Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1937 — Page 5

>ER MINCH I NATURALIZED NO'C Os Germany Is ■naturalized Here This Morning M r* AMwing upon his oath to “reand adjure all allegiance LjH,| v |ity to the German Reich,” Minch. 77-year-old native of ,hiß morn * n ß WM made a of lhe United Staten, in th#®"' of Coull,y Clerk G. Remy {■ing to the iTriited States on " t##a s Bavaria, May 22, 1866, the . native today was admlnisoath making 111111 a fu,l ‘ naturalized American citiMinch now lives on a farm weatlof the city, moving there in He was born in Hamburg. 5 tfKny. May 14. 1860. His wife, I SaJK is American-born. ■Kt children, all born in New CWjfon. Indiana, while the couple are: Minnie Ayers, now of AB any; Christine, of Bluffton; ggXas of Decatur; Mildred of Fert'i’ayne; Augusta of Portland; Mary of Bryant, and William and Charts also of Porflnd. p. B Mac Hugh, of Cincinnti. O . the United States naturalization r, conducted the examinatitm- Clerk G. Remy Bierly, actlagfcnder the orders of Judge • JftbeH M. DeVoss of the Adams cir- , ca jt gourt, administered the oath of alh giance to the United States goveßment. Jaßes H. Andrews and Henry Hetnyin well known Adams county a*r. were the witnesses. is the first person to becw naturalized in the county sinJUrnest Schlickman, of First street, was naturalized in February otSk year. 0 COURT HOUSE Estate Cases Theßinal report was filed in the George W. Keller. It watt . by Sepcial Judge Henry I B. H®> ’ to determine the inherftgpce tax was filed and referred tMthe assessor, in the Davidson Mattox. Inven-1 tory ■umber one filed, examined and Aproved. A petition to sell the r»Ktate was filed and notice orreport was filed, submifiA. examined and approved and th# tj-t continued in the estate of WMbi T. Waggivner. report was filed, exam!n*i and approved in the estate of William Hilpert. Inventory number on* was filed, examined and aproved A petition to sell (personal prep At. was filed, submitted and ■ Guardianship Cases The clerk's report was tiled in the of Herbert Hain by the guardian. August Heiman. I' was Jtamined and approved. A petition w»r filed by the guardian Cor authority to compromise a claim in connection with an accident with Mabel V eir on September 2, 1937. The gu. rdian was authorized to accept |750 in full compensation. The final report was tiled as to Brewster by his guardian. Christ Hilty. The trust was closed as to Chester and continued as to Leon* Anthony, Helen and Elois Bret Mer. Estate Case was filed by the exe cbtffiyo sell real estate to pay

fchild Mother Deserted at 13! | Qy t ■> V ’ K Z lb ” 'XS ' ' I I WiM»<. Fl -w *" #>% rX *? ■ _- MMfc “''m '- K ? \ '■' ' 1•. .'• xy' X"^— — ■- I •’-■•• ; -' x - x W3ft ;’. ‘ '■ fcr ji**** lil8 fc mTx. ft 1 sfc ' " r '^\ L Lola Beil Hurst and son 4 ■JHbfried. a mother and deserted —all at the age of 13! Such has been jMMEexperience of Lola Bell Hurst who recently gave birth to a son jj|fjjba farm home at her parents near Sevter’iUe. Tenn She was .‘Mfried in 1935, when only 11. to Willard Hurst, 30 who disappeared seven months a<o. »

I debts In the estate of Philip Wen- 1 del. it wae submitted and sustained j Notice was ordered, returnable, October 4. Petition Filed A petition wae filed by the commissioner to sell real estate under the old terms, without notice at priI vate eale, after It had been reappraised, in the petition for partition brought by Cleo McCandllsh, Kenneth Finch, Jennie Shaffer, Ruby Lorance, Robert Finch against Cleo McCandllsh, administratrix of the ’ estate of Emma A. Finch, Grace , and Harry Zimmerman. Answer Filed An answer in disclaim was filed by the Lincoln National Life Insurance company In the foreclosure suit brought by the Farmer# Trust 1 company against Edgar M. and Edith D. Pfeiffer and the Danuset Hardware company. Appearance Filed An appearance was filed by Burdette Custer for the defendant in the suit fw driving under the influence of Intoxicating liquor, brought ■ by the etate of Indiana against Roy ’ Steele. Real Estate Transfer# Orah E. Brandeberry et vir to Ar- ' 1 timissa D. Wolfe, in lot 89 in Mon- 1 roe for >l. Artimfsea D. Wolfe to Orah E. Brandyberry et vir. in-lot 16 in Mnnroe for |l. Laura J. Robin et vir to Amos J. Graber et ux. part of in lot 854 in ' Decatur for sl. Laura J. Robin et vir to Amos J. Graber et ux. part of in-lot 854 in Decatur for sl. * Valentine L. Stanley et ux to Cora E. Ford, five acres in Wabash 1 t..wnship for fl. 1 WILL DISCUSS fpP.NTINUEjD FROM. <-AGB ONB) ley between Third and Fourth streets was presented. No action was taken pending further investigation by the council. A request that expenses be paid for the members of the park committee and the civil works commissioner to attend the Indiana association of parks convention at Evnsvllle was approved. o STATE SAFETY /CONTINUED FROgr FAQ*QNjB) iation will begin to function. Each J safety council will be asked to elect Its member of the board between September 22 and the meet--1 ing October 20. Program of the association has been planned along the broad lines of education, enforcement and en- I gineering. The campaign of education will include cooperation with • schools, civic organiations and state departments. The association will work closely with state police, the state department of public safety and local police departments generally in the campaign for anI forcement, which will include court i procedure. I Under the educational division. ; a staAsticai department will be formed to compile and issue frequent comparative figures on traf- ' sic accidents and on the trend . throughout the state in traffic con-I trol. A committee on child and i adult education is also planned. A legislative committee will seek i to coordinate the requests of safety councils throughout the state and present them to the proper author- ' ities in Indianapolis. The organ- ! iation will cooperate with the state ' in formation of new safety com;-, cils and will act as an advisory body to those groups. Meetings of the board of direct- [ ors will be scheduled about four I times each year. The executive, committee, however, will be expect-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1937.

l ed to meet monthly and commit-h tee chairmen and the officers will I carry on the work between meeting#. Approximately 150 are expected to attend the Lafayette meeting. State officials who will attend will 1 include Don F. Stiver, director of , the state department of public j safety; RexHlsher, director of the, state bureau of accident pre ven tlon; Earl Crawford, chairman of the state highway commission; I Earl Dunbar, assistant director of tho bureau of accident prevention' J and Roscoe Arnold of the department of public safety. 0 — J 2 ORDINANCES ■' I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE> , to read that either “lead or copper 11 pipe" could be used in plumbing 1 The ordinance heretofore specified ' only lead pipe. Due to the price f of materials, many home owners are using copper pipe instead of ( lead pipe and local plumbers re- ( quested that the ordinance be ( amended. b 7 LET CONTRACT ii < (CONTINUED WHOM w»r>W f Tenth street was filed by Kenneth * Arnold. The petition stated that , the alley has been platted but never opened for public use. It Is located near the new house Mr. ( Arnold is constructing It was referred to the street and sewer com- j mtttee. A petition to extend the Elm ( street sewer approximately one half block was filed by Harry H. Hebble and others. It was stated ( that the petition was filed upon ' the consideration that WPA labor . could be obtained. The petition was referred to the street and sewer committee. o JAPANESE REFUSE • rciwriwrirm vwny nvwv wants them to withdraw at once. An international incident near Hong Kong was averted when the Japanese apologized for firing a shot across the bows of the British I steamer Taishan and boarding it. The boarding officer, after verify 1 ing that the ship was British, ex ; pressed regrets and said he had suspected the ship was Chinese i flying the British flag The bombing of the train at 1 Sunkiang entailed one bf the I greatest casualties lists of the war Five coaches were shattered and 1 I the tracks were strewn with I wreckage, bodies and the injured Earl Leaf. United Press corresi pondent, traveled on the same ' train from Nanking on Aug. 5 and reported that two Japanese planes flew directly over the train at Sunkiang. terrorizing nearly 2.000 refugees aboard but refraining from dropping bombs. Sunkiang. picturesque town 20 miles west of Shanghai, is the site of the tomb of Gen. Frederick Ward, American adventurer who commanded the Chinese imperial armies during the early part of the Taiping rebellion of 1862. A large monument is over the grave. I He was succeeded by the British ' ■ colonel, Charles Gordon (“Chinj ese" Gordon), later the hero of j Khartoum. Announcement of Japan's refuslal to bow to the demands of Britain, France, and the United States came shortly after the momentous news that China's comj munist army of 106,000 or more ; veteran troops had thrown away ; its red banners and come to the government's aid in its extremity.

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WREN SCHOOL TO OPEN SEPT. 13 Wren, Ohio, School To Open Next Monday Morning, Sept. 13 The Wren. Ohio, school will open at 9-.00 o'clock, Monday, Sept. 13. The school busses will Inake their routes, which have been changed slightly, at such time as the driver feels is necessary to arrive at the , school building at 8:45 a. tn. Pupils need not bring their lunches until Tuesday, as Monday they will be returned home after approximately one hour In school. The school authorities issued the following statement: “In adtition to registering, the pupil# will be given a list of mater-1 ials to bring Tuesday. About all the text-books will be furnished by the board of education, but all workbooks and supplies are to be furnished by the parents. Please do not purchase anything for. school use before Monday without first consulting the teacher. Teach-, era like to make sure their pupils' supplies are satisfactory for the use to be made of them. "We are more than glad to consult with parents concerning the problems of their children, but it is almost impossible to give a satisfactory conference on the first day of school before the pupils are dis missed. We therefore ask that parents, in-so-far as possible, cooperate by remaining for conferences. Teachers will be at the building the remainder of the day and will then give plenty of time. “If you are entering the Wren school, by transfer, for the first time, it will be best for you to bring your last year's grade card along. Also remember, that only those children who are six years old or older before January 1, 1938 are eligible to enter. This rule must be rigidly enforced.” o BRITAIN FURTHER • r’nw'rTNTT’U'rk Italian base in the Dodecanese Islands. Mqnday, but permitted it | to continue its voyage, the United I Press Istanbul correspondent reported. Both these incidents were rej minders of the real reason for the submarine campaign—an effort to immobilize the Spanish loyalist afmy by depriving it of the motor fuel vital to the conduct of the war of today. They were reminders also of the urgent gravity of the present situation when at any moment the commander of a mysterious warship. ordering an attack on a merchantman or a neutral warship, might cause a European explosion. There was no question of the status of the British ships involved in the latest incidents. Some ships involved in previous attacks had changed registry to the British flag since the start of the j Spanish ciivl war. Both these were owned by big and thoroughly authenticated oil transport companies—the Harpa by the AngloSaxon Petroleum Co., allied with the Shell interests, and the Pegasus by the Standard Transport Co., of the Socony Vacuum interests. Premier Benito Mussolini apparently had not made up his mind whether Italy, in view of Russian accusations that Italian submarines were the pirates, would send delegates to the Mediterranean conference. His own newspaper Popolo D'ltalia hinted strongly that he would not, but this was not taken as final. —o BRADY GANG IS (OONTINL'EI HtOM -Aar. nw«» Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky would be represented at today's conference. He admitted that under the heading of one topic — emergency interstate blockades — the activities of the Brady mob would be under close scrutiny. Those who will join Stiver and Sergt. Frank Morrow, head of state police radio communications in Indiana, are Oscar Olander and Capt. C. J. Scavarda of Michigan; Walter Williams and Glenn West of Illinois; Col. Lyman Black of Ohio, and Col. E. O. Huey of Kentucky. i Brady and his henchmen. James | I taihover and Clarence Lee SchafI t'er. are believed to have committed crimes in each of the five states represented at the conference. Principal scenes of their daring activities have been Indiana and Ohio where they are wanted for four murders and innumerable Itank holdups and robberies. Subjects to be discussed in today's parley include highway safety methods, emergency interstate blockades to apprehend fleeing criminals, use of the 'mobile units’ in state police work, and other methods of radio communication. In pointing out the value of such a parley, state police officials said that many times since development of the Indiana state police communications division opportunities have arisen for close cooperation between the Hoosier states and its neighbors, Ohio and

1 Michigan Thl# was true particularly, they i said, in the recent slaying of a ! Michigan state trooper, whose j killer. Alcida (Frencliy) Benoit, i was captured in one of the most relentless man-hunts in the history of modern police work 1 Only a short time after the body lof Stale Policeman Roy Hami inond, a bullet through his head, was found handcuffed to a mailbox 1 near Lulu. Mich., approximately 250 state troopers from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana were mobilized by radio and organized into a "trl-state” road blockade. The 24i year-old convict was captured a I few hours later, within 12 miles of I the scene of the crime. Use of radio facsimile, long a I dream of police radio officials, apparently will s.on he available, to j the nation's law forces. 1. R. I Baker, who has had charge of this ' development work in the laborsi tories of the Radio Corporation of America at Camden, N. J . will i present the story of facsimile and • Its various applications, to the assembled communications chiefs. II The conference members, it was ! indicated, will attempt to fashion , standard forms for various types | of police radio messages in order , that essential information may i contained in all messages without ■' mass of superfluous wordage. They also will organize uniform ! flies for police radio communicai' tions systems. The national police radio-tele-graph. newest step in the cam- | paign against crime and made ! available only recently tb law enforcement agencies, has encountered serious operating difficulties. ■, officials believe. They said the ' I present traffic and operating proj ceedure of the system is imprac- , ticable and a new method must 1 be developed. - o I Trade In a Good Town — Decatut

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. —~ ; | ItFrank W. Fuller, San Francisco sportsman, is shown being flagged at Bendix Airport, N. J., after he had broken the record in his flight from ” Los Angeles. Fuller won the Bendix trophy with a hop of 7 hours 54 minute#. The previous mark, set by Col. Roscoe Turner in 1934, was 10 hours 2 minutes. 4

I—— This Is War—Horrible War—in the International City of Shanghai

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One of the most tragic pictures to come out of China during the current hostilities—a victim ot the bombing ot Shanghai, sta»k naked aiid badly injured, pleads tor help from a passerby who sees so many dead and injured around him he doesut Lnow whom to help first.

HELLER WARNS STATE WORKERS Dick Heller Speaks To State House Democratic Women’s Club Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. B—(UP) I i - -Instant dismissal from his joo i 1 faced every state administration' i entp'oy today for ‘ disloyalty" to i Gov. M. Clifford Townsend apd ’ ! President Roosevelt after a stern ■ warning delvered last night by Dick i Heller, the governor’s executive ’ secretary and patronage bose, to the state house Democratic women's dluh. With this warning went the adI munition to join Democratic organ-: ,' ization close to the administra-; tion. particularly the Hoosier Dem- i I ocratlc "two percent" club to which loyal state employes contribute a , portion of their salaries maintain ( the party’s campaign fund. Heller a’so took a left handed ! swipe at Senator Frederick Van . Nuys. whom Townsend has sworn to defeat for renomination at the 1938 conventual for his failure to support President Roosevet ( i “It is essential," Heller said, I "that we have men and women in ' , congress who will carry out the t mandates of those whom they represent—not in one instance, but in , every instance, if there ba those' among you who disagree with the ' \ President—if there ne those among , ' | you who have a conscience against ! ■ his a;ts —well, it is best that you take that conscience out of the etate house. t ! "I say this as kindly as possible. There is no place in the state ad-mini-startion for these who will not | be loyal to the Democratic party. r "We have a hard job finding

places for the many hard working I Democrats who have not yet had state positions. There are very few new jobs. That means every time , ' we hire S'aneone we have to die- i ! miss someone. Yuu can be assured ' | that we will dismiss first those who i are not members of this club and : I the Hoosier Democratic club. “There have been some dismiss-1 I ale recently. Whether there are ! more is up to each of you. It is not ' la pleasant job to fire anyone, but ! I shall never hesitate to dismiss . my beet friend if be is disloyal to I the administration. | "Like all of you I'm working tor ! I Governor Townsend and state ■ ; chairman Omer Jackson trying to i keep this the greatest administraI tion the state hae ever had.’’ i The dismissals to which Heller preferred were those of nine minor state house etnpl.tyee who support-, j ed Alvin C. Johnson, former assist-1 I ant attorney-genera), for the Na-1 i tional Presidency of the young I ■ Democrats of America in their con-1 ; vention here limt month. The state house leadership had ' pledged its supp**t to the candidate • iof postmaster-ge-neral James A. ’ Farley, who is believed to have 1 backed Patt Tyson Maner of Ala-1 bama. later elected. o Specialists Meet To Fight Epidemic Chicago Sept. B—(UP) —National i ly prominent bacteriologists, epide-; | mologists and nose and throat spe-' I cialists met with Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, president of the Chicago I ; board of health, t-aday to discuss the value of a nasal spray as a preven-

No. 1 Refugee from China

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; Fl-eing fivun Shanghai, where they had resided in the Cathay Hotel which has been reduced to ruins l>y Japanese bombs, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and iter son, Quentin, are shown as they called on Mrs. Manuel Quezon in the presidential palace at Manila. Mrs. Roosevelt’s husband was once Governor General of the Philippines, and knows the I wife of President Quezon very well.

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itatlve of Infantile paralysis, now spreading across the nation. ' The conference wa«> called after , 19 new cases of the disease were I reported in Chicago during the last 124 hours, bringing the city's total ' since Aug. 1 to 187 canes. There > have been 15 deaths in Chicago durpng that time. Truck Driver Held For Manslr.uhgter Linton, Ind., Set. B—(UP8 —(UP) —Amos Fulk, Jasonville, was held today on I inv.'Juntary manslaughter charges iin connection with the automobile I truck collision near here Monday which resulted in the death of Mrs. James Ashby, 50, and injury to three Evansville residents. Fulk, driver of th# truck, was i ordered held after a verdict was | returned following an investigation I by Greene county coroner Dr. George Porter. Two Youths Are Held For Auto Banditry — ; Petersburg, Ind., Sept. B—(UP8 —(UP) — | Two youths, captured in a field I near here yesterday by local au--1 thorities on a tip received from I Princeton police, were held in jail I today on an auto banditry charge, i Those held are Wekville Blewer, 116, of Saginaw, Mich., and William I Beadle, 18, v«f Window, Ind., The ' youths fled to the field after officers opened fire during a chase after I their stolen automobile. Beadle said j he was a hitch-hiker and had been given a ride by Biewer.