Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1937 — Page 1

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hCttV. No. 178.

ANNUAL FAIR OPENS MONDAY

Iflpanese J Warned By Great Britain Against Actions

Lrnment Warns .laps; ■Tientsin In Grip Os ■Terror As Bloody Battle Rages. I “TO LAST MAN” Ldon. July 29 - (U.K)-Great Kin has warned Japan that the Eh government does not apE any further attempts to deEChinese provinces from the King government, foreign Sec-1 E Anthony Eden revealed in i Erded disclosure today in the I E of commons. Edgwood Benn, liberal, asked ■ Ely during the question hour: I K, the foreign secretary made < £«r to the Japanese govern-| Kt that we do not approve of ; F further attempt to detach, Knees front the Nanking govKect'" ■ H " Eden replied. Ken the foreign secretary add■hastily: ■rom our various declarations. ■ honorable member will be able Ee that we very much regret ■ situation, more so as we were Eg for improvement of relaE in the Far East generally. Eh we cannot hope for while Ent conditions persist Ens statement led to renewed Elation over whether Britain | Kried to call a session of the E of nations council to <T?>al ■ the Far East crisis. Esttoned in the house yester- |, Eden said Britain has not pre■ed at present to take the initiIs in summoning the council. ■ intimated previous that Britain ■ is disinclined to force the is- ■ by invoking the nine-power ■WTINTED ON' PAGE THREE) FUCK DRIVERS IB TO WORK roduce Drivers Back To Fork; Meat Truckers Still Out buffalo. N. Y„ July 29—(U.R> - ■ thousand produce truck drtvland warehouse workers return ■ their jobs today to end ths fre critical of two strikes that F paralyzed the movement of b’-s and staple foodstuffs, and K prices skyward. |he drivers and warehousemen, fcbers of an American Federa ■ of Labor union—accepted an poment providing for a modii form of closed shop, higher and shorter hours. P 8 city still was threatened by ■t shortage as a result of the P°ot of 1,200 packing company pors. whose union is a corn-| for industrial organization ' fht*. Little progress was ref* 1 in attempts to settle, fttlement of the food handp strike was worked out at a of representatives of merchants and union prs with the Rev. John P. Bor~ of the newly-cre-f labor relations board, f was ratified at a strikers’ F meeting. fhu agreement called for recogF n of the A. F. of L. as the r yes collective bargaining 117 a 5 per cent pay ~K ’ rea ’* e L use who have received none f March 1; a cena an r tninintuin for men employes; ■I. ucreases for girls who are SONTOgVED ON PAGE FOUR) Heller Speaks At Fort Wayne Tonight ck Heller, executive secretary S'/ Clifford Townsend, and Decatur newspaperman, "dl speak at Fort Wayne toV apicnlc held b y the w °- it~.' uerson dub of Allen counhepavjjon in Lakeside park in .7 Wi " Bpealt on the proln ® rtin ß at 8 o’clock, daylight iJ, „ e - Attorney Samuel C. th" ' Fort Wa y»«. will also be me program.

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KING’S VISIT TO IRELAND MARRED Irish Terrorists Mar Osficial Visit Os King George VI London, July 29 —(UP) — King i George VI and Queen Elizabeth reI turned to Ixmdon V'day from Bel past, northern Ireland, where their coronation vie-it was marred by i Irish terrorist demonstrations tangling from gun battles and clubbings I to arson and b. mbings. A land mine, operated by a time 1 fuse, exploded in the streets of Belfast as the King and Queen eompletied a triumphal ’ procession to the city hall to be welcomed by Government officials. Police blamed the blast on extremist Republicans of the Irish Free State, whe, had protested againet their majestieevis-1 it. Twenty-eight customs houses a long the free state-northern Ireland border were blown up or burned during the day. Railway bridges I were dynamited, apparently in an [ attempt by extremists to prevent i free state “loyalists" from journey I ing to Belfast to participate in the welcome to the King and Queen If the king was unnerved by the terrorism, he gave n? indication of 1t tn a brief speech of thanks, which observers said revealed that he had made remarkable progress in overcoming an impediment that had caiisej him embarrassment during hie public utterances on other occasions. More than 1,000,000 persons cheered the royal vis-ltora on their arrival and departure In the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert. i Court House Clock Is Being Repaired People on downtown streets early this afternoon were somewhat surprised when they heard the court house clock strike 12 times at the hour of 1 o'clock. It was explained, however, when it was found that an employe of the loci jewelry store that takes care of the timepiece was testing its sriking powers, preparatory to making repairs. o * H ood Chapel Plans Ice Cream Social Wood Chapel will hold an ice cream social Friday evening on the church lawn. Ice cream, cake, pie, watermelon and sandwiches will be served. Eevery one is welcome. o IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE HERE Local Business Houses And Offices Being Improved Visitors to the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, August 2 to 7, inclusive, will find many of the business houses and offices remodelled and redecorated. The office and window of the Northern Indiana Public Service company has been redecorated in four-toned colors. The floors of the Zwick Furniture Store have been repolished. The law offices of Lenhart, Heli ler and Schurger have been en larged by the leasing of three ad- ’ ditional rooms. These have been I refinished and furniture installed. , They will be occupied by Henry B. ■ Heller, a member of the firm, and ■ county attorney. The new building being constructed by Dr. F. L. Grandstaff on • South Second Street is nearing : completion with the brick walls and the super structure finished. Dr. Grandstaff will use the building for his office.

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PUBLIC DRESS REVUE WILL BE GIVEN AT FAIB 4-H Club Girls To Present Dress Revue Wednesday Os Fair Week In order that people may see what has been accomplished in 4-H club work, the girls in the clothing project each year present a public dress revue. This year's revue will be staged in the high school auditorium, corner Fifth and Adams, at 8 p. m., Wednesday, August 4. The public Is invited to attend. Music for the revue will be furnished by Miss Ruby Rupert of Monroe township. Every girl who has completed her year's work in clothing, may take part in the revue. Each dress modeled has been made as a part of regular club work. The clothing project work has been designed to meet the needs of girls of varying abilities. First year girls make simple one-piece dresses. As the girls acquire increased ability, | they learn to make their entire wardrobes. Advanced work presents problems ranging from that of making a child's play suit to J the construction of an evening garment or tailored suit. In addition to gaining skill in workmanship, thte 4-H girl studies! material, design, color harmony, value and care of clothing. Prior to the public revue the costumes will be judged by Miss Whitaker, j clothing specialist of the 4-H club . department. For this judging the girls are grouped according to project years in order to compete with girls of equal training. The first placing girl of each group will be given a trip to the state fair. The older girls may enter a special contest. The winner of this division will represent ■j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) STBIKEBS VETO PEACE PROPOSAL 1 South Bend Strikers Vote Down Peace Proposal By Company ■ South Bend, Ind.. July 29—(U.R) I The strike-bound Bike Web ’ Manufacturing company plant re- , mained closed today despite plans , of officials to open it while count- , er-proposals submitted by members of the Amalgamated Clothing j Workers Union, a CIO affiliate, i were being considered. The strikers at a mass-meeting I last night rejected a peace proI posal submitted by the company, i This included a national labor re- . lations board election, bargaining rights for the union's members and dismissal of contempt of court charges against ten union members for a minor riot at the plant gates in defiance of a federal court injunction. Terms of the union's counter proposal were not revealed, but ' they were believed to include a ' demand for the right to represent ' all of the plant’s employes instead of only the union members. j The union again obeyed the terms of an injunction issued Tuesday by Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley in Chicago, limiting the number of pickets a tthe plant • gates to ten. Twice previously , massed pickets had prevented non--1 striking workmen and company 1 officials from entering the factory. . — o —— Charlie Schafer Dies At Fort Wayne Today ' Charlie Schafer, 52, brother-in- . law of Mrs. Robert Fritzinger of this city, died at his home, 118 . Sherwood Terrace, Fort Wayne, . early this morning after an illness . of two years. i Mr. Schafer, for many years employed in the composing room of ' the Journal-Gazette, was well I known in this city. He is survived by the widow, formerly Miss May . Davidson of this city, two sons , and one daughter. Funeral ser- ; vices will be held at the Redeemer i English Lutheran church, Rudisill and Harrison, Fort Wayne, at 2:30 . p. m. Saturday. Burial in Greenlawn cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 29, 1937.

Fair Chairman W IS Kr w n Dee Fryback. president of Decatur Chamber of Commerce, is also general chairman of the Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural ■ show, which will be staged in | Decatur next week. FINAL CONCERT IS PRESENTED I Combined Band Gives Final Concert Os Season Wednesday I The final in the series of summer , concerts sponsored by the Decatur , Juni'.r Chamber of Commerce wae held Wednesday night on the court house band stand, with the combined Decatur school bands furnishing the music. The combined band was directed j by Albert Sel'emeyer, band instruc-j tor in the Decatur echools, anj Patsy Moser, drum major. There were three special numbers. A saxaphone-accordian quintet was composed tJi Kathleen Fryback Patsy McConnell. Alice Yost and ' Anna Brandyberry, saxaphone play-! ers, and Marjorie Miller, accordian > player. Marjorie Miller played an | accordian solo. Marjorie Miller, on i the accordian, and Alice Yost, on the saxaphene, played a duet. . The bands will begin a month'e vacation after the Decatur Free Street Fair ana Agricultural Show. August 2 to 7. until September, when practice will begin for the fall football games. Heard this summer were the Decatur boys' school band, the Decatur girls’ school band, the high school band and the combined schr-. l band- One exchange concert was given by the Berne junior band. o Jugoslavian Riots Injure Over 100 Sarajevo. Jugoslavia, July 9 — (UP) —More than IftO persons were injured today in savage riots after church services so rthe Greek Orthodox Patriarch Varnave. Committees Meet Members of all committees for the Free Street Fair and agricultural show are asked to meet at the Adams county auto license bureau Friday evening at 8 o'clock. This will be the final meeting before opening of the fair and it is important that all committeemen be present.

Mayor Extends Welcome

It is accepted generally that true Hoosier philosophy embraces the virtues of friendship and hospitality, both finding an expression in typical state institutions — fairs and homecomings. In this Hoosier spirit, Decatur extends a welcome to all to attend the Annual Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show next week. It will serve as a homecoming to the hundreds, who although living in other towns and communities, still feel and believe in their hearts that Decatur is their home. Along the brilliantly lighted midway, opportunity will be given to renew acquaintances and meet old friends. The Agricultural Show and 4-H Club exhibits will be convincing proof that farmers of Adams County—young and old— can produce the best. In behalf of the City, the Chamber of Commerce and the Fair Association, it is my happy privilege to invite you to be our guests the week of August 2nd. It’s the time of year when we should turn to a little amusement and joviality and join your friends in the refrain, “Oh, the Merry-Go-Round Broke Down.” ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Mayor.

ERECTION OF EXHIBIT TENTS STARTED TODAY r Huge Tents Being Erected For Cattle And Horse Shows locations of the exhibits of the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, which opens here next Monday, were announced today. The Adams county horse show will be located in a huge tent at the parking lot, corner of First and Jackson streets. Workmen! started erection of the tent this morning. The horses will also be exhibited in the Adams county garage, across the street from the tent. The Guernsey and Holstein shows and the Jersey parish cattle exhibits will all be housed In another large tent on the municipal I parking lot, corner Madison and First streets. The industrial and conservation exhibits will both be located in the same tent on West Madison street, near Third street. The 4-H club exhibits will bej placed in the various rooms of the' I Central school building, corner I ; Third and Jefferson streets. ' The flower show, sponsored by; I the Decatur Garden club, will be j j located in the corridors of the I county courthouse. This show will I be held Thursday and Friday of j the fair. Judging will be done 1 Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. | Dee Fryback. general chairman of the event, announced this morning that the police tent will again be located on Madison street, near Second street. Persons wanting | the police are to call at this tent. : The tent personnel will work in ! cooperation with the public ad- ! dress system and information booth on the courthouse corner. DEATH CLAIMS MRS. GRAHAM I . Mrs. Harriet Graham Dies Early This Morning At Home Here Mrs. Harriet Deliah Graham, 82, life-long Adams county resident, died this morning at 1:30 o’clock at the home of Bertha Lozier on Line street. Death was caused by infirmities after an extended illness. A former resident of Monroe, the deceased moved here two yearn ago to make her home on Line street. Since moving here she had been bedfast. The deceased was born in Adams county September 14. 1854. Her husband, William H. Graham preceded her in death in 1924. She was a member of the Monroe M. E. church. Surviving are two stepstons. Frank and L. A. Graham, both of Decatur. Three sons are deceased. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock at the Monroe M. E. church with the Rev. E. S. Forford officiating. Burial will be made in the Ray cemetery near here. The body may be viewed at the Lobenstein funeral home in Monroe until time for the funeral.

Decatur Free Street Fair And Agricultural Show To Open On Streets Os City Monday, Aug. 2

LEADERS SEEK DELAY OF ANY ADJOURNMENT Enactment Os Sugar Legislation Is Put On “Must” List Washington. July 29. —(U.R) —Administration leaders with revised instructions from President Roosevelt sought today to hold off adjournment of congress for two weeks or more in an effort to enact a flexible but more comprehensive legislative program than previously advanced. Sugar legislation and a crop insurance bill were added to the preadjournment program calling for enactment of labor standards, housing, tax avoidance and lower | court reorganization measures as | a result of a conference of house and senate leaders at the White House. The possibility of congress re-1 turning to Washington in October I I to act on farm legislation also entI ered the legislative picture more: definitely but it was understood that the legislators sought to dis-1 I courage presidential consideration of such a move. Mr. Roosevelt, reported as “insistent" that sugar legislation be enacted at this session, also was understood to have approved plans to complete action on the MillerTydings bill exempting from the ' anti-trust laws all state-approved I compacts permitting price-fixing I between wholesalers and retailers. The senate has passed the measure. Assurances were said to have been given that the senate also would act on the house-approved municipal bankruptcy bill and that a crop insurance measure, already passed by the senate, would be enacted. It was understood, however, that the program was 'flexible enough to permit abandonment of some of the proposed legislation if necessary. The leadership strategy appeared to be to advance a heavy program and pitch into it with the expressed “hope” of getting as much as possible into law. One leader suggested adjournment sometime after August 15. The final outcome, they said, would depend on day-to-day de(CONTINUBT) ON PAGE FOUR) HONOR VETERAN OF REVOLUTION Descendants Os Thomas Archbold To Honor Veteran August 15 On Sunday, August 15, descendants of Thomas Archbold, a Revolutionary War soldier, will commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death in an annual reunion at the Ossian high school. Two sons and three daughters j were among the earliest settlers i of Adams and Wells county, the first, Thomas Archbold, Jr., settling in Adams county in 1835, one year before the founding of Decatur. In 1837 the elder Archbold died and was buried in the Reynolds cemetery, three miles north of this city on the River road. Last year, descendants of the soldier banded together in improving the cemetery and grave of the Archbold. Three sistsers followed Thomas, Jr., to Adams county. Sarah Ann, who married Perry Andrews; Sabertha, who married Jeremiah Andrews and Martha, who married Hazel Andrews. Many of the descendants of Thomas Archbold still live here, including William Archbold, of Tenth street and Joel Reynolds, of Seventh street. Many are expected to attend the reunion.

CITY WILL GET LESS GAS TAX City Os Decatur To Receive Smaller Distribution In 1938 The city of Decatur will receive lees money in 1938 from the state’s distribution of gasoline tax than it receives this year. Estimate of gae tax which the city will receive in 1938 is approximately S7OO under the estimate furnished by the state tAr this year and is SI2OO under the actual amount the city will receive by the end of the year Last year the state Informed the city to estimate $5,780 from the gas tax for budget making purposes. The estate for next year, which was received yesterday from William Cosgrove, chief of the board of accounts, is only $5,09A. Actual receipts this year are running ahead cf last year’s esti- ! mate. The city has already received $4,898.85 this year and the estimate , for the last quarter is $1,385, which will bring the total (payment in 1937 |to $6,283.85, or approximately SSOO more than the estimate and $1,200 more than the 1938 estimate. The gasoline money is used for street repair work and becomes . part of the budget. The lower esti- ! mate is equal to about a one and one-half cent rate per SIOO in the I tax rate. o LOCAL NORSES AT INSTITUTE Adams County Nurses Attending Maternity Institute At Huntington Adams county nurses are well represented at the maternity institute being held in Huntington, according to reports. The institute is being held today and Friday. Sessions held last Thursday and Friday were also attended by local nurses. Anita Jones, R. N., •of’ New York City, has been the principal speaker 'at the sessions of the institute. Among those attending from Adams county are: Miss Elizabeth Pittman, superintendent of the Adams county memorial hospital; Mary Hutson, Florence Leichtensteiger, Grace Linn, Luella Hoff(CONTINUE7D ON PAGE TWO) o Former Mistress Os Mussolini Sentenced Paris, July 29—(UP)—Mme. Mad- ! eleine Fontanges, self-proclaimed former mistress .of Premier Musso.’ini of Italy, received a suspended sentence of one year in prison today at the conclusion of her secret trial on charges of shooting Count Charles Pineion De Chambruno Ask Information Os Former Navy Man It is desired that all men honor- | ably discharged from the U. S. ■ Navy who reside in the Decatur area, contact the U. S. Navy Recruiting Station, Room No. 316 federal building, Fort Wayne, furnishing the following dala; Name in full date of and rank held at time of discharge, 'present age and present address. o WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 76 10:00 a. m. 80 Noon 85 2:00 p. m. 90 Highest yesterday, 89. t Highest this month, 99.

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Finest Fair In History Os City Forecast By Rec-ord-Breaking Bids For Space. RUNS ALL WEEK Decatur’s annual lestive celebration, the Free Street Fair and Agricultural show, will .?pen next Monday evening, August 2, and will continue without Interruption through s-ix joyous days and nights, ending promptly at midnight Saturday, August 7The board of directors of ths Chamber of Commerce, comprising the executive committee of the fair stated today that all is in readiness for the grand opening of the third annual fair sponsored by the city's business organization. The city light department has erected its lines throughout the business district to make the midway brilliant with color, work of decorating the midway has been started, tents for the exhibits are being put in place, and b X Saturday all this work will have been completed. The city will be a bedlam of noise soon after midnight Monday morning, with rides, shows and concessions being erected. The fair committee has decreed that no concessions, rides n".r shows may be plac- ' ed on the streets before midnight of I Sunday. Opens Monday Night I' The fair will open officially at 7 s o’clock Monday evening, when a short parade will be the signa! for festivities to start. The parade will be led by Decatur city officials and fair officials, augmented by delegations from sorori ities, fraternal organizations, seri vice clubs, and Boy and Girl Scouts. • Decatur's three bands will be in the line of march. One of the highlights of the week will be the School Day parade at 1 p. m. Tuesday. Hundreds of school children will be in the line of march with music furnished by more than a dozen bands from Indiana and . Ohio high schools. A livestock parade, at 1 p. m-. will start Wednesday’s festivities. At the conclusion of the parade, the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. will entertain dairymen and other interested persons at a tour of inspection of the new cheese plant and remodeled creamery at the plant on Winchester street. Thursday has been designated as Homecoming Day, an opportunity for former residents of Decatur and Adams county to renew old friendships. The prize-winning livestock parade will be held at 1 p. m., Friday. The fair’s official float parade will be held through the midway at 7 p. m. Friday. Horse Pulling U. rse pulling contests, annually ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) | INFORMATION BUUTHATFAIR Information, Executive 1 Booth To Be Located At Court House ; An information and executive booth located on the courthouse square near Madison and Second streets, will be used as a controllI ing unit so ractivitles of the Deca- . tur Free Street Fair this year. Chairman Dee Fryback announced today. A trailer, furnished by Giles Porter, local agent for the housecars, has been contracted for by the fair board. From this point, with the aid of the public address system, the daily events of the fair will be broadcast to fairgoers. Police and emergency calls will also be directed from this (point. A girl will be stationed in the booth during all active hours of the fair to give information relative to stands, exhibits and other parts ot the programs.