Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1937 — Page 1

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KATHERINE HYLAND IS KILLED

CHINESE Koops locked ut l IN BITTER WAR sLpUMTwo Nations Kicked In Mortal Com- I "-I bat At Shanghai rt- I hl by United Press) auk. 13 <U>- War B 1 .j with ’ it'les. machine guns. ni |i. tl y bullets and. late by artillery fire on both lucked t hlnese and JapK to the north of the city In tom bat until parts of Chapel north al settlement had afire and two Japanese the Seta and the Kurt. in the Whangpoo river. HEurted shelling Chinese shore ... did the Chinese utilize Han tonight their batteries let go QL fire was directed at Japan . .. ...jside Shanghai uni adjacent to which their fortes were attempting to BgJ at an airfield. ■I .I patrol- were landed from S S Sat rarnento. station pro. e.-tleil to their posts KgC* eV : 'lie Ame I icau-o w n Q CO . the Socony and the Sb.nig of the Texaco Co. '■.ci. flaming buildings ■i I impel and Kiang s native quarters. E9 : th- ' mtlagrations blot■g pal- -I. scent moon and ■r. th- skies as if a portent blood to be shed. — atonements cram were tn oun te d rumbled camions which machine -II those .. Hongk-w BBSdc ■■> .: .ci tanks hastened !■«>! patrols and went into tr.oviiio d-eper in Chinese 1932 1 witnessed fighting be the same two belligerents same ground. as I watched from behind brick :-cd.-nce, shelled and in that war. It was ob- £■ •that the Japanese. Instead of a frontal assault Chapei. were seeking to the area IpMgwan section was scene of MroXTIXfF?f. ON PAGE FOUR) PROMISE IS I HIDE OF BILL Bijournment Prospects ■ Brighten With ApparI ent Solution Aug. 13- "J.PJ adjournment pros.W*l brighten.-t| today with appar- |®* ,lu, i | m "f the crop loan-pro-co,lt,|d deadlock. AgreeIW* »is reached on a tax loopbut dispute continued ov■W* farm compromise, annottn- ■ b? Sen. Theo. G. Bilbo, D.. a,ter a conference with Mr. ■jj'rt'lt. provides that the white ’lll authorize loans to in--12-cent a pound return on L* loans will be authorized if ’hen congress approves the r* favorably reportsenate agricultural com- ■ which makes production I legislation the first order •Mess at the January session 'Wess. u!’ agreement, it was believed. ln solvin k the wagesdeadlock. Southern and farm ’Wen have opposed enactor the wages-hours hill unrop loans were authorized. Ils * &Reß ' loUrß bill is now held ’ deadlock in the house rules w I which is preventing ap»n. .v rU ' e 10 a "ow conslderameasure on the house ON PAGE FOUR) •ta Truck Theft Reported To Sheriff Jt'j ff Dalla ® Brown was notified h trt/i. that a ne B ro driving a c1 '. had allegedly stolen a itht d t ' er trucllß from the •Wind Dold3 fam 80Uth Ot l

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Sen. Hugo L. Black of Alabama I was nominated Thursday afternoon I by President Roosevelt to fill the ' vacancy in the United States su pretne court, caused by the retire-1 ment of Willis Van DeVanter.

SEVEN VICTIMS ADDED TO TOLL Indiana’s Violent Death Toll Continues To Mount Sharply (By United Press) The names of seven more Indiana residents today were added to the state’s sharply mounting 1937 violent accident toil. Four of the victims died as the result of traffic injuries. Miss Katherine Hyland. 30, De catur. was killed instantly and five other persons were injured in an automobile accident on state highway 15 north of Warsaw. Those injured were Miss Agnes Baker, 26, Decatur; Marjorie Dague. 25. Warsaw; Robert C. Nor ton, 35. Louisville, Ky.; Russell Hull. 36. and his son. Kieth. 16, both of South Whitley. The accident occurred when the car driven by Miss Baker struck a horse which had wandered onto the highway and caromed into the automobile in which Hull aud his son were riding. John Phillips, 35. Lafayette, was injured fatally in an automobile accident north of Lafayette on Indiana higtiway 38. Mrs Leona McCall. 35, also of Lafayette, was injured. Mrs. Mary Cavanaugh. 76. Columbus. died from injuries suffered when she was struck by an automobile driven by Noblltt Wheeler. Columbus factory employe. The victim was attempting to cross a street. Mrs. Lucinda C. CMlders. .4, Anderson, died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on Indiana highway 9 near Marion. Jack Ross. Jr., 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ross. Bedford. was drowned at Parkslay. Va., while swimming in a bay with his uncle William B. Ross. 38, who also was drowned w-hile attempting to rescue his nephew. Robert Boles, Jr., Greensburg, was killed instantly when accidenttally shot in the chest while hunting with his brother. Alfred. The gun was believed to have been discharged when Doles slipped while walking along a river bank. Mrs. Harriett Kerr, 75. Anderson, died from injuries received when she fell through an attic floor at her home, suffering a broken hip and internal injuries. — o —— Two Hearings Held By Tax Board Member Two hearings were he'd this afternoon by Paul Weber, field representative for the state tax board. ' One was for special appropriations ' for Adams county and the other for I Monroe. Mr. Weber’s finding will ibe given to the st, J tax board for I final consideration.

SENATE DELAYS CONFIRMATION OF SEN. BLACK Confirmation Os New Supreme Court Justice Faces Delay Washington, Aug. 13. — (U.K) — Senate confirmation of the nomination of Sen. Hugo L. Black, to the supreme court today faced delay until next week when chairman Henry F. Ashurst said he would not call a special meeting of the judiciary committee to act on the appointment. Following approval of the nomination by a judiciary subcommittee it had been indicated that a special meeting of the full committee would be summoned to speed action on the nomination. A bloc of Republican and Democratic senators who fought President Roosevelt's supreme court program were seeking to delay action. but friends of Black were eager for a speedy vote on confirmation expressing confidence that he would be given a strong majority. Ashurst, however, said that he would not call a special meeting iof the committee to report the I nomination to the senate. The next : regular meeting day is Monday. The subcommittee today over-1 rode protests of Sen. Warren R. I Austin, R„ Vt„ and approved the nomination. The subcommittee voted 5 to 1 to approve the nomination with [ only Austin voting against his AlaI batna colleague. Consideratfon of I the nominee will now be underI taken by the full judiciary commitLtee. 1 The subcommittee action was! taken despite a motion by Austinj seeking to delay a vote until in-1 vestlgation was made of the con ! stitutional eligibility of Black to hold the supreme court post. Austin cited a constitutional pro-1 vision prohibiting members of con- - gress from holding offices created , (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) ——o TAX LOOPHOLE BILL FAVORED House Committee Agrees To Report Loophole Bill Favorably Washington, Aug. 13—(UP)—The h .use ways and means committee agreed today to report favorably an eight-point bi'l to close tax loopholes. Action came after two days of executive sessions. The bill is designed to seal loopholes through which an estimated >100,000,000, or more of revenue leaks annually. It will be brought up in the house I early next week, lit is one of the major bills on which the leadership | desires action before adjournment. Only min«r revisions were made in the recommendations of the sen-ate-houee tax avoidance investigating committee. Chairman Robert U. Doughton said that no members of the commute opposed the favorable reprrt although 7 of the 25 committee members are Repub'icans. Doughton said formal action probably would be delayed until later today. The eight point program cavers personal holding companies, incorporated yachts and estates, incorporated talents, artificial deductions for losses from sales of exchanges of pszperty, artifical deductions for interest and business expense, multiple trusts, foreign peronal holding companies and non(UONTTNUED ON PAGE THREE) Former Fort Wayne Youths Are Drowned Miami, Fla.. Aug. 13 — (UP) — Wilbur Roeber, 13, and Royal Roeber, 11, drowned late yesterday in a rock pit when they waded into a deep hole. Their 5-year-old brother, Mickey, watched helplessly from the bank. The boys were sons of Henley Roeber, an interior decora’or, who brought his family here three weeks ago from Fart Wayne, Ind.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 13, 1937.

Victim Os Tragic Wreck

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Miss Katherine Hyland t Miss Katherine Hyland, one of Decatur’s most popular young ladies. ■ was killed instantly Thursday evening when the auto in which she was riding struck a horse on state highway 15, four miles south of Milford.

CHURCH PLANS FOR FESTIVAL Immanuel Lutheran Church Plans Mission Festival Sunday The Immanuel Lutheran church at the Bleeke settlement near Decatur will observe its annual mission festival next Sunday morning and afternoon, August 15, the Rev.. IM. J. Frosch, pastor, announced to-1 i day. At the morning service the Rev.; IW. Vogel, of Bremen, will deliver the sermon in German _and in the I afternoon service the Rev. H. i Abram, of near Fort Wayne, will | deliver both German and English i sermons. The morning service will start at the usual time of 9 o’clock, with the afternoon service opening at 2 o’clock. Both times are central standard. The public has been extended a cordial invitation to attend the an-. nual event of the church. RUSSIANS BUCK SEVERE WINDS Plane Bound For United States Bucking 60Mile Head Wind Fairbanks. Alaska. Aug. 13. —(U.R> —The big Russian four-motored | plane, making a scheduled one-' stop flight over the top of the I world from Moscow to the United States, bucked a 60-mile head wind; today that w’as cutting down its speed. The plane averaged about 180 miles an hour during the earlier stage of the flight and reached the north pole in about 16 hours. Coming down this si<V of the world, however, the winu picked up. It' was indicated it probably would be mid-afternoon before the fliers land here to refuel. Previous estimates had placed the landing around noon. Sigismund Levanevsky, a "hero of the Soviet” and one of Russia’s greatest aviators, was, in charge of the ship. He radioed the Nome station of the army signal corps that he was holding the plane at 18.000 feet altitude and that despite the wind and cold the motors were functioning perfectly. The temperature was around 35 degrees below zero outside the plane, he (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Two Men Arrested For Illegal Whisky Sale Excise Officers Floyd Hunter, of | Decatur and Walter Krienke, of j j Bryant, arrested two men Wednes I day evening at the Portland fair for I I allegedly petidling Plegal whisky , at each end of the race track grandstand there. NOMINATION OF BLACK IS LEGAL Attorney General Informs < Roosevelt Nomination Is Valid I 1 Washington, Aug. 13 —(UP) —President Roosevelt said today that at- ' torney General Homer S. Cummings ha<i informed him the Supreme i | Court nomination of Sen. Hugo L. i Black, D„ Ola., was "perfectly legal and constitutional in every way." Cummings’ opin.?n was rendered 'in consideration of the fact that • Black was a member of congress ’this year when the supreme court 1 j retirement bill was approved. A constitutional provision bars members jot congress from .offices which they I create. After passage of the retire- , ment bill, Justice Willis Van DeVanter took advantage of its pro- ' visions, thus creating the vacancy to which Black was nominated. President Roosevelt revealed that he wrote 'Black's nomination in his own handwriting, keeping it secret even from immediate members of ! his White House staff. | The President declined to say , when he decided upon Black to fill , j the post on the high bench left va-1, jcant by the retirement June 2 of!.; | Van Devanter. i I President Roosevelt said he is not | I considering proposal of a constitu- < tional amendment to gain ends em- i bodied in his defeated Supreme ; Court enlargement plan. 1 The President answered in the | negative to a press conference ‘statement asking if there were any ( truth to published reports that he < was thinking of an amendment con- i cerning the high court. i o TEMPERATURE READINGS '■ 1 DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER < , i 8:00 a. m 71 10:00 a. m 76 r Noon 80 f s WEATHER t Generally fair tonight and i Saturday; not much change in t temperature. <

Popular Decatur Young Lady Is Instantly Killed Thursday Evening As Auto Hits Horse

THREE DAMAGE SUITS ON FILE Suits Totalling $40,000 Filed As Aftermath Os Accident Three suits totaling $40,000 were filed today against the city of Decatur and the Erie railroad, for . death and injury to the passengers ( in the accident at the Mercer Ave- , nue crossing of the railroad here t on April 17. , The accident occurred when the ] car driven by Raymond Papenbrock, of near Monroeville, crash- . ed into the cement base of the , flasher light at the south side of the crossing. ( The largest amount has been re- ( quested by Mrs. Catherine Rison, j a passenger, who is seeking dam- ] ages totaling $20,000. The com- . plaint alleges that “Mercer avenue at this point had become discolor- ( ed, dirty and worn and would not , and did not reflect lights upon automobiles at night so as to clearly disclose obstructions." The complaint charges that the cement island was situated in the center of a paved street 35 feet in w-idth and was seven and one-half feet in length and four feet eight inches high. It was marked by the words "danger" and "railroad crossing" painted on boards bolted on erect pipes. At the top were two small lights, containing bulbs of approximately 10 candle power, it is claimed. The flasher signal light burned only when a train approached and there were no reflector lights. The base permitted a 13-1 foot traffic lane on each side. The complaint further states | that the traffic signal was erected; by the railroad at the order of the' city in an ordinance adopted in May, 1928. Visibility Poor It is claimed at the time of the accident the weather was cloudy and the visibility low and that the automobile was being operated at a speed of approximately 35 miles an hour. The crash was not due to the negligence of the driver, it is alleged. In naming Decatur a defendant it is claimed that the city not only ordered the traffic light erected but permitted it to stand in spite of numerous other accidents re- ' ported to the police department and that the base was torn and scarred as the result of collisions. Mrs. Rison claims she suffered torn and strained muscles about the head, neck, arms, back and (CONTINUED ON PAGE STX) o WARN TEACHERS OF NEW BOLING Ruling By 1937 Legislature Affects Prospective Teachers C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schoo's called the attenticzi | of all high school graduates, who are planning to enter the teaching 'profession, to a 1937 ruling of the state legislature. Effective in two years, the law states that to teach in even an elernenary grade, the teachers must have at least four years college training. The present law requires but tw.« years. In accordance with this law, anyone expecting to become a teacher on two years college training must enter a college or university this fa’l. Among the opportunities listed by Mr. Striker are two one-year scholarships to Indiana State Normal college at Terre Haute, available upon examination. The applicant may take the oxa-1 mination at the superintendent's of-1 fice. If successful in the first year I at college, the student may prolong t the scholarship. Any persons desiring more infor-! niation on the subject are asked to call at the tffice in the county | court house.

LOCAL ENTRIES GIVEN PRIZES Adams County Entries Show Well In District Guernsey Show Two first prizes were won by Adams county entries In the regional Guernsey cattle show, held at Huntington, Thursday, Last year the regional show was held here in connection with the Decatur Centennial celebration. Three Adams county entries were among the winners in the older youth's judging contest, which was won by Edwin Green, of Noble County. Sanford Frazee secretary of the Adams county dairy herd improvement association, won second place. Virgil Oder, won third place and Leroy Schwartz, eighth place. Jaunita Lehman, of Adams county, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lehman, was the tally girl entered. Virgil Yoder won recognition in the district judging contest held here last week when he won second place. Before the Decatur event, he had practiced judging only two weeks. Stanley Arnold, of Adams county, was fifth high place man in the 4-H club judging contest. A bul—“iwned by Peter B. Lehman of Adams county, was winner of the 4-year-old bull class and one owned by Dale Moses and sons second. In the three-year old bull class, a bull owned by William Burke, was first place winner. , A senior bull calf shown by Dale | Moses and sons won first place in i this class and .ine owned by Peter I 0. Lehman, fourth. WAGE BOOST TO G. E. EMPLOYES One Percent Increase Granted In Cost Os Living Adjustment Plan Schenectady, Aug. 13 — (UP) — The General Electric company today announced an increase of an additional one per cent in its cost of Jiving adjustmeent tplan .raising it from four to five percent. Instituted in October, 1936, he plan provides for automatic increases n employe 1 earlings, based on the progress of the cost of living index as published by the U. S. department of labor. According to the terms of the plan, if the cost of living goes up, one percent is added to the employes] earnings for each point of I rise in the index up to 90. Ig the I cost of living goes down, adjust ments will be made until the index reaches 90. The plan further provides that the adjustment may take place at the half way mark between each point. The four percent increases in the past laised the first index cf 80.4 to 84.5. With the new addition the index has been raised to 55.5. E. W. Lankenau, superintendent of the Decatur Works of the General Electric company, stated today that the wage increase would go into effect on the next pay day. The 600 employes, who receive approximately $20,000 in total pay checks each week, will receive an increase of more than S2OO. o Classification Theme Os Rotary Meeting Claffification members was the theme of the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Rev. Charles M. Prugh conducted the program, introducing Dr. Fred Patterson, chairman of the | membership and classification com I mittee of the club. Dr. atterson, Carl C. Pumphrey and E. W. Lankenau, committee members, discussed classification | requirements for men wishing to I join the Rotary club, and claffifl | cations of those already members of the local club,

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Prominent Decatur Girl Is Victim Os Tragic i Accident; Others Not Seriously Hurt FUNERAL MONDAY Grief touched the hearts of hundreds of Decatur citizens todpy as news of the tragic death of Miss Katherine Helen Hyland, 31, 'killed instantly in a traffic accident four miles south of Milford on state highway 15 Thursday evening shortly after 7 a'clock. Miss Hyland, one of the most popular and highly respected members of Decatur’s younger set, had left Decatur Monday afternoon with Miss Agnes Baker, on a belated va I cation to Lake James. Miss Hyland and Miss Baker had | visited yesterday at Warsaw with Miss Marjorie Dague, formerly employed in the office c» the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., in this city, but transferred two years ago to the Warsaw branch. The young ladies, accompanied by Miss Dague’s friend, Robert Norton of Nashville, Tenn., were enroute from Warsaw to Lake Wawa- ' i see. ' Miss Baker was diivlng north ert j road 15. Miss Hyland was riding • | in the front seat and Miss Dague ! j and Mr. Norton in the rear. At a point tour miles south of Mil--1 lord, a large draft horse, which had 9 broken loose fi'.m the field of its 1 : owner, Cloyae Thomas, loomed in ' front of their auto. The horse rear--1 ed and came down with full force 5 wi the side of the car occupied by Miss Hyland. ■ Miss Hyland was practically iuI stantly killed, with every bone in ' her face and head fractured. Only one other mark a slight scratch on one hand, was found on her body After striking the horse, the Decatur auto, owned by Lloyd Baker of this city, careened into a southI bound car driven by Russell Hull, I! South Whitley, who was aceompanII led by his son Keith. None Serious None of the other occupants of J the two aut£>T was seriously Injured. Miss Baker suffering severely from shock at the death of her most intimate friend, was brought to her home here early this morning. Miss Dague, who suffered cuts . and bruises, and Mr. Norton, who sustained a brain concussion, are 1 confined to the McDona’d hospital : at Warsaw, but their condition was described as good today. i The South Whitley men were only . slightly injured. G. E. Employe [ Miss Hyland’s tragic death comes as a distinct shock to officials and . employes of the Decatur works of the General Electric company. Miss Hyland had .been employed • in the company's office in this city ■ for the past 12 years, and at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) REBELS STOP ■ LOYAL DRIVE i Loyalists Fail In Effort To Cut Communication Lines Salmanca, Aug. 13 —<U.R) —Loyalist attempts failed today to cut nationalist communication lines on the Saragossa-Teruel sector where a desperate effort was made to rush rebel lines in the Albarracin offensive, reports received here tor day said. The drive was stopped; the attackers thrown back and troops under General Ponte inflicted heavy losses from their positions In the Sierra Anadon mountain sector. In the region around Piedranlta, General Francisco Franco’s troops paralyzed an offensive action more than 20 miles from the attackers’ objectives. . Advices from Cordoba said na- . tionalist forces had thrown back, i with great losses, an attempted infiltration of their lines on the right i bank of the Guadalaquiver river Ln the Lopera-Porguna area.