rev. G. W. Alli-1 son, pastor of First Presbyterian Thfl off(ce of thp treas _ church, who will also conduct the urpl . wa#) c]oged &u dav today to discussion period which is sebed- permjt thp offj(%e force t 0 comJ3 ii e uied for 3 p. m. [ the receiptß of the taxpaying -.-T_ h .t- e . venl . n F PfograTnJrrings one I period and I(gt thp nn]oUnt of d(? . (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX). iinquency.

More Thanf4o Million^Voters Cast Ballots;] [ActivitiesfOfl Illegal Nature Are Charged

Illegal Activities Are Charged In Indiana As Voters Flock To Polls In Record Number. I NEGRO KILLED Indianapolis. Nov. 3. —<U.R) —Illegal activities were charged against [both Democratic and Republican I f workers today as Indiana voters I braved chilly winds and cloudy : ' skiew to ballot in record numbers. A. W. Hosinski. United States marshall, injected his authority in St. Joseph county to disperse 25 . special commissioners accused of illegally challenging foreign-born voters. He said the commissioners were appointed by two Republican mem- | bers of the county board of elec- ; tion commissioners without knowledge of the Democratic member and had forced voters to return home for second naturalization papers. Interpreting the activity as illeg'al hampering of voting, Hosinski ' dispersed the special commission I ers after the county board had stripped them of their power and ordered removed from polling places nqfices telling naturalized citizens they must produce second i papers at polling booths. In Marion county. Indianapolis.' : vigilantes appointed by Landon- , Knox clubs accused Democratic workers of watching voting inside polling booths and Omer S. Jackson, Democratic state chairman, charged Republicans were distrib-' uting literature in violation of the corrupt practices act. Jackson said he had copies of hand bills which' inferred publication by file national social security board in Washington and read: > “This is not a voluntary plan, your employer must make this deduction.” Arthur L. Gilliom, state director lof the Landon-Knox vigilante committee heading a force of approximately 115,000 unofficial poll watchers, said "certain Democratic inspectors and judges ari intinitiating WPA workers and those on relief rolls.” Gilliom said he was keeping a record of names of such persons and “they may expect prosecu-, > tion." The death of one negro and wounding of two others in a shotgun affray at Boonville was attributed indirectly to the election. (PONTTNt'En ON PAGE SIX! 0 WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday; decidedly colder tonight with hard freeze; continued cold Wednesday. ENTERS STEERS IN STOCK SHOW Otto Hoile Enters Steers In International Exposition Chicago. Nov. 2.—Adams county ■ was added today to the long list of Hoosier counties from which entries have been received for the 1936 International Live Stock Ex--1 position, which will be held at the | Chicago stock yards November 28 ' to December 5. Otto Hoile, Adams county stock--1 man. whose farm is near Decatur, sends word that he is fitting six! purebred Shorthorn steers for the [ competitions of this breed. The fat cattle entries will again be judged i I by Walter Biggar, who is. making I his twelfth trip here from his [ ' home in Scotland to award prizes in the steer classes. The management predicts that the forthcoming exposition will be I the largest in its history. Entries , are expected to exceed 13,000 head, I a selection of the coiftlnent's finest i farm animals which will be sent from practically every state in the Union and province of Canada. The International Grain and Hay (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Election Sidelights Topeka. Kan,, Nov. 3— (U.R) Tabulation of 158 precincts, all incomplete and unofficial, from 20 counties in Kansas today gave Mr. Roosevelt 10,724 votes and Gov. Landon 9.071. Houston. Texas. Nov. 3—(U.R) Democrats piled up a heavy vote 1 for President R<x>sevelt over Gov. 1 Lajidon in partial returns tabu- i lated in Harris county today. In , 55 precincts Roosevelt 6.735; ; liandon 844. Thomas 4. Browder , 4, Lemke 1. For U. S. senator, Morris Sheppard. D.. 5.735; Carlon j G. Watson. R., 479. «— I Oklahoma City, Nov. 3—(U.R) — ] The first two boxes reporting in- , complete totals today from Tulsa i and Oklahoma counties, the state's , two heaviest voting areas, gave Roosevelt 163, Landon 86. ~ ■l■ " - — Garden Plains. Kas., Nov. 3 —I j (U.R)—William Gegan, 55. cast the ! first vote here today and en route , home was stricken with a heart attack. He died within an hour. I; He said he had voted for Mr. ; Roosevelt. Martin’s Station, Ala., Nov. 3— , (U.R) — The eleven voiers of this ! hamlet today marked their ballots I for President Roosevelt and the ktraight Democratic ticket. The vote for President Roosevelt was itwo larger than that reported in 1932. when (he town’s nine votes went for him also. 1 Officials explained that a new farmer had moved into (he community and a local youth had come of age. Oklahoma City, Nov. 3—(U.R) — t 24 Oklahoma City precincts incomplete today gave the following vote for president: Rixisevelt [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CROWDPACKS i HEADQUARTERS Democratic Headquarters Packed To Hear Parrish, Heller - - I A crowd that packed headquarters for the closing rally of the campaign by the Democrats listened to tlie speeches by Attorney R. C. Parrish of Fort Wayne and Dick Heller of Indianapolis lant evening, ate apples, smoked and visited ajid planned for getting out the vote today. N. C. Nelson, county chairman, presided, and presented the conimitteemen and the candidates liefore introducing the speakers, both of whom are former Decatur men. Mr. Heller expressed hie happiness in being back in the old home town which he said was the county seat of the best county in Indiajia, discussed state iesues briefly and gave a report based on a visit to every county and almost every town and city in Indiana, predicting victory. Mr. Parrish discussed national issues in an hour’s address, eloquently and with many highlight points, making a plea for the votes of laborers and farmers and declaring that when these were prosperous, merchants were bound to be so and the wheels of industry had to turn to meet the requirei mentis: o Floyd Hitchcock Condition Worse The condition of Floyd Hitchcock, who sustained a broken neck in an auto accident In Fort Wayne last Friday night, was reported to b« a little worse this morning. Attaches at the Methodist '.capital in Fort Wayne where ho is [ conflTled, were forced to strap the' young man to the bed to prevent the broken bones from pinching a nerve center.- He is the brother of Clarence Hitchcock, local grocery dark.

Price Two Cents

Voters Throng Polls Today To Cast Ballots To Name President; Bad Weather Is General. FIRST RETURNS New York. Nov. 3.—(U.R) —A tremendous outpouring of voters — estimated at something over 40.000,000 —thronged the polls today to choose between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alf M. Landon for the presidency. Rain, snow and even blizzards plagued citizens, particularly in the midwest, as they went to voting places in cities and hamlets. Bad weather was expected to reduce the vote in some rural districts where bad roads hampered farmers in reaching the polls. First election returns were flashed from tiny New England communities racing to be first with news of the balloting. Millsfield. N. H., a "dark horse” entry in the returns contest, reported two votes for Roosevelt and five for Landon a few minutes after midnight. But five Millsfield voters failed to appear for the midnight balloting and election judges I ruled the polls myst be re-opened should they desire to vote. New Ashford, Mass., first to vote in 1932, announced its 1936 to- | tol at 6:42 a. m. EST. The vote was Roosevelt 19. Landon 26. lu 1932 New Ashford east 24 for Hoover and 8 for Roosevelt. ■ Among the early reporters were two southern communities — Nutbush. N. ('., and Martin’s Station, Ala. Nutbush's 31 votes all went ito Roosevelt as did Hie 11 at Martin's Station. Extremely heavy voting was reported in New York state, despite fnciement weather in northern farming communities where a heavy Republican total is expected. New York City weather was | overcast but warm. Governor Landon WMs the first [of tlie presidential candidates to [ vote. A special train carried him, his wife and family from Topeka to his home town of Independence. There In a polling station set up in an automobile sales room he | cast his ballot at 8:44 a. m. CST. Few disturbances were noted. Precautions were taken against irregular voting and Ihousandß of watchers were on duty over the country. National guardsmen were stationed in San Miguel county. New Mexico, to prevent any outbreak. President. Roosevelt was voter No. 312 at the sleepy little Hudson river town of Hyde Park, N. Y„ where he east his ballot. The day was unusually warm and the president perspired freely under the glare of camera floodlights. He planned to go for a short automobile ride late today and then return to his home to receive the election returns. First scattering returns from Kansas, where double election board start counting the votes (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 SCOUT RALLY FRIDAY NIGHT Rally Will Be Held In High School Gymnasium Friday Night All scouts are urged to attend a scout rally In the Decatur high school gymnasium. Friday night at 7 o’clock. One of the feature events of the evening will be a field and track meet between the troops in the city. Leßoy Lane, field executive of the Anthony Wayne area, wiii be charge of the program. Al boys are urged to go into a strict training program tmmedla'e* |ly as complete physical examinations will be given each boy before be will be permitted to enter the various athletic events. Free eats will be served during the evening.