Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1937 — Page 1

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•' ..■BSi’IIIZ "fll MB F 0« |BL’s DEATH tatrH ls Question':«K| In Killing Os I I School Girl 1!. H.l (UR) .. v. • ''jWa, »Ml I ,e '- murder of a gill was ):■ M on »" ■"' ,, ‘ n will:q- iw.'ii schooled in sanitarium. inches ■ZI a a. a-'vlimned Van Dyke " T 11.. scout leader. —/ and a highlyWilluin Ilosinski hesiii.. questioned — ; associates ..lii .is said. Dr o:ire laboratory hi- l::.ik. < j detection. Ktylue aneso-d last night as *» Ilosinski pursued a theory . niiird'-r of Melba Moore. ■eiso:.K\.. mad a we,-k ■ :dy was without W . IS unintentional C Ilosinski believed. . Miss Moore's sweet- . A, ; ..in!: and her , i , ■ . w.iiion. iroih of iv...|. her at the v murder seemed 1.-ss task, at first i SIM n'lutitted he had no, Stopper and Walton had brief glimpse, in the dark. lied as soon diey had vague description. ApparisodUpjl o,„ s .;■..• M.ore . ..in (ship — '. • of serious jealousy. youths were held in jail. ■ charge, for several days. | Khl were given a li© detector ; I freed attest came suddenly B Bl * (without detailed explanation. said he talked with nurBes Lid other staff members of sanitarium before acting. Mfhat ie asked Owen and what ■DtB replied, the sheriff refused ■o di- lose. Sheriff Frank Bruggner, said Dr. Owen was “un■hißto account satisfactorily for ■ii tiovements on the night of the ■alay: /.’’ studied in Vienna from KS32 to 1935, returning to Indiana ■Become consulting psychiatrist Logansport state hospital B or De insane. Last year his wife, he married in 1925, sued him y” 1 reparation, S2OO monthly aliand custody of their son, described Owen as a Biant conversationalist,” a man B e erect bearing and alert mind ■landed widespread respect ■ earned popularity in society ■" He is a director of the Bi iiend boys guidance camp. ; Bis active in boy scout work, ■e study of crime appeared to Bs chief hobby. Bruggner s.iid Bi had a police radio in his ■ .'VI'HII ON PAGE FIVE) •TH CLAIMS LEWIS JEFFERS fg Time Resident Os ? Decatur Dies At To- | ledo, Ohio | (1 I * wls K ' Jeffer3 ’ 83 . died Tuesat 5:25 o’clock at the ■ ome of his daughter, Mrs. A. J. I led o '' Waite Avenue, Tolin trS' l l o, M r - Jeffers had been I srwn healtll for some time and had E9 ( the past two and one half i Sat *' le home °f his daughl " y Death followed a stroke of I B® ll " xy - deceased was born in Lucas ■ J7i ty ' Ohio. He was a resident I ata eCatUI for t * le past 32 years an employe at the hoop mill. married to Cora Stone of county, who died May 27, | ■jw 0 daughters survive, Mrs, Roy lH ma ° f Decatur and Mrs. A. J. I anai T°ledo. Six grandchildren three brothers and three sistl|)l iS ai ' les 'ding in or near Toledo. >« Exß survive. services will be held at I in. Itogan > Ohio, Saturday mornHH a F 10:30 o'clock.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

BARBERS ASK I CLOSING LAW Ask Council Pass Ordinance; Others File Remonstrance A petition seeking an ordinance j regulating the opening and closing i hours of barber shops, and a re- ' monstrance against the proposed I ordinance were presented to the I city council at the regular meetI ing Tuesday night. , The petition asked that the ' ordinance be passed under the authority of an act of the 1933 state assembly. The petition proposed that barber shops should open at 8 o’clock in the morning and close at 5 o'clock Monday and Tuesday afternoons. 7 o'clock on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I evenings, and 9 o'clock on Satur- < day evening. The petition was signed by I ! .Charles Lose, Cecil Melchi. Fred P. Hancher, Morris R. Leland. G Edward Martz, Boyd Rayer. Carl : D. Baxter, Joe Murphy, Emil Oetland. Russel Melchi and Morris P. | Pingrey. The remonstrance against the ' proposed ordinance was signed by ' W. A. Fonner, Frank P. Carroll , and George Mclntosh. They were referred to the ord- < I inance committee and city attor-1 | ney. The city water department pre-' ' sented a survey by Charles Brodj beck, showing costs of all propos- ‘ ed extensions and replacements of ; the system. The council approved and ordered the extension of the water line at Mcßarnes and Grant 1 streets, a distance of 290 feet, to cost $285 for material and the Vine I I and Bullman street extension, a distance of 625 feet, to cost $703.98 for materials. Replacement of a section of the system at Seventh and Marshall was also approved at a cost of SSO for materials. Labor is to be furnished by the l WPA. The city has sufficient pipe , ; for the improvements. The council approved a recom- ] j mendation of the board of public j works and safety that the street light on Patterson street requested by John Scheimann tie installed. Ttee-report of the street and sewer committee recommending the im(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 HUNTING TRIP IS SUCCESSFUL Three Men Return From Canada With Moose And Bear Three local men, who left October 9 on a hunting expedition into the northern wilds of Canada, returned early this morning with a prize "catch.” The party, 11. ?. Schmitt, local stock man: Al D. Schmitt, local car dealer am* Henry Bultemeier, of north of the city, returned sleepy and tired after a continous three day driving trip with a 1,100 pound moose and a big Canadian black bear. The moose was captured after a 13-hour chase from their camp site along the Spanish river in north- ; era Canada. All three men pumpI ed shots into the moose before he ' finally fell, they related. The bear, a silky-black 200I pounder was brought down in his I den after a lengthy battle, they 1 I stated. The bear is to be skinned and the hi(|e sent to Rochester, New York, for tanning. The moose has already been quartered and the men expect a ! banquet of moose meat in a short time. Meanwhile, both the moose I and the bear have been placed in I cold storage at the Sorg meat market here. At tv camp nearby were Tommy Bridges and Clinton Hayworth, pitcher and catcher for the Detroit Tigers’ baseball club, who they said did not fare so well on their hunting trip. Bridges, an accomplished hunter, endeavored to purI chase the bear, which he said was • one of the best he had seen in all his hunting experiences. The party drove continuously in '! returning home, since “soft weath- ■' er" necessitated getting the two ’ animals in cold storage as soon as possible. i — o TEMPERATURE READINGS I DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. <6 10:00 a. m. <7 Noon 2:00 p. m. 50 : 3:00 p. m. — 50 WEATHER Fair tonight and probably • I Thursday; not much change in temperature.

Wreckage of Airliner in Which 19 Were Killed ; Vw >fil j fff** ill J * * w >• jSM View of wreckage on mountainside

Scattered over an area more than 200 feet long. , the wreckage of the giant transcontinental airliner which crashed in the Uinta mountains near Salt Lake City testified to the terrific force witli j which the ship struck All 19 occupants of the

DEFENSE GIVES ITS EVIDENCE Defense In Claim Action Presents Testimony In Circuit Court Defense testimony was introduced this morning and afternoon in | the claim action being heard before a jury in the Adams circuit jeurt. Nina Medaugh, the claimant, is seeking $2,250 from the William Sellemeyer estate for services allegedly rendered the decedent be- | fore his death, January 21. 1936 The defense was on the grounds 'that during the three year period before Mr. Sellenteyer's death with ■the exception of his last illness, he able to be about and did not 1 require assistance, except what it is alleged was paid for at the time. 1 During his last illness, it was alleged that a man and a nurse were employed to ta'ke care of him. Mr. Sellemeyer lived in the Medaugh home here as a roomer and during the last several months of his life, it is alleged that he took one meal a day at the home. Previously it was testified that he was furnished the one meal by Mrs. Edna Jaberg or ate at a restaurant. The case may go to the Jury late this afternoon. o Gail Redd Discontinues Operation Os Bakery Gail Redd announced today he has discontinued the operation cf the Welcome bakery on North Second street, which he has leased for . the last several months. 1 Charles Miller, owner of the bak- ': ery, said today that it would not 1 be operated for a few days at least. ' Arrangements are being made for its reopening. MEXICAN LIFE SHOWN TO CLUB Members Os Lions Club Are Shown Moving Pictures Os Mexico Members of the Decatur Lions club were treated to a trip through Mexico by means of a moving picture. shown last night at their weekly meeting in the Rice hotel by Hal Hunt, of Van Wert, Ohio. Before shewing the films, Mr. ’ Hunt delivered a short explanatory I ta'k on the trip. He mentioned that the country, while on the same continent as the I United States and Canada is still I definitely foreign, including the arjchitecture and the manner of living. Two favorites with the people of Mexico W’ere related by the speaker. The one, eating a rattlesnake sandwich, was one in which he could not enthusiastically iparticipate, he stated. The other, witnessing a bull-fight was spectacular but grues"tne, he said. Bryce Butler was in charge of the program for the meeting.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 20, 1937.

Trailer Escapes, Reported Stolen A trailer, which was ‘ reported 1 stolen front an auto belonging to Marvin Stoutenberry, of east of the city, was located a few hours later by p. .'iceman Ed Miller on Elm street. , The trailer evidently had broken I away when the car crossed the rail- , road. Mr. Stoutenberry did not notice the trailer missing until he returned to the parking lot after going downtown. PLAN GIFT TO ! LOCAL LIBRARY Psi lota Xi Sorority Makes Donation To Decatur Public Libraryin observance of the 150th anniversary of the constitution of the Unit-1 ed States, the Psi lota Xi sorority < -f this city will donate a facsimile copy of the original document to the Decatur public library. The replica will be framed and trustees cl the library board have agreed to place it in a prominent place in the reading room. The framed copies of the origin-1 al document are provided through the United States constitution sesnuicentennlal commission, of which Congressman Sol Bloom is national chairman. The .j'jservance of the ' 150th anniversary of the constitu- ! tion is being carried out in all parts of the country this year, hc-ginning last September 17. The original copy of the constitution reposes in the national library building, guarded 24 hours a day by a United States soldier .and sailor. The facsimile coi;yes ar? easily ■ read and distribution of the copies, framed s.? that they can be pteserved. is done to create a wider read-1 ing interest among Americans. The local sorority will pay for ! the replica and all incidental costs connected with the delivery and in- ' etallation of the equipment.

25 Great Circus Acts To Be Shown In Decatur Next Week

Circuses may have gone into winter quarters, but Decatur is to have its own show next week, with both afternoon and evening performances Tuesday. October 26. i Both performances are scheduled to be presented at Worthman Field, but if inclement weather prevents, the circus will be shown tn the high school gymnasium. | Appearance of the United Indoor Circus, with headquarters at Peru, is sponsored by the Decatur high school. The circus will bring 251 feature acts which played with, touring shows the past summer. All arrangements have been com-1 , pleted for the big day and all, thrills of the circus, with the singlei exception of the "big top" will be in evidence next Tuesday, including the usual red lemonade, peanuts, popcorn and crackerjack. Keyes Bros., owners of the circus, stated that the largest assemblage of acts ever presented indoors will be exhibited on circus

plane were instantly killed by the impact. Investi-, gallon indicated that the ship had struck while flying at full speed and plowed into the side of the i mountain 30(1 fee( below the peak, bursting into.: flames when it hit. j

NATHAN NELSON TO HEAD BOARD Mayor Announces Appointments To Housing Authority Board The appointment of the commissioners of a five man Housing Authority for the city of Decatur, J to function under the new state and federal slum clearance acts, was announced today by Mayor A. R. Holthouse. Acceptances have been received from each of the members and the appointments were filed today by Mayor Holthouse with the city clerk-treasurer. Nathan Nelson, local attorney, was named a member of the board for a four year period and will aliso act as the first chairman. James Kocher, Jr., of the Kocher i Lumber and Coal company, will be the other member of the board to serve for four years. Theodore Graliker. president of the First State bank, will serve for three years: Robert Heller, of the Decatur Daily Democrat, for two years, and Dr. Harold F. Zwick. local physician, for one year. ! Under the authority of an act of the 1937 state assembly, Mayor Holthouse named the chairman of the board. The vice-chairman and other officers will be elected by the board itself. After the first appointment members of the authority will serve for four-year terms. The officers are to act without pay but may bo recompensed for expenses If funds are available. Pending the final set-up of the federal housing authority, no immediate action is expected to be taken by the board, it is possible that federal grants may be made. The appointment of the comI piissioners by the mayor was ord- ; ered at a recent meeting of the | city council, which passed an ord(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

day. Some of the features that will be shown here are the world renowned flodgini family troupe of sensation flyers; the Walter Marjlors Scotch bagpipe band; Capt. Stout’s ponies and dogs; Harry LaPearl’s troupe of clowns; the Merrill brothers and sister equilibrists; Los Gitanoes on the sen- | sational lofty perch pole; Don Bernardo troupe of aerialists; mny clowns and beautiful young ladies on ladders. | Advance tickets for the circus ; may be obtained from any student ' of the high school, or at the Peter- | son Clothing Co. or the Green Ket- ' tie. Tickets are priced at 15 cents i and 35 cents, any may be used at either performance. The afternoon performance will start at 2:30 o’clock, and the evening performance at 8 o'clock. The Highlanders band will parade through the business district at noon of circus day, advertising the circus.

O'NEAL TELLS F. D. R. CORN LOANS NEEDED Farm Bureau Leader Says Immediate Loans Are Necessity Washington, Oct. 20 — (U.R) — 1 Edward A. O’Neal, president of I | the American farm bureau federai tion, told President Roosevelt today that government corn loans j of 60 cents a bushel are an "im-1 mediate necessity." O'Neal said corn now is selling at 38-4-1 cents for December delivery. against an 80-84 cent parity j price. "The condition of farm crop prices." O'Neal said, "is one reason I tor the stock market being so ' jittery." O'Neal said he "thanked" Mr. ' Roosevelt for calling the November 15 special session of congress ' to consider "ever-normal granary” I legislation. "We feel,” he said, "that stabil-' i ization of agriculture would make I the greatest possible contribution to an early balancing of the federal budget.” O'Neal was accompanied to the ' White House by Earl Smith, presiI dent of the Illinois Agricultural ' | association, and Clifford Gregory,' farm editor. Expect Legislation Sioux City. la.. Oct. 20—(U.R) - The last witnesses from lowa, South Dakota and Nebraska went before the senate agricultural subcommittee today to emphasize that | middlewest farmers expect con--1 gress to enact permanent agricultural legislation at its approaching special session. More than 250 persons sought to I testify at the final session of a three-day hearing. The committee i can hear about 40. i Sixty-six witnesses —virtually all "dirt farmers" —outlined proposals I to insure their ecoontnic stability during the first two days' ses- : slons. After more than 3,000 farmers "marched" on Sioux City Tuesday. lowa's congressional delegation sent a telegram to secretary; (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 NEW AUXILIARY IS INSTALLED Spanish-American War Veterans Auxiliary Is Installed Arthur R. Miller No. 65. original I local chapter of the Spanish-Amer-ican War veterans auxiliary, was I installed last night in appropriate , , ceremonies at the local Legion home. The auxiliary state president. Mrs. Ella R. Bell, Evansville, was in charge of the installation of the local chapter, and Mrs. Bert Hall of Gary was in charge of the Installation of the newly elected officers. Mrs. Florence Noll, of this city, was installed as president and Mrs. Eliza Hahnert of Monroe, as vicepresident. Other officers are: Mrs Rose Tanvas, junior vice-| president; secretary, Mrs. Zelma Roop; treasurer, Mrs. Edna Roop; I chaplain, Mrs. May Brothers;: patriarch, Mrs. Mary Omlor; historian, Mrs. Nellie Eady; conduci tress, Mrs. Elsie Roop; assistant conductress, Mrs. Verda Mclntosh; guard, Mrs. Velma . Brentlinger; i assistant guard, Mrs. Amanda Hess; color bearers, Mrs. Reba •! McManama, Mrs. Bernita Omlor, j Mrs. Edna Roop and Mrs. Iva May Brodbeck. Prominent out-of-town delegates included: Mrs. Lucy Dailey, past ’ state president from Marion; Mrs. Lucile Zook, South Whitley; Mrs. t Ula Hoover and Mrs. Daisy Little, ■ past deputy president of Wabash; f Mrs. Bert Hall, Gary, past president. ——o f Legion Drum Corps Will Meet Friday An important meeting of the American Legion drum corps will be ' held at the local Legion home Fri--1 day evening at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to note the date, s 1 High Winds Tear Down Many Limbs 3 t High winds yesterday tore down a number of limbs in the city. A 1 large limb on Monroe street, ap- - proximately six inches across, nar--3 rowly missed hitting two cars as it 3 tell to the ipavement. The winds t continued tha-iughout the night, fal- » len limbs this morning giving evidence of the heavy blow.

Italy Willing To Help Solution Os Spanish Problem

LATEST PLANE CRASH BEING ■ INVESTIGATED All 19 Victims Os Airliner Crash Badly Mutilated ' Evanston. Wyo., Oct. 20—(U.R)— Federal investigators waded | i through the snows es a mountain peak today collecting bits of ( wreckage from the United Airlines' ( i transcontinental plane "Mainliner , which crashed Sunday night, killing 19 persons in the nation's ( j worst commercial airplane disas- , ter. , The company announced that re- , ! mains of the wreckage would be ( ' burned today after federal and airline officials have salvaged vital ' instruments aboard the transport. ] The officials were principally interested in one instrument used on all United planes—a recording ' barograph. If found reasonably , intact it will indicate up and down j movements of the plane throughout the flight. The scene of havoc, 10,000 feet up in the Uinta mountains of Northeastern Utah, furnished only slight hope that the investigators would ever learn what happened, to cause the crash. One theory prevailed. Pilot Earl | Woodgerd was an exponent of high altitude flying. Men who had flown with him said he always rose several hundred feet higher than was necessary to clear the western mountains on his flights, to allow for any miscalculations by his instruments and for any slight deviations from his route that might head him toward some ■ jutting peak. The fact that Woodgerd failed j l>y 100 feet to clear the Uinta | mountain ridge suggested that perhaps the plane had been forced I downward by air currents during I a rainstorm at the time, and that Woodgerd was not able to maneu- , ver his plane higher. The theory was that he crashed while fighting ; for altitude, and knowing of the ■i peril. Five agents of the department ’ of air commerce werd in charge of i the investigation. They were ! assisted by United Airlines reprei sentatives who were vitally con- ' cerned with the cause of the com- | pany's third disaster in the west during the past year. The 19 bodies were carried away on litters. They were wrapped in ' oilcloth, tied to boards and then fastened by ropes to pack horses Five miles away they were placed in trucks which could not be negotiated any further up the slippery mountain trail. The bodies arrived in Evanston last night and VCONT’NUED ON PAGE FIVE) Seeks Judgment On Verdict Given Here I Special Judge Daniel Link Monday heard arguments in the Wells , I circuit court in the suit of Levi ! Kimmel against stock-holders of the defunct Bank of Poneto, seeking judgment on a verdict in his favor i in the sum of $25,000, given several i years ago in the Adams circuit I I court. The matter was taken under : adviseonent. , -o KEO MEN HONOR 1 MATTBREINER — Decatur Man Named On Board Os Appeals Os State Order r. • i J. M. “Matt” Breiner, member of . j Pocataligo Tribe, Improved Order , of Red Men of this city, was nam- . ed to a position on the board of appeals of the state Red Men order, in the state convention held in Indianapolis yesterday. Nearly 500 Red Men from Indi- ! ana lodges attended the sessions. » Charles Levi, of Rushville, was named great sagamore. i Mr. Breiner, a past sagamore of . the local order, is also a district • officer of the lodge and has been • active in lodge work. Six members of the local order j attended as Decatur delegates. - They were: Jacob Musser, B. F. - Breiner, Charles Cook, Carl How--1 er, Frank Aurand and Mr. Brjiner.

Price Two Cents.

Ready To Accept Creation Os Spanish Mission To Solve Volunteer Mudi die In Civil War. CHINESE CLAIMS Ixmdon, Oct. 20—(UP)'- Italy is ready to accept creation or a Spanish mission to solve the volunteer question, Dino Grand!, Italian Ambassador. informed the sub committee ..t the non-intervention powers today. At the afternoon meeting of the sub-committee, which opened in a pessimistic atmosphere, Grand! announced that Italy accepted without reservations British plans for a definition of belligerent rights. Anthony Eden. British foreign minister opened the proceedings asking the views of the various delegates. The jnee-ting was adjoprned f..r tea at 5 p. m. (noon EST.) indicating the possibility of lengthy discussion. Suggestions had been heard in the foreign office corridors that the French may propose as a compromise the acceptance of the Italian proposal to consult both sides in Spain regarding their opinion as to the procedure for withdrawing volunteers. This, it was pointed out, would gain time and permit further diplomatic maneuvers. “Italy is ready to accept a commission to be sent to either party I in Spain to make arrangements to supervise the withdrawal of perj sons in question a« soon as'possible''. Gandi said. “The persons in question are those whose exacuation is recommended in the report of the technical sub-committee,” he added. point most necessary to clear up, he said, was at what moment the non-intervention powers are. prepared to grant belligerent rights V?, the Spanish government. He claimed Italy had made a far reaching and constructive offer, reducing the Gap between opposing views. He said he felt certain that today's meeting would reveal a general movement towards reasonable and final agreement. State Agreement London. Oct. 20 —(UP) — The Ev(COIfTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STOCK MARKET SHOWING GAIN Confidence Returns To Wall Street As Market Gains New York, Oct. 20—(UP)—Confidence returned to Wall Street today after a two months' absence with result that stocks bounded up 2 to 8 points in such volume that tickers fell far behind actual floor transactions. Whether the return of confidence was temporary or not, traders bid tor stocks with the same zest with which they sold recently. The market developed a thinness on the upside similar to its recent thinness on the downside. The scramble to buy came from both speculators, buying for a tutn, and investors, buying for the long pull. The holders of stock were as reticent to sell as traders were recently to buy. Investment trusts, which bolstered the market yesterday when it crashed 2 to 13 points, rounded out further purchases. London was reported buying on balance. Buying I orders came from the west toward noon when the tape was several I minutes late. Two Men Are Fined In City Court Today William White, 19-year-old Fort Wayne young man, was fined $lO f and costs and sentenced to 30 days - in jail on a charge of assault and - battery. The act was allegedly f committed upon a 15-year-old Ver- - mont girl, whom White brought i here. <( Waldo Stevens, also of Fort - Wayne, was fined $1 and costs, to- . tailing $15.75. He was sent to Jail < until he could furnish the fine. He was charged with speeding. Both f hearings were conducted before t Mayor A. R. Holthouse. i o NOTED BANKER DIES r New York, Oct. 20.—1U.R) — Felix M. Warburg, senior partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., investment banking house, died at his home today.