Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1937 — Page 1

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STATES lIffI'ENTION liJSKEDTODAY Leader Urges I . Intervention I o ■ < ave China ' tl'l’n-lnter-I -.1 States In ■J* \;,n- -. ■-s .no Chiang Kaioikina Central In Ins foreign mln'•WuLL. .«•. iur.-.S that China. < . -national ettpt,, i!e- end and can \ :uif necessary. ... „ gl | | r.-vision of I ailed State- policy , to al anarch) to the ithe 3.0C3 Killed ... The for- .. MM ...... ' ;il isoilei s .IS ... ME Protect Americans ... S pt. 24 <1 I'i . . 5 -;;.r I - ni.iiii ■ until it is j.. .. . necessary” t ■ • of hostilities. | ■| . - Hany E. Yarnell conif Klltb’i ' !1 l,1; " ! 1,1 ,l "’ Asiativ ll, ' , ‘ ! All,. . tile ■ .. .. emplot naval all possilde assistance to our I lulljS Hi - .(S.'S where Heeded." ' 'b. art adm tted Mt, tile P'lln ' may mean that na- . at lines lie exposed said: -■ - accepted." B Stop Offensive “Mr S ? '' I’ l A JapjB »- a-- offensive was stopped Bi o n ■ ... Shanghai front today Chines.- regulars. |M'. .I.ipanese artillery Hili...: ■.- Chinese lines. They ■ta ix lint-es and other decnul Troops stayed - and dugouts. Most of i.i-ualti.-s, Chinese army - - -aid. w. re from shell - said that the lines iiai! that one officer, Maj. :.. said in a report he BBt ba BB T - ■ ■■■•ast us out with all dynamite in Japan.” By- ! 1 ■' ' I !i nr steady barrage. IM i-'.t' os page ihi;i-:i-:i isS o Postponed | In Circuit Court trial lit (lien Martin on drunken and reckless < !. 'baled for today in tile ‘i- court, was continutoile x I ause of repairs being in tin- heating plant in the ' ii.ni-. \'o date has yet been for th. trial pending tile comof the repairs. ■ ■ —o B. Joseph’s School | Has Free Day Today H The children of St. Joseph's enjoyed a free day today. were dismissed by Father ■ isegili Seimetz. at the request of B I. Rev [t shop John F. Noll, who B Iti tli. children they could have day in observance of the services held last at St. Mary's church. POUR CONCRETE I FOR NEW SILOS Joncrete Pouring At CenI tral Soya Company Is Completed ■ Pouring of concrete in the 10 Bnv 110-foot silos nt the Central B 5 conipny here was completed Btntrsday night, just eight days B" r work was started. S ‘b- silos will have a capacity of ■ half-million bushels rJ beans, inby 50 percent the storage of the compahy. ■ Workmen are now engaged in ■'.paring for building of the totp, Installing conveyors, connectB ? Passages at the tops and arrangB] ? the doors and equipment for ■™ ovi ng the grain at the bott.-.m. o, 'k is also progressing on the B ew soy bean processing plant beB 1 ? constructed by the company. I

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Reported Prowler Only A Transient Officers Ed P. Miller and R.'y (Tillcote were called to the Penn-■ , sylvania freight house last night i when it was reported someone was trying to enter the building. When the officers arrived they found that a bum. who had crawled into the house, was only closing the door to shut out the cool, night air w II was. »dered out of town. o— —• COURT REFORM OPPONENT ON F. 0, R. TRAIN President Delivers Brief Address To 6.000 At Cheyenne /.board President Roosevelt's special train, enroute to Seattle. Si-pt 14 (U.R) ii. Josepli ('. t)’Mahoney. !>.. Wyoming, a lead -r in killing the supnme court's re-i ■ organization plan, accompanied ■ President Roosevelt's special train across Wyoming The senator's secretary said O'Mahoney was present at the invitation of the ' president's secretary. Marvin H Mclntyre, lie will accompany the i train as far as Casper. Mr. Roosevelt, in a neighborly. 1 extemporaneous address, told a i crowd of about 6.000— Sen. O'Ma honey standing with them at Cheyenne- that he has no inten I lion of “coasting" through his sec ' ond term. He defended relief ex- ' penditures, but made no mention 1 of the supreme court issue. O'Ma i honey stood in the crowd and applauded when the crowd did Mr. Roosevelt's associates were jubilant as the special S|e*d onward from noisy lowa welcomes toward states of prominent liolters. Some of their enthusiasm appears to be based on evidence that hope of further federal relief spending supreme court or the ku klux klany or loan* may be out-pulling the i for popular mid-western attention. No speeches were scheduled for | (OONTINTED ON PAGE SEVEN) —u — r— NEW CITY WELL GOOD PRODUCER Well At Homesteads Addition Produces Abundant Supply The n?w city water well in the Homesteads addition is producing about 225 gallons of water per minute. Every indication points to a good well, Charles Brodbeck. manager of the water department stated, ft is believed if the pump could take it the well would iprodace 300 gallons per minute. The pump was p'aced on the w-ell yesterday afternoon and the supply of water is abundan*. Water is being punmped from a depth of 160 feet. The well was drilled down to 400 feet and the water stands with-1 in 30 feet of the surface. The city has requested an inspection of the Wvll and water by the state board of health. The inspectors are expected here next week. If the well continues to produce I from 150 to 200 gallons of water p : r minute, it will be considered good and arrangements will be made to run the underground cable service for the motor to the site. | An attractive ipump house will also I be erected . .ver the well and pump. I The well will not be tied into the • main at the Homesteads until the i state health iboard has examined I . the water and approved it. o Special Showing Os Film For Students A special showing for school children wi’l ibe made of the picture , “Wild Life,” at the Decatur high schc.al bulding next Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock. The picture, brought here by George H. Garrison, under the sponsorship of the Adams county fish and game conservaton league, contains many scenes from the African jungles. While a special invitation has been extended to all children, adults have also been urged to attend by the league president. Willis A. Fonner. Presbyterian Church Session This Evening There will be a meeting of the session of the First Presbyterian church tonight at 7 o'clock at the 1 manse. The fall program of the i church will be outlined. All elders I | are asked to be* present. I

Roosevelt In Chicago On Way West F* ?| IT 111 f Presidpnt Roosevelt is shown flashing his famous Binih* to Chicago throng as his train paused to be switched for points west on his tour from Washington. The president will return to Chicago to dedicate the new outer drive bridge on October 5. j

CROP CONTROL ATTEMPT TOLD Price Os Old Corn Drops Sharply On Chicago Exchange Chicago, Sept. 24— <U.R) — The I price of old com, the last rem-1 nants of the J 936 crop, plunged to! |sl 06\ a bushel today on the! L board of trade, after charges that, | the market had been subjected to | "manipulation" by interests which . sought control of the crop. The Farmers' National Grain corporation, Chicago, issued a> charge against the commodity exchange administration and the* board of trade accusing the exchange of being “lax in the pro-' I per administration of requirements I I of the commodity exchange act to ■ permit such manifulations," and : I that "these actions should not have j been permitted under require-1 inents of the CEA." The drop in corn shortly after I the opening was a loss of o'* cents ; from yesterday's close but a small I rally carried the price back to SI.OB a bushel, off 4 cents. The Farmers' National has been reported as the largest “short" f interest in a recent “fight" be-j tween it and the Cargill Grain com-. pany of Minneapolis for control . of the old crop. The statement | issued today was signed by repre-; sentatives of 13 groups throughout | (CONTINUED ON PAGB SIX) o Holy Communion At Local Church Sunday The Holy Communion will be observed Sunday at the Zion ReI formed church. The morning service will begin at 10 o’clock, at' which time new members will also* be received. The evening communion service will begin at 7:30 o’clock. AGED WILLSHIRE WOMAN SERIOUS Mrs. Mary Cully Dangerously Injured In Auto Accident Van Wert, O„ Sept. 24—-Six per-' sons were injured, two seriously, in an auto accident at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon on state road 118 four miles south of Van Wert. Cars driven by Lk.-yd Hoales, R. R. 9, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. J. How- i ard Apgar of Delphos collided head-; on at a curve. Most seriously injured was Mrs. Mary Cully, 83, Willshire., 0., mother of Mrs. Apgar, who was riding with her. She suffered a fractured skull and is not expeced to live. Hoales suffered cuts on his face and injuries to his left shoulder. He was treated at'the Van Wert County hospital when taken to the county jail. No charges have been filed against him. Mrs. Apgar suffered severe cuts on her forehead and facial bruises, and her duaghter 2. who suffered a gash on the head. All were taken to the Van Wert County hospital. 1 Mrs. Apgar was en rout to Willshire to take her mother home. The I crash occurred in front of the Ed [Cutter farm. [

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 24, 1937.

One Person Slightly Injured In Accident ■ One person was slightly injured and two cans were badly damaged llate yesterday afternoon when two I •autos coPlded at the intersection] 'of ,nroe and Fifth streets. The , I cars were driven by Ed Kiess. of , i Thirteenth street, this city, and { I Ray Scher, r, of route 10. Fort 1 I Wayne. Mr. Kiess was enroute west on . Monroe street and Scherer south lon Fifth. Scherer suffered some ' from shock, but was not injured jseriously. While his car could be 1 driven, his condition warranted a call to relatives return him home. , The Kiess auto was severely damI aged and had to be towed to a local ‘ garage. GARR BROTHERS ON TRIAL TODAY ( Brothers Accused Os Slaying Gen. Denhardt On Trial Shelbyville. Ky.. Sept. 24 —(U.R) - I Attorney General Hubert Meredith 1 said “the whole legal system of | I Kentucky is on trial." as he took i personal charge today of the prose- | ciMion of three brothers accused {or killing Brig.,Gen. Henry 11 , Denhardt on the eve of his second i murder trial. The Garr brothers —Dr. E. S.. 1 | Roy and Jack—were given an ex- . amining trial today on charges ot shooting down Denhardt, Kentucky | soldier-politician, in front of a . 1 hotel here last Monday night Den- | hardt was to have been tried again , I for the murder of their sister and * his fiancee, Mrs. Verna Garr TayI lor. Attorney General Meredith said i he believed the outcome of the { case against the Garrs wouhl • answer lite question of whether I Kentuckians “can take the law in ; their own hands." | Rodes K. Myers, an attorney for ' Denhardt who was with the latter I at the time of his slaying, appear- ! ed as a witness in Judge Harry F. Walters’ Shelby county courtroom I today. Myers, who disclosed he i had received letters warning hint I not to testify, had a bodyguard of i state patrolmen. I Myers was met by his escort, i tnduding Col. E. O Huey, stat ■ I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

School Girls Os Decatur Are Invited To Cooking School

Approximately 200 future housewives of Decatur, the girl students of the city public and Catholic high schools, will be-priv!eged to secure an inside peek at the more etficent methods of home-making ami the arts of cooking, when they will witness the free cooking school sponsored by the Decatur Daily Democrat and shown at the Adams theater October 4, 5 and 6. Through the courtesy of their respective school heads, the girls will be dismissed from classes on Wednesday afternoon, October 6 to attend the special late showing of the full length talking picture," The Bride Wakes Up,” at the theater on Monroe street. Deeming it a vital part of a girl’s education to learn the finer points

AFLDELEGATES CONDEMN LEWIS Indiana Federation Condemns CIO Head As “Modern .Judas” Terre Haute, Ind . Sept. 24. —<U.R) I—The 1 —The 53rd annual convention of the Indiana Federation of Labor swung into its closing session today after delegates condemned John L. Lewis as a "modern Judas whose autocratic desires" have nearly destroyed the United Mine . Workers union. While accusing Lewis of attemptling to further "dictatorship" aims, ; the convention praised William | Green. A. F. of L. president, for : his efforts to heal the breach be{tween the two warring unions. I Delegates drafted another reso- { lution calling upon Lewis to accept I an invitation ot Green to join in a ■ national convention at Cleveland. ■ The resolution was referred to a i committee for consideration and 1 I will probably be brought forth to-, i day. Hugh Gormley, state federation l of labor conciliator, followed up i the convention action in condemn{ing Lewis by a vigorous attack I against the CIO leader and Ivan |C. Morgan, former Republican state i chairman. Gormley charged Mor- ■ gan exploited child labor in his i plants. j A score of resolutions were presented at yesterdays session and convention officials feared today the column of business would neI eessitate extension of the four-day txssemblage beyond its deadline to(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) I o '■ — Monroe High School Staff Is Announced The staff for the Monrc=> high school annual publication. "The Trumpet,” lias been announced. Miss Esther Steiner, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Steiner, has been named editor of the annual. Other members of the staff are: Senior reporters, I-eroy Si hwartz and Anna Barbara Liechty; junior rep ,rters, Franklin Steury and Marybelle Snyder; sophomore reporters. Arvine Steine and Doris Fricke; freshmen reporters. Betty Graber: sports reporter, Harold Schwartz. Walter Mehringer was • named faculty advisoi.

• of preparing tasty delicacies and Jthe hundreds of practical j homemaking ideas. Principal W. I Guy Brown, of the public high jschc.'d and Rev. Joseph J. Seimetz, 'of (he Catholic high, have agreed ■ to dismiss the girls on that day at . !2:45 o'clock in time to attend the 3 o’clock presentation. Only on that day will the picture I bo (presented at 3 o’< lock. Showing on Monday and Tuesday, October 4 I and 5, will be given at the desig- < nateS h".ur of 2 o'clock. While other iadies of Decatur and I community have been inv’ted to attend the special school showing as well as on the two other days, special effort will be made by the Democrat to entertain and instruct (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Adams County Lad Killed As Bicycle Is Hit By Truck; One Man Is Also Seriously Injured

MUSSOLINI TO VISIT HITLER Italian Dictator Leaves For Conference With Nazi Leader R .me, Sept. 24—(UP)—Premier Benito Mussolini, head of Fascist ! ■ Italy, left by special train at 12:20 | j p. in. today for a four-day visit with j Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. German Nazi I i chieftain—A visit intended to show 1 the world that the dictators are I united against any who oppose j either. Thousands of Fascist workmen, with bands, stood with otfixials at the railroad statio nto cheer Mussolini. Soldiersand Fascistmi'.ltiamen presented arms and played the na-1 tion al fascist anthems, airplanes flew overhead as the train left, of- , ficials estimated at 100,000 the that hade Mussolini farewell. He is to arrive at Munich tomorrow, leave there tomorrow night to attend the big German army i maneuvers on the Baltic coast, ar-' rive in Berlin Monday, be a fellow- 1 speaker with Hitler at the Olympic standium Tuesday, and leave Wednesday. The importance which Mussolini attaches to his visit was made clear from the retinue he selected to accompany him —Count Galeazzo Ciat:o. his son-in-law and foreign Minister, Achille Starace. secretary general of the Fascist party; Dino Airier, minfster of press and propaganda. and his private secretary, Osvaldo Sebastian!. Tomorrow is to be a holiday in Munich in his honor; Tuesday is to be a holiday in Berlin. Berlin lias been lavishly decorated and there are to be triumphal proces(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O MARIONETTES SHOW TUESDAY I Marionette Show At Local High School Next Tuesday An unusual entertainment is to be offered Decatur high school stu-, dents and visitors Tuesday after-: noon, according to the announce-, ment made today by W. Guy i Brown, school principal. Meredith's Marionettes, a famed j marionette show presented by Meredith Bixby, will perform at | the school at 3 o'clock on that afj ternoon. Enroute to Fort Wayne for a. scheduled performance, the show : was engaged here for a stop-over i , presentation. The marionettes will give an l hour show, including seven beautiful and attractive acts. The dolls are of the large 30-inch type. They [ played to crowds in 29 states last year, according to their billing. This year the marionette showpresents “Treasure Island,” from | the famous novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Recommendations and praises,from some of the leading ' ' schools of the country are offered by the group as evidence of their popularity. The public has been invited to attend the show given for the lo- ' cal students. This is one of a series of entertaining weekly sessions to be given at the school. o County Ministers Will Meet Monday The Adams county ministerial association will hold its bi-mqpthly meeting at the Cross Reformed I church of Berne Monday at 9:30 . a. m. The Rev. M. O. Herman of Berne, president of the association, will preside. The address of the morning will be given by the Rev. O. L. Flesher., pastor of the Antioch M. B. church, near Decatur. The devotions will be in charge of the Ret. Edison Habegger, evangelist of Berne. The annual election of officers will be held in this meeting. I It is desired that all members of the association be present in this meeting. o Welfare Board In Regular Session The regular meeting of the Adams county public welfare board was held last evening in the local welfare office. Routine business was conducted at the sessi-Ni.

SUGAR MAKING CAMPAIGN WILL OPEN SATURDAY Central Sugar Company To Open Fall Campaign Tomorrow I All preparations were completed today for the opening of the Central Sugar company for the annual fall campaign, which will officially open Saturday morning at 6:00 o'clock. Approximately 8.000 tons of beets will be in the yards ready for proI cessing, when the first shift arrives. Tests made this week Indi--1 cate that both the sugii'r content ! and purity are improving and that ! the early beets will be slightly j above the average for this area. It ; is too early to determine the quality of the late beets, but they are I also improving. I Officials of the plant stated today that it is hoped that approximately 80,000 tons of beets wiM be I procesed this year, a few thousand more tons than last year. Early indications are that the average beet yield will be slightly below average, due to the poor growing season, which was set and damp. However, the popularity of beets among growers, resulted in an in- ; creased acreage this year. Opens Early The plant, by opening on the ! 25th, begins its campaign on the earliest date on record, due to the early maturing of the beets. The ■ campaign last year opened on the] 26th. which set a new record for I early opening. In addition to the regular crew, which will work the first shift Saturday morning, new men will ari rive at the same time to learn their ' duties by watching the experienc!ed men. They will then take over the second and third shifts. Additional men will go to work each day until Monday, when the | full force of approximately 350 men will be engaged in the processing. The first of the 1937 Sparkling Crystal White sugar, will be ready for the market Monday. Officials in charge of the scale ; house and dumps announced today ■ | that beets may be delivered next ■ Monday. September 27. After next week, the dumps will be opened on Tuesdays. Wednesdays. Thursdays. ■ Fridays and Saturdays only to give an opportunity for repairing and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Infantile Paralysis Cases Here Denied Dr. R. E. Daniel, secretary of the I city board of health, stated today, that contrary to rumors, no cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in Decatur for several weeks. There has been only one case in Decatur this year, which' was one of the causes of death of an eight-year-old girl about two weeks ago. RECEIVE BIDS ON SEPT. 29 Proposals For Addition To G. E. Plant To Be Received — Proposals from contractors on • j the construction of the addition to the General Electric factory on i j North Ninth street in this city. ! will be received September 29, at i the Fort Wayne office, E. W. Lanki enau, local plant superintendent, {stated today. The plans and specifications were sent to contractors several days ago and the company has asked for bids on the above date. Due to the contemplated’ building program a seasonal lay-off of about 75 employes will be effective today. Mr. Lankenau said. The storage of motors will be hampered when building operations get underw-ay and production will be reduced accordingly, un/l the additional facilities are provided at I the plant. The lay-off is expected to be only temporary and will affect those persons who are newer members of the force. The force will still be above the 50U mark, Mr. Laukeuau stated,

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Victor Nussbaum, 9, Is Killed Instantly By Truck Driven By Berne Contractor. RIDER INJURED One person was killed and another critically hurt at noon today when a truck collided with a bicycle three miles north of Berne on the "tile mill" road. * Victor Nussbaum, nine-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam D. Nussbaum, of four miles north of Berne, was instantly killed when he was struck by the truck, as he was riding home fr-mi school. Jacob Schrock, of Berne, who was riding on the rear end of the truck, is in the Adams county memorial hospital In a critical condition from injuries sustained when the truck turned over.and I crashed into a telephone pole after j hitting the lad. The driver of the truck. Noah N. Schrock, prominent Berne contractor and uncle of the injured man, escaped injury as did another nephew. Levi, and a son, Robert. Although the coroner's report had not been made at a late hour, it is thought that the lad died Instantly from a broken neck. Jacob Schrock is in the Adams county memorial hospital in a critital condition suffering from five broken ribs, a punctured lung and other chest injuries. The attending physician, who brought the man to the local hospital, stated that there was a chance of recovery in the event infection did not develop. There were no eyewitnesses other than the men in and on the ! truck. Noah Schrock, the driver, told investigating officers that the lad was enroute north on his bi- , cycle on the county road, follow- • ing a beet truck Schrock said - that the lad suddenly pulled ' across the road in front of his truck, enroute south. He said he applied the brakes but was unable | to avoid hitting the lad. The lad was taken to the Bierie & Yager funeral parlors in Berne. Those who arrived on the scene following the crash estimated that the body of the lad was thrown 35 feet through the air by the impact of the heavy truck. The truck then veered out of control, turned over and hit a telephone I pole. After Baseball Glove Ironically enough, the lad was enroute home after a baseball glove, which he heard had arrived by mail since he had left home to attend school in the morning. He was a student in the fourth grade of the district school in Monroe township. He was born in Monroe township February 9. 1928. the son of Sam and Mary Mazelin-Nussbaum. His father is weil known in this city, having worked here as a carpenter various times. Surviving, besides the parents are six brothers: Leo, Elmer, Alvin. Reuben, Milo and Carl, all at home; the maternial grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mazelin and the paternal grandfather, David C. Nussbaum, all of that community. The boy's father was working in Decatur at the time of the accident and was immediately notified. Funeral services had not been completed at a late hour this afternoon. o i Oscar Lankenau Is Rotarian Speaker I u 1 Oscar Lankenau, local merchant, delivered an interesting discussion 1 . of the constitution of the United ’ States, at the weekly meeting of ' the Decatur Rotary club Thursday ’ evening at the Rice hotel. Mr. Lankenau spoke from the angle of what Rotarians, as members of a service club, owe to the constitution. "We are debtors to the past, guardians of the present, and trustees of the future,” the speaker asserted. —o — • TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 70 10:00 a. m. 76 Noon 82 2:00 p. m. 84 3:00 p. m. 82 WEATHER Cloudy, showers tonight and probably south portion Saturday morning; Cooler tonight, much cooler northwest portion much cooler Saturday.