Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1937 — Page 1

XXXV. NO. 189.

InEVAYOUTH I killed in ]||JTO ACCIDENT L Blocker, Jr., In- ■ nt | y Killed As Auto j Hits Culvert ■ ..Oren Blocker. Jr.. 14 year y ~ high school sophomore. ■ Mtan'ly killed Bt 4 oc,<xk ■ Line when the ear driven ■. father crashed into a cc■itlivert at the west edge ot was dead w hen removed Ktbe 311,0 Coroner Robert H*. Ho investigated, stated K> died from a broken neck hemorrhage. ■ ( , lh er was brought to the Kapital tor treatment of a R, laceration of his right hand Kkunib on the hand was also KL Gene. 7. a brother to the with minor injur K accident occurred as the K with the children, was enK frtt on Line street in that K Ashe neared the west edge city- marks showed that the Kddenly swerved, striking the Sgt Oil the south side of the K was unable to tell officials Kfr how the crash occurred. K, Harrietta Teeters, also of ■town who was driving im Kg r lv behind the Blocker auto, Kgsrd the crash. Sheriff DalKrown and Marshall Harry o f Geneva investigated Hitfidt'nt. Mt body of the victim was reKs to the Wells funeral home ■tnrva. I Born In Kansas K, victim was born in Butler K Kansas, the son of Alvin Khiek-r and Viola Herrmann ■member 14, 1922. His moth Ku a former resident of Wells ■riving besides the parents ■the brother are two sisters, ■f Joe. at home and Mrs. BerK Buckmaster of Portland, ■rouer Zwick indicated that he Ki return a verdict of accidentKith The elder Blocker was Hpd from the local hospital at Ko’clock last night. Hsenl services will be held ■riay afternoon at 2 o’cloc k at Kh E. church in that town. Kl will be made in the RiverK cemetery. pEWNCILII Lined si.ooo Bricted Os Attack On Fayne Coy In Statebouse Last March 1 fcfcuiapolbe. Aug. 11 — (UP)— kCancilla. Indianapolis attorney, tad with J,.el A. Baker in contat with an attack on Wayne ifsrmer state ipublic welfare dihr. late Tuesday was found If ot assault and battery by JtJames A. Emmert in criminal It was fined SI,OOO. feahort, stocky attorney accept 11- verdict nonchalantly and tai up to the judge's bench and tad out the fine from a r JI o f I Mils. •fore pronouncing the verdict Hue. Judge Emmert said: •*1 Etaker, your co-dMendant, itamd guilty and fined SI,OOO Utalieve he is as guilty as you fw ire no less giulty than he. P was insufficient evidence to bt motive i r self-defense." Mila's trial was completed afb* than two hours and a half tainiony. After hearing six de•Md two state witnesses, k Emmert ordered arguments ■d to 45 minutes for each side. •W* final argument, Prosecutor M, Spencer asked that Can ’•Siren at least three months Ikon. ••hould be sentenced tz? serve *4 as Wayne Coy was in the tai and under treatment," taf said. 1 think three months about right." ®ok the punishment in this «ould be great enough that no future will attempt to inon page five) k Fair Bills Be Resented Immediately Fryback. general chairman street f a ir , askPersons having accounts aI tl,e fair association, file at once at the Adams ' auto iicer.se bureau. «anciai report of the fair will ibrt ,,led as Boon as available, stated today.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

To (iive Lecture Rev. A J. Levengood, New Bedford. Ohio, will deliver a lecture and show slides on “Fulfilled Prophecies that prove the Bible" at the Magley Reformed church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

MORE BUDGETS ARE SUBMITTED 1938 Budgets Submitted For .Jail, Circuit Court, Health Officer Additional proposed budgets for 1938 have been filed with Adams County Audit..- John W. Tyndall by county officers. County Jail The proposed 1938 budget for the Adams county jail as submitted, totals $2,275 and is: salaries ot employees, $100; freight, express and drayage. $25; telephone. $150; electric current, $150; gas. $150; heat. $700; water. $100; repairs of buildings and structures, $300; repairs of equipment, $200; janilor supplies, S4OO. The 1937 appropriati..n is: salary of employees. $80; board ot prisoners. $620; freight, express and drayage, $25; telephone $150; electric current. sls- ; gas. $150; heat. $700; water, $100; roof for jail. $2,500; new stove and hot water heater. $500; new heating plant, toilets and .showers. $2,750; cement basement floor. $250; janitor supplies S4OO and total $8,375. Circuit Court The budget submitted for the Ad ants circuit court is; per diem of special judge, $200; -per diem of petit jurors, $2,000; per diem of grand jurors. $200; per diem of Jury commissioners. $150; salary of court reporter . $1,500; expenses of court i |. . ter, SSO; per diem of riding bailiff, $500; .per diem of courts bailiff, $720; pauper attorney service. $200; postage, S4O; telegraph and telephone tolls. $75; stationery an<] telephone tolls, $75; stationery p"es, $25; ditch expense, $25; lodging and meals for jurors, $200; lawbooks. $400; other equipment. SIOO, change -/ venue, SSO, and total, $6,885. The 1937 appropriation is: per I diem of special judges. $500; per diem of grand jurors, $200; per diem of petit jurors, $1,800; per diem of jury commissioners, $150; salary of court reporter, $1,500; expenses of court reporter. SSO; e'ding bailiff. $500; (.art bailiff. $720; pauper attorney services, $200; postage. S4O; telephone, $.5; official records including order (books. $100; stationery and printing. SSO; other office supplies, $25; ditch, expense, $25; lodging and meals for jurors, $200; law books, $400; ..ther equipment, SSO; change lof venue. SSO; tota 1 , $6,635. Health Officer The proposed 1938 budget for the county health officer totals SSBB and is: salary of county health officer. $351; special depu’t s, S,»Q: (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MILLER INFANT DIES TUESDAY Infant Daughter Os Indianapolis Couple Dies At Hospital I Au infant daughter born to Carl If’ and Pauline Niblick-Miller, at I the Adams county memorial hospt tai at 10:25 o'clock, Tuesday morning died at 9 o'clock Tuesday night. Death was due to immature birth The parents reside at 127 Nort 1 Gladstone street. Indianapo'is The babv was named Ruth Miller. She id I survived by the parents, a brothei, Karl William, and two grandparents ■ Mr. and Mrs. Jess Niblick of Fifth street. Decatur. Funeral cervices were held at the grave at 2 o’clock this afternoon with the Rev. Paul Miller, pastor as i the St. Paul’s Lutheran church o I Fort Wayne, officiating. Burial will I be made at the Concordia cemetery : i„ Fort Wayne. The Zwick funeral i home had charge of the services.

CHINESE DEFY JAPAN DEMANDS OF WITHDRAWAL New Trouble Develops As China Refuses Latest Demands Shanghai, (Thursday). Aug. 12— <U.R) China today refused immediately to accept a Japanese demand ; that tier armed forces be withdrawn ; 12 miles from Shanghai and defied I a 'arge Japanese naval landing for-' ice and more than 20 Japanese' warships massed in the Whangpoo river and off the city's down-river port. Woosung. In the national capital, Nanking, j officials of the central government ioreign office belligerently told ■ the United Press: "If the Japanese start trouble in Shanghai the Chinese will reply." j Japanese strove vigorously for a peaceful settlement ot the crisii' caused by the fatal shooting of two Japanese navy men by Chinese ; soldiers but Mayor ,0 K. Yui, as came out of the meeting told the United Press that he had not agreed to the Japanese demand for withdrawal of Chinese forces. He I indicated that China will continue 1 to reject this demand The Japanese also demanded I that China destroy barricades with ! in the 12 mile zone and thus leave! the important Hungjao air field' unguarded. Mayor Yui’s secretary said 2.000 more Japanese bluejackets already been landed . The Japanese based their de- , (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o LOCAL SCHOOL TEACHER QUITS — Verneal Whalen Resigns Position: Harold Mumma Fills Vacancy The announcement of the resig-' 1 nation of one teacher at the Deea I tur public high school and the ap-1 pointment of another to fill the! vacancy were announced simul-1 taneously today by Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent. The resignation was that of Miss Verneal Whalen, junior and senior i instructor in English at the school for the past 12 years. Miss Whalen] wrote of her resignation from her home in Clinton, Illinois. Mr. Krick also announced the I appointment of Harold Mumma, I well known local young man as j her successor in the position. Miss Whalen first came to Decatur in 1925 from Morrisonville, Illinois. While here, in addition to tier teaching, she directed most of the class plays and took part in other activities ot the school. Mr. Mumma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mumma. of Adams street, graduated from Decatur high school in 1932. He received his A. B. degree at Indiana Central college, Indianapolis in 1936, majoring in English and history. He was also editor of the school paper during his senior year at the college. He will assume his duties at the school on opening day, September 7. The acceptance of the resignation and the appointment were made at the meeting of the city | school board this week. o Jean Coppess Is Severely Injured Jean Coppess, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coppess, of near Monroe, is recovering from a severe injury to her right foot, sustained Monday when she stepped on a piece of tin. An artery in the foot was cut and two tendons were completely severed. After treatment by a physician, she was returned home. o ——- Batterv A Members Meet Friday Night AH members of Battery A of the 139th field artillery are requested to meet at the American Legion home, First and Madison streets. . Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Arrangements will be made at the 'time for the 20th annual reunion, which will be held in Decatur this fall. oSpecial Services At Local Church Special services will be held thia evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Eighth Street U. B. church when the quarterly conference and preaching services will be held. The Hev. G. M. Sill, of Rockford, Ohio, j will be the presiding elder.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, August 11, 1937.

Death Dance* Killer Sentenced w T i ■ Glen Barker (right), 24 years old, was sentenced to from fourteen years to life in Waupun penitentiary in a five-minute trial when he pleaded guilty to the knife slaying of Helen Welhouse, 18-year-old orph an. at a country dance near Appleton, Wis., last Sunday night.

INDIANA BOARD ISSDES RULING Municipal Corporations May Pay Disputed Taxes Without Penalty Municipal corprrationa which refused to pay taxes on their plants while the legality of the law compelling the payment is being tested, may pay the taxes before October 1. 1937. without penalty, the state tax board has ruled. Only one municipal corporation in the county has refused to make ( payment, the Geneva water company, which owes $127.46. The ! Berne water works paid taxes uni der protest from the first, thus eliminating penalties. Delinquent ; taxes and penalties and current j taxes were paid this spring by the Decatur electric light and power company and the Decatur water works, also under protest. An effort is now being made to have Decatur’s interest and penalty on the delinquent taxes refund- | ed. The money has not yet been i distributed by County Auditor John W. Tyndall. A representative of ! the state tax board will be consulted this afternoon on this question. The tax is collected by the county and state only. A test case is to .be taken to the U. S. supreme I court. Goodyear Manager Is Sent To Muncie’ Carl C. Baxter, manager of the ’ Goodyear service station at the corner ot Third and Madison: streets for the last two and one: half years has been transferred to Muncie, where he will operate a new store. He will leave the first of next week. Glen Oswalt, manager of the Wabash store, has been selected manager of the Decatur concern. During Mr. Baxter’s management of tlie Decatur store it has become one of the best in the district. Mr. Baxter was a member of the Decatur Lions club and prominent in civic activities here. G. E. FOREMEN MEET SATURDAY Annual Picnic Os Foremen To Be Held At Sun Set Park Saturday The annual picnic of the Fort Wayne G. E. foremen’s association will be held at Sun Set park, southeast of Decatur, Saturday. August 14, company officials have announced. The picnic, a stag party, will be : confined to foremen and assistant l foremen of the Dectur and Fort | Wayne works of the General Eleci trie company. This picnic is not to be confused with the annual picnic of the De- ] catur G. E. Club, which will be held at Sun Set Saturday, August 21. Committees for the foremen’s picnic are as follows: Bert Gage, general chairman. Refreshment committee: Francis Eady, chairman; Kenneth Eady, Raymond Shackley and Clyde Beery. Food committee: Tillman Gehrig, Albert Beery and Leo Ulman. Gate committee: John Knott, Solomon Lord. Entertainment committee: Carl Smith, Cal Waite, George Buckley, Russell Owens and George Auer. Reception committee: Frank Braun, Albert Fruchte, Alva BuffenbaTger, Charles Langston, Bert Gage, William Heim and E. W. Lankenau.

1 —■ ♦ j Chicago Policeman Forced To Arrest Sister For Murder Chical Aug. 11—(UP)-Patrol-man Julius Gebhardt answered a ’’family shooting" call last night. He found George Werle-in, 47, a carpenter, dead of five bullet , wounds fired by his wife in a quarrel over financial matters. "Mommy shot daddy when "he I choked her,’’ nine-year-old Shirley Werlein told the officers. “Look’s like we’ll have to take the wife in,” said Gebhardt’s fellow , officer. “I wish we didn’t have to,’’ Gebhardt replied. “She's my sister.” INDIANA DEATH TOLL GROWING Traffic Accidents Add To Mounting Toll; One Man Drowned Indiana’s violent death toll , 'mounted today with the addition of I seven victims. Six of the deaths : were attributed to traffic accidents and the seventh to drowning. Alvin Oren Blocker, Jr., 14-year-iold Geneva Boy, was killed instant- | lly when an automobile driven by his father crashed into an abutment lat the west edge of Geneva. The father and another son, Norris, 7,1 'suffered minor injuries. | Robert Whitlock, 19, Edinburg, was killed instantly when struck Iby an automobile driven by ClarI ence Kroger, Bruceville, on U. S. I highway 50 near Vincennes, WhitI lock, a former CCC camp member, was en route to Vincennes. James Baldridge, 28, Wanatah was injured fatally at Terre Haute when an automobile he was driving collided with a truck at a street intersection. Mrs. Myrtle Dieh'.man. 32, Con nersvllle, died in the hospital there from injaries suffered when the automobile in which she was riding ! overturned after the driver was blinded by lights an approaching car near Connersville. Jesse Fishman, 15, Evansville, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ! Two Cars Collide At Street Intersection Two men escaped Injury at 11:50 ' o’clock this morning when cars driven by Dave Gerber and Howard Elzey, both of this city, collided at the intersection of Jefferson and Eighth streets. Both of the cars were considerably damaged. Elzey reported the accident to Policeman Ed Miller. 0 State Board Member Holds Hearing Here A representative of the state tax board will huld a hearing in the county auditor’s office late *llll9 afternoon on requested additional appropriations for Adams county. Friday at 3:15 p. m. a hearing will i be held for requested appropriations for Monroe. The findings here will b? taken to Indianapolis for final consideration. —» Announce Delay In District Conference — The seventh district conference of the business and professional woman's club which was to have ' been held August 15, has been postponed until September 11 and 12, at which time the meetings will be held at Spring Beach Hotel, Rome City. Dr. Souder of Auburn is chairman of the seventh district. Host- < esses will be the clubs of Kendall- ; ville, Auburn and LaGrange.

ALDEN BARKLEY IS HONORED BY PARTY LEADERS Senate Democrats Honor Majority Leader At Love Feast Washington, Aug. 11—(U.R) Democratic party harmony remain-j ed an uncertain quantity today as ; ter a love feast which failed to clarify President Roosevelt's atti ; tude toward senators who helped junk his supreme court reorganization program. Senate Democrats met last night in the Raleigh hotel’s Pall Mall room. There was a portable bar. i The food was good. Speeches were ] excellent . But Mr. Roosevelt remained at the white house, four blocks away, despite announcement of banquet sponsors that he ] would "drop in.” Sen. J. Hamilton Lewis, D., 111., pink whiskers faded but his tongue still sharp, spoke a bit off key ! with a warning against political ' advantages obtained on a basis of i destruction of property and in- 1 fringeinent of liberty. The banquet honored the new majority leader. Sen. Alben W. Barkley. D. Ky., who defeated Sen. Pat Harrison, D., Miss., for that ' job last month by a one vote mar- ( gin. Vice-president .John N. Garner presiding, read a message from the : president. It was a eulogy of Bark-! ley, including an appreciation of J the majority leader's rendition of | “Wagon Wheels," a prairie anthem with which the senator frequently ■ entertains small social or political gatherings. But there was no direct word either of rebuke or forgiveness in 1 the Roosevelt message for political torpedoes who blasted the supreme , court bill. Most of them were in , the banquet hall, including Sen. i Burton K. Wheeler, D.. Mont., who | h-d the shock troops who gave Mr. 1 Roosevelt his worst licking. What-' ever Mr. Roosevelt's attitude toward the bolters may be. he was not ready last night to reveal it. The president's letter was ad- | dressed to “Dear Jack,” which is ■ the intimate form in which Mr. j Roosevelt addresses the vice-presi-dent. “The quality of a man's friend- : ship.” wrote Mr. Roosevelt, “alI ways is a safe baromtere of his character and in the case of Alben I Barkley this is particularly true." ' He continued to say that Barkley , was not only a political friend but ■ a personal friend. And perhaps as , an indirect suggestion to some other senators that Barkley's virtues | would become them, too, Mr. Roosevelt continued: "I know that everyone present this evening will agree with me that Alben Barkley is greatly distinguished for the tilings he does not say as well as for the things he does say. Whether he was born that way or has acquired this marvelous restraint through years of self-discipline. I do not know. But I do know that it is a great asset.

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 TRUCK DRIVERS BURN TO DEATH Two Truck Drivers Burned To Death After Head-On Collision Wamaka, Ind., Aug. 11—(UP) — Two truck drivers were burned to death early U.-lay in a head-on crash on U. S. road 6 near here. The dead were Julius Eichgrecht, 31, Detroit, Michigan and Gene Thomas 27, Napoleon, 0., A third truck driven by C. Richard escaped without injury. Richard said Thomas apparently fell asleep while driving his heavily loaded Norwalk truck line machine, and that Eichbrecht, driving a Kramer Bros., Detroit, truck, was unable to avoid the collision. Richard said he tried to extricate the two men from the truck cabs, but an explosion occurred almost immediately after his truck smashed into the others, and he was unable to approach closely. All three machines, on a semi trailer type, were destroyed. o Butler Is Released Under Bond Os $2,000 J. Earl Butler, local mail carrier, arrested Tuesday on charges of sodomy, was released last evening from the county jail on $2,000 bond. Butier entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned before Nathan C. Nelson, judge pro tem in the Adams circuit court.

Judiciary Reform Measure Is Sent To The President

JOHN CRAVENS DIES TUESDAY Long-Time I. U. Secretary Dies At Home In Bloomington Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 11.—(U.R) —Funeral services were being arranged today for John W. ('ravens. 72. secretary-emeritus of Indiana University, who died here last night following a long illness. His condition had been serious since the 1937 commencement in June. Physicians said death resulted from a chronic heart disability. In June, 1936, Cravens retired from active connection with the university because of failing health. However he had an office in the new administrative building and served in an advisory capacity He had held an executive office longer than any other official of the university, and on August 1, he celebrated his 40th anniversary as registrar. Cravens saw the school grow from a mere 700 students to the present enrollment of more than 5,000. He began work with the university in 1895 when Dr. Joseph Swain was president. He continued with President William Lowe Bryan when the latter became president in 1902. He was born on a farm at Center Valley in Hendricks county. Following early education in his home county, he moved to Danville where he attended high school and later Central Normal college, from which he was graduated in 1894. In 1884-85 he became editor of the Danville Gazette along with IW. A. King. In 1897 he received an A. B. degree from Indiana uni- ' versify and later he received an

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SEX CHARGE IS FILED ON MAN John Hirschey Charged W ith Rape Os Nine-Year-Old Girl John Hirschey, aged 42 years, living sodth of Decatur, is lodged in the Adams county jail on charges of rape. Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede stated today. The alleged offense is claimed to have been committed upon a nine year old Decatur girl, Prosecutor Voglewede said. Hirschey's arrest was made late Tuesday evening by Sheriff Dallas Brown. He will be arraigned in Adams circuit court before Judge Huber M. DeVoss to answer to the charges. Prosecutor Voglewede stated that upon conv-iction the offense carries a penalty of life Imprisonment, when the female upon who the act Is committed, is under the age of 12 years. He was released at noon today latter furnishing bond of $5,000 as fixed by Judge pro tem Nelson. Hirschey plead not guilty to the charge. Carrol Coal Company Is Looted By Thieves Police today were conducting a search for a petty thief or thieves, who last night broke into the Carrol Coal & Coke company on North Seventh street and escaped with a small amount of cash. Prying open a window, access to the money was gained by breaking open a drawer in the safe. The safe had no combination and the outer door was not locked. Clayson Carroll, proprietor of i the company, stated this morning | that a definite check had not been made, but he estimated the loss would run only about $2. o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 74 10:00 a. m 76 Noon 72 2:00 p. m. 90 WEATHER Local showers and thunderstorms tonight or by Thursday; not so warm Thursday west and north portions and at night southeast.

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Congress Finishes Action On Bitterly Disputed Judiciary Fight; Only To Lower Courts. REVOLT ON BILL Washington, Aug. 11 — (UP) - Without drama or fanfare, the house of representatives today wrote the final chapter in the six-months-long judiciary controversy by eending ts President Roosevelt the lower court reorganization bill —all that remained of his original supreme court enlargement proposal. The house, with no opposition, extended debate or ceremony, approved the conference report on the measure which the senate adopted yesterday. Thue the long controversy, which split Democratic party ranks and resulted in a major defeat for the President in his demand for the right to appoint six new supreme court justices, was ended so far as this session of congress is concerned. Some congressional leaders believed Mr. Roosevelt might revive the fight next year, possibly through a proposal for a constitutional amendment to support his contention that the high tribunal needs younger justices with more liberal views. Washington, Aug. 11 — (UP) — House revolt against the wages and hours bill and the President’s opposition ia crop loans threatened congressional adjournment plans today. House leaders, holding the key to adjournment due to the fact that three major ::must” bills are tied up in he house, admitted that at present they lacked sufficient votes in the house rules committee to obtain a rule t". bring the controversial wages-hours bill to the house floor. They were forced to arrauge postponement of a rules committee meeting to consider right of wayfor the labor measure when a check sb v wed that the committee would refuse a rule to bring the bill up in the house tomorrow or Friday. Plans to adjourn by August 21. I appeared to be dimmer because of the conflict over farm and labor problems. White House congressional contact man Charles West, ndersecretary of interior, conferred with house leaders over the situation. West was reported to be seeking some means of solving the crop loan fight and at the ame time end the possibility a special session on a production control bill. Rules committee postponement of consideration of rules for the wages-hours bill came after West conferred with hiuse Democratic leader Sam Rayburn. Speaker William B. Bankhead, Rayburn and chairman John J. O’Connor of the rules committee met later and decided to postpone the meeting. The rules committee is composed of ten Democrats and four Republicans. It was reported so evenly divided on whether to give the labor bill right of way that leaders decided against chancing an adverse vote at present. During the day efforts to kill opposition were to be made. Five of the ten Democrats on the committee are fr.'tm the south, and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 ART OF BAKING TOLD TO CLUB W. A. Silvers Speaks To Decatur Lions Club Tuesday The art of baking was described and shown to members of the Decatur Lions club in their weekly meeting at the Rice hotel last night. W. A. Silvers, of Fort Wayne, spoke to the members, and presented a series of films on the subject. Mr. Silvers was brought here by G. 71. Redd, proprietor of the Welcome bakery, who had charge of the evening’s prograrti. The speaker stated that baking ranks second in size in food industries and sixth in size of all industries. The processes and methods of baking from early times down to the present period, were discussed and shown on the films. Mr. Silvers is a representative of the Fleischman Yeast company. The uses of yeast in bread making and baking wsre also explained.