Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1937 — Page 1

»HS COUNTY ■her TAKES * OWN LIFE ■ nllll I . Miller ComK tj suicide M Home ■K .ikude this SV,. o', lock by a rafter in ~ r-ai, five miles ■|j |^K' lock tills i. . 1.a.l bo.‘n ill |K i.a from rhettBBI V h "",,.,1 io o the , , hiatus |^K>..,• went to the , ’eed the sh d °K KXr.,-. ,h, ‘ ilivestiI. hanging ||Kij. :■ * ■ dangling gK.. BBL!-- :i'--’<! iL.- top.|Ht H^L: a!»> years. •,»). May 1. of Mr and Mrs. Jacob J ii. Geneva, where he Kiln I all hi< life. His marriage ] th flamling took place | ■ An. 'ii . ngaged as an Homer, cf Berne, two I Mrs Charles Reinbold. I Wayne, and Mrs. Ervin 1 Kt- New Corydon, are living j ■■Jasper. is deeeased. survivors are the stepMrs John Stuck, of Bluffbiuihers, Grover, of i Pa.; Arthur, of Uniondale, j of . alifornia, and aj Oscar Flauding. of; E**' services will be held at ] ■me Sunday afternoon at ] and at the West I church, of Bryant, at 1:30 Burial will be made at j Hill cemetery near | The body will be removed ' Bryant funeral home this and may be viewed tin- ■ time of the funeral. Wfl-NEWDEAL ■EET PROPOSED ■er E. Edge Proposes ■ti-New Deal Convention Ifigß - .. ■ilngton, Oct. 21— (U.R) —A to summon a free-for-all ! ■** deal national political j ■ition late next spring snapp- j ■ l of the conservative east ; Bner Senator Walter E. Edge ' ■* Jersey proposed the anti-' “ eal maneuver in a letter to 1 Pomeroy. New Jersey Repub-) national committeeman. The ! conference would supplant ff-year Republican national ittlon sponsored by former ent Herbert C. Hoover. e was the Hoover adminis- j n ambassador to France from | to 1933. He suggested that : ational committee select “50 thaps 75 outstanding men and ®. representative of every *> of those who oppose the ivtlt dictatorship.’’ said the committee should c confined to Republicans but I"' 1 representative of “labor, ] k'rtXttKr. ON PAGE FTVRI ■1437 copies of the iily Democrat delivered to homes and res m Decatur by the carrier r s last night. This is a peak eolation record and does not ’. the 100 papers sold and ' ed for over the counter at the wspaper office each evening. , ' combined circulation of L home PAPER Is nearly of which more than 1600 1 P'es are delivered on the rural ,j es and towns in the Decatur iding territory. r house-to-house coverage the Decatur Dally Democrat “floes home." I

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| Miss McAdoo Debuts ■ - & J ' lA* X/MI I mu i/W ffi fl i Lguja ■ Granddaughter of the late Presi-■ dent Wilson and daughter of Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of j California. Miss Ellen Wilson McI Adoo is shown following her debut ; as a concert singer in Los Angeles under auspices of the federal : music project there. HARTFORD HIGH - TO GIVE PLAY Hartford Township Seniors To Present Play October 29 i The Senior class of the Hartford high school will (present the play I “My Mother-in-law”, at the high | school auditorium Friday, October ] 29. at 7:45 p. m. The action x.f the play centers a- , round a mother-in-law, a widow. ■ who trielf to run her daughters and their husbands. The mother-in-law finds herself involved in several complicated situations from which she escapes only to find herself a married woman again. Tickets are on sale tor 15 and 25 cents. The public is invited to attend. Following is the cast: . Peggy Armstrong, a baby voiced wife —Joan Stahly. Art Armstrong, her devoted husband, Arthur BeeleH Mrs. Wilda Stover, Peggy’s mothI er—Rose Marie Romery. Shelia Stover, Peggy’s sister — Reba Pyle. Allan Armstrong. Arts brother — ■ Sorwln Newcomer. Beulah Hamtree, a colored maid ,at the Armstrong's — Marguerite j Meshberger. Fred Webb — Alan's employer — ' Kenneth Augsburger. ! Bernard Ledbetter, a literary agent •—Leonard Beit'er. ] Laura Bradley who lives rm a higher plane—Eunice Kauffman. Rose Caldwell, who wants to buy an automobile —Esther Kistler. BURKE TWINS BURIED TODAY Infant Twins Os Charles Burke Died Shortly After Birth Funeral services were held this morning at 10 o’clock at the Black j funeral home for Alvin Lee and Anj na Louise Burke, infant twin child- i ten of Charles and Victoria Gage- | Burke of this city. The twins were born about 5:45 I'’.'clock Wednesday afternoon. The boy died at 6 o’clock Wednesday ' evening and the girl at 1 o clock , this morning. Weak hearts were pronounced the causes of death. Besides the parents, two sisters Betty Janice and Belva Cbarline, survive. A sister, Katharine Mardell preceded the twins in death, Octo- ] ber 22, 1921. Four grandparents, ■ Mr. and Mrs. John J. Burke, of Blue j Creek township, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gage, of southeast of Decatur. also survive. The Rev. Harry W. Thompson, of this city, officiated at the funeral I services this morning. Burial was I made in the Maplewood cemetery. I

DELAY ACTION ON COON LOAN No Decision Pending Report Os Budget Director Bell Washington. Oct. 20—(I’D—Secretary of the treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., disclosed today that President Roosevelt had directed acting budget director Daniel W. B 1! to determine whether the corn loan program could ibe financed within the budget. Morgenthau said that pending the results of Bell’s study no decisk-jt would be made on whether to proceed with the loan program. “As a result of a conference with the President, secretary of Agriculture Wallace and myself at which tim* we reported to the President results of the conference which toox place in my office the day before M..rgenthau said, “It was decided that Mr. Bell would make a study of the situation.” He said that the study was “designed to determine the method of financing corn loans within the budget.” Morgenthau said he did not know when Bell would report. He explained that the President wanted Bell to “take long ejioug'u to do an intelligent piece ..f work.” The secretary said that the corn loan proposal was the only agricultural aid question put up to the treasury at this time. Morgenthau declined to comment on suggestions that the increased deficit predicted for the current fiscal year indicates the necessity of new taxes. “Do you agree with the President that the budget will be balanced in the next fiscal year?’’ he was asked. ’ I don't want to answer that ques- i tion,” he replied, adding a warning against placing a wr. ag construction on his reply. "Do you attribute the downward estimate of receipts this fiscal year 1 to error on the part of your experts or to decreasing business?” “You can say that there was no mistake" the secretary said, adding after a moment's hesitation. "We have adjusted the estimates to busi iness conditl .ns.,” Morgenthau avoided direct ansI (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DOCTOR SPEAKS TO LOCAL CLOD Dr. Maurice L man Speaks To Professional Women’s Club Dr. Maurice I.yhman, president of I the Fort Wayne anti-tuberculosis league, vice chairman of the state league, and a board member of the i Irene- Byron sanatorium, spoke to the members of the Decatur business and professional women’s club in a dinner meeting at the Rice hotel last evening. Dr. Lohman urged the wholehearted support of the club and city in the fight against the dreaded disease and related a vivid description of the results cl tuberculosis and the methods employed to combat its spread. Dr. R. E. Daniels, local physician and secretary of the city board of hea'th, also spoke to the women, talking on social diseases and the means of combating them. The meeting was in the form of a dinner at the hotel. Twenty-two i members attended. Dr. and Mrs. Daniels and Miss Florence Lichtensteiger were guests of the club. Miss Elizabeth Pitman, superintendent of the Adams county memorial hospital, was jn charge of the program and Miss Mathilda Sellemeyer, club president, presided ’ over the session. Group singing was led by Mrs. , Lamaille Fogle accompanied by Ms. R. E. Daniels. The collect ! was read by Mrs. Louisa Braden. o Local Man Badly Injured In Fall Ed Newport, well known local character, is confined in the Adams county memorial hospital today suffering from severe injuies sustained in a fall frem the root | of his home. < Newport, it Is said, fell while doing some work In repairing the roof ' of his home near the General Electric factory. He feH Tuesday night ■but according to reports was not thought seriously hurt until yesterday. He was then taken to the local hospital. The attending physician stated that he suffered several broken ribs and possible 'internal injuries. When asked whether or not the pa- ! tient was in a serious condition, the physician stated that it was “unde- | termined'’ _

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 21, 1937.

Heads Pastors Rev Charles M. Prugh, pastor of the Zion Reformed church, this morning was elected president of the Decatur ministerial association. REV.PRUGHTO -HEAD PASTORS Zion Reformed Pastor President Os Ministerial Association The Rev. Charles M. Prugh, tpasi tor of the Zion Reformed church, was elected president of the Decatur ministerial association, at a meeting held this morning. Rev. Prugh succeeds the Rev. Ge.«rge O. Walton, pastor of the Prs-sbyterian church, as president of the association. Rev. Walton has served three years in the office. Rev. Prugh is a past president of the Decatur Rotary club and has lieen active in religious and civic affairs of the city. He has played i a prominent part in the Decatur ministerial association during his pastorate in Decatur. The Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor of the Evangelical church, was named vice-president ?<fthe association. Rev. Walton was named secretarytreasurer. At the meting this morning a new constitution was adopted. Affairs of the association for the next year were disiussed. o —- Berne Woman Slightly Burned Last Evening Mrs. Adam Bixler of Berne escaped with minor burns on the chest and shoulder last evening when her dress caught fire from a pan of glazing lard. Mrs. Bixler was heating the lard, when it became too hot and started I flaming. When she attempted to carry the burning pan to the kitchen sink, her dress and the kitchen curtains ignited. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Moser, who live in the same home, heard her screams from the basement and rushed to her aid, extinguishing the flames. They were not burned. o Elzey Residence Damaged By Fire Theioca l fire department answered a call to the Joe Elzey home on South Ninth street at 10:35 o’clock this morning when sparks from the chimney ignited the roof. The damage was not extensive. o Regular Legion Meeting Monday A regular meeting At Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion will be held at the home Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Al! members are urged to be present.

United Press Writer Reports I China Scoring Great Victory

(Editor's note: Jack Belden, I United Press staff correspondent, ' has arrived at Chinese field headI quarters In northwestern China after an adventurous journey of two i weeks, to find that the Chinese ; have won astonishing victories against the Japanese. His first dispatch from Chinese headquarters follows): By Jack Belden (Copyright, 1937, by UP.) Chinese Field Headquarters. North Shansi Province, Oct. 21.— (U.R7 —Chinese forces in Shansi province have launched a huge scale counter offensive programi and have won smashing victories against the Japanese, it was ap- ‘ parent today. Chinese, Mongolian, Mohammedan, While Russian and Japanese troops are locked in the fiercest, ' bloodiest sort of fighting all over: i the long, irregular northwestern front. '

KIDNAP GLUES PROVED FALSE Two Tips In Charles Ross Kidnap Case Proved Futile Chicago, Oct. 21—(UP)—G-men Mid today they had been advised a woman had found the first bill in the $50,000 ransome paid in a vain effort to obtain release of Charles F. Ross, 72, kidnaped Chicago man, Chicago Oct. 21 —(UP)— Dozens f persons en’isted themselves in ‘he search for Charles S. Ross and bls kidnapers today, believing they had seen or heard things which might result in solution of the case. Individuals in all parts of the country volunteered information, inspired apparently by the department justice's first active participation in the case. First two important-appearing "tips" proved fa’se. The body of a man found dead in an automobile near Edina, Mo., first believed to be Ross', failed to tally with the description of the missing Chicagaan. Illinois state police detained a man reported as having acted sus- 1 piciously when a s.*> note he tendered to Springfield gasoline filling station attendant was checked a- , gainst serial numbers of the Ross ransom money. Officers announced after questioning they believed he was not connected with the kidnaping. and had no part in disposition of the $50,090 ran.-m which Mrs. Ross paid in a futile attempt to buy her busband’s release. Federal agents acted independently and secretly, refusing to discuss other developments if there were any. Officers of the state’s attorney’s office acted independently, accused the G-men of refusing to take them into confidence. Parks Without Flares, Truck Driver Is Fined Franklyn Hoadley Campbell, c/ Cincinnati. Ohio, was fined $1 and costs when arraigned before Mayor Arthur R. Holthouee in city court this morning. Campbell was arrested last night by State Patrolman Burl Johnson on a charge of parking his truck along the highway without flares, north of the city on road 27. TEACHERS MEET i AT FORT WAYNE Annual Teachers’ Institute Opens Today At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 21—(UP) ! — Northeastern Indiana public sch..rl teachers, from rural schools, small communities and from cities t f varying size, gathered here today for the first sessions of the annual Northeastern Indiana teachers asso- ’ elation convention. The convention, to be held today and tomorrow, has attracted more than 2,000 instruct.".™. The mass of teachers let this morning at 9 o’clock in the spacious Shrine audi- I torium to start their two-day study on the best methods of teaching the j "Twentieth Century Child” and what subjects he needs most. The school-teaching delegates will bring with them a knowledge of experiences and ideas, the result of years in the class room and In study ito be exchanged with fellow school masters and “Marins” in numerous sectional meetings. Head’ining the program today .rnNTTNTTien ON Ptfiß POItRI

Not only have the Chinese abandoned defensive tactics, I ascertained after arriving here byway of Taiyuan, but they have risked frontal attacks in force against the Japanese in two battles, one in the , Yuanping sector 80 miles north of ; Taiyuan, the other in the Niangtse mountain pass 13.0 miles east of Taiyuan. These two positions are; the keys to all nothwestern China, [giving as they do direct access to| ] Taiyuan and other points of vital ■ I importance. At some points the Chinese have I wiped out detachments of Japanese protecting the dangerously long lines of communication to, i main bases. Thousands of Chinese wounded are pouring through field headquarters toward Taiyuan after the i most savage fighting that has occurred in northern China in modern times. I Battlefields are strewn with dead. ' (CONTINUED. ON PAGE FIVE)

WOMAN RELATES : OF THREATS DY GEN. DENHARDT Garr Brothers On Trial In Kentucky On Murder Charges Shelbyville, Ky„ Oct. 21—R1.R) — ' Mrs. Said Bennett, elderly house keeper at the residence of the lift Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, toda’ testified that Brig.-Gen. Henry H Denhardt had threatened to shoot Roy Garr, on trial here with his j brother for murder, “down like a ' rat.” Mrs. Bennett said she overheard Gep. Denhardt and Mrs. Taylor I arguing a few weeks before the . pretty widow was found dead on a lonely country road near Lagrange, I Ky. During the argument Mrs. Ben--1 nett testified Denhardt said: "All ‘ three of your brothers are yellow I'll get all of them. And that damn Roy Garr. I'll shoot him down like a rat." Mrs. Bennett was the principal witness called today as the defense neared the end of its efforts to secure acquittal for Roy and Jack Garr on charges of slaying Gen. : Denhardt here on the night of Sept. 20. A motion by defense attorneys to have the charge against Jack Garr dismissed was denied yesterday. A few minutes later Roy was called as the first defense witness. Atty. Gen. Hubert Meredith, acting prosecutor, accused Roy of shooting Denhardt because he believed Denhardt murdered his sister. Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor. “You shot Gen. Denhardt because he shot your sister." Mere- | dith shouted. “No." Roy replied. “You shot him because you were disappointed in the jury’s failure to convict him at the first trial.'' “No. I didn’t.” Roy admitted, under question ing. he was “more inflamed" than ever after a jury failed to reach a verdict In Denhardt’s trial. “And you knew your life wasn’t ' ■ in danger, as you have testified?”, Meredith continued. “I just don’t know that my life j was In danger," Roy answered. “1 thought it was." In questioning by his own at-1 torney, J. Ralph Gilbert, Roy asserted he feared Denhardt. that ! Denhart had threatened him. He I repeated the basis of his defense (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Q ORDERS BIDS OPENED Special Judge Henry F. Wister, at 3 o’clock this afternoon ordered Homer TeeterS, drainage commissioner in the proposed Wabash river dredging, to open three bids and report back to the court Friday morning at 8:30 o’clock. Judge Kister gave Mr. Teeters authority to withdraw three bids at the request of the contractors. The action this afternoon was not contested by attorneys for the remonstrators, who have refused to recognize the legality of the present proceedings. The strongest fight in the 25 years the suit has been in tiligation is expected when an attempt is made to collect assessments. OWEN IS STILL HELD IN DEATH Sheriff Not Satisfied With Story In Death Os Girl South Bend, Ind.. Oct. 21.—i(U.R) . —There are "some things” about I . Dr. Charles W. Owen, psychiatrist,! scholar and amateur criminologist,! j that "have to be checked” before I | authorities will consider turning j him loose to help solve the murder] jot Melba Moore, Sheriff William, ! Hosinski said today. ’ The sheriff declined to say what ! “some things" were, but indicated he was not yet satisfied with the I doctor’s insistent “I don't know 1 what it’s all about.” Owen wiped his brow, stroked his neatly trimmed Van Dyke! beard and announced through his attorney that he had no part in ] j this "almost perfect” crime. He | has made a study of criminals and j their methods, though, and said he] would be glad to assist the officers | in solving it. Hosinski ordered him detained, however, on an “open charge,” without accusation. The sheriff called in Adolph ON PAGE FIVE)

Italy Accepts Bid . To Conference On , China-Japan War

Wheelchair Slayer IF $ Convicted of the slaying of his mother. William McKibhon. wheel- ] chair invalid, was refused right to i adminjster her estate when a Los Angeles court denied his petition, and named a niece of the slain woman, Mrs. Mamie Byers, as 1 executrix. claimTctidT GOES TO JURY $2,250 Claim Against Sellemeyer Estate Goes To Jury The $2,250 claim action against j the estate of the late William I ; Sellemeyer was given to a jury in the Adams circuit court at noon today. Introduction of evidence was , completed Wednesday evening. ] Attorneys were allowed one hour , to a side for the presentation of ' the arguments before the jury this ] morning after which Judge Huber M. DeVoss read the The suit was brought by Nina Medaugh of North First street, with whom Mr. Sellemeyer roomed for the last years of his life. The claim covers only the last three years of Mr. Sellemeyer’s life until his death in January, ] 1936. The claimant alleges she is entitled to personal services in j I caring for Mr. Sellemeyer, in addition to the rent she received for the room. The defense alleged that until ] the last months of his life Mr. I 1 Sellemeyer was able to care for | ! himself, that he was up and ] j around and attended church regu-1 larly. During this time, defense witnesses asserted, he neither rei quired nor had other assistance. During the last illness help was employed for him, they claimed. o Speeding Charge Results In Fine Glen Burley, of near Berne, was fined $1 and costs, amounting to sll by May..r Arthur R. Holthouse this afternoon on charges of speed- ] ing. He was arrested at 2 o’clock [this morning by Policeman Adrian ] Coffee on South Second street. o Schmitt To Speak To Rotary Club H. P. Schmitt, local stock dealer, ] will speak at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club at 6:30 , o’clock this evening at the Rice hotel. Mr. Schmitt will tell of his ex- 1 iperienees during a i ecent hunting trip to Canada. o TEMPERATURE READINGS ! i DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER " i 8:00 a. m —4o 10:00 a. m. —44 Noon—49 < 2:00 p. m. —54 1 3:00 p. m.—so i i WEATHER Considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday; slightly cooler extreme south portion tonight.

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Great Britain To Stand Firmly On Her Rights In East; Casualties In War Mount. MEET OCT. 30 Rome, Oct. 21 —(U.R) —Italy has accepted an invitation to take part in the nine power conference on the Chinese-Japanese war in Brussels on October 30, it was announced officially today. To Protect Rights London, Oct. 21 —(U.R) —Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden declared tn the house of commons today that Britain intends to protect firmly its imperial "life line” to the east through the Mediterrau- ■ ean sea. I "Our position in the Mediterranean is simply this —we intend to maintain the right of way on this main arterial road.” Eden told a ] crowded house of commons. The foreign secretary opened an important debate on foreign affairs as parliament reconvened ] after the summer recess. Both the Chinese-Japanese war and the civil war in Spain were discussed. Regarding Spain. Eden expressed guarded optimism over an eventual solution, hailing Premier Benito Mussolini's acceptance of a “token” withdrawal of foreign "volunteers" as a move which averted a crisis. Casualties Mount Shanghai. Oct. 21—(U.R/—Casualties mounted into the thousands on both sides tonight as Chinese and Japanese troops struggled for possession of Shanghai in the most I decisive battle of the war. | Matching man power against modernized Japanese units, the Chinese launched a general count- | er-oft’enslve against the front-wide ] shock attack directed by Gen. ■ Iwane Matsui, commander in chief ! of the Japanese forces in Central i China. The assault on the north railroad station in which Japanese ! shock troops fought their way I through fire started by their own ■ artillery, was repulsed by the Chinese. Chinese authorities estimated their own casualties along the Shanghai front today at 3,500 and said Japanese casualties were equally heavy. Gen. Iwane Matsui, commander in chief of the Japanese forces in Central China, was reported to have gone personally to the front to direct operations, in hope he could find away to break the stubborn Chinese defense. Chinese sources asserted that Admiral Osaml Nagano, former Japanese navy minister and one of the country's most brilliant strategists and tacticians, had gone to the navy's section of the front with Vice Admiral Koyishi, commanding the Japanese navy here, to make a study similar to Matsul’s. Roused by the admittedly unexpected strong Chinese stand. Japanese leaders agreed that despite any peace negotiations at the forthcoming Brussels nine-power treaty conference, they must push the Chinese back before the war (CONTI N1 TRI >, ON PAC.E I'HRRB) O AUTO LICENSES EXPECTED SOON License Plates Expected To Arrive Within A Few Days The new J 938 aut". license plates 'are expected to arrive at the local license bureau some time thia week bureau employes stated this morning. Plates have already arrived at several nearby cities. The plates this year will be red and white, colors of Indiana university. The colors are alternated yearly between those of Indiana anj Purdue universities. Plates are expected to go on sale at the local bureau about December 10, usual time for the opening sale. It is expected that no extension of time will be given this year after the first of 1938. For the past three years January 1 has heen set as the deadline for the purchase of the (plates. Few license plates were Issued at half price this year, after the first six months period of 1937 bad expired.