Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1937 — Page 1

No. 225.

JIF AIRPLANES raKEFRIGHTEUL ■Oil OF LIVES Non-Combat-Are Killed In Bombing Kung. — - d n! u! , '..illV'ly lit .!.Ill'll 3EH i 1,1 """'""' iiK - I '' ’ ■ ' 1 '~■ hll iSHM, ' . >-■ i" iii'' subir„ BHH pi - ne Turned Back IK;,.- U.R) I's : "fi ’" <lay that 1 hi " buik K*M ' J.i airplanes, ini I" bomb Nanking. tile Japanese: down 3:30 (meed them to turn Shanghai. i niieii Press Shanghai r .-poct<-<l that foreign tr.ill- - hail about ... toNanking, anil that the ohtook this as tending to Chinese assertion.) ;..,.(.I Chinese announce-, was made a few hours after Chinese air fleet had apover the city, ready to HKnge the invaders. which experts called expe.is said that dur- - raids of yesterday the I Hwse anti aircraft gun fire was powerful and on a big-1 than previously. and ■ certain that new defense had reached the city. 4 source of this aid was tin-' IB But it was disclosed that had numerous American » advisers and William LeAndrus, selected by them as , said today: are a hell of a lot more than anyone thinks. I am . going to say how many or . w are. We drew straws to should act as spokesman. I thus reveal his Identity, and wßt we have to say it this: answer to the imperial : jAnese government's warning is, to hell! — Japanese papers copy’,” himself, who would say i onl: of his career that he had all along the Pacific coast gfflhe United States, is an aero- i communications adviser 1 to >t te Chinese army aviation com-I He said that he alone of i ■ American staff was registered wit the American embassy. MtV> accepted our posts in peace ■( an< J we don’t intend to break ■h now," Andrus said, "even though it may mean staying until 9 lasl man. We realize the re■nsihility of staying in the war Me is ours alone. Many AmeriMs have seen wholesale murder M nuii-combatants, bombing of I Bf n, ' n and children, hospitals and i Huiois. ail of no military value. ■ believe our opinions are those ■ Hall Americans in China." Hhi'i'e was a false air alarm at ■*! P- m. People scurried to Biter but no Japanese planes geared. Bhe city's spirit was high and Mditious were normal — except B the thousands of newly made Monts The American embassy ■(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Ito, Truck Collide At Street Crossing B " * Benders w’ere bumped when an • Bomobile and a truck collided at 1 S intersection of Second and 1 tdison streets this morning at 9 1 lock. Clarence Lengerich, of ' 1 ar DecAtur, was driving south ' ! d made a left turn, colliding with ' truck driven by C. G. Schutz, of ' don City. No one was injured.' l mage was estimated at a few 1 liars. , 11 —• TEMPERATURE readings 1 ’emocrat THERMOMETER I 8:00 a. m. fit; 10:00 a. m, 78 | Noon __ 84 2'oo p. m. 94 300 p. m. 90 j WEATHER < Generally fair, somewhat warmer tonight; Friday increasing cloudiness possibly , showers and somewhat cooler i Northwest portion. • I

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Evangelist 8 Y. I I Rev Milo Rowsman. Gas City. ■ Is the evangelist in charge of re 1 i vlval services now in progress at i the Pleasant Valley Wesleyan i church, one mile south and two 1 i miles east of Monroe, Rev. E. J Pitts, president of the Indiana Wesleyan conference, will preach I Sunday evening. ATTORNEY GETS THREAT LETTER Gen. Denhardt’s Lawyer Tells Os Threats On His Life Shelbyville. Ky„ Sept. 23.—(U.K) I —Rodes K. Myers, who was with ; Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt when the latter was assassinated on a downtown street last Monday night, said today he had received two anonymous letters, one threatening his life. Myers said one letter warned him to refrain from testifying against the Garr brothers —Dr. E. S.. Roy and Jack—if he valued his i life. The Garr brothers have been 'charged with killing Denhardt. The other letter discussed the r ease- hut contained no threat, ar j cording to Myers. Both were mail- : ed from a train. Myers, defense counsel in Den- ■ hardt’s trial last spring on charges of murdering Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, said the threat would not stop him from testifying The ; Garrs were brothers of Mrs. Taylor, Denhardt’s fiancee. Commonwealth Attorney H. B. ' Kinsolving today asked Attorney I General Herbert Meredith to be re- ; lieved of prosecuting the brothers, ■ explaining that he had been close!ly associated with them in the prosecution of Denhardt in connection with Mrs. Taylor's death. Denhardt, former lieutenant govi ernor and veteran of three wars. | was to be buried in Bowling Green today. The body will lie in state several hours after the private services. o French Township Residents Hurt Elias McDonald and daughter. Annabelle, of French township, are recovering from minor injuries reI ceived Tuesday evening when the car driven by Mr. McDonald crashed headlong into a tree northwest of Berne. o FIRE THREATENS SAH FRANCISCO Industrial District Threatened Bv Exnlosion Os Tanks San Francisco, Sept. 23 —(UP) — Fire that exploded 125,000 gallons of stored inflammables at the standard "JI company plant, and threatened for five hours to destroy the city's industrial district, was subdued today with chemicals. Great storage tanks of gasoline, crude oil and Naptha exploded, shaking the neighborhood with the force of a minor earthquake. The roar was heard throughout the city. Millions e.f dollars worth of property was endangered before tiremen maneuvered ten truckloads of foamite, a chemical, to wjtere they could play it on the leaping flames. 1 Estimates of the damage ranged from $200,000 to $300,000. From 8 o’clock last night until 1 A. M. Today, the entire southside manufacturng center of the city lay at the mercy of the first strong gust of wind that might have sprung up. The Mre was believed to have ; started when a gasoline truck ex- j ploded while it was being loaded. Company officials did not confirm • the origin.

HOOVER REFUSES TO COMMENT ON I HIS CANDIDACY Leaders Say Hoover Has J Declined To Eliminate i Self j New "York, Sept. 23—(U.R> For ( mer President Hoover is "not aI ( candidate" for the next Republican ; < presidential nomination and "has < said so a dozen times" his secretary. Lawrence Richey, said today , Assertions by Chicago Repuhli- ( can party sources that Hoover had declined a proposal that he eliminate himself definitely from the 1940 race Richey termed "the sort of tittle tattle that is just cheap political bunk." "Hoover is not a candidate and has said so a dozen times.” said j Richey. "He is not interested in 1 political candidates. He is inter- j eftted in building up the forces in the country which make for real progress and real liberty as the ! only useful purpose of political parties.” Hoover declined to discuss the , Chicago report personally. He is I here on private business. | Declines Proposal ; Chicago, Sept. 23 — (U.R) —l' | Authoritative Republican sources I disclosed today that former Presi- j dent Hoover had declined a pro-, ' posal that lie definitely eliminate himself from the 1940 presidential [ race. Hoover was quoted as having ' told Republican leaders that, in ' urging an off year party conven-1 tion. he was “not a candidate” for i the presidential nomination but he left the impression that he j would not be unreceptive to any s effort to draft him. One party chieftain suggested during Hoover's recent confer- 1 ences here that he issue a state- i ment eliminating himself from consideration in 1940, but Hoover declined. He was quoted as having said: “Any man who says he doesn't : want to be president is not truth-; tul toystart with." The convention took place dui ; ing the former president's talks (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL BAND IN MASS FESTIVAL Decatur Band Will Participate In Program At Fort Wayne Saturday, the Decatur girls band and the high sqhool members of the Decatur boys' band will particiI pate in the mass band festival to be held in Fort Wayne, under the j supervision of Frank Simon, direcj tor of the Armco band, which plays over radio station WLW. Mr. , Simon is one of the outstanding band directors in the United States. Members of the bands will have their new capes, which were purchased through funds made by the band this summer in public concerts. These capes are to be red and white and will be very color- i fui. !■ The Decatur band will be one of; the several outstanding musical or-j< ganizatlons in this area selected for the festival, in which between 1,000 and 1,200 boys and girls will take part. The program will open with a parade early in the afternoon. The parade will start from the Central high school gymnasium at 1:30 o’clock (CDST) and will march in , a rectangular parade around the business district in Fort Wayne. At 3:30 o’clock (CDST) a mass band practice will be directed by Mr. Simon in the North Side gymnasium. From 7:30 to 8:30 o'clock (CD ST) a free mass band concert with between 1,000 and 1,200 high school i baud members participating will j be given in the North Side gymiasium. This will be one of the, outstanding musical events of the year, and music lovers are urged to attend. Albert Sellemeyer, director of the Decatur bands, has requested that interested persons offer transportation to band members Saturday. Any one able to take one or more persons is requested to get in touch with any of the band memi bers as soon as possible. | i Red Men Plan For Party Saturday Members of the Decatur lodge iof Red Men will hold a weiner bake , and marshmallow roast at the ; i h."me of B. F. Breiner Saturday i I day night at 7:30 o'clock. 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 23, 1937.

Howling Hosts And Sophomores Elect /Officers for two more groups of the Decatur high school were nn- ■ nounced today. The. members of the Howling Hosts, boys' athletic sponsors, and the sophomore class were the ones to elect. Dan Holthouse, senior and halfback on the football team, was named president of the Howling Hosts. Other officers are: vicepresident, Art Heller; secretary, James Ehinger and treasurer, Frank Grether. Hob Porter was chosen as president of the sophomore class of the school in the election held yester- ' day. Other officers are: vice-presi-dent, Bob Stapleton; secretary, Patsy Moser; treasurer, Kathryn Weiland. Harold Muma, teacher. 1 was selected as sponsor and class guardian. LEGION MEET CLOSES TODAY — Annual Convention Os American Legion Concluded Today New crk, Sept. 23—(UP)—The Amercan Legion toaay unanimously elected Danici Doherty of Woburn, Mass., national commander and completed thl business of its 1937 convention. New York. Sept. 23. —(U.R) —The American legion today called upon the United States congress to enact legislation providing for "punishment of American citizens who advocate the overthrow of the government through force, fraud or violence" and for the deportation “of all aliens who advocate such overthrow." The recommendations were made at the concluding session of the Legion’s 19th annual convention 1 when delegates unanimously adopt|ed resolutions submitted by the Americanism committee. Prolonged cheers greeted Wil-' liam D. Schwartz of South Carolina, chairman of the committee, when he concluded the reading of the proposed resolutions. The resolution demanding legal punishment of persons advocating overthrow of the government also placed the Legion on record as i opposed to "communism, fascism, i nazism” and any other foreign ; "isms" seeking “the overthrow of lour free institutions." The resolution condemned "all, | alien organizations in our country" i which attempt to "promote loyalty jto some other government” and j demanded congressional investigation of such organizations whether maintained by "Germany. Italy. Russia. Spain or any other alien power or system.” The Americanism committee also submitted a resolution, adopted with the others by acclamation, proposing deportation of "undesirable aliens" for the purpose of re(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Earl Sudduth Freed On Assault Charge Earl Sudduth was found not guilty of an assualt charge filed several months ago by a 16 year old girl. Sudthith was charged with committing the offense as the girl was leaving his store on 13th street, she‘testifying that he grabbed her ' '>y the arm. The case was heard in mayor's court and decision was rendered today by Mayor A. R. Holthouse, who presided. GENEVA YOUTH DIES TUESDAY Keith Macklin Dies Tuesday Evening Os Infantile Paralysis Private funeral services were held this afternoon for Keith Macklin, 12-year old Geneva grade school student, who succumbed to ' infantile paralysis at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Macklin late Tuesday evening. The attending physician stated | that the immediate cause of deatli was infection of the brain resulting from the paralysis. His left j arm, leg and the left side of hi.i chest were paralyzed. He had been ill but 10 days. The deceased was born near Ge-1 neva, a son of Raymond and Mary' Linton Macklin. Surviving, be-: sides the parents, is a sister, j Loreen. The services were held at the home and burial was made in the Gravel Hill cemetery near there, i This Is the second infantile paralysis victim in the county this year. Physicians, however, to date have net been alarmed by fears of an epidemic.

PRESIDENT IS i ENROUTE WEST i ON LONG TRIP Roosevelt’s First Public Appearance To Be In Cheyenne Aboard President Roosevelt’s special train, en route to Seattle, Sept. I 23 —(UP)—President and Mrs. Roosevelt left Chicago at 11:01 A. M. CST today en route to the west ' c. a«t on a journey which will take I them through the states of Sena- j tors Joseph C. O’Mahoney, D. Wyo., and Burton K. Wheeler D. Mont., who led the party rebellion which | scuttled the supreme court reorganization bill. The speiial made a fast, uninter- ' I upted run from Hyde Park, N. Y„ with police guarding stations at operating point stops to prevent vi> lation of the President’s privacy. His first scheduled public appear- j ance is t Cheyenne,a Wyo.. at 9:30 1 A. M. MST„ tomorrow. The train : paused only 90 minutes in the- Chi- : ' cago yards. President Roosevelt's 10-car spe-1 cial train sped across the prarries today in a hurried trans-continental journey which may determine whether congress will be summoned in special session next m»,nth. Consideraton of the problems ere- , ated by associate justice Hugo L. Black’s alleged membership in the i Ku Klux Klan probably will await ’ the President’s return to washing- 1 ton. But some indication of popular sentiment in the Black controversy could 'be had as Mr. Roosevelt begins in the Western half of the i a .untry to meet with the people. The President, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, is on an "intake" mission. ,t may enable him to sense I agarian political reactions to New : Deal reverses in the last seasion of : congress when a Democratic rebbellion stymied or scuttled measures I considered by the administration to ' be essential. Those reverses appeared to s-rne observers to have reached culmination when it was charged that Justice Black had been and is a klansman. The justice had staid nothing. Mr. Roosevelt has said he did not (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I CHANGESIGNALS AT FIVE POINTS Traffic Signals At Intersection Are Being Changed By City — Workmen have started improv- . ing the traffic signals at Five Points in the city. Extra lights are to be put up to more efficiently handle the heavy traffic there. AH but the light nearest Mercer I avenue will be double-faced to inI sure better vision for the autoist. I | The light on Mercer avenue will remain the same. This is being done so that autoists may watch the traffic light on the left corner as well as on the right. The lights will be made visible only to the cars approaching from the street to which the signal is turned. The method of eliminating the, ■ caution light on the red-to-green I ' signal will be used on the new signals. The city crew, under the direr- 1 j tion of Ralph E. Roop, civil works I commissioner, is also engaged in placing new stop signs at through : street intersections. These signs are of the new type on the side, j The old center signs will be left in use until autoists become accustomed to the change. o Decatur Bands Will Play At Bluffton The Decatur high school girls band and the Decatur high school boys band will play at the Bluffton street fair Friday morning and atI ternoon. The Decatur bands will I march and play in the parade Friday at 10 o’clock. They will give I a public concert in the afternoon. I o Orders Restitution To U. S. Treasury Indianapolis, Sept. 23. — (U.R) — j John K. Jennings, state works progress administration director, today instructed Vanderburgh coun'ty officials to make restitution of ’ $9,706 to the U. S. treasury, an amount expended by the WPA in transforming an old Evansville home into a building now used as an American Legion club. In issuing the order, Jennings 1 said the money was spent illegally 1 since the club house is not a public 1 project. Dedicated last May, it is known as the Patriotic building.

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FARM PROGRAM CHANGE MADE Parity Income Plan Is Announced Instead Os Parity Price Washington, Sept. 23 — 'U.R) — The new deal today abandoned its "iqrflty price" standard for major i agricultural products for a farm 1 "parity income" plan on a national basis. This reversal of an original poli icy of the invalidated agricultural adjustment administration ' coinI elded with a prediction by Secre--1 tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace in a radio broadcast that the I cooperative crop adjustment sysi tern under that program “will I eventually be applied again." He I called it “sound." Wallace told reporters that the "parity price” for farmers was abandoned because there is "no ; wa,y of getting enough money out I of the United States treasury to i pay producers of export crops like ' cotton, wheat and corn over the next 10 years to get them parity ■ prices.” Such a huge spending program, he said, would be ’ blocked by i I "taxpayers and consumers." Wallace explained the difference between the policies: the original i parity price payment would give i the farmers the 1909-14 average j i price of their produce; the "parity ! income” scheme is intended to i give the fartner his per capita i share of the increase in national l income from the average of the I 50 years preceding the world war. i Wallace's statements Indicated I that the administration would seek | ; in the new farm surplus control , legislation, which will be drafted i early at the next session of con-1 grass, tight production control pro- j | visions to supplement the soil con-' i servation program and possibly re- j enachment of processing taxes, i which were outlawed by the supreme court. The cabinet member denied that ' the newly drafted 1938 soil conservation program, which set a limit of from 275.000,000 to 290,(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVSN) Jefferson Township Short Two Teachers C. E. Striker, county school superintendent, stated today that an unusual occurrence exists at Jefferson township high school. As evidence of the abundance of teaching jobs open to properly qualified persons, today, nearly three weeks after the opening of school. Jefferson high is without two teachers. A teacher for the combined studies of music, art and home economics as well as a teacher for , commercial subjects and physical I education combined, is needed ' Eligible persons are encouraged to I apply for the positions. Fortunately. Mr. Striker stated, two teachers have been borrowed temporarily from a Wells county rural school, the opening of which , has been delayed. DOUBT SPECIAL SESSION CALL Republican Leaders Meet To Discuss Plans For Campaign Washington, Sept. 23. — (U.R) — Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Massa- ' chusetts, chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee. predicted today that President Roosevelt would avoid a special session of congress rather than face a "showdown” on the alleged Ku Klux Klan membership of Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black. Martin, who is attending a session of the executive committee of i the Republican national committee, said he thought President Roosevelt was attempting to avoid a “close range” fight and possible ] efforts for impeachment proceed- ] ing against Black. ] Martin, who was eastern manag- , er for Alf M. Landon last year, re- ( marked that it “must have been ] more than coincidence" that President Roosevelt left last night on a t long western trip just a few days ( before Justice Black's return." ( He added that President Roose- , (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN). 1

Hughes Returns ■h " " " V I O m fl I wfedi I a W t- ■■ ■;< -... (.W.,.; ..ULi This excellent photo of Charles I Evans Hughes, chief justice of the I IT. S. supreme court, was taken as I he returned to Washington from his summer vacation. He declined ' comment on the current controi versy involving his fellow justice. I Hugo L. Black, and the Ku Klux Klan. DELAY SEEN IN LOANS ON FARMS Several Weeks To Elapse Before Farm Tenancy Act Effective Word received here today from state headquarters of the farm security administration at Lafayette, indicates that several weeks will elapse before funds become available and plans completed to carry outp lans completed to carry out terms of the Bankhead-Jones farm tenancy act in Indiana. This was disclosed here by Charlas E. Poe, rural rehabilitation supervisor for the farm security administration in Adams and Wells counties. It was pointed out in the information received from the state office that while funds will be forthcoming soon, allotments have not I yet been determined for the varions states. In addition, farm com- ' mittees probably will have to be set up in counties where loans are to be made and places arranged where applications may be filed. “In the meantime,” Mr. Poe said, “the farm security administration will conentrate on activities of the present program. These include rural rehabilitation loans, farm | debt adjustment and completion of projects began under the resettlement administration.” Regarding the loaning of money to tenants to buy farms, Mr. Poe said that the relatively small amount, $10,000,000, appropriated for the entire nation for the year ending June 30. 1938, meant that only a few tenant farmers could hope to buy land during the coming nine months. The act provides for an increase 1 to $25,000,000 the next year and 1 $50,000,000 a year after that time. I It is expected that title II of the act which provides for operating,' loans similar to the present rehabil- ‘ itation loans will offer the great- I est immediate benefit to eligible • farmers needing credit. 0 .— Auto Strikes Pig, “ Woman Is Injured : Miss Anna Martin, of Berne, is i recovering from several fractured a ribs and lacerations on the fore- t head, sustained Tuesday night when the car in which she was rid- I ing struck a 150-pound pig three i miles east of Berne. c Aaron Yoder, driver of the car, his wife and child, the Misses Metta c and Elizabeth Zuercher, all of that c town, escaped injuries. The party was enroute home from an evange- 1 listic meeting. <

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Government Protest Most Severe Received By Japs Since Conflict Opened In China. PLAN CONFERENCE Washington. Sept. 23 — <U.R) — The American government today I awaited Japanese and world reaction to the most solemn warning i and protest which has confronted i Japan in her determined drive to subdue China. American diplomatic officials, prodded into emphatic opposition to Japanese tactics, hoped that the i state department's vigorous note, delivered yesterday in Tokyo, would serve in a measure to stay | Japan’s hand in China The npte, in effect, challenged Japan's right under international law to bomb any densely populat- | ed urban area, even though mlll--1 tary objectives might be involved. It implied a warning as to the consequences of any bombing op erations which result in extensive I destruction of non-combatant life and non-military property. The note not only stated thfs government’s attitude in vigorous terms but also appeared to demand that Japan reply and commit herself to a future policy. Japanese embassy officials I promptly replied that their government repeatedly has advised the United States it does not intend to bombard civilian populations or foreign property, that its objective is only to destroy military centers. The embassy said this was not a specific reply to the American representation but had been conveyed to this government as a statement of general policy. The American note was format and requires a formal reply under normal diplomatic procedure. Whether such a reply is actually being made the Japanese declined to say. It was indicated that mere reiteration ot' assurances that American lives and property would be protected would be far front satisfactory to the United States. Yesterdays note pointed out that "no amount of solicitude” on the part of authorities will insure the safety of persons or property when an area is being bombed. The American note was sent after weeks of effort to avoid entanglement in the Sino-Japanese hostilities. Diplomatic officials had refrained from formal protests until the renewed vigor of the Japanese drive, coupled with bombing of Nanking and other areas filled with non-combatants, made representations unavoidable. Oral protests delivered to Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito here and to foreign minister Koki Hirota in Tokyo failed to halt the bombing of Nanking. After lengthy conferences, in which President Roosevelt presumably took part, secretary of state Cordell Hull drafted the note and instructed American Ambassador Joseph C. Grew to deliver it in Tokyo. Plan Conference Geneva. Sept. 23 — (U.R) —Great (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE FILED Delphos, Ohio, Man Is Arrested After Auto Accident Here Fred Goodwald, of Delphos, Ohio, arrested Wednesday on a charge of driving while intoxicated, plead guilty this afternoon before Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court, and was fned sls and costs. His driver's license was suspended for six months in the state of Indiana. An auto accident on North Third street late Wednesday afternoon resulted lint he arrest of one man on a charge of drunken driving. Fred Goodwald, of Delphos, Ohio, is being held in jail following his arrest by Policeman Ed Miller at the scene of the crash. Goodwald, a salesman for a Nebraska flour company, was accompanied by Mart Brunnegraf, of this city. Goodwald's auto crashed into one driven by William August of this city. Goodwald is being held in tha local jail awaiting arraignment on charge in the Adams circuit court.