Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1936 — Page 1

XXXIV. No. 292.

KING EDWARD VIII ABDICATES

-BEL FORCES ■E REPULSED I BY LOYALISTS A Hs Are Driven Back Trenches After K [ Hour’s Fight D10 —(UP)— Rebel made a reconnaissance in !■ ■ Roeales and Monos 'he Madrid front this hat were driven hack to after an hour’s fightrebel bombers flew over diortly after noon scatter- ... . ' < leaflets downtown Ktfr wind blew them south of tile Del Sol out of the reach of mizeas. they made no at- ■ bomb the city and fled kows in the north brought drive on Burgos, ,i;>ita'. almost to a stand- ■< from Gi.Jon s.i d fronts were "calm." front was unchanged to- . of the zero weather I halted fighting. brisk north winds I the repels broke the hill in fighting at 1 A. over the top t . loyalist det-nse activities the last few hours. i, v un arti’ery barrage. Leoni panied by tanks, the inaitacked in the direction . •■servolr. Tren.-h .Mo: :y and the clatter of maof whom thought the had started. 2 A M.. however, the noise to dwindling rifle fir rebels retreated. rebel attack was unable to the stubborn governimn’ who held their line before jail and west park, was received at loyalist: that J. B. S. Haldane. Bpdl British scientist, will arrive me technical adviser to < h government • xp i ted gas attacks when nts launch, their big at- — o Commander ■ Here Monday Night (■hl A. 1.. Moody. Waterloo, fourth ‘ 'litnander ot the Aiuei’iian will attend the regular of Adams post number 43 American Legion here Monjßyighi. In addition E. L. Butler. of the district veterans . will present an entertainhis trained police dog. o Daniels Is I Hurt Wednesday Daniele, of 116 S. Fifth sustained a fractured right at 6:40 o’clock Wednesday when he was struck by an the corner of Monroe and streets. driver of the car. Chester of Convoy. Ohio, stopped following the accident to take the injured man ■Mbhysieian. Mr. Daniels, bowev r to get to the office withAfter treatment he return|B>his home. Mr. Barker reported to local police.

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WELFARE BOARD IN NEW OFFICE i County Welfare Board Moves Into New Office Quarters The Adams county welfare board moved into its new headquarters in a north basement room of the court house today. This room, formerly used to store coal, has been completely refinished in knotted pine, has indirect lighting and electrically propelled steam heat. Since the organization of the board, the consultation room at the rear of the circuit court room had been occupied as temporary headquarters. Under this arrangement attorneys interviewed the clients in the court library. This room was turned back to the court I today and was immediately available. The public entrance to the welfare headquarters will be on the fiorth side of the court house, steps leading to it being located west of the entrance to the ladies rest room. The floors are insulated against moisture and covered by an asphaltic flooring in two colors. The outer room will be used as a reception room and will be occupied by Mrs. Dick Arnold, deputy to the director. A private consultation room has been finished west of the reception room for Mrs. Faye SmithKnapp. Adams county social welfare director and secretary of the board. Business was not suspended today while the board moved to its new headquarters. A desk and six chairs purchased this week have not yet arrived, but equipment has been loaned to the board temporj arily. FARMERS WILL RECEIVE MORE Farmers Complying With 1937 Program To Receive More Washington, Dec. 10. — (U.R) Farmers complying with the 1937 soil conservation program will receive slightly more than in 1936, department of agriculture officials said today. They offered some examples of how the program would work on typical wheat, corn or cotton farmers. Total expenditures by the AAA for soil conservation and administration will be about $500,000,000, i the same as this year. A greater portion will go for conservation this year because of lower administration costs. Greater emphasis is placed on soil building practices in the 1937 program, AAA Administrator H. P. Tolley said. The rate of pay j per acre for soil conservation, however, will be less. The principal changes are a reduction from $lO to $9 for each acre taken out of soil-depleting crops and placed in soil conserving crops, and limiting corn acreage. The increase will come from added payments for soil-building practices. Typical examples of how farmers will benefit: A Kansas farmer has 320 acres, the average acreage in that state, of which 300 is in crops and 20 in roads, lots, etc. Thirty additional acres he normally plants in soil(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o—i P. B. Dykman Buys First License Plate P. B. Dykeman, 87, of Union township, one of the oldest drivers in the county, was the first to purchase new license plates at the local bureau, Dee Fryback, manager stated today. Mr. Dykeman, who was first in line when the office opened, has number 451,901. The plates have the colors of Purdue university this year, gold letters on a black background. . Mr. Fryback reported that the eale of the plates was unusually large for the opening day. He urged that all persons purchaise their plates at the earliest possible tune to prevent the usual last minute rush. \

CAN'T REMEMBER : FATAL ACCIDENT I Corner Zwick To Investigate Further Cause i Os Accident • William C. Franke, of Fort Wayne, driver of the truck In ■ which Fred Schultz. Fort Wayne • patrolma.n, was instantly killed Monday morning south of Decatur, could give no further light on the cause of the wreck when ques- ' tinned by Adams County Coroner • Robert Zwick at the Adams eoun--1 ty memorial hospital Wednesday ’ night. Franke maintains that he re- ’ members nothing after leaving ■ l the Allen county line. He could I not say why the trip from Fort Wayne required three hours. He left a restaurant in that city at S o'clock, arriving here at 11 i o'clock. Unless further evidence is ob- : tained in the next few days, Coroner Zwick indicated that he may return a, verdict of accidental death. To this would be affixed that the cause of the accident might have been partial asphyxiation from carbon monoxide gas and the fact tha,t a broken half pint bottle of whiskey was found in the clothes of Patrolman , Schultz. Franke told the coroner that he remembered stopping once or . twice enroute to Decatur after they smelled gasoline strongly in their cab. Mr. Franke smelled strongly of ga‘-oline when he was first given treatment in the Adams county memorial hospital. Did Not Drink He told Coroner Zwick that he had not had a drink Monday morning. He also said that Schultz did not drink after getting in his csub. but could not vouch whether or not Schultz had been drinking before entering the truck. The coroner wa.s unable to determine how much of the whisky, if any. had been consumed before , the crash, as the impact of the accident, which crushed the life (■CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Tax Commissioner Holds Hearing Here Paul Weber, field examiner for ■ the etate board of tax commiesioners, was in the city today and heard the petition of the city of Decaur to make several additional appropriations to the 1936 budget. A request for an appropriation to purchase a street sprinkler was included in the list. The additional appropriations, if approved by the state board will not increase the tax levy, the total coming from unexpended appropriations and additional receipts during the year. NEW EXECUTIVE FOR BOY SCOUTS New Field Executive To Be Hired For Anthony Wayne Area The Anthony Wayne area of Boy Scouts board at a meeting in Fort Wayne last night voted to employ a field scout executive to ' serve the eight counties, excluding Allen and including Adams, that are in the area. ’ The executive will be employed after the first of the year. The various counties in the area reported at the meeting that the , growth of scouting in their respective territories necessitated th® employment of an additional executive. ' The duties of the new executive ’ will include the servicing of scout troops, organization of troop com- ! mittees, planning of troop programs and training courses for 1 soouters with the scoutmasters 1 and committees in the district. 1 No aspirants for the position 1 have been named as yet, but it is • reported several are being seriously considered. > Bryce Thomas, of this ci'ty, reip- ’ resented Adams county at the I meeting last night. Counties in ' the area are DeKalb, Jay, Hunit- > ington, Noble, Steuben, Wells, > and Whitley, in addition to Adams and Allen.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 10, 1936.

King 1 Renounces Throne 4 Cl ' T J I * DWRiWwr JLI. 81,

i Edward VIII. king of England since the death of his father, George I V. Jiauiuary 20, 1936. today abdicated that he might marry Mrs. Wallis i Simpson, American. He is succeeded on the throne by his brother, . thy Duke of York. ;

NEW PROPOSAL FOR PROGRESS 1 Industrial Leaders Urge Program For Better Wages, Hours Washington, Dec. 10. — (U.R) —Industrial leaders urged Major George L. Beery's council for industrial progress today to sponsor a program that would remove wages • and hours from economic competition. More than 600 delegates representing business and labor ' applauded the proposal. 1 Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, chair- ' man of the senate interstate ccyn- ■ rnerce committee, informed Berry that: i "I believe, as you do. that there ■ should be made possible some pro- ■ vision whereby the question ot ■ '• hours and wages can be taken out i of competition; I believe in the ■ theory of an economy of abund- ■ ance as unemployment can never be solved by a limitation of pro(IGONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) . . o — ■■ WEATHER Unsettled tonight, possibly I light rain or snow extreme ) southeast portion; Friday generally fair; much colder tonight; colder Friday ex- ! treme east portion.

Mayor Urges Combined School And Community Building Here )

1 "Active steps toward the con- ' structfon of a combined commun- ’ ity and school building should be one of the main objectives of the 1937 build-Decatur program.” May1 or Arthur R. Holthouse stated in : an interview today. ’ Mayor Holthouse pointed out [ that Decatur, as far as the civil I city is concerned, now has modern buildings housing the city hall , and the fire departments, which in many communities are housed . under the same roofs. The most . practical plan here would be to • construct a school house and a i community building together, both of which are badly needed. The i combined building would reduce i the original cost and provide for ' . a lower operating overhead. Since it is assumed now that the I PWA will be continued. Mayor | , Holthouse stressed the urgency of t the immediate consideration of the | . proposal by the citizens, in order that the advantage of the grants i might be had. These grants have | amounted to as high as 45 per cent

Abdication Text — London, Dec. 10—(UP)—Text of King Edward’s announcement abdi- < atlng the throne of the British empire follows: “Realizing as I do the gravity of this stap, 1 can only hope that I shall have the understanding of my peoples in the decision I have taken and the reasons which have led me to take it.” “I conceive that I am not overj looking the duty that rests on me to place in the forefront the public, interest when I declare that I am ' conscious that I can no longer discharge this heavy task with efficiency or with satisfaction to myself. ‘I have accordingly this morning executed an instrument of abdication in the terms fo'lowing: “I, Edward VIII of Great Britain, Ireland, the British dominions beyond the seas, King emperor of In-; dia. do hereby declare my Irrevoc-1 able determination to renounce the throne for myself and my descendants. My desire is that effect should be given to this instrument of abdication immediately. I “In token thereof I have hereunto ■ set my hand this tenth day of Dec-1 ember, 1936. in the presence of the witnesses whose signatures subscribed. (signed) “Edward R. I. “My execution of this Instrument has been witnessed by my three brothers, the royal highnesses, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

of the entire cost in other similar projects over the country. School Facilities Poor The mayor recalled that the school city has viewed for some, time the lack of adequate school facilities. It has Been informally suggested by the school city from time to time in the past that the 50-year-old Central building be wrecked to be replaced by a modern school structure. The need of a new building was most effectively dramatized during the Centennial celebration, when I Central was used to exhibit fiis-'i . torical and other displays. Many citizens told school officials later| that they had never realized the , I condition the building was in. Age ; has made it beyond adequate repair, any improvements which now may be made are only make-shift arrangements to hold until a new building can be constructed. At several times school officials have suggested that the South and West Wards be combined and plac- ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Edward. Renounces Throne For Love Os American Woman; Duke Os York Becomes King

Mrs. Simpson Is Heavily i Guarded At French ' Villa; Threatening Letters Received. NO STATEMENT I Cannes, France. Dec. 10—(UP) — Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson talked long by telephone today with Edward VIII. of England, cheering him up after his abdication. She affectionately called him “boysy.” I .' |f Cannes. France, Dec. 10 —(U.R) — I 1 The next move of Mrs. Wallis t Warfield Simpson, for whom Ed- e ward VIII of England today gave e up his throne, was obscured today n by a double guard of reticence and -’ secret service men surrounding S her. i f It was understood first that she ; planned to remain in the villa of a Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Rogers \ here until after Christmas. It was 1 1 empl\gtieally stated that Kdwa,rd, (I was not proceeding to Cannes. | r But as the day wore on definite | ® assertions in the Rogers house-, 1 hold that their guest would remain I y until after the holidays were not i bo positive. After word that the king had c formally alidicated was flashed I j from London, Rogers was unwill- t i ing to say more than that ‘Mrs. t ] SimpsAai will remain at least until n ' tomorrmv.' although he did not « I say she was planning to leave. c From this it was deduced that e Mrs. Simpson might not be wholly I ! — " "l (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) |j o CONFERENCE ON !: I t GROSS INCOME ————- : t Conference Is Opened To Study Gross Income p Tax Law i. i f Indianapolis, Dec. 10.—-((U.R) —AI- <j leged “inequalities” in the state d j gross income tax law —most con-, : troversial fiscal issue of the last general election —were considered. | | today at a conference called by « ■Governor-elect M. Clifford Town-.j I send. i j | Representatives of various ganizations and other interested ; persons were to testify at the meet- | ing. Legislators and heads of state ! departments interested directly in f taxation also were summoned. Townsend convoked the confer-1 . ence to fulfill a campaign promise I , that he would consider any "in- | equalities” in the measure. The 1 Republican party centered its attack on the revenue bill. Yielding approximately $16,000,000 a year, the gross income tax has become the state's greatest 1 source of revenue since its enactment in 1933. Part of its receipts are used to guarantee $425 per teaching unit in the state schools. The governor-elect was to open the conference with an address in I which he was expected to insist v that the controversial measure be retained on the statute books. He h declared himself, however, to ac- ii cept changes which would elimin- i, ate the alleged inequalities. In a pre-campaign interview v with the United Pfess Townsend h said he was opposed to collecting C gross income tax on businesses C ’ t: (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) fl Floyd Keller Is J’ Killed Bv Train J i Word was received here today tl that Floyd Keller 48, brother of Mrs. 1 Raymond Gass of Huntington, was 11 j instantly killed when his car was h struck by a railroad engine at Ply- E mouth Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. He was well known here having e visited the Gass family of this city | on many occasions. He is survived c by the widow and one child. His c home, was near Culver. Funeral services will be held at 9 a. m. Friday in the St. Ann's Cath- _ ollc church in Monterey.

WALLACE URGES NEW MARKETS Secretary Os Agriculture Speaks At Farm Bureau Meeting Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 10. — (U.R) i —Secretary of Agriculture Henry | A. Wallace, following close on President Roosevelt's appeal for pan-American unity, told delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention here that 'American farmers must seek new markets in the Pacific and South America to help keep the United States out of war through European entanglements. Speaking before 8,000 delegates at a barbecue supper last night, Wallace said farmers will contribute their share to peace, by diverting trade now going to “five nations certain to become involved” in any major war, to pan-Amer-ican nations “of similar political views.” • “The danger of the United States getting into a serious war comes from the fact that we export goods to Europe and when a war comes one side or the other interferes with that trade.” Wallace asserted. “Our farmers, seeing that danger and not liking certain types of foreign governments, have urged that we withdraw as much as possible from Europe and Asia." Last year 63 per cent of American agricultural exports went to five countries that, are certain to become involved in any major difficulty in Europe or Asia, Wallace said, while only 10 per cent went to pan-American republics. “Farmers should be willing to accept small increases in the imports of farm products from South American countries in the interests of safeguarding peace,” he said. Wallace and Sen. George W. Norris of Nebraska were given the federation’s awards for the most distinguished service to agriculture during 1936. Good Fellows Club Previous total $134.65 Red Cross 10.00 Anna Voglewede 1.00 A friend 11 Total $145.76 Coal from Burk’s 6.50 o NOTED AUTHOR DIES SUDDENLY World Famed Italian Playwright Found Dead Early Today Rome, Dec. 10 — (U.R) — Luici Pirandello, 69, world famed playwright, died suddenly today. Members of his household found him dead in bed early this morning. It was thought that he died in his sleep about midnight. Pirandello’s fame as a playwright in the last two decades has been equalled only by that of George Bernard Shaw and Eugene O’Neill. All three have received the Nobel prize for literature. He was born at Girgentl, Sicily, on June 26, 1867. His early studies were ait Palermo, then in Rome. He took a degree in historical and philoligical sciences at the University of Bonn, Germany. There he mastered the German language to such an extent that his translation of Goethe’s “Roman Elegies” remains today one of his best literary productions. His deaith was believed due. to enlargement of the heart, members of his household said. They called in a physician but all he could do was confirm the death. Up to the middle of tlliis year, Pirandello’s short stories alone had filled 24 volumes. The philo(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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Edward Abdicates Throne Os World’s Greatest Empire To Marry Woman Os His Choice. YORK SUCCEEDS London, Dec. 10 —(UP) — The Baldwin government tonight introduced in parliament the act of abdication sealing King Edward VHl’s renunciation of his throne in favor of his brother, the Duke of York. Immediately thereafter, at 6:40 p. m., the House of Commons adjourned until 11 a. m. tomorrow. It was understood that King Edward may broadcast to the nation and empire tomorrow night and then leave the country. A spokesman at the Duke of York’s household told the United Press today that the New King of England probably wil take the name of King Albert 1. (Copyright 1936 by United Press) London, Dec. 10 — (U.R) — (By Transatlantic Telephone) — King Edward VIII abdicated today from the throne of Great Britain, renouncing for love the rulership over the world's greatest empire and one-quarter of the inhabitants of the globe. He gave up his crown so that he could go Into perpetual exile and marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, twice-divorced American. A breathless, stunned house of commons received from the king an historic document giving up :he “heavy burden" of kingsshlp because of the difficult personal situation in which he finds himself. The Duke of York, his brother, will succeed to the throne, it was announced. The duke’s daughter, imperious little 10% year-old Princess Elizabeth. becomes heir presumptive to the throne. Britain’s next queen if her father dies without a son being born to him. The scene in the house of commons was one of the most solemn in England s long history. Never flefore has a king voluntarily given up that mighty throne But his majesty's government was determined not to permit a divorcee and commoner to share It with Edward of the House of Windsor. The king was equally determined to make her queen or marry her in any case. He therefore decided against fighting his ministers and the constitution, a losing struggle. The historic occasion came at 3:42 p. m. on Thursday. Dec. 10, 1936, after Edward had been on the throne 324 days. Just before Big Ben. the voice of the empire, chimed the threei quarter hour, the speaker called on Baldwin. The prime minister arose from his seat and walked to the bar ot the house. In a voice which by a mighty effort of will power he kept steady, (lOONTINU.ED ON PAGE FIVE) For Christmas Shoppers Listed below you’ll find the names of advertisers and the page on which their ed appears. Timely suggestions for Christmas shoppens, as well as weekend bargains for the thrifty shopper are given. Now turn to the advertising pages. Stucky & Co 2 Lankenau's 2 Zwick's 3 Kohne Drug store 3 Pumphrey Jewelry store 3 Schafer’s 4 Carroll CoaJ & Coke Co 4 Niblick & Co 5 J. J. Newberry Co 5 Peterson Clothing Co 5 Lee Hardware Co 5 Peterson Clothing Co 6 Theatres 6 Holthouse Schulte & Co 6 G<x>dyea.r 6 Local Loan 6 Schafer's - t Schafer’s •— 8 Northern Ind. Pub. Service 9 Economy store 9 C. A. Douglas Co. 10