Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1937 — Page 1

■ XXXV. No. 2119.

| Safety Program I Is Lfounched By / “A S [focal Committee

-—■ |S n | Safety Committee Baunchey Program To '.'He.M'ii ganger From * ■r:tili'‘ Accidents. \Y()R speaks . ,i ... t iw O point I wa» [nlopli'ii and plans laid tor I sal< iy m-asuris. al the or meting ot the I aCSfei ' ll ' prevention committee, tile general Thursday night of the opening of school ' >*■>*■“' k emphasis was placed on safety school children. ■- of Walter rWi- K. sitperint' tident of III.' lie public schools; father Alvin. of (be St. Mary s Catloliv church, an d George Thor >■ of ,h, ‘ Cloverleaf Creamer I fihiwas appointed. j the request of Mayor A. R. I MAiis l '. who delivered the prin talk. committee niSel to investigate and make tuitions on hazardous tew*'’"'is ami other danger points in|.i * ity. which may be improv edif) uldiiional signal lights, signs an«other safety measures. . Oimnittee appoint* d to dis hazardous points in the city of Ed P Miller. Ralph lIW and Dan Tyndall. Mayor Speaks Holthouse, in his talk, out that the annual death accidents is equal to th*' number of American casualduring the IS months the II foil *1 States was in the World He said that this had been bright home to this community we. ks by tragi*- deaths of I 1 catur citizens. mayor endorsed the fiveprogram adopted by the accident prevention bureau, 1s sponsoring the Decatur He stressed the neces-.-ducation of drivers and pßLtrians in safety measures, and| urged less speed and more caution, telling the committee that minutes gained by taking chan.es on the highways r.re eelused to an advantage and are worth the danger. Krick spoke on the school cißiren problem, saying that although a few children have been injured slightly, none, fortunately, been seriously injured. He arg : the erection of school “stop" sigt to be erected on streets durtime school is dismissed, eajp|cially on through streets. K,. would be for the purpose of swing the few drivers who fail the school zone warning erected last year at the reof the Junior Chamber of ■ means of controlling the trh'lic during school hours were dis- sed, among which was the pSeibility of establishing safety I Industrial Traffic Gage told the committee of tjg danger and congestion on street from Dayton avenue tAluttinan. during the times that General Electric and tin* De Castings company are closthe noon hour. Ralph Roop. S works commissioner, report|^9that at a previous request of Gage the regular 30 miles an traffic signs have been ordOX PAGE SEVEN) g| O — ♦ ■Officials Decide ITo Keep Swimming Pool Open Longer ue to the hot weather and the that city officials wish to give children every opportunity to l the swimming pool, arrangents were made thia afternoon to ►p the pool open Saturday, Sunr and up to Monday evening, t was planned to close the |>ool light and start draining it Satlay, so it could be filled with t water far the boilers at the y plant. Arrangements were de with th.?- electric department defer the transfer of water unnext Tuesday. *owell Smith, city school teacher, o served in the place ot Marion tsel as supervisor at the pool the it W’eek, volunteered to remain on i »> over the week-end so the ildren could enjoy the pool up the last minute of vacation time. — o Library To Close The Decatur public library vill be closed Monday 'n oblervance of Labor Day, Miss iuth Winnes, city librarian, innounced today.

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New Moose Head a' New supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose is William J. Egun. 49. of Newark. N. J.. elected at the national convention at Cleveland as successor to William A. Anderson of Indianapolis. j ANOTHER SUIT AGAINST ERIE Crash Into Flasher Signal Brings Another Suit On Railroad Another suit was filed against the Erie Railroad company this morning, bringing the total dam- . ag« rtsited, rbstrttffig from auto crashes against the Mercer Avenue flasher signa l , to $47,500. The suit filed today asked f-“*r SSOO property damage, allegedly done to the truck and merchandise , ot the Seyfert Food Products com- i pany of Fort Wayne, when the' truck driven by John Herrmann struck the flasher signal. The other $47,000 damages is sought in five suits filed by accident victims and relatives following a crash that took two lives. Today's suit contains practically the same technical allegations that the other suits carried, including the fact that the “lights on the | flasher signal reflected down and that illumination was negligible, so that the obstruction could not well b seen.” The c.'irjplaint asks for a total of SSOO, which they allege was the amount of their, loss, including a s3ik> truck, from which they salvaged only $35; $181.96 merchandise and $125 for loss of business suffered when Mr. Herrmann was unable to work. While the suits brought as re(CONTTNUED ON PAGE SIX) o HEALTH RULES LISTED TODAY Health Board Secretatry Lists Rules On Diseases With the opening of school but a f w days away, Dr. R. E. Daniels, ’ secretary ot the city board of hea’th, called to the attention ot parents and children, rules regard- ( ing communicable diseases. While but few contagious dis-' eases have been reported in the city this summer, all precautions I are to be followed against the ! spread of any disease. As in previous years, any child recovered from a communicable . disease or coming from a family that has had a member afflicted, will be required to present a certificate of release from the family physician before attending classes. Dr. Daniels stated that his depart- | ment will wiak in conjunction with the office of superintendent Walter J. Krick to Insure the enforcement of this precaution. Decatur has been fortunate this year in escaping contagious disease usually prevalent among children of school age, the doctor stated. Only one case of infantile paralysis has been reported and that child is reported recovering, he said. Only one case of scarlet fever was reported during the past year, he said, and no diphtheria.

NATIONS PLAN TO WAGE WAR ON SUBMARINES British And French Warships Sent To Mediterranean London, Sept. 3- - (U.R) —British ] ( and French warships sped into the Mediterranean today to wage war on "pirate” submarines that . have attacked 20 ships in recent weeks. Britain sent, as a first reinforc- ‘ I ing fleet, eight destroyers; France I sent a strong submarine chasing fleet. All these ships, and the ones al ready in danger zones, were ordered to sink any submarine that attacked peaceful commerce. Britain sent from here today the 11th destroyer division, made up of the crack destroyers Firedrake, ; Forester, Fortune and Fury, reported to have made 38 knots 43% land miles—in trials, and ord i i ered more from the eastern Medi i I terranean. It was understood that the I French and British governments had agreed that French warships would protect British merchant- . men and British warships would protect French merchantmen. Both Britain and France, it was apparent, had decided to wage the grimmest war on “pirate” submarines. That means, presumably, that submarines are to be sunk . without trace. This avoids the I possible embarrassment that ! would arise if a submarine were i captured and turned out to belong I to a “friendly” nation instead of . to the Spanish nationalists. There were strong indications j that at a meeting of Mediterranean j powers at Geneva next week other | nations would join Britain and France in contributing to a joint 1 ‘anti piracy” fleet so that the whole Mediterranean would be turned into an unofficial war zone. | Soviet Russia, heaviest sufferer from torpedoings, was expected to insist on joining the combined (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) I j —— — - GAS ORDINANCE ISDISCUSSED Utility Officials Meet With City Officials On Change Tom Kelly, Fort Wayne, general I divisional manager and Joseph Lessig of the Northern Indiana Public I Service company, met with city officials Thursday afternoon, relative I to the proposed ordinance permitti ing the company to furnish natural ■ | gas in Decatur. The company officials agreed t? install a calorimeter for the measuring of B. T. U. content of gas. The instrument will be installed in one of the city buildings and read three to four times a day. The ordinance will be presented more action next Tuesday at the regular meeting of the ccaucil. The schedu'e of rates has already been approved by the Indiana public ser-1 vice commission and is designed to bring a reduction in gas costs, due to the higher heat content of natural gas over artificial gas. The company desires to supply natural gas in Decatur, Bluffton and F-.-t Wayne. Gas for the Deca- , tur territory will be tapped into the line northeast of the city and into the holder on Ninth street. All adjustments on stoves and other appliances necessary for the burning of natural gas will be made free of charge of the company. The ' saving in natural gas ever artificial gas, company officials state, comes j in the fact that less gas is required to produce the ame amount of I heat. o Local Red Men To Tri-State Meeting About 10 tnembers of the Decatur Improved Order of Red Men are (expected to attend the tri-state meeting of the lodge in Battle | Creek, Michigan next Saturday, September 11. Girl Is Injured By Lawnmower Thursday A three-year-old daughter of Mr. i and Mrs. Noah Wickey, west of ■ Berne, suffered severe leg lacer-' alions yesterday when she ran in ! front of a lawnmower operated by i her father. o— No Paper Monday In accordance with annual custom, the Daily Democrat will not publish an edition Labor Day, Monday, September 6. I

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 3, 1937.

Jack Ellsworth Talks On Conditions In East Jack Ellsworth, popular garage proprietor of this city, gave an interesting Talk on Japan and China at the regular meeting of the Ro--1 tary club last evening. Mr. Ellsworth was a member of I the navy during the World War | and spent several months in th** . Orient. The present war is a war lof aggression on the part of Jap- ; an to obtain more territory for its j people, the speaker said. Mr. Ells- | worth stated that in his opinion (the Japs would meet real opposi- 1 i tlon in the present battle sector from the Chinese. While in the navy Mr. Ellsworth also visited the Hawaiian Island** and other points in the east. AMERICANS ARE ENDANGERED IN SHANGHAI AREA Endangered As Troops Stage Worst Bombardment Os War By United Press Japanese and Chinese naval and land artillery and airplanes turned the Shanghai area Into an inferno in the most terrific bombardment of the war. American warships as well as marines and civilians ashore were in grave danger as they came in direct line of fire. Shells struck the Southern Baptist mission school in the outskirts of the city. The United States cruiser Augusta, anchored in the Whangpoo. was endangered by shells. The Chinese, apparently having received powerful artillery reinforcements. were fighting the invader desperately and successfulI ly. Japan's boast of a prompt subjugation of the city seemed for the time being to have been premature. At dusk, after a day long bombardment, the international settle ment still rocked from the concussions. The Japanese fired at least ' 500 rounds of naval shells, dropped j (-scores of aerial bombs and sub- ( I jected the native quarter of Poo-1 * tung, across the river from th*' ; city, to flames, The Japanese tried in vain to i silence Chinese machine gunners j I on the Pootung foreshore and the 1 I Chinese artillery batteries inland, I which peppered the Japanese ( I fleet, shelled all Japanese areas, north ot Soochow Creek in Shanghai and bombarded the Japanese I consulate. Japan was determined to prosecute the war to the end. The parliament convened in emergency session in Tokyo to vote $580,000 - ■ 000 for war purposes and to pass ; other urgent measures. Help Finance Japan i (Copyright 1937 by United Press) Washington. Sept, 3— (U.R) American and British banks are helping to finance Japan's undei dared war on China, even as the American and British govern(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) NO ALARM FOH EPIDEMIC HERE Physicians Not Alarmed Over Infantile Paralysis Scare Dr. Floyd Grandstaff, county health officer and Dr. R. E. Dani ids, city health officer, are not alarmed over the infantile paralyi sis situation, either in the county ! or city of Decatur. Dr. E. W. Jackson, state epide- ( miologist, of Indianapolis, was! here today, and accompanied by j Dr. Grandstaff, Dr. M. L. Ha beg-1 ger, Dr. D. D. Jones and Dr. Amos ; Reusser of Berne, made a trip of ( inspection this morning in the rural territory. Dr. Grandstaff reports only six cases In the county and Dr. Daniels stated only one case had been reported to him in Decatur. Dr. Grandstaff stated there might be a few scattered cases in the county, but felt that all cases had been reported to him. No new cases have been reported for two weeks. The physicians stated I there were no cases in Berne. I The disease is not considered of I epidemic proportion. Dr. Grandstaff stated. An epidemic would 1 be if 10 persons out of a thousand i fell victim to the disease. Local physicians expressed the belief that the disease was on the wane in this part of the state. Strict quarantine must he observed and all cases should be reportI ed to the city or county health I officer immediately, the health | officials stated. I

CARL PUMPHREY BOARD MEMBER Local Jeweler Appointed To County Tax Adjustment Board The appointment was announced ( today of Carl C. Pumphrey, Decatur jeweler, to the Adams county ! board of tax adjustment, to replace I. Bernstein, a Kepublican member of the board, whose I |, resignation has been accepted by : Judge Huber M. DeVoss. The board is to meet Monday, 1 i September 13 to examine and make reductions where possible in I the proposed 1938 budgets as sub-1 in it ted by the officers of the var i ious tax paying units in the county. Tile Adams county council will ■ - meet Tuesday to review the bud ; gets as submitted by the county < i officers. The proposed 1938 rate ( is 48 cents, one cent higher than the 1937 levy. The city council has already I approved a 40 cent rate for Deca tur next year, which will lie the i i same as has been in effect sine*' i depression years. Township councils will meet be fore September 13 to pass upon i the budgets as submitted by the trustees. The members of the county tax | adjustment boaru appointed by Judge DeVoss in addition to Mr., Pumphrey, are Ralph W. Snyder. ! of Geneva; Lawrence L. Yager, ot Berne, and George Krick, of Becatur. These men are freeholders. Other members of the board are Mayor A. R. Holthouse, representing the cities; James A. Hendricks, representing the county council, and Howard Mauller, representing the township trustees. By law. not more than four members of the board may be of one political party. o_____ Fort Wayne Woman Attempts Suicide Fort Viiyne, Ind.. Spet. 3—(UP) —Mrs. Vaulda Carpenter Haug, 22, was in a critical condition at St. .Joseph’s hospital after leaping fr-un a third story window ot the Palace hotel early today. DECATUR WOMEN ARE APPOINTED — Two Local Women Named To District Auxiliary Committees Two Decatur ladies were named to committees appointed by the district president. Mrs. Nellie Planner, Auburn, hs the closing act of the annual fourth district convention of the American Legion auxiliary, held at the First Christian church here yesterday. Mrs. Evelyn B. Gladfelter, local organization president, was named to the Knightstown home committee and Mrs. Naomi Bormann to the World War orphans home corn; I mittee. Mrs. Bormann, membership chairi man and vicepresident the past 1 year, was also presented with a pin. symbolic of leading a success-! ful membership drive. The pin was awarded by the state organ- ; ization. Named to aid the new president, Mrs. Plattner, were Mrs. Pauline Graham, of Fort Wayne as vice | president and Mrs. Beatrice Butler, of Auburn as secretary-treasurer. Announcement was made of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Two Autos Collide At Bryant Thursday Charles Marks, Jr., of Berne, sufi sered an injury to his left leg and ’ a badly bruised face yesterday, when the car he was driving col- ! tided with an auto driven by Clyde Murray of Marion. The accident! happened near Bryant. o Marion Neprud’s Brother In China Carl Neprud. brother of Miss Marian Neprud, formerly community manager of the Decatur Homesteads project and now associated with the nati.na! farm security administration ie believed to be in Shanghai, China. Miss Neprud r eceived a letter from him, believed written about ( August 12, a few days before the bombing began in the city of Shan- | ghat. He stated he planned to leave I in a few days but no word has been I * received from him since. j : Mr. Neprud planned to rejoin his ! t family, which is vacationing in a t summer resort in Japan. He is asse- l jciated in the Chinese customs serIvice as a foreign representative, *

CITY OFFICIALS TAKE STEPS TO HALT EPIDEMIC Infantile Paralysis Epidemic In Central United States (Copyright 1937 by UP.) Chicago, Sept. 3. —<U.R) An epiIdemic of quick-striking, deadly infantile paralysis, mysterious disease for which science has evolved a partial cure but not a preventive, i spread northeastward across the 1 center of the United States today. The U. S. public health service announced the epidemic was a (“mild" one. It reported 621 new cases in the country last week, and 1492 the week before. Public officials pressed police,) parents and civic organizations into a campaign to prevent more seri ious developments. Already, more than a million j children—potential victims — have i been barred from sclfools in Chicago, Milwaukee. Buffalo, N. Y., Omaha, Neb., Waukesha, Wis., Fort Collins, Col., and San Diego county. Cal. Detroit and Toronto, Ont., considered similar preventative measures. Police in Milwaukee and Waukesha, Wis., were under orders to prevent public gatherings of children, keep those under seven out of public parks and playgrounds, arrest parents who permit their' children to loiter in crowds. Chicago's 300 theaters refused to admit children under 16. Omaha. Neb., cancelled its T.al). or Day parade and a homecoming! celebration for golfer Johnny Goodman. The annual baby show ( lof the Canadian national exhibi- ! tion at Toronto, Ont., was called off. Origin of the disease and its I method of spread are not fully understood, Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the Americal Medical Association, said. It appears, however, to find most of its victims in crowds. Ordinarily, it is most prevalent in August and September. The j j peak of incidence this year may t not have been reached. Cooler I weather may halt its spread. Infantile paralysis strikes most. wrequently at children, but adults are not immune, Fishbein explainI ed. It first evidences itself in nausea, j fever, stiffness of back and neck muscles. It may paralyze the trachea or lungs and cause suffocation, or paralyze the heart and bring sudden death. It has caus- ! ed more than 200 deaths this year. Some of its victims are left perm anently crippled. A serum made from the blood j of recovered victims is efficient if administered before paralysis sets in. Doctors urged immediate, expert diagnosis of any symptoms j resembling those of infantile paralysis. so serum may be , injected promptly. The serum is not a preventive. Ontario city health authorities (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) CONTINUED HOT WEATHER HERE Heat Wave Continues With Little Relief In Prospect Temperatures continued crawling up today, after a momentary relief yesterday afternoon. A slight rainfall yesterday afternoon tumbled the temperature 10 degrees in less than two hours. Following cessation of the rain, the temperatures once again started climbing. Yesterday’s high was 96 at 2 00 1 o’clock, according to the Democrat I thermometer. The mark dropped ! to 86 during the rainfall. Despite predictions of thunder ' showers for today, the tempera- ■ ture continued upward this morning, establishing a weekly high at 8 o'clock with a reading of Si) degrees. Intense humidity is playing a large part in causing extreme discomfort from the warm temperatures. Farmers report, as a genera) ! rule, that continued hot weather j and little tain have caused the ■ growth of an unusually good corn crop. Rural sections of the county In ! some instances reported move rain ■ yesterday. Preble and Union [ townships were among the places to report a much heavier precipi- j tation. Weathermen predict somewhat cooler weather for Saturday I

Three Men Killed In Fight Between Police, Bandits

Statesman 111 1 A / 4 Jr trW T. G. Masaryk. 87-year-old > Czechoslovakian hero-statesman, lis reported critically ill at his ' home in Prague. Masaryk was ! elected first president of the re- ! public in 1918 and served until i his retirement a few months ago. DECLARE WAR ON PROWLERS Police Declare Action After Several Prowlers Are Reported Police here have declared war ;on all prowlers who furtively sneak about residences in the I city, after receiving several calls | from local citizens. Last evening a prowler was reported between the homes of Judge Huber M. DeVoss ami Mart Weiland. The intruder was frightI ened away by the men, Jiefore police arrived. Several other places at which prowlers have been reported during the past week are at Doi ’s ' place, local beer parlor; Hugh I Holthouse residence on Marshall ! street, and along Russell street. Police are of the opinion that ' most of the intruders are hoboes and tramps passing through the j city. One of the men was report--1 ed annoying children. A concerted drive has been opened by police in an effort to rid the city of these undesirables, 1 which they say will continue unabated until the situation is ! relieved. o Decatur Man Marks His 90th Birthday L. D. Adams, pioneer resident of the city, is in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he ie celebrat- ’ ing his 90tli birthday. Mr. Adams was born there Agust 27, 1847. He will be honored at a family reunion there on Labor Day. Mr. Adams, the father of Earl B Adams, came to Indiana in 1871 and has lived here since. The celebration is being held on the old Adams homretead, which has been in the family since 1800, a total of 137 years. o Ice Cream Social At Friedheim Sunday An ice cream social will be held Sunday night by the Ladies Aid Society of the Zion Lutheran church, Friedheim. on the school grounds. The program for the evening will start at 7:30 o’clock, land musical entertainment and refreshments will be featured. o— ——-— TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER — 8:00 a. m 80 10:00 a. m 82 Noon 88 2:00 p. m 94 3:00- p. m. ........... .......... 96 WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy, thundershowers probable northwest por- ! tion late tonight or Saturday and east and south Saturday; cooler (Saturday; Sunday fair and cool.

Price Two Cents.

Two Officers, Bandit Slain In Gun Battle Near Springfield, Ohio, This Afternoon. PAYROLL ROBBERY Springfield, Ohio, Sept. 3 —(UP) —Two officers and an unidentified , bandit were killed at Crystal Lake west of here, today in a gun fight which followed the $1,297 payroll robbery of a Springfield restaurant. Chief deputy sheriff Edward Furry, 38, of Clark county, was ehot death as he went into a cottage at the lake to bring out four bandits who had barricaded themselves there after the holdup. Martin Randolph, 41, Springfield policeman, also was wounded fatally in the exchange of shots. Martin Donnelly, another policeman, was wounded. One es the robbers was shot to death by deputy Frank Haerr. Another bandit was captured. His name was not learned immediately. Two others escaped. The officers and state highway patrolmen had trailed the bandits to the cottage after they had held up Robert M. Smith, Springfield restaurant man and abducted him. They drove his automobile into the country, threw him out, and fled in another car. When the bandits barricaded themselves inside the cottage, officers surrounded the place. About 75 shots were exchanged. Furry died a few minutes after being shot. Randolph died on the way to a hospital. The cottage in which the tobbers took refuge was privately owned. The two men who escaped fled I in an automobile toward Dayton. All main roads were policed in an effort to head them off. Mission Festival At Magley Sunday ■*.»« The annual mission festival will be held at the Magley Reformed church all day Sunday. Services 1 will be lield at 10 a. tn., and at 2 and 7:30 p. m. Rev. A. H. Schmeuszer of Louisville. Ky., will speak at each service. Subjects for Rev. Schmeuszer's sermons are: forenoon —“Fellowship through Sacrifice;” afternoon— “The Kingdom Tarries;” evening, “Rekindled Religion.” o-—■ — New Farm Dwelling Is About Completed The new eight-room house on the Dr. C. C. Rayl farm south of Decatur on U. S. road 27 is about completed. The plaster work is being done this week. Henry Lengerich is tenant on the farm and he and his family will occupy the new dwelling. It is one ot the finest farm homes in the county. The old house has been sold to Forest Ray and will be moved to Monroe and remodeled. STATE FAIR TO OPEN SATURDAY Annual Indiana State Fair Will Open Tomorrow Indianapolis, Sept. 3 — <U.R) —■ , Members of Indiana’s 4-H clubs . will be honored guests tomorrow at opening day of the 85th annual Indiana state fair. With an advance ticket sale re- * ported at 150.000, fair officials said the seven-day exposition will I break all attendance records. The I attendance last year was 365,961. The spotlight of attention tomorrow will center around Indi- , ana's young farmers, members of 4-H clubs throughout the state. Approximately 1.000 boy members are listed as exhibitors, while girl members total almost 1,500. There are over 1.400 adult exhibitors. Members of the WLS barn dance troup will entertain fair visitors tomorrow night in the coliseum. Grand circuit horse racing also will get underway for the week tomorrow. Several outstanding horses will compete. The largest display of home project work ever to be presented in history of the fair will be shown. Miss May Masten, assistant state 4-H club leader in charge of this work for the agricultural extension department of Purdue University, announced today,