Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1937 — Page 1

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STREET FAIR ENDS TONIGHT

W BAKER | fa ATTACK, M Os SI.OOO I \ Baker Is ( onx ict■tdß' l ur - v * or * >ar t I In Attack HI Au« 7 A Marion Hl., Himmal < 01111 jury eon A Bak.-r, fol filer w.l |Ri,r«K‘r. last nichf oil < liar IBfdfsaiilt '■" Wayne Coy. lor |H )iri . welfare head mry roinl'i iseil of tix nu U Hijwuin- nr no.I its dir. <t al ■< I" o'clock. Baker Kdml » 1 """ the Jliiy la-gall its ll.'llll)’B^,at 2 o'clock Friday as ME,. Special Judge James |K‘. <■( s!l ’ Barilla instruct. d . onsifler only the |Kp of assault ami battery in of .oidence to all’, charge of "intent to kill. K, c .,s administrative assist High Commissioner Paul \ IKgt. was in tin’ s,i ‘te house at he allegedly was stillci. jm r., \ Cam illa, political of Baker. |Kf u alleged to have been during a dispute over 1 9y. bill p< tiding before thThe bill proposed to K> 5t.,!.. Welfare board giea KmtnH o'er county welfare tf® Kfe state attempted tn show 1 iiisiiiiaiefl the all.us although he was not an Kl participant in it Coy was March 1. Mfr ease went to til- jury after Kni hours of .losing argument Kmecutinv V'orm y Ib-ib.-it M who made the state's asked the jury to u Baker and fix the maxi Hr penalty of fl 01)0 fine and Mienths' imprisonment ■hrlier in the day Oscar Huge Mr chief <l. pity prosecutor, to!' 1 he believed the stale Milbown that Baker "aided and Mtted' the slugging of Coy. Mt bis statement Hagemier M*d the testimony of MuniciMCourt Judge Dewey Myers wlm Mi told th.- jurors he overheard ■ter »ay to Cancilia a short ■» before the Coy attack "It's Mi to go get that guy.” ■Qfik Karrer. a defense attor M. told the jurors in his sum■tat that Judge Myers admitted ■ lid not hear Baker mention ■B name. Karrar insisted the io no way had linked Baker Bte the actual attack on Coy. MS INNIGER IS IMPROVING to Gored By Bull FriJ Ay Is Reported Improved Today te condition of Rufus Lnn-tger. •tocis exhibitor, who wag badly *" by his prize-winning Guerin tta’l Friday afternoon, was desas better today. “spital attaches eaid that his conditi- .n is still serious. * een * better this morning.” It is t thought that any ribs were «<®. An X-ray was to be taken »y determine if the left arm "■ s father, Abe Inniger, after vis■f him at the hospital, stared this * t ' n « that he seemed to be out Serous reports that he had ON PAGE THREE) O •ild’s “Kidnaper” Released From Jail 2 : »go Aug. 7 __(up)_ B iond. 1-taced Fred Ewert, 31, told "8 today how he helped re--3?.monthß. monthß °'d Donald Horst b ‘® real " parents and how he oned the stricken foster par- . w °rd that the “baby ie safe” a he had finished his story, Jzr‘ nt ntate’ attorney Wilbert » f , ey ann °unced there would be ( against Ewert, and that ( J ns his office was concerned < ’ritn:na’ aspects” of the easel 2 closed. I to* 11 6 a matt6r for the juven)ur|s in determining a proper to ® r l **e baby. His welfare will , Above anything else.” I

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Legion’s Choice 1 JfaMCi at I X ||p| - One of the outstaYiding contest ants for the state-wide American la-gion beauty contest at York. Pa. on Aug 19. in connection with the state veterans' convention is .Mary Cecilia Greiner. 17 year-old Rochester. Pa.. high school girl, who was chosen by the local |Hist as “Miss Rochester”. ARRAIGNED IN JUSTICE COURT John T. Kelly’s Court Busy With Law Offenders Friday John T Kelley's justice of peace court was a busy scene late yesterday. Five men were tried on public intoxication charges. Arnando Valle. Mexican living near Monroe, was fined $5 and costs, amounting to $14.75. He allegedly brandished a knife in the Streets of Paris show while drunk. Attorney Nathan C. Nelson appeared for Joe Ortez and Pete Lozano, both Mexicans living south of the city. They waived arraignment and the trial was set for Friday. August 13. Edward Bowersmith. Columbus. Ohio and Dan McGivinor. Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, were both released when they promised to leave town within an hour. They are both concessionnaires. City Policeman Adrian Coffee and Ed Miller, and State Patrolmen Burl Johnson and Truman Bierie were the arresting officers. Harold Welch, of Bryant, was fined for reckless driving shortly before the men were arraigned for I public intoxication. Fair Sidelights Many persons credit the quickthinking of Rufus Inniger for the saving of his life. When the bull first gored him yesterday, he roll ed quickly under a nearby truck to escape the maddened animal. Bystanders contend he would have been trampled to death had he lain on the street. Despite the seriousness of the accident, some humorous incidents were reported when hundreds fled yesterday from the path of the berserk prizewinning bull. One stout lady, described as too heavy to run. dashed from the path of the animal, yelling “Oh, my gosh." with every step. Many stout-heait-ed men also were reported to have taken flight at the sight of the bull. A little seven-year-old lad. who gave his name as Charles Antler, of Monroe, was lost for some time late yesterday, before his parents called for him. Three Mexicans, who brandished knives and razors in the stre ® tß of Paris show Thursday night, were fined in justice of peace court late Friday afternoon. The three Lamy brothers in the free act at Madison and First are members of the Quincy, Illinois Legion post. In honor of the local post, the clown in the act last eveI (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

NEW CRISIS IN | EUROPE AFTER AERIAL ATTACK Attacks On Four Ships By Planes Creates New Crisis By Louis F. Keemle (United Press Cable Editor) The Spanish situation took a graver international turn today after aerial attacks on a British ship, two French ships, and an Italian ship in the Mediterranean. British ships have been fired on before, but in Spanish territorial waters and Britain has accepted the situation. In this instance, however, the ship apparently was on the high seas, 40 miles west of Algiers. Britain protested strongly to the insurgents, having been advised by the consul general at Algiers that the attacking planes appar entlv were insurgent. Three planes dropped about 40 bomus and then turned machine gun fire on the ship. There were uo direct hits. The Italian ship, Montgioia, was hit and it was reported that the master. Capt. Franco Solari, had died ashore of a lung wound. The non-intervention plan for control of Spain had virtually collapsed and the loyalist coast was open to the running of arms and munitions to aid the Madrid cause. Germany has already i warned that she can not tolerate I much longer the one-sided patrol of the Spanish coast .under which ■ French and British warships are l j watching the nationalist coast C but the loyalist is left unguarded Au illuminating example of the lukewarm attitude of the powers toward non-intervention came in : an announcement from London ' j that only a minority of the pow- ' ers have paid their contributions toward maintaining control and that the work may be automatical- : ly blocked by lack of funds. 1 Action in Spain centered on the Teruel front in eastern Spain, be- > tween Madrid and Catalonia, and in the north around Santander. There was heavy fighting in the Teruel sector and the fortunes of 1 war surged back and forth. In • the north, nationalist infantry, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 a Generally fair tonight and probably Sunday; slightly warmer central and north portion Sunday. CLUB OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY Teens And Twenties Club Marks Anniversary Os Organization The Teens and Twenties club, the ■ older youth organization sponsored I by the extension department of Purdue university in Adams county, is celebrating its first anniversary ■ this week. ' The club was founded here, as in many other counties in the state, to bridge the gap between the age limit for 4-H clubs and the extension program for farm managers ‘ and owners. A p- (gram of social, economical ' and educational planning has been designed. Mre. Helen Mann, assistant coun- ' ty agent for Adams county, is acting as adult advisor of the program. Mrs. E W. Busche, county chairman of home economics clubs, is “ also assisting in the direction of the group. There are approximately 45 per- ’ sons belonging to the group, which ■ meets once a month, usually in a centra’ized location. ■ 1 Officers of the club are: Leo Nussbaum, president; Gerhard Schwartz, v-ice-president; Lois Mann, ! reporter. 1 The anniversary meeting was ■ held Thursday night at Sun Set park. On the program were J. C. Ralston, extension specialist in club work, and Harry Ainsw-rth, in ' charge of older youth groups. In a talk, Mr. Ainsworth stress--1 ed the importance of the economics value of the club -in offering training on a constructive program for rural yauth.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 7, 1937.

r ~ Saturday | 2:00 p. nr —Bible animal cir- | cus. First and Monroe. 1 3:30 p. m.—Delmores, Jeffer- , son and Second 5:00 p. tn.—Lamy Brothers, First & Madison 7:30 p. m.—Bible animal circus. First and Monroe. 9:00 p. m —Delmores. Jefferson & Second. | 10:30 p. m.— Lamy Brothers. First & Madison. HOUSE PASSES SUGAR MEASURE Jones Sugar Bill Passes; Senate Passes Wagner Housing Bill Washington. Aug. 7.—(U.R) —The house Friday approved the Jones sugar marketing bill, which President Roosevelt has threatened to. veto, after defeating an amend-' ment designed to compromise the' differences between the adminis-' istration and the congressional. sugar bloc. The vote was 165 to 55, a three; to one margin which, if maintain- [ ed, would be sufficient to reapprove the measure over Mr. Roose- ■ velt’s veto. The bill now goes to the senate, I where the finance committee is ex-; pected to rush it to floor actionnext week. The house defied Mr. Roosevelt’s veto threat by rejecting, 135 to 92. an amendment backed by the administration removing restrictions on the refining activities in Hawaii. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The vote split party lines. House Majority Leader Sam Ray-' burn warned that rejection of the amendment might mean no sugar legislation this session. The Wagner housing bill, calling for an outlay of more than | $700,000,000 to clear slums and build low-cost homes, passed the senate, but in such circumscribed form that the enthusiasm of itsi backers was dampened. Sen. Wagner (Dem.) of NewYork and other administration men struggled in vain to delete an (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ 1111,11,1 Tpr - Burkhalter Heads Berne School Board Menno Burkhalter, Berne store manager, has been named president of the Berne board of education, succeeding Hiram Liechty, retiring member of the board. Chris Stengel. Berne druggist, 1 was named treasurer and Dr. D. E. Bixler chosen secretary. The officers were named at the reorganization meeting held Thursday night, i

Public Utilities Assessments

State assessed public utilities in Adams county were increased in amount $290,330, from $2,079,601 to $3,265,931, according to figures compiled today by County Auditor John W. Tyndall. The state assessed properties are added to those valued by township assessors and will be used to determine the tax rate for levies collectable in 1938. Not included in the total above is a figure of $320,390 for the municipal utilities which are used only in the state and county levies. These were as follows: Berne waterworks. $24,390; Decatur electric plant $190,000; Decatur Water Works, and Geneva Water company, $9,000. Whether municipal utilities can be assessed taxation purposes is a matter being disputed by

Taxing Units 1936 1937 Increase Blue Creek Township $ 42.137 $ 43,754 $ 1,617 French Township 47,467 49,352 1,885 Hartford Township 26,307 29,118 2.811 Jefferson Township : 8.147 8,822 675 Kirkland Township - 172.643 213,436 40,793 Monroe Township 223,741 233,927 10,186 prebje 400.612 488.127 87.515 Root Township 264,952 346,349 St. Mary's Township 487,744 520,699 3„,955 Union Township 6,765 7,096 331 Wabash Township - 147.722 Washington Township 635 ’HJ Rarna — Town ---------------- 95,(25 101,58 ( 5,0b2 - Root - City 31.929 34.942 3,013 Decatur - Washington — City 317.215 322.522 5,307 Geneva — Town 51,685 54,40; Monroe — Monroe 15,093 15,396 303 TOTALS $2,975,601 $3,265,931 $ 290,330

REPORT CHINA STILL WILLING TO SETTLE WAR Chinese Willing To Negotiate Peace Terms With Japan Nanking, Aug. 7.- (U.R) —The for I eign office tonight announced that the Chinese-Japanese dispute “still is subject to settlement by negotiation" if Japan is so disposed. The statement coincided with. arrival of Japanese Ambassador I Shigeru Kawagoe in Shanghai from i North China and followed a Japanese naval demonstration in Han , kow which brought home acutely | to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek j and his associates in the central! China government, the defenselessness of the strategic Yangtse river valley and the national capital. The foreign office referred to "Chinese-Japanese issues" indicating that it might be disposed to I consider the broad general settle- , ment of all problems between the i two nations which the extreme , Japanse militarists have been deI manding in Tokyo. “It is still not too late to avert < a disastrous conflict by strong de- ' termination and the greatest effort on Japan's part,” the statement , said. “Failing such an effort it ! w-ould be di cult to discover any ' ray of hope for peace.” Form Air Fleet i Tientsin, Aug. 7.—(U.R)— Reports j reached Tientsin from the south today that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Chinese commander in chief, had formed an air fleet ready for threatened war with Japan and had enlisted the services of 60 . foreign pilots. It was believed that if the re- ' ports proved true —there naturally was no confirmation of them here i—the foreign legion would include (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) | ts Local Firemen Make Two Runs ' The Decatur fire department answered two calls last night during the highth of the rain that hit the city. At about 8:30 o'clock the department answerej a false alarm when some one noticed the flames from a bonfire at the Wayne Novelty company in the north section of the ■ city. A’-'Ut 10 o’clock lightning struck at the Fred Blosser residence on north Seventh street. The bolt fol’owed down the radio aerial into the home and ignited the curtains, i A man whose name was unlearned, noticed the flames, ran up to the house, broke in a large window and threw the curstains outside. Little i damage was reported.

municipalities and will be determ i ined by the state supreme court. A large part of the increase ir i the state assessed property is due ■ to the new gas line constructed through Kirkland, Preble and Rooi i townships by the Michigan Gai ■ and Transmission Corp. These art i as follows: Kirkland, $41,140; i Preble. $58,480; Root. $67,320, tot aling $166,940. ■ Notices of the state assessment! • as well as the township assesor's reports have been mailed to al taxing units by County Auditoi John W. Tyndall. Most officials art now working on their budgets anc ■ proposed levies. The comparison of each of tht taxing units as to the 1936 anti i 1937 state assessments of public i utilities, as compiled by Auditoi Tyndall is:

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Third Annual Street Fair To Close At Midnight; Rainfall Puts Damper To Fair Friday

SMALL PART OF COST PAID HERE Nearly Three-Fourths Os Welfare Cost Paid By State. Federal Only a little more than one fourth 'of the $44,713.00 expended in the |form of monthly cash grants of assistance to the aged, the blind and to dependent children of Adams c-unty during the paet fiscal year was paid directly from local tax levies, figures kept by the county and state departments of public welfare and federal agencies show. Public assistance based on individual requirements was granted to approximately 370 needy citizens of the county during the year- Other facts on the 1936-37 welfare program in Adams county are as fol- I lows: Old Age Recipients Number aided, 212. Average monthly payment, July 1936, $9.00; June, 1937, $15.79. Total payment 1936,37 Fiscal year $33,205.00. The federal government contributed one half the aged assistance (granted, the state 30 per cent or $9,961.50 and the county $6,641.00 or 1 one fifth of the total. Blind Recipients Average monthly payment July, 1 Number aided, 6. 1936, sls 00, June, 1937, sls 67. Total payments 1936-37 Fiscal Year. $872.00 The county bore no share of this 1 cost, the state and federal govern- ' ments each contributing one half of the total. Dependent Children Aided Number aided, 150. Average monthly payment August ’ 1936, $8.93, June 1937, $9.58 Total payments 1936-37 Fiscal Year. $10,636.00. This type assistance was granted in August, 1936 for the first time. The county contributed 27 per cent, the state 40 per cent and the federal government 33 per cent of the u ,it of this assistance. Proper investiagt-ions made of old age cases alone in the 1936-37 fiscal year reunited in approximately 6.000 ineligibles being dropped from the assistance rolls, resulting in a saving of $1,125,000 to the welfare program TWO APPOINTED TO CONVENTION Appointments Made For National Meeting Os Young Democrats 1 Two appointments for the nation ' al (invention of Young Democrats, 1 W be held in Indianapolis on Aug- ; ust 19, 20 and 21 were announced 1 today by Edwin Kauffman, presid- ' ent of the Adams county group. Arthur E. Voglewede, prosecuting ’ attorney, has been named assistant sergeant of arms and John L. De--1 Voss, also a local attorney, has 1 been appointed as a host fcr the 1 convention ball. The convention ball will be held ' on Saturday night as the closing 1 event on the 'program. A complete program has been arranged for the 1 entire three day session. Adams county is expected to be represented at the convention with approximately a score or more of delegates. The local members will also take an active part in the proceedings of the convention Reservations tor the convention may be made with John L. DeVoss. The registration fee is $2. August 7 is the deadline for making the reservations here. Hawkins Child Suffers ] Infantile Paralysis ii < The three-year-old son of Wilbur ( I Hawkins of route six is suffering i , from infantile paralysis. A local < I physician diagnosed his case Frl- i ' day and the child was taken to Fort < | Wayne, where the same diagnosis i was made by a specialist.

$3.75 for Shooting Jr I 1 \ Here is Magda de Fontages, former Parisian newspaperwoman, as she appeared in court to pay a fine of $3.75 for shooting Count de Chambrun, French ambassador to Rome, whom she asserted , had broken up a “romance” she i described as having with Premier ( Mussolini. PROPOSED PAY BOOST REFUSED State Tax Board Rejects Increase For Firemen And Policemen Proposed salary increases of sls a month for Decatur firemen and policemen, effective as of July 1, 1937, were rejected by the state board of tax commissioners, according to official notice received by clerk-treasurer Ada Martin today. The board of public works and safety last June proposed salary increases tor firemen and policemen. The council approved the recommendation and petition was made to the state tax board to pay the increases, effective as of July 1. The total salary increase ! for the three firemen and four po- I licemen amounted to S7BO for the I six months. The state board approved other additional appropriations as follows: Police department: telephone $10; police car supplies. $75. Fire department: fuel, light and power, SIOO. City hall: fuel,, light and power. S2OO. Miscellaneous: garbage disposal, S2OO. Street department: garage and motor supplies, $200: traffic lights at Five Points, $437. Total appropriations, $1,497. In issuing its order the state tax board said: “The amount of S7BO for increase in salaries of city employes during the calendar year, is disapproved and not allowed for the reason that budget when prepared last year was for the ensuing year and the increases' asked should be included in the < new budget beginning January 1, 1937.” Evidently the state board meant January 1, 1938. Increases for all city employes are proposed for 1938, Mayor Holt- ; house stated, and the council has approved them. o < Will Conduct Two Hearings Next Week i Two hearings will be held here i next week on requests for special 1 appropriations. A representative of the state tax board will attend. ) One hearing is for Adams county 1 and will be August 11 at 3:15 i o’clock in the afternoon in the ’ i afternoon in the county auditor’s office. The other will be for Monroe and will be held August 13 at > 3 o’clock in the same place,

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Free Street Fair, Which Has Attracted Large Throngs To City, To Close Tonight. CLOSE AT 12 Decatur's third annual Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, which has attracted some of the largest crowds in the city's history. will be brought to a hilarious close this evening. With good weather in prospect, another jammed midway is in prospect for Carnival Night tonight. Fair officials, in accordance with annual custom, have announced that the midway will be closed promptly at midnight. The only special feature on today’s program was the heavyweight horse pulling contest this morning. Because of the heavy rain of Friday night, the contest was switched from the Schmitt field, east of the city, to the North First street lot, where the horse show was conducted this week. The final performances of the free acts will be given this afternoon and tonight. The Bible animal circus will perform on the platform at First and Monroe streets at 2 o'clock and 7:30; the Delmores at Jefferson and Second at 3:30 and 9; and the Lamy Brothers at First and Madison at 5 and 10:30. Concessionaires had their first bad break of the week Friday night, when a heavy downpour, starting about 9:30 o’clock, halted practically all activities on the midway. The rain continued almost without interruption until after 11:30, and ruined what promised to be a great money-making night for rides, shows and concessions. Last night's downpour marked the first time in the three years of the fair’s operation by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, that rain has seriously disrupted activities on the midway. The largest crowd of fair week scurried to shelter when the downpour started, and a large portion of the fair-goers stayed in town more than an hour, hoping tho rain would cease and give them an opportunity to roam the midway. Big Crowd Friday Another huge crowd thronged to the city’s midway early Friday evening to witness the final parade of the week. Led by state police on motorcyc- ; les and in squad ears, the line of i march included the following bands: Decatur Girls’ and Boys’ combined band, the Sons of Veterans of Van Wert, Ohio; Coldwater, (■CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DEATH CLAIMS MRS. EIGENBERG Former Fort Wayne Woman Dies Friday In Preble Township Mrs. Ottilie Eigenberg 77, former Fort Wayne resident, died Friday ■ afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of an adopted daughter, Mrs. Arthur Koeneman in Preble township. Death followed a week’s illness, caused by a stroke of apoplexy. She moved from Fort Wayne six months ago. She was a member of the Fort Wayne Zion Lutheran church. iHer husband, Fred Eigenberg, died in 1921. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Koeneman and Mrs. Henry Wiegeman, cf Fort Wayne; a brother, Hugo Blombach and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Krauhs and Mrs. Chris Bullerman, all of Fort WayneNine grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive. Two daughters preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Monday afterI noon at 1 o’clock at the home and at 2:15 o’clock at the Friedhelm Lutheran church. The Rev. W. , Werning will officiate. Burial will 1 be made in the Flat Rock cemetery.