Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1936 — Page 1

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Convention Speaker j 1 wmK'a h /WX- * i>. > | •jjr ' "1 Iklllllii > . Rev. John A. Huffman of Mar - ion. will be the principal speaker - at the Adams county young people's and Sunday school workers 1 (banquet at the Berne auditorium I Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock MISSION OPENS’ THIS MORNING Decatur Preaching Mission Is Held Today At U. B. Church ' Describing life when lived with- • out God, as football game with bo’h • 'teams offside and the referee ehas- •' ed off the field, the Rev. Pau! 1 Krauss. D. D. pastor of the Trinity ' English Lutheran Church of Fort 1 Wayne, this morning struck the Key note of the preaching mission be- ’ ing held at the Decatur Brethren ' church. The program is sponsored by the Adams county ministerial association for ministers and laymen of the county. This afternoon, the Rev. (>. W. Allison, pastor of the First i’resby- ' tertan Church of Fort Wayne, spoke . on "Evangelism For Our Day”. , The largest crowd is expected to ■ attend the services tonight when the Rev. E. Burns. Martin, D. 1). . pastor of the Wayne Street M. E. Church of Fort Wayne wil deliver ' an address on "The Foolishness of Preaching". i The mission is open to the pub- ' 'ic. Rev. Krause this morning urged ' the necessity of translating relig- ' ion into the thinking of today predicting the fourth great change in the inte’ectual a.id religious life of the Western civilization since the birth of Christ. These changes occur each 50b years, he said. The first change came at the time of the fall of Rome and the , invasion of Italy by the Goths. Five hundred years yater the Crusades 'I revitalfzezd the thinking o! Europe. ' About 1500 A. D. the reformation swept over the Western World. He based his 'prediction of a new 1 system of theology on the fact that 1 14 of the great inventions of man I have been developed in the last 75 ' (CON'TINCED ON PAGE SIX) ADMITS GIVING BROTHER POISON Elkhart Authorities Claim Confession In Poison Death Elkhart, Ind.. Nov. 6.— <U.R>—A second confession from Lester B. Slack, 34, Mishawaka house painter, admitting he poisoned his brother to obtain life insurance funds for a honeymoon, was claim ed today .by Elkhart county auth 'orities. Prosecutor Glen Sawyer filed first degree murder charges against Slack in connection with his broth er’s death and began investigating the death of the prisoner s wife, Violet, at Bristol last spring. At that time her death was attributed to pneumonia. I Slack reportedly was planning j to marry Mrs. Helen M. Kercheval. Mishawaka. Nov. 28 and go to Florida for a honeymoon trip. Authorities said his first confession claimed he gave the brother, Elgy. local bakery truck driver, a bottle of poison win “on a sudden impulse.” Elgy died Tuesday ■ afternoon after telling other rest-, dents at his rooming house he had I been poisoned by Lester. From the second confession, however. authorities quoted: j "My reason for doing this was , for insurance my brother had made l I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) I

FIERCE BATTLE IS STAGED AT MADRID GATES Loyalists Beat Back Rebels; Nations Would Stop Slaughter (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Madrid. Nov. 6—(U.P) -Loyalist forces beat back the rebels at the gates of Madrid in fierce fighting around the capital today and claimed small advances toward Pinto and Valdetnoro. to the south. The loyalist lines advanced over the shell-torn ground to posit ions on the Pinto-Valdemoro sector, some 11 so 15 miles south of the embattled capital, they claimed. Heavy artillery shelling continued on Itoth sides during the offensive, t>,s waves of tattered militiamen fighting for their lives and homes, went “over the top" ,on the southern objectives. The thunderous roar of field pieces rocked Madrid, and the 1.500.(100 inhabitants of the capital lived in waking fear of the end. A fleet of 10 loyalist planes flew lover Madrid at 11:15 a. m.. but found no rebel warplanes. There were no air raids up until noon, l.is the land foices remained locked in their death struggle for the ancient Spanish capital. Stop Slaughter (Copyright 1936 by United Press) London. Nov. 6 — (U.R) —Grea,t Britain and France, fearing mass slaughter if the Spanish nationalists enter Madrid, have appealed to the Madrid government to seek an agreement to safeguard the city's million-odd people, it was understood today. Impelled to action by the nightmare vision of the streets of a great world capital running with blood, the government is understood to have ordered Foreign Minister Anthony Eden to get immediately in contact with Paris. Eden, it was said, telephoned to the French capital and. in cooperation with the put (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 POST OFFICE TO GIVE AID To Cooperate With Social Security Board In Distribution \ i Postmaster Phil L. Macklin I made announcement today of the fact tint the post office department is cooperating with the social security board in the dis- i t.ribution ot the necessary forms for employers and employes in the operation of the social security law. A form will be delivered to 1 every individual, firm, trust or ' estate, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company and insurance company within the delivery of the local office, who has one or more persons in its employe less than 65 years of l-’ge. Delivery of the form will be made on November 16. 1936 or as soon thereafter as possible in the regular mail channels. Following thisi every employe will also receive a form which he will be required to fill out and re-. turn to the postmaster. These I forms will be supplied to the employer, who will in turn present them to the employe. The employes' form may be returned to the office through the employer as a group or singly by handing them to a, mail carrier or 1 mailed without postage to the postmaetor. Operation of the act is to be | i carried out by the national board at Washington, but the local office will assist in gathering the' information, and aid in giving information to any person desiring. The only exceptions to the j group named above, who are to receive the blanks are those in the following groups or classifications: self-employment; employes of the railroad industry, i who are subject to the carriers (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Getting Funeral Services Sunday Funeral services for Miss Wil- | helmina Getting, age 44. a relative of the Sellemeyer family of this I city will be held at the residence five miles south of Fort Wayne Sunday noon. Miss Getting died Thursday at the Lutheran hospital from peritonitis. Interment will be made in the church ceme|fery. |

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 6, 1936.

Charges Are Filed Against Two Men Charges of grand larceny have |been tiled In the Adams circuit court by Hurry Flagg agalnsh Wil Ham Flugg. The latter allegedly stole a shotgun belonging to Hurry Flagg. Charges of petty larceny were also tiled against. Frank Morning'lstar, who allegedly stole a watch from the Brewster repair shop in Berne. Morningstar will likely be arraigned before Judge Huber M. De Voss on Saturday. OPEN HOUSE IS HELD THURSDAY Schafer Store Opening Attracts Large Crowd Last Night Large crowds thronged the three floom of the remodeled Schafer ' Store here Thursday night. Because of the large number ot visitors it was neceseary to keep the etore open an hour later than advertised in the announcements. Many bouquets of flowe.is, gifts ot friends of the store, were arranged on the counters and shelves of the first floor. One of the comments most often made by the visitors to the clerks, who acted as guides, waa amazement over the la''ge amount of ■ space now occupied in the display 'of the merchandise- The store is three stories high and the width of three ordinary business bnild- ■ tngs. Chief Interest was centered in the new rug department opened for the first time as a separate division. More than two car loads of rugs are now added to the display, which fills a large room on the second floor. This is one of the largest displays of popular priced rugs in Indiana. A new arch has been cut near the front of the first floor between the general merchandise and the dry goods departments. furniture on the second and third floors has been rearranged to permit the display of larger quantities of merchandise. In addition to the residents of this city, the guests at the opening included visitors from farms and communities around Decatur and representatives from the manufacturing companies who supply the various lines sold by the store. Hundreds of compliments were bestowed upon the store for its progressiveness. Habegger Funeral Is Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Eldon Habegger, who was killed at the Centra! Soya company, while at work last Tuesday, were held this afternoon at the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Habegger in Blue Creek township and at the Berne Mennonite church. Stale police and county authorities were called to aid in handling the large amount of traffic during the funeral. Burial was made in the M. R. E. cemetery. NINE CONVICTS ESCAPE PRISON Nine Prisoners Escape From Prison At Montgomery, Ala. Montgomery, Ala-, Nov. 6 —(UF) -—Posses searched the bad lands around Kirby .prison today for nine convicts who escaped in a 20th century prison break that almost freed a high percentage of several himr dred inmates. Three convicts acting m unison struck at the vital nerve center ot I the prison—its power house. In a flash, they had overpowered the civilian engineer and thrown the prison into darkness. An instant later, they disabled the telephone system. The guards in the prison cotton mill and cell blocks were quick-wit-ted. The instant lights went out, heavy doors slammed shut, keys turned in locks, and the prisoners were helpless. i For more than an hour bedlam I reigned. The screams and shouts ' and ravings of maddened men filled i the night, punctuated by the rain of •Hedge hammer blows on machinery which the convicts were destroying systematically in the dark. Above this uproar was the steady shrill ot the (prison sirens, summoning aid from as far as Montgomery, eight miles distant. ! Finally, by patching loops, power I (’continued ON PAGE FOUR)

• LEAD IS OVER TEN MILLIONS f. Small Lemke Vote One Os Surorises Os Election Result I ' Washington. Nov. 6 — (U.R) — Republican leadens predicted to- ' day that pressure of conflicting 1 interests among the newly constituted new drtil-democratie party ultimately would restore (he political balance and return a liberI ullzed G. O. P. to power. Sampling a cross section of ' Republican opinion. United Press 1 telegraphic inquiries obtained re- i Isponses indicating minority party r spokesmen were shaken hut not ’ entirely dismayed by Tuesday's! ballot. Republica.is were comforted at least by the substantial popular] | vote polled by Gov. Alf M. laindon | ) ] despite the fax't that he was r 1 swamped 523 to 8 in the electoral > college and trailed President l Roosevelt by approximately 10.-! 000,000 in the nation wide popular I vote. Gov. Ijandon's vote as so ' far tabulated by the United Press fj exceeds the 1932 Hoover i>oll by I approximately 64,(*00 votes. , The tabulations so far: ' I Roosevelt 25,936.277 Iktndon 15,839.609 Lemke 748,573 Thomas 99.865 ’ Browder 57.243 f Notable in incomplete tabulation of returns is the drop in Nor- ’ man Thomas' Socialist vote from 1 more than 800.000 in 1932 to less ’ than 100.000. Earl Browder's Communist following apparently ! is almost a.s numerous as the loyal ‘ Socialists who preferred to remain ■ with Thomas rather than support 1 the new deal or the Union party i candidacy of William Lemke. 1 Lemke's small vote was one of ' the surprise s of election day. ■ Father Che.-les E. Coughlin had pledged 6,000,000 National Union ' for Social Justice membership to ( the Union party candidate and s the priest estimated that his own radio oratory would account, all 1 told, for 9.000,000 votes. But - Lemke was kept off the ballot in ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) HEAVIER VOTE THANF. D.R. ' Chicago State’s Attorney Polled Heavier Vote Than President Chicago, Nov. 6. —(U.R) The man ' who won more votes in Cook county Tuesday tnan President Roosevelt —without making a single campaign speech - leaned across his ‘ desk today and admitted he "campaigned” that way to "test an ' idea.” ' "1 didn't do any campaigning purposely," said States Attorney Tom Courtney. “In spite of everything that was told me, I had an 1 idea that people appreciate accorn- : plishment. service, and efficiency ' in public office. 1 wanted to test that idea.” The idea must have been good ! —for the handsome son of an Irish policeman not only topped Mr. Roosevelt's tremendous vote by I j 31,000, but today was being touted .as the "next Democratic boss of 1 Illinois” and a potential Chicago mayor, Illinois governor, or I . S. , senator. Courtney attributed his spectacular political success to his philosophy, “yon can't mix politics and public office." That was the basis i of his successful campaign to free . Chicago from the burden of the J gangs. It was the slogan that ral.filed the Chicago Tribune and Daily I News, arch-Republicans, to the support of his candidacy on the Democratic ticket for re-election as state's attorney. ' Courtney wouldn't speculate on his political future but he sat back 1 in his big office chair and chatted ' freely about politics and crime. * He is a strapping six-footer. His 1 hair is iron-gray, although he is (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O WEATHER Generally fair east and south, becoming unsettled northwest, slightly warmer southeast tonight; Saturday 1 unsettled, colder in after- ' noon. I j, Elks Plan Dance Saturday Night ! t The B. P. O. Elks will hold a l dance at the home on North Sec- , ond street Saturday night. A good orchestra has been obtained. Dane- , lug will start at 9:30 o'clock. Members and guests will be admitted] |to the dance hall.

GREAT WELCOME ; GIVEN F.D.R. IN WASHINGTON 150,0(10 Cheer Roosevelt On His Return To Nation's Capital Washington, Nov. 6. (U.R) — President F'runklht Delano Roosevelt, overwhelmingly victorious tn his bid for u sei ond term, returned in triumph to th? capital today. Smiling ami happy, he arrived from Hyde Park on his special train to be greeted liy tens of ’ thousands of cheering Washingtonians massed in union station plaza. ! The blase capital, which usually takes presidents in its stride, turn-! ed out in a gigantic, spontaneous celebration to welcome Mr. Roosevelt back to the White House which will be his residence for four more years. Streets leading from the station to the White House were packed with wildly waving citizens — government clerks, school children, housewives, and laborers whose bursts of cheers drowned out the blare of 11 brass bunds at spaced intervals along the route of the president's car. High government officials ami District of Columbia authorities greeted the president. The army band played "Hail to the Chief" as Mr. Roosevelt appeared at the door of the train, ami wild cheers echoed from thousands of throats. Mr. Roosevelt waved and smiled ' happily at the throng. He was visibly affected by the magnitude ot the celebration which was formed on less than 24 hours notice to welcome his return. The celebration was entirely non-partisan. Party lines were submerged and forgotten as Democrats and Republicans joined in the ceremonies. The president rode to the center of the crowd in his utomobile after disembarking from his private car ami made one of the typical little speeches which have endeared him to American citizens. "My friends." he said into a microphone which actuated loud speakers all over the grassy plaza. "1 am very glad to come back among you. my old neighbors. "1 formed the good habit pf coming to Washington when 1 was five (years old and I am glad that habit] will not be broken for the next four years.” The president called Washington “the most beautiful city in all the world." and thanked its residents who rose early to greet him. Chief ot Police Ernest Brown estimated that 100.000 Washingtonians jammed every square inch of the plaza, where they waved small American flags, welcoming signs, their hats, and their handkerchiefs. At least 50,000 more were estimated to have stood along the line of [ the drive between the station and the White House. All federal clerks and school] children were excused to attend the celebration. Even the city's department stores remained closed 1 for an hour. Mr. Roosevelt arrived at the White House at 8:06 a. m. CST. o SUB WARFARE IS HUMANIZED Nations Sign Protocol To Humanize Submarine Warfare London, Nov. 6 —(L'P) —A proto- ] col providing for nmanization ot submarine warfare was signed at the Foreign office today by delegates representing the United States, Great Britain, the dominions .India. Japan, Franc, and Italy. Adolf Hitler is understood to have promised to sign when Germany is asked to do so. and other naval powers will be asked to adhere. Ambassador Robert Worth Bingham signed for the United States. In the world war it was permissible, when a submarine rose to the surface, to command an enemy ves-. I sei to halt and then get the passen(CONTINUED ON PAGE STX) O Knights Os Pythias Hear J. C. Tritch J. C. Tritch, head ot the Interna- ( tional Business college in Fort Wayne addressed the members of the Knights of Pythias lodge in their meeting last night. Plans were also made for the : opening of the intra-lodge bowling league, which opens its season this month. Adi lodge bowlers are asked to get in touch with George i StuUs or Charles Knapp.

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Rah! Rah! Rah! ' r*' • r —”1 oFT j.! lair 1 ■ Students at Ohio Wesleyan uni-’ versify at Delaware, G., are putt ] ing "their all" into the collegiate I yells this season and good reason for Jean Clase, pretty freshman ] ico-ed, is one of the cheer leaders,' ithe first co-ed to hold such a posi-j itlon since the school was founded' nearly 100 years ago. CHURCH PLANS ’| FOR REVIVAL First Evangelical Church Will Open Services Sunday Evangelistic services will begin l a' the First Evangelical church on next Sunday. These services will; merge into the “Eiglit-Day Preaching Mission." which are scheduled to be held simultaneously in the Decatur churches from November L> to November 22. The services will begin with a' message by the pastor, the Rev. George S. Lozier, on Sunday morn- ] ing on 'he theme: "The Conditions for a Revival" The Sunday evening theme will be "Dead or Alive'.' | The Monday evening service is being aranged for the fathers and their sons. It will take the form ot a father and son banquet; and will' begin at 6 o'clock. An address ap- ] propriate to the spirit of evangelism ! will be delivered by Prof. Harry Smith. The official board of the church ] will feature the Tuesday evening' e.ervice. The minister will deliver a message on "The Church that Ought | Ito Be." Following the devotioJM service the official board will meet I for its monthly business session. • Special feature will appear on the program each evening during the series of meetings. i The services will begin at 7:3t) ! o’clock each evening except on Saturday, when there will be no service. Ernest Foreman will direct the congregational singing during \ the entire series of services. Spe- : cial music will be furnished by the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) . o Young- Democrats To Hold Victory Party The Young Democratic club of] Adams county today announced a victory party to be held in Decatur Thursday. November 12. The committees in charge of the affair will be announced later. An invitation will be extended to the new officers of the county, district and state to attend. o Attend Democratic Victory Celebration John Heller, editor of the Decatur Democrat; Arthur R. Holhouse, mayor of Decatur and Thurman A. | Gottschalk, state senator from! Berne, left this morning for French Lick, where they are attending the Democratic victory celebration, o Red Cross Chairman Names Committee Mrs. Roland Grote, chairman ot the Union township Red Cross drive today named the members bf her committee. They are: Mrs. Hubert Zerkel, Mrs. George Morris. Mrs. Chauncey Clem, Mrs. Forrest Walters, and Mrs. Edgar 1 Kreuckeberg. I

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Roosevelt Will Attend Pan-American Peace Conference In South America. MEETS DEC. 1 (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Washington. Nov. 6. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt has decided definitely to attend the opening of! the pan-Amerlcan peace conference in Buenos Aires, Hugh Gibson, American ambassador to Brazil, ' said today after a White House ] conference. Gibson revealed that the president’s plans call for a stop-over ot one day in Rio I*" Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 26, before proceeding to Buenos Aires for the start of the j conference on Dee. 1. The ambassador’s disclosure was made after the president, at his press conference, expressed hintI self as eager to attend the peace i parley but said he would not announce a definite decision until the middle of next week. Simultaneously. Secretary off I State Cordell Hull informed a , group of women peace advocates that he expects the Buenos Aires i conference to set up a model of! ] peace machinery which the rest of! I the world will do well to copy. Hull and the remainder of the American delegation to the con- : terence are scheduled to leave New York on the S. S. American i Legion tomorrow. They plan to arrive in Buenos Aires on Nov. 24. ' a week in advance of the start ot the parley, and will have everyI thing in readiness for participation by President Roosevelt when the ] latter arrives. Gibson conferred with Mr. Roose--1 velt this morning particularly in regard to plans for the reception at Rio De Janiero. He said the 1 president expects to remain one I day in the Brazilian capital, leaving on the evening of Nov. 26. The president's cruise to South American waters undoubtedly will be made in the U. S. cruiser Indianapolis, one of the fastest vesseis in the American navy, which . could make a record run to Buenos Aires, leaving Charleston, S. C., ,on Nov. 17 and arriving in the Argentine capital Dec. 1. Gibson expressed enthusiasm for ! the president's plans and belief that they would return large dividends in goodwill and mutual understanding. Hull's statement on aims of the peace conference was made to a i delegation of women representing 'the people's mandate committee to end war. He said results of the conference would depend largely on the spirit •of goodwill and understanding between the various peoples, rather than formal agreements signed by the governments. “The governments of the 21 American republics which will be represented at Buenos Aires are animated by one common purpose; (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) GIVES FIGURES ON AID TO AGED Total Os 32,229 Aged And Needy Persons In State Aided Indianapolis. Nov. 6.—<U.R) —ApI proximately 32,229 aged and needy persons in Indiana received assistance totaling $426,327.66 under the 1936 welfare act during the last month, the state department ot I public welfare announced today. Assistance granted, based on needs of the individual, averaged $12.92 per recipient during the month. This represents an in. crease of 62.7 per cent over March, first month in which assistance under the welfare act was granted, when the average was $7.94 per recipient. More than 1.000 blind persons in the state received $18,751.50 or an average of $17.96 per individual during the month. It was the largest average award made for this type of assistance in seven months operation of the act. public welfare records showed. Assistance awarded to 1,814 dependent children in 48 counties during the month totaled $20,169.50. an average of sll 19 per needy child. The counties’ share of costs for old age assistance amounted to $82,848.07 or less than 20 per cent of the entire cost, making the counties' average share only $2.57 per 1 (CONTINUBD ON PAGE FOUR>”*