Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1936 — Page 1

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; JTTSCH ALK IS IE-APPOINTED JO COMMITTEE ■>i ■ me Senator Is Re-Ap-Qei! To State Bud--7 [ get Committee RL 16 U.R' A bminittee which may the most extensive buildUn foi Indiana institnscent history was aplay by Gov. Paul V. Melt -3 M, ■,!. v | k Inmcrat. Leino, and 1. JX ■ i;. publican. HuttlM, minted. , base l-Ui.-t j , .... || • MB»» I s, | jHL ■ J ;lI) BSw l '' 1 1 etiting font- days ■lZw i Er-skJ', has made no public i 1- * ■ ■■ ■'»" iW b !'£■& ' ■ " ,?!A ■'Ea- • ■ "'hi' ! > ' l; . ,K'b ■ -'LI :'•■'■ |EW ••■tin. a!lo.» of the state prison at Ayjßcity. the state hospitals It hmnli'l I. : It>een called to confer innan, state budget irrow. Wayne school has 1 ely alloted $250,000 dormitories and a but work has been i attempt to obtain ir the project, committee will hold .ing later this week nd Gottschalk is exreelected chairman. Officials yance Os Funds Nov. 16 — (UP) ials today professed iny proposal whereby tatee would advance i France. ost Will Id District Meet h post number S 2 el the It Legion w’.il be host to I the fourth district Friday, br 20. A business meeting he'd at post headquarters k> 5 p. m. Piquet will be held at the [community center at 6 o'plowed by a special time at bdquarters starting at 8 The afternoon meeting will legionnaires only, while the program will also be open |ers of the auxiliary and adie men. ? FLURRIES, )LDER WEATHER low Flurries Fall in Decatur sr Week End, Bringing Low Temperatures enow flurries Saturday d Sunday fell upon the city first time this season, acted by a marked drop in ture. Uy dropping with the advent colder winds and snow, the ture reached an unofficial u °f 22 degrees above zero, t o clock this morning the reading was 24 above. :S B^B es an,i filling stations' did ’arge amount of bust,hp week-end, filling car B»d ■ n W ' t!l anti ’freeze solutions J , ® rwise preparing them ■■ 'he cold weather. 1 fceith Wl>at * ler man predicts fair ■m s X anri risin B temperatures for

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Faces Nazi Wrath . :>«JB - Eastern society learned with amazement that Harry Rooth. Ger man “noblemaji" and World War “hero” is an ordinary sailor ami is being held in New York for deportation. Rooth is said to fear I return to Germany where he would have to face Nazis whom lie Claimed he had once jajled. WOMAN HURTiF ACCIDENT HERE Mrs. Raymond Voglewede Injured As Two Autos Collide Mrs. Raymond Voglewede, of near \ this city, sustained painful injuries Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, when i the ear in which she was riding was struck by an auto driven by Frank P. Pick tt of Berne. Mrs. Voglewede suffered severe scalp lacerations, possible fracture of three or four ribs and a badly bruised right hip. She was taken to the office of a local physician, where the injuries were treated. The accident occurred a the intersection of Adams and Tthirteenth streets, when Clement Lengerich, driver of the car in which Mrs. Voglewede was riding was struck by the Pickett auto as Lengerich was I about to make a left turn. Both cars were considerably datn- ' aged, the Lengerich auto having the I entire one side almost completely demolished. Mrs. Voglewede was 1 the only one to sustain injuries. — o— Former Resident Given Promotion Charles Keller, a former resident of Decatur, who bus been employed as the general Fat'd master ' of the Wabash railroad company » In Fort Wayne, has been promoted to the position of train in ; spec-tor. according to word receivi ed here. The promotion took ef- ' feet this morning. MOOSE PLANNING ? LADIES NIGHT l Moose Lodge To Entertain Ladies At Home Tuesday Night » — i Adams lodge 1311, Loyal order ot • Moose will entertain the ladies ot the order Tuesday night in the lodge home on North Second street. A dance and card party will be ’ held at the lodge, starting at 8 or clock, with light refeshments serv- - ed to those present. t The entire lodge will be thrown open to the members and their lat dies. At a smi'iar event recently > held, the rooms of the home were 1 filled to overflowing Committees, other than the offics ere. have been appointed tor the evening. The entertainment commit--1 tee is comprised of John Loehe and - Brice Roop. The refreshment comr mittee is Joe Burnett, Charles Mor t gan and Peck Templin. 1 j All members, with their wives and : sweethearts, are urged to attend, r Committee members and officers r are asked to be in attendance al. ;an early hour.

FAVORS HIGHER INTANGIBLE TAX Indiana Farm Bureau To I rge Legislative Changes Indianapolis, Nov. bl. (U.R) Doubling of th'- tax on intangibles and elimination of the "emergency" (lans'- from the property tax limitation law were seen today as major legislative recommendations of the Indiana farm bureau's tl.ubti. members. Revival of the, agricultural adjustment act or a soil conservation program reaching the same ends may be another topic of the session. .M. Clifford Townsend, governorelect, is a former executive of the farm bureau and is expected to. give sympathetic consideration to most of its recommendations. Resolutions incorporating the two tax proposals are to be offered the farm bureau members when tiny gather livre Wedm-sdy for tin- opening of their annual threeday convention. They are given better than an even chance for adoption. The convention also is expected to lie offered resolutions proposing moditictaion of the gross inerne tax law and enactment of a net income tax. Opinions of mem bets on those two proposals report- ! edly follow party lines —with Republicans favoring both. r Revenut losses incurred in rei during property tax rates arbitral'- . ily to $1 on each SIOO valuation in rural areas and $1.50 in cities I would be offset partially by the in- - creased intangibles tax rate, according to proponents of the plan. At the same time, they argue, it would result in a more equitable distribution of the tax load. Listing elimination of the “emergency" clause as the first thing ' which would be recommended to ' the 1937 legislature. M. E. Schenck. Roone county, a vice president of the farm bureau, explained the .'equalization of burdens as follows: "At the present time a farmer with a horse worth SIOO may pay $2 in tuxes for that burse while, the holder of an intangible—as a • SIOO note- pays but 25 cents. . "You can hide a note but you' ! you can't hide a horse." Proponents of the plan estimate local communities would lose S2O,fCOXTTNUED OX PAGE TWO) , o ANTON ZUERCHER DIES SUDDENLY 1 Prominent Monroe Township Farmer Drops Dead This Morning Anton Zuercher 80, well known . Adams county farmer, dropped dead cf a heart attack near the barn ot ’ his farm home three miles east ot I! me in Monroe township at 9 o'clock this morning. The body was found by tho widow. 1 Mr. Zuercher was Lorn in Switzerland, September 27, 1856, and moved i to this country with his parents in 1565. On January L 1884 he was married to Elizabeth Muhlethaler at Reaver Dam, Ohio. The couple moved to Adams county more than 50 years ago and lived here since. 11,- wan a prominent member ot the Berne Reformed church, having been a deacon there for the last | 16 years ■ Considering hin age it was believ- ' ed that he was enjoying good i health. He is survived by the widow and three children: Fred of Richmond; Mis. Clark Landis of Markle and Mrs. Paul Habegger of Monroe. ' There are no brothers or sietere. Funeal services will he held at 1 p. m. Wednesday a* the home and at 2 p. tn. at the Berne Reformed t church. The Rev. Calvin Schmidt, t pastor of the church, will officiate. , Burial will be made in the M. A. E. cemetery at Berne. . —o Change Managers At Local Store 1 D. D. Mollenkopf. manager of • the McCormick-Deering store here, ‘ since its establishment two years ago, resigned today to accept a position as representative in the ’ sajes department of the McCor- ' niick-Deering company for six ’ counties. 1 Woodrow Wilson, well known in ' this city, became manager of the '■ store, effective today. Mr. Wilson for the last year was in the sales 1 department of the McCormick- . Deering company. He was assoj elated in the i epoJr department of t the Decatur store tor the first J jvur of its location in this city. '

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 16, 1936.

Jackie Heller Is Injured Saturday Jackie Heller, youngest son of Mr. an,| Mtv. Dick Heller of Indlamipo i lie, knows what It is to "fly through iio- air with tin- greatest of casi. hut also Known it's not so easy to hind With ids dad and lim brother Dh k lio wav. cn route here from, ilnd . ianupolis for a visit with his grand parenix. He was riding tn tin- rear si ut of the ear and attempted to lock the door while tho car was traveling south of Redkey. It flew open no fast that Jack (utapulted through, lit on tho pavement in front of a. truck, slummed right on across a. ditch and into a field. Ilf was badly bruised about Um head, hands and legs but was in good spirits when they got here, after treatment by a Red Key physician and Is recovering nicely, according to word i from Indianapolis, where be returned Saturday evening. GOVERNORSMEET IN CONFERENCE Social Security Chief Topic At 20th Annual Conference St. Louis, Mo„ Nov. 16—<(J.R) — The twentieth annual governors’ conference opened today with social security overshadowing all other discussion topics. Twenty-one chief executives or their representatives sat at the first round-table talks and heard Vincent A. Miles of the federal social security board predict “all of the states will have unemployment compensation laws within the very neaj- future" After opening remarks by Gov. Guy B. Park of Missouri, official host, and Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, chairman of the confer ence. Miles spoke to the state government heads on “cooperative federal-state progress towajd social security." Declaring the governors bad “without exception backed up the j commission reports regardless of ■ polities,” Miles said "it has nowcome to be recognized that there' i is an absolute need for an orderly, sympathetic, ajid equitable system iof prot acting workers who become unemployed through no fault of their own." Miles said the states had made "notable progress" since the social security act was passed by congress last year. Almost 7,500,000 workers are now protected by unemployment eompensa.tion lawhe said. “If a system of unemployment compensation iiad been in operation in this country during the years from 1922 to 1933." said Miles, “a 3 per cent contribution tax would have resulted in total collections of approximately SB, 746.000,000. “The unemployment compensation fund would have enabled the states to pay benefits amounting 'to approximately s6s,OOO.iioM l| o". he estimated. The first day of the three-day confei-ence was to conclude with a sight-seeing tour of St. Louis and a dinner tonight with the visitors as guests of the St. Louis chajnlier of commerce. Tomorrow the governors are scheduled to board a special train for Jefferson City, the state capital, to continue the session. Tho conference will conclude in Kan-; sas City, Wednesday. _____o SOCIAL BLANKS DISTRIBUTED Postoffice Distributing Social Security Blanks Today Postmaster Phil L. Macklin and his post office force began their: second largest distribution job this morning, that of distributing social security blanks to employers. The other occurred in mid-sum-mer, when the distribution of the soldiers' bonus bonds was made. Delivery of the form to the employer was to be made today, or as soon thereafter as possible. All but those who are self-employed, railroad employes under the carriers taxing act, agricultural labor, domestic service or in the army or navy are to be included under the law. Following the return of this blank to the postmaster, each employe will receive a blank, which he will be required to fill out and return to the postmaster. These forms will be given to the employer, who will in turn give them to his employes. All employers are to fill out the i I blanks.

UNION SERVICE THANKSGIVING Protestant Churches Plan I’nion Service; Also For Schools i - . i Thanksgiving Protmtanf shiv- ’ fees for Wednesday. November 27 1 at 7:30 o'clock, were unnoum-ed i today by the interchurch lommlti toe of the Decatur mini (torial • association. , Wednesday afternoon, November . 25, the services will be held in . schools and churches for the i school children. Wednesday evo- ! nlng. November 25, union Protestant services will he ((inducted in the United Brethren church at 7:30 o'clock. Services for the schools will be • held at about 1 30 o’clock after which. Walter J. Krick, superin- ; tendent of tho publie schools, has i lannounced classes will be disi missed for the remainder of the , week for the annual Thanksgiving I vacation The Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor ’ of the United Brethren church, will preside over the union serv ices at that church on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The sermon will be -preached by i tho Rev. M. Prugh, pnstor of the Zion Reformed church. Other Decatur ministers will take part i' in the services. Music will lie furI nislied by the United Brethren choir and orchestra. The schedule of Thanksgiving - services in tho schools is: High school pupils, in the high school building, address delivered by the Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor of the Evangelical church. Central school pupils, in the Baptist church, tlie Rev. Homer J Aspy, pastor of the church spea.k- . ing. North ward pupils, in the Zion Reformed church, the Rev. Georg-- (). Walton, pastor of the Pr ■ by terian church, speaking. West ward pupils, in the United Brethren church, witli the Rev. IL R. Carson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, prem-hing . the sermon South ward pupils, in the Evangelical church, witli the Rev. H |W. Frajiklin. pastor of the United Brethren church, delivering the nddress. Churches were selected witli tile (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) PLAN FLASHER AT CROSSING Nickel Plate To Install Flasher At High Street Crossing John L. DeVoss, city attorney, was notified today that the Nii-lo 1 Plate railroad will install flashers at the High street crossing. At the request of a number of the residents in the homesteads addition the signal light* were requested from the railroad. Jt was stated in the petition that the locution of 48 families on tho project has increased the peas! bilities of accidents at Hie cross ing. The following letter was received today by Attorney DeVoss from O. Pierei . superintendent of the CloverlcaJ' division of tlx- Nickel Plate railroad company “I am glad to be able to udvisr , yon that we have authority for the installation of flashing light sig najs at High street. Decatur, In diana. and signals will lie installed in a reasonable length of time “You understand that we have to order the material and that we have a large number of installations of this kind at various places in tho district. 1 am unable i to give you an approximate time | of installation, but it will be taken care of." o Priests Visit In Decatur Today Rev. Father Joseph E. Hauz. Pit. D„ and Rev. David W. Ryan, both of Brother Dutton's school, Beloit. Wis., visited here a few hours today with Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz and Rev. Father Joseph Hennes. Father Hanz was on his way to Marietta, Ohio, to attend the Northwest territory celebration commission meeting which will be held there Tuesday. Governor Paul V. McNutt, representing Indiana, will also attend. Father Hanz is secretary of the commission, receiving his appointment from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Sister Superior ot the school of St. Jude’s parish, Beloit, is Sisiier Mary Grace, formerly Miss KatliI rine Holthouse of this city

WILLIAM GREEN I ATTACKS LEWIS , LABOR POLICY A. F. Os L. President Denounces John Lewis Rebellion i Convention Hull, Tumpa, Fla,, Nov. 16 —(U.R) —President William Groe-n denounced the John I. '' Lewi* rebellion in stinging words I Irefore the- American federation of ‘.labor convention todity but added 'an appeal for the insurgents to ■' “come back and let us fight out I I our differences in democratii. 1 - manly fashion.” Almost S(H) delegates gathered ‘in the flag-f< stooned municipal '' aiulitorium as the (-'invention met ■ to hear Presid' ut William Green's 1 keynote addix-s* ami tackle a ’ heavy business schedule topped ‘.by tho internal battle over forma- : tion of Lewis' insurgent commit tee for industrial organization. The domimutt craft union lend ■ ors. spurred by an expulsion tesolution introduced by President ' John P. Frey of the metal tradi-s, sought to revoke the charters of ' 10 — ami possibly more — unions 1 which defied the A. F. of L. council by joining the ('. I. O. uni 1 working for om- big- union in each industry as contrasted to cratt 1 union policy. Expulsion would mean the loss of proliably a third of the tedera.t ion'si 3.400,000 members and would I 1 formally oi>en a union wab in ; 1 which Lewis would have some i 1.500.000 members in his organization. ' Opposed to -the expulsion movement was a I locos pro Lewis delegates, but they were over-. shadowed by powerful tactions which oppose the C I. O. hut would not go as far as to revoke the rebel charters. This moderate faction, which appeared to be bolding the upper band, included Green, Matthew Woll. bead of the resolutions com - mittee; and Williajn Hutcheson, ixiwerful leader of tile (arpentevs and commander of one of the largest blocs of votes at the convention. Many believed the convention - would merely confirm the action of tlie council in suspending the rebel unions and then give tlie council power io expel them a' some later <tate if no settlement i is achieved. Wage Increases Pittsburgh. Nov 16 — (U.R) I Wage int-reases for most of the I nation’s 500.000 steel workers ' went into effect today and at the same time embroiled tlie industry I in one of its most bitter internal (CONTIN'tIED ON PAGE TWO) —-o Native Os Decatur Dies Os Injuries Funeral services were held late Saturday for Joseph Schairer, 82, native of Decatur, who died Friday. : as result of injuries suffered Mon-, - - day when he was hit by an auto. The deceastsl was born in Decatur on February 18, 1954 only a few months before his parents, John and Elizabeth Scharrer moved to Elkhart. Nearest living survivor* are two half sist i's. Mrs. Mary Ott. of Warsaw. New York and Mrs Catherine Cummins of Elkhorn. Wisconsin. Burial was made in Elkhart. _ o ——— ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVERS HELD I Two Mexicans Arrested Saturday Night For Drunken Driving Two Mexicans were arrested and lodged in the Adame county jail late Saturday night, as a result of alleged'y driving while intoxicated. August Hernandez was arrested when he drove down Second street shortly after midnight in a reckless i manner, striking two cars enroute. One of the autos belonged *o Lloyd Cowens, of this city. The second arrest wa* made when Pete Mendez of Venedocia, Ohio drove hid car around town in an inI toxicated condition, after he had been repeatedly warned by officers. Os the two Mendez was the only one able to coherently speak the English language. After first deny- 1 .' ing recognition of Hernandez, Men- .! dez finally admitted that they were . half-brothers. The arrest* were made by Policemen Floyd Hunter and Adrian Cotfee. Charges of drunken driving; ' were to be filed in city court this | i afternoon, Policeman Hunter elated ?

Nationalists Make Supreme Effort To Take Madrid Today

Tiny Custody Pawn 1 ibjl hA. ■ Si - \ ' •• Ruth Cowan (above). 3-year-old British subjeet. is tlie pawn in a pending Los Angeles custody battle Her aunt and uncle took Ruth to California after death of her mother. Now her father wants her back on his Saskiitcbi wan, Canada, ranch TRAFFIC TAKES TOLL OF LIVES Indiana’s De a t h Toll From Traffic Accidents Mounts Indianapolis, Nov. 16. —(U.R) -Tlie lives of nine persons were added to Indiana's mounting traffic accident death (oil- A «‘ore of others were injured in weex-end mishaps .Mis Paul Garrison. 53. (lalves- | ton. was killed ami her husband and another couple were injured when their ear was struck by a 1 Cincinnati Chicago passenger train at a crossing in Kokomo. The couple injured are Mr. and Mrs C. (1. Brockus, Galveston. Lamalt Goodnight. It*. Kempton. ' was killed instantly and Charles Partlow. 19. of near Tipton, was injured critically when their auto mobiles collided on a country 'road intersection near Tipton. Robert Fuess, 33. advertising manager of the Bloomington teleplume, was killed when a cat in which be was riding crashed into a concrete traffic signal post in Bloomington- Frederick Lampinen. Hancock. Mich., driver, suffered minor injuries. Walter It. Simmons. 58. Daytort, (), suffered a fatal heart attack while driving his car along U. S. toad 31 near Kokomo. His wjfe seized the wheel and brought the automobile to a stop. Bernard Drew. 20. Indianapolis, died from injuries suffered in a : collision in the city Saturday. Elmer J. Fechner. Shelbyville, was injured critically in the accident. William Sehwier, 73, Indianapolis, died from injuries suffered I Thursday when a taxicab struck his bicycle. Roma Jazmin, 50, and Joseph Jeswit. 45. were killed when they ■walked across U. S. road 31 near the entrance to St. Mary’s Academy near South Bend in the path of an automobile driven by Arthur C. Grebe. Jr.. South Bend. Both men were employed at the acad- | emy. o Pete Myers Suffers Fracture Os Wrist Pete Myers, of south of the city, sustained a fractured wrist Sunday, when he fell while climbing over a fence on his farm property. o . WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday; not so cold tonight, rising ' temperature Tuesday.

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Rebel Claim That Part Os City Captured Is Denied F r<> m Neutral Source; 150 Killed By Shells. HEAVY FIGHTING By Louis F. Keemlo (United Press Cable Editor) Tlie nationalists were making a supix-nie bid today for the i-itptnre | of Madrid. Tlie fate of the capital was in 'doubt. Tin- governmental defenders resisted witli a ferocity which matched Hi • fury of the attack and apparently authentic advices discounted nationalist claims of a great victory in which they occupied tho northwestern quarter of tlie city. An uncensoted telephone conversation with an unimpeachable ' neutral source in Madrid indicated thait the nationalists were not in tlie city, despite nationalist statement to the con'tiai-y. Nevertheless, news from Madrid ittielf showed that the defenders were hard pressed. If the nationalists were not actually in the city, they were drivim' ahead in its outskirts along tho western edge, aiming for (lie Montana barracks, the model prison, the north station, tlie national palace, and the Puerto Del Sol, center of the city. 150 Killed Madrid. Nov. 16 — (U.R) — Rebel planes and artillery rained more bombs and shells on Madrid today in the wa.ke of yesterday's bombardment in which 150. mostly women and children, were killed. Shells fell around the national palace near the center of the city today, causing more victims. Three insurgent bombing pianos flew over about 9:10 a m. and I bombed the outskirts. Bombs fell Inear University City and the ruins of Frenchman's bridge, which had been dynamited by the defenders to prevent the insurgents from crossing. Later seven insurgent tri-motor-ed bombers attacked University City. Government fighting planes brought down one of the bombers. Its pilot parachuted within tlie government lines Tlie entire rajd lasted only 15 minutes. The capital passed a sleepless night as artillery, machine guns, rifles and Irand grenades kept up an incessant barrage, beginning about Ba. m. Il was still in progress ul noon. (A sentence in this dispatch was censored here). Tile windows of the United States embassy, some distance from tile lower part of lite city, rattled continuously. The crackle of machine guns was audible nil night long south and west of thr> city. —o Berne Factory Is Slightly Damaged A fire threatening tlie Nussbaum novelty concern of Berne Saturdaynight, was extingutehed by mill room employee with only slight damage to the wiring system. Sparks from an overheated motor ignited fine sawdust particles, causing the explosion. CHILDREN PLAN ANNUAL BAZAAR Annual Bazaar Os St. Joseph’s School Next Monday, Tuesday The fourth annual children’s bagaar of St. Joseph’s will be held Monday ami Tuesday. November 23 and 24. As in the 'past all proceeds will be used for school purposes. During tho last two years the funds were used to paint the class rooms and corridors. Suppers will be served each evening from 5 to 7 o'clock by the ladies of the parish. Entertainment will bo furnished the crowd through games and merchandise stands. The public is invited to attend tha bazaar and supper. The committee in charge today expressed its appreciation of the cooperation offered the bazaar in the past,