Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1937 — Page 1

Vat XXX' No. 214.

Japanese Given I Severe Setback By War, Disease

Chiil'se Victories And I Endemic Os Cholera Join To Slow Advance i Japanese. tAVE DANGER ipyright 1937, by UP.) hai. Sept. 10. — (U.R) —An ; of cholera and important victories on three fronts' pan a major setback today] indeclared war with China.' •a broke out among Jap-j oops in the Shanghai area, ese spokesman said, leav-] ead and 80 more in a dang- ] eroo* londitlon. Thekpidemic centered in Paoshan. ne» he mouth of the Yangtze river, non It of Woosung. and it was fearoMthat it might spread. In such e'ent thousands of civilians troops would be in ] It being afflicted with the ntagious disease. han 5,000 Americans, in- . S. marines and bluejackin the gravest danger tothey have been every ce the Shanghai battle ugust 12. ind bombs again fell near B. flagship Augusta, on] sailor already has been d 17 wounded, and antiexplosives again boomed f near more than 1,000 holding the international ine on the south bank of creek in the international ] t. | to the Japanese reverses on by cholera were the | claims of having blocked the J&i "se on three fronts and a Japanese admission that they were Kpble to split Chinese defenses |ii the mid-section of the vital W> >sung military highway (CONTBKUED ON PAGE SEVEN) - o —-— HOME OWNERS GIVEN LOANS Nearly Half Billion Loan- * ed To Home Owners In Indiana Wdshtogvn. D. c„ Sept. 10 — (UP)-W' ral savings and loan associations in Indiana have made a cumulative total of $48.946 731 in direct Eduction mortgage loans for constrßcltion. purchase, refinancing and reco ditioning of homes, since these Wstitutions were chartered, rer-'ls [received by the federal home tot.n bank board showed today.'?,* Theife t« cover 56 associations on Augfls - 1. 1936, and 65 associations on kugust 1 this yar. A diris one in which the face t-alue .J the mortgage is < ontinsMly decreased by easy monthlyF payments like rent until tlr? Wrr over owns his home free of debt. Acscsts >f these federal associations taCa'.-I »73»954,001 as of Aug. 1. there [having been a steady rise durfrigftli)" twelve month period. Saving, invests .din all Federal aMOciSfons in the United States, and in jnany state-chartered ass .- eiations.] are protected through insurance lup to 85,000 on each account by the federal savings and loan Isgt. nice corporation, a SIOO,000,000 g overnmental agency. Fed«fa associations in Indiana are located in Anderson. Angola, Auburß dt'ord, Bloomfield, BloomEast Chicago, Elwood,] Evansville, Fort Branch, Gary, Greenwood, Griffith. Hammond. Hobart, Indianapolis, Koi ..no, Lafayette, Lebanon, LoganOjxet, Ixiogootee, Marion, ■ftshawa .a, M<. .esville, Muncie, 4®>any, Oakland City, Peru, I Princeton. Richmond, Rushville, ] Shelbyville, South Bend, Sullivan ! Tell (Sty, Terre Haute, Tipton, Valparaiso, Vincennes, Washington and Williamsport. Bagg o TEMPERATURE readings | DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a m. 70 10:00 a. m 72 Noon , 70 m. 68 3:00 p, m. €8 — WEATHER Thundershowers this afterBoon or tonight; somewhat cooler west portion tonight; Saturday generally fair, someI what cooler.

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YOUTH FACING I DEATH PENALTY — 16-Year-Old Richmond Youth Is Indicted For Murder Os Girl Richmond. Ind.. Sept. 10.‘—(UJ»>— Hollys Sagester. 16-year-old sand- | lot baseball star, today faced a penalty of death in the electric I chair or life Imprisonment for the I "puppy-love" slaying of pretty, ] brunette Martha Markey. The youth, who shot his 15-year-i old school girl sweetheart because ! she was going to have another I "date,” was indicted by the Wayne I county grand jury last night on ] first degree murder charges.- Judge I G. 11. Hoelscher said the boy prob- ] ably would be arraigned today or tomorrow. Prosecutor John Britten indicated he would ask for the death penalty. Indiana law does not lessen the sentence in the case of a minor. Sagester shot Martha while she sat on the front porch of her home talking with two girl friends. The i boy had appeared at the house earlier that day to ask her for a “date.” She didn’t answer but told Mortal Hill to tell Hollys she had decided to 'gb 'out with another boy. Sagester. enraged, went to the home of Ray Kinder, Jr., borrowed ] a .22 rifle on a pretext of going! I squirrel hunting. He obtained some shells at his I own home then, with Kinder, took his father’s car and drove to the rear of Martha’s house. Kinder was ignorant of Sagester’s plans. In a signed statement. Hollys said he found Martha with two other girls on the porch, that he walked up. shot the «lrl in the head, then drove Kinder home. Martha died in Reid Memorial hospital. The bullet had entered the back of her head and lodged] ; behind her left eye. Sagester returned to the Markey home and was arrested. Later he I told police he tried to shoot him- I self but the gun jammed. Martha was to have entered Mor- I ton high school Thursday. Sagest-1 er was a sophomore. —o — Y. M. C. A. Official Is Rotary Speaker Warren Maddox of the Fort! Wayne Y. M. C. A. was the speak er at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Assisted by members of the Fort Wayne organization, Mr. Maddox gave an interesting illustration of methods used to rescue drowning: persons and the best methods of, resuscitation. An exhibition of fencing was also given. Harry Maddox was chairman of the meet-. ing. _ o INDIANA FAIR CLOSES TODAY I All Attendance Records Broken In Fair Ending Tonight Indianapolis, Sept. 10.—(U.R) —Indiana’s 85th annual state fair — I most successful exposition of agricultural and industrial progress in , Hoosier history—entered its final ! day today, featured by the obser- \ vance of Indianapolis and manti-. facturers’ day. When the custain falls for the last time at 10 p m. tonight, the fair will have broken all records I for attendance. Official attendance I up to last night was 362,282 while total attendance for the 1936 fair j was 365,961. Listed on the seventh and concluding day’s program were the final performance of the horse show, the vaudeville program at the fairgrounds race track, finals of the horse-pulling contests and < the appearance of Greyhound, ] famed American trotter, in a race ] against time. ITiir officials said all departments of the sprawling exposition would be open and in full swing until the ] last gate is closed tonight. Walter C. Boetcher, new mayor of Indianapolis, was to head the list or local officials who were to , be honor guests at the fair today. I Mayor Boetcher was scheduled , (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) '

FEAR PEAK OF EPIDEMIC NOT YET REACHED Health Authorities Report New Cases In Chicago, Toronto Chicago Sept. 10 —(UP) — Con- | tinned warm weather and increasi ing reports of new infantile paraly-1 sis causes brought new precautionary measures today to fight further spread of the disease among children. Health authorities in Toronto and Chicago, two of the hardest hit cities in the wave of poliomyelites which has swept across the nation, believed they have not yet reached the peak. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, President of the Chicago Board ok health I rep .rted 12 new cases and one death during the last 24 hours. "We apparently have not reached the peak yet.” he said, pointing out that there were 48 new cases reported during the first four days of ; this week as compared with 31 reported in the corresponding period of the preceding week. Toronto health ,-lfficers recorded 24 new cases and ordered schools 'to remain closed until Sept. 10. It was indicted opening may be posti poned until Sept. 27 unless there is 1 a break in the number of new cases before that time. Martinville, Pa., schools were ordered cl.rted for two week® today because of the prevalence of infantile para'ysis. o Report Preble Youth Is Greatly Improved John J. Helmrich, Jr., of Preble, was returned to his home today asI ter being confined in the Adams county memorial hospital tor several days with a brain concussion, | suffered when he was hit by an auto while riding on his bicycle. He I is reported much improved. FAIR WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED Adams County 4-H Club Members Win Prizes At State Fair At least one first and several other prizes were won by Adams county boys and girls at the State Fair this week in the 4-H club contests. Mrs. Helen Mann, assistant counIty agent in charge of 4-H club activities, has received only a partial list of the state winners and it is possible there may be others whose names will not be learned until the official records are published in a few weeks. Marjorie Dilling, sixth year 4-H lub girl of Preble, won a blue ribbon for her canning exhibit of a complete emergency meal. Mary Elizabeth Arnold, a fourth year 4-H club girl e.f Washington ! township, won second prize for her vegetab'e canning and third prizes, one for a fruit canning disi play and the other for a relish canning exhibit. Bernice Mathys, a third year 4-H I club girl, of Wabash township, won , third on her fruit canning exhibit. Vera Biehold, a fifth year 4-H | club girl of Ro«t township, won third prize for a smock and third .prize for her notebook on the IdenI tiflcation of fabrics in the sewing contests. Margaret Moses, a fourth year , 4-H club girl of Ro t township, won | third prize on her smock in the sewing contest. I Gene Arnold, the only Adams ! county boy to show, and in his fourth year in 4-H club work, won fifth prize for his Ayrshire calf. o Berne Conservation Club Meets Monday George H. Garrison, Remington Arms company representative, will speak at the meeting of the Berne conservation club at the park pavilion in that town Monday night at 7:30 o’clock. Mr. Garrison will present films of wild life and also high points in the manufacture of guns and am- ' munition and the theory of batllistiCß. Three Day Retreat Is Completed Today A three day spiritual retreat for Catholic high school students was conducted today at St. Mary’s Catholic church. Father Tracy, missionary priest, conducted the re- ] treat and all the high school stuI dents participated.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 10, 1937.

Wheeler Dam Is Completed ~ AWV-sfc. h x Wlli - *’* |i|i| * f '-J yv.... ----- ' Vj ew o f J ain Here is an excellent view of the newly-completed 835.000,000 Wheeler dam near Chattanooga, Tenn., part of the Tennessee Valley Authority .system designed to provide cheap power and irrigation for the vicinity.

EXCISE LEADER ISSUES RULING State Excise Department To Clamp Down On All Dealers Indianapolis, Sept. 10.— (U.R) —' The excise department today clamped down on dealers who re-, portedly are attempting to evade payment of state fes by purchase ‘ ! of a “three-way” federal permit. Hugh A. Barnhart, state excise | administrator, announced that ef-’ | fective immediately, all applicants for permits must hold federal stamps strictly in accordance with ; the type of state permit for which ’hey are applying. Barnhart said that in the past, many holders of state beer permits have purchased $25 federal “threeI way” stamps under which they ; sold whiskey and wine in addition i to beer. Purchase of such permit ■ eliminated the fear of federal prosecution, he asserted. Sale of whiskey and wine on a ■ beer permit is strictly in violation I of state law. Barnhart pointed out. I “In taking out $25 /-deral stamp > on beer permit, many applicants i said they intended to purchase a i wine permits or eve na so-called “three-way" state permit later on. ’ but frequently they failed to do ■ so,” Barnhart said. . Hhereafter only the following federal stamps will conform to state law and must be purchased i by permittees, according to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) Red Cross Meeting Here This Evening A Red Cross executive meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Winnes shoe store. Mr. Brown, field representative, will be present. All members are urged to attend.

Six Democratic Governors For Third Roosevelt Term

(Copyright 1937 by IIP.) Washington. Sept. 10.—(U.R) —Six I democratic governors today went !on record in support of a third I . term for President Roosevelt and ' three state executives announced opposition to such a proposal in a ' ‘ national survey of democratic gubernatorial sentiment conducted by 1 the United Press. Two other state governors indi- ; cated their sentiment in off the-rec- j , ord statements. One opposed a Roosevelt third term. The other favored it. The remainder of the: 38 democratic state I dined comment. Two governors endorsing a Roosevelt third term have them-1 selves frequently been mentioned as possible candidates for demo- , cratic nomination in 1940. They ’ J were Govs. George Earle of Peni nsylvania and Frank Murphy of Michigan. Other third term spon- • sors were: Gov. James V. Allred of Texas, Richard W. Leche of Louisiana, Olin D. Johnston •of South Carolina and A. B. Chandler

State Institutions Are Granted Funds Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 10—(UP) —Five state institutions t-day were ! recipients of allocations from the : state budget committee totalling ■ more than a half million dollars. The in..-iey. for the most part to bo ' matched by additional federal appropriate .ns, was granted to the ' ' Muscatatuk colony at Butlerville, 'the central state hospital at Indianapolis, the Logansport state hosi pital, the boy’s school at Plainfield ati<i the state police department. FOOD COUNCIL PLANNED HERE Food Council To Be Or ganized At Meeting Monday Night — A meeting of grocers, meat market and bakery proprietors of this city will be held Monday evening at 7 o'clock al the city hall tor the purpose of completing organization plans for a Decatur food council, composed of all local food dealers. At a preliminary organization meeting held Thursday, J. Henry Faurote was named temporary chairman and Clarence Heiman, temporary secretary of the council. The meeting was attended by representatives from 25 local firms. The election of permanent officers will be held Monday evening.' Standing committees will be named and by-laws will be adopted by the organization. The purpose of the Decatur food ■ council is to promote the lines of business represented and to serve the public in an accommodating, and efficient manner. The best trade practices are sponsored by the organization. Merchants in any of the food lines named above are invited to attend the meeting and become I members of the local unit.

, of Kentucky. I Opponents of a presidential third term were: Govs. Barzilla Clark of Idaho,l Robert E. Quinn of Rhode Island' and George C. Peery of Virginia. Several state executives stated ! privately that they did not believe | President Roosevelt would seek ai , third term. They said, however, ! that should be become a candidate he would receive their support. Mr. Roosevelt, himself, has made ■ no recent statement of the third term issue. Some weeks ago he told a White House press confer- , ence questioneer to put on a dunce cap and sit in Hie corner when the I reporter persisted iff asking him 1 about third term plans. The only i direct statement by the president ■ was In an address March 4 when he spoke of his "great ambition on January 20. 1941. to turn over this desk and chair in the White House to my successor, whoever he may i : be.” Governors supporting a Roose (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) •

Soviet Russia Ready To Take Direct Action Against Pirate Submarines In Mediterranean

PAPER CARRIES ON NAZI FIGHT Chicago Times Continues Articles On Nazism In U. S. Chicago, Sept. 10. — (U.R)—American Nazis make “healih, Hitler, hells and hatred” the 4-H’s of their drive to "prevent Americanization of American children whose parents are members of the German-Ameri-iian Bund.” ths Times said today Today’s copyrighted Installment of a series based on a six months under-cover investigation by Times reporters, said the Bund yearbook was reprinted from the German magazine Deutsche Arbeit, Referring to German children , who have emigrated to America, I the yearbook said, according to the Times. “In the coming years all the unity and all the efforts will be required in order to put a stop to former crippling by the Americanization of their young.” The Times said in its first stor- , ies, prepared by investigator-re-porters William Mueller, James i Metcalfe and John Metcalfe, more • than 20,000 Bund members were preparing to seize control of the Unßed States when communists ’ and Jews —as Nazis expect—start 1 a revolution. John C. Metcalfe quoted Alfons Brem, member of the Astoria. Long Island Bund post, as telling him: “We feel that one of these days the U. S. must make its choice be- - tween communism and fascism. All tendencies in the changes of the American government point in that direction. When that day comes — and no one knows how soon —we must be prepared. In other words, we do not advocate a revolution, but we fear there is' apt to be one. When the revolu- 1 tios comes, it will likely be one i of communism. Then we shall rise to fight it. * * ’ We shall go j on the side of fascism. We do not: believe in racial equality—that negroes and Jews are as good as white men.” A story under Mueller's signature said boys and girls, called I "scouts,” in Bund camps “sing hymns Vi Der Fuehier and to the Vaterland they never have seen. “In its youth movements, as in , the parent organization, the Bund professes a defense of the U. S. constitution and ‘true Americanism.' But the camps are completely Nazi German. The United States is forgotten except for a display of American flags. » ♦ * “American history is revised in public addresses for them to show that this country has been saved jfr o m Jewish destruction only through the influence of GernianAmericans.” Mueller reported that one Bund “scout,” Erich Barischoff. hiked from New York to Los Angeles and remarked that American Boy Scouts are “sissies” and “don’t know' what hardships are like.” Mueller reported that one Bund i i " (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o ALL OFFICERS ARE REELECTED Citizens Telephone Company Holds Annual Election Thursday All officers of the Citizens Telephone Co., were re-elected last ! night in the annual election of ofI fleers, held by the board of directors of the company. Leo Yager was re named president; S. E. Hite, first vice-presi-i dent; Arthur E. Voglewede, second | vice-president; C. E. Bell, treasurer and Herman F. Ehinger, secretary and manager. I The directors meet each year for , re-organiation and election. Mr. Ehinger reported that a total of 352 new phones were installed in the exchange during the past year. Indicative of more intense activ ' ities and returning prosperity, the report of the company read to the directors last night, disclosed that the number of phones in the city of Decatur and town of Berne now exceed the number in 1929, peak business year of the past decade. All classes of phone installation show gains for the fiscal year, July i 1936 to July. 1937, the report disI closed.

12 GRADUATES TO COLLEGES Local High School Graduates To Go To Uollege This Fall Ten members of the 1937 graduat- ] ing class X the Decatur public high I school, and two members of the! graduating class of the Decatur I Catholic high school, will attend in- ] stitutions of higher learning this I fall officials of the two schools an- i nounced t,.day. With a total of 65 graduates from the two schools, this makes an un- i usually high percentage of students ] to attend college, with approximate-! ly 19 of the graduating students pursuing higher education. The 10 ipublic high school grad- ] uates and the scho.«s they will attend, are as follows: Miss Evelyn Adams, Manchester college, North Manchester; Robert i Beavers, Purdue university. Lafayette; Donald Bixler, Ohio State university, Columbus, 0., Robert Brodbeck, Heidelberg college, Tiffin, O„ Robert Franz, Indiana university, Bloomington; Walter Hendricks, Indiana university, Bloomington; Ralph Hurst, Ball State teachers college, Muncie; Lewis Smith, i Indiana university, Bloomington: Robert Worthmail, Ball State teachers college, Muncie; Harold Zimmerman, Earlham college, Richmond. The two Catholic high school graduates are: Fred A. V.«g’ewede, Notre Dams university, Notre Dame; George Bierly, Loyola university, Chicago, 111. o NEW CLUB IS j FORMED HERE Junior Woman’s Club Is Organized In This City Organization was announced today of a Decatur Junior Woman's club, affiliated as a new regular department of the Decatur Woman's club, and which will form a link between the Sub-junior or Sub-deb Woman’s club, composed of high school girls, and the Decatur Woman’s club. Officers of the new club are Mary Cowan, chairman; Catherine Murphy, vice-chairman: Kathryn Kohls, secretary; Catharine Jackson, treasurer, and Jeanette Gard, fines-secretary. The club is sponsored by the Decatur Woman's club and by its inclusion as a regular department will have all the privileges and responsibilities of the older organ- < ization. Its purpose is to promote interest in club work and literary achievement. The organization of the new club is part of the program of the Indiana federation of clubs and similar groups are being formed over the state. Mrs. Ralph Yager, of Decatur, fourth district junior department chairman, and Mrs. W. Guy Brown, president of the Decatur Woman's club, have been instrumental in perfecting the org-1 anization here. Miss Eloise Lew-] I ton. a member of the literature department of the Decatur Woman's club has been selected as representative of the older club and will be the leader. Programs Selected • Members of the program com-1 mittee are Mary Cowan, Virginia I Dolch, Corolene Townsend and Madeline Spahr. The following six subjects have been selected for study during the first year: columnists, biographical sketches. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Rev. Charles Prugh Back From Vacation Rev. Charles M. Prugh, pastor of; the Zion Reformed church, has returned from his vacation and will preach Sunday morning at the 10 o’clock hour on the subject, "The Marks of a Church’s Progress.” Sunday will mark the fifth anniversary of the beginning of Rev. Prugh’s pastorate in Decatur. The church school will convene as usual at 8:45 a. m. During the past several weeks the church building has been painted throughout, the walls and dome of the auditorium re-finished, and other repair work has been done.

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Nations Open Conference In Switzerland Today To Protect Ships From Submarines. 10 NATIONS MEET Nyon, Switzerland, Sept. 10 - (U.F.z Soviet Russia proclaimed toi day that it will take direct action I to protect its shipping In the Medi- ' terranean from submarine "pirate” I at lack. I Maxim Litvinov. Soviet foreign commissar, addressing a confer- | ence of 10 European powers gath- ! ered in a portentous conference aimed at seeling the Mediterran- | can crisis without provoking a i general war, said Russia is ready : to join in collective action. However, he declared, If collec- | tive action is not achieved. Russia I can act alone. "The soviet government cannot ! allow anyone to destroy its state property. It must and will take I its own measures.” Litvinov was bubbling with energy after several weeks of rest and taking the cure at Carlsbad. He was vigorous in presenting the soviet determination for action against the “pirates.” Soviet sources, however, refused to discuss just what sort of measures Russia intended to take in event no collaborative agreement could be reached. The conference, boycotted liy Italy and Germany, opened in an atmosphere of tension and an obvious anxiety not to close the door to participation of the two Fascist powers in Mediterranean co-operation. Litvinov, apparently at the urgent request of Britain and France, did not accuse Italy liy name but he left little doubt as to which I nation he meant, when he said “everyone knows" which nation is | resorting to piracy. ! "Everyone knows the object of i this piracy and what state is purI suing that object,” he declared, i “Its name is on everyone's lips, h although it cannot be pronounced in this hall.” “The soviet government," he said further, “cannot remain inactive in the hope that its legitimate rights may perhaps be defended by other states or perhaps by an international organization.” Litvinov called Mediterranean “piracy” a "disgraceful phenomenon" and said there is every reason to believe that a certain European state has organized it. He declared that only states which have organized piracy as part of their policy or are on intimate terms with pirates would be unwelcome at the Nyon conference. The states represented at the conference were Great Britain, France, Russia. Turkey, Greece, Jugoslavia. Roumania, Bulgaria, Egypt and Albania. Yvon Delbos. French foreign minister, presided, on suggestion of Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of Britain. The two big powers are working in close collaboration. ready to send their combined fleets into the Mediterranean if necessary, but anxious to get a general working agreement if possible. In his opening speech, Delbos (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o MONROE SCHOOL FIGURES GIVEN Monroe High School Enrollment Second High In County The Monroe high school is expected to furnish the second largest enrollment of students in the county, according to figures released by the schoof superintendent, Rolland Sprunger. A total of 130 students are enrolled in the high school there. Berne has only 114 enrolled in tho high school. The Monroe figure Is expected to be second only to tho Decatur high school enrollment. The total high school and grado enrollment is 238 at Monroe. Tho grades are as follows: first, second and third, 40; grades four, five and six, 38 and grades sevn and eight, 30. The total high school and grade enrollment at Berne was 405. It has been reported that 88 students are enrolled in the Hartford high school this term, although exact figures have not been made public,