Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1936 — Page 1

No. 283.

«CF ALIGNS M ENGLAND jOII AGGRESSOR lne< <olidl> Witb Brit ‘ fsin: Loyalists Are I IReinforced ■ M; Unit'*'! ims in ■ siiuution. '! " ri ‘' l ‘ reinforcell Kg ti. ir. nationalist at-j ... I.mni'li $7'10,000.1H’ 11 B£. pnfciain. "W„ <sjCO . Assistant aviation B> eB X. [.,... . .nil' il tn inc Kembar 7 or 14 on Madrid govappeal against aid to ( fcsrdfts. expected jßilgts Lai 11.1' I glrilion pact; ( ./.'-d Vtliiopian con1 ifcs!. ,|p Bganst Aggressor LHbnw IW,! liv C|litPd Press ' .-Eris, Xm •’■" <U.R) Fratu ' -JLdeefd ■! to alien herself solidly "Kft Grim l.rittun against any to back her (JeKonWth a s7ihi,ooo,ooo navy was learned ' -mv-nt. adopting th" Kv British policy of "preventive ■uniag’f to nations that might be "Kptß to strike. authorized Keign minister Yvon Delbos to in the chamber of depnKt|Bl that any aggression would cause imof the land. aid. and navi 1 nv t»a<ju’ vtvgi ■k weather |JTS DECATUR Frost, Low e r HKperaturvs Greet This Morning frost ''ted the citizens of 111-' morning after warmer 'I i'ions had prevailed B*aßk degrees above hero at .in this morning, rising to at B n ral rule farmers agree la . degree of rainfall welcome, especially i-iliee am would make corn ■uskijß more favorable. Some atfact that light snow BcsK. fiu In protecting the wheat. I Appryimately three inches of ■reei>®tion during the month, an Etisuauil low amount, considering I tWjfrriNT’Kn ON PAGE STX) II Mt" -o MBa Boy Named I Champion I OB) Nov. 30—(UP)—An Ind- |™ 1 B r . 'Villard Brainbridge. 17. today was named nab tlo M®l ampion in the 4-H meat lanima! contest and the winer of a •1-W COMege scholarship. It was the r !s &Bnsecutive year that the agone to an Indiana club | faMr o — MHw * ' l!r c Decatur B Best Lighted [ City In Indiana I JBt Harbor. Michigan, is things, noted for its fruit market. It is one of its kind in th. ''S 'Velis, director of pnbli. I for the market, in a let A. R. Holthouse, paid Decatur a,nd stated it best lighted city 1 .^■jK' lK raph from Mr. Wells’ HMBeads: “Congratulations on * ,B ®k».vor of the best lighted jß| and I drove through your JHBKoute to South Carolina. 3||S[ us were impressed with lights and since have 1 on the fact that Deca- | its streets in a manner . do justice to a city t ßWlmes its size.’’ r L eCal ’ Ul is note d for its well 'Shteßstreetn, haying 700 orna- '■ !fl nt|s Street lights, including the MBtown system of twin 1,000 ( andls bower lights in the busi■ntrict.

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Pick F.D.R.’s Kin » < el I Settlement of the strike which forced suspension of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Aug. 13 waa co- ; incident with an announcement by | Owner William Randolph Hearst that John Boettiger. son-in-law of the president, would become editor. CHURCH MARKS ANNIVERSARY United Brethren Church Marks 12th Anniversary Sunday A large and enthusiastic attendance at the First United Brethren church Sunday commemorated the 12th anniversary of the new church. During the Sunday School session in the morning the attendance totalled 335. Glenn Hill, superintendent, delivereu the address of welcome. | The orchestra, supervised by Andres) Hilton and directed by Bernie Franklin, played at the morn-i ing session and presented a 20-' minute musical program at the opening of the afternoon services. The morning worship opened: with invocation by Otis Baker and scripture reading by the Rev. M. C. Crider, of Leitersford. C. J. Miner led in prayer. The Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor, presented Howard Wiseh\tipt, well known business analyst and chief speaker of the program. “Christianity and Business” was j the subject of the speaker, based on II Cor. 9:6-7, “He who soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly. Every man accordingly as he purposeth in his own heart so let him give, not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loveth a cheer-, ful giver.” At the close of the service, pledges for the fund to be used in redecorating and repairing the church in the sum of over $1,600 were taken. Approximately 200 attended the noon luncheon prepared by the ladies and ladies aid of i rmwTKTTFin nv pier 'vTTnERt o GEHRIG BLEEKE j BADLY BURNED Severely Burned About Eyes At Central Sugar Company Gehrig Bleeke, 33, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bleeke of route 5, Decatur, ie being treated by eye specialists in the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne as the results of severe burns sustained in an explosion at the Central Sugar company Sunday morning at about 5 o’clock. Mr. Bleeke was working with Will Keller of Sixth street at the time of the accident. The men were cleaning the coolers as a part of the annual overhauling of the plant after a campaign. Lime, used in processing, exploded, posibly caused by the introduction of moisture, which would have built up a pressure as it slacked. Mr. Bleeke sstained burns about the face, eyes and hands. He was rushed to the Adams county memorial hospital for preliminary treatment. At noon Sunday he was taken to the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. His condition at noon today was reported as "about the same”. The outcome is still in doubt. Mr. Keller sustained minor burns, which are not believed to be seriI OUS-

PARLIAMENT TO 1 BALK MARRIAGE British Parliament To Op- ’ t pose Marriage To Mrs. ( Simpson (Copyright 1936 by United Press) * London. Nov. 30 —(UP)—Sources < usually acquainted with the cabin-h e’’s activities said today that Prime 1i Minister Stanley Baldwin has in- 1] formed King Edward he can expect! no support from Government or!; Parliament for a possible marriage , i ! to Mrs. Wallis Simpson. This is reliably understood to be i the result of two dramatic secret i meetings which Baldwin had Friday ! shortly after a surprise cabinet 1 ' meeting. The first meeting was I with Clement Atlee, labor party | leader, the second with the King. The government viewed the situation as so delicate that all refer- ! ence to Baldwin's visit to the King! was omitted from the court circular, which customarily records such l visits automatically. It was understood that Baldwin’s meeting with Atlee established a I common front of conservative and ! labor parties on their attitude toward the friendship between the! King and Mrs. Simpson, and left no : doubt that the friendship had precipitated one of the most serious constitutional crises of modern . times. Significantly, and with veiled subtlety which undoubtedly leaves its. real meaning completely obscure to the ordinary reader, the leading editorial in the powerful newspaper times today suggests: “In any crisis that may arise, whether foreign or domestic . . . i the house of commons may well prove itself what the country has! often required at similar times during a long history but as seldom i been given—council of state which is able to demonstrate its solid

■ — | (CONTTNTTKD nN PAGE SIX) I G.E, PUNNING ANNUAL PARTY Annual G. E. Club Christmas Party To Be Held December 19 i The annual G. E. club Christmas I party will be. held Saturday, December 19. The party will be held at the Catholic school auditorium. ; starting at 7:30 p. m. The party, which is held annually for General Electric eni-i inloyes and their families, will be featured by special entertainment, with balloons, treats and gifts to be distributed. The program will be followed by a dance. Committees for the function are: j General Committee Bert Gage, chairman; E. W. Lankena-u, S. Bowsher, Lohnas j Mclntosh, Wm. Heim, H. Lenger-: ich, Chas. Langston, Ethel Tumbleson, Lorena Reppert, Ema Weiland. Dora Miller, Elsie Brunnegraff. Door and Ticket Committee I Warren Kleinknight, Waldo Eck-, rote, Clyde Beery, Chas. Miller, j Ticket Takers for Santa Leo Ulman, H. Cochran. ( Entertainment Committee Lorena Reppert. Mildred Acker,, Dora Miller, Ethel Tumbleson. Decorating Committee Solomon Lord, Cal Wait, Carl, I Smith, Leo Ulman, Alva Buffenbarger, Adam Schafer, B. Rabbit. I Ushers 1 Albert Fruchte, Albert Beery, [ Ray Moser, Frank Gillig. Packing Committee (Candy and Toys) Elsie Brunnegraff, Mildred Acker, Erna Weiland, Ethel Tumbleson. Hilda Gaunt, Ann Murtaugh, I Donald Gage, Mary J. Fritzinger, Fern Passwater, Tillman Gehrig, | Ida Potts, George Myers, Dora j Miller, Frank Bohnke, Ralph Roop, Mary K. Leonard, Carl Smith, S. Bowsher, Wm. Helm, Paul Rancher. Balloon Committee Alva Buffenbarger. Kenneth Eady, George Myers. Harry King, Dewey Neidigh. Fred Chronister. Gift Booth Committee Katherine Hyland, Fern Passwater, Elsie Brunnegraff. Mary J. Fritzinger, Ida Potts, Esther DeBolt, Agnes Nesswald, Lorena Reppert, Mary K. Leonard, Ruth Elzey. Sparks From Chimney Cause Slight Damage Sparks from a chimney caused a small blaze at the Enoch Eady resience on Short Sixth Street Sunday morning about 9 o'clock. Fire Chief . Charles Robenold estimated dam- | age at $5.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 30, 1936.

Electric Department Starts | Preparations For Christmas

Getting In tune with the Christ-1 mas season, workmen, of the electric department <rf the city light and power plant started this morning to string the colored lights in the up town business dis- : trfet. M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the plant, who is supervising the installation of the lights, stated that he hoped the- circuits could ■ be turned on Saturday night. The lights are being strung from post to post diagonally across Second street. Several hundred lights will light the district between Jefferson and Jackson streets. Lights will also be placed on First and Monroe streets and at other points where connections can be made. Ornamental holly wreaths with small electric lights burning in

ADAMS COUNTY TAXES LOWERED This County Is One Os 48 In State To Have Lower Taxes Adams county is one of 48 in | the state in which net decreases will be made in total taxes for ' 1936, payable in 1937, according to figures released today 'by the InI diana taxpayers wsociation. The net decrease in the county will be $25,255.69, a reduction of 5.1 per cent. Taxes levied for 1935 payable this year amount to $488,507.39 as compared to the I 1936 taxes payable in 1937 of I $463,251.70. The association reports tha.t despite the necessity for putting the provisions of the new social . i i— i« nil i

I security laws In operation in all | of Indiana’s 92 counties next year, | i the net increase in property taxes to be collected in 1937 was held to $1,111,330.39. The increase in property taxes authorized for the state in 1935 i and collected this year, was $4,- | I 764,575. The property tax increase i j for next year would have been $10,181,234 had the advertised i budgets been approved without I reductions. Property ta.xes levied and final- [ ly fixed for 1936 payable in 1937 i iin Adams county are: advertised i $492,040.93; final, $463,251.70, a| decrease of $28,789.23. Property taxes levied and finally fixed for 1936 payable in 1937 ; lin Indiana are: advertised. $106.-; 614,166.81; final, $97,544,263.16. a 1 decrease of $9,069,903.65. Harry Miesse, executive secre-; (ary of the association, pointed out that appeals to the state board of tax commissioners resulted in reductions over the stale of $419,- ; 617.69. Miesse stated: "We are still of | the opinion that the county counells are doing the most effective work in protecting the interests of the taxpayers. This year they ! showed a disposition to inquire COONTTNTTFyD ON PAGE FHTTR) CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE TO OPEN O 1 i Sale Os Christmas Seals, Health Bonds, To Open Tuesday The annua,l sale of Christmas tveals and health bonds will open j Tuesday, it was announced today • by the Adams county tuberculosis association. The sale this year will be conducted through the mails in Deca- | tur and by the school children in the rest of the county. The drive will again be headed by the county officers, who are: W. Guy Brown, Decatur, president; Mrs. E. M. Webb, Berne, vice-president, and Dr. Roy Arch bold. Decatur, secretary-treasurer. The association is asking that the one cent seals be placed on every envelope mailed before Christmas and on all Christmas packages. Health bonds, selling for $5 and up will again be offered civic and charttable organizations. The money raised from the sale will be used for the prevention of tuberculosis and assistance of victims of the disease. As a part of the local activities 1 of the association four free tuberculosiis clinics are held each year in the county. The last was recently held in Berne and the next will be conducted in Decatur. ’ (Free milk He furnished needy and under privileged children through the schools.

| each one will be erected on the posts in the up town district. These are the same as used last ! year and the system of lighting the streets for the holidays will ! be the same as a year ago. Mr. Mylott stated that a special ! effort would be made to string ! the colored lights from the tower , of the court house to the treee below, adding to the beauty of the j surroundings. Decatur citizens and visitors were thrilled with the system of lights last year and the department will make every effort to convey the Christmas spirit through the colored lights tins i! year. Many of the stores are planning their store-wide Christmas openings for Saturday and a large i! crowd of shoppers is expected! i this week-end.

Linn Grove Child Dies Sunday Evening ! Perome Paul Malsiger four month® old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jese Balsiger, of Linn Grove, died at hi® I home Sunday evening at 5:30 o’clock. Death was caused by pneumonia. Surviving, besides the parents, are two eisters, Betty and Annabelle and two brothers, George and Robert. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the West Missionary church and burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery. 0 Auto, Truck Collide Saturday Afternoon No one was injured at 3:30 o’1 clock Saturday afternoon when a ! milk truck .driven by Albert Rillea, , of Decatur route one and an auto, driven by W. H. Burke, of Geneva collided. The accident occurred i when Rillea attempted to turn left

on North Fifth street. The Burke I car was slightly damaged. o KIRKLAND PTA MEET TUESDAY Parent Teachers Association To Meet Tuesday Evening The complete program for the I Kirkland PTA meeting to he held I Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock in I the Kirkland high school gymnasium was announced by the committee in charge. I The Rev. David Grether will open the program with invocation, which will be followed by a song by the Worthman family. This will be followed by a musical selection by Mary Jane Worden and a playlet by the students of the How’er school. Kathryn Wulliman a,nd the three Schwartz Bisters will sing a quartet number. , A lecture on the conservation movement by Milton Wysong, of I Syracuse, state conservation representative, will complete the pro--1 gram. The committee in charge of the program: Mr. and Mrs. Noah Henschen. Mr. a,nd Mrs. J. W. Mankey, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Worden, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Worthman and Robert Brown. ! All members of the parent- | teachers' association are urged to attend the meet o Ministers To Elect Officers Wednesday The Decau*r ministerial association will meet at the home of the Rev. Homer J. Aspy Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Election of officers will be he’d and all members are asked to be present. jhiTthe Waij SHOPPING Xa DAYS LEFT B. don't S/ LEAVE 7?, IT TO THE LAST ' AA/NUTE. 'DOG i uy ItSl Christmas S£AVS

FIRST PAYMENT ANNOUNCED BY SUGARCOMPANY Checks Mailed To Beet Growers; Payment Is $5.50 Per Ton Checks representing an initial payment of $5.50 per ton for sugar beete delivered to the Central Sugar Company of this city have been mailed to growers, Roy Hall, president of the company, announced today. i The payment, totaling between $400,000 and $500,000 is made more i than two weeks in advance of the ; contract period, and is an increase of $1.50 per ton over former pay- | ments. The contract provides ' that the first payment to grower® | is not due until December 15. The initial payment is equal to ! about SSO per acre for beets grown. The yield per acre this yea.r was larger than a year ago and is equivalent to the all-time average in this territory. Mr. Hall stated that during the campaign just completed the local mill sliced more than 1,300 tons of beets daily. It wa,s pointed out that this increased capacity aided the farmers as it enabled them to haul their beets to the yards in good weather and to get the crop marketed as rapidly as possible. • Due to the many improvements and efficiencies made in the mill, the extraction of sugar reached ! the highest percentage of any ! year and the run was one of the most satisfactory eve. enjoyed.” . Mr. Hall commented. The distribution of nearly a

half million dollars at this season of the year will be felt in trade channels throughout the Decatur territory and the increased payment will no doubt be greatly appreciated by the growers. Last week Dale W. McMillen, cha.’rman of the boaid of direc--1 tors of the company announced the distribution of a 10 per cent bonus to all men employed during the present beet sugar campaign. ' More than 350 employes received bonus checks from the company. The next payment for beets is March 1. 1937. The final payment will be made as soon as the sugar and other products are sold, the growers receiving half of the entire sale of sugar, molasses and pulp made from their beets. . o Hunters Warned On Firing Near Homes Sheriff Dallas Brown issued a warning today to all game hunters 1 in the county regarding the u«e of ' firearms near highways, farm res- ' idences and buildings, following an accidental shooting of a lady south- ' east of this city Saturday. The lady, whose name was with--5! held, was hit in the neck by a lead [: pellet from a shotgun shell, when ' hunters fired toward her farm home. The cooperation of all hunters has i been asked in the matter. Infraction of the request will return In prose- . cution. — —o— — INDIANA DEATH TOLL IS ELEVEN ) —“ —— Week End Traffic Toll In Indiana Is Again Heavy * Indianapolis, Nov. 30. — (U.R) A week-end traffic accident death toll of 11 was recorded in Indiana to- ! day. » Three women were killed and 1 two men were injured critically when their automobile crashed into a railroad abutment in Indianapolis. The dead were Helen Dugan, 25, Mildred Tucker, 20, and Lois Eudaly, 16. Pars! Ross. 25, and Rockie laria, suffered leg fractures, severe lacerations and other injuries. Mrs. Clementine Helm, 65, was killed instantly at Marion when struck by an automobile driven by , G. G. Eisenhardt, Gas City. W. L. Lankford, 71, died in an ' Evansville hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile-truck col--1 lision Thanksgiving eve. Robert Smallwood. 36, Pierceton, was "Silled when he fell beneath the wheels of a trailer truck near Lebanon. Howard Charles Drake, 23, was killed instantly When the Ttltomobile in which he was riding skidded from the road and crashed into a bridge near Elwood. Richard McNew, driver, suffered minor injuries. Louis Srnoich, 22, Gary, was klll(CONTINUKD ON PAGH F1VB)

Roosevelt Given Great Reception At Buenos Aires

Sues Aimee I SBH i UK i 1 Latest chapter in the eventful ■ career of Aimee Semple McPher1 son, much-publicized Los Angeles evangelist, catme when she was ! sued for $1,080,000 by another evangelist, Rheba Crawford Splivalo. above, who charged her with 1 slander.

Hianuci. GRANDWRYir SESSION TODAY Grand Jury Reconvenes; Werlinff Asks Change Os Venue The Adams circuit court grand jury convened this morning to continue its annual session. After a one day meeting last Monday the court adjourned until today. The court continued it® investigation of criminal matters, calling. upon Prosecutor Kdmond A. Bosse | and Prosecutor-elect Arthur Vogle-1 wede to assist in interviewing wit- , nessee and presenting evidence. Before adjourning, the grand jury will make its annual inspection of the three county institutions, jail, court house and county infirmary. The recommendations of the grand jury will be presented to the county commissioners. The petit jury, which was to have met today, was notified Saturday not to come to the court house, when a last minute move in the case was filed by the defendant, Milton E. Werling. The case, which was to have been heard today, was the one ■ brought by the state of Indiana, on the relation of Ralph Oren of Muncie against Milton E. Werling and his bondsmen. Oren deposited money with Werling, when he was county clerk, as a cash bond. While the money was held In trust in a local bank, the Institution closed. The plaintiff is suing for the difference between the amount he paid and the distributions made by the bank. Saturday afternoon Mr. Werling filed a motion asking a change of venue from the county. The case was continued until the motion, is heard.

Injured Peru Man Slowly Improving The condition of Harry Stewart ■ Peru man, who was seriously injur- j ed in an auto accident Thanksgiving l was reported by the attending phy-| , sician to be gradually improving to- 1 • day. * The physician stated that the i chief concern over his condition is 1 caused by an internal chest injury, ’ from which he seems to be steadily improving. A head injury and lacer--1 ation, which as first was thought i ito be a possible skull fracture has ' developed into a less severe injury, j j the doctor stated. • Mrs. Lottie Lewis and son Ken-1 1 neth and Mike, who were also hurt iu the wreck are still confined in the Adams county memorial hoepi- ’ tai in a less serious condition. - - -o WEATHER > 1 Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, except unsettled extreme south with snow along the Ohio river tonight; continued cold.

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Million Persons Cheer President Os United States; To Open Peace Conference. GREET PRESIDENT Buenos Aires, Nov. 30. — (U.R) — Franklin D. Roosevelt, first president of the United States ever to i set foot on Argentine soil, landed in flag-bedecked and festive Buen- ! os Aires today to open the InterAmerican peace conference which he fathered. President Agustin P. Justo and ; his entire cabinet were at the dock ' and greeted him warmly when he ! stepped ashore from the cruiser ! Indianapolis, which had been escorted into port by a squadron of 15 Argentine warships. Thousands of spectators had been waiting for hours under a hot summer sun to see Mr. Roosevelt and cheer him in the greatest popular reception the nation ever has accorded a foreigner. Hundreds of thousands more — the police said the number might reach a million | —lined the five-mile route from the north basin to the American embassy. Arrival of the Indianapolis and Mr. Roosevelt was heralded by the shrieking of ship sirens and wtastles. and by airplanes roaring overhead. Mr. Roosevelt came down the

gangplank smiling. He shook hands warmly with President Justo and the members of his cabinet. It was an historic meeting. Witnessing it, in top hat and morning dress, and full dress uniforms, were Secretary of State Cordell , Hull, who had preceded Mr. Roosevelt to Buenos Aires; Sumner Welles, assistant secretary of state; Alexander W. Weddell, American : ambassador; Spruille Brayden, chairman of the American delega- | tion to the Chaco peace conferi ference; Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine foreign minister; Rear Admiral Eleazar Videla, minister of marine; the mayor and chief of police, members of the diplomatic corps and the Papal Nunicio. At the conclusion of introduc--1 tions, all of the reception commit- ■ tee except President Justo left and entered their automobiles. Then 1 President Justo and President Roosevelt, accompanied by secret service men, entered an open car waiting alongside the gangplank. They drove through a private exit from the dock and customs house, entering a private street leading to a gate 100 yards away. The crowd had its first glimpse of Mr. Roosevelt when the car emerged from that gate and entered the wide street facing the custom house. President Roosevelt was saluted by Inspector General Idoate, then I the presidential car took a position In the rear of ten other cars carrying the reception committee, and the procession started. The escort of crack San Martin guardsmen, diplomats in morning dress, and the acclaiming crowd made a colorful scene. For 40 minutes the procession crawled through the principal streets of the Argentine capital, where masses of people crowded and shouted as they strove to get 'OONTTNTTWTI OK PACE FOTTRY DEATH CLAIMS

MRS. STANFORD Mrs. Charles Stanford Dies At Local Hospital Today Mrs. Charles Stanford, 60, of near Wren. Ohio, died at the Adams county memoriaj hospital at 12:10 this afternoon. Death was caused by peritonitis. , She was brought to the hospital for an appendectomy but her condition would not permit the . operation. The body was taken to the BuI chanan funeral parlors in Willshire, Ohio. Funeral arrangements were not complete at a late hour this afternoon. Surviving, besides the husband, are two sons by a former marriage. Morris a.nd Howard Herl, of Jackson. Michigan and a daughter. Mrs. Mary Deßolt, also of Jackson. Mrs. David Gage, of Wren, Ohio, a sister, also survives. Mrs. CaJ E. Peterson, of this city, was a cousin to the deceased.