Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1937 — Page 1

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kderal board MOVES TO AID [STOCK MARKET Lrvi Boar <1 Takes Igtep, To Aid Shaky I ■Stock Market , m . 28.- (U.R> The ...i’ v>■ board raised a supshaky securities unprecedented reKills up"” sliort selling trades. Kj, apiial heard that the revising market ons made with President Roosevelt. Hyde Park. N. Y.. that only day before yesEgatVVP.luiiii <> Douglas, ehairthe s< . utities exchange which works in close with the board in regand Joseph P- KenKy Bi- ' ommission's first chairc.iii. d the chief execuKbe resi ive hoard's action gave Ke ground for belief that there Kid be Hirther Washington deMp- it the market does not this short in the arm" Ktm. t. Political Washington diately for indications KK: moves to revive business Kfidfce and activity. Interest on possible revision of laws, including modifiesKjon ’ the tax on capital gains ■f J corporation reserve funds. ■ hoje still a ommittee meets Nov. ■toSisid.-r ’ax law "inequities." ■,Wai| street brokers and operatK were elated by the news. They ■petti its psychological effect K be renter than its physical Kes. Il' was felt that the revised requirements still would KtKmil to attract the general but that the reduction ■old In' taken to indicate that the Kr de.d was heeding the advice ndma rketmap .which v ■ tall rs and market men. which been, i .insistently, for less ..get regulation. ■ T®news <ame on the heels of ■ fOB quarterly report from Gen■a! Motors corporation and an statement from its board Alfred P. Sloan. Jr., and Kt Up.m'.'- behind United States ■teel’ii declaration of its first comfcon stbck dividend in years. These coupled, caused ■raderl in Wall street and else■ton to ar.iii spate today's market confidently. reserve board rediicor cash ante, which ■peculltive escurities buyers must ■provid- from 55 to 40 per cent of 1 KbK'ket value of the stock pur■■■tase! I Av pet cent margin was imposed on short sellers who hitherto ■aiwen unrestricted by reserve requirements, though i to put a It) point margin ON page FIVE) ■He Interviewer I To Be Here Nov. 6 ■. *•' ■' ’tn. interviewer. will be ft* city hal’ Decatur. Saturday. ... ■”** be ' between the hours of ■JtW a ni. and 12:00 a. m. for the of interviewing workers Jwkojare interested in availing ■Ureae-lves of the facilities of the state employment service. CORN HUSKERS WILE ffIIBAY 1 Bixfcen Indiana Farmers I® e Eor State Husk- | ing Title I broad-shouldered, thick Indiana farmers, the best state's top-flight comhusk- | K° ol< a few practice tosses toI then retire d bo await the of a bomb that will send I ofl the annual state cornI tournament at noon toI WPat!ler is good and husksatisfactory it is althat the state record I3S. 56 bushels established in 1935 shattered, for 11 of the enhad higher marks in win--1 SL ' le ' r CoUl >ty contests. calibre of this year’s comis shown by the fact that Etter of Benton county, the state champion, shucked I IM* bushels in winning the I haw.! stit ' e ' That mark wouldn’t I-■ I quallfl ed him for the 1937 I “lament. B-.,; U Eiter will be in there again I InKn* 1 ' because 116 is the defend- | -Ep“ am Pi°n and did not have i ON p A Q E yjyjj)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

WOMAN JAILED ’ AFTER BATTLE Woman Taken Into Custody After Battle On Second Street The old adage, "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," was aptly proven last evening to a score or. more of Decatur residents when they witnessed a fisticuffs encounter between a man. his wife and the "eternal third party.”A local man and the third person. police reported, passed a local restaurant on South Second street, when the wife, an employe there, suddenly emerged. Before they arrived, the officers stated, the third party was floored twice, neither time for "the cotint." The husband’s efforts to separated the "battling Amazons" went to 1 naught, police said. Policeman Ed Miller, who, with Officer Adrian Coffee, halted the fray, much to the chagrin of the rapidly growing number of "ringside spectators," stated that charg-i ps of disorderly conduct and public Intoxication would be filed against, Mrs. Fay Lainhart. whom he adjudged "loser" in the battle. Policeman Miller also stated that no charges would be filed against Grant Lyons, sole male member of the battling trio, unless further; trouble developed. Lyons was released from jail last night, Officer| Miller stated. Mrs. Lainhart, it will be recalled. was recently convicted in city court on a charge of public intoxication when she allegedly pummelled her husband in an encount-' . er on Monroe street. Find Stolen Watch Sheriff Dallas Brown stated this] morning that‘the watch, believed to have been stolen from the Ira, Elzey home last week by a pipe I line employe was found last night in the purse of the jailed woman, who had also been a roomer at the home. The sheriff and a local policeman had gone to Elwood in a . vain search for the thief. At a late hour today, after grilling by Sheriff Brown and Police Chief Sephus Melchi. the woman, they said, insistently contended , il.it the watch was given to her, by a pipe line worker, bnt steadfastly refused to reveal his identity. The watch was found, the sher- ' iff stated, when he looked in her purse for a headache powder or sedative to relieve her “morning I after hangover.” o DEATH CLAIMS RACHEL MAHN Mrs. Rachel S. Mann Dies I Wednesday After Extended Illness Mrs. Rachel S. Mann, 77, widow of the late Elijah Mann, former prominent Decatur contractor, died last eveniftg at 4:15 o’clock at the home , of Mr. and Mrs. John Anspaugh, 1415 West Monroe street, where she had been staying. Death resulted from several paralytic strokes. She suffered the first attack in March, 1936 and had been bedfast since August 1938, at which time she suffered a second strose. She was a life-long resident of the conn- | ty, born January 20, 1860 in Washington township, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Anspaugh. She was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church. ' The only child, a daughter Lula. ' is deceased. Surviving are two half- : brothers, Pete and John, both of ’ this city and a half-sister, Mrs. I Eral Martin of Kirkland township. ■ One sister is deceased. | Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Anspaugh home and at 2 o’clock at the M. E. church with the Rev. ) R. W. Graham officiating. Burial - will be made in the Decatur cemet tery. The body will be returned to the ■ Ansipaugh home this evening from i the S. E. Black funeral home and 1 may be viewed there until time for - the funeral. South Ward School Festival Tomorrow 1 Plans were being completed today ’ for the South Ward Halloween fes- ’ tival, to open Friday evening at 7 o’clock at the school. Booths were being built and hot dogs, home ' made pie, candy and hot cottee will f be on sale. ' Final rehearsal was held today 1 for the iplaylet "Jack O' Lantern ’ Inn.” In the announcement of the | 1 cast the first of this week, the name ' i of Billy Bollinger, Mrs. Witch’s husband. was unitentionally emitted. 1 Tickets to the play are selling for ' 10 cents. The public and all pat- ; rons of the school are urged to at-1 I tend.

Building Collapse Kills Two J Two persons, a man and a woman, were killed and fifteen others injured when the second floor of the ' three-story Morris Fruit and Produce Company building collapsed suddenly at Minneapolis. Minn. Ann i Murphy, one of the injured victims, is shown being carried from the ruins by firemen

ALLOFFICERS ARE REELECTED Democratic Woman's Club Reelects All Present Officers All officers were re-elected at a meeting of the Adams county Democratic Dontan’s club, held at the city hall Wednesday night. The officers are: Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, Decautr, president; Mrs. Tom Rhoades, Geneva, vice president; Miss Rose Nesswald, Decatur, secretary, and Mrs. O. M. Smith. Berne, treasurer. Plans were made for the beginning of a new year of activity of the club. The first meeting is to be held ;at Berne, Tuesday. November 30, in 1 the form of a banquet. The Berne ■ | ladies will have charge of the program and entertainment. The annual Washington b’rthday I meeting will be held in Decatur. A meeting will be held during the last of March in Geneva, and the closing pre-primary meeting will be held in Decatur the last of April All members of the club,are urged to attend these meetings and others interested are invited to be present. The club now has a membership of more than 100, and includes for the most part. Democratic women of Decatur, Berne and Geneva. A new policy was adopted at the meeting Wednesday. Women of the 'CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SEVEN CAPITAL FIREMEN HURT Indianapolis Firemen Injured As Fire Trucks Collide Indianapolis, Oct. 28.—XU.R>—Seven city firemen were injured, two critically and one seriously, here last night when two speeding fire trucks collided at a downtown street intersection while enroute' to*a fire. The blaze caused damage estimated at $5. Those critically injured were Edward McGinnis, 47, skull fracture, 1 and Gene Burnett, 38, negro, lung puncture. Capt. Michael .1. Gardner, Company No. 13, suffered severe head injuries. Less seriously injured were John McMahon, 46; Tony Mazza, 35; Capt. Renzel Williams; 52, negro, and Clinton Murphy, 36, negro. Roscoe A. McKinney, assistant city fire chief, said an immediate investigation of the crash will be made by the department. I The fire trucks were en route to a downtown drug store where chem- , ical used in preparing face cream had boiled over and started a small fire. The proprietor of the drug store estimated the damage at 1 (CONTINUED. ON PAGE FIVE) j

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 28, 1937.

Extra Tickets Here For Roosevelt Talk Extra tickets have been sent here for the talk to be given by Mrs. j Franklin Roosevelt, wife of the president, at the Shrine auditorium, 1 Fort Wayne, on November 17. The tickets are on sale at the I Daily Democrat office. The supply includes five |1.50 tickets; five 75c tickets and one si ticket. The 'tickets must be mailed to 1 the Shrine auditorium and reserved. STATE G. 0. P. TO REORGANIZE Meet Friday To Name Chairman, National Committeeman Indianapolis. Oct. 28. —(U.R) —The Republican state committee will meet here tomorrow to select a new national committeeman and state chairman amid almost incredible reports of a “deal" to restore the party’s long-scuttled harmony. Despite widespread disbelief, rumor here said that the following program might be executed either at the meteing tomorrow or develop at subsequent committee sessions: 1. Ivan C. Morgan, wealthy Austin canner who was ousted as state chairman last August, may be chosen national committeeman to succeed George Ball, wealthy Muncie industralist who resigned Oct. 19. 2. Morgan then may swing his support from the majority faction of the committee headed by Ralph Gates of Columbia City to the minority faction of former U. S. SentaOr James E. Watson, whose committee spokesman is Ewing Emison of Vincennes. This would allow the majority faction to have the national committeeman while (CDNTTNUBD ON PAGE FIVF.i

Annual Callithumpian Parade Will Be Held This Evening

Perfect weather appeared in pros- ' pect this afternoon for Decatur's annual Halloween celebration, the colorful Calllthumpian parade, which will be staged through the business district of the city promptly at 7:30 o'clock this evening. . All individuals, autoists and organizations p'annlng to participate’ in the parade are to report on Third street, near the Rice hotel, not later than 7 o’clock to join in the line of march. Automobiles are to be lined up on Jefferson street, near Third street. The line of march will move south on Third to Adams, cast to Second, north to Jackson, west to Third, north to Monroe, east to Second and south to Jefferson, where the parade will disband. A total of $154 in cash prizes will be presented by the Chamber of Commerce, sponsoring organization, to winners in the various classes of

WRECK INJURY I PROVES FATAL — Mrs. Elizabeth Clase Dies At Local Hospital Wednesday — Mrs. Elizabeth Clase. GG, of Lib erty township, Mercer county, Ohio ' died late Wednesday afternoon at the Adams county memoriel hospital from injuries received September 27 in an auto accident. She had been confined at the hospital since the accident, suffering i from a fractured pelvis and inter- ' nal injuries, sustained when the ■ar driven by her husband turned II over after hitting a hog on the road , near Wi'lshire, Ohio. Her husband. Sam, sustained onj ly minor injuries. The deceased was born in Mercer ’ county February 4, 1871, the daugb I ter of Jacob and Gertrude Milleri Deitsch. Surviving, besides the husI baud, are three sons, a daughter ( and one sister. , Fneral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the I Chattanooga, Ohio M. P. church. o - ' Pipe Line Employe ) Is Arrested Here Harley Combs, local pipe-line em- . ploye, was arrested late yesterday . afternoon by Policeman Ed Miller . on North Second street. Combs > will he arraigned in city court on ■ a charge of public intoxication. i Sam Bailer To Face 1 Charge This Afternoon i ————— Sam Bailer, wanted here on a ! charge of ipossession of untaxed ! liquor, was apprehended when he ‘ appeared at his home today after ! being sought for five days. He was ; to be tried in mayor’s court late this afternoon on the charge.

individual, group and organization costume outfits. The largest prize, $25. will be presented to the best costumed band or drum corps. Second prize will be S2O and a sls prize will be awarded Ito the best rube band or drum ' corps. ,I The best decorated automobile I will be awarded sls and the most comically decorated auto Will win $lO. Prizes of $3. $2, and $1 will be presented for the best decorated bicycles. In addition to the above prizes, are on the rewards ranging from $3 to $lO in various individual and group costume classifications. Judging stands will be erected on Second street, in front of the court house, and on North Second street, Monroe. All paraders will pass the judges twice, with the awards to be made on the second appearance.

American, British Troops Are Endangered As Japanese Fire At British Detachment Today

RUSSIA QUITS | ACTIVITIES IN SPAIN CONTROL Will Not Support Control Scheme; Mussolini Speaks London. Oct. 28—’(U.K) —Russia j withdrew, in part, today from the I activities of the 27-power non- | intervention activities, announcing she would no longer support the Spanish control ‘scheme. Following a conference with Anthony Eden. British foreign min-| I ister, last night. Ivan Maiski, I 1 Soviet ambassador, sent a note to I | Lord Plymouth, notifying the committee that Russia would not con- j i tribute further funds to the non-1 intervention board or the control scheme. It was pointed out, however, that the action does not imply ' Russia’s withdrawal from the nonintervention committee memberI ship in which she is “quite indei pendent of her commitments to I the board and the control scheme." The scheduled meeting tomorrow of the non-intervention com- , mittee was postponed from 10:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. because some of I the delegates had not received full i instructions from their governI ments. Observers said it was possible that the Italians may contend toI morrow that if Russia does not intend to pay, she can hardly expect i to continue to exercise functions as a member of the committee. Backs Germany Rome, Oct. 28— (U.K) - Premier Benito Mussolini, addressing a gil gantic gathering of his Fascist I blackshirts, said today that Bolshevism must be driven out of Europe and Germany must be given colonies if peace is to be saved. The occasion of the speech was the 15th anniversary of the Fascist march on Rome, which marked the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O MRS. MARY SIPE ’ TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Frank Sipe Dies This Morning At Home East Os Berne Mrs Mary Sipe, 59, wife of Frank iSipe, of five miles east of Berne 'died this morning at 5:45 o’clock. Death was due to complications following a two week’s illness. I The deceased was born in Mercer county. Ohio, March 2, 1878, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wick. She was maried to Frank Sipe March 11. 1897. and had resided near here since. Surviving besides the husband, I are a daughter. Mrs. Walter Detro, I of Rockford. Ohio; a son, John of] Monroe and three brothers, William of Piqua, Ohio; John of Willshire, Ohio and Fred, a’so of Rockford. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Bethel church, five miles east of Berne. Burial will be made in the , Mt. Hope cemetery. ' Adams County Man’s Sister Dies Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia '• L. Banning, 78, who died last night at her home in Allen county as result of a stroke of apoplexy suffered Monday, will be he’d Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence. The deceased was a sister of Ernest Dammeyer, of Adams county. o i Quarterly Meeting Held Last Evening The second quarterly conference of M. E. churches was held last night at the local M. E. church, with the host pastor, the Rev. R. IW. Graham, presiding. The con- , \ ference opened with a supper. Dr. F. E. Fribley, district super- ' tntendent, conducted the latter i part of the conference, presided | over by the Rev. E. S. Morford, i district Epworth league superfni. tendent. A large crowd was in , | attendance.

JOHN L LEWIS CALLS MEETING OF HIS LEADERS ' Fear Complete Collapse Os Negotiations For Labor Peace Washington, Oct. 28 — (UP) — John L. Lewis called a strategy meeting of committee for industrial organization leaders today as the peace conference with the can federation of ’abor recessed i with indications of complete col- | lapse. Philip Murray, chairman of the ’ Io nian C. I. O. delegation whose ! three day conference with a federaI tion committee ended in a stalemate, was summoned to confer with Lewis, John Brophy, C. I. O. director. and Lee Pressman, general counsel. Pressman said it had been decided that no new peace formula would be advanced before the peace committee reconvenes next Thursday. "I think our terms are the very minimum we can offer,” he said. "They are perfectly reasonable. We even offered to rejoin the federation under its own name. I think we might lose many members by such a step.” Following the decision of the negotiators to recess for a week, Leaders on both sides admitted that the joint-meeting might be postponed indefinitely or might never be resumed. This was quite prob* able, they said, unless there was some conciliation by each faction. George M. Harrison, chairman of the federation committee, who left for New York today said: "I can’t see any possibility of getting anywhere unless they are willing to talk sensibly," he said, “We are certainly not getting anywhere now.” A member of the C. 1. O. delegation assailed the federation’s peace proposal as "fishy—just as fishy as seeing Phil Murray shaking hands with George M. Harrison." Murray and Harrison <posed for photographers monday when the negotiations began. There were, however, two factors (that might succeed in keeping the conference going after the sevenday recess. Harrison admitted that dozens of telegrams had been received by him from rank-and-file members of the A. F. of L. urging the two committees to agree on a truce for the sake of the labor movement. Similar objectives were sought in the C. I. O„ it was said, by th/j ladies garment workers' union, headed by David Rubinsky. The second factor was the unofficial part being played in the conference by federal officials. James Dewey, labor department conciliator, continued a series of iiuMvidual talks with leaders of both sides. Sen. George L. Berry, D. Tenn., has offered his services in mediation capacity. MAN HACKED TO DEATH BY KNIFE Eyewitness Tells Os Brutal Murder In Olney, Illinois Lawrenceville, 111., Oct. 28 —4U.R) I —An eye witness told Sheriff Hayes Bayle today that Ira Hanna, 54, of Noble, 111., was hacked to death with a coifi knife Oct. 14 because he resented being called a ‘‘communist.’’ The witness was Clarence I Thompson, 38, .West Liberty, 111., farmer, who said that Hanna’s death resulted from an argument with Thomas Pantry, 52, West Liberty. Pantry allegedly has con- ■ fessed killing Hanna with the corn ' knife and is being held in jail here. According to Thompson’s story, he and Pantry met Hanna in an Olney, 111., saloon the afternoon of ' the murder and all started drinking. Later they went for a ride in Thompson's car. An argument ensued and someI one accused Hanna of being a communist. Then, Thompson said, ’ i they stepped from the car and ( started to fight. Pantry grabbed I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Danger Grows Hourly As Japanese Troops Mop Up Shanghai; Attack Made By Tank. FEAR TROUBLE Shanghai. Oct. 28 (U.R‘ Danger to American and British troops guarding the international settlement grew hourly tonight after Japanese forces mopping up northern Shanghai fired on one British detachment from a tank. American and British commanders stiffened their barricades, it. was understood that the Japanese had given warning that they planned an intensive assault along the Soochow creek front, on the edge of the positions manned by the foreign defenders of the settlement. The Japanese warned that they planned to attempt to cross the Soochow creek near the western boundary of the foreign concessions, where Chinese from Chapel had withdrawn to the Chiang KaiShek second line- of defense. Both British and American troops have been authorized to open fire in self-defense if attacked by either side. Tension was brought near the breaking point by the Japanese tank attack on a party of British, led by Brigadier A. P. D. TelferSmollett, British army commander In chief. That the situation was becoming menacing was indicated by a “request” by the British consulate to a number of residents in the zone along the great western road to evacuate. It was understood Hjey were complying. British troops In the western area were erecting barbed wire concentration camps in the event it became necessary to confine disarmed Chinese troops. There was no sign, however, that the troops would attempt to enter the settlement. Chinese officials contended that despite the withdrawal along the northern front they had scored a tactical victory. They estimated Japanese casualties in the Shanghai area at 73,000 men. Brigadier Telfer-Smollett was inspecting the British defense lines on the west side of Shanghai, just outside the international settlement. this morning. A Japanese tank nosed cautiously half way across the highway bridge over Soochow creek in order to attack Chinese "dare to die" men fortified inside a factory. The tank crew saw men of the British Royal Ulster rifles helping half a dozen terrorized Chinese refugees to cross the Jesstield railroad bridge 100 yards away. Suddenly the tank's gun was turned abruptly from the factory on to the British infantrymen, and fired. A Chinese woman of the refugee party, holding an infant at her breast, fell with a machine gun bullet in her body. The baby dropped to the ground and lay there, crying. Bullets sprayed the ground all around the bridge. Brigadier Tel-fer-Smollett and Eric Mayell, San Francisco, of the Movietone company. were standing at an outpost 50 yards away, and dived for cover ■along with others. The British detachment commander ordered his men not to — ■ (CONTINUWD ON PAGF TWO) Warns On Burning Leaves In Streets Civil works commissioner Ralph Roop today cautioned property owners not to burn leaves on black top streets. The fire injures the pavement. Leaves can be burned on the brick streets, but the fire should be kept from the curb. The curbs are Injured by the fire and break off, entailing extra expense for the property owner for repairs. o -- TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 38 10:00 a. m -42 Noon — 48 2:00 p. m 66 3:00 p. m 56 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday; not quite so cool north and waat-central portions to--1 night; rising tempsraturs Friday.