Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1937 — Page 1

! XX XV. No. 148.

leu) War Threat ' Is Developing On European Front

—' ■ ■“ I many, Italy Withdraw ■ r oin International Parol Today, Bringing ears Os New Crisis. [A rshipsactive By Louis F. Keetnle [niled Frese Cable Editor) rmaiiy and ,l a’.y walked out of, llternational patrol on Spain! itoday, precipitating a potent!IjOigerone situation. kin and France conferred an- j .. fearing that the whole nonrention plan would be wreck-’ nd that the two fascist powers ( illy might walk out of it and j ly Into sgpain- ( sol:ni has regular army divi-i ready to send to Spain if he In to do so, including one of inen. Germany has strenthenwar fleet in the mediterransignificant dispatch from VaiI s *id Foreign warships were e off the coast and that more a and German destroyers were e observed than at any time the civil war started, e implication was that the two n, having been refused Ger request for a four-power naiispiay off Valencia, might be ning one of their own. was feared in London that if j any and Italy moved openly in- j pain to ensure the victory of j Francisco Franco’s insurgents, la might intervene on the side t Loyalists. th a collapse of the non-in-ration system would leave any rnation free to steip in, and the it of an European war would try grave. itain. as she has done in pre-( i crises, took the lead as peace, tr and sought desperately for a Hon, although none appeared |bt. i itain had the full support of ce. who intimated she would any move the British may ince and Britain were working ■ ly together to solve the crisis.: ign secretary Anthony Eden | Andre Charles Corbin held an ■gency conference at the foreoffice in London. e British government undoubtwill continue its efforta to prethe situation from degeneratinto free-for-all intervention on sides in Spain Ly urging Gerrand Italy at least to maintain taibargo on exports of war mala despite their withdrawal the patrol system. spite Britain’s thinly-veiled ing on Monday, it was believnlikely that Britain would withdraw from the non-intervention herself except as a last resort, ten told quesioners in the house Mintons today that the British foment still was considering inent Spain’s request for belligerrights but that "no immediate ge in policy is contemplated " ithdrawal gives Germany and complete freedom of action moment when Premier Benito olini was reported considering scale intervention in behalf of WTINUED ON PAGE THREE) HIES FAUROTE TRUCK BY AUTO nroe Township Youth s Injured By Auto This Morning mes Faurote, young son of WilFaurote, living one mile and 'lf north of Monroe was painhurt this morning when he struck by an auto while riding is bicycle. Jung Faurote was trailing a '■ Pulling a hay-tedder, when "ddenly swerved out in the path 111 oncoming auto, driven by lb Longenberger, 209 East he street, Fort Wayne. 16 lad was knocked unconscious a time. He was brought to the e of a local (physician, where injuries were treated. He is ifht to be suffering from no 6 than a head injury, cuts, •es and shock. . in ?enberger reported the acclto Deputy Sheriff Leo G-illl? n he arrived in the city. The dent occured in front of the frote farm home on federal road lh°ut 8:15 o'clock, I

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OR. OTHO HIATT TALKS TO CLUB Texas Psychologist Speaks To Lions Club Tuesday Night "The nation's greatest need toi day is for more men who can think I and think clearly," Dr. Otho L. | Hiatt, psychology leader from Dal- [ 1 las, Texas, told the members of . the Decatur Lions club in their weekly meeting at the Rice hotel i last night. "Today's present struggle of the ' I masses against the bosses is noth ' ing more than a form of commit nisin," he asserted. "We have the 1 | wrong opinion of communists. ! They are not all ignorant. The I leaders are intelligent, versatile ( men. “Grant them the right to their opinion and then concentrate on proving they are wrong," the I' speaker advised. “All governments are classed in one of two basic types," he said. “The first, give the people light and they will find away. The sec ] ond —the people need a boss. Our government is founded ou the i first." “Today the American principle! is being challenged, but we will ' come through.” he vouched. The ! I speaker asserted that religion was | i the answer. “If religion doesn't hold an ansI wer to all our problems it would ! be a failure, but if properly tried | i by the proper man it will not be i I found wanting." Dr. Hiatt was brought to the j local meeting by Dr. Joe Morris, : local dentist, who had charge ot ■ j the program. Guests at last night s I meeting included: John Colter, of Hoagland; Richard Miller, Joseph] I A. Hunter and I’hil Sauer, of tnis ] city. Newly elected officers will be in-1 stalled at the meeting next week. o MRS.PARSONS STILL MISSING Rumors Continue To I irculate Regarding Kidnaping Victim Stony Brook. N. ¥.. June 23. (U,R)--While rumors and denials I continued to circulate today about “breaks" in the disappearance of Mrs. Alice McDonell Parsons, fed] eral agents mapped out a course of action tor tomorrow after the | deadline set by the missing woman’s husband. inspector Earl V. Connelly of the federal bureau of investigation! spiked the latest report last n.ght > at a press conference. Rumors' had circulated that a womans, coat with bullet holes in it had been found near here. Questioned about the coat, said to have been found in a corn field about a mile from the Parsons ■ north shore squab farm, Connelly “it is not Mrs. Parsons coat and there are no bullet holes in it." The deadline for the kidnapers] to communicate with William . Parsons expires tomorrow at noon. ] Then, Parsons has said, he will remove all restrictions from police and federal agents. Connelly said his course had been planned but that "natura ly we are not going to disclose m He added, however, that his first step would be the questioning of an members of the Parsons lam- ’ iiyRegular Mid-Week Service Postponed The regular m^eekP^ er n I vacation Bible school. _ Junior Vjteet Tonight Final arrangements tor the Lake ' James meeting of the • 10r Chßßlbe / a at uTThort business . WIU be made evenlng at 1 me r t , inS )f t in the city hall. Participa’7° .° Fair will also be. ! tion in the Street | | determined.

Ohio Guardsmen Report for Steel Strike Duty r —i ... - ■' ■. . I L - - ——. J !

Scene near Republic plant at Campbell, O.

I Called by Gov. Martin L. Davey Into the strike- 1 | torn steel district of northeastern Ohio, 4.800 natural guardsmen reported for duty to maintain |

SURRENDERS TO POLICE TODAY Chicago Woman Sought For Year In Murder Probe Surrenders i Chicago, June 22 —(UP) — Mrs ißuth Freed, sought since last July' 2 tor questioning in the slaying of blonde Audrey Vallette m the La ; Sal'e Towers hotel, surrendered I suddenly to state’s attorney’s police said today. ’ ' Chic and trim, she walked into the office of Capt. Dan Gilbert with her attorney, Harold Levy. Levy had called Gilbert a few minutes before and had told himl that Mrs. Freed, after 12 months, j was ready to surrender. The attractive burnette wife of a North Clark Street tavern owner had eluded police successfully since ( the day Miss Vallette was shot in her apartment. Her liusfiand, Eddie. I mentioned frequently in the blonde, Audrey’s diary, was questioned but released. “I have nothing to say.” Mrs. | Freed told newsmen outside Gil-1 bert’s office. She brushed by them and into the office where Gilbert waited to proceed with the long postponed quiz. “Well,” said Gilbert, as she entered, "This is a sunprise.” I Mrs. Freed was identified last July as the pretty burnette who entered the La Salle Towers July 2 and asked the manager about apartments. He took her on an inspection , ‘our and she complained that the ' rooms she saw were not like those | occupied by Miss Vallette. Apparently dissatisfied, she was] about to leave when she asked the; way to Miss Vallette’s appartmen’ i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CIRCUS TO BE HERE THURSDAY Haag Bros. Circus To Perform Here Afternoon And Evening I Opening with a big street parade lat noon, the Haag Bros, circus. I the first to visit here in a number of years, will play in Decatur Thursday afternoon and evening. Performances will be given at the Schmitt field, east of the Monroe street bridge, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and at 8 o’clock in the evening. Doors to the main tent will be opened an hour before each performance. The Haag Bros, circus, newly i organized, is reputed to be one of the best of its size. Horses, ponies, elephants, camels and others are among the animals listed for the performances. I A total of 150 persons are said to take part in the performances, which will include acrobatic, rodeo, and other acts. Floats, animals and two bands will take part in the noon street parade preceding the opening performance. A number of free attractions have also been scheduled at the circus grounds imj mediately following the parade.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 23, 1937.

Kenneth Schwartz . Is Struck By Auto — Berne, Ind., June 23. — Kenneth Schwartz, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel M. Schwartz of three miles northwest of Berne, was I badly injured Tuesday when the ; bicycle he whs riding was struck by a car. The accident happened on federal road 27, two and one--1 half miles north of Berne, near the lad’s home. The boy suffered 'a broken collar bone, a bad gash in his left arms when a door handle caught the arm. bad bruises all over his body, and liad head injuries. His forehead was badly bruised and there may be a brain j concussion, doctors fear. The lad was going north on the highway, and was hit by a motorist from Cincinnati, also going north. The name of the Cincinnati man was not learned. IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN CITY (Downtown Business Establishments Are Being Improved An unusual amount of improvements are being made i nthe uptown business district by merchants and property owners. The license bureau, managed by Dee Fryback, has been completely iedecorated and remodelled. loose’s barber shop has been enlarged to provide room for additioni al waiting chairs. The redecorating i lias been nearly completed. A new stuccoed front -is being installed at the Green Kettle. | Changes were also made recently in (the interior. An addition was recently completed at the Colonial Case on Monroe street. Work is progressing on the new | MeConnell building being bu-.lt as . an “L” around the Winnes building | at the corner of Secon dand Monroe streets. The Sutton jewelry store has l een redecorated. improvements at the Democrat office recently included the laying of a new floor, repainting, and installation of an indirect lighting system. Among the street signs recently replaced or rebuilt are those at the Green Kettle, Economy Store,; and Keller’s jewelry store. —a Second Band Concert Here This Evening The second of the summer series of free band concerts will be given this evening at 8 o’clock on the court house band stand on Liberty Way. Music will be furnished by the Decatur high school band. Next Wednesday the Decatur boys’ band, with the German band, will be on the program. The bands are all directed by Albert Sellemeyer and are sponsored by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce. WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, probably Thundershowerj, extreme north this afternoon or tonight; somewhat warmer Thursday and central and north tonight.

I order under military rule. A contingent Is seen above at roll call in Campbell, O. Note the smokeless Republic Steel Corp, stacks in the background.

BELGIAN VETS' RIOT QUELLED Belgian War Veterans Stage Riot In Brussels, Belgium Brussels. Belgium, June 23. — (U.R) —Troops were called out today to quell a riot in which many war veterans and police were I wounded, some seriously. About 6,000 war veterans from | Charleroi. Liege. Ypres and elsewhere demonstrated against the amnesty law releasing those who were German sympathizers w traitors during the war. They broke through the police cordons and place wreaths on the tomb of the unknown soldier. Then, having been repulsed in a march on parliament, they gathered around the royal palace, some sitting or lying on mattresses, shouting for the resignation of the government and dissolution of parliament. Other groups broke through the cordons of gendarmes in the Rue Royale and reached parliament, where they cut the hoses of firemen who were trying to halt them by streams of water. Several hundred mounted gendarmes eventually dispersed them and were aided by police in flearI ing the streets around parliament. Police and mounted gendarmes charged repeatedly. At least four gendarmes and 12 veterans were taken to hospitals, in addition to others less seriously injured. The march on the royal palace was in the hope of enlisting the I sympathy of King Leopold. The (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) JOSEPH K AEHR i IS SENTENCED Local Man Fined, Sentenced For Assault And Battery Joseph Kaehr. of Line street, was fined $1 and costs, amounting to sll and sentenced to 30 days in the Adame county jail late Tuesday afterI noon on a charge of assault and battery. Kaehr, after pleading not guilty, was tried upon the charge of beating his wife Monday night, when he returned home in an allegedly drunken condition. Mrs. Kaehr and son, Raymond, both testified that Kaehr struck and beat her and two sons. She displayed to the court, bruises in evidence of the assaut. Kaehr, while seemingly a bit hazy on various details of the evening. stated that if he struck her, he did not “hit her bad.” Mrs. Kaehr stated to the court that her husband had been jailed a number of times for the same offense but that she had not (preferred charges. She also stated that she had started divorce (proceedings and filed a restraining order. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse presided over the trial lu city court and Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede presented the case.

GOVERNOR EARLE FAVORS THIRD F. 0. R. TERM Governor Os Pennsylvania Favors Third Roosevelt Term Harrisburg, Pa.. June 23 (U.R) George II Earle. Democratic gov, emor of Pennsylvania, declared in 1 a formal statement today that "I am for Franklin Delano Roosevelt for president In 1940. unqualified ly and finally.'' Earle said he had never discussed the mailer with Mr. Roose veil and was speaking without his permission in urging that tini president disregard precedents and seek a third term. “Between the third term prej cedent and the welfare of the ' country can any patriotic citizen j hesitate as to which course lie will i take?" Earle asked. I Tlie governor said he wanted to make his position clear becaus-* his own actions in the state had been wrongly attributed to personal political motives. His formal statement Io newsl papermen said: "1 have a lot of work to do here in Pennsylvania and 1 am getting weary of these questions about ' my candidacy in 1940. “Nearly everything I do is false ! ly attributed to personal ambition. This cannot but result in j (hurting the reforms I am fighting! for. “Therefore, I want my position ! definitely understood. There are many leaders of intelligence and honesty in the Democratic party. I There are, however, no men In , the Democratic party or any other ■ party who reach knee high in j I stature, mentally and morally, to Franklin D. Roosevelt. “Between the third term precedent and the welfare of the , (country cun any patriotic citizen ' hesitate as to which course he will take? 1 "1 am for Franklin Delano j ■ Roosevelt for president in 1940 ' unqualifiedly and finally. 1 "1 have never discussed this ' matter with the president and this] statement is made without his ' permission." MOVIE LEADER IS TAX EVADER t Cecil B. DeMille Named By Official As Tax Evader i Washington, June 23 — (U.R) — .Internal revenue commissioner ( Guy T. Helvering submitted the name of Cecil B. DeMille, motion picture producer, to the emigres- ( sional tax committee today as a ! citizen who employed a personal > holding company "to avoid taxes." Helvering explained that the r case already had been in the ] courts and that the method used ,! by DeMille was sustained Helvering said that "sometime ,! ago a corporation was formed for . DeMille, which lie completely dominated. consisting of himself. : members of his family, and his ! attorney.” "This was an incorporation of what may be called the ‘earning > personality' of Mr. DeMille,” Helil vering said. "In other words, DeMllle’s earning power was almost the sole corporate asset. DeMille, the in- . dividual, then went to work for DeMille. the corporation, at a salary far less than he knew he could command as a director. "The corporation then sold De s Mille’s services to producing com--1 panies. The difference between I- Cecil DeMille’s salary from his '- j own corporation and his actual j ’ earnings as a motion picture director was put into the corpora- •, tion. “The government claimed that B the accumulation of this surplus y (CONTINUED ON FACE TWO) I, k State Fair Booster Meeting Scheduled | A booster meeting for the Indi--11 ana state fair will be held at Ken- ! dallville, in the Elks Temple, at e 6:30 o’clock Wednesday. June 30. Lieutenant Gov. Henry F. Schtickt er will be the principal speaker, a Others on the program will be !• Tom Coleman, of Purdue Univerd sity, Harry Templeton, fair mane ager, and Levi P. Moore, publicity d director. Representatives from the county I- agent's office, newspapers, schools, d local and state officials, and others e interested in the fair have been invited to attend.

.. .. — • General Strike Is Called By CIO Leaders In Warren

REBEL FORGES CAPTURE TOWN Nationalists C o n t i n u e Drive; Food Taken To Bilbao Hendaye, French Spanish Fron tier, June 23. (U.R)- Nationalist troops, driving with unexpected speed southwest of Bilbao, reported capture of Sodupe today, and thus put their front line within 16 miles of the border of Santander province. North of Bilbao, the nationalists completed their capture ot the rich mining zone on the west side of the Nervion river. it was reported that a loyalist I column operating south ot Santander. retreating northward on ] the Valencia road after a drive on 1 Burgos, suffered heavy losses in an attack on the nationalists be- . tween Aguilar and Barruelo. AuI other loyalist defeat was reported I still farther west on the Leon ' front. Nationalists asserted that two I complete basque loyalist battalions surrendered northwest of Bilbao, and that in addition 4.000 officers and men of various units had crossed into the nationalist lines with their arms. Within the last few days, it was asserted, the natI ionalists have captured 14,000,000 | rounds ot ammunition. Food For Bilbao By Webb Miller. (Copyright 1937 by UP.) Bilbao, Spain, June 23.— (U.R) — Four shiploads ot food arrived in Bilbao today, bringing relief to a city that even the birds hud left because ot the food shortage. I saw long lines of haggard women and children standing tor ! hours today awaiting arrival of food which authorities finally began to distribute. | After the ships brought the food including large quantities of flour j for bread twelve motor trucks arrived and began the first distrii button of eatables since the SpanI ish nationalists captured this anI cient city. Many of the refugees started to “wolf” bread the moment it was handed to them. The streets of Bilbao were ] quiet. Boulevards which once I were filled with birds were empty. ( Scores of wolf-like dogs roamed ' the streets. 4. When the watermain began i functioning today and water ran ! through the gutters, thirsty dogs, ’ who had been unable to scale the i steep parpets leading down to the Nervion river, fought each other in the streets as the first trickle ’ began to flow. More and more shops began to open. Refugees, who had tied the ! besieged city, returned by the ] thousands. Many carried personal (and household possessions on their heads. Meanwhile, members of the basque army continued to surrender in large numbers. During the last two days about 11 battalions (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DECATUR LADY HURT IN WRECK Mrs. George S. Lozier Injured At South Bend . Tuesday 1 Mrs George S. Lozier, of this city, is in a South Band hospital as the result of painful injuries | sustained in an automobile acci- ;! dent near that city Tuesday. ] Mrs. Lozier was riding with the Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Kaley, of South Bend, while her husband, 1 the Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor of the Decatur Evangelical church, I was attending a district conference. The steering gear on the • car broke, ditching the automobile • All three were sent to the hospital t The exact extent of Mrs. Loz • ler's injuries could not be learned ■ today, but it was reported she • suffered nt least one broken bone s She is not believed seriously in • jured and arrangements have been ■ made to return her to Decatur this r week in an ambulance. Rev. Kaley is pastor of ths r South Bend Evangelical church. , Because of Mrs. Lozier's injur s fes, Rev. Lozier cancelled Ills 1 regular sermon at the Calvarj Evangelical church this evening.

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General Strike Is (’ailed In Protest Os Activity Os Republic Steel; Six Warrants Issued. RESUME SESSIONS Warren, 0., June 23 (U.R)~-The committee for industrial organlza tion today (ailed a general strike in all industrial plants In Warren. Gus Hall, CIO organizer, claimed his men had shut down six factories here and that by nightfall “every plant in town will be down.** CHBUB 'me general Industrial str was called In protest against the moving of supplies In and out of Republic's Warren plant under the protection of national guardsmen and police. A parade of union workers almost a mile long snake danced through the streets In mid afternoon, calling on workers to drop their tools and abandon their machines. Hall claimed about 1,000 WPA workers had joined the strike. Republic has continued to operate its plant here with curtailed forces of employes. Today 150 non strikers, who had been working in the plant for almost 28 days, were taken out of the plant in autos and allowed to go home. Union sympathizers shouted ‘scab’ and 'fink' at them and national guardsmen. bayonets on their rifles, pushed the crowd back so the non-striking workers could be taken down a side street. Authorize Warrants Cleveland. June 23 — (U.R) — United States Attorney Emerich B. Freed today authorized issuance of warrants charging six men with interference with the mails in connection with the picket line activities of steel workers in the Mahoning Valley. , United States marshals set out to serve the warrants while four struck steel companies maintained a “united front” in negotiations with tife federal steel mediation (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) THREE ROBBERY SUSPECTS HELD I Three Youths Held At Knox As Filling StaI tion Bandits I Knox. Ind., June 23 — (U.R) — Three Indianapolis youths were held in the Starke county jail today as suspects in a long series of filling station robberies in northern Indiana. Authorities said one of them had confessed. ' Those in jail are John Hanrahan, 20. said to have admitted his part in the robberies; Dennis L. Stewart, 21. and Herbert Coss. 19. Sheriff Frank B. Lough said that Hanrahan lias no previous ' record but that Stewart and Coss are on parole from the Indiana reformatory. All throe are suspecteil of committing holdups in Winamac. Chesterton, Star City. Knox, San Pierre, Hamlet and LaCrosse. Sheriff Lough led a posse into tlie woods along the Kankakee river in Jasper county when a state game warden heard shots on , the Ed Vollmer farm. Later it was learned the trio were firing at silver coins placed in a tree. In an automobile which the sheriff said was stolen in Indianapolis, authorities found a sawedoff shotgun, five other shotguns, six small-calibre rifles and one s revolver. Also there was about 1 S2OO in small change, a blow H torch, two radios and a hacksaw. I- 0 Sister Os Adams t County Persons Dies r Mrs. Helena Decker, 70, widow 1 of the late William Decker, died Tuesday at her home three miles e north of Woodburn. Her husband > died three years ago. I Surviving are two daughters, B . Mrs. Emma Weber and Mrs. Paulj ine Korte of Woodburn; five brothe ers, Herman and Rudolph Buuck , of Adams county, Gust and T. W. 1. Buuck of Fort Wayne and Ed n Buuck of Portland. Oregon; and [a two sisters, Miss Tillie Buuck ot Adams county and Mrs. Charles e Lepper of Hoagland. Funeral services will be held at r- 1 p. in. Friday at the home and Is at 1:30 o’clock at the Zion Luthy eran church at Bull Rapids. Burial in the church cemetery.