Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1936 — Page 1

01. XXXIV. No. 308.

SMES BEATTY IS SECRETARY 10 COMMITTEE ______ ormer Local Man To Become Secretary On January 1 Indianapolis. Dec. 30.—(U.R) —Abpt disniisaal of ten employes of | attorney-general’s office has statehouse jobholders a I >ere ease of nerves and focused Hition today o:< other prosper- ( changes when the Townsend Ministration takes power next pth today. ( )mer Stokes Jackson,' tnix-ratic state chairman and new orney general, announced that EPS Beatty, secretary to Gov. rl M. Clifford Townsend, would tome secretary of the Democratic He committee effective Jan. 1. Beatty already has started to in-; ■view applicants for state jobs f rate their claims for final acn later. Beatty's appointment was anmced simultaneously with resigton of Dick Heller, present secary of the state committee who 11 become patronage secretary the new governor. Miss Ailine »s. Milan, Heller's secretary in nmittee work, will accompany I D to the governor’s office. Heller and a few other intimates Townsend, such as Kenneth mkel. Alex Pursley and Virgil Simmons, are expected to say . last word on patronage. When I new administration is well ier way, Jackson is expected to lign as state chairman and Helassume that post. Townsend reportedly feels it is I good policy to have the attorygeneral, chief law enforcement leer of the state, act also as id of a political party, and statease observers feel that despite tkson's declaration that he will Id both jobs he will be persuadultimately to relinquish one or ! other. In order not to inject too much tronage controversy into the iniDNTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o —— WE TR AFFIC TOO. HEAVIER tn Per Cent Higher; Decatur One Os Few Towns Without Death Indianapolis, Dec. 30. — (U.R) tomobile traffic fatalities increas--10.2 per cent from 1.048 in the it 11 months of 1935 to 1,168 it/ ) same period of 1936, the state partment of public safety ankneed today. Simultaneously, the winners in I traffic safety contest conductin Indiana cities and counties the governor’s committee on bile safety were announced, rhe fatality report showed that t month, when the weather was nparatively good and the footII season was at its peak 162 rsons were killed, the heaviest mthly toll of the two year perI. In October 131 persons met tth, 130 in September and 126 August. Lightest month of the tr was last February when only were killed. Worst month in 15 was October when 125 were ally Injured. In the safety contest, the five les of over 70,000 population *wed an average decline of 4.8 t cent although two of the cities Continued on page seven.

'lmer Archer, Wife To Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary

To Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Archer,, live residents of Adams county, * living in Fort Wayne, next Frli’ means more than just the celettion of New Years Day. Besides joining in the national ebration of the Ne4v Year, the U-remembered couple will also tnmemorate "0 years of happily Wded life on that day, their gold "edding anniversary. The couple, both born in this mty, were married on New ' ear s y, 1886 by the late Squire Kro- * in the village of Pleasant Mills, itheast of Decatur. Both Mr. and Mrs. Archer are 11 known and remembered here, •spite the fact that they moved to « Wayne about 16 years ago, ers they have resided since. ‘lr-Archer, who is said to be hale ( 1 hearty .despite his 71 years, w for 16 years a rural mail carlr in the employ of the Decatu. st office. He was one of the first

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Scheduled Jury Trial Postponed A motion for a continuance in the suit tn collect a note, brought by Anna Smith Chllcote against Joseph |l.. McConnell, was grained by Judge i Huber M DeVoss in the Adams ciri ouit court this morning. The petit [jury, which had been called, was I dismissed. The case involves $1,120 which includes principal, interest and attorney fees. EMPLOYES Will PAY NEW TAXES Employes To Pay Taxes Under Unemployment Compensation Tax Employes of business and indusI trial firms In Decatur will begin paying two new taxes, one to the I state and the other to the federal government, starting Friday, Jan-i I uarv 1. Employes of firms affected by I the unemployment compensation act will be taxed under the act ; for the first time January 1. The rate on employes will be .9 per- : cent, a,nd employers are charged I with deducting the proper amount from wages and remitting the payment each month together with their own tax. The unemployment compensaItion tax is separate and distinct from any tax payments due under the old age benefits provisions of the federal security act. Old age benefits tax payments, to be made by both employes and employers beginning January 1, are made direct to the federal government. This tax amounts to 1 percent during the first year. Must File Reports Decatur employers must file their employment and pay roll reports for the month of December with the unemployment compensation division of the state not later than January 20. The reports must be accompanied by contributions due at the rate of 1.2 percent of the pay roll. Employers affected by the state law must close their employment and pay roll records as of Decem- . ber 31. so that the reports include up to and including Thursday, December 31. Beginning January 1. the rate, for employers will increase from 1.2 percent, which ha,s been in effect under the Indiana law since April 1. 1936. to 1.8 percent, which will be due during 1937. The federal unemployment compensation tax report and payment is due to the federal government by January 31. and fe to cover the full year of 1936. The federal ta,x is 1 percent for the entire year, but employers are allowed a deduction of up to 90 percent of the tax paid to the state during 1936. ' Clarence A. Jackson, director of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Wyoming Man To Head Auctioneers Officers of the winter term class of the Reppert school of Auctioneering were elected Tuesday afternoon by the students. Dale Shelton of Sheridan. M yo., was named president; Floyd B. Foster, of Detroit, vice-president, and Jesse M Gunning, of Madison, Wisconsin, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Gunning will also write the acution school notes to be published in the i Decatur Democrat. Col. Roy Hiat, Portland auction- j eering specialist tn dairy cattle, arI rived today to act as an instructorOne new student, Dan Tueth, of Levington, Illinois, also arrived toi day. Other students are expected to ' enroll in the school during the I week.

irural carriers out of the local office. Mrs Archer is 69 years old. J pour children, all boys, are living ' in Fort Wayne. One daughter, Mrs. ’ Helen Kenllne. wife of CarliKenline ie deceased, having died years , years ago- The sons names are Dwight W, I W, Moyd B, and i Charles Kpd* i Four grandchildren, Bilhe Ken ■2'XS join fesß 01 * .u 1..,nk dinner with a , Friday. A. P ot ‘ luc ' ! re!> tives in J host of fnend and x , attendance will be serv ■ of the celebrants’ parents Ti eresidents of the ' W . Mr Archer was the son of , county, Mr. A. ' and Mr 6. : Ser’s Xnts were Isaac and] ; Catherine Roe.

CRISIS MAY BE REACHED SOON FOR POPE PIUS News Agency, However, Says Condition Appreciably Better (Copyright 1936 by United Press)! Vatican City, Dec. 30 — (UP) — ' Pope Pius, wracked by continuous pain, dictated from his sick bed in the Vatican today a letter to the I sisters of the convent of St. Theresa, at Lteieux, France, asking them to pray God to grant him courage and strength to conduct the remainder of his life in a manner befitting a pope. It was understood that the Pope's illness was taking a course which I indicated that a cricis in his illnesu might be expected soon. Lights burned in his apartment almost all through the night in token of his intense suffering. But this morning when Cardinal Pacelli, Vatican secretary of state, entered the apartment —the first visitor, as usual, except for Prof. Aniinta Milan!, the physician, the Pope asked the Cardinal to take his I dictation of the letterThe Pope asked the sisters to' pray ardently for him —Not for h>s health or hie life but to permit him to bear and to conquer his pain in a manner that would be pleasing to [ God. It was understood, however,; that he did not reveal to them his suffering nor did he mention his illness. The convention is particularly dear to the Pope because St. Therese was canonizezd in 1925, soon after his election to the Papal throne. After leaving the apartment, the Cardinal refused to say anything except that the Pope’s condition was unchanged. Another spokesman said the Pope 'CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE' I AUCTIONEER IS CLUB SPEAKER Wyoming Auctioneer Speaks To Lions Club Tuesday D. H. Shelton, Sheridan, Wyoming, auctioneer, was the speaker at the week'y meeting of the Lions club held in the Knights of Pythias lodge dining rooms last nightMr. Shelton, who has been a stock auctioneer in that state for a number of years, narrated an interesting account of activities of the state, j The speaker stated that in 1900 the state had a farmer for every 300 acres of ground, but the -drought and adverse conditions, coupled with the depression prices of farm materials had considerably reduced that number. He also spoke of the winter sports in the state, commenting on the fact [ that each year approximately 2,000 men come to Sheridan alone for hunting and fishing in season, despite the fact that the temperature drops to 40 or 43 degrees below zero. The dry air and sunshine decrease the effects of the cold, he stated. There are a large number of dude • ranches in the territory, he stated- ! Some of these are able to accomodate as many as 400 people each. Dr. 11. F. Zwibk, local physician, was a guest of the club. Two new members, Roy Price and Harry Stuits, attended their first meeting. The club also voted to purchase a $5 health bond from the Adams county tuberculosis association. George Rentz, local florist, was in charge of the program. o —: Public Library To Be Closed Friday The Decatur library will close, Thursday evening at 6 p. m. and reopen Saturday noon at 15:15. Church Business Meeting Tonight The Mid-weeik service of the First Baptist church will be held this evening at 7:30 in the church parlor Study in the course on Old Testament law and history will be continued- Following the Bible study the regular monthly business meeting of the church will be held. All of the officers are requested to have their reports ready for this service. PRINT AT NOON Following annual custom, the Daily Democrat will publish the New Year’s edition at noon Friday. All adverting copy must be in this office by 4 p. m. Thursday and all news ■ copy by 10 a. m. Friday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 30, 1036.

Met Death in Air Crash M MF ■ 80. Jj e Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ford, Jr. When a giant airliner crashed in a, ravine northwest of Burbank, Cal., two of the 12 victims were newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ford, Jr., who were on their honeymoon. Ford, a resident of San Marino, Cal., was the son of the president of the Grace Lines Steamship Co.

COMMITTED TO LABOR REFORM Roosevelt Seeks Legislation To Further Goals Os NRA — Washington, Dec. 30 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt today pointed the 1937 congress directly toward ’enactment of new legislation to restore protections which labor lost with the death of NRA. The president expressed strong determination that some action must be taken to check the rapid collapse of working standards established by NRA codes. He called for federal legislation outlawing child labor, long working hours and starvation wages — major NRA goals lost when the supreme court held the codes unconstitutional. The president’s statement, ac- [ companied by indications that uo decision has been reached on the ; exlact type of legislation sought, ' focussed attention on NRA ’‘substitutes’’ bating prepared for his consideration. Constitutionality of the meas- | ures has been studied closely. In many quarters a disposition was indicated to wa.it until the important supreme court decision on the Wagner labor act before pressing too strongly for congressional action. Invalidation of the Wagner act, it was believed, would revive demands that the Roosevelt admin-1 istration seek a constitutional i lamendment broad enough to insure legal sufficiency of social I [ legislation. , The president’s commitment to; new labor laws forecast a swift, steamroller drive in the predominantly Democratic congress. Sens. Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y., Hugo L. Black, D„ Ala., and Joseph C. j O’Mahoney, D., Wyo., probably i will direct it. Principal bills already prepared by labor and business conferences include: I 1. The O'MaJioney licensing bill; requiring federal licenses for corI (OONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o HORSE SALE TO BE HELD MONDAY Hundred Head Os Horses Will Be Sold Here At Auction Sale The horse sale season in Decatur wilT open next Monday, JanuSales, East Monroe street, when ary 4, at noon at the Riverside E. J. Ahr and son Fred C. will ofi fer 100 head of good horses, ini eluding brood mares, match teams, ] colts and general purpose animals. In the old days this was known j las the greatest horse market be-I tween Chicago and Pittsburgh and [ it is possible that reputation, never entirely lost, msfy be restored during the next several months, it being planned if this sale is a success, to conduct a number of more and they may become semi-month-ly events. A dozen or more buyers from Boston, Pittsburgh and other points east have sent notice they will be . here for this sale, which will be; conducted by Cols. Johnson and I Gorrell, well known auctioneers.; Persons having norses for sale are ; urged to get in touch with Ahr & , Son either for this or future auc-| tions. Horse sale days always attract large crowds and the proposled series should prove of value to I local business men. |

Leaves Trust Fund As Memorial To Sister Miss Martha Alice Tyner, former Decatur school teacher, who died I Christmas Eve at Huntington, left a trust fund to establish a memor- , ial to her sister, Helen 'A. Tyner, for many years principal of the Riley grade school in Hun'lngton. The will provides that Louis Theibaud, the executor, set up two-thirds of the net estate as a trust fund for ihe children’s department of the Huntington public library, the memorial to be supervised by Miss Florence Grayston, one of the librarians, and Miss Jeanette Theibaud. o RUSH MEASURES ON NEUTRALITY Neutrality Legislation To Be Rushed Through Congress Washington, Dec. 30 — (UP) — Neutrality legislation to be placed before the congress convening in six days may be divided into two parts to assure the greatest speed in cutting off ‘American supplies to the contending armies in Spain, it was indicated today. Both President Roosevelt and congressional leaders seemed intent lon stopping American munitions 1 shipments, or materials that could be converted into instruments of war, before they actually leave the | country- Particularly to be stopped were $2,777,000 worth of airplanes and airplane motors which a Jersey City exporter iplanned to send to i the Spanish loyalist port of Bilbao. ■ Because there is a wide difference 1 of opinion in congress on the form of permanent neutrality legislation, it was believed the program would be divided into two so as to obtain the fastest possible action. I The first part would give the I President power to declare an embargo on arms shipments in a civil l war, a power he does not have un--1 der the present law. This would ' give congress time to debate the ■.second part, permanent neutrality 1 legislation, as long as necessary. I The legislation will give President I Roosevelt his first test of leadership I in the new congress. Backed by the (state department, he insists that the chief executive should be given; I wide discretionary power to deterI —— — — (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) —oLocal Pastor 11l At Dayton, Ohio Friends recevied word today that the Rev. Charles M. Prugh. pastor of the Zion Reformed church of this city, is ill with influenza at Dayton, Ohio, where he has been visiting. His condition is improving but he I will not return to Decatur for sev- ! eral days. I Is the Worlds Greatest Salesman 1 Working for You?

GERMAN NAVAL HEAD DEMANDS | CARGO RETURN Demands Release Os Seized Cargo, Freedom Os Passenger Biarritz, ’France, Dec. 30—(U.R) — The commander of the German cruiser Koenigsberg sent a letter to the president of the Basque provinces today, demanding the I release of cargo seized from the 1 German merchant ship Palos off Bilbao, and the liberation of a Spanish passenger held at Bilbao. I President Aguirre refused. He i replied that the Bilbao government had complied wttli all obligations of international law and was submitting all papers concerning the case to the London nonintervention committee, Ibut would take no action until the committee reports. The Koenigsberg remained on guard off Santajider, apparently , ready for a dash to Bilbao if ‘ necessary. Volunteers Detained Berlin, Dec. 30—(U.R) —Groups of “volunteers” in various parts of Germany—in some districts numbering several thousands —are being held up from going to Spain temporarily pending Fuehrer Adolf Hitler’s decision on Germany's future course of non-intervention, qualified foreign sources understood today. An unofficial but reliable German source admitted that the number of German volunteeis now in Spain is about 10,900. He added that he estimated the number of Italians as “somewhat fewer” and the combined Russian and French at perhaps 40,000 to 50,000. Hitler has not yet announced his decision but was expected to do so promptly. The official German attitude, meanwhile, continued to be that the government has no direct control over volunteers to Spain, either regarding their dispatch there or withdrawal. A spokesman for the propagan- [ da ministry derided a, report that' Premier Benito Mussolini had urged Hitler to withdraw from Spain as soon as possible. “Germany does not need foreign advice,” the spokesman said. Shell Stronghold Madrid, Dec. SO XU.R)— -Loyalist airplanes attacked two insurgent battleships that tried to bombard Fort Musel on the Asturian coast today. The ships were forced to retire. The battleships Espana and Velasco started shelling the loyalist stronghold. Before any damage was done, government bombers attacked. The battleships turned their anti-aircraft guns on the airplanes las they rained bombs all around i them. After a 15-minute battle, in which no hits were scored by either side, the warships retreated. Government forces believed that Gen. Francisco Franco may soon abandon his attempt to storm Madrid and concentrate on marching his insurgent troops at Cardoba to the sea, thus isolating ; the capital. Operations on the southern front during the last two or three days have indicated to the loyalist command that the insurgents te.ro preparing tin offensive along (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o — NEW UFFIGERS TO BE ELECTED K. Os P. Official To Speak To Local Lodge This Evening District Deputy Robertson, of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias, Fort Wayne, will speak at the regular weekly meeting of the local K. of P. tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the lodge home on Third street. Robertson, with one of his aides, will outline the plan of Pythianlsm for the coming year and and speak briefly on the Pythian home at Lafayette. This is the second in a series of meetings during a campaign by the grand lodge of Indiana to renew interest and activity in the subordin-, ate lodges over the state. The meeting will be in the charge of the present officers. During the business session following the address, the recently nominated officers will be elected for the coming year. -Installation of officers will be held at a meeting In January. All members are urged to attend, as business of importance will be I be discussed.

Kidnaped Youth’s Father Ready To Pay Ransom Fund

LEADER SCHOOL ! OPENS MONDAY Leadership Training School To Be Conducted Monday Evenings At a called meeting of the D»- ! catur ministerial association this morning, the committee on Christian education made its final report on the setup of the community leadership training school, which will open next Monday evening in the Decatur high school building. The Rev. H. R. Carson I will act as dean and Miss Frances ' Franklin will act as registrar. A final presentation of the 1 school will be mdde in each Sunday School next Sunday morning - and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to enroll. Those unable to enroll next Sunday may enroll at the high school building Monday evening at 7:30 p. m. The following courses are offered: "New Testament,” led by the Rev. George S. Lozier; “Missions,” j led by Mrs. A. D. Unversaw: “Worship,” led by the Rev. E. S. Morford ajid "Home Making," led by the Rev. H. W. Franklin. The school will continue each Monday evening until February 8. A registration fee of 50 cents will cover the costs. TRANSFER STATE INSTITUTIONS Control To Be Shifted To Public Welfare Department Indianapolis, Dec. 30.—(U.R) —An executive order transferring 21 state penal and benevolent Institutions to jurisdiction of the state department of public .welfare was signed today by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. The order, effective Jan. 1. was issued with the approval of Gov-ernor-elect M. Clifford Townsend “after full and complete discussion.” McNutt said. Townsend previously had indicated he favored the transfer, recommended by a committee on governmental economy, even though the merit system of the public welfare department virtually removes the institutions Involved from the lucrative political patronage field. Single budgetary control for all the institutions was considered by the committee on governmental economy as one of the most advantageous features of the transfer. “Organization” politicians saw its merit system in a different light, however. Dick Heller, who will be Townsend’s patronage secretary, openly opposed the change. “■Although I fully appreciate the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Frank Liniger To Take Office As Commissioner Next Friday

Frank Liniger, who will succeed ' Frank Martin as commissioner of the second* district, January 1 | comi’s into office in a political | oddity. He was unopposed in both the primary and general electrons. | Veteran politicians have stated that the unopposed nomination of a Democratic candidate in the county for a first term has been ex-, tremely rare. This was Mr. Liniger’s first ac-, tive venture Into politics, although he has been interested in governmental affairs since leaving the army following the World War. The jump from manager of a 100-acre farm to commissioner of one of the most prosperous counties in the state is not as large as persons without agricultural experience might imagine. His 100-acr< farm in Washington township, located at the point where Washington, Kirkland. Preble and Root i townships meet, Is operated by, himself, with only the help of his | two boys. Mr. Liniger does general farming, taking greatest pride in his dairy equipment. He is now milkinf? about eight cows, in a state approved dairy barn. Native of Wells County I He is a native of Wells county, j

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Tacoma Surgeon Ready To Open Negotiations With Kidnaper Os 10-Year-Old Chas. Mattson $28,000 READY Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 30. — <U.R) —Two attempts by Dr. W. W. Mattson to establish contact with the kidnaper of his 10-year-old son Charles, have failed, Mrs. Charles Fletcher, grandmother of the boy, said today. Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 30—(U.R) — Dr. W. W. Mattson has obtained the $28,000 with which to ransom I his 10-year-old son Charles who was kldna.ped Sunday night, it was learned today. A reliable source said the doctor was ready to open negotiations with the abductor. News that Dr. Mattson had succeeded in raising the cash dema.nded in the ransom note came just when the sheriff's office announced search had been started for a man known to have been missing from his home since Sunday. . The man is a foreigner, it was '•aid. , T*bn msn d ■‘fta’t'T* I- a siv-'n' , ct in tlie Mattson case. Sheriff John Bjorkland said. Bjorkland said he received a tip that the man approached an underworld figure and invited him to ‘ join in a “snatch." The man refused apd after the Mattson boy w'as abducted mentioned the incident to a party who passed the information on to the officers. The sheriff indicated that the ’■foreigner” answered in many particulars the description officers have of “Tim," the bearded swarthy man who broke Into the Mattson home and carried Charles away after tossing a crumbled pocket-worn kidnap note on the floor. That the "foreigner” is the man suspected of trying to break Into the home of John C. Franklin. Sr., presumably to kidnap his five-year old son. was intimated by officers. Two efforts were made to enter the Franklin house, near that of Dr. Mattson, and after one attempt te, laxlder was found placed against the house and reaching to a bed room window. Meanwhile official circles indicated confidene that Dr. Mattson was ready to deal with the abductor. A personal ad which appeared in the Seattle Times was believed to have been his first overture to the kidnaper. It read: “Mabie—please give us your name —Ann." Dr. Mattson denied he knew anything about the notice but persons close to him said he did not appear so worried today and in(OONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) WEATHER Mostly cloudy, rain tonight and probably rain or snow north portion Thursday; colder late tonight, much colder Thursday; Friday generally fair and rather cold.

mH Frank Liniger born December 13, 1894, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Liniger. His first years in school were spent in Wells county. Later, when his family moved to Adams county, he attended public schools in French | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)