Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1936 — Page 1

XXXIV. No. 303.

fell MEN ARE ■[-ELECTED 10 KITE OFFICES Helion Held By Indiana ■ Taxpa.' ers ’ Asso- ■ ciation Ind.. Dec. 23-<l’P) Mh-sse, of Indianapolis. .. . Ih-catur. was re .-L-. t K. i:iv. secretary of the In I||V.... 11 . association. today. in this capacity for H|l years. || Udler, nublitdier of the K nr icily Democrat, was r■ •- K.. j >.<■ -president al laris : - II 1 ole. Pern, w is named of <he association, sue- ■ . lat • John T. Beasley, KHaute. ... ers chosen by the . x ..niauitee w< r Raymond <’ Knightstown, first vice Charles S. Ranch. Indiand vic president and ... Indianapolo. tiea ■j-,; also is (resident of the State bar association nts at large natm d by .a'.aiii coinmitt e were; F. Cary; Hugh Barnhart James Fleming. Fort Frank Evans. Crawford- ■; Arthur Hall. Fort Wayne; B. ■ Behren. Evansville, E. E. Mny Kendallville; W J. Hol’i- ■ li,:;®-..:. John Zimmerman I. Wimmer, tlr n in asti. ; Millale. Logansport; Han ■ts- < dl'van . Foster U.d.lc City; Walter Kennedy, ■fcsrille: Kent Andrew. La ■:< H. H. Sloan. Worthington: H’tbbad. Terre Haute and F. Ca’umbus. ■ Bin Maddox Is ■ Seriously 111 W lean: Maddox. si-; mor.’ ’ and Mrs Vance Mad- ■-> ill with p neam.n hospital in Muncie. Mr. amt were icsidents of I'"■runtil this fall when they mov■to Muncie. Mrs. Maddox is a of Mr. and Mils. I’. XX ■ of this city. ■ - — —o- - Bal Man Seeks I Bankruptcy Action E. Hower, former Decatur has filed a petition in volbankruptcy in the office ot district clerk at Fort Wayne. ■ lists debts totaling sll.6*t’-"6 ■ assets of $5,107.26. He re■ts {I.iHIO poperty exemption o ■quests Claims Be 3 Filed By Saturday Ada Martin, city derkrequested today that all ■ claims against the city be til ■ot later than Saturday. Tim regular council meeting of ■fear will be held Tuesday. It ■be necessary to pay the 1936 from this year’s budget. lemnia is I FATAL TO MAN ■M. Speakman Dies At ■Home Near Decatur S This Morning ■N'S-m M. Speakman, aged 78, a ■eof Ohio, died at 2:30 o'clock ■ morning at his home three southeast of Decatur, after he ■j*t'n stricken with pneumonia deceased was born in Ohio ■'April 26, 1858, the son of Mr. ■ Hrs. Ebenezezr Speakman. A' of his death he was a ret it ■nrier. w as a member of the Mtchurch. He came to Adams ■‘.'’ from Ohio in 1900. rv ' v ing, besides the widow. E'- ■* re the following children. Rol ■wakman, Richard Speakman. ■ Dwight Sheets, and Mrs. Cur- ■ ®''t all of Decatur and Roy ■ k “tan, of Fort Wayne. Three ■J* n are deceased,, as are seven and two sisters. ■"*ral services will be held Sat■jl afternoon at 1 o’clock a the and at 2 o’c’ock at the Q pe church. Burial will be the church cemetery. The Johnson, pastor of the will officiate. iB h,Mly wlu be rem ° ve,i from and Doan funeral parlors HH home this afternoon, where viewed until time for the

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PAT PARRISH IS SELECTED Former Decatur Man To Be Allen County Attorney Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 23. —I 1 Special 1 R. C. (Pat) Parrish of .this city, former Decatur attorney, will be appointed Allen county attorney, succeeding Judge-elect Harry H. Hilgemann, January 1, the Allen county board of commissioners have announced. The appointment will be made officially on New X’ears day when the commissioners convene for their annual organization meeting. Born In Decatur. Ind., Mr. Parrish was graduated from Decatur high school. He received his LL.B, degree from Indiana law school, Indianapolis. in 1905. After completing his law course Mr. Parrish engaged in the practice of law in Decatur until 1919. He was prosecuting attorney of Adams county from 1910 to 1914, and in 1915 was a representative from Adams county in the Indiana legislature. Moving to Fort Wayne in 1919, Mr. Parrish became affiliated with his present partner, former Judge David E. Smith, in a legal firm known as Smith & Parrish until 1922. Attorney Samuel D. Jackson and Mr. Parrish then formed a law partnership which continued until 1927. Mr. Parrish served as a deputy under Mr. Jackson from 1924 to 1926 when the latter was Allen county prosecutor. In 1927 Attorney Guy Colerick < became a member of the law firm t which then became known as Cole- I rick. Jackson & Parrish. This firm 1 was in existence until 1931. when it was dissolved. Mr. Parrish rejoined his original law partner in Fort Wayne. Judge Smith, and they now maintain offices as Smith & Parrish at 309 Standard building. The law firm of Smith & Parrish is to continue in existence while Mr. Parrish serves as coun- ] ty attorney. A lifelong Democratic worker, Mr. Parrish functioned as city 1 chairman of the party in Fort in 1925. He is married and has two sons, one of them now* in ■ law school, the other engaged in prelaw academic work. ( O_ , XMAS PROGRAM BY ST. LUKE'S — _ 1 Christmas Program To Be Given Friday By Congregation 1 The following Christmas pro- i gram will be given by St. Luke's , congregation Friday, evening at 7-30 o’clock at Honduras: Prelude ,reta Elzey < Scripture. 1 Prayer. , Song—O Come All Ye Faithful Congregation Welcome lorene Beer J Recitation «len Strahrn Piano solo Gladys Mankey Recitation Aleta Rate Jiff ( Recitation Bobby Heller New Born King Maxine Erhart and Beulah Bertch. Song—Luther Cradle Hymn Recitation Phylous Hoffman Piano solo .. Marie Engle ■ Christmas Carols Six gn s. n I nn Mildred Beer ’ Recitation - Gladys Mankey ■ Song .Max Ellen and Clde Linigeri Recitation Pauline Seasenguth Secitation Max Ellen Limger Duet Dolores Egley. Mrs. Jay os Recitation Rrthur Beer SecnSn Kenneth Roth Song-Joy to The World &onfe 7 Congregation Benediction. Christmas Greetings -- In the second s pt - tio " of *!’’ ' night’s edition of the Da democrat will be found the annual Christmas Greetingso the local merchants, industries and professional men. ’ for good things to 'JJ J’ U " ning the dinne | In accordance with. nU!l1 the £ocrat. Christm Jrder that the em-1 mas. in or<lel , the day ' ployees maj em • 1 with their nnel of the ' The entire h _ ng Democrat joins m . everyone a < Merry Christmas

Cuban President to Defend Himself Before Senate V 1 QfiWWWltEfft ’ ■WE \ .Jill 1 ill t IRfiiwr, KjSßMkr- r v fxtrJI : - -I ■ Ai. - T ■ i IM JEA' ■ 1 I C o'- Batista I • u- ’ f ii Hl WIihSiJS iRW*. '• J .. .11 1’ h 1 “ I Capitol at Havana I — —.raw ARMlMfcfcir L f 4 We izr ■"« 1 w?| Cuban sugar fieldiTJ L____; Federico Bru | . Threat ot a Fascist dictatorship looms in Cuba wt adherents of Col. Fulgencio Batista, ‘‘strong man" of the island republic, precipitated a crisis today. President Miguel Gomez, who has been impeached by the hou- e of representatives because of his opposition to the army-sponsored sugar tax bill, sought by the Batista faction to finance army-taught schools in the province, will make a personaj defense of his position before the bar of the senate at 4 o’clock thie afternoon.

C. E, HARRIS DIES TUESDAY Former Decatur Man Dies In Hines Veterans Hospital Charles Edward Harris, aged 50, World War veteran and former grocery cler kin this city, died at the Hinee veterans’ hospital, near Chicago, yesterday morning, according to word received here. Death was caused by a nail that had lodged in one ot the victim s lungs since childhood, although the i nature of the trouble was not learned until X-rays were taken at the hospital. Apparently the roofing nail had been swallowed accidentally when he was still a child. He is well remembered here, having clerked in Ball’s grocery for several years. He had previously lost the sight of one eye. The nail caused complications, which resulted in pneumonia, the direct cause of his death, it is stated. He was born near Uniondale, Wei's county, the son of Mr- and Mrs. Joseph Harris. He was never married. Before coming to this city and after working here, he was employed as a butcher and grocery clerk in Bluffton. | Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Dora Numbers and five brothers, Kirk, Forrest, Dewey, Fred and Wilbur, all of Uniondale. Funeral arrange--11 ot Uniondale. Fcneral services will be held at 1:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Uniondale at the ( John Numbers’ home. BOYS TREATED ! BY LIONS CLUB Annual Christmas Party, For Boys Held Tuesday Night More than 30 boys were enter-! tained in the Rice hotel last night as the guests of the members of the Lions club in their annual narty for the boys. The boys opened the evenings entertainment by joining wtth he members in the singing of Chtist mas carols, followed by the din- " santa Claus made the evening complete, when he appeared in with a large sack of candy. Eacn me ‘ mber also brought a present tm . hP young man, who was to his pnest for the evening. W. F. Beery, president of the club delivered a short talk, w 1 the boys to the meeting and "extending the appreciation of the club members for thejr eoo£jrj “t loo m making the party a sue Ce Mr Beery and Roy Mumma were in charge of the program tor the evening.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 23, 1936.

Former Ohio Senator Dies In Washington Washington. Dec. 23 —(UP) —| j Former Sen- Simeon Fess, veteran | Ohio Republican, died in his room ! at the Carlton hotel today. I The death was announced by his ( Physician, Dr. Sarnue' Beaker. Fess, for many years a figure in National politics and once chairman of the Republican National committee, had been in retirement from the national scene since he failed in a re-election campaign in 1932. REDUCE LOCAL MAN'S SENTENCE Paul Bailer Eligible For I. Parole In September i 1938 | Indianapolis, Dec. 23. (Special) I —Among the 32 prisoners in Indiana's penal institutions to receive ■ paroles or commutations in time for Christmas is Paul Bailer, 36, formerly of Adams county, sentenced September 24, 1936, in Al- > Jen couffty to a life sentence on a charge of criminal assault. Bailer’s sentence was reduced from life to 12 years to life. This . ■ would make him eligible for par-1 ole in September 1938. | At the time of his trial, Baile: did not take the stand in his own , defense. One of the principal pieces , of evidence was a written confess- - ion signed by Bailer after his ar- , rest. Bailer was alleged to have committed the attack upon a nine-year I • old girl, who was on her way home ( ' from Sunday school. I | John L. De Voss represented the | defendant before the state clemi ency board last Wednesday. Pet*" 1 , tions seeking a parole were signed | »y Special Judge Chester L Teeter, j ' who presided over lhe trial, and . C, Byron Hayes, who acted as. ' deputy prosecutor, at the time. r | Paul Bailer is the son of Sam 1 Bailer of this city. At the time; ! of his arrest he was living in Fort j Wayne. MEIR SY * : CHRISTMAS & ,J 2 TR//A i TREE ANDI , HANG UP \ I STOCKINGS I I 'll BUY Chßistmas|A|OW; SEALS | : i i

MAN DIES AT HOME TODAY Coroner Returns Verdict In Death Os William Mcßarnes William Smith Mcßarnes. aged 39. Pleasa.nt Mills carpenter, was found dead in bed this morning at 11:30 o’clock at the home of his mother in that village. Coroner Robert Zwick stated that death had occurred at about 10 o’clock. Mitro-stenosis wa« given a.s the cause. He had been living in Fremont until two and 1 one-half years ago, when his health 'rapidly failed him. I The deceased was born in St. . Marys township on November 30. 11897. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Mcßarnes and was a member of the M. E. church. Surviving, besides the widow. Leona Mynear Mcßarnes, are the following children, Janet and Helen of Fremont and Richard, of Anderson. A brother, "Wade of this city and two sisters, Mrs. Otto Lammert, of Decatur, a,nd Mrs. ' Sanford Carter, of Willshire, Ohio, also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Baptist church in Pleasant Mills, with the Rev. W. H. Day of Bluffton officiating. Burial will ibe made in the Pleasant Mills cemetery. The body will be returned to the Pleasant Mills home late this afternoon from the Zwick funeral parlors. SPECIALIST IS I CALLED FOR BOY ; Monmouth Lad Suddenly Stricken With Brain Ailment Herbert Boerger, aged 16, a junior student in the Monmouth high school, is in the (Adams county me- j inoria.' hospital in a semi-conscious i condition today. The lad fell HI while returning home from school in the Root township bun Tuesday afternoon and fell unconscious to the floor. He was rushed to the hospital, where he remained unconscious all during the night. A specialist was summoned from Fort Wayne to aid the attending physician. It is thought that he is suffering a brain ailment o rinjury, possibly a hemorrhage of the brain. He had not been I'l prior to last evening. Possibilities of the injury occurring in an athletic game are not considered unlikely. Herbert, the son of Mr. and Mm. Otto Boerger, of Root township, is a veteran athlete at the Monmouth school and has been participating in basketbail games on the Monmouth schedule. |

CROWD ATTENDS ANNUAL PARTY Creamery Employees Entertained At Christmas Party Approximately 400 employes ot the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., attended the annual Christmas party of the employes, which was held in the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium last night. Employes from plants at Warsaw. Fort Wayne, Huntington and Decatur were in attendance. The program was under the direction of Wilbur Foust and the dances. directed by Miss Patsy Fullenkamp. Carl Shelton furnished the music with his orchestra. A dance was held In the auditorium following the program. Mr. I Foust also acted as master of cere-' monies. Following is the program: Dance number—Dixie Miller and her four Cloverleaf Sweethearts. Instrumental number — Dick Bailey. Reading—Mrs. Sunderman. Dance, “Organ Grinder’s Swing,” —Evelyn Graber. Whistling number —Jeff McElhaney, “The Human Canary." Vocal number, "There’s A Song In the Air" —Mrs. Asa Pollock. Dance number, "Shoe Shine Boy”— Miss Norine Fullenkamp and Billie Howell. String selection—Bill Oakley and his Musical Racketeers. Clown and Acrobatic act —Foust Brothers. Dance number. "Bye, Bye, Blues" —Miss Dixie Miller. Santa Claus appeared on the program to present gifts and candy to all the children present. o State Court Hears Huntington Appeal — Huntington, Ind., Dec. 23. —4U.R) — Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs returned to his martyr's cell in the Huntington county jail last night. after spending a day in the state supreme court chambers at Indianapolis listening to attorneys argue ion his appeal from a decision of the Huntington circuit court. BUSINESS TO BE SUSPENDED Post Office And Business Houses To Close Christmas Postmaster Phil L. Macklin announced today that the local post office will be closed all day Friday in observance of Christmas. No city or rural mail will be delivered, with the exception of special delivery letters and all parcels on hand that morning. This is done to permit the recipients of gift packages to receive their presents on Christmas day. All other deliveries will be discontinued. Only a sufficient number ot employes will work on Christmas day to take care of this matter. Postmaster Macklin stated that the business this year had far exceeded that of previous years. On i Monday a total of 12,000 cent-and-a-half stamps were sold, he stated. All other days run the average much higher than previous years. The First State bank will also | close on Christmas day, as will the county offices in the court house, and all local stores and business houses with the exception of a few confectioneries and restaurants. Nearly al of the stores will remain open Christmas Eve to accombdate last minute shoppers searching for suitable Christmas gifts. o —- f~Good Fellows Club The Gecode club has collected I and donated 100 toys to be distributed by the Good Fellows club to uuTortunate children. By a similar action taken by the boys and girls of the band directed by Albert Sellemeyer, 25 toys were collected. Previous total $349.23 Gecode club 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Harvey.. 1.00 Mrs. A. E. Tumbleson 100 A friend - 100 Total $358.23 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Thursday, except unsettled south portion tonight; slightly warmer east and south portlons; generally fair south unsettled and colder north par j tion Friday. 1

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Cuban President Is Impeached For Opposing Officers

BRITONS HEAR CONTROVERSY Former King Defended By Popular English Newspapers — London, Dec. 23.—KU.fi) — Angry | controversy over the romance 1 which caused Edward VIII to abdi- 1 i cate continued today while Britons 1 ' busied themselves with prepar- • ations for Christmas. Popular newspapers were unani- 1 mous in condemning the criticism 1 ot Edward, now Duke of Windsor, < by the Archbishop of York for falling in love with another man’s l I wife. Linking this attack with a < previous one by the Archbishop of i Canterbury, the newspapers com- i plained that high churchmen were < keeping alive a matter which < would be better forgotten. < "At this time and day we should ; have liked to drop the subject of Edward’s affairs," said the Daily t Express, chief organ of the Beaven- . brook newspaper chain which ; reaches millions. "We believe the : public wishes that, too. However, another archishop, the Archbishop ( of York, has brought it up again. , "There are two archbishops , whom the English state recog- , nizes and pays for. Now they have ( j both had their say about the form- , er head of the state. So now poss- , ibly both will agree to let things i rest. "The Archbishop of Canterbury’s call for prayers, faifh, hope and J charity could not be better timed. The greatest of these is said to be charity and it begins at home.” The reference to the archbishop’s I call concerns a speech to be broadcast by him Sunday, urging a nat- , ional religious revival. He, who - started the post-abdication attacks ( on Edward, said yesterday of this' attack: "the past Is dead and the less said about it now the better.” He said he had not had time to read’ the criticisms published regarding his attack. "These are harsh terms to be ' owed by the Archbiship of York, doubly inappropriate at this season,” said the Daily Mail, chief ; organ of the Rothermere chain, in its comment today. "If what has been said had to be said, it should have been said liefore." said the Daily Sketch. “What an awful thought if all the bishops, including the suffrag-1 ' ans, insist on this Christmas ■ throwing of stone, emitting their ■ retrospective judgments," said the ’ Da,ily Mirror. “Let them spare u» an episcopal broil. We have had 1 enough of this." ’ Comment generally emphasized the choice of the churchmen of ' the Christmas season for their attacks on Edw r ard VIII. London, Dec. 23—<U.R>—Edward, the Duke or Windsor, was criticized again today by two leaders in the church of England for his abdication of the throne of Great (CONTINt'ED ON PAGE TWO) LARGE STILL FOUND HERE Celina Officials Refuse To Return Owner To I Adams County A liquor raid by excise officers and county police authorities late yesterday netted a 23 ga.--on still, 50 gallons of mash and one-half I gallon of untaxed liquor. Excise Officers Ed Miller and . Walter Krienke with Sheriff Dallas Brown, deputies Bill Bell and John Dferkes made the raid on the home ot Ceris Vandcrbek, a Belgian living in Blue Creek township. The owner of the illegal beveri ages was not at home when the ' raid was made. He was. however, apprehended in Celina, Ohio where he is being held on a charge of having untiaxed liquor in his car. He is lodged in the Celina jail, Mercer county authorities refus- : ing to release him to the local. officers. Sheriff Brown and depu-1 ties made a trip to the Ohio city : last evening to get the alleged' bootlegger, but the authorities re-. | fused to release him. The illegal liquor was confiscat-:, :ed and is in the possession of | Adams county authorities pending I the filing of charges and disposi-1 i tion of the case. I

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President Gomez Will Deliver Plea Before Bar Os Senate At 4 P. M. Today. PREDICTS FASCISM Havana. Dec. 23—(UP) — President Hlguel Mariano Gome , impeached by the house on charges ot maladministration, personally defends himself today ae the bar of the senate, sitting as a high court of impeachment. Dr. Gomez sat up most of the night—probably his last at the Presidential palace—preparing "A vigorous defense” He was surrounded by a small group of staunch supporters, some of whom planned to go abroad immediately after the impeachment session “to carry on the fight in safety" against the army Junta, controlled by Cuba's strong man, Co 1 . Fulgenico Batista, which is engineering the President’s removal. Reliable sources said that the entire Gomez cabinet had written resignations with the exception of Rafael Montalvo, secretary of national defense and friend of Col. Batista. From the presidential palace today came word that the president considers his case hopeless — although he intends to fight it to the end— and that the impeachment probably would be sustained by the affirmative vote of 26 of the 36 Senators. Bru to Succeed After Gomez is ousted vice president Federico Laredo Bru will automatically succeed him. A lawyer, Bru won his title of colonel in the Buban war of independence- He is 61. He was elevated to a cabinet position in 1911 under President Jose Miguel Gomez. Bru will be the ninth President since Machdo fled for his life in < August, 1933. Seven were provisional. Gomez, the eighth, was the first constitutional one after Machado. In January, 1934. Cuba had three presidents in 36 hours. President Gomez who has been silent during the crisis, called press oonference at 3 p. m-, before he appears before the Senate impeachment proceedings. Ostensibly, he intended to otllne his position. Airways officials said they had no request so ran airplane for the President or any Cuban officials, nor any reservation for Gomez on the regular passenger planes. Several members of the Gomez cabinet several days ago inquired I about reservations for themselves i tor the regular plane to Miami, Fla., but made no bookings. — o —■ Monmouth Seniors Will Give Dance The senior class of the Monmouth high school will give a public dance at the school gymnasium Monday evening, Dec-ember 28, at 8 o clock. Bob Rice's orchestra will furnish the music. Tickets are selling for 25 cents each. o Library Will Be Closed Christmas The public library will close Thursday evening at 6 o’clock and remain closed all day Christmas. Friday, Mies Ruth Winnes, Olibrarian announced this afternoon. The Daily Democrat announces the new fascinating 6-instalment novellette. "NO TRES-PASSING.” Thrilling adventure, stirring romance, mystery and humor in short serials by famous authors. You will want to read every single one of these splendid seriate —because each one will capture your imagination . . . bring you the interest and stimulation that comes from reading good stories. The serial-novelettes cover every department of story-telling and are written by noted authors. They have all the action, plot, drama i and romance of a full length novlel; yet each requires only 6 instalments printed from Saturday to ■ Friday for one week—to be com- | pleted. Every Saturday a new one etarts. Be sure to follow each of these exciting novelettes. Begins Dec. 26 1 daily in the Daily Democrat.