Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1937 — Page 1

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scabs Children ■ To Death, Then I Commits Suicide

Murders ■ Herl hilihen And Then ■ I Left By Killer. | All STRANGLED ■ n , £ <-..(r. A,iz - July 23 < UR >~ ■ W.ilhup. 35. strangled ■L a hbe<l h-r tom children to ■T- they lay in their beds. |K„ ( |,.,,ve four Ollies from town Kj'sM herself to death. the effiie reported today. Ks Walkup's body was found ■ brush on the edge of the ■ji-sulT lotnitry < tub emirs.- by youths She had shot herKr'.i; the chest with a rifle, ■y Cor.rard. 2M. one of the ■ ... :i ,.titled th.- sheriffs office. investigators went to her they found the bodies of children two boys and Ho Kiris—in their beds. K,, , hl . dowitst tit's bedroom were n v. io. and Phoebe. 2 The of Jackie. 5. and Rose K,,,,. s, «<-!>■ found in their beds ■inr: ? ■ ' had be.-n taped Kth adhesive Nostrils of the ■h<s had been plugged with ■ ■ fcrh had been stabbed twi.-> K rr th- heart, apparently with ii- pick The weapon was not Hind. ■f ur notes were found at the ■ri- One. tacked to the front Ker. and addressed to Dr. M Z ■ -„.- Flagstaff physician, said ■“Look in the bedroom.” ■Dr Fronske said he had been ■eating .Mrs Walkup for an inMatinal ailment recently She Kked him last night to visit her Kii morning. ■ Another note, addressed to her ■tbatid. Janies I). Walkup. 35. Ko xiixn:!' ON PAGE SEVEN) HRS. KNAPP IS BAMED BY BOARD Hrs. Faye Smith-Knapp Reappointed CountyWelfare Director The Adams county public welfare ‘ tard Thursday night re-appointed rs. Faye Smith-Knapp as director the Adams c_-unty welfare parttnent for an indefinite period le meeting was held in the court Rise. The re-appointment wae made tcessary by a new law requiring at directors be appointed from rtified lists. Mrs. Knapp success--11)' passed recent examinations ’ tder the establishej merit system. I d was certified by the state de I, trtment of public welfare as one igible to serve as county director. , Tile boar<j made the following itement: “In order that the public welfare ork shall be carried on in a uniirm and efficient manner in each lunty of the state, the 1937 law a.!1 provides that the state depart-1 «nt of public w’elfare shall estab |, ih a schedule of the minimum ' imber of county employees re-1 tired in each county public weirs department, the state to reim-1 trse the counties for fifty per cent j the salaries of all county em- j uyea. . I The Adams county department! a been notified that, in addition the director, one visitor and one shall be emflloyln the department, such ruling be effective until July 1, 1938. Nelson and Miss MildCONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Iffnes Nelson Is Given Scholarship — < A Knee Nelson, daughter of Mrskelson of this city and a grad- i ®te of the Decatur high school In i * *>. hae been awarded a scholar- ; b'P to the Michael Reese hospital ■ ' Chicago. She plans to leave for ,ca «° to enter nurses training in I kptember. , o CLOSE FOR FUNERAL President Dee Fryback of the Hatur Chamber of Commerce -day requested all business fuses of the city to close Saturday afternoon from 3 until 4 “clock, during the funeral of the late Phil L. Macklin, post"l»ster, merchant and member 1 of ‘he organization. i

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REPAYMENTSTO TREASURYLOWER Sharp Decreases To Agencies Add To Federal Deficit Washington, July 23— (U.R) — , Sharp decreases in amounts being repaid to federal lending agencies today were revealed to be boosting the federal deficit for the 1938 fiscal year far above the figure for last year at this time. The federal deficit—With only three weeks of the new fiscal year completed — is running $131,682,505 or 230 per cent over last year's figure. The increase in the deficit was revealed in the face of determined efforts by President Roosevelt to institute an economy drive in government departments and despite a substantial Increase in government revenues. The deficit now totals $187,968,-! 031 compared with $56,285,426 last year at this date. Principal reason for the government's poor fiscal showing in comparison with last year, it was revealed, is the fact that repayments to the reconstruction finance corporation, commodity cred it corporation and other lending agencies have so far been only a fraction of the amount received during the early weeks of the last fiscal year. In addition, regular government expenditures are running somewhat ahead of last year. However, had repayments this year been as large as in 1936 the treasury would show a slight surplus instead of a deficit. Last year, at this time. $205,005.404 had been repaid to the government agencies. To date, equivalent repayments for the current fiscal year total only $15,537,460. Accompanying the rise in regu- i lar receipts this year, has been I an increase in the general cost of i government. So far during the 11938 fiscal year, $234,372,051 has j been spent to run the United States compared with general expenditures of $186,030,144 last year. o School Bus Contracts Awarded By Trustees Bus route awards for other townships were announced today by the respective township trustees. Edwin Gilliom, Monroe township trustee let the contract for roue one there to Everett Rice. The contract is i ,r two years. ■ln Hartford township, Edward Meshberger was awarded the contract for route five; Charles E. PusI ey for route six and Elmer Dubach for route eeven, according to Trustee Eli Dubach. Those hired in Wabash township were: Roy Nevil, William Fravel, Ed Lehman. Chris Liechty and Earl Mann. French and Blue Creek townships held over aontracts for at least another year Waehington i township lettings were previously announced. NOTED TRAVELER TO SPEAK HERE Leo Ray Livingston To Speak At Union Service Sunday Night Leon Ray Livingston, traveler, author and orator, will speak Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at tha First Evangelical church here in a union service of all Protestant churches. Mr. Livingston, who is known as the "A No. 1 Wanderer,” has roamed over 520,000 miles since running away from his home in San Fran-; cisco when 11 years old. Upon hie return he found that his parents had died of broken hearts, because of his leaving home. Since then he has traveled America, endeavoring to show the youth of the nation thp serious mistake of running away. The speaker comes to Decatur upon the references of some of the leading pastors and ministerial associations of the country. A good attendance has been urged by the , local ministerial association for the address here. |

PHIL MACKLIN RITES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY Funeral Services Will Be Held Saturday For Late Postmaster Last rites for Postmaster Phil , L. Macklin, whose sudden death from a heart ailment, shocked the city and community late yesterday afternoon, will be held in a short, | simple service at the home, 128! North First street. Saturday after- 1 noon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. George O. Walton, Walton, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, will conduct the services. Business houses of the city, at the request of Dee Fryback. president of the local Chamber of Commerce, will close from 3 until 4 o'clock during the funeral, in respect to the late postmaster, who ■ was a member of the Chamber of i Commerce and proprietor of a local business house. Personal friends and acquaintances of the deceased will serve as pallbearers. They are: Nathan C. Nelson. Judge Huber M. De-! Voss, Wm. P. Robinson, O. L. i Vance, John H. Heller, and Dick . Boch. Burial will be made in the Maplewood cemetery here. A message of personal condolence was received by Mrs. Macklin yesterday, soon after the death of her husband, from James I. Farley, Indiana congressman and personal friend of the deceased. The body was returned to the home from the S. E. Black mortu-I ary this afternoon. It may be viewed there until time for the funeral Saturday. o ROTARY LEADER AT LOCAL CLUB - Rev. Cole, District Governor, Speaks To Local Rotarians Rev. A. Elliston (King) Cole, governor of Indiana Rotary clubs, paid i his offjfjil visit to the Decatur Ro- [ I tary club in the weekly meeting of the club a,t the Rice hotel Thursday ■ evening. Rev. Cole, Episcopalian rector at Bio .mington, was elected district governor at the state convention i held recently at Fort W’ayne. Rev. Cole based his discussion Thursday night on the four objects of Rotary: (1) The development of acquain-1 tance as an opportunity for service. (2) High ethical standards in ' business and professions, the recj ognition of the worthiness of all! useful occupations, and the dignifying by each Rotarian of his occupa- 1 tlon as an opportunity to serve society. (3) The application of the ideal of service by every Rotarian to his j personal, business and community life. (4) The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional men united in the ideal of service. The district governor praised the local club for -Its splendid goodfell-! (owship, and its cordiality in greet-1 I ing visiting Rotarians and other guests Walter Gard, president of the local clu»b, was chairman of the meeting. - o Conduct Safety Lane Here Thursday Night Members of the Indiana state police force, assisted by local policemen, conducted a safety lane on Second street for several hours last night. All automobiles appearing at the lane were checked" for lights, brakes and other equipment. The officers were also checking driver’s licenses. — o Laborer Is Held After Fatal Brawl Renssalear, Ind., July 23 —(U.R) —Edward Fawley, local laborer, was held in the county jail on an open charge today as an aftermath of a trawl which resulted in the death of George W. Kimherlin, 54, Medaryville -Implement salesmanFawley allegedly shot Kimherlin in the leg last Monday and the salesman died yesterday after surgeons amputated the member. The shooting occurred at Fawley’s home while a circus was performing on a | let a short distance away.

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New Deal Chiefs Hold Parley

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Victory of the senate bloc opposing President Roosevelt’s plan for revision of the supreme court made necessary drafting a modified measure providing for Improved procedure in the lower courts without touching the supreme tribunal. On the shoulders of Senator Alben \ Barkley of Kentucky, left, new majority leader, shown conferring with Vice President Garner on the situation, rested chief responsibility for healing the breach in Democratic ranks.

ADAMS COUNTY YOUTH INJURED Dale Baumgartner Suffers Severe Scalp Injury Last Night Thirty stitches were required to ■ close a scalp laceration received by Dale Baumgartner, 19, of near Decatur, in an automobile accident at 8 o'clock Thursday night on U. S. Highway 27 lese than a mile north of Berne. Baumgartner wae a passenger in a car driven by Glen Griffiths, 17,' 'of route 3, Decatur. This car struck (he rear of a second driven by Harry Brown, r.-ute 5, Decatur. Neither of the two other young men was injured beyond bruisee and slight laceration. As reported to Deputy Sheriff Leo GilliJt this morning by Brown, the accident occured ae Brown was pull ing around a third car parked part- | ly on the pavement. Br.-.wn said he was driving between 28 and 25 miles an hour. The Griffiths car was unable to avoid hitting the Brown automobile and crashed into the rear end, knocking both automobiles off the | pavement. The parked automobile, which was the immediate cause cf the wreck, was driven away before the car or driver was identified and as the viatims of the wreck were in a dazed condition. Baumgartner's head was forced through the windshield ae progress i was slowed by the craeh. A great horse shoe-shaped laceration, wh-icn I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 SPANISH CITIES | BADLY SHELLED Madrid And Barcelona Heavily Bombarded , By Rebel Forces I Madrid, July 23 —(U.R) —Salvage squads removed wreckage and the ' I i torn bodies of men and women from the streets of Madrid and Barcelonia today after terrific night bombardments of Spain’s two most popular cities. It was believed the bombardments might have been in retaliation for the vigorous loyalist offensives on the Madrid and Catalonian fronts. Madrid was caught unawares after many nights in which, though tlie roar of battle echoed all the time, there had 'been no shellings of the city. Citizens of Madrid were on their way home in the late hours when the shells began blasting streets in the center of the city. Great damage was done and it was estimated that between 10 and 15 persons were killed and 40 wounded. The bombardments were renewed in the early hours of this morning and it was estimated that a total of 150 persons 'were wounded or killed in all. I was driving from my home to the central post office when a street car 30 feet ahead of me was hit squarely. When the smoke cleared and the pieces of wreckage had ceased falling, I saw parts of victims scattered through the street among glass and wood of the street car.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 23, 1937.

Will Rededicate Church Sunday The Pleasant Valley Wesleyan Methodist church will be rededicated Sunday with an all-day service. The Rev. Loren Van Meter will have charge of the morning service. The Rev. E. J. Pitts, president of I the Indiana Wesleyan Methodist ■ , conference, will preside at the dedi-1 ' catory service in the church at 2 p. m. Night services will be conducted by the Rev Milo Bowsman, and the Rev. Grant Whitnack. The church is located eight miles south of Decatur '.n the county farm road. o TWO SENTENCED TO REFORMATORY Two Men Given 1-10 Years For Theft Os Auto From Used Car Lot Two were sentenced and one plead not guilty when brought before Judge Huber M. DeVose in Adams circuit court on criminal charges this morning. Paul Hieey, 26, Three Rivers, Michigan and George Swathwood, 25, Marion, were both given sentences of 1-10 years in the Indiana state reformatory by Judge DeVoes on charges of stealing an auto from a used car lot here last Sunday. Both of the pair had previously plead guilty to the charges and Judge De Voss had taken their sentences under advisement. They were remanded to the county jail until they start serving their sentences at Pendleton. Pleads Not Guilty Edward Stump, young Wabash township man charged with grand larceny, plead not guilty to the charge when arraigned before, Judge DeVoss. Judge DeVoss re-1 manded him to the county jail until 'bond in the sum of SSOO was furn--1 ished. Stump was accused of stealing an I electric drill, according to the ' charge, from the home of Lloyd Osjer In Wabash township, where he former’y lived. Officers also state i that Oser has charged him with i I stealing a diamond ring. Stump, however, denies the charges and states that the articles were given him by Mrs. Oser. o Missionary To Speak Here Sunday Morning The Rev. Arthur H. Romig, missionary to China under the Presbyterian church, will speak Sunday: morning at the Zion Reformed church, at 10 o’clock. Rev. Romig, who has spent six years in the interior of China, landed in Vancouver July 12, and is enroute to New Jersey. He is a classmate of Rev. C. M. Prugh, having graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1931. The speaker will tell of some of his experiences and observations in China, as well as of the progress of Christian missions among the Chinese. The public is invited to hear his message. o Annual Equivalency I Examination Saturday i The annual high school equival- i ency examination will be held Sat- I urday in the offices of C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. Per- I sons wishing to qualify for a high i school diploma are asked to see Mr. 11 Striker. 11

JERSEY PARISH SHOW TO DRAW BEST OF CATTLE Finest Jersey Cattle In Part Os State To Be Shown Here On August 5 another Jersey parish show will be held here as a part of the Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural show, in which 100 head of the finest Jersey cattle in Northeastern Indiana will be shown. All breeders from 10 counties in this area are invited to show their cattle, providing the animals have been subjected to health and production requirements. The cattle will be on exhibit here the entire week of the fair. Among the cattle to be exhibited at Decatur will be the son and daughter of such famous bulls as “Foremost Highflyer,” grand champion bull at the national dairy show in 1936, "Desighna Fern Oxford.” sire of three national grand champions and three times winner of get of sire, and "Pride Design Oxford.” youngest superior sire in the United States, former Purdue ( University bull and now owned by Sol Mosser of Geneva and T. M. Ice, of Mt. Summit. The selection of cattle not only will include the finest bred in Northeastern Indiana but of other parts of the United States and of Jersey Island. It will be one of the largest parish shows ever held. The judge, ‘ W. W. Yappe, of the University of Illinois, is one of the best and has several times judged cattle at the national dairy shows. Cattle Tested All cattle exhibited have had blood tests showing them free from Bang's disease and the dams of all bulls have high production records. The parish show idea started 11 years ago in Indiana and has grown I until now hundreds of them are held in all parts of the United States each year. The exhibitors are all farm breeders and they show for ribbons only. The money distributed to breed- , ers expenses is distributed accord- | ing to mileage and per head, regardless of placing. Several of the breeders at the Decatur show have been exhibiting cattle at parish shows for nine and 10 years. Besides the regular classes, several special classes will be held, including a new one this year of a 500-pound class. This will include all cows that have produced over 500 pounds of butter fat in a year on test. Also SSO in prizes will be awarded by the Indiana Jersey Cattle club for a judging contest for 4-H and vocational students. The cttle will be judged Thursday, August 5, between 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. o ADAMS COUNTY GIRL RETURNS Dorothy Dilling Makes 8,000 Mile Trip Through West Miss Dorothy Dilling of Kirkland township has returned from an eight thousand mile motor trip through the West- She wae accompanied by Miss Mary Boyd of Huntington, Miss Zeta Sands of Claypool and Miss Kathryn Mitchell of Logansport. Among the places of interest the party visited were the Black Hills and Bad Lands of South Dakota, Yellowstone, the Columbia Drive to Portland, Oregon, Yosemite, Sequonia, Grand Canyon National Parks, Boulder Dam, Catalina Island, Carlsbad Caverns of New Mexico, Tijuanna and Agua Caliente in New Mexico. They also visited with friends in Los Angelas and San Francisco before leaving for home. While in the west they attended the International church conference of the Church of the Brethren which was held at Nampa, Idaho. Held For Illegal Possession Os Auto Cloyse Rlnehard. of near Monroe, is being held in the Adams county jail on a charge -xf unlawful posses- . eion of a motor vehicle. Rinehard is alleged to have borrowed an auto from a friend, living nearby, etating that he would keep the vehicle but one day. It is alleged that he kept the auto j for about three weeks, before he was apprehended by county authorities, He was arrested late yesterday by Sheriff Dallas Brown.

Roosevelt Certain Progress Made To Liberalize Courts

YOUNG HEIRESS STILL MISSING Search Fails To Find Any Trace Os Pennsylvania Heiress Elkton, Md., July 23— (U.R) — Fishermen today recovered the body of Janet Louise Wohlsen, 18-year-old Pennsylvania heiress, from the waters of the Northeast river, where she had been fishing before her disappearance Wednesday afternoon. Elkton, Md., July 23— (U.R) — Search of inlets and backbays of the Northeast r'ver today failed to disclose any clue to the whereabouts of pretty Janet Louise , Wohlsen, missing heiress, or the black-hulled sailing boat believed |to be linked in some manner with her mysterious disappear- ■ ance. Early reports that the black- ! hulled craft had been located proved mistaken. , xtio, Wohlsen. 18-year old daughter of a Lancaster, Pa., I luuuuiacturer, vanished Wednesday from a rowboat from which she had been fishing on the Northeast river. Shortly before ‘ her absence was discovered, a I black-hulled sailboat, with several i youths aboard, was seen hovering about Miss Wohlsen’s craft. Police, disinclined to believe the CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) JAPS. CHINESE IN AGREEMENT Japanese War Minister Reports Agreement Is Reached 1 Tokyo, July 23—(U.R)—Gen. Hajime Suciyama, war minister, told the cabinet today that Chinese t i troc-pe of the 29th army were quiet- .\ ly withdrawing from their positions . in the Peiping "war zone" under tho ■ agreement effected between north•n Chinese officials and Japanese ! -»rmy men. ,: This reassuring news was given the country as the Diet met in a special two weeks' session which, . though called before the Chinese crisis, was expected to devote most I of its interest to the developments | in China. Soon after Suciyama’s statement the war office asserted that Northern China officials on July 19 submitted vo'untarily an offer to withdraw the troops, suppress anti-Jap-i anese organizations and anti-Jap-anese education and to de- all they could to prevent further clashes. , Gen. Siciyama is to make a full I report of the Chinese situation to the Diet, or parliament, Tuesday. Prince Fumimaro Kokoye, the premier. and foreign minister Koki Hi rota are te-speak then also. Today, the Diet contented itself with organizational work. Emperor HiroHito will convoke formally Sunday. o Kills Invalid Son And Commits Suicide Seattle, Wash., July 23 —(U.R) — ! One of Seatt’e’s most prominent physicians shot his invalid son to I death, then committed suicide be- . cause his son’s illness was incurable, authorities said today. Theactors in the mercy slaying drama were Dr. Guy S. Peterkin, . 66, who had gained -international II fame as a specialist in urology, and his 22 year old invalid son, Shear- ■ man, a brilliant and popular student ■! at the university of Washington ■ i last year. . o WEATHER Gsnerally fair east and south, 'i scattered thundershowers northwest tonight; Saturday unsettled, scattered thundershowers central and northeast; somewhat cooler central and north portions Saturday. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. -— 76 10:00 a. m. 80 Noon — 86 2:00 p. m. 96

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Plan To Draft Measure To Alter Procedure In Lower Courts; No High Court Change. IN CONFERENCE Washington, July 23. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt was represented in authoritative quarters today as believing that despite the death of his original court plan he has made progress in his campaign to liberalize the judiciary. This statement of presidential attitude was presented by high sources which declined to be quoted directly. It came as the leaders of the fight against the original court plan prepared to draft a bill to alter lower court procedure without any supreme court changes. One of these leaders, Sen. Edward R. Burke, D„ Nebr., conferred at the White House today with Mr. Roosevelt The appointment was said to have been made at the instance of Vice President John N. Garner, who has assumed the task of seeking to conciliate the conflicting views of administration court bill proponents and the victorious court bill foes. The lower court procedural bill will be drafted, it was decided today, by a subcommittee of eight 1 senate judiciary committee members, headed by Sen. Pat McCarran, I D., Nevada. It was indicated that the president would spend this week end discussing the new judiciary bill ’ and the progress of the balance of his legislative program. The president, with the new senate majority leader, Alben W. Barkley and probably Sen. Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., P., Wis., and 1 ' Mrs. LaFollette as guests, will | spend Saturday and Sunday aboard I the President’s yacht. In spite of his defeat on the ac- , tual court bill, Mr. Roosevelt was described today as believing that the attitude of the supreme court has underdone sharp liberalization which probably will continue for . some time. Mr. Roosevelt’s belief arises, it was said, from a survey of supreme court decisions. Comparison of decisions rendered before February s—-the5 —-the date of submission of the court plan — and those rendered since that date reveals this liberalized attitude, it was declared. Prior to February 5, it was noted. the supreme court outlawed the agricultural adjustment act. After February 5, however, the court ' upheld constitutionality of the so- ; cial security act —a decision which Mr. Roosevelt was regarded as believing overruled, in effect, the AAA opinion. A second instance of such change was cited in the case of the Guffey coal act and Wagner labor act decisions. The Guffey act was outlawed prior to February 5. After that date the Wagner act was upheld in a decision which Mr. Roosevelt 1 was held to regard as nullifying I pronouncements of the earlier Guffew ruling. Third instance of this change in judicial attitude was declared to be revealed by the New York and Washington state minimum wage I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) Q joe McConnell STILL SERIOUS Little Change In Condition Os Local Man Injured Monday But little change was seen today in the condition of Joe McConnell, local tobacco salesman injured Monday night in an auto accident, according to relatives here. Frank McConnell, his father, stated that he believed hie condition was slightly worse than had been the ease for the 'past several days. Hoep-Ital attaches agree that his conditton is still critical. He is suffering from a skull frac- | ture, a shoulder injury, face lacer- : ations and severe body bruises. For nearly a day following the craeh, hospital attaches despaired of his life. After the first day, however, It was thought that he was improving and would probably recover. The shoulder Injury and congested lungs, resulting from shock, are causing as much concern as the | skull injury, relatives state.