Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1937 — Page 1

I XXXV. No. Four.

ifour Men Arrested |on Indictments By I County Grand Jury

■erifl Makes Arrests On ■■indictments Made By ■Grand Jury During No■vember Term. ■ THREE DECATUR moi-p arrests were made ■, night and this morning by r iff Dallas Brown on indict- ■ rl '! returned at the recent eesof the Adams county grand bringing the total arrests to ■,’out of five indictments re- ■„.,] One arrest was made yesafternoon. ■i..' HJ..O.S of those apprehended night and the specific charges -■,,.j against them by the grand :Kalph Isch. Decatur. reck-1 Sheets. 23. Peeatur. using ; ■motor vehicle without permisi Huffman. 23. Decatur. and drunken driving, Steiner, of Berne, was yesterday afternoon on a ' Barge of driving while under the ■luence of intoxicating liquor. K All Arraigned ■til four of the men were ar■gned before Judge Huber M. in Adams circuit court before noon todav. leaded guilty to the Charge oHaittst him. The penalty for the tarries a fine of not less than 3 or more than SSOO and a sentiK > of not less than 10 days nor than six months. ' also enter- d a plea of to both counts of the reckless driving and driving. The drunken charge alcne carries a k ot not less than 30 days ’ more than six months. ‘‘ whose charge also carthe penalty for drunken drivif guilty, asked for more time ■ enter his plea. He stated that wished to confer with his atThe continuance was |BS'"::.-r was re'-a.-ed from the jail afternoon when he furnished i bond in the sum of as fixed hy the court, , was the only one of the to enter a plea of not gulltv. at SSOO by the ON PAGE SEVEN) —— o ■ope suffers I INTENSE PAIN Borne Newspapers. In B First Bulletins, Say ■I Condition Hopeless ■Vatican City. Jan. s—<UP)—Va- ■"• officials said today that Dope spent as good a night as could ■ <one;d-iiiig hie illness, pother sources, however, reported the Pope suffered intense pain B 1X1(11 legK during the n ‘Kht and his breathing was heavy beof attacks of asthma —per"tie to a change in the weather ar d coid. It had been like spring several days. ■Today's Rome newspapers, which said litt'e of the Pope's condiB’ r . ,I!s P la yed conepii iously yesterB’ 8 ° ffiCial bulletin on his illness. e ileu Papers tended to interpret » bulletin as denoting a hopeless anon because of the increasing ! of the Pope’s heart. ■,. Was * ndlca^ d ,hat the heart! .nued to be the chief source of ■ B?,‘ ety t 0 Prnf - Aminta Milan!, the physician, and that lie fearWt strain on the heart ■nJ Pe ' B illneßs ’ now its month. ■7 t u t ( h .? eneral te «<’e™y to be- » is., the fa< 1 ,he vatic an finBl® M ° ffieial bulletin on ’ h c ■ nr> ea , nt tllat tbe Po P e ' 8 illness BwrtsJo grea ' ? '' avit Y- Medical ■reed J tter sludyin K the bulletin yet unanimously that it E PAGK SEVEN) Bondition Os State, ■ * at'onal Banks Asked RS°of Jr n ' S ~ (UP) - The a „ ~° f ’ ie currency today ■ ona b a ’V Or the audition of B bankß 31. 1936. B In<t ’ Jan ’ 5 ~ (Up )~ J ,-" Ports 011 condition ot ■tionaf b “V tate bank * an d 125 E today T h aSOfDee ' 31 waa B Wb nau.'i3 ' reP ° i ' t * i are t 0 be

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

MANY CHECKS UNCLAIMED Depositors Fail To Claim Checks At Old Adams County Bank A drive to "give away” money.' initiated by the officials of the I dosed Old Adame County Bank two weeks ago. ha.s resulted in the clearing from their books of $10,799.14 in unclaimed distribution checks The bank still has $12,729.27 in checks which are unclaimed, a : fair percentage of which are part . of the first distribution made. Approximately 1,000 checks re I main unclaimed from the various distributions, some of which are comparatively large. One check is for $262. Some checks larger than these were distributed in the last two weeks by Robert Kramer, assistant special agent in charge of the liquidation. All of the smaller accounts were maid in full before regular distributions were begun, to eliminate bookkeeping. About 100 of these checks are etill unclaimed. Some of the unclaimed checks are for persons who have moved from the city and can not be located. Others are for organizations which are no longer in operation. A large percentage are people I living in Decatur. Bank officials state that some arc from persons on relief who pa>-s the bank many times a week but fail to call for their money. One problem the bank has met is to persuade persons to take the | money, who do “not know what to do with it.” At one time one family had several thousand dollars fn unclaimed distribution checks and was "forced” to- accept them. It is expected that the trust will be closed and the last distribution paid tn the next six months. According to law, the department of financial institutions will turn the unclaimed checks over to the county clerk. At the end of three years the other depositors may; petition that the remaining funds be redistributed. o ... ~ Charles F. Russell Dies Near Bluffton Charles F. Russell. 64, well known i Welle county farmer, died Monday I at his home in Liberty township. He is survived by the widow, one eon and two daughters. Mr. Russell was well known in Decatur, having many relatives and friends hereFuneral services will be he'd at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. ■" — o Red Wilkinson Given Sentence Auburn, Ind., Jan s—(Special) — Warren (Red) Wilkinson, of Deca'nr, is serving a 35 day sentence in the state penal farm and must pay a fine of $1 and costs after his plea of gui'ty to a charge of assault and battery here Saturday. It was alleged that Wilkinson, in the midst of a drunken spree, knocked an aged tramp down and kicked him in the head, at the transients’ room in the city hallo HENRY B, HEUER BERNE ATTORNEY Local Lawyer Is Re-Ap-pointed Attorney For Town Os Berne The Berne town board in annual meeting "last night re-appointed Hetnry B. Heller, Decatur lawyer, as town attorney, a position he has held for the past several yeans. The board also made several other appointments of town officials during the meeting. Included in these were: lYavid Dubach, town marshall; Andrew Sprunger, street and water commtedioner; Alfred Zumbrum, night marshall; Dr. M. L. Habegger, town health officer. Leonard Baumgartner was renamed town fire chief and Ermln Plxler selected as assistant chief to replace David Stauffer. Chris Balsiger, a member of the board, was named president of the organization- I

GERMANY GIVES ULTIMATUM TO LOYAL FORCES Demands Release Os Cargo, Passenger; Raids Kill Many Biarritz, France, Jan. 5 — (U.Rk—The Basque radio today announced that the Spanish government at Valencia had decided to refuse to comply with the German ultimatum on the freighter Palos. Berlin. Jan. 5— <U.R> —An officia.l communique said today that the. commander of the German fleet in Spanish waters bad delivered an ultimatum to the Spanish loyalist " government demanding release of the cargo and passenger taken ‘ from the German steamship Paloe. I'nless the Palos' cargo and its passenger are surrendered by 8 a. m. Jajiuary 8, it was said, the commander of the fleet threatens that the German govenment would "dispose of" the loyalist steamships Aragon and Marta Junquera, i seized by German warships, and put the proceeds to the credit of the Spanish nationalist government. “Should further acts of piracy be committed against German ships,” the ultimatum ended, “the German government reserves the; right to take new measures.” The communique was issued by the official news agency. The Deutsches Achrichtenbureau. It was a.ssumed that the ominous reference to "new measures” might mean either further seizures ! of loyalist ships or -some even ‘ sterner action, for the nazi government seemed determined to get back the cargo and passenger taken from the Palos and thus uphold the right ot its ships to ply the seas unchallenged. The Aragon was seized by the battleship Admiral Graf Von Spee in southern Spanish waters and the Marta Junquera by the cruiser Koenigsberg off the Bay of Biscay ( CQ%JL. 1 Prefer Nationalists (Copyright 1937 by United Press) 1 London. Jan. 5— (U.R> —Belief s (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) I CHARTER GIVEN ( FOR CUB PACK Charter Os Decatur Cub Pack Is Presented Monday Night A charter was presented to the Decatur PTA council for the first cub pack to be organized in this city at a meeting of the cub pack, offi* cials, and parents, he.'d in the Central school building Monday evening. The charter was given Mrs. Chalmer Porter, who is president of the PTA council, the sponsoring organization, by Mr. Van Horn, scout executive, for the Anthony Wayne Area Council The local group of cubs is known as Decatur Pack No. 61. Mr. Van Horn also presented certificates to the officials. Floyd Wolf, an area official spoke to the older persons present on "The Psychology ot the Cub Age Boy.” During this time Byron Me Cammon, a'so an area official, or-,' ganized games so rthe boys. Clyde Hendricks, principal of the Adams school in Fort Wayne, an area official and well known here, spoke to the entire group on Cub activities. The Rev. Homer J. Asipy, presented the cards to the cubs, yellow and gold braid to the four older boys who are serving as den chiefs and two gold stripes to each of the four Cubs serving as dennens. Recognition was given the den mothers. Three boys Joined the Cub pack Monday night. n f Church Officers In Joint Meeting 1 • Officers and teachers of the |' Christian Sunday school will meet:' at the home of E'mer Darwachter Wednesday evening at 7:30 o clock. All officers and teachers are re- ( quested to be present. Local Lad Is Held As Check Forger * i A local l&-year old lad is being I held in the Adams county jail after . a’legedly forging two checks in the ;; city. He was arrested Monday by ■ Sheriff Dallas Brown and lodged in i the jail- The checks were made out . for $6.50 and $7.50. The name of i the lad is being withheld as he is a i | minor. I'

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 5, 1937.

As Speaker Opened New Congress B® •' i fra O w BSI ' Ki I® J w HEI Jill J : ■ I It t® w 1 F. k . . K WIBkBh. BLI ft. L *'-•••**;:- i... When Speaker William B. Bankhead of Alabama, rapped his gavel calling to order members of "the house of representatives, above, it I signaled the official opening of the 75th congress.

ZERO WEATHER SWEEPS NATION Zero Cold Expected To Check Wave Os Deadly Diseases Chicago, Jan. 5. —<U.R>—Zero cold swept over the middlewest and into the east touay to end unseasonable weather blamed for a na-tion-wide .outbreak of influenza and * pnetrmonia. Chicago counted 500 dead in two weeks from respiratory infections resulting from warm, wet weather. : Denver had 100 deaths, Detroit 48, Pittsburgh 42. The outbreak probably will stop I after the return to normally cold ' weather, said Dr. Herman N. Bundesen. Chicago health commission- «• i Infections incurred over the week-end probably will continue to develop, however, and fuli benefits of the cold wave may not be felt for several days. Sub-zero temperatures reported I in the northwest yesterday spread | into northern Minnesota, Wiscon- ( sin. and Michigan during the night. Government forecasters predicted a “severe cold wave” for the north central states, with temper- r atures around zero in Nebraska, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Heber Fonner Is Reported Serious i Mrs. Willis IA. Fonner left Monday 1 evening for Evansvil'e to be at the bedside of her son, Heber, who fa seriously ill with an attack of kidney stones. Heber has been an employee of the Evansville post office for 14 years, and at the present time is president of the state association of postal clerks. LEADER SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY Leadership Training School Opens With 40 Enrolled The leadership training school for ' Adams County church and church 1 school workers opened in the Deca-' fur high school building last even- j 'ng at 7:30 with Dean H. R. Carson in charge. A total of 14 different I churches were represented in the group of 40 who were present. A number of new registrations are expected next Monday night, which will be the deadline for enrollment for credit. The attendance by Churches last evening was as follows: Monroe M- E., six; Decatur Evan-' gelical six; Decatur M. E., six; Un-i Decatur Baptist, three; Decatur Na-| ion Chape! U. 8,, four; Mt. Tabor j M. E., four; Decatur U- B„ three; i zarene, three; Berne Reformed one; ' Mt. Zion, U. B.,’one; St. Paul’s Christian Union one; Mt Pleasant M. E- one, Decatur Presbyterian one; Decatur Reformed, one. The next session will be held Monday evening, January 11 at 7:30 P. M.

Ticket Committee Chairmen Named John L. DeVoss and Dora Shosenberg have been appointed cochairmen of the orchestra committee for the Birthday Ball for the President by Edwin Kauffman and Dorothy Young, general chairmen. The party will be held in Decatur on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday. January 30. All funds raised from the affair will be used for the cure and prevention of infantile paralysis. Seventy per cent will be retained in the county and 30 per cent usdd by the national committee Tn research to find a cure for the disease. CHARLES MOSER IS FOUND DEAD I Blue Creek Township ! Man Is Found Dead This Morning Charles P. Moser, aged about 52, . was found dead in his home one and one-half miles east of Pleasant Mil's on the Piqua road near the state line, this morning at 7:30 o'- ’ clock. He lived alone on the 60-acre farm. Adams County Coroner Robert Zwick stated today he would render a verdict of death from angina pectoris. He placed the date of the death as about New Year's i dayThe body was discovered this morning by Warren Lochner and Mr. Johnson, neighbors, who had not seen him for a couplo of days. The fact that his newspapers had not been taken from his mail box since Thursday, was a second cause for suspecting something serious bad happened to him. The body was discovered inside ’ of the house on a heap of blankets near the door, it was slightly decomposed. Only other inhabitant of the I house was a dog, which was asleep ! on the cot. which served Mr. Moser I as a bed, but which he was not I occupying at the time of his death. Little information could be obI tained concerning Mr- Moser's life ■ this morning as relatives could not j he immediately located. He was the 'son of Joe Moser of St. Mary’s township and had been a life-long resid- — ———- i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) c4n Example fir Business Men: fl

75th Congress Convenes Today With Democrats In Control By Huge Majority In Both Houses

MISS PERKINS AND ROOSEVELT IN CONFERENCE Meet On Strike Crisis; General Auto Strike Is Feared Washington, Jan. 5— (U.R) — Federal intervention in the auto labor crisis appeared a distinct possibility today. Secretary Frances Perkins conferred with President Roosevelt shortly after a committee for industrial organization officially predicted that a general strike against General Motors Corporation was a "virtual certainty.” Washington, Jan. s.—jfU.R)—Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins reported in detail to President Roosevelt today on the strike crisis in the automobile and maritime In-1 dustries but made no recommendation for presidential intervention. Emerging after more than an hour with Mr. Roosevelt. Miss Perkins said: “I did not urge him to take any steps at this moment. “Every strike is a matter of major concern to the department of labor.” Reporting on the situation, however, she said she believed labor relations in the maritime industry would “be much more healthy" when the present strike on the Pacific coast is settled. “I don’t dare say they’re on the verge of settlement now but I will say there is only one point on which the striking unions are not now satisfied. This is the prefer-! ential hiring of masters, mates and! pilots.” Miss Perkins said that she had ■ made informal suggestions to both parties in the automobile disputes j now spreading through the major automotive' plants. She said that neither side had indicated any unwillingness to consider the suggestions but declined to reveal their nature. Miss Perkins said she had informed the president only briefly on recent developments on the automobile front. “Both sides have made themselves very clear in the newspapers,” she said. She criticized mildly the advertisement inserted in morning news-' papers by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., I president of the General Motors Corporation, in which he said he would not allow labor unions to “run” his plants. “I, of course, think it is unfori tunate for people to try their differences of opinion in public,” Miss Perkins said. “These situations are promptly settled by conversations —if the parties want them settled — much , (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday except unsettled extreme south portion; colder east and south portions tonight. o I FIRE OFFICIALS TO VISIT CITY State Fire Chief And Deputy To Speak At Lions Club State Fire Marshall Clem Smith and Chief Deputy Inspector Joseph Shearer of Indianapolis will be th<? guests this afternoon and tonight of Fire Chief Charles Robenold. If the state officials arrive before 3 o’clock they will give a demonstration in fire fighting at the Decatur high school. Chief Smith and Deputy Shearer will be the speakers at the weekly meeting of the Lions club at 6:15 o’clock this evening at the Rice hotel. The program will consist of a talk by Chief Smith and showing ! of pictures. An effort is being made to have the state fire chiefs remain overnight and to have them visit the Catholic high school and other scfflTol buildings Wednesday morning. Chief Robenold, a member of the ‘ Lions club, will be in charge of I the program.

JOHN 8. STOLTS NAMED TRUSTEE Local Grocer Appointed Trustee Os Adams County Hospital John B. Stutta, Decatur groceryman, was named today by the county commissioners to a four-year term as trustee of the lAdams county memorial hospital, succeeding Prosecuting Attorney Arthur Voglewede, secretary of the board. Mr. Voglewede has served for several months since the death of his father, the late Charles Voglewede. He 1s now ineligible to the office by reason ot a statute which prevents a person from holding two county offices at one time. His term as prosecuting attorney began January 1. Mr. Stults has been engaged in the grocery business for many years- He is now proprietor of the Home Grocery. He has been interi ested in hospita’ affairs for some ! time and has served on committees l in the M. E. church here, which have collected food for the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayue. Other members of the board are A. J. Smith Decatur, president; | James Briggs, Geneva vice-presi-dent and Fred Kamholz, Berne. A re-organization meeting may be held this week for the election of officers- The meetings are regularly held on the first Friday of each month, but the January meeting was postponed pending the selecnot be made at this session of the she appointments of the court house custodian and custodian of the women's rest room do not ex- ! pire until later in the year and will not be made eat this session of the I commissioners. IDA FISHER IS TAKEN RY DEATH Mrs. Ida Fisher Dies Monday Evening Os Complications Mrs. Ida Fisher, 62, widow of the late Sarnuel Fisher, died at her home in Blue Creek township Mon-1 day evening at 5 o’clock. Death was caused by complications arising 1 from double pneumonia- " The deceased was born in Ohio May 15, 1874, the daughter of Andrew and Nancy MacAlhaney Foreman. She was married to Samuel Fisher in 1903. All of her life, with the exception of the first 14 years, was spent on the farm in Blue Creek township, where she died. Surviving are the fol'owing children: Mrs. Wilda Wolfe, ot Blue Creek township; Mrs. Bernice Sipe, of Decatur; Mrs. Minnie Corey, Blue Creek township and stepdaughter, Mrs. Thelma Yarder. One stepdaughter is deceased. The following brothers and sisters also survive; William Foreman, of Willshire, Ohio and Henry of Decatur. One brother and three sisters preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at the home, six miles east and one mile north of Berne at 12:45 p. m. Thursday and at 1 o’clock at the Mt. Hope church near there- Burial will (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Regular Council Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of the city council will be held this evening at 7:30 o’clock at the city hall. Scheduled on the docket will be the council’s report on the wage scale for city employes and other matters. Members of the Decatur school board will meet with the council and city officials following the regular business session for a discusion of the proposed school and civic centre building. One License Plate Is Reported Lost Robert Trier, 331 Sou‘h Third street .was among the early birds who obtained the new 1937 auto license plates, but still he has only a half set. Yesterday Mr. Trier reported to Police office. - Adrian Coffee that he lost one of the plates, No. 452,586. He surmised it fell off his car somewhere between Decatur, and Fort Wayne.

Price Two Cents.

Only Short Sessions Held Today; Joint Meeting To Hear President’s Message Wednesday. ELECT BANKHEAD : Washington. Jan. 5—<U.R) —The " 75th congress — top heavy with i Democrats in both senate and house —assembled at 12:02 p. m. today. With traditional hcrseplav a.nd confusion in the house and more formal routine and ceremonv in ♦ho sonato. the nation's legislators inaugurated a session expected to adjourn some six months hence offer enactment of the framework of President Roosevelt's second new deal. First business was the routine of organization. Galleries in the upper house i were crowded as Vice President John Nance Garner, garbed in ordinary blue business suit, rapped to order the senate, comprising 76 Democrats. 16 Republicans and 4 minor party members. In the house fewer spectators than usual watched initial proceedings. Galleries were sparsely fill- | ed as the session was called to order by Clerk South Trimble ! under the glare of movie kleig lights. Microphones transmitted the proceedings by radio broad--1 cast over the nation. Principal business before tho house was the formality of electing William B. Bankhead as cneaker and ouick approval by the membership of the house foreign sffa.'r® committee. This committee is being named with special to be nrenared to rush “meresr.cy- legislation through to cuard the country’s neutrality in the Spanish civil conflict. As rapidly as formalities allow[ed both houses adjourned until tomorrow when they will convene |in joint session to certify Presi- | dent Roosevelt's election and hear : his message on the state of the nation. Before 1 p. m. the senate had completed its brief business and ad'ourned until 12:30 p. m. tomorrow. The house, with equal speed, rushed through the formality of choosing Plankhead as speaker, adjourning at 2:22 p. m. until noon tomorrow. Garner Presides Washington. Jan. s—KU.R)—Vicej president John Nance Garner call|ed the senate to order at noon today to swear in 36 members and organize the chamber for its annua,l legislative toil. Following prayer hy the chaplain. the Rev. Barney T. Phillips, the chair laid before the senate the credentials of the senatorselect and they were eworn in groups of four. Sixteen new members and 20 re-elected members took the oath. Resplendent in formal a,ttire, including a sprinkling of cutaways. the senators marched to th© well of the chamber as their nnm»s were called. Galleries were crowded as the senaite convened. Majority Leader Joseph T. Rob(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O CONTACT MADE WITH KIDNAPER Police Retire From Hunt To Aid Recovery Os Youth Tacoma, Wash., Jan. S—(U.R) — Dr. William W. Mattson was in direct communication with the kidnaper of his 10-year-old son today, state and city authorities had ceased their disconcerting activities, and, presumably, the climax of the latest of a long series of abductions was near a,t hand. Dr. Mattson had $28,000 which he had paid or was about to pay to the man who a week ago last Sunday night broke into his home and stole his son, Charles. This advertisement appeared in the Seattle Times: ‘‘Mabie—we have received your communications. Police have not intercepted them. Channels are entirley clear. Your instructions will ue followed. We are ready.— Ann.” Soon after this was printed, Dr. Mattson handed newspapermen a typed statement. It was a plea I (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)