Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1937 — Page 1

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bERS PLAN W SESSION |[o PASS BILL i-p. Determined To EL Tax-Loophole I Bill Th' s Week Lum. Aug. 1« <U.R) The up the adrnlnistra ■_i loophole <'lo«»ng bill to ready lo order a jf necessary to force today. drafted after a investigation of til ZZ avoidance. Is designed us e of lav avoidance K* treasury officials KLt,. cost the government to fItHI.OOOOOO KLiu revenue s'ul niea |ls committee. reporting the bill to MLI i..1,i u.ontsl taxpayers was prepared Kfttnutte" any future atSTto avoid taxes with simiKLole closing legislation. said study had con [fje committee that the charges of avoidance substantiated." The Kthiled to mention tax re-ne-ntl'.-i > of the Roosevelt those tax methods were by Rep Hamilton Fish. Kji. v. purpose of the bill. Kfe report, is to close loop lint »tmh numerous taxpay ■fee O.I.;-d Tib inselves, often Kggj of ingenious and comto escape the shale of taxation the con KUs intended that they Ki tetr ” ■ifpage proposal was ex Ki'-s I* passed by the house ■t üßotidments. The ways Hvxra committee gave unani to the program. I Some Rebel Ktarton. Aug 16 — (U.R) Hites Ik-mocia's becoming in hostile to some phases K 3.« (leal »>ie ready today Kt two more of President Kult'l major legislative pro M|a t galloping spurt toward Kr.::.Kfr R-.inseo ? wants wage and Kgd government reorganizathis year, tie must Ku fight for it this week or Kpl congress to special ses Kh the rally autumn. Other Ki lev deal projects already Kbistek on page five) ■wtdur | HE AUG. 24 Lal State Poultry ■•or To Visit Decatur | Next Week KPhnatriy 200 visitors are exy io- Tuesday night. August the first night of the Klkite poultry tour in DecayM°et will tve* served the vis[p tte Dechtu- Country duh, with the McMillen • UK*givill start Tuesday momof Muncie and wiP Grant and Wells conn i ®*l*m outstanding poultry 1 •W! be inspected. The state •tans uiii be seen in Wells in Decatur late in the •*. -.mis win be furnished under arrangements be- •*!>)■ the Decatur Chamber They will then be •■•to the Decatur Country •■t* a banquet will be serv- • * ladies of the Monroe M. ■'* u ’ic will be furnished Stucky band of •faking pr.v-ram for the ! not yet been complete- ■* dl Mayyj- \ Holthouse Ihte, . address of welcome ■L historical discussion of KwJ; w 'll »e presented by 1. 'i-ainj county flocks and the will be inspect[p,,. ® next nzwning before E> leaves for Huntington I Youth | killed In .Accident [ •<! Bowers. 21, of Monroe■Y was fa, ul!y injured K lads of near Mon " ktte/ rs Urt Saturday night Fire. * uto -"wertumed several Fan/k-'' 181 wafl ’ serllewer Kenneth Ma vis and Donril s«r„r' re ’llKliHy injured, [•ill I- k . 9 for Wilferd BowI 6 ld W ednesday morn- i

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Funeral Tuesday fQSIk j3HST*i jK 1 HEBIsB 'i J L. Gay. former Decatur bust l ; ness man. died Saturday afternoon i at his home in Alma, Michigan. i Funeral services will be held in . this city Tuesday afternoon. AUGUST WALTER J TAKEN BY DEATH THIS AFTERNOON Prominent Business Man Os This City Dies This Afternoon 1 | August G. Walter. 61. proprietor of the August Walter Plumbing i shop, and for 19 years a Decatur i business man. died this afternoon at 1:25 o'clock at his home on i First street. I Death was caused by carcinoma, i following an illness of two years. ' He had been bedfast for the last eight weeks. The deceased was born in Germany. November 24. 1875. the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Walter. He came to the United States when but two years of age. The family settled in Fort Wayne. ' After his marriage to Anna Knapp in 1898 the couple moved tu this county. His wife preceded i him in death March 10, 1931. The deceased was a member of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and of the Decatur Rotary club until his illness forced him to retire from an active social and business life. He had maintained a plumbing ■ shop in this city since 1918. He was a member of tile Zion Lutheran church. Surviving are three daughters.. Mrs. Velma Walter-Lake, at home; Mrs. Harold Sautter and Mrs. Carl | Gattschall. both of this city; two ’ | grandchildren, Betty and Barbara Sautter; two brothers. Edward of I Hoagland and Frank, of Fort Wayne; one sister. Mrs. William Cass of Fort Wayne. One brother is deceased. Funeral services will be held at the home, 329 South First street, at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon and at 2:30 o'clock at the Zion, Lutheran church. The Rev. Paul W. Schultz will officiate. Burial' will be made in the Decatur ceme-! tery. The body will be returned home from the Zwick funeral parlors' Tuesday afternoon and may be I viewed after 7 o'clock Tuesday I I night. RUSSIAN PLANE STILL MISSING Veteran Arctic Pilots Are Organized For Intensive Search Fairbanks. Alaska. Aug. 16 —UR) i —Veteran arctic pilots, guardians of the northiand and heroes of | many rescues there, were organi ized today for a search of the barren Tundra and ice-logged seas ’ from Fairbanks to the pole, where a Russian plane was lost with a I crew of six. A Soviet Hight committion deI elded in Moscow that the plane was down in the Arctic C ircle, . probably on an lee floe and that ! "iced wings” was the cause of the landing. I They had food and supplies for • 45 days, including sleeping bags, tent axes, portable radio and rub- | her ' Roat. They left Moscow. | bound for the United States, at I 10; 13 p. in. CST Thursday. The arctic winter was approaching to plunge the polar area into darkness and bitter cold. I There was no definite word since 7:35 a. m. CST Friday, two j hours after the plane crossed the I North Pole flying blindly in a howling storm against a 6<>-nnle I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

AUTO PLUNGES INTO CREEK AS FOUR ARE HURT Iwo Local Young Men, (•irl ( ompanions Injured At Fort Wayne Two Decatur young men. accompanied by two Fort Wayne girls were Injured late Saturday night when their auto left the road on a curve, plunging 12 feet into a creek "bed. The accident occurred on State street in Fort Wayne. Raymond Roop, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse RiMip, of this city, sustained severed tendons on the right wrist, cuts over the right eye and bruises. Harold Kolter, son of Fred Koi ter, of this city, suffered a broken nose, bruised shoulder and other minor injuries. Miss Grace Koch, i of Fort Wayne, sustained cuts over the eyes and nose. Miss Loretta Temple, also of Fort Wayne, suffered cuts on the forehead and lower lip. The four were taken to the Methodist hospital. Young Kolter was to be returned home today. Fort Wayne officers reported that the car was traveling too fast to make the curve, since the driver was unfamiliar with the road. The auto, which plunged into the water, was almost completely demolished. Passersby pulled the victims from the overturned auto. ■ ——o School Superintendent Starts Fourth Term C. E. Striker, county school superintendent, this morning <>fficially I started serving his fourth fouryear term in that office. By virtue of his election last June he will serve until 1941. o Rufus Inniger Is Taken From Hospital Rufus Inniger, prominent Adams county farmer, who was severely injured on Friday, August 6, when a prize-winning Guernsey bull gor , led him during the livestock parade for the Decatur Free Street fair, I was released this morning from the Adams county memorial h-xspital. He was at first in a serious condi- J tion front the injuries. BREAK-INS ARE REPORTED HERE Police Report Series Os Robbery Attempts Over Week End — Police are investigating the | possibility that a group of boys j are responsible for a series of break-ins reported in the last few days Sunday night, Clarence Hunter, a driver for the Carroll Coal company, reported that some one broke into his house on Seventh street and stole between $lO and sll from his trouser pockets as he I slept. Glen Vian, manager of the ser-1 vice station at the corner of Eighth and Monroe streets reporti ed that Sunday night, thieves rei moved the putty from a window and broke into the rest room. As the door was locked into the station proper, nothing was taken. Ed Miller reported that his gro-1 eery on West Adams street was the scene of an attempted break-in Saturday night. Thieves attempt-; ed to jimmy one of the windows with a set of tire tools. They; evidently became frightened and’ fled before they gained entrance. | leaving their tools behind them. Last week the Carroll Coal company reported that some one had broken into its office during the night and stolen approximately $2.00. As the methods were similar, police believe the possibility is strong that the crimes are the work of the same gang, probably boys. Partial descriptions of reported prowlers are being checked. o — —' —* Flies To Attend Hyland Funeral Miss Kate Touhey flew from I Los Angeles to attend the funeral of her niece. Miss Katherine Hyland at St. Mary's Catholic church this morning. Miss Touhey left Los Angeles, where she is ' em--1 ployed in the federal revenue department, Friday morning, and arrived in Chicago Saturday morning. She took the train to Decatur and arrived here about 1 o'clock. Miss Touhey formerly lived here.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, Auirust 16, 1937.

' - — - - —' Cotton Senators Ask Showdown -2. l-r • Hi , I ‘ \ JI \ ■ -f ' " | x V ■ - ' v.._. I Senator Smith Secretary Wallace w Demands of southern senators for a 1937 cotton loan program lias met with resistance from president Roosevelt who has insisted that crop control measures be legislated if loans are authorized. Adopting i a resolution that a 10-cent cotton loan program be adopted, the senate agricultural committee, headed by Senator “Cotton Ed” Smith of South Carolina, recommended a government guarantee of higher prices if tile market failed to respond. Senator Smith is shown here at the committee hearing conferring with Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace, ! champion of the administration crop control program.

THREE BUDGETS ARE SUBMITTED Budgets Submitted For Coroner, Prosecutor, Court House County Coroner Robert Zwick today was the first county officer to file an estimated budget for 1938 expenses, in which no increase is sought. His proposed 1938 budget is $750, the same as his appropriation for 1937. Two other proposed budgets have been ' filed. County Coroner The proposed budget is: salary or per dieifi of coroner, $350; per diem of clerk, SSO; per diem of autopsy. $200; witness fees. $75; ■ traveling expense. SSO; stationery and printing, $25, and total, $750. This is exactly the same as his 1937 appropriation. Court House An increase of sl-170 has been asked for maintenance of the court house in the 1938 budget. The proposed 1938 budget is: salary of custodian. $1,200; salary of matron, $400; salary of other employes, $100; freight, express| and transportation. SSO; electric , current, $600; water. $350; painting outside of court house. $1,200; j I repairs of equipment, $300; fuel, | $1,000; janitor supplies, $350; . matron supplies. $l5O. and total I | $5,720. The 1937 appropriation is: sal-; I ary of custodian, $900; salary of j matron. $400; freight, express and drayage, SSO; electric current, $500; water. $350; repairs of build-' ing and structures, $600; repairs of equipment, $150; • fuel. $1,000; janitor supplies. S3OO, and total, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o GIRL IS HURT ! IN AUTO CRASH Beverly Amstutz, 13, Suffers Slight Concussion In Wreck Here i Beverly Amstutz, 12-year old ' Pennville girl sustained a slight brain concussion Sunday evening when the car in which she was riding. driven by her grandfather. J. M. Bl.xsom, collied with an auto driven by Lewis Wieshart, of Delphos, Ohio.' I The accident occurred on the Piqua road one and one-quarter miles east of this city, near road 224 about 5:30 o’clock last evening. Wieshart was enroute to this city and BV.xsom was driving over the short-cut to the Fort Wayne Deca tur road. Miss Francis Standiford, Wren Ohio, who was riding with Wieshart was slightly injured. Bonila Bloxj som, 32, riding with Bloxsom, was ' unhurt. Neither of the drivers was injured. j Both of the cars were heavily damaged. Sheriff Dallas Brown was the investigating officer in the crash. Miss Astutz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Amstutz, has been making her home with tho grandparents. Her parents are missionaries in Singapore. She was released this morning from the Adams county memorial hospital after treatment.

Report Giant Beast Terrifying Persons Along Ohio River Boonville, Ind., Aug. 16.—(U.R) Mothers kept their children indoors today as a searching party scoured nearby woods looking for a Giant beast which renders the night hideous with blood-curdling screams and leaves footprints "larger than a man's." The animal was heard first a year ago near the home of Ralph Duff, a fisherman living near the river. His police dog returned home one day with its fur in shreds and jawbones crushed. It had to be shot. Friday night the Duffs said they heard the same beastly howl and Mrs. Duff said she saw a towering monster “as large as a bear." She screamed and ft ran away. Duff has set a number of bear traps fearful that the beast may return. Some residents believe the animal an ape which may live along the Ohio river in a eave. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Funeral Services Will Be Held Here Tuesday For .1. L. Gay Funeral services £ >r J. L. Gay, 72, i former prominent Decatur business I man and undertaker who died Sat urday evening at his home in Alma, Michigan. will be- held Tuesday as- ! ternoon at the home of a son, j Claude Gay, f> «ir miles east of this city. The deceased was born near Bucyrus, Ohio August 16, 1864 the only son ?f Andrew and Elizabeth Stewart-Gay. The family moved to | this county when he was a young [child. n 1884 he was united in marriage to Martha E. Teeple. The couple .resided on a farm here until 1892, when they moved to Goshen, where I lie entered the undertaking busiI ness. Five years later he returned to this city, where he became a member of the firm of Auten and Gay, with F. J. Auten as partner. Fallowing the death of Auten, a daughter, Miss Mattie Auten, of Fort Wayne, assumed her father's interest with Mr. Gay. In 1895 Wil-1 liam Zwick, of this city, purchased 1 the Auten interests, changing the firm to Gay and Zwick. In 1909 the late R. D. Meyers, of this city, entered the firm, known as Gay, Zw-ick and Meyers. The firm continued until 1926 when Mr. Gay sold his interests to the two . partners, in November of that year the deceased moved to Alma. Michigan, where he resided until the time of his death. His wife preceded him in death (CO”TTNUED ON PAGE FOUR) Two Sets Os Twins Undergo Operations Two young sets of twins and their j two sisters were admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital this n. .rning for tonsillectomy oper- ■ ations. Warren and Laureen, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Arnold, of route two, with another sister, Beverly, were all admitted for the removal of their tonsils. Mary and Martha, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blair, of Monroeville, and another sister Lois, were also admitted.

Shanghai Death Toll Mounts As Bitter Battle Is Fought For Control Os Large City

NOMINATION OF BLACK FAVORED BY COMMITTEE Senate Committee Votes 13 To 4 In Favor Os Nomination i Washington, Aug. 16—(U.R>—The 1 senate judiciary committee today I voted 13 to 4 to recommend to I the senate confirmation of the i nomination of Sen. Hugo L. Black. I D., Ala., as justice of the supreme court. 1 The committee vote was 13 to • ' I and presages a sharp floor bat- I tie, starting tomorrow, over con- < 1 firmation. 1 The action of the committee was not unexpected. A bloc of i ' Democratic and Republican mem- ' bers arguer vainly for public hear- i Ings at which Black and others might testify. Sen. William E. Borah, R„ Ida., 1 Sen. Edward R. Burke, D., Neb., and Sen. Warren R. Austin. R., Vt. i presented to the committee at a I two-hour executive session a de- i tailed argument of their view that t Black is not eligible for the su- 1 preme court post vacated by re- I tirement of Associate Justice Wil- < lis Van Devanter. • Borah argued that no vacancy i exists on the court due to faults in ■ the retirement act. Austin and ’ Burke contended that Black is 1 constitutionally barred from tak- 1 ing the post because the congress I in which he served increased the ' emoluments of the office by passing the supreme court retirement act. Burke, Austin, Sen. Styles Bridges, R.. N. H.. and possibly Sen. Royal S. Copeland, D., N. Y.. who has so far remained silent on the nomination, were expected i to carry the brunt of floor debate against confirmation of Black. Whether the question of Black’s I past attitude toward the ku klu.x ■ klan would be raised was uncertain. But Bridges planned to move in the senate to send the nomination back to committee with in i structions to hold public hearings. All such maneuvers appeared headed for defeat on the floor. Friends of Black said there would not be more than 20 or 23 votes , against confirmation. 1 Tlie decisive vote on Black came i when Austin moved in the committee to delay action on the nominaI tion pending further investigation of the legality of the appointment. The Black forces beat down that move by a vote of 11 to 5, making certain that the opposition was headed for defeat. I On the actual vote to approve the nomination, the committee division was 13 to 4. Senators voting to report the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 VIOLENT DEATH TOLL LOWERED Fewer Killed Over WeekEnd In Indiana Than Is Usual By United Press Only five persons died violent deaths in Indiana over the week end but more than a score were injured, several critically, in traffic accidents throughout the state. A passenger was killed and five other persons were injured, two ; critically, in twm airplane crashes. I William Dowman. 22, Danville, : 111., a passenger, and holder of a private pilot’s license, was killed instantly when a plane in which he was riding crashed a mile west, of Rockville. Earl Dallas Bowman, 19, brother of the victim, and Elmo Parker. 30, Rockville, pilot of the ship, was seriously injured. Witnesses said the plane developed motor trouble and then crashed. In a second crash two passengers were injured critically and [ the pilot seriously when the plane in which they were riding suddenly went into a spin and plunged 300 feet into a cornfield southwest of Logansport. Taken to Cass county hospital in critical condition were Harold Wade, 25, and Dale Reppert, 29. I C. T. Smith, pilot of the plane, I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

FAULKNER LAD STILL SERIOUS Condition Os Injured Ft Wayne Youth Is Still Serious The condition of Joe Faulkner, Jr., son of Joe Faulkner, Sr., of Fort Wayne, who was injured Friday night when the car in which he was riding crashed into a bridge guard-rail north of Monmouth, was still serious today, the attending physician stated. Faulkner still has not regained consciousness, the physician stated. He is suffering from a severe brain concussion and a possible skull fracture, the doctor said at noon today. His condition has prevented taking of X-rays to determine whether the 19-year-old Fort Wayne lad! is suffering from a fractured skull. Dowling Improved Robert Dowling, son of William Dowling, former local man, who was also hurt in the crash, was reported as improved today by his physician. His injuries consisted mostly of a severely lacerated face and head. He was reported to have been on the operating table nearly an hour while surgeons endeavored to close the gaping cuts on his face. Ned Klotz, driver of the car and James Logue, sustained but minor injuries in the crash and were released from the hospital late Friday night. Klotz was able to report the details of the crash to Sheriff Dallas Brown, who investigated. o Work Started On Remodeling Church Remodeling on the Monroe church project was scheduled to start today. During the period of remodeling, church services will be conducted ill the Monroe high school. HYLAND FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY Funeral Services Are Held Today For Tragic Wreck Victim Funeral services for Miss Katherine Hyland, payroll clerk at the General Electric Company, who met a tragic death in an auto accident near Warsaw last Thursday night, were held this morning at 9 o’clock from St. Mary's Catholic church. The casket was met and blessed at the church by Rev. Father Alva Jasinski, assistant pastor, who celebrated the requiem high mass. Pall bearers xvere Frank Braun, Herman Keller. Milton Swearingen. Wendell Macklin, Norbert Holthouse and Hugh Holthouse. Honorary pall bearers were Mrs. Robert Helm, Mrs. Hugh Holthouse, Miss Fern Passwater, Miss Lorena Reppert, Miss Ann Murtaugh and Miss Mildred Walker of Washington. A large number of friends and officials and employes of the General Electric Company attended the services. Burial was made in St. Joseph's cemetery. Miss Agnes Baker, a companion of Miss Hyland on the fateful trip, was able to attend the services. Miss Baker received a number of injuries in the wreck. Further examination of Robert Morton, also injured in the accident, has disclosed that he is suffering from a fractured skull but is expected to recover. Miss Marjorie Dague. fourth occupant of the car, is recovering from her injuries. Both are still confined to the McDonald hospital at Warsaw. • —o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 74 10:00 a. m. 80 Noon 88 2:00 p. m. 9G 3:00 p. m. 99 WEATHER Generally fair and continued warm onight and Tuesday with slightly warmer extreme north tonight.

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Foreigners Thronging To Steamship Offices In Effort To Escape From Rain Os Death. FRIGHTFUL TOLL (Copyright 1937 by UP.) Shanghai, Aug. 16. — (U.R) —Chinese and Japanese airplanes, artillery, and antiaircraft batteries rained death on this blood-soaked city of more than 3,500,000 people tonight as the struggle for control of the vital area at the mouth of the Yangtse river entered its second week. Dead in the foreign controlled areas, including military, were conservatively estimated at more than 3,500 and the wounded at triple that number. More than 140,000 Chinese and along a front of about 35 miles. | Japanese were locked in battle Both sides were supported by I scores of airplanes and the Japanese by at least 40 warships including one or more aircraft carriers. Civilian dead, officially announced by police, included 1.047 in the great world amusement resort on the border of the international settlement and the French concession; 130 in Nanking road in the "'Times Square” area of the international concession; 453 in the French concession; 100 on North Broadway in the international settlement and 230 in scattered points in the settlement. The great majority of the civilian dead were Chinese. No Americans were listed killed in addition to the three men killed in Saturday's areial bombings by Chinese planes. The battle for control of the city was the greatest ever fought in Shanghai — exceeding in horror even the terrific five weeks strug- ‘ gle in the “Shanghai war" of 1932. Neither side was giving out any ’ detailed figures on military casual- ’ ties but it was certain they were running into the thousands. A battle has raged almost conI tinuously now for more than 80 hours and. on the basis of 1932 casualty figures, it was believed I the Japanese armed forces had lost I more than 1.000 killed and the I I Chinese more than 3,000. -1 Applying the usua Irule foreign I military attaches guessed the num- ■ ber of military wounded at roughly three times the number of dead. Warn Americans Shanghai, Aug. 16.—(U.R)—American and other foreigners througed steamship offices today, seeking to get away from the fighting in Shanghai. Admiral Harry E. Yarhell, American naval commandant, and American Consul Clarence E. Gauss warned that American women and children should get out. Gauss nnounced that women employes of the consulate general genera* would be evacuated to Manila, the first group sailing in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) oDRUNK DRIVING CHARGE FILED Gene Maier Arrested On A Drunken Driving Charge Saturday Gene Haro'd Maier, 22, is being held in the Adams county jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated filed against him this morning. He was arrested on North Second street Saturday night after he struck a parked car owned by Harold Baker. Maier had previously been ordered off the streets by night police, when he was reported to have been in an argument. He was arrested at 12 o’clock Saturday night alter the accident, which did considerable damage to his car. The arresting officers were Adrian Coffee and Roy Chilcote. Ed Eichhorn was arrested Saturday night on a reckless driving charge after he was reported to have passed the city police car and two othere on the curve on North Second street. The arrest was made by officers Chilcote and Coffee. The case against Maier has been filed in the Adame circuit court, and the case against Eichorn in the city court. Maier was recently separated from his wife and charges of failure to support wife and child were also filed by Prosecutor Voglewede against him in the Adams circuit; uiurt.