Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1936 — Page 1

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Jill observe *i®** IjIISTICE DAY lERF TOMORROW wrffi T° Conduct 11 -Jg. K ( , renionv; BanIn Evening ■"X eq.i opriately i• I- ■ -B of tl A:i'l i<-.in la-gion. ■uhe b»’l<l “' 11 “• 1,1 ttli l fired, and taps l Herb Ki!!. „. u ,11 be hold mi I ): bells will Ko( t ,„ . ill llliin<>l> of ill'' K. ( > (9 |. 11 b" <.b • rved. Whei MKT? Legion ■L |ii. ' ."ni a com "i't lio.n Kami | ■ iiibly call at 6:15. »»*• h ' 11,11 <all ' MeSS Ca ” ■ll |, e mill'd at 7 o'clock. will be served at ihe ladies auxiliary. war songs lie > Smith. Mrs. Klph I a. ■ ompanist. ihe Wil! be followed by a K ■ I 'ofTee'j, or. h.-1 K-nisßr the music. Kite "' oil! bo attemb'i! K Let "i.mures. ladies of the ami invited guests. Km I arc i''.|in ~'-.| Ul.H'il ■ jk .■■ .'monies ..ml I'm |.o>i membership fautk I meet by Armistice Ks, &.I with 17:1 enrolled this Kj it- a tomorrow . venJK : » Democratic ■ Dance Thursdaj ■ to H W 1!1 - I ’’ 1 ■ Ada unity. Thursday night 1 - ’I Decatur Country on Kancek today. i ■ Kt ■ w ill sell for 25 cents a may be purchased at the Kir. N will be sold in advance. were tsui'il i ommunitn s in ami tear >unty. it ; ■ttarierly Conference Mt. Pleasant M. E. ■Dr. I Ft bl-y. district siipenii * conduct the third quarKB"'' fence at the Mt. PleasI' . h Thursday ' k. Dr. Fribley Wil! also the sermon. M- —o - ■H Hitchcock I Reported Better rm .om d a fractured neck m in Fort Wayne a week was reported to he PM! improved today. He is expect M able to leave the Me'lio[ftjf’o.'al, where he has b-en ■■MT 1 within a week. - ■- o ■al ministers, 111YMEN WILL MEET J Ministerial Association Laymen Will Meet Here ! ■ Wednesday Morning. |H| Decatur ministerial associwith the laymen the council recently or--I,y 'he association, will f 1 '’K&’ednesday morning in their session. will be held in the * IK'erian manse at 9 o’clock, EaMr J. Frank Cottingham, of Philippine Islands, addressKK members. a returned misfrom the Philippines will LtTj >0 lll e association on the movement of the Philipfor a teacher training be made through the R. Carson, pastor of the MM. E. church, and chairman committee. jl e S| lnem hers are urged to at-

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♦ —— ♦ Friday The 13th | On Friday of this week sup erstitlous persons will be busy ‘•stamping white homes, knock- ' ing on wood, rubblngu rabbit’s . foot” and al) the other tilings i that supposedly counteract a i j black cat that might cross their path. For the second time of the year, the 13lh day of n month falls on Friday. The other instance occurred on March 13. i i | Among those things warned | against are: walking under a ladder, spilling salt, looking 1 over the left shoulder, and hundreds of other supposedly "bad Inck” signs. '► ♦ WOULD AMEND SOIL PROGRAM Farm Demands For Revised AAA May Bring About Amendment Washington. Nov. 10.—(U.R) —An i amendment to the soil conservai tion act to permit the federal gov eminent to retain control of the ! program was suggested today in high administration quarters in rei sponse to farm demands for a revised AAA. Officials emphasized, however, that the proposition has not progressed beyond the discussion stage and that no decision has been reached to ask congress for changes in the farm program. The soil conservation act. huri riedly passed by congress after the supreme court held the AAA con- , stitutional. provides that administration of the program shall be j turned over to the states in 1938. Federal control of the program will be relinquished under the plan calling for federal grants to states which will distribute the money to farmers complying with soil conservation regulations prescribed by the states. Department of agriculture officials declined to verify reports the administration will seek legislation giving it production control powers at the next congress and indicated emphatic' rejection of deI raands of farm leaders for re-en-actment of the AAA. Any change in the farm program would come, officials said, as a result of future events and not because of anything that has happened thus far. o r Roosevelt Studies Neutrality Rules Washington, Nov. 10. — <U.R) — Legal study and discussion of neutrality regulations pertaining to munitions and implements of war. was begun today by President Roosevelt. ?Sr. Roosevelt took up the subject with Claude Swanson, secre- , tary of the navy; Harry Woodring, •secretary of war; Stanley Reed, acting attorney general, and R. Walton Moore, assistant secretary of state. At the White House it was explained that the conference was called at the state department's request as the department has responsibility for issuance of permits covering munitions exports. o GENERAL COLD • WAVE ARRIVES Midwest And East Suffer First General Cold Wave Os Year Chicago, Nov. 10 —(UP) — The [ first general cold wave of the season swept into the midwest and east today bearing freezing temperatures for the Great Lakes area and snow for the Alleghenies and Atlantic seaboard. Government forecasters predicted colder weather today for 15 states from the Canadian boundary south to West Virginia and Missouri, west as far as Nebraska and east to New York. In the center of the disturbance. storm warnings were posted on the Great Lakes. Most of Minnesota prepared for ' temperatures 10 degrees above ' zero. Eastern Sontl} Dakota and Ne- ' bratska, warm on Monday, expected sudden temperature drops. Colder weather — with6ut snow — was in prospect for Misouri, lowa. Wisconsin and IllinoisIndiana and Michigan were ov ■- east, however and expected light snowfalle, as did Northern Ohio. Early morning rain was expected to change to snow as temperatures dropped in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. Cold weather with clear skies was predcited tor Kentucky and New Jersey.

BANQUET HEID MONDAY NIGHT Large Crowd Attends Annual Sunday School Convention Approximately 250 persons, one of the largest crowds in the history of lhe organization, attended Hie banquet held la.tt night in the Herne auditorium, in connection with the annual Adams county Sunday Schoo) convention. The Rev. John A. Huffman anti E. T. Albertson, speakers at the ' convention in the afternoon, also spoke at the banquet. | Eaj-1 Chase, young peoples' dii rector, acted as toastmaster. A musical program wa** presented by 'tlm mule chorus of the I Heine Mennonite church and the girl's chorus of the Cross Reformed church of Berne, under the direction of Rolland Sprunger. , Boyd Stepler, of Kirkland township. sang several solo numbers and a, short dramatization was given by members of the organization. Officers Elected During the business session hold in the afternoon at the Cross Reformed church, a slate of ofi'icern was elected for the coming year. All incumbent officers were reelected for a second term. They are; C. E. Striker, president; Miss Frances Burkholder. Berne, secre-tary-treasurer; departmental leaders: administration, William Kohl-i. Decatur; children. Frieda 1 Lehman. Berne; adult. Erma Lotdiner, French township; edueoI tional. the Rev. H. R. Carson, ' Decatur, ajid young peoples director. Earl Chase, Decatur. The banquet last night concluded what is said to be one of the most enthusiastic and well attended meetings the organization has 1 ever held. o DELIVER LAST BEETS SATURDAY [ Last Os Sugar Beets May Be Delivered To Factory Saturday 1 The last of the sugar beets in the Decatur area will bo delivered to the Central Sugar company Saturday if the weather remains favorable, officials of the company expect. Official tonnage figures for the •present season will not be announced until next week. However, it is indicated that the aver- ' age yield in the Indiana and Ohio ; counties comprising the local f area, will be a,l>out nine tons to the acre. The all-time average for this I area is about 10 tons. The yield ■ here has been reduced about a ton .■ an acre by the drought during . i Ma,v. June and July. This is high- . er than the average yield last year of about six and a half tons. The , 1935 beelts were also injured by •! the drought. i' The late beets are being delivi; ered to the plant now at the ra,te ■I of 400 tons a day. The sugar ■ content and purity is about the same as the early beets and the yield is approximately the same. There has been a strong demand for Sparkling Crystal White Sugar, trade name for the product of the Central Sugar company. 1 Orders were received before the I first sugar was produced. Sugar and its by-products increased in the general advance of ■ commodity prices since the election. Should the market continue on the same level or increase before all of 'the sugar is sold, growers will receive more as their ' share of the proceeds than they did last year. — io Rev. Aspy Will Address Students The Rev. Homer .1. Atspy, pastor ! of the Baptist church of this city, i: will address the Decatur high school pupils at an Armistice day program Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Patriotic songe will be sung i by the students to comple’e the program. — O 1 """ Elks To Hold Dance Saturday Evening I I « qance wl'l be held at the Elks home Saturday evening at 9:30. A good orchestra has been secured and a lunch will be served. The ' dance will be for fembere and invlt- •, ed guests- — o WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday; somewhat colder southeast portion tonight; rising I temperature Wednesday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 10, 1936.

Off for Inter-American Parley — - ' - H a —“— Heading the United States delegation to the Inter-American conference at Buenos Aires are Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Hugh ! Gibson, ambassador to Bra.zil, shown above as they embarked from New York The purpose of the parley is to further economic and diplomatic relations between nations of the two Americas.

LIST RED GROSS WORKERSTODAY Additional Workers For Red Cross Drive Are Announced — The names of additional work-1 ers for the Red Cross annual roll I call were announced today. The, drive will begin Armistice Day. Mrs. B'ryce Thomas and James I Elberson are chairmen of the I I committee for the second ward, which includes the area between Adams and Monroe streets from the St. Mary's river, to the west i city limits. Workers in tliis group are: Bryce Thomas, Mrs. Phil Macklin, ■ Cal Peterson. Merle Ellenberger. the Rev. Harry W. Thompson. I i Bob Heller, Paul Edwards. Ed ! Lose, Mrs. C. O. Porter. Mrs. Ira Fuhrman. Mits. G. J. Kohne. Dr. E. P. Fields, the Rev. Father l J. J. Hennes; Harry Dailey, Charles Teeple. Lowell Smith. Mrs. Ben Duke. J. Ward Calland, Mrs. Wa.l-1 i ter Gard. Mrs. H. V. DeVor. Mrs Ben DeVor, Mrs. C. L. Walters. Mrs. Henry B. Heller, Mrs. Herman Ehinger, the Rev. 11. W. Franklin, Mrs. Noah Bixler, Mnl. B. R. Farr, Mrs. Roy Miinima. Mrs. Sylvester Everhart. Mi*. Clayson Carroll, and Mrs. H. W. Thompson. Workers in the Home Economics clubs of the city will lie: Mrs. W. O. Little. chaJrman; Mrs. Robert. 1 Garard. Mrs. Joe Hunter. Mrs. | James Anderson. Ml*. Brice Roop and Mrs. Ralph Roop. o Sheriff To Conduct Farm Sale Dec. 15 The 80 acre Dore E. Anspangh farm in Jefferson township will be sold Tuesday, December 15. by ! Sheriff Dallas Brown. The sale is to collect a judgment awarded in a foreclosure suit brought by the: ; Mutual Benefit Life .nsurance company. This is '.lie first sheriff’s sale j in several months.

Armistice Day Greetings From Commander Os Legion

“Noting we can say or do. will ever add to the glory of our first Armistice Day. Gifted orators with well selected thoughts and phrases failed utterly to describe our feelings ot enthusiastic joy. "Long sought desires for peace I were at last satiated by that one sharp command, 'Cease Firing.’ Fords being wholly inadequate, the irresistable impulse broke out in wild demonstrative rejoicing. Both peace and victory were ours! "We had fought 'to make the world safe for democracy.’ Many [years have passed —Democracy is again threatened — hut the Amerl- [ can Legion is ever alert. Sensing the threat against our cherished democracy, we hold as our prime objective 'the combat of all radical ‘isms’ and have adopted this fitting slogan, ‘we have room for only ism, that is Americanism.’ “Again we are about to celebrate Armistice Day, ‘to renew the memories and incidents of our association in the Gre at War.’ Our prayer shall always be, that the peace thus obtained shall never cease and tliat

A— ♦ DISPLAY FLAGS | I | All merchants are requested | I to display American Hags to- j [ morrow, which is Armistice | Day. This request was made | l today by officials of the local | j [ post of the American Legion, [ i I who also ask that factory | whistles and church bells be sounded immediately after j i bombs have been fired at 11 | [ a. in. + 0 stateTolicF ■I BOOST IS SEEN Increase In State Police Force Likely Under Townsend Indianapolis, Nov. 10. (U.R) —A [ post-election promise by ilovernorI elect M. Clifford Townsend for adequate safety legislation today was expected to lead to an increase in I the number of uniformed Indiana state police officers. The state's campaign to curtail a rising traffic accident toll has been handicapped by the fact that only S 3 officers less than one for each of Indiana's counties — are i available for patrol duty. i Donald F. Stiver, superintendent 'of state police, outlined a threepoint program to be sponsored under Townsend's declared intention to lessen the highway hazard. The program: I 1. Increase of the uniformed force to an eventual 253 officers, with the addition of at least 100 officers during the next year. 2. Enactment of legislation providing for a physical examination for persons seeking driver's liI censes. 3. Insistence that local courts mete out the heavy penalties already provided for drunken and reckless drivers under present laws. The police chief said that the small force of uniformed officers had approximately 10,000 miles of fPONTTNTTED nv PAGE ErVEI

■l : HHHH JIHHI I & I I J. Henry Faurote ) • | democracy shall never perish from -1 our land." r J. Henry Faurote, Comm. II The American Legion t Adams Post No. 43.

SECRETARY OF LABOR REVIEWS ! BENEFITS GIVEN Frances Perkins Cites Benefits; Battle Continues Washington, Nov. Iff (U.R) Secretary of Labor Frames Perkins told the third conference on labor legislation today that "more ' and better labor laws hud been ipassed since the inauguration of ; the new deal than in any previous three years o! American history.” Miss Perkins emphasized new acts wrltr.-n upon state statute books lhe extent of which she I jyWas made largely po-sible be jjpatifu' of the cooperation between ' the United stales department of labor and the state labor departments." Miss Perkins pointed to the ftiSS’agner-Connei y labor disputes act and strengthening ! - of workers to organize and collectivelj " I She said national labor relations board '%.;he conciliation service of the lai%r department, , the national and | i the textile labor relation.-/ boaj*d | "have operated do improv. • relations between employers and -tr. | ployes." She said the United States employment service had mode more than 13.250.000 placements between July 1933 and December I 1935. Mise Perkin* looked to the social security act as a means of "establishment of future protection of wage earners." Miss Perkins’ declaration came as Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, joined the militant labor organization drive by announcing lan effort to recruit 75.000 new members. Hillman said his union had “more than 31,000.000" in its treasury with which to finance the J new campaign. Favor Lewis Pittsburgh. Nov. 10 —(U.R) —Th«> battle for control of the CarnegieIllinois Steel corporation's etn--1 Iployes representatives — the isocajled "company union” — apparently shifted suddenly today m ’ favor of John L. Lewis and his 1 committee for industrial organization. ( Tlie pro-Lewis faction within the < company union capitalized on t internal dissension and at a reorganization meeting late yesterday elected one of its own men as chairman of the employees repre- ( sentatives council of the Pitts-burgh-Youngstow'n district. The victor was Elmer J. Maloy, I (roNTTNUFn nN PW.E FIVE! 0 First Ward Red Cross Captains Are Named The chairmen of the first ward for the Red Cross roll call. Mrs. t Faye Smith-Knapp. I. Bernstein and Mrs. H. N. Shroll ha.ve appointed the following captains: . Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, Elmer Anspatlgh, Mrs. Chester Mclntosh. I Margaret Holthouse. Amon Ketchl urn, Jack Leigh. Kenneth Runyon. Ida Potts. Mrs. Frank Crist and J Mrs. Burl Johnson. s . o — GRAND. PETIT JURORS DRAWN ! Jury Panels For November Term Os Circuit Court Drawn The grant and petit jury panete for the November term of the Adams circuit court, which opens next Monday. November Hi. were announced today. Names of the petit jury, as drawn by the jury commissioners. Clerk G. Remy Biei/y. Henry Gall meyer and Forrest Elzey, are: Fred Mettler. Berne; Vilas Steiner. French township; Walter Hilgeman. Preble township; Ernest Dro. i Berne; James Elberson. Decatur; ; Charles Estel. Washington township; Lucy Gilliom, Berne; Roy E. Heller, Kirkland township; David Depp, Berne; David Cook, Kirkland township; Gertrude Brown. Decatur; Berniece Burk, Decatur. Members ot' the grand jury are: Floyd Aspy, Geneva; Robert Gerber. Wabash; John Bollenbacher, Jefferson; Victor A. Eichenberger, Berne; John Van Buskirk, Union township and Lester Pontius. Ge--1 neva. It was indicated that the grand jury would be called within two weeks to investigate several mat!ters.

Battle For Madrid Rages Fiercely As City’s Fall Nears

FATHER RYDER SPEAKS MONDAY Fort Wayne Preacher Speaks To Holy Name Society Last Night An unusually interesting meeting of the Holy Name society was held 1 at the Knights ot Columbus hail 1 Monday evening. The Rev. Father S. Joachim Ryder, pastor of the St. John the Baptist church in Fort Wayne, gave an interesting and instructive talk on the Holy Name convention, which was held in New York City. September 18 to 20. He also discussed communism, urging the listeners to educate themselves in such a manner as . to be able to combat all commun- , istic propaganda. Lawrence Beckmeyer. president of the society, read a letter from I Bishop Noll, thanking the society . for their contribution to the erec--1 tion of the statue, “Christ, The Light of the World." in Washington, D. C. Mr. Beckmeyer. in a short talk, urged the members of the society to attend the CYO meeting, which will be held in the Catholic high' school auditorium Wednesday eve- ’ ning at 7:30. Father Mooney will be the speaker. A nominating committee, composed of Fred Schulte. Harold Daniels and Joseph Koors, was appointed for the annual election of officers which will be held at the December meeting of the organ- : ization. SENIOR CLASS PLAY TONIGHT Catholic School Seniors Present Annual Play Tonight The complete cast of character* i was announced today for "They'll Do It Every Time" senior clase play ot Hie Decatur Catholic high school . to be presented at the school audi- . torium tonight at 8 o’clock. Tickets may be secured troni any . 1 member of the.cast or class of the . school. Following is the cast Earl Hill—Fred Voglewede. Mrs Della Hill, his wife—Genevieve Ripberger. Orville Hill, their younger son— G. Remy Bierly, Jr. I Arthur Hill, their older son—Jokeph Tricker. Camilla Sterling, young girl in the neighborhood—Loretta Rose Lo<se. Laura Silverton, another neighbor —Margaret Wolpert. Barbara Silverton, Laura'* sister —Mary Martha Terveer. Steve Munson, young man about town —Charles Cook Geraldine Wright, engaged to Steve —Martha June Foos. Annabelle Johnson, colored maid with a great love of jazz—Esther ■ Rumschlag. Mrs. Irma Fordham, rich young , widow—Mary Catherine Holthouse. Members of the Arthurs band | composed of Harry Harmon. Char- , les Smith, William Athy, and Clarence Morrison, portrayed by Mar- ■ Jorie Brown, Virginia Borne. Josephine Wolpert and Frances Loshe. The play tel's of the struggles ot ’ Arthur Hill and his ambition to become a successful musician. ’ Stage property was furnished by the Sprague furniture company and ’ the Niblick store. DISTRICT MEET OF RED MEN TONIGHT l Members Os Local Improved Order Os Red Men To Attend Meeting At Matthews. Several members of the local - Improved Order of Red Men will • go to Matthews tonight to attend I the district meeting in that town. Election of officers and initiation will take up the greater part of the : meeting. A. N. Hilton, officer of - the local lodge is also a member , of the district ruling council. Mr. , Hilton Is the present district secrei tary of the organization. District No. 3, includes in addition to the Decatur lodge, 14 other I; orders in this section of Indiana. >| About 20 or 25 members of the . local order are planning to attend I the meeting tonight.

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Rebels Apparently Are Making Plans For Final Assault On Madrid As Loyalists Defend. AWAIT OUTCOME (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Madrid, Nov. 10 — (U.R) — Th» battle for Madrid raged dramatically, audible but invisible, in th', dense wooded grove* of the Gasa. Del Campo today. Tlie population, after almost 21 hours of shelling and bombardment in which scores were killed and about 200 wounded, tensely lawaited the outcome. In the southwestern, southern and eastern i>ajt of the city, an ominous silence prevailed. The> cannonading had ceased and the enemy apparently was re-forming lines for the final assault. The silence wa* broken onca during the morning by the scattering roar of three bombs dropped by two rebel planes on Delicias drive on the southern edge of the city. Gasa Del Campo is on the west, almost opposite the center of the city, across the Manzanares river. A United Press correspondent, made his way al 12:15 p. m. to ! Secovia bridge, which crosses tlie river beyond Puerto Del Sol and the cathedral and royal palace. It still was in government hands, as was Puerto Del Angel, a, fewhundred yards up the road. There was no fighting there but the constant < rackle of machine gun and rifle fire could Ire heard from the Casa Del Campo, just, across the river. It was impossible to see what was happening* inside the huge (park, hidden from view by a thick belt of trees. Ten minutes later, the correspondent visited the Toledo bridge, farther down the river toward the I southern end ot the city. it. was ! also in government hands and trams were running almost to the equaj’e nearby. There was no fighting on or near tlie bridge. Official quarters were somewhat more optimistic after seeing the militia and a new international column composed of French, German, and Russian anti-fa.sei.sts withstand vicious enemy attacks in the last 24 hours. It was admitted, however, tliat: the enemy had advanced in the Ca,sa Del Campo. During the night, heavy machine gun and rifle fire from there could be heard clearly in the center of the city. Madrid accustomed itself to walking about dark streets or remaining indoors. Barricades were being erected in outlying sections. Says End Near (Copyright 1936 by United Press) London. Nov. 10 —(U.R) —An unimpeachable neutral souive told tlie United Press in an uncensored telephone conversation from Madrid today tliat he believed Madrid was doomed and the end was near. "There is no longer aaiy hope,” (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HOPE SEEN TO STOP STRIKES McGrady Confident Os Settling Coast Maritime Strike San Francisco, Nov. 10 —(UP)—« Edward F. McGrady, federal concilliator, was confident today he could bring shipowners and union leaders together in a renewal of conferences looking toward settlement of the paralyzing west coast maritime strike. He planned to meet with tho groups individually and induce them to resume deliberations which they refused to attend yesterday. He spent yesterday and last night in mysterious trips from his headquarters in an attempt, it was believed. to get the leaders into a conference. McGrady, assistant secretary or labor, worked without the formal consent of either side in proposing the meeting of shipowners and Union leadens who have forced 178 ships into idleness on the Pacific coast. He was optimistic because: 1. Attorney Genera! Homer S. Cummings directed ■postponement of a fedral court order at San Pedro (CQNTINUiID ON PAGS FIVE)