Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1937 — Page 1

ijXXV. No. 105.

I if nerican Steamer ymbed Today By | i Chinese Airplanes

lect Hits By Four Injure Seven And Stun PassTS ATTACK 11. R. Ekins :bi 1H37 bjr UP ) \ug (l).R> Four lanes bombed the Am('resident Hoover off ay, making three dial h damaged the iiner. of the crew and stunnassengerf. p, flagship of the Dol.(1 263 passengers and * admitted that it was (hich bombed the linplained that the airit for a Japanese Hr! occurred at 5:40 p.m., s ht. when, according officials, the size of i the Dollar signs of the funnels should tinly visible from the ■nt Hoover,‘one of the i plying the Pacific, ibout 20 miles off the and 50 miles from h.- was en route to m Manila to pick up Lerican refugees, sc frankly assumed ility for the bombing ill amends. Johnson, United Stat or. was ordered to is representations to ■asking government. L Yui of Shanghai detatement: to information which ved. the unfortunate due to a mistake on Chiuese airplane pilok the Hoover for an p ON PAGE FIVB) (EMBERS HATE FAIR mbers Os 4-H To State Fair iturday club boys and girls e state fair Saturday,! 4-H club day at the j boys and girls have to make this trip on heir general achievework. They will go irs and the groups ide up as follows: turn will take Berna-i Carolyn Muselman, rs. Irene Mathys aud He will meet the tnd Muselman at the Berne at 6:15 p. m., » Mathys and Moser e bus station at Ge- j aum and Gerhart take Cinton gteury, rtz, Raymond Mazeshaum, Clara Steury, !>egger, Milto NussI Schwartz aud Roy rsehy will meet Mary ■tty Ann Kohne and ter at his home at meet Agnes Gould ibegger at the Coplion at 6:00. E. Mann will take ig, Don Arnold, Hugh tobert L. Mann, id, Margaret Moses, lia. and Norma J. II make the trip with imann, Lloyd Kltson, Dorothy Frohnapfel, s and Arthur Poling lianapolis with Boyd T plan to meet Mr. Rice hotel at 6. mid, David Mosser, arts, and Glen Grlfr the livestock judgonday, September 6. j s planning to drive Stuckey has also won and she w-jil go with her" ]V •''anie Society I To Meet Tuesday of the Holy Name socK 3 , r? as, bed to meet at the °< Cdumbus hall at 7:30 B<say PVenin S. from Wi!! go to the Bernard Pg ome t 0 recite t ij e rosary.

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Pastor Returns 1 - * a Rev. L. J. Marlin, pastor of the Eighth Street U. B. church here, j was returned to the local charge i for the third year, by the Auglaize annual conference, held at Rock ford. O. LOCAL PASTOR”' IS RETURNED Rev. L. J. Martin Is Returned To Eighth Street i . B. Church Rev. Luke J. Martin, for two years pastor of the Eighth Street United Brethren church in this city, Sunday was returned to the local charge. Rev. Martin’s reappointment was announced at the clostng sesion of the. iird annual meeting at the Auglaize conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, i which was held at Rockford, Ohio, closing Sunday. The local congregation today announced purchase of a lot on the corner of state highway 224, and Eleventh street, where a new church is to be constructed. Dr. G M Sill of Rockford was reflected presiding elder during the annual conference. Bishop C. A. Mummart of Greencastle. Pa., I presided over the business sess ions. Plans were started to build a new dormitory to care for the juniors attending the camp meeting next year, and also to enlarge other buildings at the camp ground. Report of the stationing commit--1 tee was read Sunday. The complete report follows: Conference district, G. M. Sill, j presiding elder; Collett circuit, S. A Macklin, Zanesville; Criders ville-Quincy circuit, Jesse Shaw. Van Wert; Decatur mission station, Luke J. Martin; Fort Wayne mission. Paul Parker; McGill cir cuit M J. Burkholder, Collett; ! Montecello circuit. W C. Divies; i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) POSTAL BOXES AOE INSTALLED City And Rural Mail Boxes Are Replaced Or Repaired Acting Postmaster Mrs. Lola P. Macklin stated ivday that the campaign to improve main service in the Decatur poet office territory is rapidly progressing. All city mall boxes have been repainted. the poets straightened newly-printed time cards inserted and other improvements made where necessary. Rural sections are also taking an active part in the improvement campaign. according to C. E. H° cker ’ assistant postmaster. Mr. H °cker | stated that many new regulation boxes are being installed. On route four a 100 percent mi- ! provement has been made, he stat.ed Out of the 202 boxes on the route, 74 new ones have been installed and all others improved. Orders for 12 new boxes were recalved i'day. he .aid. Officials o the post office Issued a statement today, thanking the tro * ** their cooperation and pledK K more efficient services through the ; efforts of the campaign. A'l new mail boxes must be of the regulation type, according to a postal ruling.

VIOLENT DEATH TOLL MOUNTING — Traffic Accidents Continue To Take Toll In State By United Press Ten persons died violently In Indiana over the week end. Eight of the victims suffered fatal Injur--1 i** B la traffic accidents on crowded l highways, one died of lockjaw and another drowned in a gravel pit. Charles Rude, Jr., 13, of Sul!!-! van, was drowned while wading in j a gravel pit west of Sullivrfn. The ! youth, who could not swim, was lielieved to have stepped into a deep hole. Robert Eskew, 24, Logansport, died at his home from lockjaw Cause of the infection was not j determined. Joseph O. Long, prominent state lodgeman and former president of the Cass council, died in Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, from ! Injuries suffered In an automobile accident late hist week. He was a resident of Logansport. Charles Junes. 62. Terre Haute, died in Union hospital, Terre Haute, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Jones ; was a passenger in an automobile ! driven by his son-in-law, George Bose, 40, Hymera, which collided with one operated by Ethel Mur-' ray, 50, also of Terre Haute. Two were killed and three others injured, one critically, in a | collision of two automobiles on . Indiana highway 3 near Memorial Park, two miles north of New ' Castle. I The dead are Mr. and Mrs. J. R Hunuieutt, 78 and 76 years old, respectively. The injured are Mrs. Earl Hern, 28. Marion, in critical condition, her husband. Earl. 29, and Oliver 1 Gentry, 22, also of Marion. Po- ! lice said Hannieutt was attempting : to turn left across the highway to enter the park when his automobile was struck by Hern's car. Mrs. Nettie Tate. 30, Indlanapo-1 Us, was killed and five persons! were injured, one critically, when ! the automobile in which they were riding failed to negotiate a turn ' and crashed into a tree four miles' ■ — (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ADAMSTHEATER PLANS ADDITION Seating Capacity Os Local Theater To Be Increased An addition to the Adams theater that will increase the capacity to nearly 900 seats will be constructed this fall, according to an announcement made today by I. A. Kalver. Plans are now being prepared by Leroy Bradley, Fort Wayne architect, and the enlargement of the 1 theater will be started as soon as possible. The new addition to the theater will be extended 30 feet to the rear 'of the present building, where a brick garage now stands. The cooling plant, which is now housed in the garage, will be moved to the roof of the new structure. A new, enlarged picture screen will also be erected. All work is being ! so arranged that the Adams w ill j continue in operation during the remodeling, and there will be no shut down. The addition will permit the installation of approximately 250 more seats, and will make the Adams one of the largest and most modern theaters in the state for a city the size of Decatur. The auditorium will also be newly carpeted, it was stated. "With this enlargement program, we are keeping pace with Decatur’s progress," Mr. Kalver said. "We are anticipating a considerabe growth in the city s population, and hope through this new addition to take care of our patrons for a number of years to come. Escapes Injury As Two Autos Collide Alfred Beam. Decatur route one, escaped injury Saturday night about ill o’clock, when hie auto collided. 1 w'th one which reportedly ran a stop light on a Fort Wayne avenue Clarence Fitzvater, of Fort I Wayne, driver ?£ the car which re- ; portedly ran the light, is being sought by Fort Wayne police, according to the report. Paul Sunderheimer and Norman Gordon, both of \ Fort Wayne, who were riding with I Fitzwater, were taken to the Methodist hospital. Sunderheimer received a severe scalp laceration and • Gordon a head laceration. The accident occurred at the Clinton and Creighton street -intersection.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 30, 1937.

School Registration Will Open Tuesday W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, announced toI day that registration for the 1937I 38 school year will open Tuesday at the high school office. Registration will be he'd each day, from 9 a. m. until 4 g. m. Seniors will register Tuesday, juniors on Wednesday, sophomoreo Tliura day and freshmen Friday. Looker keys wit' be assigned during the re-gist rati >l. OPEN INSTITUTE THIS MORNING Annual Teachers’ Institute Opens Today At High School Approximately 165 teachers were j ! registered in the annual Adams County Teacher’s Institute which opened today and will continue through Tuesday afternoon. Two talks were oil this afternoon's program. The first was delivered by Dr. Robert Hal!, of | Michigan City, chaplain of the In-, diana state prison. He substituted I for Dr. Frederick Gaige. of Penn-1 sylvania, who was unable to at-1 tend because of sickness. Dr I Hall’s subject was "An Hour with Rndyard Kipling.” Dr. Edwin Barlow Evans, poet, lecturer and professor of English I literature at the University of South Carolina, delivered the second address this afternoon on the subject: “Who we are. How we are. What we are.” Tuesday morning at 9 a. m., the elementary teachers will meet and i at l p m. the high school teachers | The invocation was said this j morning by the Rev. Ralph Waldo! Graham, pastor of the Methodist | Episcopal church here. Clifton E. i Striker, county superintendent of i schools, was in charge of the j meeting and introduced the speak- - j ers. | A representative of the execu-: ! tive committee of the Indiana I i state teachers’ association present-1 l ed a plan for the unification of - teachers’ associations in Indiana, which will be voted on at the f ill meeting of the Northeastern Indiana teachers institute in Part j | Wayne. There were about 100 rural I teachers, 25 from Berne and 60 'from Decatur at the meeting this | morning. The last address delivered in i this morning’s session was by Dr. - Hall, who spoke on "The Duties of , a Prison Chaplain.” He said in part: "There are approximately 10.000 people under lock and key in Indiana in spite of ail of the preachers, teachers and literature “Every child that is born is a problem. The problem that has faced us through the years hits been one of personality. 'Be ye ■ not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewal of the mind' is the answer of St. ' Paul to this problem. ’ “Half of the 2,500 men who live 1 in Michigan City penitentiary have been in prison before. I do not blame them all. They are not all dogs. Every child that is born is 1 a little savage and it is our duty [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) >| 0 ' [ Ed Jaberg Auto Damaged Sunday i ■ An auto owned by Ed Jaberg, of > this city, was elightly damaged at 9 o’clock last evening when a car. • reportedly driven by A. D. Peoples I of Houston, Texas, struck it Officers Miller and Coffee investigated.

Roosevelt’s Mother Asserts Third Term Out Os Question !

. i (Copyright 1937 by United Press) Paris, Aug. 30—(UP)—President j .! Roosevelt does not want a third 1 , j term, his mother, Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt, declared t"day. • I am sure my son dots not want to run for a third term as President,” Mrs. Roosevelt said in an ex- ! elusive interview with the United Press. , "He fee-ls that when he has comt pleted the next three years, he will ! I have done what was expected of | l him and will be- ready to let some- . one take his place. Surely there are t ether able men in the country com- | petent for the presidency.” ; Regarding rumors that the Pre- j - sident might be planning to start a i - third party, Mrs. Roosevelt said she | t had never heard him mention such > i : a possibility. She believes the idea i • could not originate with him be-, - cause he is an ardent Democrat. j l “Dictatorship,” she declared, "is - the furthest thing from his mind,’ , 1 adding that he never liked the idea of dictatorship and would not want,

GREAT BRITAIN DEMANDS REPLY FROMJAPANESE Demands Early Reply To . Attack On British I Ambassador London. Aug 30 — OJ.R) — Great | Britain will follow up her note of j protest to Japan with an early j demand for a prompt, satisfactory I reply, it was reported today. J. 1., Dodds, British charge d'affaires at Tokyo, presented the note yesterday to Koki Hirota, Japanese foreign minister, demanding the "fullest measure of redress” for a Japanese airplane ( attack on the British ambassador j I to China. I 1 llirota was report ed to have told 11 Dodds that Japan would reply i when a joint Britlsh-Japaneae in- t vestigation of tile attack was com- 1 pleted. But it was indicated strongly ; that if the investigation was not | ; | completed with sufficient prompt-!, ness to ensure an early reply, j, j Britain would demand action in j | I even firmer tones than that of its }, j first note. ! ■ j Until the government has re-1 j ceived satisfaction, it is under- j stood that Sir Robert Craigie, the j | new ambassador to Japan, would j , not go to Tokyo. This would keep j ( ; Britain’s anger fresh in Japan's j , ' mind. ( There was a general belief that | Japan's first note in reply to the protest would lie an interim one, perhaps presenting mitigating , facts and seeking, between the lines, to find out more about the extent of Britain's anger — not only over the attack on the amI bassador but on such matters as the new blockade and the constant | danger to all British subjects in j Chinese war areas. Charges Violation | Geneva. Aug. 30 — <U.R) —China . charged in a note to the league of ! nations today that Japan has vioj lated tlie league covenant, thej I Kellogg peace pact and the ninepower treaty among nations inter- | ested in the Pacific area. The Chinese did not ask for (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOST BROTHER LOCATED HERE — Joe Williams Located, But Brother Returns To Home A long-lost brother, sought fori 14 years, was located late Satur- . day, only to discover that the seeker had been lost in tne meantime. ; Jim Williams, of Newport, ask-, ed the assistance of Police Chief i Sephus Melchi and the Decatur! . Daily Democrat Saturday morning . in the search for his brother, Joe, whom he had not seen for 14 years.: I A short time after the story ap- : . peared in the Democrat, Dr. H. . Erohnapfel recognized the name ■ as being that of one of his patients, living east of Hoagland. He immediately notified Chief Melchi. Brother Jim. however, discouraged at not being able to locate the r brother, evidently returned to his Newport, Indiana hoijie. Chief ’ Melchi stated this morning that he : would write to the Newport man j . in an effort to re-unite the broth- j i ers, separated 14 ago when they ■ were taken from a Weils county . orphanage by different .families.

it for himself. "Criticism does not seem to bother the President,” she commented. “It is no doubt discouraging but he loves this task and goes ahead with what he thinks is the best • course.’’ The supreme court plan, Mrs. R..oßev€-lt said, was rot initiated be- ' cause the President had anything against any member of the court 1 but rather because he is far-sighted 'and interested in the country's future. j Mrs. Roosevelt, who is on a vaca tion, came here from the Salzburg J music festival ter a month’s stay, ' during which she will explore the i Parish exposition thoroughly. It will ! be her second one. As a little girl ishe visited the Paris exposition of J 1867. I Since her arrival she has been entertained by Ambassador William jc. Bullitt, Ambassador to Russian Joseph E. Davies, and French offi[cials.

Bernard T. Terveer Fatally Injured In Automobile-Truck Collision Near City Sunday

READ VAN NUYS OUT OF PARTY Gov. Townsend Assails Sen. Van Nuys Before Editors (Copyright 1937 by UP.) Indianapolis, Aug. 30. — (U.R> — Gov. M. Clifford Townsend “hated" to assail Senator Frederick Van I Nuys for deserting President Roosevelt on the Supreme Court reform proposal, “but someone had to do it,” he informed the United Press in an exclusive interview. "The party can't go two ways at the same time,” the governor said as he left French Lick Springs after addressing the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association. There he included Van Nuys in the category of “manlignering public officials” and formally urged that the party's scorn be turned uipon him. Van Nuys, meanwhile, splutteringly furious at the governor’s attack, today planned to redouble his efforts toward being renominated at the 1938 convention in spite of j the solid opposition of the statehouse machine. Van Nuys, however, was not furious enough to declare that he would run as an independent candidate and asserted that his first objective is to fight for renomination. Townsend in the interview said ' he did not think that Van Nuys will run as an independent. Informed that Van Nuys had left the banquet hall after Townsend's address in a high rage, Townsend said: "I'm sorry to hear that. I al- ! ways liked Fred personally and I still do. But the party can’t go two ways at the same time. We can’t run a campaign endorsing the record and administration of President Roosevelt and also supliort men who have opposed the president. “Last winter at Washington I sat next to Van Nuys at the appreciation dinner for Postmaster-Gen-eral Farley. “This was shortly after the Supreme Court plan had been proposed and Fred asked me what the people back home thought of it. I 1 told him the rank and file of the j party was for it. “Although I knew of it hut didn't ask or insist on it, the legislature voluntarily passed a resolution en- ! dorsing the president' stand on the

i court. I told Fred about that res- | olution and added that all these j | men in the legislature were doing their best to please the folks back home and knew what their people 1 were thinking. 1 told him I didn t think they would jeopardize their own political careers by deliber ately doing something their constituents opposed. “But he said that his mail didn't show that was the way the people were thinking.” “Why, in your opinion, did Van Nuys oppose the court plan and break with the administration?" the governor was asked. “The only reason I can see is that he must have received had (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CONTINUE WORK ON NEW BOILER Installation Os New Heating System Underway Here Preparatory work on the installation of the new heating system for the Adams county court house is gradually progressing. Workmen are still engaged in the removal of the old boiler, which has proven to be an unusually hard task. Since Thursday, when the workmen first started, the boiler I had been moved only a few feet late today. The steps, rails, and part of the stone platform had to be removed and some excavating done before j a hole large enough for the boiler to pass through, ccuid be made. Meanwhile another group of men is engaged today in flushing all radiators, which will be the only main part of the old system retained after the new two-boiler plan is installed. The work is being done by ! Liechty Bros., of Berne, under conI tract. Large groups of sightseers I have been attracted to the site on 1 the west lawn of the court house.

Wreck Vietim iyp win 'Ty * J|l|| • pfcs .S , * y Hm** ' : ; iPtSflr • Ml jgfi 7- ’,*■ /.; * ■ • 1 Bernard T. Terveer. prominent Decatur man, was fatally injured Sunday morning when his auto collided with a truck, two and onehalf miles north of Decatur on the old River road. ustsmonroT TEACHER STAFF Monroe Township Teaching Staff Announced By Trustee Teachers in Monroe township ; for the coming school term were I announced today by Trustee Ed- •! win Gilliom. I j Teachers in the Monroe high ' | school will be Rolland Sprunger, i I principal; Otto Hineman of Switz tiCity; Mildred Leyse, Decatur; f Walter Melirinther. Terre Haute; - IXirothy Baker, Hartford township i and Rowena Miller of Fort Wayne. Mr. Hineman will coach the I Monroe athletic teams this year, - succeeding Leonard Hewitt. He - will also teach physical education. Teachers in the grades will be - Lloyd Johnson and Carguerite Lew- - ellen. Those in the district schools ! will be: two. Helen Roop; three, i Jeanette Rich; four, Eldon Sprung- > er; five, Howard Brandy berry; six, Lester Strahm; eight, Brasilia t Burkhead and Ezra Snyder, and s nine, Mary E. Potts. District - seven has been discontinued. ; o

Supposed Mad Dog Shot Here Sunday A dog thought to be suffering from hydrophobia caused alarm among residents of the south part of the city Sunday afternoon, before it was shot on Mcßarnes street. N.? one wae reported bitten hut at least one woman was scratched by the dog. A representative of the state health department was called to. the scene and dismembered the body and sent the head to Indianapolis where an examination will be made of the brain to determine whether it was afflicted with hydrophobia. o American Legion Meeting Tonight All members of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion are urged to attend the meeting at 8 o’clock at the Legion home, First and Madison streets. Tonight's meeting replaces the regular one, scheduled for last week and postponed because of the annual state convention. Officers Find No Trace Os Prowler Policemen Miller and Coffee were ca'led to the Art Foreman residence on Fourteenth street last evening when neighbors reported some on's in the house, while the family was ! away. An investigation failed to find the intruder, however, o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. ..! 76 10:00 a. m. — *6 Noon 90 2:00 p. m. - 98 3:00 p. m. 99 WEATHER Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Tuesday,

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Prominent Decatur Man Is Killed In Crash On Old River Road Sunday Morning. SCHAFER EMPLOYE Bernard T. Terveer, 47. a member of one of Decatur’s most prominent pioneer families, was fatally Injured in an automobile truck collision Sunday morning, the latest victim of Adams county's rapidly mounting traffic accidents. The sudden death of Mr. Terveer, father of seven children, came as a distinct shock to a host of relatives, friends and business associates. The victim had left his home early Sunday morning for a short automobile ride, a custom which I he had long practiced, before attending services at the St. Mary s Catholic church. Heading back to Decatur on the old River road about 7:30 o'clock, Mr. Terveer met a milk track, driven by Max Kreps, 22, who lives southwest of Decatur. The car and truck met neatly head-on, causing almost instant death to Mr. Terveer. Robert Zwtck. Adams county coroner, gave the principal cause of death as shock. The victim suffered a fractured left wrist, a badly bruised right arm, braises and cuts about the chest and abdomen, and possibly one or two fractured ribs. The accident victim also lost considerable blood. Mr. Terveer was brought to the Adams county memorial hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Death was practically instantaneous, physicians said. Auto Demolished The entire left side and rear end ; of the auto were practically de tnolished. The left door of the Chevrolet coach was impaled on 1 the bed of the truck. After the collision, the milk ! track overturned. Kreps. drive.’ of the track, escaped with or.ly minor cuts and bruises. The truck • was badly damaged. Coroner Zwiek stated he would return a verdict of accidental death. Veteran Employe Mr. Terveer had been employed as bookkeeper and accountant at the Schafer Wholesale Hardware company for 23 years and was one of the company’s most valued employes. Mr. Terveer, after graduating from the St. Joseph's school, accepted a position in the Old Adams County Bank. He also served as deputy under Charles Yager m the county treasurer’s office. Native of Decatur The accident victim was born . in Decatur January 2. 1890, the son of Bernard J. and Mary Terveer. He married Miss Frances M. Deininger January 9, 1919. A faithful member of the St. Mary's Catholic church, Mr. Ter- . veer was a member of the Holy > Name Society and the local coun- > cil of the Knights of Columbus. Seven children surviving, all I living at home, are: Mary Martha, * John Bernard, David, Thomas, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) , DISTRICT MEET : HERE THURSDAY t , American Legion Auxiliary To Meet Here Thursday s The annual convention of the fourth district of the American Legion auxiliary will he held in this f city Thursday, September 2, with the local organization as host. > Approximately 100 members of i 18 units in Northeastern Indiana ■ are expected to attend, Mrs. Walter J Gladfe-lter, president of the local , post chapter, stated today. , An important event of the conven!on will be the installation of district officers. Mrs. Nellie Plattner of Auburn, will be installed as president, succeeding Mrs. Kate Zinn, of Churubusco. Mrs. Gladfelter stated today that all members wishing dinner reservations must call her by Wednesday. All sessions of the convention, opening at 10 o'clock in the morning, will be held in the First Christian church on South Second street. Local members are urged to attend the sessions at an early hour to aid In greeting the guests.