Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1937 — Page 1

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Beks early Ibecisionon ■moment ■publican Leader In ■mate Presses Plans l| For Adjournment ■,«hingf>''. J,,| r 26 * ’ U - R> . ;.m l-aders promised ,|... isi.m on adjournment ■J",...SH loday after senate Re ■\ |t| Leader Charles L. Me- ■' ,|,.iuan<led that the leader- ■ d-finitely what it hoped hsh during the remain ■of the session. ■ xi:> irt.ned pointedly to a ■.„'« mud- by Sen Roller' M. ■.alette Jl.. I’. Wis.. after ■tend cruise with the presl ■in which I.aFollette said ■K si nnd remain In session ■i, |,ad passed a general farm ■ ~.l othei Important 1-gisla-,<y leader said that he ■ opposed after the ■•capitula |M.(h,. administration court ■,«,.... -under the able lead of the vice president” ■ .ongiess could adjourn by am anxious and distressed. turning toward Majority Vj.eii W Barkley, who al a s ’b- presidential < ruise, if we are goln.t to f 11- 1 leadership of the senator Wisconsin ' LaFollette). and here to carry out his ambitious program.” replied that he under. I ■ laiFollette had emphasized he was speaking only tor and that conferences w.r • way which, he hoped, result in a definite ad- i decision "within a f< w K his weekend cruise, sat sil■v two rows behind McNaiy as leader voiced his William E Borah. R . ida . hope that sugar legisl.tBJoNT’NVED OX PAGE FIVE) ■IT LIGHTS IN ' ■ PLACE FOR FAIR ■y Light Department ■Starts Preparations I For Street Fair first material evidence of Decatur Free Street Fair opens here next week, was today when workmen the erection of power lines Ba • e downtown streets, power lines, which will furelectricity to the scores of ' rides, shows and ger’lbits at the event are being overhead alongside the houses. are also to be strung for Bk< ation across city streets and Bfc sections. The work is being by a city light crew under of Martin J. My- ■> city light superintendent. was started early, since ■m storms have necessitated the entire force on repair he stated. The street fair is to be done when the men such evidences of the the erection of flag and loudspeakers will Friday Concessions are not permitted to on PAG® SIX) 0 ■lease Mrs. Davis I From Local Hospital Sadie Davis, 70-year old Allady, was taken to her today iby ambulance after be■■confined in the Adams county hospital since July 4 from «* sustained in an auto crash from shock, a fractured fractured right arm and sustained in the near Berne which c-.st the her 77-year old husband, J. she was not expected to admitted to the hospital. —■ o —— ■o Slightly Hurt I in Auto Accident Margaret Bultemeyer, 18, PWihter of George Bultemeyer, of and Harry Warden were injured when a car driven 1 '' ,ar^en near Preble this at l;3o o’clock was side-, by an empty stone truck. PBname ..f the driver of the truck not learned. Miss Bultemeyer pid Mr. Warden were treated at the county memorial hospital | a few minutes later. I

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Ford Witness R ■ ■ v -w * Albert Rasmussen, who policed the Ford Dearborn, Mich., plant during the strike riots, Is pictured as he testified before the National Labor Relations Board In Washington that he was on duty when | union organizers of the U. A. W were allegedly beaten. Rasmussen i claimed the union men were warn-' ed to stay off Ford property before : i the “scuffle.” CLUB LEADERS PLAN EXHIBIT Economics Clubs Os County To Have Exhibits At Street Fair The Adams county home eco nomics club leaders met at the home of Mrs. E. W. Busche. county president, last week, to lay out plans for the county home eco-! notnics exhibit for the Decatur Free Street fair. They plan to i base their exhibit on the lessonsj , they have had for the past year. I The lessons in the fall ol 1936 | had to do largely with making of ■ Inexpensive Christmas gifts out of flour or feed sacks in making I aprons, baskets, covers, ironing board covers, rebuilding furniture, making book ends and toys for the ] Christmas season. They will have a table displaying the above items made by various members of the clubs. The more recent lessons have had to do with repairing light ' cords and controlling insect pests I of the home. A table will be de- > ; voted to light cords and cords for attaching electric fixtures on which they will demonstrate the repair and different carrying capacities of cords. Another table will be devoted to demonstrations on how to control house flies, using traps and poison. The same table will carry displays on con-1 I trolling moths and another display i will be given on the control of! } ants. It was brought out in this meeting that one home in the county j was infested with termites and the ’ county agent was asked to visti this home to see if he could obtain some wood in which termites were working, so that their dam-i age could be shown and also to secure some of the tunnels that ‘ they built up over cellar walls in I making their approach to the house timbers. An attempt will be made to se-) cure a modern duster and a ,uan(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STOLEN AUTOS ARE RECOVERED Three Cars, Stolen Here, Are All Reported Recovered Auto thieves had a busy time over the weekend, with all cars being returned to their owners by this morning. Chief of Police Sephus Melchl reported that an auto belonging to A. J. Grice, local music teacher,) was recovered last night in Find-, lay, Ohio, after it had been stolen here Saturday night. The car was taken from its parked position on North Second street, near Monroe. A bystander report ed that he saw three men get into ■ the car and drive away. An auto owned by Archie Hedington. of southeast of Monroe, was returned to Its owner a few hours after it had been reported stolen. I The car was found on Rugg street at 1:15 o’clock Sunday morning, i It was reported stolen at 11:45 Saturday night. An auto belonging to Paul Myers of this city, was returned to its i owner last night after having been I reported stolen only a few hours i earlier. 1

MANI ENTRIES | RECEIVED FOR JUDGE CONTEST Great Interest Shown In Jersey Judging Contests At Fair Much interest is being shown in both the Junior and Older Youth Jersey judging contests, to be held August 5 in connection with the Decatur Free Street Fair. The Older Youth and Young Adult contest is for any individuals between the ages of 18 and 28, residing in counties in the Northeastern Indiana Jersey Parish show district. The following ) counties are included in the district: Noble, Whitley, Steuben, DeKalb, Allen, Huntington, Adams. Wells. Jay. Randolph, and Wayne., The contestants from Adams coun- 1 ) ty are as follows: Juanita Lehman, Boyd Stepler, Paul Harden. Chris Inniger, Ardon Mosser, Leo L.! Nussbaum, Gerhart Schwarts, Richard Moses. Sanford Frazee. Virgil i Yoder. Eli Schwartz and Dan Habegger. The entries from the othler counties in this district have been sent to the state club office ' at Purdue. The junior judging contest for I 4-H club and ocational agriculture students is state wide. Only teams having coaches may enter this contest. The team from Adams coun-. ty is composed of Stanley Arnold, Glen Griffiths. Chester Schwartz, and Glen Griffiths, alternate, with Sanford Frazee as coach. Other entries received by L. E. Archbold, county agent, are as follows: county: Ijjwrence Rasler. Don North. Trevor Lovett, Howard Marvel, alternate, with A. T. Marvel as coach; Anderson high school: William Pugsley, Arthur Darlington. Edwin Hoecapd. and 1 James Chaplin, afternate; with | Walter C. Kolb as coach; Decatur ■county: one team (names to be submitted later); Huntington 'county, two teams: Meredith Reck(CONTINUBD OK PAGE FIVE) TWO LOCAL DOTS AT STATE PARK Adams County Youths Attend Soil Conservation Meeting Word has been received by L. E. Archbold, county agent, from the state club office that two Adams county boys have been chosen to attend the McCormick’s Creek Canyon state park at Spencer. The boys are: Fredrick Schamerloh and Louis Koldewey. These boys are 4-H club members of I Adams county and are enrolled in the soil conservation project. Purdue University held a statewide contest this spring for soil conservation boys and all contestants were required to write an ! essay of their activities in the soil conservation project and also in i the local fish and game conservi- ; tion league. These essays were submitted to Purdue University ; and judged by the specialists of . the university. The camp will be held from to- ) day through Friday, and a very educational schedule has been arI ranged for the five days. The teaching staff consists largely of I.extension specialists of Purdue and officials of the Indiana department of conservation and Izaak Walton league. July 27 will be "Forestry Day” and the members of the camp will { make a trip to the Brown county i state park On Wednesday. “Wildlife Conservation Day.” a tour of the state park will be taken and demonstrations on winterfeed patches, feeding stations and I shelters will be given. In the as ; ternoon the boys will make a trip to the stone quarry near Blooming(CONTINUED GN PAGE SIX) oFormer Berne Man Dies This Morning Adolph Schug, 87. former Berne ! carpenter and brother of the late ! John Schug, of this city, died at hix home in Fort Wayne this morning. I Death was caused by hardening .of ! the arteries. The deceased was born in Ohio, i moving to Berne where he was mar- ' ried to Lucy Bentz. Later the family moved to Fort Wayne Surviving, besides the widow, are three sons, Fred of Lima; Carl and Edgar of Fort Wayne. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home on Calhoun street, Fort j Wayne.

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Pastor Resigns Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of the First United Brethren church here for the past three years, an-1 nounced his resignation Sunday, effective immediately. A permanent successor will be named at the I annual conference at Winona Lake ' in September. CULVER TROOP ; i NOTTOAPPEAR Black Horse Troop Unable To Visit Decatur During P'air The Culver Black Horee Troop will not be able to visit Decatur during fair week, according to a ' telegram received by Mayor A. R. ■ Holthouse from Brig. General L. R. GignilKat. commandant of the military academy. An invitation wae extended by ' the city, the fair association and several local alumni of the school, : inviting the troop u? Decatur It is ; to be in Huntington during the week of August 2 and it wae hotped • that they could come to Decatur. It was planned to locate the troop at . Bellmont park. It is one of the meat (famous horse troops in the U n > t6 d (States. General Gignilliat sent the follow- ! ing wire to Mayor Holthouee: ■ ■‘‘Troop highly honored by your kind ' invitation to visit Decatur week of ! August 2. Deeply regret impossible J now to change itinerary. Huntington as far east as same extends. Regret fully it was necessary to decline similar invitation from Fort j Wayne for some important function there. Could probably have included both had invitation come some 1 weeks earlier”. 1 The fair association at its meet- : ing last Thursday decided to invite the troop and asked Mayor Holthouse t.? extend an invitation in be- ' half of the city. Woman Injured July 4 Released From Hospital , Mrs. Robert Hoffman, of Geneva ' who sustained a fractured pelvic | bone, Sunday. July 4, in an automobile accident on U S. highway 27 ■a mile north of Geneva, was dis ' m-lssed from the Adams county me- ’ m. .rial hospital today. Her condition I was reported as much improved. COMBINED RAND CONCERT HERE Combined Band To Present Final Concert Wednesday Night The combined Decatur school • bands, totaling approximately 75 I I pieces will play in the final of the series of free summer concerts > sponsored by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday night, Albert Sellemeyer, the band director has announced The school bands will conclude their performances next week durP ing the Decatur Free Street Fair, ‘: August 2to 7, Inclusive. The : majority of the members of the ' bands will take vacations during ' the latter part of August before 1 ! the opening of school. As a feature of the concert the saxaphone-accordion quintet will 1 play special numbers. Members ’ of this quintet are: Kathleen Fry- ■ back. Patsy McConnell. Alice ■ Yost and Anna Brandyberry, saxaphone players, and Marjorie Mill- ' ) er, accordion player. I Mr. Sellemeyer announced today i that there will be a combined band i practice Tuesday night at 7 I o'clock in the high school audi- ; i torium. The concert will be Wed- : needay night at 8:15 o’clock on the I court house band stand.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 26, 1937.

REDELS LAUNCH FIERCE ATTACK UN LOYALISTS Frightful Casualties Are Reported In Spanish Civil War Vnd’id. T ick of the loyalist army fought I‘sperately on the front wnst o' ; ■'tadrld toda u fr > »'■ - urious attack that the nationalists <• nd in t civil war. Twenty thousand Italian troop vere reported to have joined Moors, foreign legionnaires, and ’ationalist Carlist and Fascist . ’■oops as the climax of the battle i neared. Gen. Francisco Franco, nationalist commander in chief, was at the front personally directing the at- 1 ) tack. The loyalist position was ser i tous. It was confessed frankly that the fate of thousands of the | best men in the Republican army. | including members of the famous ) ' international brijpdes. hinged on , the success with which reinforce-1 ■ tnents held back the insurgents. 1 Losses on both sides were frightful, nationalist troops ad ' vanced with astonishing determin-; I ation in the face of point blank machine gun fire to storm loyalist : entrenchments. As the copper sun rose today | the nationalists were attacking at the southern end or tip of a salient which the loyalists drove into | their front. 15 miles west of Ma- , j drid. in their recent offensive. The battle, so important that ■ j no one on either side cared to forecast what a decisive defeat might mean, proceeded in a small I triangle of territory, its apex I pointing southeastward. Brunete , ) was the apex. Quijorna. 3% miles . northwest of Brunete. formed one , ' base corner. Villanueva De La | Canada. 4 miles north of Brunete and 3% miles northest of Quijor(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o MRS. MACKLIN RECOMMENDED Mrs. Lola Macklin Recommended For Decatur Postmaster Democratic county chairman Nathan C. Nelson this afternoon recommended Mrs. Lola Macklin, widow of Postmaster Phil L. Macklin, for appointment as acting postmaster of the Decatur office, succeeding her husband, who died suddenly last Thursday afternoon. Mr. Nelson's recommendation was wired to Representative James I. Farley in Washington, who will recommend her to President Roosevelt and it is believed the official appointment will be made immediately. As acting postmaster. Mrs. Macklin would probably fill the unexpired term of her husband. His commission runs to February 7, 1939. This would give Mrs. Macklin about a year and a half in office. Mrs. Macklin is well qualified to act as postmaster. She is a former school teacher and has had office experience. Democratic leaders in the city and county, employes of the postoffice and i ‘ friends of the family, personally, endorsed Mr. Nelson's recommendation. She is the mother of • • seven children. The Decatur postoffice ranks as a second class office and business i has been on a steady increase during the past two years. Mr. Macklin assumed office on February 7, 1935. being recommended by Congressman Farley on the recommendation of Mr. Nelson. Funeral Saturday Short funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Mr. Macklin. The widow, Mrs. Macklin, and the family today expressed their appreciation to Decatur business men who were able to close during the services. Thanks were also given to the friends and relatives who gave flowers and assisted the family. — o— WEATHER Fair, somewhat cooler extreme southwest tonight; Tuesday fair, not so cool central and north in afternoon. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 02 10:00 a. m. 65 Noon 66 2:00 p. m. 68

Japanese Troops Invade City Os Peiping After Government Os China Rejects Ultimatum

EIGHT MEN ARE HURT IN RIOT IN STEEL AREA Police Battle 1,000 Steel Strikers At Cleveland Plant Cbvelard July 2«—<l P>— Eight men were injured todav in a f'K b I h- i *w c ‘en notice and 1,000 ste°l strikers who blocked entrances t I Republic Steel Corporation’s Cor rigan-McKinney plant. Bricks flew as police, swinging ; riot clubs, charged into pickets stoning cars of non-strikers as they turned into a road leading to the plant. After the melee the strikers assembled at union headquarters and marched on city hall. Mayor Harold H. Burton refused a demand of a committee of strikers that the plant be closed and declined a request that the po'ice detail be reduced at the mill. The 1 crowd at the hall dispersed quiet ly. Police held three strikers for investigation. i The trouble began at one of the I plant entrances when William Johnson. 28. a negro truck driver taking non-strikers into the plant. t swerved to avoid a rock barrage Johnson's truck struck Tom Glowackl. 51, a picket. Glowacki was taken to city hospital with a : fractured left leg and possible skull fracture. Mounted Patrolman Rowley Okj er. knocked from his horse by a | : brick, was treated for a head ; . gash. Others hospitalized were: E. Fernandez. 54. and Robert I Gardella. 30. treated for head injuries. Mike Chemetor, 38, treate.l for I abrasions of the left knee. Natibea Minavos. 35, suffering head lacerations. The trouble followed lifting of Sheriff Martin L. O'DonneH's pro clamation restricting activities in the plant zone. It was the first 1 outbreak in Cleveland since strikes were called May 26 against three independent steel companies l»y i the steel workers organizing committee. Settlement Fails Buffalo. N. Y„ July 26—(U.R>— An attempt to settle the strike of ; 1,000 produce truck drivers and warehouse workers failed today when the union rejected proposals for modification of its preferential shop demand. Sam Licata, business agent for the union, an A. F. of L. affiliate, announced the rejection as strike leaders hiet with mediator John P. Boland and representatives of the 44 wholesale food houses whose business has been paralyzed since Wednesdaj - morning. "We are sticking to our demand (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o MANY BANDS TO PLAY AT FAIR High School Bands To Provide Features Os Fair Week Nearly half a thousand band boys and girls will furnish the music for the Decatur Free Street Fair, which opens here next Monday evening; it was announced today. Including two independet bads among the some of the more renowned high school bands in this section, the parades of the week are expected to afford one of the major attractions of the fair. Twelve widely known bands have been engaged for the celebration, with a possibility of one or two more by Monday of the fair. Following is the complete list of bands as contracted for by the committee to date: Monpelier high school; Ohio City, Ohio, high school; St. Henry, Ohio, high school; Van Wert high school; Fort Recovery. Ohio, high school; Paulding. Ohio, high school; Berne high school; Decatur boys’ band, Decatur girls’ band, Decatur American Legion band and the Sons of Veterans’ band. Van Wert, Ohio. The Ohio City, St. Henry and Van Wert high school bands, in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I

—. ( Inherits a Baronet i ilii Hitherto, he was known to his , neighbors in Los Angeles. Cal., as plain Mr. Frank Boreel: now he’ll be called Sir Francis William Robert Boreel. Boreel, great grandson of John Jacob Astor, I. inherits title of Sir Jacob Boreel of Overeen, Netherlands, acquiring "a very good income.’’ HEAVY RAINFALL HITS DECATUR Nearly Inch And Half Os Rain Falls In Decatur Sunday Heavy rainfall visited the city i twice Sunday to tumble the temperatures approximately 20 degrees. While little damage was experienced from the accompanying wind, the heavy precipitation caused some damage to crops. Mrs. Walter Gladfelter, official weather observer, stated this morning that a total rainfall of 1 46 inches was experienced here from 7 a. tn. until 7 p. m. Martin J. Mylott stated that damage to the city light lines and | poles was of a minor nature in comparison to that wrought in recent storms. Approximat ly four hours labor was required by the department to restom disrupted light and power service. Cool winds added materially to- i day in preventing the rise of tern-1 peratures. At one o’clock this afternoon the Democrat thermometer recorded a temperature of 68 j degrees above. The weatherman forecast somewhat warmer temperatures for Tuesday. The temperature dropp-) ed to around 60 degrees late yes-) terday after going as high as 80 ■arlier in the day. Storm Damage Indianapolis, July 26— <U.R) — A severe wind and rain storm that swept over Indiana Sunday resulted in two fires, damaged two homee, blew down utility poles and trees and sent high tension wires down in several places. The weather bureau here reported wind velocity at 44 miles an hour for a five minute period. The temperature dropped 20 degrees in 45 minutes to the day’s (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — Valuable Loot Is Stolen At Berne Berne police and county authori-1 ties are intensifying the search for the prowler or prowlers, who last Sunday entered and ransacked a Berne home. Ca'uable loot was taken from the hame of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ray, while they were away on a vacation, according to the report. Numbering among the articles stolen were five new rugs. Other things reported stolen were an electric 'perculator, an electric iron, an I electric toaster, a v Oman's yellow i gold wristwatch and a quanity of I ni">ney from a church mite box, be[longing to Mrs. Ray.

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I Japanese Force Way Into Peiping; Fighting Is Started As Ultimatum Is Rejected. WON’T WITHDRAW Peiping, July 26. — (U.R) — Japanse troops forced their way into the ancient capital of Peiping tonight, invading the city even before explraion of an ultimatum giving the Chinese until noon Weddnesday to evacuate the entire Peiping area. Five hundred Japanese troops stormed the Changyimen gate in the south of the city, after having been refused admittance. There was heavy rifle and machine gun fire. The Japanese broke through the gate and were in control of the street 300 yeards inside, firing at troops of the 29th Chinese army on th fortified west wall adjoining the gate. The invasion followed refusal of a Japanese demand that they be permitted to march through the gate peaceably. Upon receiving the refusal, the Japanese opened fire at 7:40 p. m. (5:30 a. m. CST). A few minutes later they were inside the gate controlling an adjacent street for a length of 300 | yards. The Japanese ulimatum was rejected by the central Nanking government and the danger of general war immediately became very grave. The ultimatum was delivered by Lieut. Col. Gennosuke Matsui, of the Japanese army staff at Peiping, on behalf of Lieut. Gen. Kiposhi Katsuke. commanding the Japanese troops in North China. It : was addressed to Chin Ten-Chun, mayor of Peiping, an<T through hint to Gen. Sung Cheh-Yuan, command- |; er of the 29th army. It said: "The Chinese have not kept their promises thus far. All Chin- | ese troops at Lukouchiao and Papai oshan (south of the city) must be withdrawn to Changhsintien (on ) the west bank of the Yungsting riv|er southwest of Peiping) before | noon tomorrow. "All troops of the 37th army inside the city and in the Hsiyuan barracks must cross west of the Yungting river and proceed to Paoting (60 miles southwest) by noon of Wednesday, failing which the Japanese army will take full independent action. The responsibility rests on the Chinese.” Two separate time limits were thus given in the ultimatum. One is that the troops southwest of'the city retire across the Yunging by | noon tomorrow. The oher is that the troops within Peiping must reI tire to Paoting by noon Wednes--1 day. The Japanese who invaded Peip- , ing arrived outside the wall from Pengtai in 50 trucks shortly after 6 p. m. On being refused permission to enter, they withdrew a short distance and opened fire, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) NEW PASTOR TO BE SENT HERE Rev. H. W. Franklin Resigns As Pastor Os U. B. Church A new pastor will be assigned to the United Brethren church in thie city at the annual conference to be held in September at Win.?aia Lake, -it was announced today. The Rev. H. W. Franklin, who is concluding his third year as pactor has resigned, effective immediately. A supply pastor will be obtained I until the official assignment is made at the conference. Rev. Franklin came here three years ago from Fulton, Indiana. He has been active in church affairs and was a leader in rural church work and chairman of the district conference. Although the assignment of a new ®astor will not be made until September, the family will occupy the parsonage on Ninth street until that time. Bishop B. F. Caine of Fort Wayne was here Sunday and preached at the local church- Announcement was made by the official board that Rev. Franklin had resigned and that a new pastor would be assign|ed here at the wxiference.