Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1936 — Page 1

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<EIIS REJECTS «T OF LIVING FORMULAS | Lewis Attacks I gteel Industry Wage ■ Formula ■ wAlm" l ’"- -N'ov. 12 8 WB L , A; Ik ad of th.K3B| , , i: ,.n ...| oipanizafe-.i. ■’W • ■ d the ' '■«< ■!’ i\^K. ID ..l.. regulating A the industry. . H 11. <■ With W.uk.-I < A shaggy-hnh- \ leader ■r9L .pt pt offered pay in- !. < rmpl.-d with th” index. ul R l’" k, ‘ as !1 l ,1 ■ onll,lPll, It emerged as iliir.l tl:,. 1940. .., personal ■/X i !i " <> r I'i- 1 Cl ° ,o a rt ' so ' the employes S Steel corpoiation relew of the employe lation plan of the corpori the light of existing; egislation.” 10 now is conducting a s organizing campaign in. industry. attack on the cost-of-j ethod of regulating steel a week of rapid- : ms on the organizfruiu. timing which union to capitalize on the l...b>r vote accorded conferred today with (,f the bituminous coal BBrr.TTii sion presumably to lay for a proposed new ’SKjiiffey act regulating the indus’t |ii-I a lull failed of enactthe last congress. described the proposed ill: increase as "just an-, dog contract" be-, provides that wages will down in the future in to the bureau of statistics cost of living " be said, “is not dmi- hi- cost Os living for determination of They want the increase f don’t want the quid pro t the company hangs on it. an agreement freezes ! ■es in the same economic ns. If the price of bread . one cent, eventually the get tha.t extras cent but ver get any better bread, sought an appointment eretary -of labor Frances for Elmer J. Maloy of ic. Pa., representing workthe Carnegie-Illinois steel, mil George A. Patterson, for workers in the ?^^^B('hii -ago. 111., mill of the c t ßmm4wirni. 10 request review of , twilit! I s. St 1 representation 3iß’“ttll|. .-.i.-tarv does not tai.--we intend to ask for a with the president.' same time the two steel disclosed that they had But* t'-1.-eriuu today to Myron C. ■Taylor, chairman so the board of saying: H®B“W :| nd.-rsigned accredited emof the Car- ' Steel corporation de BNBto know your policy toward ■> ’’Be increase. ■ Vo ' l inten( ’ 10 deprive the the plants, whose repre- *■ (ofi ' nvfEn nv page five* ■TH CLAIMS I MARY MAGLEV •tiß I Charles Magley Dies | | lifter An Extended | Illness Mary Magley, aged 55. wife ■ Hr-'' Magley. died at her humHfeJa’ tllwnwlli P Wednesday ev.-n bH I - o’clock. Death was caused ■"ME’eart ailment. deceased was born in Hoot ■ r>ecpm, >e ■ 30. 1880. the of Jonas and Nancy Ann B Wp !in > . Slle was a niemiter of K'“’■Pha Methodist church. ■ 8, 1898 she was married E. Maglev. The deceased • in 111 i'sa'tn for some time, Bh jH) become seriously ill oti'y ■' “80. - are the hueband and a i LB daughter ’ Esther Huston, services will be held afternoon at 1:30 o’clock ■ ill ft 1101,10 * n a ° ot townell ’P- Bur ‘ ■ he made in the Decatur ■■Kv.

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VICTORY DANCE HERE TONIGHT, Young Democratic Club To Hold Victory Celebration Here i laiwell Meyer's 11-pieco orches-; ' tra from Fort Wayne has been engaged to play for the Democratic j Victory dance to be held this eve-. nlng at the Decatur Country dub. The affair, planned for Demoicrats of the fourth district, is being sponsored by the Young Democratic dub of Adams county. Lowell Meyer’s orchestra is one ! of the better bands in Fort Wayne and has won considerable recogI nition aduring the Ist two years lin Northern Indiana and Ohio. No increase in price for the dance will Im made. The admiss(ion will be 25 cents a person and , may be paid at the door. Although it was first announced that no tickets would be sold in advance, a number were sold last evening and today to guarantee the expense of the Fort Wayne band. An invitatibn to the Democrats | of the state was extended by John H. Heller and Mayor Arthur R. i I Holthouse at the Democratic gathering held in French Lick last week-end. Invitations were issued this I week to Democrats of surrounding counties. ' Two years ago the victory dance ' was held on election night, but , , many of the members of the club found this unsatisfactory as they | wished to hear radio and leased wire returns on the election in other counties and states. o Scholastic Society Honors Local Girl Word was received here this morning from the Denison University office of publicity that Miss Martha Calland. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Ca'and, was a , guest Wednesday of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter of Denison, where i she Is a student. A»s a newly elected member of the Phi Socie’y, freuhman scholastic honorary. Mies Palland is one of 34 to be so honored , in the university. JAMES MURPHY TO HEAD CYO Local Catholic \ outh Organization Selects Officers Officers for the Catholic Youth . Organization of Decatur were i elected at the organization meet- ; ing held in the Decatur Catholic high school last evening. The program for the year was l outlined by those in charge. James Murphy was named president of the organization. Miss Fern Bierly was elected vice-presl-' dent; Mary Margaret Voglewede. secretary, and John Schurger, treasurer. Approximately 75 young men and ' women, between the ages of 16 and 30, who make up the CYO group, were in attendance. Os that number 28 enrolled in the volley bal land basketball activities for the year and 20 enrolled in the dramatic wont. ( The officers will meet next Monday night to select their commit--1 tees for the year. The committees to be appointed include athletic, cultural, social and religious. Father Mooney Speaks Father Vincent Mooney. C.S.C., diocesan director of CYO, with headquarters in Fort Wayne, and a national character in youth work gave the feture address of the evening. Father Mooney, who is connect- ' ed with the national youth council of Catholic men in Washington. D. C., has traveled extensively throughout the United States, oiganizing youth groups. The subject of his address was “Leadership.” Himself a personal friend of the late Knute Rockne, the speaker chose the life of the famed coach as an example in presenting to the young people an ideal to follow throughout life. Father Mooney displayed the prayer book of Rockne which was saved from the ill-fated crash, in PAGE SIX) — Holiness Association Will Meet Next Sunday The monthly meeting of the Adams County Holiness Association will be held at the Antioch church four miles west of Decatur Sunday ( afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The . Rev. Vernon Riley of Monroe will be the epeaker and the public is I cordially invited to attend.

As President Honored War Dead •A- - "* 1 ■ . ■ i K ' : hfcsW Li WM I IIbK ISWifcK. c : ' i J ' VIW i : Impressive Armistice Day rites In the historic national cemetery at Arlington, Va.. were marked by ceremonies at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, above, in which President Roosevelt and General John ( J. Pershing participated. Pershing is shown decorating the memorial with a wreath.

BANOUETHELD | LAST EVENING Armistice Day Observance Closes With Banquet, Dance One hundred persons gathered at tlie American Legion home Wednesday evening for a banquet climaxing Adams post's observance of the 18th anniversary of Armistice Day. The meeting was confined to members of the Legion, the auxiliary ana their invited friends. Dinner was served by the auxiliary, directed by Mrs. Waite- Gladfelter and Mrs. Joe Colchin- ► -Wlffltrtti’ r»mqtTt»r otit « a»-«M*nga were sung under tee direction of Elmo Smith, with Mrs. Ralph Roop as the acccompaniet. Guests at the banquet included’ Emanuel Levy of Fort .Wayne, national junior commander of the Order of Purple Heart; and Captain Mauer, chaplain of all CCC camps in Indiana. Botli of these men spoke! briefly. Following the banquet, the ob-i servance closed with a dance, with Ed Coffee's orchestra furnishing the music. Members of the general commit(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O

R. Earl Peters To Address Rotarians R. Earl Peters, state director of the federal housing administration, will speak at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club this evening at the Rice Hotel. Mr. Peters, a native of Decatur, will explain how the FHA has stimulated home building in the state. A. D. Suttles will be chairman of the meeting. DEATH CLAIMS MRS. WM. COOK Mrs. William Cook Dies Wednesday Night At Hospital Mrs. William Cook, aged 47, resident of Decatur until a few months ago, died at the Adams county memorial hospital Wednesday night at 10:30 o’clock. Death was caused by heart trouble, shortly after she had been removed to the hospital from hethome near the state line. The deceased was born in Van Wert county, Ohio, the daughter of Nathan and Fannie Myers Gause. July 18, 1889. The father is still living there. The deacesed moved here 28 years ago, after her marriage to William Cook, local blacksmith. She is survived by 15 children. One is deceased. The children are: Mrs. Adam Johnson, Lester, Virgil, Rosa, Mrs. Clifford Hess, Ray, Willis. Wilbur, Betty, Dale, Albert, William, Jr.. Eugene and Isabelle, all of Decatur, and Mrs. Harold Hirschy, of Geneva. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Jacob, Fred, Lola and Ray Gause, all of Columbia City and Cecil Nelson, of DeI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 12, 1936.

Additional Red Cross Workers Are Announced Mrs. Amos Ketchum, captain of the first ward Red Cross roll call, announces the following workers, Mrs. Charlie Lose, Miss Marcella Williams, Miss Ruth Cook and | Lester Johnson. Mrs. Chester Mclntosh's workers are Maxine Martin, Jeanette Winnes, Jeanette Christen, and Mrs. Lawrence Green. Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth's workers are Mrs. S. E. Shamp. Mis. Fred Mills. Mrs. Leo Kirsch, Miss Matilda Sellemeyer and Miss Grace Lichtensteiger. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp's workers are Mrs. Frank Crist and Mrs. Burl Johnson. FREE CANNING DEMONSTRATION Home Economics Clubs Sponsor Demonstrations In County Canning demons'rations will be sponsored in Adams county again this year by the home economics chibs. As in the past no charge will lie made for the schools. , Mrs. Dorothea M. Potts, of the I educational department of Ball

i Brothers company, of Muncie will I conduct the demonstrations. il Mrs. Potts hs familiar to many of 1 the ladies of the county, having con- - 1! ducted schools here in the past. She ■ is a home economics graduate of 1 North Central college at Naperville, 1 j Illinois, where she later served as i an assistant instructor in the chem- . istry department, specializing in ■ ; food chemistry. ■I Later she joined the extension ■ service of Indiana, working out of Purdue University as a nutrition specalist and home demonstration i agent. She is the author of several imI portant bulletins on foods, among ' which are: "Cereals for F00d....; “Eggs for Food”; “Meat for Food”, ‘ and “Desserts.” WmShe has also written many newsJ paper and magazine articles on the ’ preparation of economical foods. I The schedule for the tree canning l demonstrations is: Jefferson high school, November J 16, 1:15 p. nt. Hartford high school. November : 17. 1:15 p. m. Decatur high school. November I 18, 1:15 p. m. Monmouth auditorium, November i 13, 1:15 p. m. Geneva high school, November 20, 1:15 p. m. i Large crowds are expected to at- ' tend these schools. Mrs. Potts is re--1 turning at the demand of the ladies who attended her chools last spring. o i Armies Os World At New High Figures i Geneva, Nov. 12 ' —(UP) — The , world’s arms race is at a record , figure with more than two million , 1 more men under arms today than at I' the start of the war, the league of ■ : nations secretariate estimated. The I estimate placed the total armies of ■' the world at eight 8,200,000 men ‘i ready and trained for combat, ex--1 eluding semi-military forces such as ; the Nazi storm troop and Italian black shirt militia

JOHNS. MDSES I ' j BURIED TODAY — Former Root Township Resident Buried Today In Chicago U | John S. Moses, 85. of Howe, for- ■ mer resident of Root township and ' twin brother of J C. Moses of this I , city, was buried todav in Chicago. : Mr. Moses was we'l known here.' He was a brother of Ed. S. Moses as well as J. C. Moses. Born in Carl i county. Ohio, he came to Adams county when a child, with liis parents. Mr. and Mrs- S. Moses. He spent lits youth and early manijood. in this county. He ieft Decatur to accept a position as engineer on the Pennsyl- |, vania railroad company. He was I retried after 35 years and since had lived in Howe, spending his i winters in Florida. His first wife, the former Miss Klttie Argo of Monroeville, to whom he was married in 1874, preceded him in death. He remarried ! | 12 years ago, and his widow sur-l '|Vives. There are two surviving- ’ children: Mrs. Grace Porter of Chi'icago and Mrs. Myrtle Maxwell of | Fort Wayne. He was a member of th" Presby- 1 1 terian church at Howe and had been I active in church work all his life. | He was also a member of the Odd Felows lodge. During the past two years, Mr. ’i Moses suffer' d from hardening or i the arteries and high b'ood pleasure ’I with a heart affliction, gradually , ’l weakening until death came Mon- , I day. Funeral services were held in ' i Howe. Wednesday, with the Howe | Presbyterian churcn pastor offiJ'ciatlng. i J. C. and Ed S. Moses attended I I the services Wednesday. i l l o SCOUTSOBSERVE ARMISTICE DAY Decatur Boy Scouts Hold Armistice Day Observance — . Decatur Roy Scout Troops held an Armistice Day observance at . , the Decatur high school Wednesday evening. Forty-eight scouts took part in the opening ceremony and gave their pledge of allegiance to the , ' flag of the United States. Gamce , were played under the direction of , scoutmaster Harry Daily and instructions in foot drill and calls 'ithenics were given by Bryce Thomas. Ed Jaberg, scoutmaster of the I American Legion troop, introduced ' , W. Guy Brown, who told many | interesting experiences about the J first Armistice Day celebration in I Decatur. j All scouts joined in singing war 1 1 songs under the leadership of ; Fred Kirsch. They were also '| entertained by several special Ji duets and quartets composed of | scouts and leaders. 1 i An eats committee composed of ’I Bill Hunter, Fred Carson and Guy i Koos, had a sack of fresh buttered i, popcorn ready for each scout at I the close of the meeting.

TRACTION CARS COLLIDE, ONE PERSON KILLED Two Cars Collide Head On; Motorman Dies, Two Persons Hurt Pershing, Ind., Nov. 12. —W.R)— One person was killed and two others were injured seriously today when two Indiana railroad interurban cars collided at a switch near . East Rivertown. William Grandenson. New Castle,! age 35, motorman on an eastbound car running between Indian-! apolis and Richmond, was crushed to death when thrown from hie cab under the wheels of a west bound interurban. Miss Martha Thompson. Cam-|-bridge City, and Harold Ramey, motorman on the westbound car,! were injured. They were taken to a dotor’s office at Cambridge City for emergency treatment. Ten or 12 other passengers on the two cars were shaken up con-, siderably by the impact, but none was considered in serious condition. They were given first aid 1 treatment at the scene and later | removed to Cambridge City for doctor's care. According to the dispatcher at Cambridge City, the wreck occurred when Grandeson wa« unable to slow down his car because of the slippery rails caused by a heavy! frost. The westbound car was waiting ' on the main line, and Grandeson had orders to go on the siding. He was unable to stop his car. however, before he passed the Manual switch and crashed into the waiting interurban. , I The eastbound car was damaged badly, the entire front end being torn out. WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature. — o—

CUT ON HIDDEN TAXES PLANNED Tax Experts To Recommend Elimination Os Some Taxes (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Washington. Nov. 12. — (U.Rz — A slash in the “hidden" tax load on the American public will be recommended to congress by administration experts studying tax law revision, it was learned today. Tentative recommendations developed after three months study will include elimination of certain “nuisance" taxes where the cost of collection virtually counterbalances the revenue involved. A list of these levies, abolition or reduction of which will be urged, is not yet complete. However, it was learned that the admissions tax, sporting goods levy, cosmetics tax, and tax on club dues are among those likely to be changed. Treasury tax experts and agents of the congressional joint committee on internal revenue taxation have been working on these problems under a mandate from Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgen-, thau, Jr., and chairman Pat Harrison and Robert L. Dougton of the senate and house tax sponsoring committees. Most so-called nuisance taxes expire June 30. They brought in $382,652,000 during the last fiscal year. The administration and congressional tax experts have been working on possibilities of eliminating “inequities or unnecessary administrative difficulties" as proposed by Morgenthau. President Roosevelt emphasized his stand at his last press conference when he indicated that no new taxes would be asked but that changes in tax laws wosld be proposed to congress. Controversial taxes in the last tax law, including the corporate surplus lax, are expected to remain until tested out. The same is true of social security act levies. Any changes urged upon congress. first by the house ways and fCONTTNItWn ON PAGE FOTTR) o Andrews Farm Home Destroyed By Fire The farm home of True Andrews, former Adams county resident, now living near Osssian, wae completely destroyed by fire laat Tuesday evening. An outbuilding was also destroyed.

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JAMES A. FARLEY TALK PRAISED John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Praises Election Night Talk New York, Nov. 12 — (II.R) — Democratic national chairman James A. Farley's radio address after midnight Nov. 3 was. in the opinion of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., one of the "most statesmanlike utterances made on either ! side during the entire campaign." Rockefeller, who contributed to Gov. Alfred M. Landon’s campaign, made this known in a letter to Farley, written as “one citizen to another," and made public today at national Democratic headquartj ers. The letter, dated Nov. 7. follows. “As one citizen to another I want to give myself the satisfaii lion of telling you that I think the radio talk which yon made after midnight on election night, as reported in ‘The Sun.’ was one iof the most statesmanlike utterances made on either side during the entire campaign. “Such words as these —‘We may look forward to four yeans of uninterrupted effort to accomplish the completion of economic recovI ery. of industrial welfare and of ' permanent establishment of real liberty in the United States.’ and 'no American need have any fear lof the future. Franklin D. Roose- ; velt's mission is to see that all 'of us have a square deal.' and. 'I know that all who hear these i words will join me in the hope, the scars of this great political battle will soon be healed.’ Such j words as these, I say, coming from

j you. will go a long way toward inspiring confidence and bringing about the cooperation of all citii irrespective of party, in I ’ dealing with the many problems so vital to our national life that confront us as a people. Your statement exemplifies the finest I kind of sportsmanship. I congratulate yon on it.” Farley replied on Nov. 11: “Your letter of Nov. 7th. addressed to me at Washington, has I just come to my attention this morning. I do not know of a,uy letter I have received since my election that gave me greater i pleasure than yours. It was very J 1 kind and generous of yon to write |me and I am indeed grateful. “I called your office this morn- ' ing in the hope 1 might secure your permission to make your letI ter public before leaving on the Normandie this afternoon, because I feel that your letter would have u helpful effect on the country. I \am going to have my secretary keep in touch with your office tCONTWTJEP ON PAGE FIVE) I o WAR PROFITS MENACE PEACE 'Senator Nye Outlines Drastic Neutrality Program New York. Nov. 12 —(UP) —Citing war profits an the major treat of American participation in a foreign war, Sen. Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the senate munition committee outlined a program of draste neutrality and peace legistlation I to be submitted to tlje next congress last night. Speaking at an Armistice Day rally at Madison Square Garden un- , cer the auspices of the emergency peace campaign and more than 70 labor unions hie neturality proposI als were: ■ 1. Forbid the sale of munitions by . Americans to any nation engaged tn . war. 2. In other fields of commerce Jet warring nations transport in their ■ own vessels goods bought from the I United States and let American shippers carry them at their own risk. e alda e 3. Forbid loans or credits by Americans to nations at war. ! 4. Refuse protection to Americans who travel on the vessels of na- , tious at war in war zones. ' Nye proposed a war profits bill • which would, upon the declaration ■ of war by the United States, fix > income taxes so high that unusual profits would be impossible.

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! Fierce Cannonade Opened By Both Sides; Report 1,000 Rebel Soldiers Trapped In City. > ATTEMPT SORTIE (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Madrid. Nov. 12. (U.PJI— A heavy artillery barrage locked Madrid and its environs today as govern* inent and nationalist batteries re* : turned a fierce cannonade. With rain and poor visibility preventing the powerful aviation forces of either side from operating, the leftist artillery began ■ shelling the insurgent positions on almost the entire Madrid front, the , nationalists quickly responding and concentrating on the government , batteries. Loyalist militiamen trapped I,* 000 picked nationalist storm troops . in the western part of the city today and expected to annihilate them. Moors and foreign legionnaires, the nationalist soldiers, tried ;l desperate sortie into the heart oB the city. In the night they filtered through the upper slopes of the Casa Del . Campo park on Madrid’s west side and managed to cross the Manzanares river near the Franceses bridge. A secretly strengthened militia i line was electrified to find the . enemy approaching. Militiamen be- ' gan a quiet enveloping movement I and. opening fire, stopped the nationalists. The Moors and legionnaires tried to retreat and apparently got back I across the bridge into the park. But here, it was asserted, they ■ were to all effect surrounded and , it was believed all were doomed. I This maneuver was made publiq (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

FEED DEALERS GATHER HERE 1,000 Dealers From Six States Inspect Local Plants Approximately 1,000 Master Mix feed dealers from five states inspected the plants of the McMillen Feed Mills. Central Soya company and the Central Sugar company, this morning. The vanguard of the group arrived in Decatur last evening, taxing the hotel capcity of the city to its limits. One representative brought 27 car loads of salesmen and an* other 13. After the hotel and tour, ists rooms were filled, it was necessary to send several ear loads to Fort Wayne for the night. The tour of the McMillen plants here began early this morning and continued until about 11 o’clock, when the last of the visitors had arrived. It was necessary to serve tho noon dinner at the Fort Wayno community center as no organiza- , tion here could accomodate tho crowd. This afternoon an exceptionally I good program of entertainment and education was presented in the Catholic Community center. Dusty Miller, Ohio newspaper editor and lecturer spoke to the crowd. Joe Seabold of Bluffton led the singing. An orchestra • from radio station WOWO furnish* ' ed the music. While the pictures of the groups ■ were being taken this morning, it was leraned that six states. Indi- ■ ana. Illinois. Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania were rep- ' resented. Salesmen were present ■ from ae distant a point an Philadel- ' phia. i o Many New Telephones Are Being Installed Officials of the Citizens Telephone company stated today that . many new phones are being installed in homes on the exchange. A total of 81 new phones have been placed by the company emL ployes since November 2. This has been attributed to the fact that the company has discontinued installation charges un--1 til November 30 and that the ■ patrons are anxious to have their names listed in the new directory, 1 which will be published the first i of the year. All persons, whoso : names or addresses have not been (listed correctly are asked to call the office and correct the listing,