Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1936 — Page 1

■ \\XIV. No. 288.

■RIES ARE PL TODAY TO IjCHN W. DURBIN | ( )g Hauler Dies K, Morning Os Acci- ■ | dent Injuries ■ w || nutbill. 49. local log S died at the Adams county K al hospital at 1:10 o’clock |V ln an auto accident late afternoon. ISinim: consciousness but M ml that when he was first K to the hospital. Durbin internal injuries sutler K, the logs on his truck pinM| m against the cowling, atcrashed against a tele- ■ Thursday night hospital at a nd attending physicians up hope of his recovertold members of the las t night that if he was live until morning, he a chance of surviving, ms condition be was unable the crisis. internal injuries were giv the immediate cause ot KB he also suffered a fracturand fartcii K, on the left side. |H accident occurred in Ideaswhen Durbin collided K, auto driven by Tom Baltof tins city. Baltzell was Kb; Robert Zwick stated bT; rning that no further inwould be made into the by his office. Sheriff Dalhas previously stated ■t he cause was accidental. ■ Funeral Tuesday services will be held afternoon at 1:30 at the 1003 Adams street, and at at the First Baptist with the Rev. Homer J. Burial will be the Decatur cemetery. deceased was born in Berne, ■|ld Sarah Huston Durbin. He to Decatur when a young married Sarah Roop ot a member of the First Eki church. besides the widow, father, and five sons; DanRichard, of this city and and Kenneth, all at Bi brothers, George A., Rock North Dakota and Joseph E., Michigan, also survive ■ deceased was a resident of during his entire life, been engaged in the luntbsince a young lad. ami independent log-hauling infor the past several years, body will be removed from funeral home this eve 6 o’clock and may be viewDurbin home from 7:00 ■1 this evening until time for

lICHERS MEET |N INSTITUTE pr:il Teachers’ Institute Ipeld At Local High School your mouth shut.” Dr. ■ •!■ B. Morgan, head of the Bolugy department of Northern University, told more ■IOO rural teachers this morn■is a cardinal principle in B'S the confidence of children, B e teacliers' institute in the B«r high school building. ■ Morgan outlined the three Bples of mental health in B’en: they should be healthy, P ,n " with other children and ■ self assurance. Bee techniques of learning M children are thinking were ■ as follows: keep your mouth observe the way the child B toward you, end observe' Bay he reacts towards his B mates. ■ urged that children be given B for what they accomplish ■hat substitutes be offered for % faults in order that scold■*ill not make them self con■lowing the address, sectional ■hgs were held under the ■vision of county teachers, ■forum method was used. ■* 9 afternoon at 1:15 o’clock, [piho Winger, president of yiester college will speak on, Bj Lore of Northeastern In■Sachers’ Retirement” will be ■losing 'address given by RobW- Hougham, executive treae■°f the Indiana teachers’ re■ent fund board.

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Local Woman’s Brother Dies At Brandon, lowa Mrs. 11. \v. Franklin, wife of Rev. H. W. Franklin, received word this morning of the death of her brother George McKinley, of Brandon, lowa. Mr. McKinley, 57, was the son of William .McKinley, prominent lowa Democrat and relative of the lato president. The younger McKinley idled Friday about noon, and will be 1 burled there Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Franklin, who has been in ill health .will be unable to attend. BOOK REVIEW ' GIVEN FRIDAY Anderson Woman Gives Book Review; Sponsored By Club Federation Members of the county federation of clubs and their guests heard Mrs. 0. G. Stanford of Anderson review the boow "Enchanted Voyage,” by Robert Nathan, and a Christmas story. “The Keeper of the Stable," by Henry Booth, in a program held at the Decatur library Friday afternoon. Robert Nathan is the outstanding writer of fantasy in the country, Mrs. Stanford told the audience. The book is one of the most delightful of the season, she said. Hector Pecket is a day-dreaming Bronx carpenter of little means, possessed of a desire to travel mythical seas in his home-made boat, tightly fastened in his back yard, according to Mrs. Stanford. His wife is a phlegmatic and very realistic sort of a person whose ideal is power and money, in which she is constantly frustrated by his ■ inability to make his way through the world of realities. The crisis arrives in their lives when she sells the boat to a butcher for a lunch counter. While spending his ast night on his boat a strong wind arises and blows it I from its mooring. It rolls into the street on wheels his wife has fixed on it to move to the butcher shop. Possessed of a strong desire to travel,' he guides the boat through the midnight streets. On his way he picks up a hitch-hiker, a young waitress waiting for “Mr. Right” to rescue her from her self-impos-ed loneliness. She asks to be let off in Florida, which is on his route to the Carribean Sea. Later the crew is increased by the addition iof H. Williams, itinerant dentist and knife and scissors grinder, and the 11th calf belonging to a farmer permitted to raise only 10 by the government. The enchanted voyage comes to an abrupt end in West Virginia when Hector Pecket harpoons a chicken from his special fishing deck and lands in jail. He is rescued by his wife, who traces him by a post card. And, after one attempt to escape, which results in \ the sinking of his boat in the riv- [ er, he returns to his wife and home. To make the story complete, Mary Kelley, his passenger, realizes that H. Williams, dentist, is “Mr. Right” for whom she has been waiting. “The Keeper of the Stable” is the story of the man who provided room in a stable and offered the swaddling clothes made by his late wife, for a son who never came, to the Christ Child. As a reward for his kindness he meets his wife, ' who leads him to heaven. Vivian Burk, county chairman of 1 the federated clubs, introduced the speaker. - Local Men Attend College Conference W. Guy Brown, Bryce Thomae and Vaughn Millikan went to Muncie this morning to attend a meeting at Ball State college. The conference is held at the Burris school, laboratory school of the college.

|| the Wau~ n *7 SHOPPING . I / DAYS LEFI ’ , SKATES, SLEDS and 'ZdlP** SKIS buy Christmas ! s iW‘

LEMSTAYLOR DIES SUDDENLY IN CALIFORNIA President Os Indiana Farm Bureau Dies In California Indianapolis, Dec. 5. —<U.R> —Lewis Taylor, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau. Inc., since 1934, died at Pasadena. Calif., today from a heart attack, friends here were advised. Taylor was one of the organizers of the Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., , in 1918 and served a four-year ' term as its first secretary. He later was treasurer and in 1923-25 1 guided the organization’s expansion program. After a brief retirement when he returned to his home at Newburgh, Taylor returned to direct 1 its legislative activities. He was elected president in 1934 and was re-elected in 1935 and again last mouth for another term. Taylor has been militant in his efforts to obtain favorable legislation for farmers of the state. His attention has been centered on an ' equitable distribution of taxes which would lift the load from the ’ property owners. He also has devoted much attention to the bureau’s activities in the educational : field. For the last two years Taylor has been a director of the American Farm Bureau, and has served on that organization s legislative committee during his tenure. He is survived by two sons, ’ John, a dairy inspector for the Indiana state board of health, and Wilson, who is a member of the rural electrification staff of the bureau. Monroe Church Plans For Revival Services The Monroe M. E. church will • hold a series of revival meetings ’ daring the two weeks preceding Christman, starting Sunday, Decem- ' her 6. and ending December 20. The church has extended a cordial ' invitation to the public to attend the : services and hear the preaching and speeial music. The Rev. and Mrs. E. S. Morford will deliver the sermons each night. The singing will be led by R. P. ‘ Sprunger, Lawrence Von Gunten 1 and Freeman Walters. Services will • b held each evening at 7:30 o’clock with the exception of the Sunday night service, which will be held ' at 7. o I KIRKLAND CLASS WILL GIVE PLAY i Kirkland Seniors To Present Annual Play Next Week The senior class of Kirkland High School will present “The 1 Spanish Onion,” a popular farcecomedy by Carl Webster Pierce, as their class play. December 8 and 9 at the Kirkland gym. Admis- ’ sion prices are 15c for children and 25c for adults. The curtain will rise at 8:00 o’clock for the first act. The cast of characters is as follow’s : Pinkham Rollins, “Pinky”—Dale Hankey. Paul Carter, “Polly”—Donald Hoffman. Walter Gordon—Robert Hensch-' en. Roy Campbell—Carl Weller. Mrs. Holliston—Violet Arnold. Jane Post—Margaret Poling. Delight Townsend —Juanita Lehman. • Cynthia Reed — Luella Worth-1 man. Minnie Ross—lrma Mcßarnes. Earl Walton—Paul Arnold. Mrs. Blink—Hazel Lake. Ramon Cortez—Samuel Yager. I Time: Present. Synopsis of the play follows: | Delight Townsend is the most popular girl on the Fairhaven College campus. To get a bit of pin money | she sells dates to less popular co-! i eds, and over-rules the objections of each boy by the simple expedient of becoming engaged to him. When four of the fellows discover this little trick, they set out to get some revenge and teach Delight a lesson. They plan an impersonation of Ramon Cortez, the gay cavalier and heart-breaker from Spain, who is supposed to be visiting President Holliston’s home, and when Delight falls, hook, line and sinker, they plan an expose that will leave her plenty flat. But—the scheme doesn’t quite come off on echedule, and the climax is a surprise to everyone.

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Decatur, Indiana. Saturday, December 5, 1936.

Church Leaders Voice Protest t ML Hr* r • * ’ .... The Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the church, a leader in opposition to the king's marriage. Y -i HO s xjk f The Bishop of Bradford— I I who reminded king of his I | "duties” to the kingdom. While avoiding direct criticism of King Edward VIII in connection with his friendship for Mrs. Wallis Simpson, leaders of the Church of England -among them the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishop of Bradford —were believed united in their disapproval , of the situation.

ANNUAL RABBIT FEED TUESDAY Knights Os Columbus To Hold Free Rabbit Supper Tuesday The Knights of Columbus will hold a free rabbit fry for all the members at the close of the regular i business meeting next Tuesday night at 6:30 o’clock. This is the third annual fry of the order and was originated by Joe , Lose in 1933. The usual large crowd ■ is expected to attend. Members have pledged 88 rabbits for the fry, most of which have al- ■ ready been brought to the hall. : The committee in charge has secured the services of Brother Rupert, superintendent of the Gibault home, at Lafayette, who will speak to the members. The Gibault home is maintained by the Knights of Columbus organizations in the state. Other K. of C. notables are also expected to attend. Members of the Garrett. Fort Wayne and Huntington orders have been extended invitations. Robert Gage, grand knight, will be in charge of the meeting and Joe Lose, chairman of the committee on arrangements will be in charge of the program. All members I of the order are urged to attend. \ Good Fellows Club ♦ — ——« Previous total $123.44 So Cho Rea Club 5.00 A Friend - TOTAL $128.72 1

Giant Good Fellow Is Gone, Others Must Take His Place

A recent article in a large city newspaper where the Good Fellows club takes care of thousands of families, tpld of perhaps the largest Good Fellow on record. He not only was big hearted but was a veritable giant in size. He was six feet, four inches tall, weighed 300 pounds and required a 14 size shoe. The story relates his experience of taking a basket to a family who lived in an alley tenement, in a couple of back rooms much too small for six people. Besides food, toys and candy in the basket, for good measure he took two sleds for the young boys. They were thrilled at the slight of the sleds and ran out to try them.

Will Parent Purchases First Hunting License Will Parent today purchased the first of the 1937 hunting and fishing licenses for Adams county. The licenses will not be good uni til January 1, 1.738. It was pointj ed out today that Mr. Parent has ' purchased the first license for sev-1 1 eral years. GARY MAN IS HEID IN lAIL Young Gary Man Is Arrested On Petit Larceny Charge TTUarges of petit larceny were filed against a young Gary man, who gave his name as Nicholas Yan Kovich. 23, of Gary, late yesterday afternoon after he had allegedly stolen a gasoline credit book from an auto belonging to Charles Evans. According to Mr. Evans, he picked up the young man in Fort Wayne, who declared that he was hitch-hiking from his home in Gary, to Florida. Mr. Evans, who is a cream sta-s tion agent, w r as forced to stop and make several collections. At one [ place after reaching the AdamsAllen county line, he stopped andj went inside. While he was inside, ’ he charged that Kovich grabbed ! the book, which was valued at $lO ■ and ran from the auto. ’ He immediately called Sheriff Dallas Brown and a search was! started. After an intensive search,! Kovich was located and apprehended near the county line along the St. Mary's river. I He is being held In the jail here.

■! However, they came back in a few i minutes, saying, "Mr. Good Fel- , low, we don’t need two sleds, can ’; we give one to our little pal down ’ i the alley who won’t get anything for Christmas?” .' Truly the real spirit of being a ’ i Good Fellow, sharing what little | , they received to spread true hapl .piness. This story finishes by relating the death since last Chrlst1 mas of the big Good Fellow, and ; ■ that it would take about three to . fill his shoes. i In this community, there is no giant Good Fellow but there are many big-hearted givers as they have shown from previous years of generous donations. Share with others, be a Good I Fellow!

PLAN PROGRAM HERETHURSDAY Parent Teachers Associations Sponsor Festival Program The parent teacher associations of the Decatur schools will spoil- { sor a festival review Thursday evening, December 10, at the high school auditorium. The members, patrons of the schools and any one interested is invited to attend. The following interesting program, under the direction of Vir- : ginia Withey of Fort Wayne, will I be presented: Part I, Hello Everybody Robert Kohne Santa Claus Express Song ensemble Readings: 1. Why Daddy Barbara Ann Burkholder 2. Phoning Santa Lois Baughman 3. What the Dream People Did! Evelyn FrohnapfeJ 4. Mother at Christmas Time Margaret Moses Dance of the Paper Dolls Kindergarten ensemble Sara and Nancy Krick, Donna Lou and Dianna Sue Crist and Dianne Lynn. Three Dolls from Abroad Chinese Sally Ann Straub Dutch June Teeple French Mary Lou Pettit Playlette—The Hives Catherine Schmitt, Joan Miller Monologue—Freshman Romance Catherine Schroyer Readings—Santa Claus and Doctor Stork Evelyn Jane Graber The Family on the Radio Betty Stoltz Songs dramatized —Hey, What Did tlie Blue Jay Say? Rosemarie and Catherine Kohne, Catherine Schmitt, Joan Miller, Sally Ann Straub, Elizabeth Macy, and Mary Lou Pettit. 2. Style Louis and Helen Baughman. Dorothy and Evelyn Fronapfel. Elva Mae Jackson and Margaret Moses. When I Grow Up Barbara Ann Burkholder. June Teeple, Dianna Lynn, Donna Lou and Dianna Sue Christ and Sara and Nancy Krick. Intermission — Dance pupils from Decatur branch of Violet Reinwald School of Dance, directed by Betty Jane Toole. Part 11. Novelty act —The Fishing Trip Catherine Schroyer. Pasty Moser Readings Whose Afraid of the Boogy Man? Elizabeth Macy Politics Robert Kohne Playlette—“You’ve Said It” Rose Marie and Catherine Kohne Readings The Jones Christmas Helen Baughman ■lt Tale?® Dorothy Forhnapfel Sunday Nights Elva Mae Jackson Intermission — Dance pupils from the Violet Reinwald School of the Dance Legend of The Christmas Rose —’ By Pasty Moser, assisted by the Glee Club. o Annual Memorial Services At Elks Annual memorial eervices will be held at the B. P. O. Elks home on | , North Second street Sunday after- : ’ noon at 2 o’clock. This service is held annua’ly on the first Sunday in December. French Quinn, local historian and attorney, will deliver the memorial j address. Special music will be proivided during the service. The generi al public is invited to attend the serI vice. Girl Scouts Hold Cookie Sale Today — The cookie sale put on by troops 1, 2 and 3 of the girl scouts of Deca-1 tur this morning was reported as being very successful. Over 600 [dozen cookies were sold. The money raised by the troops I will be used to send the girls to , ! camp next summer. Sponsors of the 1 various troops are Mrs. Albert Gehrig, Miss Klennys Elzey and Miss i Eleanor Pumphrey. ’Another cookie sale will be held ! early in the spring. Brother Os Local Man Dies Friday — David F. Switzezr, 63. brother ot John Switzezr of Decatur, died Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Fenton, Ohio City, Ohio. Other survivors are a son, Lewis, ■ P.ockford, O. a brother, Charles of! Ohio City, and two sisters, Mrs. Na-1 man King of Rockford and Mrs. Burt Johnson of Mendon, Michigan. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock EST, Sunday afternoon at the Lutheran church in Ohio City, i with burial in that city.

King Edward Hints He May. Abdicate, Join Mrs. Simpson

ANOTHER FIRM BOOSTS WAGES Decatur Castings Company Announces Wage Increase For Employes H. E. Bromer, manager of the Decatur Castings company of this' city, announced today that a wage increase, averaging from 8 to 10 per cent, effective us of November 30, was given to all employes of the company. The increase will total from SIO,OOO to $15,000 yearly. Mr. Bromer stated, based on present employment. The company now employs 135 persons. The foundry is running six days a week and new molders are being added weekly. Castings for automobiles, lawn mowers, 1 gas pumps and other lines are manufactured by the local company. The wage increase, which also effects office employes is the fourth to be given by Decatur industries in the past month. Making Survey Possibility of a general wage Increase at the Fort Wayne Works of the General Electric company was announced todlay by Neil Currie, Jr., manager. Decision concerning a pay boost rests upon a wage rate survey now nearing completion, he eaid. The General Electric is checking with ipay roll departments of other industrial plants of the city to learn if current wage incree,ses have brought other rates to a point higher than ’those paid by the G. E.. considering the degree of skill and efficiency required for the operations concerned. If it is found : that G. E. rates of pay do not 1 equal or exceed those of other ’ concerns, upward adjustments • will be made, according to Mr. Currie. The stated policy of the company with regard to wage rates follows: “It is the policy of the company to pay wage rates equal to or higher than wage rates pa.id in the community industries for comparable work requiring the same skill I and efficiency. If wage rates paid by the company are found to be i lower than going rates, the com1 irnNTTVTTRn n*c pagf three' 0 _ POPE CONFINED I TO HIS CHAIR Intimates. However, Deny Condition Os Pope Is Serious (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Vatican City, Dec. S—(U.R) —Pope Pius was confined to a chair in his library today because of an ’affliction in his right leg which made it impossible for him to walk, it was reported semi-offi-cially. It was officially announced at the Vatican that all a.udiences with the pope have been “indefinitely suspended” but that no one should worry about his health. Papal intimates denied that the pope was confined to his bed. a,s was first reported when he was unable to appear today for scheduled audiences. His holiness made light of his j ! illness, which he described in a[ hand written note regretting his! inability to attend a. sermon with I 30 members of the papal house- , hold as a “lodal disturbance.” Cardinal Pacelli. papal secretary of state, read the message for the [ pontiff, to the household group, which included six cardinals. Persons close to his holiness feared he might never be able to : walk again, and that, if his illi ness does not improve, he will be | forced to resort to a wheel chair. They recalled his increased diffi- ! culty with his right leg during rei cent months which some persons I who have seen the pope attributed to a swollen condition, others to a partial paralysis. The pone’s right leg appears to tCONTTNITEn IW PAGE THREE) Q WEATHER Rain extreme south, snow probably changing to rain cen- 1 tral and north portions tonight and Sunday; slowly rising 1 temperature.

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King Edward Refuses To Either Renounce Plan To Marry Mrs. Simpson Or Quit Throne CABINET MEETS Paris, Dec. 5.— itU.R) —King Edward VIII., telephoned from England today to Herman L. Rogers of Cannes, advising him that Mrs. Wallis Simpson is arriving there tonight and announcing that if he should decide to abdicate, he will go directly to Cannes. This is the first time the king is known to have told anyone that he is even considering abdication or that he intended to join his American favorite in exile. Mrs. Simpson telephoned Rogers and told him she would arrive at 11 p. m. (Copyright 1936 by United Press) London, Dec. s—(U.R)—King Edward. fighting for hi® sweetheart and his throne, passed responsibility for solution of the emergency over his insistence on marrying Mrs. Walli® Simpson to the cabinet, it was learned today on absolutely trustworthy authority. Not only has he refused stoutly to renounce Mrs. Simpson but he ha.s no present intention of accepting the preferred alternative and abdicating, the United Press authority asserted. This is the news that Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin is believed to have told the cabinet today a,t an emergency meeting. Cheered by belief not only that daring, brilliant Wineton Church- !!! is ready if necessary to form a cabinet as king’s man, but that he may swing popular support to him. the king is understood to have told Baldwin: “It’s your move.” There are three moves possible —(1) continued pressure on the king to yield, renounce Mrs. Simpson and remain on the throne; (2) retreat, believed impossible, from its insistence that the king renounce Mrs. Simpson or get out; (3) to resign as the first, move toward forcing his abdication. The king was believed to be ' gambling on his chance of mobilizing a tremendous public opinion In his favor, with the aid of the smashing power of the great Beaverbrook and Rothermere newspaper chains—circulation more than 6.000.000 a day in a nation of 40,000,000. These chains have overthrown governments before. This is a sad week-end for Great Britain, one of the saddest of its i history. Whatever happens, tremendous, almost irreparable, dam- ’ age ha.s been done, enmities have been roused that w>l take years to quiet, hearts have been brought near to breaking point. But, from the king’s side, there is a vast, unprecedented plebiscite going on. an unofficial general election of a sort through the medium of the press and public talk. Many believed that Baldwin would announce in the house ot commons Monday that the king had decided to abdicate, and that the house w-ould then adjourn to meet Tuesday and enact the legietroNTTNTTEn nv page three) o Gives Information On Taxation Os Bonds Ernest Worthman, Adams county assessor, announced today, in reply to numerous questions, that bonds ! of the General Electric company are taxable under the intangibles law of February 28, 1933. Intangibles holders should bring stocks and bonds to the county assessor’s office, as the numbers of bonds should be listed on the tax form, if the owner does not wish to place stamps on the bonds. As there are hundreds of various stocks and bonds, the assessor is likely to give wrong Information concerning the taxability unless the bonds are brought to his office. o Turn Christmas Lights On Here This Evening The colored Christmas lights will be turned on this evening, city officials announced. The lights have been placed on Second street from Jackson street, south to the alley between Jefferson and Adams streets, on Monroe streets and on Madison street between Second and Third streets.