Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1936 — Page 1

Mol. XXXIV. No. 305.

BARRY SINGER ■EXECUTED FOB I TRIPLE MURDER ■oung f armhand Is ■ trocuted Early This H Morning City. Doc. UP . singer. 25-yoar«.lil ("a,■•:.(was electrocuted at (h--state prison early tins paying with his rife for triple murder of Mr. ami sh ('.tiiflinan and tinn da.imiiMarjorie. He killed the trio their farm west of Lake) July. was taken into at 12:0*1 a. m. today. II the first shock a.t 12 ' HH m. ami was pronounced <D-.i,| dm prison physician ai 12 :l I officials said S nger's would be claimed by a Waundertaker today. The) v.. the dead man's sistmarranged for his funeral. he went to the chair told his guards, "(lues chair will be a good enough present for me." IMfmim'r was taken into < iietiriy a.' ■rli Manchester August 7 wh ui actions aroused the snspii ioi, John Hathaway, chief of pole North Manchester who call 'd ■ - state police to invest ma; <• being grilled all day Sing r to Detective Al Treusch h“ committed the triple marHroi the evening of July 21 and buried the three bodies in a in the cowburn. September 15 he pleaded to three charges of murder ■ the first degree and was sent to death in the electric Baair by Judge Byron ('. Kennedy ■ the Wabash circuit court. It the first time the death penhad been given in Wabash in more than 75 years. ■ ifter he was removed to da th ■ai ths Indiana state prison made a new confession in he said he and Canffman ■1 killed J. D. Bryant, 23. of Dewho was shot in a robbery Wabash on July 3. Bryant Hard Miss Marguerite Renkin. 22, were en route to Loute- ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Ike hazards I ARE INSPECTED ■nnual Inspection Os II Basements Is Made I By Fire Chief ■The annual inspection of basefor fire hazazrds was being today by Fire Chief 'Bob" and assistant fire chief. ■ Hurst. ■The fire chiefs inspected the bus' under up-town business pluses and where hazards were ■und. recommended to the occupof the building that they be ■moved. ■in several of the basements the chiefs found rubbish and old ■flier stored. Back of several of the ■bidings, paper and cartons were ■led against the wall, creating a the officiate stated. Occup|s ! of the building were requested ■ remove the pi'es of paper and in■mable material. ■Each year the local fire depart■ent makes an inspection of the ■town buildings with the idea of ■iminating the hazards as much as and prevent a disastrous ■e in the business district. ■I o Dedicate New Church I Organ Here Sunday ■ The public 4s invited to attend ■e recital at the First United Brethren church Sunday afternoon ■ 2:30, when the new Hammond ■Uric organ will be dedicated. ■ Miss Mary Vorhees, concert pian■t and organist of Frankfort, will ■ve the recital. ■ The organ is a gift to the church ■oiu J. Howard Wisehaupt of this ■ty. donated in memory ot his ■ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. g- D. Wisehaupt. ■ A short dedicatory service will B 6 held previous to the recital. o Bhristmas Charity Dance Here Tonight I The annual Christmas charity Sauce, sponsored by the Psi iota g- and the Delta Theta Tati soror■ies, will be held this evening in ■le D. C. H. S. auditorium. Hal ■enman’e band will furnish the Bjusic. Tickets may be purchased at Bhe door for $1.50 a couple.

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Edwin Kauffman today was appointed deputy to hte mother. Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, who will take office as Adams county recorder January 1.

ED KAUFFMAN IS APPOINTED Will Be Deputy Under Mother In County Recorder’s Office The appointment as deputy of I Edwin (Spot) Kauffman, one of l the most prominent and popular of the younger Democrats in the I county, was announced today by his mother, Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth. county recorder-elect. Both will assume office January 1. Mr. Kauffman was born in Chi- ; eago, January 22. 1916. but has lived in Adams county since hte family moved here a year later. He lived in the southern part of the county until 1926. and attended the Geneva public school for five years. In 1926 he moved to Decatur when his step-father, the late Harl Hollingsworth, assumed office ■as county sheriff. He entered the , Decatur public schools the same year and was graduated from the Decatur high school in 1933. He matriculated in the International Business college in Fort Wayne following his graduation from high school and was given a degree in business administration, i in June of 1935. Since his graduation from busiI ness college, Mr. Kauffman has been employed in the sales department of the schafer Wholesale company office here. Mr. Kauffman has been active in Demcoratic politics for several years. He han added to his list of acquaintances through his work ■ ; in the Young Democratic chib of t Adams county, of which he is new ' acting president. He has also 1 served as secretary treasurer of the organization a,nd ha»s been a member of many important committees. He is a member of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce and has served on the Birthday Ball for the President committee for the last two years. He attends the M. E. church of th.is city. Mr Kauffman's resignation at the Schafer Wholesale company became effective today. He stated today that he will spend the week until New Year's day learning Ins new duties in the recorder's office. —o WEATHER Rain probable tonight and Sunday; mild temperature. WILL INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Joint Installation At Masonic Home Monday Night The Free and Accepted Masons and Royal Arch Masons of Decatur will hold a joint installationl of officers at their meeting Monday night in the Masonic home. “ Following the installation monies and business session, fish fry will be held in the dining ''“Robert Krick will be installed as a™. “ d Lefeh " "Sw- be " high priest of t^ e 1 ° 1 ya )je installed arP J Ch c a X B T'D. Sties,' treasurer' and Earl B. Adams, secre‘“The officers were elected at: re- ! cent meetings of both chapters.

NOTED WRITER DIES FRIDAY IN NEW YORK Arthur Brisbane, Widely Read Columnist, Dies Os Heart Disease New York, Dec. 26.— t(U.R) — Ar-| thur Brisbane, 72, famous editor, I died in his apartment Friday under an oxygen tent a few hours after he dictated his last column. Burial will be at noon Sunday at Allaire, N. J. Services will be private with only the family In attendance. It was requested that no flowers be sent. Rev. Theodore Sedgwick, retired, who married Mr. and Mrs. Brisbane 25 years ago. will officiate at the funerla. Brisbane had been ill for several days of heart disease. He had an attack Thursday and was placed . under an oxygen tent where he dictated his "Today” column of comment on the news of the world, which is published in about 200 newspapers. At 5:30 a. m. he died. Dr. Leopold Stieglitz, a nurse and the editor's entire family were at his bedside. The column already was on the streets. Part of it read: “Another Christmas has come, a birthday that means kindness and hope for so many millions of human beings. "Nineteen hundred and thirty-six years ago a beautiful Child came into the world; a few sad years later the three crosses were erect- , ed on the bare hill called Golgotha. meaning ‘The Skull.’ “From the divine smile on the face of that Child and from the sacred life sacrificed on that hill a better world has some. “It is still a world of war, cruelty and sorrow, but progress has been steady; ‘Peace on earth and good will toward men' will surely come. “Happy he who, today, can bring smiles to the face of other children. and to the face of careworn mothers.” At the bedside were Mrs. Bris(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ANDTHER GRAIN THIEF IS HEID Third Suspect In Theft Os Grain Is Held At Bluffton Bluffton. Dec. 26. — The third ’ arrest in connection with the alleged theft ot wheat on December 8 from a granajy on the farm of Chris Grewe, near Ossian, was made Thursday afternoon when i Clarence Dee, living south of Fort | Wayne on state road 27, was taken into custody a,s an alleged accomplice of Ira Williams and Daniel Terhune. The two latter had entered pleas previously to charges of petit larceny, end entered pleas a second time under a, new affidavit jointly charging Lee with a simi-: lar offense. Second counts charg-| ing second degree burglary brought pleas of not guilty from Terhune and Williams, while Lee entered please of not guilty to both counts. Bonds were fixed for all at $2,500 and they were lodged in jail in lieu of bond. Penalties were not assessed under the new affidavits on pleas of Terhune and Williams, and no further action is expected Ibefore next week. A second affidavit against Lee charges him with having been an (accessory before and after the fact, it being alleged he knew in advance of the proposed acts of the other two, and his guilt under the other affidavit is alleged due to lus having advance knowledge in planning the act, (although he did not actually participate in taking the wheat. Two Scarlet Fever Cases Are Reported Two cases of jjcarlet jtever were reported in Adams county for the wedk ending, December 19, according to a report made by the state board of health. No other major infectious disease was included in the report for the county. —o Robert Colter, Jr., Undergoes Operation Word was received here yesterday by relatives of the serious and sudden illness of Robert Colter, Jr., son of Mr- and Mrs. Robert Colter of Chicago. He became ill with an attack of appendicitis and was rushed to the hospital for an emergency I operation,

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 26, 1936.

One May Succeed Pope Pius XI

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Among the leading candidates to succeed Pope Pius XI are Cardinal Pacelli, right, papal secretary of state; Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi, archbishop of Naples, and Cardinal Marchetti-Sa,lvaggian-i, papal vicar general.

BOERGERYOUTH IS IMPROVING Monmouth School Student Rallies From Condition Os Coma Herbert Boerger, 16-year old Monmouth high school athlete, who has remained in a serious condition at the Adams county memorial hospital since 'ast Tuesday afternoon, is i “ported to be in a much improved condition today. After more than a 65-hour coma, in which the lad suddenly rallied Christmas morning at 10 o’clock and regained fill consciounessHe roused from his coma and asked to be taken to his home, stat- ; ing that he felt no pain. The attending physician stated, however, that extra precaution will be taken to prevent the re-occur-rence of the brain hemorrhage, which the lad first suffered last Tuesday. As yet, friends, relatives or teachers of Boerger have been unable to advance any theory as to what caused the hemorrhage. — o New Enrollment For CCC Camps John Doan, Washington township trustee, announced today that a new enrolment period for the county I CCC quota will extend from January 1 to 15. Application blanks may be obtained from his office on Tuesday, December 29, and Tuesday, January 5. Young men between the ages of 18 and 28 from relief. WPA and needy families may enroll. Re-en--I'stments from young men who have served not more than 13 months and who can produce honorable dis- . charge papers will be considered.

Outlook For Indiana Business As Seen By Business Experts

(Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles on the outlook for various lines of Indiana business during the new year. The series is presented with the cooperation of faculty members of the Indiana University Bureau of Business Research ana the School of | Business administration.) By WAYNE H. STACKHOUSE, I Assistant Director, Indiana I University Bureau of Business Research. h Business recovery during the year has been so nearly universal that but few lines and few localities found 1936 less satisfactory than 1935. The more reliable nat--1 ional indexes show that business ’ in the country as a whole averag- ■ ed about 15 per cent above 1935. I Recovery in Indiana, however, , was much more pronounced. The ’ index of the Bureau of Easiness ■ Research shows that business in I Indiana has average more than 20 per cent above 1935. The more | than average recovery in the state

Admits Inflicting Own Injury, Robbery Sullivan, Ind., Dec. 26—(UP)—A confession from Martin Hathaway, She’burn garage employe, that he committed a S2O robbery he had ■ claimed was committed by two “cultomens" wan claimed today by Sullivan county authorities. A head injury shown to substantiate the robbery story was nelf-inflieted. authcrities said Hathaway admitted. ARRESTED AS DRUNK DRIVER Claude Patesei Arrested Thursday Night After Hitting Auto Celebration of Christmas Eve by imbibing too freely of Christmas cheer ended with a- (stay in jail for Claude Patesei. of Line street, who was arrested late Thursday evening by Policeman Adrian Coffee. The arrest was made after he had allgecdly driven down the streets in a reckless and drunken manner. The auto he was driving struck a parked car of Dan Tyndall's on Adams street, knocking it a distance of more than 75 feet, (authorities reported. He was arrested by the local officer and (Sheriff Dallas Brown and taken to the jail, where he is to awa.it filing of charges. The charge of drunken driving is scheduled to be filed late this latternoon by the arresting officer. The parked auto, which was being driven by Mr. Tyndall, is owned by a local firm, which is repairing Mr. Tyndall’s car. Both cars were considerably damaged, the parked (auto receiving the greater shock.

this year has not been due to any tardiness of earlier years. The facts are that throughout the recovery Indiana has usually been ahead of the nation. A comparison of the recovery movements of the state and nation may be helpful in getting a I picture of our progress since early 1933. Acording to most business indexes, the low point of the de- [ pression came early in 1933. From j March to July 1933, all bmSThess (curves rose almost perpendicular--Ily and then declined with equal velocity until November. Business recovered some in early 1934 and then declined again until July, when the present upward movement started. The Indiana index has behaved much like the national indexes since 1933, with the exception that it was affected less by the early ’ 1934 decline and has recovered more consistently since that time. Business in the country as a whole, as measured by most indexes, has risen some thirty-five points since (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

FRANCE SEEKS TIGHTENING OF I ARMS EMBARGO Submits Drastic New Plan On Arms, Men And Money To Spain (Copyright 1936 by United Press) ' Paris, Dec. 26 —<U.R>— France has submitted to the powers a drastic | new plan to tighten embargoes on 1 arms, men and money to Spain, it was learned today. The plan was submtted as French and British ambassadors to the chief powers pointed out anew the danger of an international explosion from the aid now being given openly to the factions in the Spanish civil war. France's new neutrality plan is notable for two reasons: 1 — It envisages strict control of financial aid to the factions a.s well as control of the supplies of men and arms pouring into Spain. 2 — France delivered a special copy of the plan to the British government with the pledge that she herself would accept, on her own territory aa Spain’s chief neighbor, all measures necessary to make it effective provided other nations took similar steps. It was understood that both France and Britain continued ready to aid Nazi Germa,ny finan-1 dally by Fuehrer Adolf Hitler would agree to stop sending men ; to the nationalists; but that if he persisted in sending them, France would reserve freedom of action to give any aid she saw fit to the loyalists. France’s plan was submitted formally to the international committee on non-intervention in the civil war, with a separate copy to Britain which Andre Charles Corbin, French ambassador at London, delivered to the foreign office there. Much depended on Portuga,'. Portugal and France alone border directly on Spain and alone can check leaks through which smugglers are running thousands of tons of war materials across the frontiers. If any sort of cooperation could be obtained from Germany and Italy, and pro-national-ist Portugal closed its frontier, it I is held here that the Spanish war would die soon because neither . side would have ammunition. I Despite the Christmas holiday, French and British ambassadors at Berlin. Rome, Moscow and Lisbon conveyed to the foreign offices of the respective countries yesterday strong representations urging the necessity of ending both direct and indirect aid to the nationalists and loyalists. Aged Woman Receives Shower Os Greetings Mrs. Jane Anderson of Winona Lake, who is spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Foughty of Decatur, was given a. Christmas greeting shower by the members of the (First Baptist church of Warsaw, and other friends. She received about 100 ; cards. Mrs. Anderson celebrated her 99th birthday anniversary December 3. GOOD FELLOWS DISTRIBUTION Good Fellows Club Distributes Aid To Needy Os Decatur ' Between 40 and 50 families were helped by the Good Fellows club this year, it was announced today. This is an addition of several families because of the larger contrlbutions, as compared to last year. J Clothing, shoes, food, candy, toys and other gifts were distributed by members of the Delta Theta Tau sorority, which sponsors the annual event, and members of the ’ B. P- O. Elks club who assisted in the distribution. The Santa Claus assistants began at 5 o'clock Christmas Eve, and i by 7 o’clock all the presents were ( delivered. i The food baskets contained meat and groceries sufficient for Christ- . mas dinner. ' Gifts were given again this year to the mothers of the unfortunate i children. A detailed report of the activities " of the c'ub will be made at a later I date, members of the sorority stated today. The approximate total of col- ■ lections was $392.98. Unreported 1 contributions are: a friend, $1; Paul ' Wolpert, two cents, and Good Felllowa, 34 cents.

Heavy Death Toll Is Reported Over Christmas Holiday

CHRISTMAS DAY OBSERVED HERE Christmas Is Observed Quietly Here; Weather Unusually Warm Chris*mas was celebrated Friday, in unseasonably warm weather, by church services, family re- ! unions and parties. Christmas Eve childrens’ programs wiw held ut the Zion Lutheran and Zion Reformed churches early in the evening. At 11 p. m. Christmas Eve a special Christmas worship srevlce was held at the First Evangelical church. The St. Mary’s Catholic church opened Christmas day with a solI emn high mass at 5 a. tn., with continuous masses, concluding with the 9:45 o’clock high mass. German and English services were held at the Zion Lutheran church Christmas Day. The annual Christmas service at the Zion Reformed church was held at 9 a. m. Christmas Day. The majority of the business houses in the city were closed during Christmas. Only special delivery letters and packages and (packages arriving early in the morning were delivered by the Decatur post office. Because of unusually good road conditions, many families visited with friends in Fort Wayne and other cities during the day. No serious accidents were reported during the day. LEADER SCHOOL OPENS JAL'.A Leadership Training School To Be Conducted By Local Churches The pastors and church school superintendents of Decatur and vicinity are urged to begin enrolling Bible students and church school workers for the standard | leadership training school, which will open in the Decatur high school building Monday evening, January 4. and continue each Monday evening until six sessions I have been held. The churches of Decatur and the surrounding community have I joined together in promoting this II school and in providing the faculty and other leadership. The enrollment fee will be 50 cents and, as usual, many of the church schools will care for the expenses of their . own workers. Everyone is invited to share in the benefits of the training. Four courses will be offered this year and by attending at least five nights in any one of the four classes it will be possible to get a credit. When 10 such credits: have been earned, a graduation, diploma is awarded. The subjects | and the leaders this year are as, follows. "The New Testament; Its Con- J tents And Values,” an introductory course in the Bible leu by the j Rev. George Lozier of the Decatur Evangelical church. This course parallels the Old Testament course given last year. "Christian Worship,” led by the Rev. E. S. Morford of the Monroe ! Methodist Episcopal church. This is a general course in a field that today is attracting a great deal of interest and study. “Guidance In Christian Home Making.” led by the Rev. H. W. Franklin of the Decatur United Brethren church. This course ' should be of interest, not only to church school workers but to the young married people of every church. "Education For Missions And World Friendship,” led by Mrs. A. D. Unversaw ot the Decatur Bap(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o — Choral Drama To Be Given Sunday The choral drama. "Gloria,” sponsored by the music department of the Woman's club, will be repeated at the Zion Reformed church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The performance will be given for the benefit of the Decatur ministerial association. No charge will be made but a silver offering will bet aken. The public is cordially invited to attend.

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Violent Death Toll Over Nation Is Expected To Exceed 300; Indiana’s Death Toll Nine. ILLINOIS HIGH (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Christmas brought violent death to at least 265 men. women, and children, a United Press survey showed todajr Murder, suicide and accidents swept the nation from coast to coaut. A state-by-state tabulation disclosed 265 deaths in 33 states and the District of Columbia. The finaj count was expected to exceed 300. Automobile accidents caused the most deaths as unseasonably warm weather attracted hundreds of thousands of motorists to the highways. Airplane crashes cost two lives, one in Framingham, Mass., another near St. Louis. Firecrackers caused one death in Miami, Fla, and a wild celebration In New Orleans culminated in murder. There were seven murders in Alabama alone. Marie Wyant. 9, celebrating her first Christmas out of Ala>rkaj) wilds, was accidentally shot by a five-year-old boy and died in Seattle. Fred Brunscheen. 77, unable to bear Christmas grieving for his wife who died Thursday, shot himself to death. Violent deaths by states: Alabama 13; Arkansas 4; California 18; Delaware 1; District of Columbia 4; Florida 6; Georgia 7; Indiana 9; Illinois 31; lowa 7; Kansas 4; Kentucky 3; Louisiana (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ’’o pitals Served 816,690 Patients Indianpolis. Ind., Dec. 26 —(UP) —lndianapolis and Bloomington medical divisions of Indiana University served 816,690 patients during 1936. as compared with 761.871 for the previous year, it was announced today. —o — Christmas Masses Observed At Church Nine masses were celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic church Christmas morning. The Christmas high mass was hteld at 5 o’clock, Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor, acting as celebrant. The men's and boys’ choir sang the mass. Members of the congregation received Holy Communion during the masses and the church was beautifully decorated with pionsettas, wreaths and vigil lights. Each of the three pYlests, Including Father Joseph Hennes, said three masses during the morning. A special collection was taken during the masses for the orphans’ home. NELLIE BARTON OIES SUDDENLY Mrs. WilHam F. Barton Dies Os Anonlexy Friday Night Mrs. Nellie M. Brown Barton, 59. wife of William F. Barton, of Monmouth. died suddenly at her home Christmas night at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Barton suddenly became ill Thursday morning when she fell unconscious from an attack of apoplexy. After rallying Christmas morning, she suffered another attack Friday evening, from which she never recovered She was found unconscious in the front room of her home by her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barton. The deceased was born In Bluffton on March 24. 1877. the daughter of William and Jennie Brown. She was married 43 yeans ago to William F. Barton. The couple moved here from Bluffton 20 years agoShe was a member of the Bobo M. E. church. Surviving, besides the husband, are two sons. Frederick, of Flint, Michigan and Homer, at home. One con died In infancy. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home and at 1:30 o’clock at the Decatur Zion Reformed church. The Rev. Charles M. Prugh will officiate Burial will be made In the Fairview cemetery at Bluffton,