Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1937 — Page 1

IXXXV. No. 229.

■.|lH WIRING -.IIIISESSI.2OO ‘ME LOSSES tfrL- W iring Blamed RH r l ire \t Yager HH Brov. (.arage ■I ■> hk,„. "* h,is ■T (j,.,. .Il Sl.Ht.ul Hl til'll . th.- V.ig N th., rear of the 11 5 ,„ ; .. on Second n, M.-re anions- the |^K I>m building, when link'' ■alarm Strm'ure was a wooden with sides of metal located between the and a brick build:l|l,.y between First MU g. road streets. . . Robenold the damage to the building amount to more than S2OO. experienced on ■ con.-s and a host supplies stored there by ■fT)";. i ok I'airy company MI- : *>y tl »»» fire. The of . verheated bottles of ■Ur S' ” with ’•’■e era' kl the Mkt'mated More Than SI,OOO St-'tiy. proprietor of the .rive of the insurance this morning, that the range between SI,OOO ■ft 11.?"' About three fourths of covered by Insurance, Ke i ■ r.-l of oil. sitting well th.- front was untouched by but was bulged by the ft-avier damage was expectthe flames lilt the oil. ■ Spreading Checked effectively checked the of the fire to nearby At one time a comer ■ ifj- Runyon and Son garage Btaaing was burning, but members crew played the hose on the ■MMing to extinguish the flames ■ bSre much damage was done. fire failed to spread to the I tew building on the north side, owned by the Yanger brothAn automobile, owned by the Bros . was removed nndam- ■ aged The ear was housed in the north side of the building. Wiring Blamed wiring was blatned by Robenold today for the conwhich attracted scores from their beds. The fHstart.-d about 10:10 o'clock and wm under control about half an later. Firemen had to remain time however to comextinguish the fire. ffl o Local Sugar Is Now On Market In City every grocery store has Sparkling Crystal White sugar, manufactured by the <'ugar company of this on sale today. sugar is packed in 10. 25 a® 100 pound bags and is being in a number of local ■<■!. Deliveries of the sugar W-- made yesterday and • this nw

I Cooking School Next Week Free To Ladies Os Community

1 Emission will be free to the king school to be sponsored by Decatur Daily Democrat at the inis Theater, Monday, Tuesday : Wednesday afternoons of next !k. 1 (any Decatur merchants are corating with the show by featurspecial bargains in their stores ing the days of Che show, he school this year will be in form of a talking motion picpartially in technicolor. The w>w will last an hour and a half, ®er which many valuable prizes ; be given the ladies attending. KTlie motion picture was chosen the avenue for presenting the HHoking school this year because, ||M thfe greater ease with which the Mdience can see all phases of ( from beginning to end. I will be no difficulty hearing of the directions. Several of utensils will be shown in mov ' e - continuity, with an interest-: story, will make the show morel than is ordinarily poss-

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SUPREME COURT IS QUESTIONED Investigation Os Entire Court Asked; Lawyers Condemn F. I). R. Washington. Sept. 28 — (U.K) — Sen. William H Smathers, I), N. J., today proposed that any inquiry Into Justice Hugo L. Black's ku klux klan affiliations be broadened to investigate past affiliations of all members of the supreme | court. Smathers. charging that the ku I klux klan issue was raised "solely to embarrass the presid -nt. de-' dared that "a deal was entered into secretly by some members of the senate" prior to nomination of Black to hold up confirmation of j any appointments by President Roosevelt to the supreme court for years. "The plotters thought that the ■ president could not be expected to I name anyone except a so-called member of the brain trust to the j supreme court.” Smathers said "The nomination of a senator took them completely by surprise aiyl cut away the ground beneath their feet. “The president's action so j-oin- ■ pletely frustrated the plot that they were willing to enter into j anything for their revenge and out I of this malice comes this tory-in-spired expose. I think it is a lot of silly foolish publicity.” Smathers said he held no brief for the klan but that the attack upon Black was purely political. ; "The attackers knew well that Black's judicial qualifications are unassailable," he said. "No good legal reason exists for removing l Black and his attackers have no \ hope of so doing. However, they hope to hurt Mr. Roosevelt and ■ embarrass his administration. "Black is not foolish enough to | resign and the president Is not foolish enough to demand that he | resign. “If there is to be any investiga-, tion or action. I for one, take the I position that the entire court should be investigated.” Lawyers Meet Kansas City. Mo., Sept. 28—(U£) - Lawyers of the American bar association who spent their first I convention day "telling President (CONTINUE!' ON PAGE FOUR) LOCAL LODGE CONFERS WOOK Decatur K. Os P.’s Confer Rank Work In Fort Wayne Monday Members of the initiatory team of Kekionga Lodge No. 65, Knights of Pythias, of this city, ccnferrc-d the third rank on a large class of candidates at Fort Wayne last evening in a meeting there. The work was done at the invitation of Phoenix .lodge of that city. Following the rank work a luncheon and social period was held in the club ro.«no of the Fort Wayne lodge. Those from here v-ho took part in the initiation ceremonies were: O. L. Vance, W. F. Beery. David Adams. Jesse Ruper, John R. Parrish. Joseph A. Hunter, W. Guy Browm. Elmer Chase, Walter J. Krick. F. V. Mills, Charles Knapp, James Bain and J. Fred Fruchte. The Fort Wayne rank team conferred the initatory w<rk on a class . of pages during the meeting, attended by a large crowd.

ible. This method of presenting a cooking school has been widely popular in other sections of the country, but is comparatively new i in this area. . By using the moving picture as 1 the avenue for presenting the school, citizens of this area will have an opportunity of witnessing a show staged under the direction I of the outstanding home economics expert in the United States. Monday and Tuesday afternoons the doors of the Adams Theater will be opened at 1:30 o’clock and the show will start at 2 o’clock. Wednesday afternoon, the doors will open at 2:30 o’clock and the show start at 3 o’clock. I The title of the show is “The Bride Wakes Up" and the story i concerns a young married woman, whose only claim to domesticity is that she can wash silk stockings. Before her husband goes "back to his mother” to enjoy some good ' food, she learns the methods of I reaching a “man’s soul through his I stomach” through the able cooking advice of an older woman.

Wealthy Kidnaped Chicagoan With His Wife ? I • • / J , K W . Ik. Jflb 'Hk * " fl S 1 ■ ■ - T- 1 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross

Mystery continued to shroud the fate of Charles Ross, retired wealthy Chicago manufacturer, as his grief-stricken wife awaited news from his abduc-

LOCAL MAN'S SISTER DIES Sister Os Charles Springer Dies At Lutheran Hospital Monday Funeral services ter Mrs. Maggie E. Springer, 72, of Ossian, sister of Charlee Springer of tills city, who died Monday morning at 8 o’c'oek at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, will be he>d Thursday at 1:30 p. tn. at the home of a son, Amos in Yoder and at 2 o’clock at the St. Mark's Lutheran church of Ossian. The deceased was born in Wells county and resided there her entire life. Her husband, J. F. Springer, died tw«i years ago. She was a member of the St. Marks church and the ladies aid society. Survivors include three children Amos of Yoder, Mrs. Herman Dett-I raer. of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Fred G. Friedrich, of Your.getown, Ohio; 10 grandchildren, two great grandchildren; two Bisters. Mrs. George Lahrman of Fort Wayne and Mrs. William Lieninger of Yoder; five grothers, Geea'ge F and Ernest Springer of Yoder; Charles of Decatur and Michael and Ferdinand of Waynedale. The Rev. Schneppel of Fort Wayne will officiate and burial will be made in the church cemetery. The body was removed to the home of the son last evening. —O Berne Tot Recovers From Swallowing Pin I * Danny Liechty, t*wo-year cld son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. I iechty, of Berne, is recovering after swallowing a straight-in Saturday. The pin was removed about four hours after the tot had swallowed it. He seemis-d to suffer no ill effects. CITY COUNCIL LETS CONTRACT Coal Conveyor Equipment To Be Installed In City Plant The contract for coal conveyor equipment to ibe installed at the City Light and Power plant was awarded to the National Mill and Supply Co., Fort Wayne, at a special meeting of the council last evening. The contract price was $1950. The original bid was $2500, with a $550 reduction for a walk-way in front of boi'ers. This item was eliminated. Three bids were received by the Board of Pul<ic Works and safty last week and their report made to the council and approved. The contract for rebuilding the silo and putting in a hopper bottom so the coal will feed into the conveyor was awarded sometime ago to Phil Sauers of this city. Work on the improvement will bgein next week and the conveyor equipment will be ehipped in a couple weeks. It will be installed :>y mechanics at the plant, under the supervision of Frank Burns, chief engineer. I

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 28,1937.

* — ♦ SPECIAL EDITION A special edition will be pub- | I | lished Friday by the Decatur | Daily Democrat in preparation |> for the free cooking school next j week. The edition will contain I i j receipes, which will make it valuable for tiling. Announce- i : ments of merchants of the city j; | who are able to supply the I | equipment and food products ; i necessary for good cooking will also be included. These an- | nouncements should be in the : i Democrat office by Wednesday I evening. I « “♦ crowdswTllbe HERE SATURDAY Soybean Car To Be Inspected During Soybean Field Day A large crowd is expected in Decatur Saturday to inspect the soy- , bean car to be located on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at the I Central Soya company, as a part !of the annual soy bean field day , here. ! The car is profusely illustrated I with pictures showing the historI ical development of the soybean | crop, the methods of production : and harvest from early days up unI til the present time, the processing ! plants in the orient and modern i processing plants of today as they I are seen in Indiana and other corn j belt states. Not the least interesting part of this exhibit is the coach itself in ! which the exhibit is housed. Soy- ‘ bean oil is used in the core binder ;in the shops foundry. The roof of the car is painted with brown soyi bean paint, the sides with the Pennsylvania standard red soy | beanbean paint and the car is finI ished with soybean varnish. The ' trucks are painted black with soyi bean paint thus carrying out the I slogan "from roof to rails with soybeans.” The program Saturday will include inspection of soybean test ’ plots and other points of interest | to soybean growers. I Many from out of the county are 1 expected to attend. The Central Soya company is coI operating with the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., and others in furnishing the entertainment of the visitors. o Condition Os Local Lady Is Fair Today 1 Mrs. Philip Obenauer of 222 North Fourth street underwent a major operation this morning at eight o’clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. Her condition was reported as fair this afternoon. Sorority Fails To Pledge Butler Boy Indianapolis. Sept. 28 — <U.R) — Members of Delta Delta Delta sorority at Butler University couldn’t understand why Joy Lively snubbed their "rush week” pari ties so they investigated.

I tors. Ross, 72. was kidnaped by three armed men I while driving on a lonely road outside Chicago with | his former secretary. Florence Friehag. 45

SLEEPING GIRL IS NEAR DEATH Condition Os “Sleeping Beauty” Is Critical Today £ Bulletin Chicago, Sept. 28—1U.R) —A second blood transfusion was given at noon to Patricia MaGuire, “sleeping beauty,” as pneumonia , and a tumor complicated her I sleeping sickness. Two policemen of Oak Park, her suburban home, were the donors. Chicago, Sept. 28.— <U.R) -Death I threatened a sudden end today to the six-year sleep of Patricia Maguire. beautiful sleeping sickness victim. Miss Maguire has been in a deep coma since February 29, 1932. An abdominal tumor appeared four weeks ago. It must be removed or. physicians said, she may die - from it. Then she developed bron- - chial pneumonia. Until that disap- > pears an operation would endanger | ■ her life. She suffers also from ; plebitis, a vein-swelling caused by poor blood circulation. Oxygen was being administered I to her today at Presbyterian hospital. She has received a blood t transfusion, but she failed to re- , spond as physicians hoped. Her temperature hovered above 100 de-I , grees. J “Miss Maguire's condition is' , critical,” said Dr. Eugene Traut. i the physician who has nursed her through the long period of coma, I . attempted to arouse her with a variety of “cures" offered by the 1 best physicians in the world, and ' has brought her through four pre- . vious hospitalizations. Dr. Traut announced at 9:15 a. S (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) iWAGEINCREASE DENIED TODAY t I Fort Wayne Salary Increase Refused By State Tax Board t I- Fort Wayne, Sept. 28—State tax f commiseioiHers yesterday refused to approve 1937 emergency appropriations totaling $46 775.30 Lo meet current salary increases granted members ot ’he police and fire der partments by members ot the city council. , The city’s only apparent recourse ’ will be a rehearing of the matter ! .before the full board at mdianaipolis , ■ City Controller Louis F. Crosby , said. 1 I “The state tax (board does not believe that it has the authority to 'approve and provide for increases |in salary for which no provisions i was made- in the regular budget ar! dopted a year ago.” was the group’s I comment on the decision. ' The state tax board made the i same ruling in the -local board’s and ' council’s petition to increase salar- ■' ies of Decatur firemen and police-1 I men during the last half of 1937,

JAPAN ACCUSED BY 52 NATIONS IN VOTE TODAY Strong Action Taken By League As War Continues Geneva, Sept. 28— (UR) —The | world assembly of the league of nations today approved a resolution condemning Japanese airplane bombardment of Chinese cities and their peoples. Fifty-two nations voted in favor of the resolution And thus condemned Japan for warring on civilian populations. It was the first time that such a stand had been taken toward a great power J since the league condemned Italy as an aggressor against Ethiopia two years ago. I, The resolution was one which I had been passed yesterday by the ' league's advisory committee on ! Chinese-Japanese relations, land its language was strong. , Victories Claimed Shanghai, Sept. 28 AU.R) -Chinese sources reported persistently today that the Japanese have suffered a heavy defeat in northwest China by the new Bth route army. It was asserted that two crack Japanese columns in the Tatung area, 170 miles west of Peiping. , had been routed and that consid-, 1 erably larger forces were in danger of being cut off and annihilated. The Bth route army consists of . upwards of 100,000 veteran sol- . diets who for 10 years had fought the national government as the Chinese communist army under their famous leader, Gen. Chu Teh. A few weeks ago they declared their allegiance to the government ■ I to fight Japan. Two days ago the Chinese Cen-1 I tral News agency asserted that the Bth route army under Gen. Chu had killed or wounded more than i.OOO Japanese near Kwangling, 70 miles southeast of Tatung after several earlier successes. Today the Central news agency, in a dispatch from Taiyuan, assert ' ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STRIKER GIVES RURAL FIGURES County Superintendent Reports 2,559 Students In Schools A total of 2,559 students are en- j rolled in the rural schools of Adams county. C. E. Striker, county school superintendent, announced today. Os this number 619 are enrolled | in the high schools and the remaining 1,910 in the grade schools. The report also disclosed that 270 children are attending parochial schools in the rural sections. A comparison could not be made with the attendance figures of last year, since the Geneva school did not open until late in the term. Following is the enrollment by townships: Union. 70; Root. 123 in the grades and 70 at Monmouth high; Preble, 60; Kirkland, 145 in I the grades and 102 at Kirkland i high; Washington, 104; St. Mary's, I 187 in the grades and 72 at Pleas- ! ant Mills high; Blue Creek, 110; ; Monroe. 327 in the grades and 130. at the high school; French, 137; Hartford, 154 in the grades and 90 in the high school;'Wabash. 378 in the grades and 128 in Geneva high; Jefferson, 115 in the grades I and 57 in the high school. No Respect Shown By Water At Fire Scene Several s'eepy-eyed Decatur residents, who climbed from their beds to witness the fire last night, were given a rather rude awakening when they ventured too close to the conflagration. Masses of water, pouring from the high pressure pump of the department firehose occasionally drenched a too-curioue witness. The water displayed no resipect for authority drenching many of the volunteers, without raincoats, and even giving Sheriff Dallas Brown a bath when he -offered his aid. Fire Chief Charles Robenold asked today that all ipersons stay I at a safe distance in time of fire. Truck Is Damaged By Fire This Afternoon A truck wvned by the Ashbaucher tin shop caught fire this afternoon : in the Jess Steele farmyard, east of Decatur near the state line. The car Ignited when the driver, Ralph Myers started to crank it. Mud and water extinguished the fire, but not I until the truck was heavily qamag«i. '

Ward Buildings Asked Destroyed By PWA Officers

ED. R. DEFENDS NEW DEAL ACTS President Continues “Pulse Feeling” Tour Os Country Booneville Dam, Ote., Sept. 28 — (UP)—President Roosevelt stood today before the new deal’s $51,000,000 dam site here and coupled a promise to (balance the budget in the next fiscal year with a policy of “widest use" f «r the hydro-electrical energy to lie developed by this and similar federal projects. He forecast the possibility of new Pittsburgh^—vast cities of whirling machinery—arising to concentrate a great industrial population on the rural landscapes immediately adjacent to these vast undertakings. Thinking of the nation 50 or 100 years from now, the President intimated that empflasis will fall away from great industrial concentrati.ns of population to further the growth of sma’ler communities. But Mr. Roosevelt did not propose that the great cities reduce their size or cease growing- merely that the smaller should thrive, too. Challenging those who accuse him of interfering with "the liberty of the individual.” the President as-serte-d that the rights of neighbors and of future generatieas might transcend those of the property | holder to do with his property as he wished. ‘My conception of liberty,’’ he . said, "does not permit an individ-; ual citizen or group of citizens to I commit acts of depredation against ' nature in such away as ta harm - their neighbors, and especially to , harm the future generations of Americans.” Mr. Rorxsevelt cantc here toward ) the end of a transcontinental "pulse (touching" journey which hie asso(CONT'NUnU ON PAGE FIVE) o Decatur Girl Obtains University Position Miss Dolores Klepper has been appointed librarian and instructor | at Fordham university, New York , .City. Miss Klepper took the exam-j inati.n last week and notified her | parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper of her appointment last night. | Miss Klepper was graduated from Georgian Court college. Lakehurst. , | N. J., last June. She was one of 175 I young women to take the examina- . tion. Forty Hours Will Be Held At Church Here The annual Forty Hours Devotion ' will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic church, October 29. 30 and 31. The services will, open Friday morning 1 and continue until Sunday evening. Father Joseph J. Seimetz. pastor is arranging the iprogram ano stated it would be announced in the . near future. o WEATHER Cloudy, probable west and south central portions tonight and Wednesday; not so cool tonight.

Republican Party Needs 20 Or 30 Good Funerals, Fish Says

Indianapolis, Sept. 28.--<U.R> —The ’ Republican party needs "20 or 30 good funerals" among its reaction- ' ary leadership and to rid itself of I John F. M. Hamilton, national ! chairman, in order to regain its ' lost power. Congressman Hamilton Fish said here last night. ; Speaking at the annual watermelon feast of the Irvington Republican club, Fish said: “We should divorce ourselves 1 from reactionary influence including the American Liberty league. "If we had 20 or 30 gobd funerals we would come back overnight. We must humanize, liberalize, but have no change of principles of . name. "If we permit a strangle hold by ' a handful of old reactionaries we | ! will not carry Maine and Vermont. • We must preserve what is good in | I the new deal and throw out what lis bad. We must prevent repudi-! ation of the public debt and save | the millions of American working I men from chaos certain to cotne II from ill-advised legislation of the

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Federal Grant Contains Clause Requiring Demolishing Os All Ward Buildings. CHANGE SOUGHT One of the federal government’s conditions in making a 45 per cent grant, but in no case exceeding $110,045, to the Decatur school board toward the construction of a new school building will have to be modified before the school board can accept the offer. The condition is that the fourpresent ward buildings are demolished upon the completion of the proposed building. Paragraph “B” of the formal offer from the federal emergency administrator of public works reads: “The applicant's furnishing assurances satisfactory to the administrator that the four existing school buildings will be demolished upon completion of the project.” The demolishing of the four ward buildings is impossible, members of the board state. A building sufficiently large to house all the pupils from these four buildings could not be built within the local bond limits and grant of the PWA. Razing Not Intended It was not the intention of the school board to raze the four ward buildings. When the original petition was filed, the board signified that two buildings, namely the , Central and West Ward would be i demolished. The PWA might have interpreted correspondence to the I effect that the school board would I remove old buildings when a new school was built and then inquired how many ward buildings Decatur . had. , As the removal of the old buildings is one of the conditions under ■ which the PWA will make the $110,045 grant, the school board will first apply for an amended i condition, listing only two school buildings in the demolishing program. Meeting Tonight The school board, composed of Ira Fuhrman, president; Roy Mumma and Joe Hunter, will meet this ■ evening with Superintendent Wal--1 ter J. Krick, and acquaint them- • selves with all the provisions and I conditions of the offer. The school board cannot finance I a new building with the $110,045, unless the civil city participates in the undertaking and petition will be made to the council to pass a bond ordinance pledging the city's support up to $50,000, school officials announced. The $110,045 grant from PWA is made on the basis of an estimate of $244,545 for the building. The I school city qmld bond itself for an amount between SBO,OOO and i $90,000, the balance, up to the maximum of $50,000 allowed by (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 Francis Miller Is Convicted In Court Francis Miller, of south of the city, was fined $1 and costs when arrainged before Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse in city court late yesterday afternoon on a charge of public intoxication.. He was arrested Saturday night iby Policeman Adtian Coffee and plead guilty.

present administration.” Earlier Fish said the party should get rid of John D. M. Hamilton be cause he does not “fall in line” with the needs of the party. He cited the action of the national chairman on the eve of the last election in firing a broadside at the social security program as an illustration of unfitness for the I position. This action alienated millions of Republican workers, Fish said. Favors VanNuys Fish said he didn't wish to butt into Indiana state politics but that it was his idea that the Republican party should nominate Sen. Frederick VanNuys if he is defeated for nomination in the DemoL cratic convention next year. President Roosevelt is not enforcing the neutrality act, and if we get into trouble with Japan because of this, Fish said, “the President should be impeached.” In connection with this, the New ■ i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)