Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1937 — Page 1

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•Ur ?■, R. CALLS Jongress into ■SPECIAL MEET o -Bident Calls Congress ' O 'B ) Meet In Special Session Nov. 1> — <U.R) x.-lt today pointed ]•, of conthe |. s; s!ative battle front majorities rehllll the session just ' lai<l ll """ 1,11 mini Hi.it.- five-point do program weighted with and legislation for maximum His most urgent convert! . -h,w. paid labor." He f„ r , ~:igte-sional action I reaction of con- “ h-aders to the special rail and to the program f„ r tli. in by the President chat last night was Ithuisiastic. ■». • -- generally claimed '. ial session was onbmans- "no emergency" A -i-'l ardent new dealK, . fall accord" with Democratic senators - at the President's r- organization bill last (omim-nted reservedly, ,r touched only briefKmi: :igi- aftairs :n his address bm h.- warned that we avoid war by ignoring it. ■ \'-nsiotj to Spain of inoperative efforts . .inference —in search ■j. i’, .- file President said and promised to ■ ill. .- d by experiem es of the W administration. ' member, in dewhat not to do. s-.p.x international in behalf of peace. He nine power pact to end war in China. I imminent nine-power' Mr. Roosevelt said: of one of the possible to follow in our search for - !Nit:i. on page five) Bm NAMES ■ ON PETITIONS Council Outlines |■cntative Plans For ft Bond Issues \mjitor John W. Tyndall "itying the names sign- ■ ,'r ns seeking bond or- ■ Moe ■ m ili proposed Juniorhigh school here. '■ i.i I7li names were signed pet::.on presented the city pies nted the city school tonight, The school board ■MBing »as postponed one day. |l!»vhig firsi been announced for night also. Tyndall found that sevthe names could net be I cause the signers were relate owners. A phase of which makes buildings on .' r J personal rather than MH property eliminate some How. ver. a short exaininathis morning revealed there many times the resquired 50 i^B 1 ’ 8 w ’ho could be certified. I gS' 11 the discovery of almost un|^B° US sup;, .rt of the citizens of B|Miii favor of the. acceptance of I PWA grant of the fedI ?W$ o vernment towards the new ; |SP in ?- little difficulty is antici-< rW 1 ' »i raising the city's 55 per share of the cost. 15 Year Plan e city council Tuesday night I wM ve b' decided upon als year! of repayment of the bonds. I fl|, st bond under the plan 1 1101 he payable so ra year and after it was issued. It was ■° x 'l'iN'i:|.;i) oy PAGE FOUR) ■EMPERATURE readings ■mocrat thermometer W :ft o a. m. 38 ■ :0 « a. in. ' >42 ■° 011 47 ■°° P tn. 50 p. m. 47 ■ WEATHER ■ Generally fair tonight and ■ ursday, except unsettled ex■eme south tonight; cooler B nt,al and south tonight, con■tiled cool Thursday heqvy to ■ ling frost central and north ■fight, possibly light frost ex■eme south.

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Rally Speaker r— — J WIF 3 -*-****- Prof. Ottoman Krueger, president of Concordia college, will , speak at the banquet Sunday evening during the inter-river zone meeting of Walther leagues in this cityu TO CHANGE GAS HERE TONIGHT Change From Artificial To Natural Gas To Be Made Tonight Last minute preparations were I being made today by the Northern Indiana Public Service corporation for the change from artificial to natural gas. which will be made ; tonight. , C. A. Stapleton. manager of the local NIPS Co., agency, stated that the exact hour at which the natural gas would lie turned into the Decatur mains could not be given, i As soon as the workmen are ready, the artificial gas will be' i turned off and the lines "purged.” j I Ends of gas mains will be opened and the artificial gas released j The natural gas will then be turned on, pushing out the balance of ■ the old gas. When this has been completed i a crew of 150 tilen will make a can- ■ vass of each gas consumer’s home' ! iu the city to make the necessary adjustments. Consumers have been warned I against turning burners on stoves more than halfway open, against i using ovens, gas heaters and other I appliances from the time natural gas is turned into the mains until ! the adjustments are made. No heaters are to be left burn-, ing overnight. In answer to numerous reports. Mr. Stapleton stated that no addii tional expense will be burdened on : the consumer in making the, , change. Contrary to some re- > 1 ports, he stated that it will not Be necessary for the consumer to ■ erect a pipe and chimney to carry away the fumes. Since the natural ! gas to be used here is refined, he | said, there will l>e no sulphur fumes or other odors to be carried (CONTTNTTED on page SIX) ■■o Berne School Board Awards Contract Liechty Bros., of Berne, was aI warded the contract for the new heating plant to be installed at the Berne schc.J, in a meeting of the Berne board of education last night, i The figure was not announced. Members of the board stated, however, that the winning hid was $9 less than that of the ouly other i proposal, which was made by A. J. j Moser, also of Berne. o BOSSE HOME IS BADLY BORNEO Fred Bosse Farm Residence Is Destroyed By Firfe Tuesday The farm hotfi? of Fred Bosse, | west of the city, was almost completely destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The local fire department answer- | ed the call but arrived too late to j ! save the structure, which was already enveloped in flames. The department, immediately upL".n arrival, concentrated upon saving a second house, eight feet, in the rear of the burning building. This i structure was not burned. It is thought that most of the fur1 niture on the first floor was sa’.v-; aged from the conflagration. While the origin of the fire was not defin-! I itely established, it is thought that j ' the fire started on the roof, since the upper st, .-y burned away first. Fire men from the local department battled the flames so- approximately two hours and a half, before convinced the rear building was safe.

JAPS HAMMER CHINESE LINES NEAR SHANGHAI Troops Hammer Vainly At Lines While Airplanes Stage Raid j Shanghai, Oct. 13. —(U.R>- Japan- i I ese shock troops hammered vainly ! at Chinese lines on the Shanghai I front and big fleets of Japanese war planes bombed villages west of the city today as the battle for Shanghai entered its third month. The long-awaited Japanese "big push" had not come, nor had the mass offensive with which the Chinese had hoped to celebrate the I 26th anniversary of the revolution j that led to the republic. Weather conditions caused postponement. Though fields were still, marshy after long rains, the Jap- , anese attacked at a dozen points i along the front, supported by bombing plains. Reports from the front showed that at many points . there was hand to hand fighting. Chinese spokesmen asserted that Japanese were thrown back in an attempt to land reinforcements near Yanglinkow, at the mouth of the Yangtze river and that Chin-, ese infantrymen repulsed a tank-' infantry attack in the Chapei dis-1 , trict of North Shanghai. A Chinese spokesman, summarizing the results of two months of fighting here, pointed out that the battle already had lasted 28 days, longer than the 1932 "Shanghai war" am) that the Japanese had yet to break the Chinese lines. Japanese airplane activity was intensified. Fleets containing as many as 22 planes bombed Chin- , ese lines and did severe damage in villages west of the city, through which wounded Chinese troops were being sent for treatment. Japanese authorities notified American consular authorities that 1 Japanese planes would bomb i Hungjao, west of the city, and asked that United States flags be flown from any American owned properties. , In the same general area, west ! of the city. Japanese planes bombed repeatedly this morning, t asu(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LEAGUES PLAN TO HOLO RALLY Inter-River Zone Rally Will Be Held Here Next Sunday ■ — The Senior and Junior Walther i leagues of this city will be hosts ! to the Inter-River Zone Sunday, October 17, when the leagues of this vicinity will hold their annual rally. About 300 members of affiliated societies in Indiana and Ohio are expected to attend both the afternoon and evening meet- ■ ings. The keynote of this rally is: ! “Serve the Lord with Gladness." The afternoon meeting, at which i the zone officers for the coming year will be elected and other business transacted, will begin at 1: 30 i p.m„ at the Zion Lutheran church, i Rev Paul W. Schultz will open the meeting with devotional exercises, j The speaker at this session is to be Henry Lieske, of Kendallville. The banquet will be held at the I Decatur Country club, at 5:30 p in. I The toastmaster will be A. Niei rneyer, of Waynedale. Professor Ottoman Krueger, president of i Concordia College, will be the ban(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3TX) o Find Indications Os Sabotage On Cruiser Washington, Oct. 13 —(UP) A I ravy board of inquiry has found indications of sabotage on the maI chinery of the new heavy cruiser ' Vincennee, it was learned at the. navy department today. The board found that one reduction gear box container! a heavy piece of metal which, It was said, could not have been detached from the ibox or fr«Mn I the machinery it contained. Considerable- damage was done. o — Farmer Bicyclist Is Killed By Auto Vincennes, Ind., Oct. 13 —(UP) — Injuries received when struck by an auiunobile while riding his blcyi cle on U. S. highway 4G south of ! here last night were fatal to John i Rusch, 55-year-old farmer. Rusch was struck by an automo- ! bi'e driven by Louis Fleck, 19, of near Vincenes, who told authoi- j ties that lights from an approach-! ing car blinded him and he did not ■ see the bicycle rider in time to I stop. _

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 13, 1937.

Windsors Book Passage Nov. 6 . -.v " < d'.. ; '• * 7 j«' • ’ uLI x*. ■ fiJiW w * • Duke and Duchess of Windsor; S. S. Bremen Duke and Duchess of Windsor sail from Cherbourg, France, on Nov. 6 aboard the German liner Bremen for United States on their first visit i together to American soil.

MANY FAIL TO CLAIM CHECKS Distributions By Old Adams County Bank Are Unclaimed 1 Distributing money depositors have forgotten about, is proving one of the most difficult tasks in the liquidation of the Old Adams County bank, it was reported to1 day by the officers in charge. i Emphasis is now being placed on 1,000 accounts, totaling about $6,000, which were carried in the bank at the time of its closing in a separate ledger called “miscel- i lanequs accounts." These consisted of checking accounts on which there were balances, which had not been called for, for periods of 10 to 60 years. These accounts range in total i from S9OO to a few cents, none of | them carrying interest due to the . fact that all were in checking ac--1 counts. As no distributions have i yet been made on these the full ! 75.8 per cent distribution made to | date is being Included in the ,! checks already written and are in 'the office of C. J. Lutz, special ! representative. ! Cards notifying those persons who have left addresses have been mailed, but only a small percent of those who have money available have called for them. Positive ! identification of the accounts is | required before they will be re(GONT’NUEd ON PAGE FIVE) C. C. Directors To Meet Thursday The board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Adams county auto license bureau Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Al! directors ate urged t.« be present, as important business will be transacted.

Shooting Os Brady Gangsters Recalls Blockades Set Here

The shooting yesterday- by Gi men of Al Brady, public enemy No. I 1, his henchman, Lee Shaffer and ] the capture of James Dalhover, another member of the Brady mob, recalled to the minds of local authorities, when the gangsters made their first trip through Adams county. In the latter part of March. 1936, after robbing the Lima jewelry store of approximately $35,000, the man who boasted he would ‘‘make Dillinger look like a piker,” was still little known when he came through here. Sheriff Dallas Brown and deputies on the lookout for the deperadoes. found empty jewelry boxes, pillow slips used to hold the loot i and other evidences from the robbery along the Wabash river banks in the southern part of the county. Shortly after this, the gunmen made their escape in Indlan- ■ apolis by killing a policeman in I evading capture. Numerous times after this, city

Plan Organization Os Auxiliary Here 1 1 Ladies of this community may | j become charter members of Ihe auxiliary es the United Spanish- Amer;can war veterans by signifying . tlieir intention before or by attend- | ing a meeting to be held m the Legion home here Friday night at 1 7:30 o'clock. i P'ans will be made Friday for a i meeting to be held here Tuesday ;! night when Mrs. Ella R. Bell, of Evi unsville, the state president, will, i’install the new officers. All mem-' . bers are reqquested to attend. iFORMERLOCAL MAN HONORED Friends Build $25,000 Memorial To Dr. Leonard Luckey A $25,000 mausoleum has been i erected in Woodlawn cemetery on Park Avenue in New York City as ' a tribute to the service of Dr. Leonard W. A. Luckey, Ph. D., as a clergyman and author, according to I word received here. • i! The mausoleum wne erected by friends and admirers of the former ■ 1-cal man. It Is constructed of Barr, , Vermont granite exterior and the in- , terior is made of eagle pink Teni nessee marble. The structure Is of a Grecian and modern design. In the interior of I the memorial are carved quotations j from Dr. Luckey’s noted book,” ' "Whence Contest Thou,” which, was written in 1937. Keys to the ;nouso!eum have already been turned over te-Dr. Luckey, who commemorated his 80th • birthday several years ago. . 1 Dr. Luckey was a former pastor • and teacher of this community mov- ■ ing to New York. He has a number I of relatives living in Decatur.

- and county authorities played a . part in setting up traps and blockI ades in an effort to capture the , gang. Once several months ago. , sleepyreyed citizens stayed safely - out of the way on downtown streets • until early morning, as they watchi ed a cordon of state police, city police, members of the sheriff's de- .' partment and vigilantes block road ■ 27 and 224 intersections in Deca- ! tur. 6ne other time it will be recalli J ed, members of the' sheriff's de- > partment, "loaded to the teeth” took I part in a blockade west of Decatur • after trailing a car through town, ■ when they secured a ‘‘hot tip,” . only to get four tired and fright- . ened musicians, enroute to Chi- ■ cago. Local authorities expressed rei lief today at the capture of the notorious gangsters, as they no • longer will need to follow the "hot . I tips," a score of which they had answered in the past two years, i •all to no avail. ‘

LABOR UNIONS I URGE BOYCOTT | OF JAPANESE AFL Convention Votes Report Urging World Wide Boycott I Denver, Oct. 13 - (U.R) — The American federation of labor today called upon trade unionists of the i United States and every other nation to join in an immediate boy- ! cott of Japanese manufactured goods. "The concerted action of peace loving nations is necessary before unjustified agression of one country against another can be prevent-! ed," the resolutions committee of the 57th annual convention of the A. F. of L. declared in a report adopted by cheering delegates. Assail Board Denver, Oct. 13 — (U.R) — The American federation of labor today heard a demand for a “thorough house-cleaning" of the national labor relations board set-up, including removal of Edwin Smith and at least three regional directors on the grounds they have aided the rival committee for industrial organization. The demand for President Roosevelt to act to clean out allegedly "prejudiced" labor board officials was voiced by Secretary John P. Frey of the powerful resolutions committee, which called for congressional action if necesj sary to end the board’s asserted ' "usurpation of authority." “So far as I am concerned I will have no confidence in the labor board until there has been a thor- • ough house cleaning." Frey shout- ' ed to the A. F. of L. annual convention as he assailed two board members —Edwin Smith and Donald Wakefield Smith. “I hope the administration will take action now' to forestall action by an aroused congress which will undoubtedly throw out these unjudicial officials.” Frey also demanded ouster of I three regional N. L. R. B direcitors: Mrsl Elinore Herrick of New 'York; Mrs. Rossiter of San Fran-1 I cisco and Director Meyers of Bosi ton. "I have no confidence in the NLRB administration set-j up or in the majority of its region- j al directors who lack integrity." I Frey told the convention. Shows Controversy Washington, Oct. 13— (U.R) — j Undercover controversy in the national bituminous coal commission | I was pushed- into the open today | when Commissioner John C. Lewis I wrote Sen. Clyde L. Herring, D.. la., charging that the majority of I the commission was running its affairs “without regard” to the rights of individual commissioners. Lewis asked Herring to request the commission to furnish a list of all employes, "their grade, classification, salary and legal residence." together with an itemized statement of expenditures of the commission. Lewis wrote Herring that the commission in executive session, rejected a resolution he presented to have the secretary directed to I furnish this information to each commissioner. The rejected resolution stated (CGNTJNUEn ON PAGE FOUR) INSTITUTE TO BE HELD HERE Lutheran Sunday School Teachers To Meet Here Thursday I Plans for the tri-county Zion Lutheran Sunday School teachers’ institute to be held at the kwal Zion Lutheran church Thursday, October 14, were announced as complete today. The meeting will open at 7 o’-1 clock Thursday evening with organ music and songs by the church choir. The principal address will 'be given by A. Kessel, Sunday School superintendent of Van Wert, Ohio, wh . will outline the history of the synod. The facts which will be outlined are: first, the Saxon immigration; second, C. F. Walter and Old Trinity; third, Wyneken and his appeal; fourth, Loehe and his foundations; I fifth, organization of the synod; sixth early growth and expansion; seven, the r.ganization of synodical conference and eighth activities ct the synod, including the education system, church papers and missions. The public has been cordially invited to attend the institute, to. i which delegates will be sent from | la score of churches in this area.

Dalhover Admits Four Killings By 1 Brady\Gangsters

JUDGE KISTER TO HEAR TESTS Supreme Court Holds Validity Os Act To Be Tested By Kister All tests of constitutionality of j the special act of the 1937 legislature banning the dredging of the Wabash river will be heard by special judge Henry F. Kister, of Princeton, according to a decision of the state supreme court, received here today. Kister filed suit against Judge Huber M. DeVoss to test jurisdiction in the case after Judge DeVoss issued temporary injunction j orders prohibiting Homer Teeters, drainage commissioner appointed by Judge Kister, from proceeding with the letting of the contracts. Judge Kister had previously found the act of the state legislature unconstitutional. The decision of the supreme court does not finally test the constitutionality of the act. attorneys here are of the opinion. This test may be made by any property owner who contests the collection of assessments for the project. More Litigation The decision of the supreme court is another legal action taken in the ditch case which has become the most well known litigation in the county over the 25 years which elapsed since the case was first filed under another title. Little prospect that the case will be settled in the next few years is seen by the remonstrators. who have announced they will contest it until the last opportunity. The decision of the state supreme court on the jurisdiction of ' the judges is: I "26900. State ex rel Kister et al I vs. DeVoss, judge, original action. ! Temporary writ of prohibition is (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ADAMS COUNTY I RESIDENT DIES Dennis C. Brandy berry Dies This Morning At Monroe Dennis C. Brandyberry. 72, lifelong resident of Adams county, died this morning at his h"*ne in Monroe. Death was caused by complications. The deceased was fborn in Monroe August 24. 1865, the son of Abarham and Louise Brandyberry. He was engaged ae a laborer at the time of his death. He was a memIber of the Monroe Friends ihurch. Surviving, beside-s the widow, Ella Whistler-Brandyberry, are a son Ezra, and a granddaughter, Anna Brandyberry; the following brothjers and sisters: Amc-s and Mrs. Ella Heffner, of Monroe and the Rev. I Millard T. Brandyberry of Ontar- ■ io, California. Three sisters and two brothers are deceased. j Funeral services will be held Fri- | day afternoon at. 2 o’clock at the Friends church and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. Vernon Riley, assisted by the Rev. Grant Whiteneck, will officiate. The body will be returned this morning frs,m the Lobenstein funeral parlors to the home and may be viewed there until time for the funeral. Flock Os Geese Flies Over City I A flock of wild geese flew over ' Decatur at about 11 o’clock last night. The bright lights in the uptown district evidently confused the fowls and for several minutes there seemed to be consternation among them. The quacking cculd be heard over a wide area. The geese flew north and then came back to the center of town and evidently got their direction and sailed safely to the south. . - Q-— - ————— Red Men Lodge To Meet This Evening Members of the local Red Men lodge are urged to attend the meeting tonight at 8 o’clock lu the local lodge hall. It is urgent that all attend, since this is the final ssssion before the state convention In Indianapolis October 19. | A degree team will also be organized tonight.

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Sole Survivor Os Brady Gang Confesses Part ( In Four Killings; To Face Trial. 1 BACK IN INDIANA Bangor, Me., Oct. 13 — (U.R) — ' James Dalhover, 31, sole survivor of the notorious Al Brady gang of midwestern outlaws, confessed to G-men today that the gang was , responsible for four murders, according to Bangor police. — It was reported that Dalhover willingly signed the long confession which he dictated under hours of questioning and which a stenographer typed. "Dalhover has agreed to return 1 to Indiana for his murder trial without any extradition fight. ’’ Police Capt. Frank Foley said, I "and he may leave Bangor airport by plane later today.” Police said Dalhover’s confession linked the gang with these murders: 1. Indiana state policeman Paul V. Minneman, slain when gangsters he was pursuing after a bank holdup at Goodland, Ind., turned suddenly and opened fire. 2. Indianapolis police sergeant Richard Rivers, slain when Brady and Dalhover failed to shoot their way out of a police trap. 3. Highway patrolman George Conn of Freeport. O. 4. Grocery clerk Edward LindI say of Piqua. 0., slain during a holdup. "Dalhover seemed perfectly willing to tell everything after the 1 federal men had worked on him 1 awhile,” said Captain Foley, who I was standing outside the desperado's cell during much of the ' questioning. £ “He seemed sick of the whole business and glad to get it off his 1 chest." • A few hours earlier the under- ’ sized gangster had said: “I wish they'd got me, too.” Dalhover was quoted, in the confession, as saying that the gang came to Maine, not bent on robbery. but merely to augment its supply of arms and ammunition. The gang's New England hideI out, Dalhover was quoted. was "somewhere in Bridgeport, Conn.” The exact address was not revealed. He did say, however, that the hideout was “a house.” Bangor police were informed that federal agents at Bridgeport were holding two women found at the address Dalhover gave as the hideout. Though the gang had $5,000 cash, neatly bundled with a rubber band, when yesterday's shootings ended its career. Dalhover told G-men that when they broke jail in Indiana last year they had only a few dollars total capital. Dalhover said that yesterday's visit here was the third trip which the gang had made from the Connecticut hideout where they spent the summer. The first trip, he said, they stopped at Alfred, Me., the second, outside Augusta, and the third, at Carmel. 12 miles from Bangor. In each case, he said, they rented (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o .. LIONS PLANNING DISTRICT MEET Local Club Members To Attend Portland Meeting November 18 , Members of the Decatur Lions club will go to Portland November 18 to attend a district club get-to-gether session, it was announced at the regular meeting last night in the Rice hotel. The session is being arranged by W. F. Beery, Lion district deputy governor, of this city, as one in a series to sponsor fellowship in the organization. Members from eight clubs in the district and one or two invited delegations are expected to attend. Complete plans will be announced later. Musfc students of the Decatur ’ high school under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer entertained the club members last night. Those who appeared on the program were: the Misses Kathleen Fryback, Maxine Hilton, Alice Yost, Marjorie Miller, and Helen Jean Kohls. Ed Boknecht was in charge. Bryce Butler will be in charge ■ of the regular meeting next Tuesday night.