Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1937 — Page 1

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lourteeti Persons Feared Killed As Airliner Crashes

|| Children Included In Lrtecr. On Airliner I s l In Rainstorm; L Faint In Rescue. Lis into sea j ■ . Canal Zone, Auk. 3 f*. hop.- wa« held today 1U,,.* of H persona, im lml-,6ildrt-n. who were in a EL cs n(lia<>‘ Airways twin tTsik.iraky I’hoie wltlch he ln u rain storm over Lj lasi night and apparentW\, iuU) the Carihbenn Sea. Kimeni of an engine wrllu!l fL,t„g of a Nat.pell motor Cfcrind floating 20 mile* from t,,, breakwater light in the Cj by a navy airplane pilot. Lieut. C. Adair, [her*- was no sign of life fcrieitiity of the wreckage [an destroyers steamed to El tatborlties said there war Ctittv that those aboard the pad been taken ofT by some Emeuing craft which had alEtfselted the fallen ship. Etiotij. planes and four sutwere dispatthed liy [iwl navy aiilltoritles In the Egg, today to hunt for the as it was preparing to j lit t'-istobal-|q Calduell. the commerce; Laettts airline inspector at L vw one of the paescueers [St flying boat. He was on a L inspection tour of Atneri- ; ILnted airlines in South j F it Martin, another passenger, ifcrmerly an assistant direc[d (be air commerce bureau. L post was abolished »this year he was appointed [puserce department's aerojfcii adviser for Latin Amer■SjnjEn ON PAGE TffREE) IKE FORCE ■ ISADGMENTED fttcial Office Krected For I Police During Fair I Week Hill police activities during the Banc Free Street Fair are beaK Mtrolled from the police ofon Madison street, between Bk lid Second. Hi!!rails, wether fur city or state ■fa. are answered at the. office Br an especially erected teleH t line. H&* office is located in a tent. hour service is main-! Hkri at the tent. Charles Ward j Biesk sergeant during the (lav, Hawley taking over the i Bln night. ■h» sheriff s department, tinder j Bjnf Dallas Brown; the state Hit* officers, supervised by Po-; B Commissioner William Bell 1 H| tkr city regular and special BJ* force, directed by Chief Melchi. a!! work in cooperHjwith the tent headquarters. ■Jft’** state police officers, beBe!!: a number of special to Sheriff Brown; the city police force and a of special policemen have Hhsngaged for fair week. patrols of outlying Pemade day and night W}' special police to insure law ■“dement. B®ath Is Drowned | At Huntington Pool 3 —(UP! ■J 1 ® Randall, 11 year old son ■ - and Mrs- Joseph A. Randall K, k*nica, was drowned late yesBJ*E in the Idle Hour swimming ■ ere. The body was discovered B, f 4l ! after authorities found B ! 8 clothing in the bathhouse. | EMPEr ATURE readings thermometkr IS a ' m - 74 ■ Birh^ 8 ' ye * terd »y. ioo. I l W*»t this month, 100. WEATHER >TMiav erS * thun der«torms t«v ,•* ft° n ’oHt and Wedneshoti t 'Qhtly warmer east porcooler Wednesday

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CHINA RUSHES ADDED TROOPS TO THE FRONT Reports Persist That Soviet Russia Will Aid China (Copyright 1937 by United Press) Shanghai. Aug. 3—iU.R) Kncour aged by widespread reports that Soviet Rusaia will threaten miliI tary pressure unless Japan gives i iter “satisfaction" for Sunday! night's raid on the Russian con-sulate-general in Tientsin. in which the consular archives were ! seized. China tonight rushed udtll tional reinforcements to the Yel | low River and prepared for a showdown fight. The Chinese based I heir hope of soviet military assistance on these factors: 1. Russia would like to regal-i her old dominant position In north Manchuria, now Manchokuo, and regain the vital Chinese eastern railway which the Japanese forced j her to surrender after the Chinese- : Japanese wars of 1931-33. The i ‘ railway is an essential link in the i soviet communications system con ! Meeting Moscow with Russia's ! only Important port on the Pacific I Vladivostok. 2. Russian control of outer i Mongolia and her penetration of i the vast Illnteralnd west of Peip lug. which has been going steadily for years, will be checked and soviet Influence In Central Asia wrecked If the Japanese complete their plan to gain control of all North China. 3. Moscow fears that Japan plans eventually to seize Russia's Siberian maritime provinces to complete the Japanese program I for “domination of northern Asia.” The Chinese believed that Moscow ! has been goaded to desperation by ! ihu set it-s of Russo-Japanese bordler clashes during the last lk j months which has resulted in a ' steady increase in size of the Japanese-controlled state of Man chuktio at the expense of the. soviets. Meantime events moved rapidly; toward a general Chinesc-Japanes.> 1 war In which more than 600,0*10 i men soon may be engaged with; the fate of 100.000,000 Chinese In the nation's five northern prov- i inces at stake. Chinese were taking the offen(CONTINUED ON PAOB SIX) LIST WINNERS OF EXHIBITS 4-H Club Exhibit Winners Are Announced This Morning Results in the canning, clothing and Bail Brothers exhibits of the 4-H club work were announced today by Mrs. He’en Mann, county 4-H leader. The judging was held Saturday in the Central school, scene of the exhibits. Mrs. Genevra Cadbury and Mrs. Howard Ervin, both of Hartford City, were the judges. This morning judging was being done in baking, with Miss Glennys Arnold as the judge Following are the resu'ts. with the winners of first, second and third places listed respectively: Clothing 1: Dorothy Frohnapfel, Phyllis Billing and Esther L. AndTews. „ , Clothing 2: Betty Anne kohne, Alice Tuinbleson and Edna Northman. Clothing 3: Gertrude Aumann. Eleanor Schwartz and Delons Byerly. {Mothing 4: Clara Steury, Marcella Schroek and Hazel Yake. Clothing 5; Vera L. Beihold. Margaret Poling and Mary E. Arnold. Canning 1: Irene Meathys, Betly Yaney and Deloris liyerly. Canning 2: Berniece Mathys, Erline Ruth Steury and N'N’ma Werllng. Canning 3; Irene M. Habegger. Canning 4; Mary E Arnold. Canning 5: Marjorie Dilling. Ball Brothers exhibit: Mary E. Arnold, Marjorie DiUing. Irene Mathys and Norma Werling.

, —— ♦ * Official Program Tuesday ' tlb p. nt. Float parade. 1 lb l> m. Bible unlmul clr- > j cus, First and ; Monroe. 9:00 p nt Delmorei, Jefferson and Second 10:30 p. m. Lamy Brotiters, ' First & Madison | I Wednesday 2:oo p. m- Hible animal clr- ; cus, First and Monroe. 3:30 p. ra.— Delmores, JefTer- i son and Second r»:t)0 p, m.—-Lamy Brothers, : First A Madison 1 i 30 p. m—Bible animal clr- [ <us. First and Monroe. 8:00 p. m— Delmores, Jefferson & Second. 10:30 p. in.—la»my Brothers, j First & Madison I ♦ 4 REBELS AGAIN SHELL MADRID Forty Killed Or Wounded In Latest Artillery Firing Madrid. Aug. 3--HJ.R> Nationalist artillery pounded Madrid tnercelessly today and killed or wounded some 40 persons. The bombardment started in the early hours in response to a loyalist liar-) rage, and continued alt morning. Massed loyalist artillery opened on the nationalist lines ln the i University City sector in the northwest suburbs stain after midnight, laying a barrage for toy-, alist infantry who were on the j attack. For three hours the artillery on both sides continued firing. the l nationalist shells landing in the city, and then the nationalist j fire continued intermittently . More than 500 shells, of 3-inch, ti-inch and 9-inch calibre, fell In j the city. The Cortz plaza, where : the United Press offices ere situated. suffered most. A 9-inch shell opened a nine foot hole at the top of the United Press office building. UCONTI.NUKU ON PAGS.-fIVK) OPEN HOUSE AT LOCAL CREAMERY Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., To Hold Open House Wednesday Plans were completed today for the open house to be held at the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc.. Wed- j nesday from 2 to 4 p. in., for | dairymen and friends from the, | surrounding communities. Carl Pumphrey is in charge of the day. The guests at the creamery wilt be shown through the new cheese plant and the newly remodeled butter departments on conducted I j tours. They will also be given ■ free ice cream. Ptizes have been donated and I will be given free of charge to six of the visitors. The winners will 1 be notified on the free act stand immediately after the 7:30 o’clock free act Wednesday night. The prizes are now on exhibit in the Pumphrey Jewelry store. Several of the officials of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese corporation will be here for the day. Arrangements have been completed at the creamery to entertain several thousand visitors Wednesday afternoon. Both the butter and cheese departments are now among the most modern In the United States and their products receive an exceptionally high rating as to sanitary fitness for human consunip--1 tion. o Monroe Y T outh Fined, Sentence Suspended Cloyse Rinehard, 17, of Monroe, was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $14.75 and given a suspended sentence of 30 days in jail by Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse late yesterday in city court on charges lof failing to return a borrowed vehicle. Rinehard was charged with borrowing a ear from Virgil Uhtich, a friend, with the understanding that he was to return the vehicle within several hours. He was arrested on the streets of Fort Wayne. 15 days after taking the auto. The young man's mother appeared in court to plead in his behalf. Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede presented the case.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August .3, 1937.

(lUarding Americans at Peiping ; * Y Responsibility for the safety of 1,300 Americans trapped in Peiping rests with 2.500 marines who are on duly at the U. S. legation which has provided a haven for the refugees during the Sino-Japanese hostilities. This photo shows a detachment manning a light field gun within the compound.

ROOSEVELT TO BROADCAST OH COORT REFORM President To Broadcast To Nation On September 17 Washington. Aug. 3. — (U.R) — ’ President Roosevelt today announced a nationally broadcast speaking engagement which may ; give him an opportunity shortly after congress adjourns to stand in the shadow of the Washington monument and defend his interpretation of the constitution and renew his demand for judiciary reorganization. Mr. Roosevelt will speak from the monument grounds on Sept. 17, the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the constitution. 1 The address will be made under i ' the joint auspices of the U. S. constitution sesquicentennial commission and the good neighbor league. I {CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0. SCHWARTZ ENTRY WINNER Schwartz Senior Bull Calf Named Holstein (I rand ! Champion i I A senior bull calf owned by \ Daniel D. Schwartz was named i grand champion bull of the county j Holstein cattle show, being held today in the cattle tent at the cor- ' ner of First and Madison streets in connection with the Decatur | Free Street Fair and Agricultural show. The Schwartz bull was the only \ bull entered in the senior bull calf class. The judging was done by E. T. Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue University. The Holstein 4-H calf club judging is to be held in conjunc- ' tion with the Holstein county show. Other 4-H calf entries will be judged by Mr. Wallace this afternoon. | The first place Junior bull Holstein calf was entered by Jacob J. Schwartz, which was made re- ; serve champion bull of the show. ’ Second place junior bull calf was [ i entered by E. H. Kruetzmann. Results of winning breeders in this morning's judging were: ' Aged cow class: first, Jacob J. Schwartz; second, Jacob J. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I 0 Official Board Will Meet Wednesday Night The official board of the Metho- . diet church will meet Wednesday . i church parlors. Important business > S will be transacted and every memj ber is urged to be present.

Schwartz Infant Injured By Auto Benjamin Schwartz. 19 month 3 I i old son of Mr. and Mrs- Sam L. Schwartz, of south of Monroe, is recovering f-.m injuries sustained Saturday when run over by an auto. The accident occurred on the 1 Schwartz farm yard. The infant evidently crawled under the auto unnoticed. When Robert Uhrick started to drive the auto away, one wheel passed over the infant’s abdomen. tie is thought not seriausly hurt. WILL EXHIBIT FLOWER SHOW Flower Show On Display At Court House Thursday, Friday i ■ , One of the most attractive exhibits in display during the fair is expected to be the flower show, sponsored by the Decatur Garden j club. The flowers will be on exhibit | I in the corridors of the county court I house Thursday and Friday of this ] week. Exhibits are to be brought to the court house between 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and 8 o’clock , of the same evening. The flowers will be on display only two days, Thursday and Friday. Awards will be presented the best exhibitors in the following classes; gladioli, large and small | zinnias, mixed bouquets, phlox, i dahlias, roses, petunias and potted i i plants. 1 | One dollar will be presented for > first prize, fifty cents for second ! and honorable mention will also be given. Exhibits will be judged Thursday morning. Judges will be Mrs. L. L. Yager, Berne; L. D. Adams j and Mrs. George Sprague, both of Decatur. Members of the committee are: Mrs. Sam Butler, Mrs. Earl Butler, Mrs. George Rentz, Mrs. Floyd Acker. Mrs. Charles Beineke, Mrs. Roy Runyon. o Rotary Club To Attend Funeral Members of the Rotary club are asked to meet at the Rice hotel Wednesday afternoon at 2:45 and go in a body to the Presbyterian . church is attend the funeral services of the late Jesse Rice. One Os Quintuplets Reported Mildly 11l Callander, Int., Aug 3 —(UP) — Emilte Dionne, one of the quintuplets, is "mildly” til because as the heat. Dr. Allan Roy DeFoe announc-! ed today. Dr. DaFoe said Emilie "probably" J would not appear with her sisters at their daily showings the rest of the week. Emilie was in bed part of yesterday and will be kept in the isolation ward of the Quints' hospital until she recovers, I

School Parade Attracts Crowd To Fair This Afternoon; Float Parade Heads Night Program

~ | Close Rides, Shows For Rice Funeral Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Drum, who manage the Gooding ridee and concessione at the Street Fair, are here this week in charge of the amusements. Mrs. Drum stated that all the rides aiul eho we would be closed Wednesday afternoon during the funeral hour for Jesse Rice. They knew Mr. Rice when he lived at Coshocton, Ohio. One of the new shows of tho Gooding chain was destroyed by fire at Middleton, Ohio, on July 17. | The show was called "Over the Falle", an elaborate production of a fun house, costing $3,700 to build In a couple of towne this spring, the Gooding company suffered heavy loss from storms and and cyclonesENTIRE MIDWAY TO CLOSE FOR RICE FUNERAL Unusual Tribute To Be Paid During Funeral Rites Wednesday Unusual tribute will be paid the memory of Jesse W. Rice, proprietor of the Rice hotel, when all activity will cease on the midway of the Free Street Fair and agricultural show during funeral services for Mr. Rice Wednesday afternoon. Every ride, show and concession stand will be closed down for one hour, from 2:30 to 3:30 p. m. All business houses in the city will also be closed during this period. , Fuueral services will be held at 1 the home at 2:30 o'clock tomor i row afternoon, and at 3 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church. Rev. George O. Walton, pastor, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Charles M. Prugh, pastor of the Zion Reformed church. The body will lie placed in the mausoleum at the Willshire, Ohio, cemetery. The tribute by fair attendants will be paid out of respect for Mr. Rice’s ceaseless activity in boosting former fairs and similar events in Decatur. As of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce in 1935, it was largely through promotional 1 efforts of Mr. Rice that the first street fair sponsored by the business organization, was such a decided success, and prompted the Chamber of Commerce to continue (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Aged Berne Woman Is Critically 11l Mrs. C. A. Neuenschwander, 81. j l of Berne, is critica'ly ill at her j home. She is suffering from pneumonia. CONSERVATION EXHIBIT LIKED Exhibit Os Wild Life Attracts Interested Spectators One of the most popular sites on the midway Monday night was j the wild life exhibit, shown free I of charge by the state department of conservation, in the rear of the commercial exhibit on Madison street, north of .the court house and west of the merry-go-rouiul. The animals and birds were brought here from the Brown county game farm by truck and are displayed ln cages along both sides of the 40 foot length of tent. Claris Keaton of the state conservation department is in charge of the exhibit. Included are a black bear, black | coons, grey coons, red foxes, grey foxes, opossums, badgers, porcui pine, skunk, wood chuck, grey squirrels, coyote, ring neck pheasants, golden pheasants, Bo!) White quail and Canadian geese. This is the largest exhibit ever ) shown here by the state conserva- ; tion department. In the past they | were shown in a truck. The exhibit will be here for the | week.

Fair Sidelights The Red Cross first aid tent is located on the north side of Madison street, jast west of the information booth. The telephone number is 108. A trained nurse will bp in charge at all times. The free acts will be changed »ach afternoon and evening. The Bilile animal circus will use different animals In Ihe afternoon and evening shows. A blind wood carver, situated on the court house equare, is draging his share of sightseers at the fair. Despite the handicap of being blind, the man is able to carve out realistic wooden guns, tools, birds and a host of other interesting items. Chairman Dee Fryback is probably the most popular man in townthis week. It was estimated that almost 50 per cent of the “wanted” calls over the public address system the first night, asked for the fair chairman. Police today were holding a Cord automobile that was removed from Main street in a restricted parking area. The car was towed to a local garage last night from Its parked position. The owner had not been located at an early hour today. Six commercial broadcasts are intermingled with the cusomary broadcasts over the public address system. These, fair information and the playing of records, are expected to afford a busy week for Marcellus Miller at the microphone. Popularity despite age is credited to the “merry-go-round." Last night at 7 o'clock, with kiddies jammed at the entrance, some had to wait their turn for a ride on the “horses.” Official programs, listing free acts, parades and the horse pulling contests, have been printed for each day of the fair and may be obtained for the asking at the information both, located at the northeast corner of the court house lawn. Fair officials announced today that f'toai parades will not be conducted through the midway. The line of march will start on North Third street, niave south to Adams west to First, thence north to Jackson. Danger of damage to floats and concessions 6tands was too great, and also, speculatorswill be afforded a much better view of the floats aJ~ng Third and First street(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS WILLIAM LIBY Retired Farmer Dies Monday Evening At His Home In Monroe William Liby, 70 retired Monroe farmer and father of Mrs. Calvin Yost, of this city, died .last night at j 9 o’clock at his Monroe home j Death was caused by complications. The deceased was born in Kirkland townshi'P March 14, 1867, tho son of David and Mary McCrackenLiby. October 25, 1894 he was married t«\ Miss Amanda Breiner, He was a member of the Winchester U. B- church. He had lived in Monroe for five years after retiring from farming. He had been ill for the past six weeks. Survivinfi besides the widow, are the daughter here; a son, Floyd, of Monroe township and a sister, Mrs. Charlie (Bell of Craigville. Funeral services will he held Thursday afternccn at 1:30 at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Monroe Friends church, with the Rev. W. H. Kendal), former pastor of the Winchester U. B. church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. Tho body will he returned to the home from the Lobenstein mortuary at 6 o’clock this evening. It may be viewed there until time for the funeral. o Moose Lodge Will Honor Jesse Rice Members of the local Moose lodge | are astked to meet at the lodge home tonight at 8 o’clock, from where they will go in a body to the home of the late Jesse Rice,

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School Bands Parade On Streets Os City This Afternoon; Monday Night Crowd Large. FLOAT PARADE Undaunted by a blazing sun, a great crowd thronged to Decatur shortly after noon today to witness the school parade, one of the most colorful features of the entire week. Led by the amibined Gir'e’ and Boys' band of Decatur, a total of 10 school bands were in the line of march. In addition to the bands, floats of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., McMillen Feed Mills, General Electric and Central Sugar company, a bicycle brigade and the state police safety car, were in tha line of march. Several of theee musical organizations are expected to remain in the cit yfor a float parade this evening at 7 o’clock. Floats will not be paraded through the midway, but will form on North Third street, south to Adams, east to First and n.?fth to Jackson. Tonight’s parade will be the final one until Friday, when a livestock parade will be held at 1 o’clock in the afternoon and another float parade at 7 p. m. The list of bands that appeared in the parade: Decatur Girls'; Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette band,, Ce-l-ina, Ohio, I. C. H. S. band; Van Wert high school hand. Paulding, Ohio, high school band; Berne high school band, Wren, Ohio high school ■ band; Montpelier high school band; . Ohio City high school band and the Decatur Boys’ band. Fine Crowd A great opening night crowd ati tended the official opening of the l fair Monday night, i Festivities started formally with, a short parade, led hy Indiana state patrolmen, with city and fair offi- > dale. The Decatur girls’ band, boys’ , band and the American Legion City l band furnished music for the par- . ade, which was augmented by Bov . Scouts and Girl Scouts riding dec- ; orated bicycles. Practically all rides, shows and • concessions were in operation Mon- . day night, with only few exceptions. , Ail were reported in readiness for ! the crowds tonight and the baianca i of the week. Most of Monday night’s crow! was engaged in sightseeing although some of the rides and con- . cessions reported a brisk business. No rowdyism was reported by police officials, despite the fact that much of the crowd stayed until a late hourParade Tonight The first float parade rt the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Fire Causes Only Slight Damage Here A r/vof fire at the John Springer . home near the G E. at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon resulted in small damage to the home. The firemen [qquickly extinguished the glaze. STRIKE CALLED AT FORT WAYNE ' C. 1.0. Affiliate Calls Strike At Capehart Plant i Today 1 Fort Wayne, Aug. 3 — <U.R) — Some 125 persons w T ere idle today s as the United Electrical and Radio f Workers of America, a C. I. 0. . affiliate called a strike at the Capehart, Inc., plant. [ Capehart manufacturers de luxe t radios, with a world wide clientele ■ for sets which cost up to $2,500 each. 1 Edward G. Bunting, U. E. R. N. • district vice-president, charged the , company with intimidation, coercion and unlawful discharges, and said the strike would last until every employe was with the union, and a closed shop was granted. An election at the plant ln June to determine collective bargaining agency saw the CIO union win 47 to 43 over the Phonograph Workers of America, a local, incorpori ated association which Sunting said Is a company union. A contract was signed later. Bunting asserted overtures toward settlement would have to be | made by the company, adding "we (CONTINUED ON PAOB PIYB).