Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1936 — Page 1

I XXXIV. No. 301.

AjRCHtS PLAN 1 OR SERVICES Jh CHRISTMAS ■ratur Churches Ob- ‘ Htr\e Christmas With ■ I Fitting Services , Imp lies of Decatur are obthe Christmas holiday appropriate services. majority of the churches regular Christmas seilast Sunday, but a few will rvi.es tonight ami Friday. Day. < holding these services gK,.. St. Mary's Catholic ehlirch. HHzio'l Reformed church, Zion church and First Evanwas held at the Naz. . .. ni.i.le Wednesday eve |Kristmas services at the St. church will open with a high mass at 5 a. tn., with |K.... masses, concluded with 15 high mass. children's program will be at the Zion Reformed K. h this evening at 7 o'clock. ■ annual Christmas program be given at 9 a. tn. Friday. ■ Rev. Charles M. i’rugh, pas- ■ win speak on “He Dwelt Vs." Music will be furnthe girls’ chofr. service will be held Zimi Lutheran church this at 7 o'clock. A divine serm the German language will at 8:30 a. tn. Friday, and M communion during the Eng- ■ Christinas day service at "W midi.iaht Christmas worship will be held at the First church tonight, from K nl t 0 midnight. The service be conducted by the pastor, George S. Lozier, assistthe choir. Theme of the will be “Glora in Excels:* feature will be lighting s at the church altar, wi.n provided for each wor- ■ St. Mary's Church Christmas services at the Catholic church wi” with a solemn high mass at K and will be continuous. with a high mass at o'clock. mens' and boys' choir will the 5 o’clock mass, the probeing as follows: Mtt Night H Boys’ Choir K jt - Chant ■ Men's Choir Eleison Turton ■ Men and Boys Choir in Excelsis Deo Turton ■ Men and Boys Choir — Chant B Men’s Choir Turton B Men and Boys Choir “Laetentur Coeli” SB ... V. iegand B Men and Boys Choir ■ ... Turton B Men and Boys Choir ■edictus - - Turton B Men and Boys Choir Dei Turton B Men and Boys Choir - Chant. ■ Men's Choir Adeste Fidelis M Men and Boys Choir ■n Bambino —Duet —- Yon E Smith and Paul Briede Night B Men’s Choir Bihe girls choir will sing at the high mass. They will sing QB mass in of Our Lady Pompeii |B . Matzo B Benediction Bpalutaris Tappert Ergo Rhode "The Angels' offering at all of the Masses » be for the orphans. B o ■>serve Christmas And a| Wedding Anniversary Sir. and Mrs. E. E. Tricker, of of the city, ha.ve two reasons '■ celebrating tomorrow, Decem25. In addition to joining in universal celebration of Day, the couple will alS commemorate their 25th wedanniversary. anniversary luncheon at with a host of friends a,nd in attendance is being . by the couple. ■I ' 0 S. T ' ■>rt Wayne Grocery Is Blobbed By Lone Bandit 0 -■ B’ort Wayne, Dec. 24.—(U.R) ~ An ' young man held up a Krog- t ■■grocery here last night, taking 1 * from the cash register. The M>dit asked to' be taken to the I but left when the manager I he was unable to unlock i B l<

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Local Company Holds Annual Party Today The Cash Coal ai.d Supply comppany held Its annual Christmas I party at ib<- eompanv «it.- <m Wes’ Monroe street this afternoon. Scores I 1 MMt ii. betwe 1 the ag< four and 11 were treated with a gift by Old Santa. It. A. Stucky, ■ proprietor of the company, sponsors 'he annual event. BUSINESS Will BE SUSPENDED Business Generally Will Be Susnended In Deratur Christmas i Late Christmas shoppers today | • nttemotod to generate enthusiasm forth” holiday season, faced with the peosnect of a "green’’ Christmas Friday, and weather more tynics? of seeing than the opening davs of winter. The weather was reflected in business, merchants reported, as shoppers were unable to realize the approach of Christmas. The largest crowd of “honners of the season was predicted this evening. The warm sun today melted snow in all hut the deepest shaded areas. Stores will remain open this evening to accomodate the laet of the Christmas shoppers. Nearly all business houses, firms and industries in the city will be closed Christmas da,v. to permit their employes to enjoy the holiday. Mail service Christmas day will lx 1 limited to the delivery of special deliverv letters and packages and the distribution of packages 1 arriving on early morning trams. The members of the Delta Theta Tau sorority purchased food, toys, clothing and other articles for unfortunate children today, with the funds raised by donations to the Good Fellows club. Distribution will be ma.le tonight by the sorority. with the assistance of members of the B'. P. O. Elks club. Other benevolent and civic org- ' animations, together with a number of the churches made distributions of food, toys, fuel, clothing, candy and inexpensive luxuries, both to their less fortunate members and to the citizens at large, i With the closing of rural schools this afternoon all classes were; discontinued in the county for the Christmas vacation. Each of the seven rural high 1 schools and 37 grade schools in the county abandoned classes this afternoon after a Christmas program. The city schools of DecaI tur closed yesterday. Both city and rural'schools resume classes Monday. January 4. r> — John W. Wheeler Quits Highway Post Indianapolis, Dec. # 24. — (U.R) John W. Wheeler, Crown Point, announced today he has resigned as Republican member of the Indiana highway commission, effective January 15. Wheeler said he will join the engineering staff of the Burlington railroad in Chicago. He has served on the highway commission four years, is chairman of the state planning board, director o* the Chicago regional planning association, a member of the Indiana legislative committee of highway survey and a member of the governor's committee of 100 on highway safety. DEATH CLAIMS BEBNE WOMAN Mrs. Magdalena Dies Wednesday Afternoon At Berne Mrs. Magdalena Yager, 19 ’J' 1 ' 1 *’" of the late Charles Yager, died at her home in Berne Wednesday a- -- -ttter a three weeks ill-1 ness of pneumonia. S"" Samuel and Ellaeheth ChrisienerBeitler. She married Charles l aker December 15, 1877, and he died <v.*n daughters suruel of Berne and Lawrence Beitler Ind Fred Stuckey of Mercer countyFunheral services will be held at the Cross R e ™“ " U 7“ B u‘r“ : Berne Saturday at 9.30 a. m. S will be made in the M. R- E cemetery at Berne.

MOTOR FAILURE CAUSED CRASH KILLING SIX Air Liner Crashes In Texas, Killing All Six Occupants Dallas. Tex., Dec. 24 — (U.R) — Inability to maintain speed when cne of its two motors Palled was ' given today as the cause of the crash of a Braniff air liner here yesterday in which six men, all employes of the company, were killed. W. M. Clough, Braniff purchasing agent, desertbed the accident in an official report to the department of commerce. Agents of the i department will make a complete investigation of the accident, which occurred while the plane was being tested after a motor replacement. The plane fell near Love Airport. rolled over and caught fire. I Four of the passengers presumably were killed instantly. Two were burned to deu.'h. Don C. | ■Walbridge, operations manager, i was found at the controls when firemen subdued the flames. The other victims were S. E. | Perry, maintenance superintend ent; W. T. Chambers, crew chief, and Fred Sleeper. Rascal Florence, and Hubert Deane, mechanics. The big Lockheed Electra 10- i paseenger plane approached the field for a landing a few minutes before the crash, Clough said, but; bad to go around because of interference by two other planes. Then, he said, the right motor fail- , ed when the throttles were opened. “From eye witnesses’ reports,” Clough eaid, “the ship failed to gain sufficient altitude half a mile northwest of the field with flaps Aind landing gear coming up. Flight sneed could not be maintained a,nd the ship fell off into a right spin." Joe Mason, working on a house ('CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL MAN'S MOTHER DIES Charles Heare’s Mother Dies Suddenly This Morning Mrs. Mary Emma Heare, aged 71, wife of James Heare, and mother of Charlee Heare, superintendent of the Citizens telephone company here, died at her home in Berne suddenly at 0:45 o’clock this morning. Dea,th was thought to have been caused by a heart ailment. She was found dead in bed by her ■ brother, Charles Romine, also of Berne. Her husband had just returned from serving her breakfast in bed when death occurred. At that time she eta,ted she was feeling alright. The deceased w-as born in Champaign county. Ohio, the daughter of Janies and Anna Smith Romine on August 4. 1865. On December 14. 1884 she was united in marriage to James Heare. The deceased had lived in Berne and the surrounding community since 1894. She was a member of ' the Berne Missionary church. Surviving besides the husband and the son Charles, are two brothers, Charles, of Berne and J. S. Romine, of Galion. Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Anna Cline, of Berne. Seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock at the Berne Missionary church and i burial will be made in the M.R.E. i ceinctery. ‘ — o Chicago Packer’s Grandson Suicides Chicago, Dec. 24 —(UP) —Frank Wilhelm, Jr„ 24, Grandson of Edward A. Cudahy, pioneer Chicago meat packer, committed suicide in the bathroom of his parents’ apartment today with a shotgun. Relatives said they believed he was despondent as result of a bone disease which he had suffered since he was 10. o — Good Fellows Club Previous total $3 »r no Mutschler Packing Co 25.00 Bobby Mutschler 1-W Delta Theta Tau Alumnae.... 4.50 A friend 2 Good Felows * ov : Total-»391.62|

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 24, 1936.

Dedicates Organ I Miss Mary Vorhees, noted Frankfort organist, will present an ' hour's recital at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, as the dedicatory program for the new organ at the United Brethren church in this city. DEDICATE NEW CHURCH ORGAN Recital Sunday Afternoon To Dedicate U. B. Church Organ The new Hammond electric organ in the United Brethren church, corner Madison and Ninth streets, do-nat-d by J. Howard Wisehaupt as a memorial to his father and mother the ,'ate Mr. and Mrs. J. D. W’isehaupt, will be dedicated Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the church. The dedicaotry services will consist of a short service in charge of the Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor, and an organ recital by Mies Mary Vorhees. concert pianist and organist of Frankfort. Miss Vorhees is recognized as one of the leading musicians in the state and has a national teputation as an organist, being an accompanist of Hubert Witherspoon, the noted baritone. An hour's program will be given by Miss Vorhees and the public is invited to attend.

The new electric organ was installed during the past week and is cne of the beet made by this well known company. Mr. and Mrs. Wisehaupt were lifelong members of the United BrethI ren chifrch and the son Howard, is also a member of the congregationRichard Peterson Injured Wednesday Richard Peterson, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cal S. Peterson, is recovering at the Adams county memorial hospital today I from the effects of a fall from a hay mow at his home, late Wednesday afternoon. In the fall he fractured his skull, depressing parts of the bone against the brain. An operation was performed this morning at the hospital to raise the bones. His physician stated this afternoon that his condition was satisfactory. o LEASE BUILDING FROM MCMILLEN Old Adams County Bank Liquidation To Be Continued Through arrangements announced today the Old Adams County Bank trust will continued to be housed in the bank building for several months at least. Dale W. McMillen, who recently purchased the building, has leased it to the department of financial institutions. Under the terms of the agreement. should Mr. McMillen find a use for the building, he will give the bank 30 days notice. It is being leased on a month to month t)&sis The department will continue to lease safety deposit boxes, however reserving the right to call in the key upon 30 days notice. Other business in connection with the closing of the bank will be conducted in the building. Checks for distribution, which have not yet been called for, may be obtained at the bank. It is estimated that the closing of the bank will require at least:, six months more. Mr. McMillen has not yet made public the purpose he expects to | put the building to. after the de-; partment of financial institutions, closes Its operations there. I

OLD BONDS ARE UNEARTHED HERE Uncancelled Bonds Totaling $20,000, Found At Bank Twenty-thousand dollars worth of uncancelled bonds, issued 59 years ago against Adams county, and i bearing seven per cent interest, have been unearthed at the Old Adame County Bank No receipts of Interest payments are shown on the bonds, which would now total SB4 UOO. No one has attempted to compute compound interest. No reason for the location of the bonds in the bank could be given by the officials in charge. However, it • was pointed out that should the bonds for any reason, not have been paid, they would have been outlawed during the 59 years since their issue. The bonds were eviden'ly issued in payment for the construction of the court house. They were dated September 1. 1877, and were signed by I. G- Christen, county auditor at that time. As the bonds were issued several I years after the construction of the court house, it is supposed they were used to refund original court 1 house bonds. On the face of the bonds is the picture of the court house as it stood many yeans ago, with the I tower in the center of the building. There are 20 bonds, each with a face value of SI,OOO. Beginning in 1879 and continuing until 1884, they were to have born seven per cent interest. Space on the back is 'provided for the receipt of the five interest payment of S7O each. This has not been done. The bonds are numbered from 21 to 40. Across the face of the bonds is : written “held by the Adams County hank". This was the name of the hank under the charter held in 1877. The bonds appear to be negotiable t in every way. Why they were never cancelled or returned to the county 1 could not be determined. STATE LICENSE PLATES ISSUED

Townsend Given Number One, Dick Heller Number 13 Indianapolis, Dec. 24 — (U.R) Gov.-elect M. Clifford Townsend today was awarded automobile license No. 1 on both the star a.nd regular lists, Frank Finney motor. vehicle bureau commissioner announced. Gov. Paul V. McNutt, who has had No. 1 for the past four years, has been assigned No. 4 on both : lists. Lieut.-Gov.-elect Henry Schricker was given No. 2 on the star list, followed by Omer S. Jackson, state Democratic chairman and new attorney-general, with No. 3. Lawrence F. Sullivan, state auditor. has No. 5 starred: Thomas Taggart, Democratic national committeeman, has No. 7 Star; Earl Crawford, McNutt’s secretary, has No. 8 star; Senator Sherman Minton has No. 9 star; and Petei F. Hein, state treasurer, has 10 star. Dick Heller, secretary of the Democratic party, was given No. 13 sTar. On the list without stars, Senator Frederick Van Nuys was given No. 2; Senator Minton No. 3; Alex Pursley, close friend of Townsend, No. 5; James Cronin, Jr., Hartford City, No. 6; Tom Tag-; igart, No. 7; Paul Feltus, Bloomington, close friend of McNutt, No. 8; Mrs. Emory A. Scholl. Democratic party vice chairman, No. 9; and Bowman Elder, another friend of McNutt. No. 10. Frank McHale, one of McNutt s advisers, received No. 11 and W. A. Kunkel, Jr., was given No. 11. o * Christmas Without Snow Is Prospect Chicago, Dec. 24. —KU.R* — A snow less Christmas was in prospect today for most of the United States. Government weather forecasters j said the only snow in prospect tomorrow is destined for a narrow belt along the Canadian border. It will accompany low temperatures in the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Wisconsin and Michigan. For the rest of the country, generally, the outlook was mild temperatures and bright skies. Rain may fall east of the Appalachians and in the Pacific northwest, however. WEATHER ' Fair tonight followed by Increasing cloudiness Friday; 1 continued moderate tsmperaI turea.

LOYAL TROOPS ATTACK REBEL CAPITALTODAY Siege Os Burgos Opens, More Than 200 Persons Killed Madrid, Dec. 24 — (U.R) — The ’ Siege of Burgos, insurgent capital I in the north, 130 miles from Ma-f drtd. has begun with a.n initial clash that took more than 200 i lives. The insurgents took the often-' sive, suddenly attacking Santan-1 derian loyalist troops who have been quietly approaching the in- 1 surgent capita,! for several days, I consolidating positions and lines of communication as they went. Describing tile battle, which ■ raged all yesterday, as “the most vigorous of the northern campaign” in the first word that has come through from the front, the Sa.ntander war commissioner ordered a suspension of all Christmas festivities. “Today we must be more alert than ever, and be constantly on the watch,” he told the troops, i “Chriwtmas festivities will be j celebrated for the soldiers in due time.” ’ Fragmentary reports said the tra.’tie had raged on all fronts around Burgos. Details were lackring. The Madrid loyalist headquarters claimed today that the Asturias loyalist militia besieging Oviedo, now held by Hie insurgents, had set fire to the city’s gn.s works. In Asturias, the government re-1 norted. the popular front elements have reached an agreement for the

formation of a new government. The basque front was reported quiet. The insurgent cruiser Espana appeared off the coast and shelled Abono early today but the government was without reports as to damages or casualties. The Madrid front remained quiet today as both sides planned to observe Christma.s eve as best they ! could under the circumstances. Where yesterday the loyalist und government troops were carrying on a vigorous "battle of insults” across the frozen trenches

( —’•('suiting in the deaths of about 100 soldiers of both sides — they were exchanging Christmas greetings today. Completely imbued with the Christinas spirit both the militia, and the insurgents greeted each other through loud speakers rigged up in the university city trench . area. -o Harry Singer To Die On Christmas Night Michigan City, Ind., Dec. 24— (UP)—Harry Singer, 25, farm hand who has confessed four slayings but repented only one. today was promised an extra meal before he h electrocuted in the state prison . here at the end of Chris'mas day. Singer is schdeuled to die about 12:15 A. M- Dec. 26 for the killing of three members of a Wabash county farm family last August. He also has confessed the murder of Joseph Bryant, 20, Detroit, in a holdup at Wabash last July 3. —o MONMOUTH LAD STILL SERIOUS Condition Os Herbert Boerger Is Reported Unchanged The condition of Herbert Boer-i ger. 16 year old Monmouth high school junior, who was suddenly •stricken ill on the Root township bus returning from school Tuesday, is reported to still be serious at the Adams county memorial hospital today. No ma.rked change has been reported since he was admitted to the hospital. He 4s still under the care of a local phytrician and a I Fort Wayne specialist. Some doubt is expressed concerning his chances of recovery. He is still in a semi-conscious condition. Only relatlvee a.nd intimate friends are permitted in the room. While the extent of his ailment I has not been definitely diagnosed due to the seriousness of his condition. it is known that he is suffering from a brain hemorrhage. The cause of the ailment is not known. Ernest Curtis, principal and coflich at the Monmouth school stated today that he was certain the lad, who is a star athlete, was not injured in any of the recent basketball games.

Pope Broadcasts Message Os Peace Despite His Illness

FIRST FAMILY MARKS HOLIDAY I - Mrs. Roosevelt Distributes Toys And Candy To Children Washington, Dec. 24 — (U.R) — : Thousands upon thousands saw the President and Mrs. Roosevelt today and heard them say “Merry i Cliristnia.s." Mrs. Roosevelt started the day by beginning distribution of 1,400 big boxes and bags, in gay chintz, to children in a local theater. The Central Union mission prepared each package with clothes, toys, Christmas fruits a.nd sweets. Homer Rodeheaver, a singer, acted as Santa Claus and presented Mrs. Roosevelt to the children, escorting her to the stage to the tune of "Jingle Bells” played by the marine band. The first lady, wishing for the children the “joy of giving as well as the joy of receiving”, told them about the morning at the White ; House. “Just before I left the White House, three of my grandchildren came to say ‘good morning' to the president. He asked ‘where's ' Chandler?' “We all laughed because Chandler. who Is the little daughter of our son, Elliott, has a, great predilection for the gentlemen, and immediately fell in love with her grandfather. "Chandler insisted upon sitting up on his lap last night while he read the ‘Christmas Carol.' That I interfered a little with his reading. Then she ra.n around the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

CUBAN LEADER TAKES OFFICE Bru Succeeds Gomez, Ousted By Impeachment Proceedings Havana, Dec. 24. —(U.R) VicePresident Federico Laredo Bru. soldiers, politician and former ; revolutionist, became Cuba s 14th president today, succeeding Miguel Mariano Gomez, who was ousted by highspeed impeachment after seven months in oilice. Bru. 61, army colonel who enjoys the support of the military junta headed by Col. Fulgencio Batista, will be sworn in at noon at the presidential palace by the entire supreme court. He is the ninth president since dictator Gerardo Machado was deposed in 1933. Gomez, first constitutional president since the Machado regime, was relieved of office by the senate, sitting as a high court of impeachment last night, after a tourhour trial on charges preferred by the house of representatives that he had "impeded the free function of legislative power” and "coerced j congress” by threatening to veto an army-sponsored sugar tax bill. Gomez left the presidential palace as soon as he received official word that the senate, by a vote of 22 to 12, had sustained his impeachment. He went to his home at 82 Prado, j just four blocks from the presidential palace, where he issued a 3,-POO-word statement denouncing Col. Batista, former army sergeant who seized power in 1933 in the “sergeant’s revolt” against the Cespedes government, as a dictator. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Farmer Killed And Policeman Wounded Andersonville, Ind.. Dec. 24 (UP) —Meburt Masters, 35, living on a farm near here, was killed instantly and Kermit Lewis, Shelbyville, state policeman stationed at Rushi ville barracks, was wounded in a gun battle during a raid on a still ; in Franklin county today. The shooting took place when federal agents, excise police and Lewis closed in on the still located two and a half miles southeast of here. Masters, accompanied by an unidentified companion, started running when officers approached the still. Dropping a jug of whiskey, Masters began firing with a shotgun. striking Lewis in the leg and !thigh.

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Pope Pius, Deaf To Pleas To Safeguard Health; Speaks To World Over Radio Network. FIGHT COMMUNISM Vatican City, Dec. 24. — (U.R) — E’ope Plus XI. deaf to pleas that he safeguard his failing strength, broadcast to the world today a Christinas message appealing for peace and for a finish tight against the forces of communism. Speaking over a microphone from his sick bed in the Vatican, the pope, wracked by pain, mingled his horror of communism and of the forces which he linked with communism as destructive with his hopes for peace. Intimates said that the pope was completely exhausted at the end of his address. He drank a cup of hot broth and fell into a heavy sleep at once, they said, dropping back Into his bed from which he broadcast. He appealed to the Roman Catholic faithful and to the people of all countries to work towards peace, and toward bringing to an end the Spanish civil war. His voice was eloquent of his weakness. He spoke slowly and haltingly with long pauses between phases and towards the end his tired voice broke, choking sobs. But, ill and w»ak, he spoke for 29 minutes instead of the few to which his physicians hoped he would restrict himself. He exhorted the world to return to peace, and to reestablish peace where now, he said, there is "but a sorowful memory and a tragic, unfulfilled yearning.” There was no mistaking the suffering which the pope himself endured at thought of the tragic events in the world. But, he said too: “Our soul rejoices in the exaltation of the faithful who glory in God ... we suffer little in comparison to the king and founder of the church ... we send out to the world the Christmas message and benediction: Glory to God in th« highest and peace on fearth to mankind.” The pope spoke bitterly of ths spread of “atheistic communism” and he exhorted the faithful to vigilance and action by a union “of all men of good will against the propaganda of the enemy.” Then he took up the Spanish civil war. Christmas joys, he said, were mingled with thoughts of the war “with all its horror, hatred, carnage and destruction.” It seemed in Spain he said, that evil forces were experimenting with all the destructive forces scattered throughout the world which they have at their command. “Here," he said of the war, “is a new menace more threatening than ever before for the whole world and particularly for Europe and its Christian civilization. "Here are signs and portents of the terrifying reality that is being prepared for Europe and the whole world if It does not hasten to adopt the necessary remedies for defense.” He ended with a benediction, and at once the speech was given (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

VANDERBEK IS GIVEN FINE Adams County Farmer Fined At Celina For Illegal Possession Charges In Adams county against Cyril Vanderbek, Belgian farmer, wanted since late Tuesday on a charge of illegally operating H still tn Blue Creek township, wiill have to wait until Vanderbek has served a sentence in the Celina. Ohio jail on a similar charge. Vanderbek, a Belgian fanner, wu.s fined SIOO and costs by Judge H. A. Miller in the Celina court Wednesday, when he was convicted of transporting lillegal liquor. Unable to pay the fine, he was remanded to Jail. At the usual rate of $1 per day. approximately four months will be required for the convicted man to serve out the full fine. Vanderbek's arrest was being made in Celina hy authorities of that town at the same time Adams county authorities and state police were raiding his Blue Creek township home, which netted the still and a quantity of illegal liquor.