Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1936 — Page 1

XXIV. No. 266.

h DELINQUENT liES REPORTED > THIS COUNTY Over ,n ~e" ... ■linuurnries 11 .,f $12,616.69 in) Wq <l'l'“ »' Allshown » sr J ! ® s i .nii. i Treasurer J<-fl’. ' - < •• Hi!'’' today. i drops the total .A th< * . There, 'k'teMWt l,ia > additional Ki tax payments in No-1 amount. ( time the depression “’■ : total ilelimiuent lax I- carried over the nk in ' neared the zero ■K.' totaled only $841.12. K jgk,. ...I- , previous tile deI;IX question was so oer~e treasurer did I taxes. Last atteJUX sa the first delinquent " ii.-ld in Adams county W|toJyear<. At that time a 1 lit was collected. ffto ? 1,1 "hi. Ii morpaid on the la.st .XeVeinlun Total six months' •>:■ $228, 505.12; delinToltffiKfM. pb 1 .5;’.; moratorium, insolvent. $2.13. . J)« Hi i i day the following »■.•:• collected: current. Ky delinquent. $2,868.20. ■[wTatorium. $220.81. ’“ the following ta.vv Mm ft|il”< ted : current. $240.2.55.- « $22,725.10; tnoraKinni, $.‘>15.77; insolvent, $12.91. Kd t&d $263,539.42. figures show that a total ■ il&S.ti;; was collected this Btr if. delinquent taxes. Kte »f $11,325.81 went delin-; May and a total of $9.Ks./i'ent delinquent ithis fajl. total increase in delin--j thin year of $20,331.91 ie : x. Be Sal increase in delinquent BmSlbtracted from the total delinquent taxes this year. net decrease the “■fere® of taxes delinquent of $32,948.63 collected by Uiechty this year, ai ■■St $2,651.16 was realized 11101,01 ty 101 ■*®W’' ir ßn GV PAGE FIVE) Brotherhood I I Will Meet Tuesday brotherhood of the ' church will meet a' ■tcMri li Tuesday evening at 6:30 r .■clocll A banquet will be served, by a program with Cal ■Ptw&y in charge. Harold Battghn Kpgjiilent of the brotherhood. C county school superinwill be the speaker. o _ 5 Not Guilty To Grand Larceny m Flagg plead not guilty to s of grand larceny when arbefor© Judge Huber M. DeAdams circuit court Saturrnoon and was released on recognizance. rrendered himself voluntarounty authorities after his Harry, had filed the charge that he had stolen a shot-, mging to him. m stated to authorities Had taken the gun ryhen his failed to repay a loan ot S~ - wfeen Gleaner Girls i.tf Pfenning Amateur Hour ■j H — ■G Gleaner Giris of the 5 u ■ Brethren church will give *f 11 jS teur hour program and box in the Hensley building. <3 ,“J a - v evening, Nov. 12.. Jess Williams is chairman , W Program. Proceeds derived box social and entertaingo to purchase growns choir members. IL'S f(>o( l boxes will be auction ! IL.Jb lllp high bidder and each is requested to bring a public is invited to atCourt Is "f ® N° w I” Vacation September term of the Adcourt ended Saturday, two weeks vacation, the lv.- Iler term w i'l open Monday,

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New Church Head r 1 k J I p I®! k ’ . HE **» ! New chief of the Mexican church I is Guillermo Trischtlery Cordoba, bishop of Sim Luis. whose an- ! pointment was announced by a papal delegate to Mexico and will be officially confirmed in December. LABOR REFORMS TOBE PUSHED Roosevelt Commits Administration To Aid Labor Washington, Nov. 9 — (U.R) — 1 President Roosevelt today committed his second administration to a program of social reform and a ''levelling upward of labor standards.” In a message to the third national conference on labor legislation. | the president said ho expected “this coming year should be an outstanding one in the annals of labor legislation” and enumerated the following schedule of desired reforms: ‘ Safe and healthful places of ; WTork, adequate cure and support ; when incapacitated by reason of accidents, industrial disease, un- ■ employment or old age; reasonably short working hours, adequate a.nnuul income, proper housing. and elimination of child la. > bor.” The message was seat! to the i conference delegates from 39 . states by Secretary of Labor Fran- : cen Perkins. The conference was i called to formulate programs for labor legislation to be presented to state legislatures during the next year. The president's mess!age read: “I wish to send you my hearty greetings, and to welcome to Washington this large and representative gathering of state officials and representatives of organized labor. “The sessions of the national conference on labor legislation in 1934 and 1935 formliiated a program for the levelling upwards of labor standards which commands my wholehearted sympathy and approval and that of my adtninisrCON'TTNTTWG GN PA GF FIVE) SCREEN ROMEO MARRIED AGAIN John Barrymore A n d Elaine Barrie Wed Early Today Yuma. Ariz., Nov. 9. —KU.RJ John Barrymore married Elaine Barrie, nee Jacobs, before a justice of the peace early today. It culminated a wildly dramatic romance that might have been a strain on even a young romeo, but which the “great lover" of stage and screen took in his stride. He was debonair, if a little wan from a recent illness when Justice Earl A. Freeman pronounced him and Miss Barrie one. He said he was 48. The bride is 21. Looking on in Freeman's parlor were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jacobs, Miss Barrie’s parents, Marshall Ames. 111. and Aaron Shapiro, Barrymore’s attorney, who had accompanied the bridal pair on an airplane dash from Hollywood. The romance had endured two years in time and in events, a trans-continental "love derby" in which Barrymore was the pursued, Miss Barrie the pursuer, numerous and sundry quarrels concerning a 1 SIO,OOO ruby ring, a tempestuous cruise to Havana aboard Barrymore’s yacht, the various depreciatory public statements of each party. Barrymore's admirers had assumed all was over between them (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

SOCIAL BOARD ANNOUNCES 56 FIELD OFFICES Social Security Boar d Lays Plans For Old Atfe Pensions Washington, Nov. 9 (U.R)—The social security board, laying battle plans to replace thousajids of. "poor houses” with its old-age pension program, today announced I , establishment of 56 field offices. I’iweeding with the. thorough-j nesß of an army general, the board i divided the notion into regions.! , each containing a group of field i j offices, to direct enlistment of I 26,000.600 workers under the program. More than 45,000 post office em-: ployes have I wen named as recruiting officers” to supply registration cards and information to' phase eligible to participate in the largest insurance program in his-1 tory. The bureau, through cooperation iof the postoffice, will begin a.n, eight-day census Nov. 16 of vir- j tually all -farm workers, government employes and domestic help i being the principal exceptions—of | the country’s busincen and' Indus- ' trial employers and their employes for cataloguing in federal files. The task, overshadowing even the world war draft and the recent soldiers’ boniKt payment, is neese.. > sary before the government puts its old age pension system in . actual operation next Jan. 1. On that date, the social securitv board will collect two per cent of the nation’s payroll billions, paid half by the employers a.ud half by the employes. The joint levy will , increase to six per cent by 19?9. The government will pay pen- ' sions from the fund ranging from slrt to SBS a month, depending on a worker’s income, after January 1. 1942. to all eligible employes , reaching 65 years. If a person 1 dies before that age, his estate CCONTINTTEn ON PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS THOMAS OLIVER Well Known Adams County Man Dies At Hospital Sunday Evening Thomas B. Oliver, aged 71, a reei idem of Adams county tor more than 61) years, died at the Adams I county memorial hospital Sunday evening at 5 o’clock. Death win caused by anemia. The deceased was born in Darke county. Ohio, March f, 1865, the son of Silas and Mary Oliver. He moved to Adame county in 1875 and had been a resident here ever since. He had resided in Decatur for the ipast eight years. On November It. IXBB he was married to Mary Aldenah Hocker. His wife preceded him in death on I April 1, 1926. Eleven children were born to the union. 10 of whom still i survive. They are: Grover and Electa, ot Decatur; Walter, Francile and Mrs. S. 1. Rupert, of Monroe; Gregg and Webster, of Indianapolis; John and ; the Rev. O. D. Kessler, of Bluffton. A daughter. Nona, is deceased. Survivors, other than the childI ren are: a sister, Mrs. George Shroll. of Decatur and nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home of the daughter. Mrs. S !. Rupert at Monroe. Interment 1 wil be made in the Fairview cemetery at Bluffton. The body wa.s to be removed to : 'he home from the Gillig and Doan ; funeral parlors at 4 o’clock this ; afternoon, where it may be viewed j until time for the funeral. o Strike Settlement Hope Is Expressed San Francisco, Nov. 9 —(UF) — New hope for a quick and peaceable settlement of the maritime I strike raging on all coasts, rose toi day. Striking maritime workers on the ! Pacific coast whose strike is the ! core of the labor war on the Atlan- ; tic and/Gulf coasts lifted their para- ■ Jyzing grip on the harbor of authorizing the unloading of perishable cargoes. Edward F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor, announced here, and his superior, secretary Frances Perkins announced in Washington that negotiations between the strikers representative and the ship owners would resume today.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 9, 1936.

None Injured As Two Cars Collide No one was injured Saturday night at about X o'clock, when a truck driven b.V Dutt Doherty, of Pleasant Mills, crashed Into a parki * e<| ear, owned by O. W. Brown, of . Huntertown, route one. The accident occurred on West Monros street, when Mr. Brown i had gone into a local Jnirber shop, leaving the car parked near tne curb. Mrs. Brown and two small children were in the auto. No one 1 »as injured. Both ears were damaged to some extent. Ixx al police offl- ' cers were called to investigate the ■ crash. After Doherty was held by i the police Mr. and Mrs. Brown returned Sunday afternoon, and a setI tlement of the damages was reachi ed between the two parties. SUNDAY SCHOOL I MEETING OPENS Annual County Sunday School Convention Opens At Berne An unusually large crowd was in attendance at the annual Adlams county Sunday School convention being held today in the . Cross Reformed church at Berne. More than 150 persons attended the morning session ot the convention and an even larger attendance was recorded this afternoon. The Rev. John A. Huffman, youthful Marion pastor, opened the convention this morning, as the prini cipal speaker of the opening sess- ' ion. The session this afternoon opened with E. T. Albertson as speak ; er. Reports of committees and exhibits furnished those in attendance with ample entertainment for . ■ the day. A banquet, served by the ladies of the Cross Reformed church, will ' be held this evening at 6:30 o'clock in the Berne auditorium Ticket sales for the banquet, which closed last night, indicate that a capaci ity crowd will be in attendance. , The Rev. Ihiffman is also sibed- ' tiled to deliver a short talk follow- ; ing the banquet tonight. The banl quet is sponsored by the Young ■ People and Sunday School workI > era of the various churches in the I county. Adams County Men At Corn Husking Otto Hoile, John E. Heimann, Benjamin D. Mazelin, Boyd Stepler. Freeman Stepler. and County ’ Agent Archbold attended the Indi- ‘ ana state corn husking contest in 1 Grant county Friday. Benjamin D Mazelin and John E. Heimann. 1 president and secretary-treasurer. | respectively, of the Adams County ' Crop Improvement Association. ' worked in the official capacity of I gleaners in this contest, and the i county agent acted in the capacity ■ of judge. This team of gleaners and judge from Adams county asI slated the corn husker from Wells i' county, Alva Smith. CENTRAL PM ID MEET TUESDAY Parent - Teacher Association To Meet Tuesday Evening The Central Parent. - Teacher association will meet at the Central school building Tuesday night at 7 o’clock. An interesting progi am has been arranged by the committee, under . the chairmanship of Mrs. Eady, j Parents of all boys and girls en- , rolled in the Central school are members of the PTA. Since this , is national education week, all parents are urged to attend. Folowing is the program tor the meeting: Songs—Boys and girls glee clubs: At the Loom Lift Thy Head I On the Levee . Radio. Lroadcast — Sixth grade, over station H.1.D.1., frequency unknown, power considerable. Talk, “Parent Education” — Sttpt. Walter J. Krick. Reading—Dianne Linn. A question will be presented for discussion, "W|jy do the schools do so much more oral work than written?” Lowell J. Smith, teacher iu the ! school, is publicity chairman of the association. o WEATHER Mostly cloudy, possibly snow flurries extreme northeast ' tonight; Tuesday cloudy to i fair and somewhat colder.

DEMOCRAT WIN IS CELEBRATED r i Speculation Rile Over Appointments Under I m Townsend >i H French Lick, Ind., Nov. 9 (U.R) 1 > —Frustrated In efforts to button■'hole the governor-elect and extract. ’ I promises of bigger and better jobs in tbe new administration, Indiumi Democrats returned home from a I three-day victory celebration today. M. Clifford Townsend, tbe gover-nor-elect, escaped the throng of job-seekers converging at French Lick Springs hotel by leaving Friday night on a week-end duck i hunting outing in southern IllinII ois. . i He left only a simple statement 1 that some changes in state personnel naturally inay be expected. They will bo tilled strictly through cooperation with county, district and state organization, and women will be given greater recognition. In the absence of Townsend, much of the conjecture turned to ixissible outcome of a meeting be- ' tween Gov. Paul V. McNutt of In ' . diana and Gov. Henry Horner of I Illinois. The Illinois governor was cred ! 1 ited with holding the answer to a : vexing Hoosier problem — how to I keep McNutt in the limelight tin-! • til 1940 when he hopes to win the I ■Democratic presidential nomination. McNutt's term expires Jan. 11. ■ Most Hoosier Democrats are in - favor of placing him in the United ■ States senate from then until 1940. In order to accomplish this, how- • lever, it is deemed necessary to get Horner to agree that Sherman i ■ Minton, now holding an Indiana I - senate seat with a term running those four years, should be grant-' jed one of two vacancies on the i Federal district court of appeals at - I j Chicago. ; McNutt arrived by airplane front , Kansas yesterday. Horner has I . i been expected since Friday nignt - but had not arrived yet today. Rumors running through the i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GEORGE CROMER » t DIES SUNDAY Former Congressman, Nominated In Decatur, Dies At Muncie George W- Cromer. 80, former ' | congressman of the old eighth dis-; 1 trict. which included Adams county,' ■;died at his home in Muncie, Sun- ! Mr. Cromer’s first nomination' ; was one of the highlights in the political history of Adatne county be-| fore the turn of the century. Hi.sj nomination was made at the close of a spirited all-day eighth district . Republican convention held in Decatur in a tent beside the court house. He served in congress eight years, where he made a reputation by championing the rural free delivery f bill, which was finally enacted tn law. Because of his activities, the old eighth district was one of the first in the world to obtain rural f"ee delivery. •; He was horn in Madison county, J moving to Delaware county at an early age. lie attended Indiana unii versity, and later entered 'he practice of law in Muncie. He held the offices of Delaware county prosecutor and mayor of Muncie before winning the election to congress Since then he has practiced law in Muncie. Surviving are two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services have not yet been announced. o— Bicycle Stolen Saturday Night A bicycle, belonging to "Dutch" I Hoffman, was reported stolen from I Monroe street near the Maier Hide and Fur company Saturday night at about 6 o’clock. The bicycle was described as being about two years old and red and white in color. Lloyd Summers, wratchman at the Pennsylvania railroad reported to police that he had noticed a young lad playing with the vehicle about an hour before the theft was' I reported. —— Charles Stitser , Condition Better i — The condition of Charles Stitser, injured at the Central Soya company last Tuesday when he fell 1 from a platform, was reported by 1 the attending physician today as being much improved.

JUSTICE STONE IS ILL,BLOW FOR NEW DEAL Liberal Justice Unable To Attend Court As Session Opens Wusliington. Nov. 9 (U.R) The mew deal today suffered a possibly serious supreme court setback as It prepared to launch argument of two important administration measures before the- high tribunal this afternoon. The setback wins the apparent virtual certainty that Justice Harlan F. Stone, liberal justice, will not participate in the court s opinion in the pending tests because of illness. This prospect was revealed when Chief-Justice Charles Evans Hughew announced tha,t Stone did not participate in decisions handed down today in cases which have been discussed in court conferences sin ’e he became ill. Stone’s absence was regarded as a serious hazard to the new deaj since lie is one of the few ' members to uphold consistently ; legality of re, int laws. Htiglies’ announcement was made only u i few minutes before solicitor general- Stanley Reed was due to start argument in defense of the . government’s procedure in fightI ing tests of the utilities holding company act. Immediately after the holding compa,ny argument, debate of the constitutionality of PWA municipal power loans and grants was I scheduled. When Reed rose to open his I argument, Hughets took cognizance i of stone’s absence by advising the . solicitor general that the missing court member might he “vouched iu” on the decision. Such an argument permits a justice who is absent from debate to participate in i the conferences. However, there was no assurance Stone would be . well enough to attend the conferences and inability to do so would in-event his voting on the decision. I In its first opinion of the new 1 term, the supreme court upheld validity of one important stale tax law but invalidated certain provisions of another. It ruled constitutional California's SSOO per ■ year license tax on importers of ! beer into the state regardless of | the fact that wholesalers dealing in local beer aj'e not subject to such tax. The court held uncon- , stitutional the sections of the , lowa chain store tax law which I levies taxes on gross receipts of , the chains. The court was not called upon, however, to rule on ; validity of the sliding scale chain , store license tax. based upon number of stores rather than gross | receipts. The latter provisions are similar to those in many other , states. o Knights Os Columbus Dance Tuesday Night All members are urged to attend the dance at the Knights of Columbus hall Tuesday night at 8:30. Members, wives, sweethearts and invited guests will be in attendance. BUTLER'S GRID CAPTAIN KILLED Dies In Accident; Basketball Leader Critically Injured Indianapolis. Nov. 9—-(U.R)- —The ipall of tragedy today hung over the Butler University campus — the scene of celebration Saturday when the Bulldogs clinched their third consecutive Indiana conference football championship. iSpero Costas, quarterback and ca.ptain of the Butler eleven, was killed in an automobile accident at Crawfordsville, only a short time (after calling ‘the last play in the Bulldog's final conference game. Butler students hardly had recovered from the shock of Costas’ death when it was learned Arthur Cosgrove, 25, captain-elect of the Bulldog basketball team, had been critically injured in a traffic accident here. He had not regained consciousness early today Costas was enroute to his home at Canton, 111., when an automobile driven by Wayne Truelock, 23, Indianapolis, la former Butler student, careened off the highway, struck a culvert and catapulted into a telephone pole. George Costas, 19, a brother of Spero, suffered a fractured skull and Truelock suffered a fractured skull and a broken leg. Both were in serious condition a>t Culver (OONIINUaB ON rAQffi FIVE) 1

Rebel Airplanes Loose Bombs On Heart Os Madrid

I~■ ■ - Oregon’s First . J|F W . ’V. j* 4 > I I First woman ever to be sent to ' , congress from the state of Oregon ' 1 is Nan Wood Honeyman. above. Democrat wtho defeated the Re- : publican incumbent. I —- COLD WEATHER WARNING GIVEN Great Lakes Area Exper--1 iences First Snow Os Season i. Chicago, Nov. 9. — (U.R) — The Great Lakes area, chilled by a light blanket of snow, prepared today ‘ for the first general appearance of . winter. Snow was on the ground in the , Dakotas, Minnesota, lowa, north- ■ ern Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. in amounts varying from a i thin film to more than a foot. A cool rain chilled the east us far as New York stale, and threaten- ; ing clouds hung over most of the . affected area. Slightly rising temperatures were predicted for today, hut government weather forecasters warni ,-d of colder weather by Tuesday. lowa recorded the first cold t weather death, as snow mixed with rain removed the last traces I of autumn during Hie week-end. • An unidentified man was found . dead near Sioux City, lowa, where I the temperature dropped Io eight degrees above zero. Doctors said lie died of exposure. Automobile accidents involving many fatalities were blamed on treacherous driving conditions resulting from snow, sleet, rain and | ! poor visibility. Coldest spot in the middle west I wa.s northern iMinnesota, where a blizzard accompanied below-zero J temperatures. Aberdeen, center of the Dakota snow belt, reported 17 inches of snow. All of lowa was covered by snow. Only a few portions of Wisconsin > 1 escaped the general snowfall which ■ touched northern Illinois Saturday . night. Southern Michigan’s first snowfall melted quickly, but the - northern sections adjoining Lake . Superior remained under a heavy blanket. o Older Youth Group . M ill Meet Tuesday The older youth group will meet Tuesday evening, November 10, , 7:30 o'clock, in the basement of , the Monroe high school. The topic j for discussion will be: "Table Etli quette”. Everyone present is requested to have two questions on this topic. Following the discussion, a social period has been planned. Anyone between the ages of 15 and 30 is invited to attend. ; i o Conservation League To Meet This Evening The Adams county fish and game conservation league will meet this evening in the Moose home at 7:30 o’clock. Important reports will be i read. All members are requested I to be present.

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Many Casualties Result As Planes Bomb Madrid; Loyalist Forces Fight Desperately. REPORT 30 DEAD Berlin, Nov. 9 — (U.R) — The Spanish embassy here hoisted the rebel flag today; By United Press The Spanish government forcew resisted desperately itoday as the rebels battered at the gateways of Madrid. The rebel tide was temporarily stemmed, although the fajl of the capital seemed inevitable. Rebel airplanes bombed Madrid amt dropped artillery shells into it. reportedly catudng a considerable number of casualties. The loyalists replied Wltli :u'lillery and attacks with tanks. All advices indicated that the rebel* had not yet been able to penetrate Ute city proper. Tlte London Exchange Telegraph reported 30 dead and 6rt wounded in Uxlay's bombings ot the city. The Madrid government, which fias moved to Valencia, continued to issue optimistic statements, predicting that the rebels wouhi be turned back. Day of Terror (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Madrid. Nov. 9— (U.R) —Rebel planes and artillery rained shells into Madrid in successive attacks today, causing apparently heavy l casualties. While the attacks were in progress, the loyalist forces beat off ' tlie rebel land attack and in desI perate defensive action, kept the I enemy from penetrating more than I tlie outskirts of the city. The rebel bombardment struck ,tat the very center irf the ••>!*, us. > well as adjacent working class | quarters. * M It was a day of terror. Heavy | shelling began at 8 a. m. Four ambulances were called to remove casualties from the offices ot’ the Union Electrica Co., in the Gran Via after two shells crashed into tbe building. Two shells crashed into the upper floors of (he Oriental Case in the Puerto Del Sol. the main square, and next door to th« Hotel Americans. One shell whistled over the interior ministry on the other side of the square and went through the upper floor in (he rate below, wrecking (he place. No one was in the case or the floor above. The other shell passed 'though the building into Preciados street, which rims off Peurto Det Sol. All windows on the two floors were smashed. There were no casualties in the Hotel Americano. Make Attack (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Hendaye, French-Spanish Frontier. Nov. 9—i(U.R>—Spanish loyalists held hack the nationalists in ia fierce last stand defense today and made them attack on two new fronts in tlie effort to penetrate Madrid. Aided by lorrentlal rains and gale winds, the loyalists, women lighting with them and thnowing boiling oil and boiling water on any nationalists who reached their (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —o GIVE VOTES OF . MINOR PARTIES Socialists Polled 15 Votes In County, Communists Four Fifteen Socialists and four Communists voted in the general election in Adams county last Txwlay according to a summary prepared today by County Clerk G. Remy Bierly. This vote will be certified trt the state. The vote in the county for president was: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat, 5,822; Alt M. Landon. Republican, 3,249; William Lemke, Social Union, 119; Norman Thomau Socialist, 15 and Earl Browder, Communist, four. The vote in the county for governor was: M. Clifford Townaemi, Democrat 5,812; Raymond 8. Springer. Republican. 3,356; Marion B. Tomsich, Socialist, nine, and Wenzell Stocker, Communist, two. The Social-Union party did nos tile a state ticket,