Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1936 — Page 1

XXXIV. No. 291.

IKILLED AS Ake crushes * DENSE FOG BL tor of Autogiro Is iHvictim Os Oash ■ \ear London p.., 9.--(U.RH J'mo inventor of the autogiro. Salmon Lindman, former minister of Sweden, and 12 a WPr <' killed today when a DntJi airliner crashed in a HH fllg a mile from Croydon passengers were taken to n Kpnrlev hospital gravely injurK KL,,!, Os them died, only surof the 17 persons on hoard Sihuback. a Herman the plane's radio oper Van Bemtnel. and the rdPSS . a Miss Bongerstam. ""■L suffered only shock. passengers had left on the r lim-r lor Amsterdam at 8 1 Which turned back on acof the fog. w.-re transferred to anothwhich took off two hours maKv connections in AmK, : . with airplanes hound for and Scandinavia. pilot was Commandc- Hautzan Austrian, a flier of wide great liner rose from the r the fog suddenly settled until the visibility was yards. said Hautzmayer aplost the horizon and failK: rise quickly enough. He off one roof on the other the airport, cut a telegraph in two and struck head a house on the opposite the road. wing of the airplane was off by the telegraph pole in Hillcrest road. The Me' the plane was buried in the of the house. gasoline set three on fire. of the passengers were Dutch or Scandinavians. Ku several British subjects. No were on board. most prominent was De La world famous for the inof the autogiro, the “flyHe was technical of the Cierva Autogiro with world headquarters La Cierva was 39 years old. a sportsman and a friend ■fiiormer King Alfonso. As a he served in the Spanish but that bored him and he Mn studying aviation. Mi> crash of an airplane in Main 1920 had first interested aviation and he resolved to a "safe” airplane. result of his experiments the autogiro which was deas being “able to shoot the air like a bullet, take ■fr ”om the roof of a barn, land humming bird, and be stowJHr *' ly in an ordinary garage.” flew the English Channel in “queer contraption" in 1928 immediately won world-wide Since, his planes have manufactured and sold everyON PAGE FOl'lU

■HI KRICK I HEADS MASONS Bo Masonic Organizaijßions Name Officers ■ For Next Year Decatur Free and Accepted elected officers for the year at their meeting held BBthe local Masonic home last The Royal Arch Masons last Tuesday. Krick was elected worMTuI master of the Blue lodge, George Harding, who the past term in that capacHomer D. Lower was elect B^B p nior warden and Chester Mcjunior warden. officers of the Free and Masons named at the last night were A. D. Sut- i M. treasurer; Earl B. Adams, i jßetary and Leigh Bowen, trusAll offeiers are held for one B- » Heads Arch Masons ■ Boyd Acker was named as high of the Royal Arch Masons Charles Helm was named Other officers elected were: scribe; A. D. Suttles. jMgtsurer and Earl B. Adams, secof the officers will ic® held at a later date. Plans are IB'S made to hold a joint instalHB°n.

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SOIL PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Os SECRETARY Definite Move Is Shown Toward Crop Production Control Washington. Dec. 9— <U.R) — A definite move toward crop production control was contained today in the 1937 soil conservation program announced by secretary of lagriculture Henry A. Wallace. The most important new feature of the program which will cost the government a maximum s*►oo,ooo,ooo is the limitation of . corn acreage in the principal corn states. Wajlace said it would be “slightly less than the total corn planted in 1936.” “This limit." explained AAA administrator H. R. Tolley, "is designed to prevent increases which not only might defeat the efforts to conserve the soil but | with normal yields result in surpluses which would greatly reduce prices.” In most states the AAA will pay $6 for each acre removed from soil-depleting orops, with an added $3 for each acre of removed land planted in soil-building crops. Every producer will have an opportunity to earn at least S2O under the 1937 program. The minimum 1936 allowance was $lO. Farmers will derive their reve- | nue from two main sources as 1 under t)he 1936 program. Thev, are: 1. Soil diversion. An average of $6 an acre will be paid for land diverted from a general base determined by county committees. The maximum payment will be for 15 per cent of the base acreage. The rate will be increased 5 per cent on farms for which a corn acreage limit is established. 2. Soil conservation. An aver(iCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DRY LEADERS SPEAK SUNDAY Indiana Anti-Saloon League Schedules County Speeches The Indiana Anti-Saloon league will have representatives in the following churches in Adams county, Sunday, December 13, L. E. York, state superintendent announced today. Morning Pleasant Mills M. E., Dr. Chas. H. Winders. Salem Evangelical, Rev. Leroy | Huddleston. Mt. Pleasant M. E. (9:30) Rev. C. L. Griffith. Beulah M. E. (10:40) Rev. C. L. Griffith. Evening | Dectaur, First Evangelical, Dr. C. H. W’inders. Salem M. E., Rev. J. Frank Jenner. - „ T Decatur, First U. B„ Rev. C. L. Griffith. Decatur, First Baptist, L. E. York. Some churches of the county have already been visited and others will be visited later. Each of the assigned speakers will come with the very latest in-, formtaion possible on the temperance issue. They have made spec-. ial investigations relative to the liquor traffic, and economics., health, safety, crime, and morals. They will have a statement to make relative to automobile accident victims and their relation to hospitals, the state superintendent’s office stated. - —oChurch Officials To Meet Tonight The church school board of the Methodist Episcopal church will meet at 7:30 tonight according to the announcement of Superintendent Walter J. Krick. An important decision in regard tc the program for the coming three months between New Years and Easter will be made. The evangelistic committee of the church consisting of W. O. Litre Fred Busche and Mrs. Fred V. Mi Is will meet with the board. All officers and teachers of the church school are asked to be present without fail. .— o Psi lota Xi Plans Dance Friday Night Th e psi lota Xi sorority will sponsor a dance at the Masonic hall so.lowing the Decatur-North Side basketball game Friday ’night Adm s sion to the dance will be lo cents. I

Radiophoto Os Mrs. Simpson At Cannes, France ■FKMK i'J Wi ** w isl ly f > * \ v ft 1 Mrs. Wallis Warfield Rimpson is shown in the first picture made at her retreat in Cannes. France on tlie French Riviera. This picture was radioed to New York, then transmitted by sound to Chicago. Shown left to right: Lord Brownlow, lord-in-waiting to King Edward and Wally’s guardian, who says ! there in no prospect of Wally seeing the monarch in the immediate future; Mrs. H. L. Rogers, at whose villa Wally has sought refuge from a curious world; Mrs. Simpson and Mr. H. L. Rogers.

CHURCH CLASS THIS EVENING First In Series Os Courses At Baptist Church Tonight The mid-week service at the Baptist church will he held thia evening at 7:30. The manuals for the course of study in the Old Testament Law and History are here and those who ha.ve not as I yet received them may have them this evening. At the class period this evening the last opportunity will be given to enroll in the class i for this period of study. A new i class will not open until February of next year. This is tlhe first of a series of ■ I courses to be given on the Bible and methods of Sunday School administration. The Rev. Homer J. Aspy, Taistor of the church, will conduct the classes. Members of other congregations nre invited to take the courses. These courses form a preliminary study course of the Evangelical teacher-training association. Credits obtained at the successful i completion of the classes may be counted as credits for Bible and methods of instruction in religious education in 400 colleges and Bible ' | school in United States and Canada There are six courses oflll2 1 weeks each, making a total of 72 I hours. The present course is the! first in the fourth class period.; Courses yet to be given are: “Old Testament Poetry and Prophet y, “New Testament," “Introduction to Child Study,” "Pedagogy.” and I “Sunday School Administration. | LET CONTRACT FOR FURNITURE ~ «I Yager Brothers Awarded Contract By County Commissioners Yager Brothers were given the ! contract to furnish a desk and six ! chairs for the new county welfare , board room in the basement of the i court house, Tuesday aftermpn by , the county commissioners. Yager Brothers bld $36.85 for the desk and $29.85 for the six chairs. The Fort Wayne Printing com-, pany bid $41.85 for the desk and | $40.80 for the chairs. The Talens School Products, Inc., of Terre Haute, bid $40.30 for the desk and $39.60 for the chairs. Three companies bid on the five classes of printing for the county in 1937- These were the Fort Wayne Printing company; the A. E. Boyce company of Muncie and the Malhaupt printing company of 1 Fort Wayne. Bids were made on the average amount of printing to be used in all of the county offices. The Fort Wayne Printing company was low on all classes. i ° ' * Good Fellows Club J Previous total Masons 5 R. & R-. me „ A friend - Total * 134 ' 65

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Decatur. Indiana, Wednesday, December 9, 1936.

Hearing Held Here For Liquor Permit Should the Lndiana alcoholic beverages commission approve the petition of D. F. Suman to sell beer, alcohol and wine, the Suman Cigar store will be the third business place in town with such a right. No objections were filed against the granting of the license and Mr. Suman’s testimony has been sent to the state board for approval. The Colonial Case and Stag restaurant now have the three-way licenses. Mr. Suman has had a beer license since the repeal of prohibition. o RABBIT SUPPER HELD TEUSOAY Boys Home Director Speaks At K. Os C. Meeting Tuesday The work in the interest of boys land the psychology practiced in the effort to rebuild character was explained in a talk by Brother Rupert, C. S. C., director of the Gibault Home for Boys, Terre Haute, at a meeting of the Knights of Columbus in this city last evening. I The occasion was the annual rabi bit dinner, which was prepared by Joe Lose and August Heiman. About 175 rabbits were furnished by the , members. Brother Rupert, prefect of discipi line and managing director of the school gave an interesting talk. "We try to rebuild character in the boy and return him to his home a better I citizen. At present there are 83 'boys at the institution, committed ■ by the courts from 16 of the 92 counI ties in the state. They come to us as | delinquents and it is our job to | change their point of view and to encourage them to fall in line with practices respected by society in, 1 general”, the speaker stated. | “We don’t whip unruly boys. The, ■ punishment inflected is silence and | depriving the boys of their free time : and entertainments. When an unI ruly boy wants to fight we hand him | the boxing gloves and let him go to it and find that after one or two fights he gets it out of his system and generally becomes a mild manI nered person,” is the way Brother Rupert explained the psychology of i the institution. . , - 1 The Knights of Columbus in Ind(IOONTINU.ED ON PAGE FIVE)

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TRUCK DRIVER IS QUESTIONED William Franke Fails To Remember Details Os Tragic Wreck William C. Franke, a patient in the Adams county memorial hospital since an accident Monday morning in which his passenger, Fred Schultz. Fort Wayne policeman was instantly killed, was unable to ‘ remember” any of the details of the wreck. He was questioned by Adams ! County Coroner Robert Zwick Tuesday night in his hospital bed. He said his mind was a blank after ! leaving the Allen-Adams county line. Coroner Zwick in attempting to learn the truth about the accident i before returning his verdict. It first appeared as if Franke went to sleep while driving the truck. Before crashing into a tree, the truck was off the road about 15 feet. Franke was unabie to explain the three hours spent after leaving Fort Wayne and before hie arrival in this city. He ’eft the Baum Produce company in Fort Wayne at 7 o’clock ;in the morning. He stopped at a lestaurant in Fort Wayne and did not leave it until 8 o’clock. He arrived here at 11 o’clocx. As a possibility for the cause of the wreck, he said that he stopped once to fix a leaking gas line and that he might have neen gassed in the cab by carbon monoxide gas. Franke wil Ibe discharged from the hospital very soon, his physician said today. He has no serious injuries. Coroner Zwick issued an (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o MUSELMAN IS | CLUB SPEAKER Berne Publisher Speaks To Baptist Brotherhood Tuesday C. H. Muselman, Berne publisher, spoke to the members of the First Baptist church brotherhood ! in their meeting at the church last night. Mr. Muselman gave an interesting account of his recent trip to I German and other foreign counI tries. He related his various experiences and enumerated the various locations of Interest that he visited there. The meeting was also in the form of a farewell party for Norman Kruze, who is to sail on the. Bremen December 16 for Germany, where he will visit. The ladies of the church served the supper in the church dining rooms. The rooms were decorated with appropriate holiday colors. i A large crowd was in attendartce and an interesting musical program was presented. James Harkless sang several solos. Mr. Harkless and Robert Johnson also sang several duet selections. WEATHER Probably light rain tonight or by Thursday; slightly warmer east and north portions tonight.

Fate Os British Monarchy Will Likely Be Settled Thursday As World Waits Anxiously For End

LIONS CLUB IS HOST TO LADIES Lions Club Entertains Ladies At Regular Meeting Tuesday The ladies of the Lions club hud I charge of the meeting lust night. An interesting and entertaining program was presented. The wives of the respective officers filled the executive chairs of the club during the meeting. Mrs. W. F. Beery, wife of the president. acted as chairman of the meeting. Mrs. Lowell Smith, wife of the season program chairman, introduced Mrs. Walter Krick, who had charge of the evening’s entertainment. Picking the entertainers at random from the members of the club, Mrs. Krick gave the music and words to each, asking for a rendition of the number. The presentations were carried I cut in the form of a contest with the winners decided by the volume i of applause. The quartets in the contest were I composed of C. C. Baxter. Ralph iGentis. Dr. E. P. Fields and Herman Kruckeberg and Lelend Smith. Harry Knapp, Donald Waite and J Ralph Roop. Dramatic readings in the best bashful schoolday manner were given by Clifford Saylors and Clyde Butler. Harmony duets were rendered by Ed Bocknecht and Glenn Hill. The feature numbers of the evening proved to be solos by the Rev. H. W. Franklin and Harold Essex. C. L. Walters delivered a short (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) JENNIE HABLET DIES TUESDAY

Mrs. Jennie Hablet Dies Tuesday After Extended Illness Mrs. Jennie Hablet, 71, of 797 Winchester street, died at her home Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock of anthritis. She had been bed-fast for the last 16 months. Mrs. Hablet was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dobson and was born in Van Wert county, Ohio, November 8, 1865. She was married to John Hablet, August 30, 1894. He preceded her in death. She was a member of the women's relief corps and of the Methodist Episcopal church of Wilshire, Ohio. Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs. Gaylard Acheson of this city; Mrs. Homer Myers, Warsaw; three step daughters. Mrs. Hattie Koontz, Willshire, 0., Mrs. Nora Van Gundy, Lima, 0., One son is deceased. Mrs. Hablet was a resident of Wi'lshire, Ohio until moving to this city September 1. Funeral services will be held at the home at 12:45 o’clock CST and at 1:30 o’clock CST at the Wilshire M. E. church, Friday afternoon. The Rev. E. A. Brenner. Burial will be made in the Wilshire cemetery. The body will be removed from the Zwick Funeral Home this evening and may be viewed after 7 o’clock.

Organ Demonstration At Church Thursday The public has been invited to attend the demonstration of the Hammond electric organ at the United Brethren church Thursday evening ait 7 o’clock. A prominent organist will give a recital. The church Is contemplating the purchase of the organ. The committee in charge is composed of the Rev. H. W. Franklin, Clare E. Mumma, Mrs. Ralph Roop aud Marie Deßolt. — —o Reppert Funeral Services Thursday Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Albert Reppert, lifelong resident of Adams county, who died at her home in Kirkland township Monday afternoon. Services will be held at the Zion Reformed church at 2 p. m. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery.

LOYAL FORCES LAUNCH DRIVE ON REBEL CITY Government Troops Stage Swift Advance On Rebel Capital Madrid, Dec. 9—(UP)—Government troope pushed a swift advance I on Burgos, the Rebel Capital, today l before insurgents could loose their expected big attack on Madrid. While both repel and loyalist forces remained inactive in the frozen trenches around Madrid, word came from the north telling of heavy fighting on the Santander front where government troops now dominate the railway to Burgos. Fighting through the enow and ice in the Cantabrian mountains, the I Basque loyalists took Alto Deuz i Quiano and the fortified town of Ciriarte, in their drive on the Rebel i capital, and entrenched themselvee on a line centering on Orduna, with ( extensions to Ainurrio and Res-pal-dia. The advance brought them to within 25 milee of Vitoria, an important railhead on a direct line which, in government possession, from Burgos to Bordeaux, France, would insure a line of supplier from France. Government aviation, paving the I way for further infantry advances, contacted Rebel pursuit planes over Vitoria. It was reported, without confirmation from other sources, that they shot down two rebel ships. Seven loyalist airplanes fought six rebel ships, the report said, and both victories were credited to "a government ace,” unidentified but rumored to be a foreign flyer. Although there was no way of identifying the *‘ac?,” if he was a ■ I foreigner, it was recalled that Bert i Acosta and three other American flyers recently joined the loyalist I air force, as have a number of French and Russian flyers. Government spokesmen admitted that Rebel machine gun fire near Villa Real had caused a loyalist bomber to make a forced landing near Yurre but said it suffered .little damage. o — K. C,, Holy Name Will Pay Respects All members of the Holy Name society and Knights of Columbus lodge are to meet at the K. of C. hall Thursday night at 8 o’clock. From there they will go to the home of their departed member, Tom Fhinger and recite the rosary. o — Error Is Made In Theater Advertisement The Cort Theater advertisement in last evening’s paper announced the picture “the Harvester" as being shown last night for the last time. This is in error as the picture will be shown tonight and tomorrow.

DEATH CLAIMS MRS. SPRINGER Mrs. Charles Springer Dies Early Tuesday Evening Mrs. Mary Ann Springer, 73, died at her home, 604 Jefferson street Tuesday evening at 5:30 o’clock. She suffered a stroke of paralysis a week ago, which caused her death. She was born the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lahrman in Allen county, August 1, 1863. She was married to Charlee A. Springer, who survives. Other eurvivers are: One daughter, Mrs. Charles Lipp. Ossian, route one; two sone, Walter of Fort Wayne and Erwin, Decatur, route two; two sisters, Mrs. Conrad Simon and Sarah Miller, both of Fort Wayne, and two brothers, John and Edward, also of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. in the home Friday and at 2 p. m. in the St. Mark’s Lutheran church at Yoder. The Rev. Carl Schnetel will officiate at the services. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.

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Prime Minister Baldwin And Cabinet Meeting Tonight; Mrs. Simpson Meets With Attorney. DELAYS DECISION London, Dec. 9.—<U.R>—The fate of the British monarchy was threshed out tonight at an emergency meeting of the cabinet in the small oak-paneled office of prime minister Stanley Baldwin in the house of commons. The world should know tomorrow whether King Edward VIII has decided to abdicate for love of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, or intends to renounce his intention of marrying her and retain the throne. Baldwin, with the country and the world waiting in painful suspense to hear confirmation or repudiation of a belief that King Edward VIII has decided to abdicate, told the house of commons today that he could not make an announcement before tomorrow. Baldwin expressed regret that he was not in a position to add anything to what he has already said. The delay was a severe disappointment after it had been taken for granted until just before commons met that a statement would be forthcoming. The situation has changed so often and with suph rapfdity during the crisis that hope was aroused in some circles that if the king already has made up his mind, as believed, further efforts would be made by the cabinet and royal family to change it. When Baldwin rose in the house of commons, Clement R. Attlee, labor leader, asked as he has every day for several days, wheth- ■ the urime minister was in a position to add anything to Monday’s statement. Baldwin replied simply: “I regret that I am not in a position to add anything today but I hope to make a statement tomorrow". Attlee then asked: “Will he (the prime minister) give us good hope in his statement tomorrow, because he will realizs (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

PRESENT REVUE HERE THURSDAY Festival Revue, Sponsored By PTA. Will Be Presented Here A festival revue sponsored by the parent-teacher organizations of th fa city will be presented by the pupils of Virginia Withey and Betty Jane Toole at the Decatur high school auditorium Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. A 15-minute program of music by the Decatur girls’ band will precede the revue. Tickets are on sale now by the school children. The price of admission is adults 15 cents, children 10 cents. During the dramatic art program intermissions, dancing numbers will be given. The program follows: First Intermission Tap Dance —Donabelle Fenimore Dark Town Strutters Ball — Catherine Schmitt Bumble Bee—Virginia Kuhnle Dance of the Bog<w Ma.n — June Teople, Barbara Jane Garton, Joyce Ann Bell and Barbara Joan Sauer. Butterfly—Joan Millet - . Swing Time — Honora Schmitt, Kathryn King, Barbara Jane Holthouse. Second Intermission Military Song and Dance— Virginia Lee Kuhnle, Norma Keller Roses — Donabelle Roop, Barbara Kohls Dutch Dance —June Teeple Buck and Wing Number — Donabelle Fenimore Junior Class Dance — Catherine Schmitt, Virginia Lee Kuhnle, Donabelle Roop, Barbara Kohls, Joan Miller. Norma Keller, Patsy Marie Ellis. C. Os C. Directors Will Meet Thursday The board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce wil! meet at the Rice hotel Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. All directors are requested to be present.