Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1937 — Page 1

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,ISEt BNESE PLAN »OFFENSIVE ® SMASH FAPS Th** _ — < ,’W Annie- Prepare For Werritic Offensive ■ Drives ■' W-R) Sons.* m «' IS anJ munit,<m “' 5» \d'l -ads -st o JBu. l-'ssing toward *i'"’ 311,1 2 a|, ‘ 7 ■ f 1 - " r ' hH h/ 1'“'" gigantic , X/ M < I (j,.., »«» evident K..'.'! !>■■'•• s(rik, ‘ f,, " ,n mad tuan Nanking, reu <: pli ' -i' l 113(1 ‘'lto j g n ammunition wagons: thlS s pack I>. > mill -s. plodd >::.• ;; fought for space roads, muddied by tains, w^^K av - '■■■'! for days, For ar. at war ,< inky darkness ri.\^B s ... Withering along m ud. • a. k occasionally ,m "i^K ne u, n; -. and stop traffic could be taken aside. 'l\T^^v r ' "” r, ‘ indications that the rains, which have flooded and made morasses of ' ids might delay the big fight for supremacy here, | was some fighting in the aa ~.,-. taUaldy along Woosung : K north of the city. It was sometimes hand to hand. was not the beginning of drive. Japanese, on the apparently sought to preoiganization of the Chinese Chines :’f» nsive is to mark Bp teeth anniversary of the start revolution which led to the But Generalissimo Chiang K wife, an honor graduate of was expected to forbid on the anniversary day. 10because it is Sunday. H of human life and suffering '» B* 1 dicated by the assertion of a, spok-sman today that ■ Amand October ■ o.united 57.767 Chin- • on fin- Shanghai front, of 33.050 were in the Liuhang sectors alone. if this were discounted, as 0 containing duplications Mno exaggerations by enthusJunior officers at the front. BsmT an idea of the casualties I^^Bred— by both sides —with the * Mg battle still to come. l1 three weeks' visit at Nan- < to which I went to cover the "death raid" campaign :B< the capital, gave what to be overwhelming evithat tin Chinese government BMiutd begun to tight. Leaders discouraged by the sets in the north. They are sacprospect of a long war, morale and that of the men I high. They say they can will outstay Japan in any endurance, and they bethey may he able to eventual-I throw the Japanese out of all, B>a - Manchuria included. | ■? ■■CON FIN!’ED ON PAGE SIX) H Ichurch plans I MISSION HERE a Mission At B rs t Evangelical Church I I Next Week r Preaching mission, “Farther Ith I- hrlst -” opens tomorrow at lrst ilv'ngelical church here, ibe Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor, delivering the first at the morning service. lof Berv lces will be conduct? the week at the mission. 11 is a church-wide program for Inhering the spiritual life. speakers during the week I I* ' Sunday evening, the Rev. H. { I J,'. uell °r, district superintendent.. I lEm, at>olis; Mon <lay. the Rev. F. Van Wert. Ohio; Tuesthe Rev. Leroy Geiger, Fort IBb ? e ' Wednesd ay. the Rev. I. G. ■® a erer, Huntington: Thursday, : Rev - George Holston, Linn and Friday, the Rev M. O. I Berne. JHtJeb’n* services will start at Ptdock - she public has been ■ ed to attend all sessions.

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REPORTS ITAIf COMING TO AID OF JAP CAUSE Reports From Tokyo Assert Italy Favorable To Jap Action Ttfyko, Oct. 9. —TU.R) Fascist, , Italy today came to the aid of Japan which had been condemned by ! the world assembly of the League of Nations and the United States for her war on China, it was reported on reliable authority. Giacinto Auriti, Italian ambassador. held a half hour conference I with Kensnke . Horinouchi, vice j foreign minister, and afterward the , Domei news agency, whose reports are regarded as authoritative con- : cerning government matters, asserted that Auriti assured Japan of Italy’s sympathy and support in Japan's “self defense” campaign in China. Horinouchi. the agency asserted, thanked Premier Benito Mussoi Uni, through the ambassador, for his support, especially at a time when other western powers are agaiust Japan. The reported Italian assurances, first to be received, came soon after increasing anxiety over America's strong stand caused the cabinet to withhold a formal government reply to foreign condem-; nations of Japanese policy. The government statement was I to tMI the world of Japanese aims ' and determinations. Instead there was a tempered statement of foreign office policy which did not i bind the cabinet and was in itself ■ nothing more than a repetition of previous government official and semi-official statements except for I the following brief comment on league and United States action: "The league has declared that the actions now being taken by Japan in China are in violation of the nine-power treaty and the Briand-Kellogg peace pact. “The department of state of the United States has issued a statement 'of the same purport. “However, these steps must be aTlrTEuted to an unfortunate lack of understanding of the real circumstances as well as the true intentions of Japan, a state of affairs which the Japanese government considers very regrettable." The statement argued Japan's i legal right to maintain troops in I China. FREAK ACCIDENT CLAIMS SEVEN Minor Auto Accident Causes Train To Hit Two Autos Gary, Ind , Oct. 9—(U.R) A minor automobile accident, freakishly timed and placed in the path of a speeding passenger train, brought death to seven persons and serious injuries to another last night. The automobiles collided at a street crossing at Gary city limits. The cars locked fenders and bump- . ers. and bounced onto the tracks of a railroad crossing A passenger train, speeding too fast to stop, ground the cars into scrap metal and spread the debris for 400 feet. Three men in one of the cars leaped to safety. The others were trapped. The dead: Mrs. G. Edward Schoon, 33; Mrs. Irene Cass, 40; Robert Cass. 4. all In one car; and A. C. Weathersby, Perry Spann, Roy Prince, and Sam Chappa. in the other. All were Gary residents. Mrs. Cass' daughter, Judith. 18 months, was injured seriously. Three of the men victims and the three who escaped, Frank Coleman. Oscar Shealey, and James Rucker, were negroes, PWA employes. On the train were 600 civilian conservation corps workers bound from Camden. N. J., to California. Coleman, Shealey and Rucker said they were returning home from their work project at Schererville, 15 miles southwest of Gary. They were riding east on I ridge road, a through highway. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 46 10:00 a. m. »- 47 Noon ---- 49 WEATHER — Cloudy, local showers tonight, Sunday becoming fair; little change in temperature.

Church To Observe 35th Anniversary it B r\ Jb'V k ZZbCb*- 1 ■ L ’T" '■ I B t> B f aF \ a J- W « ' B-1 1 a! i bi I! ’ I I 1 Tit JI a i i Mu il l i 11 H Bl i i ■B'fe'ti iU j " iJb! R Kk* L Pictured above is the Zion Lutheran church of this city, whose 35th anniversary will be observed with special services Sunday. Rev. Julius Acker of Sherwood, Ohio, will deliver the festival sermon in GerI man at 10 a. m., and Dr. F. J. Lankenau of Napoleon. 0.. will speak at the English service Sunday evening ■ I at 7:30 o'clock.

STATE ORDERS MILK DELIVERY State Board Orders “Normal Delivery” Under Police Protection Indianapolis, Oct. 9. — <U.R> — Diminished hope of immediate ■ arbitration of strikes at three Indianapolis dairies early toiThy resulted in a state order tor “normal delivery of milk" over 400 city milk routes by 7 o'clock tonight i unider police protection. Leon C. Coller, administrator of i the state milk control board, issued the ultimatum after attempts to bring about a truce' between the milk wagon drivers' union and the Indianapolis milk council, rep-1 i resenting 26 dairies, collapsed. “To protect the public interest. ! I have no alternative but to reil quire distributors to start resumpi tion of milk delivery ... by 7 p.m„ * j Saturday,” Coller said. The order gave distributors and • striking union employes only a’ few more hours to adjust differ-; ences. before deliveries are scheduled to be resumed tomorrow morning. No deliveries were made today, however, to homes, drug stores., groceries and other business establishments and for the second time in two days residents of the) city flocked to dairy plants to obtain their supplies of milk. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend inter-, vetted in the dispute last night and instructed Coller to propose a| , three-point program to distribute ors and the union. ; It called for selection of a three-1 ! man committee composed of one j union representative, a state labor department conciliator and one dairyman, to arbitrate the dispute. | C. Winfield Hunt, secretary ofj the milk council, said the proposal "unanimously" was accepted by the council but rejected by the drivers’ union. In turn the union made a suggestion that milk distributors appoint a committee of three or five persons to meet with union representatives and the labor department in an attempt to negotiate differences. It was turned down by the milk council. Failure of arbitration efforts |— ■ 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o State Policeman Is Reported Improving] The condition of Thurman Haw- ' kins, state patrolman who suffered a leg fracture and other injuries when he was hit by a car during ■ the Bluffton street fair, is reported improving. He is confined at the Wells county hospital. o Jim Eady Reported Better After Injury Jim Eady, of this city, is recovering at the Adams county memorial hospital from injuries sustained Wednesday when a beet trek ran over his right foot. The accident occurred near the beet factory. The attending physician reported today that he is getting along fine.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 9, 1937.

Suffers Fractured Arm In Fall Friday Robert Haley, young son of Mrs. ’ Goldie Haley, of this city, suffered a fractured left forearm yesterday ' afternoon when he fell from the playground ladders at the South Ward school. He was taken to the Adams counIty memorial hospital and after the i fracture was set, was returned to his home. He ie reparted as getting along nicely. BANQUETWILL FEATURE OH Central Sugar Company Host To More Than 200 Persons Today More than 200 wholesalers, job-i bers and salesmen of Sparkling I Crystal White sugar had notified ; j the Central sugar company this morning that they would attend. I the banquet to be given at the [ : Decatur Country club this evening. 1 Approximately 250 persons are ex- ] 1 pected tonight. I The visitors will arrive in Deca-; : tur this afternoon and will be | shown over the plants of the CenI tral Sugar company, the Central I Soya company and the McMillen | I Feed Mills before the banquet. ' Roy Hall, president of the Cen-1 I tral Sugar company, will act as 1 toastmaster, with Joe Seabold, of ' Bluffton, serving as master of cere-1 i monies at the banquet. Mayor A. R. Holthouse will de-j I liver the address of welcome, tellI ing what the sale of beet sugar means to this community. E. W 1 Busche. of Monroe, president of ' the Central beet growers associa- | tion, will tell what the sale of the j sugar means to farmers of this county. The principal address will be given by J. A. Brock, of Saginaw, Michigan, educational director of: the farmers and manufacturers i beet sugar association. Dale W. McMillen, Sr„ chairman I of the board of directors of the Central Sugar company, will welcome the visitors on behalf of the company. Special music will be furnished by the Gretchen Stuckey accordion band and by the Habegger quartet or octet from Berne. o—- ' Mrs. John Hirschey Injured This Morning Mrs. John Hirschey, 35, of near Monroe, was seriously injured in an automobile accident on Mercer Avenue near Rice’s grocery at 11:30 o’clock this morning, when a car driven by her husband crashed into one driven by Carl M. Nill, of Dayton, Ohio. She was hurled Into the windshield, sustaining deep lacerations on the neck and face. She suffered from shack and loss of blood. Her daughter, Lena, Mr. Hirschey and Mr. Nill were uninjjured. Mr. Nill said Mr. Hirschey cut in front of him to turn into the grocery. An emergency operation wa« performed on Mrs. Hirschey at the Adams county memorial hospl : tai after the accident. •

COMPLETE PLAN ; FOR SERVICES Zion Lutheran Church To Mark 35th Anniversary Sunday Complete plans tor the commemoration of the 35th anniversary of t the Decatur Zion Lutheran church to be held here Sunday morning* and evening, have been completed, the Rev. Paul W. Schultz, church pastor, announced today. Principal speakers at the special - services will be the Rev. Julius I Acker, Sherwood. Ohio, who will i deliver the morning service in Ger- ! man at 10 o’clock and Dr. F. J. Lankenau. vice-president of the Missouri Synod, who will speak at the evening service at 7:30 o’clock. A noon luncheon will be served I by the ladies of the church in the basement auditorium for 35 cents 1 per nlate. The luncheon will be held from 12 until 2 p. m. Lunch [ will adso be served following the I evening service. ; A total of 320 communicant mem-l 1 bers now number the congregation I of the church, first established here i in 1902. Many of the original tnentI bers of the church are expected to Schultz will be in charge. A cordial ; attend the services. The Rev. Paul : invitation has been extended the : public. o - Lehman Cow Consigned During Annual Sale I 1 Consignments at the sixth annual sale of the Indiana Guernsey breeder's association, held in Indianapolis Tuesday, included one from the herd of Peter B. Lehman of this city. CONVICT SHOT IN GUN BATTLE One Fugitive Shot, Two I Others Captured After Battle | Chicago. Oct. 9—(U.R>— One fugitive convict lay dying and two others were in jail today at the end of a penitentiary flight in which they slugged one guard, kidnaped another, and finally engaged in a gun battle with 16 officers. Edward Moorehead. 25, was wounded seriously in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid capture when he was cornered In a basement flat. James Pogue, 28. and William Hanley, 37, surrendered after the shooting. All were convicted robbers. They escaped' from the honor , farm at Joliet by slugging Guard James Black. They commandeer- j ed Guard Alfred Drungen’s car, forced Drungen to drive them 20 miles, then released him. Police surrounded the flat, home •of Hanley’s aunt, Mrs. Agnes Puckart, 70, on a “tip." Sgt. Thomas O’Connell, first through ' the door, fired when Moorehead. I reached for a gun. |

ANNUAL PARADE I WILL BEHELD FOR HALLOWEEN Annual Callithumpian Parade Will Be Held Here November 1 A decision to hold the annual Callithumpian parade Monday. November 1, was made at a meeting of the directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, held in the auto license bureau here Friday night. Dee Fryback. president of the organization, was authorized to appoint a committee to determine the amount of prizes and other letails of the program. The Callithumpian parades have been held here since their organ!ation by the late Jesse Rice, hortly after his arrival in this city in 1925. Mr. Rice served as chairman of the affair each year. Prizes similar to those given in he past for costumed characters, roups of characters and bands .ill again be donated by the 'hamber of Commerce this year. The possibility of having other •ntertainment for the huge crowd sxpected here was also discussed by the Chamber of Commerce llrectors, and this too was referred to the committee which will be appointed by Mr. Fryback. The parades are held to furnish entertainment for the children and I to eliminate property damage by Halloween pranks. Police have announced that the amount of damage has been considerably lower since the organization of the Callithumpian parades. The matter of purchasing five street safety signs, requested by the Decatur accident prevention committee, was discussed but action was deferred until next week. i The accident prevention commitI tee is sponsoring the purchase of I 12 signs to be sponsored by the school children, service clubs, the Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations. These will be set in the streets during times ' children are coming to and from + school and will compel automobile) drivers to slow their cars. o Hirschey Trial Is Scheduled Monday The Adams circuit court jury is expected to be recalled Monday to hear the trial of John Hirschy. of south of the city, who is scheduled to be tried on a charge of rape. o LICENSE REPORT IS OF INTEREST • Survey Os Marriage Docket At Clerk’s Office Os Interest The pulchritude of Adams county’s femininity is amply proven by a survey of the marriage docket in the offices of the Adams county clerk. While beauty contests of recent I years—including the gala Centennial contest, in which 14 of the county's most comely girls were selected to reign during the celebration —have brought to light the loveliness and attractiveness of Adams county's girls and younger j I ladies, one has only to look at, the records to prove the theory The "beauties” of the county 1 have drawn the attention of young i men from four states within the past six weeks to such an extent j that they have offered proposals I of marriage, the survey reveals. A glance at the records show i that native swains are either lacking in romantic ideals adapted to the taste of local girls or visiting j gallants "have swept them off their feet,” for of the past 65 licenses issued. Adams county boys have applied for but 21 with | their prospective brides. The visitors way outnumber these, 44 having asked for the coveted licenses. Decatur boys, | too, are rapidly being outnumber- ' ed, the records show. Os the 21 I from the county but 11 were from this city. The visiting victorious suitors' addresses include: Michigan. Ohio, — (CONTTNUEn ON PAGE SIX) Q Parked Automobile Damaged In Accident An auto belonging to Dr. E. P, Fields of this city, was damaged ; Friday afternoon when struck by another auto, while it was parked on Third street. Police Chief Sephus Melchi checked the license numbers and reported that the car belonged to J. H. Dague, also of this I city.

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Church Pastor (Bitt The Rev. Paul W. Schultz. pas-| tor of the Zion Lutheran church in Decatur, will preside during services marking the 35th anniversary of the church founding Sunday. FIRE HAZARDS IN BASEMENTS Fire Chief Robenold Appeals For Elimination Os Hazards Fire Chief Charles Robenold issued an appeal today for the elim-1 ination of fire hazards in base-1 ments. “It has been found that most residence fires start in the basement, usually from preventable | causes," was his reason for the appeal. According to the chief, fire starting in the cellar works its way up into the house through the par- , titions, and may involve the. whqje , ' house if not discovered almost im-1 mediately. Possibly the chief source of ; trouble is the accumulation of old papers, rags, and rubbish in base-1 ments. especially during the win- j ter. Most householders allow these i conditions to develop unconscious--1 ly. but postpone cleaning the basement until spring. A spark flying into the rubbish, the chief said, is apt to set it afire. Or if an bily rag. or one smeared with paint, happens ! to be in the pile, spontaneous ig- , nition may result. This is a chemical reaction in the oil which heats' j the rag, usually until it breaks into flames. The safest method of i handling rubbish is to dispose of it immediately. Chief Robenold also condemned the practice of placing ashes in barrels or other wooden containers. Frequently the ashes are still hot, and the final result is the burning of the container, and the spread of the fire. "Any metal receptacle will do for ashes, but do not use anything wooden." the chief says. Often during very cold weather, blow torches, hot coals, burning paper, or other dangerous devices are used to thaw out collar pipes that freeze up. The chief’s aversion to that practice was clearly ! evident. He pointed out that rags dipped in hot water and wrapped around the pipes were effective in thawing them out, without any into a crevice and causing fire in 1 danger of an unseen spark flying the partition or studding. He then touched on the practice of niling wood too close to the fur- ! nace and of putting up partitions not protected from the heat thrown | off by the furnace or by hot pipes. If any wood or other inflammable material is so close to the furnace i that it gets uncomfortably hot to I the hand, it is too close, and these >' is danger of fire, according to the ' | chief. "The fire department does not want to give the community the impression that it is composed of killjoys who wish to dictate how homes are to be managed.” the chief concluded, “but we do wish to help the citizens in preventing I fires in their homes and places of business. If at any time anyone is uncertain about something that might possibly be a fire hazard, wo- ! should be very glad to inspect the | questionable condition, and do i what we can to suggest a remedy if 1 one is necessary Fires in basement since the fire is apt to spread are dangerous, especially at night, through the house byway of partitions without giving the sleeping occupants any warning until it has gained so much headway that escape is cut off. When fires break out, we are always ready to fight them, but we feel that we can serve the cummunity even more by helping to prevent fire.”

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Italy Rejects Demand By England And France To Negotiate Withdrawal From Spain. LOYALIST NOTE London. Oct. 9— (U.P.) —Europe headed for a new. grave crisis over the Spanish civil war today. Itafy. in a note to Great Britain, rejected in fact if not in principle, a British-French demand for direct negotiations on withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain. Coincidently the Spanish loyalist government in a note to Great Britain charged that Italy was embarking imminently on a fresh campaign of aggression and terror in aid of the nationalists. Tension approached the electric stage here and in Paris. Britain | and France, awaiting receipt of coded dispatches containing the text of Italy's note, arranged to start Monday on consultations concerning their action. It was reported here not only that France would open her frontier tjp permit arms and men to go to the loyalists through French territory but that she even might, if Italy persisted in her course, permit” men of her own crack army. Europe's most powerful, to I "volunteer” for service with the loyalists. There was plain evidence that all the skill and coolness of statesmen might be needed to head a new drift toward war. The Italian note was expected. But the Spanish loyalist note was a completely new surprise development that put at once in the open I the charges circulated privately throughout European capitals. The loyalists said that they were gravely concerned over the “very great assistance in men and war material, which Italy was even now 1 giving the nationalists. Further, the note said, the loyalist government was seriously perturbed by the latest informs--1 lion received. This information — perhaps the 1 most startling allegation made since the civil war started was in substance: “That Italy according to latest information was about to embark on an unprecedented campaign of provocations. Among the premeditated actions planned were gas attacks on Spanish cities and ’ towns of strategic importance; the use of Italian submarines flying the Spanish loyalist flag; the bombardment of nationalist cities themselves with planes painted in the loyalist colors.” The note even alleged that a gas attack might even be made on Palma, Mallorca, a nationalist base—all so that "piratical” acts might be charged to the loyalists. As this note and the Italian note were delivered, the United Press received from usually reliable sources at Rome that Bruno Mussolini, second son of Premier Benito Mussolini, not only was in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o ANNUAL HORSE SHOW AT BERNE Sixth Annual Suckling Colt Show Is Held At Berne Today Eighty-one colts were registered early this morning at the sixth an--1 nual suckling colt show, being held . in Berne again this year. Because 1 of the bad weather, horsemen were slow getting their animals into the tent, but it is expected that nearly 100 will be exhibited as announced. The judging also was delayed. It was not believea that it would get underway until nearly noon. A large crowd gathered tc see the judging in spite of the weather. Included in the crowd were many buyers from the Eastern markets and other sections of the country. The animals are being housed in a tent on West Franklin street near the school house. The school house yard is to be used as the judging ring. The show has grown each year since its establishment in the county as a means of promoting the sale of Adams county horses, and, largely because of the advertisement in the show of the colts, the county's horses are bringing a premium. Prof. L. C. McCann, of Ohio State university, is doing the judging.