Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1937 — Page 1

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> SERIOUSLY ft SATURDAY ■WRECK HERE live _____ Man. Decatur (Jiri ***«Lred As Autos were seriously infr« slightly injured and Is demolished In a collision °biles BTlorred one mile south of er «liii 0,1 r s highway . 27, a i 1 the extension of year h runs into the fedfinanrtti .’• rd;.y ••vening at SIQQ ( , UPIISI hwander, of ear ; u!itail .. .1 two fractured Itiontnll ‘ ,nd "tliet injuries. De'‘KlUrd l'.‘. of Decatur, sue- (> fractured left leg above j deep scalp laceration (> .t ... minor lacerations Olives. Miss Howard, who X-.tih Second street. recently she . . WXtloyec at the General ElecK noon today the attending Kj{j stated that Neuensch- •;.• . a trifle improved, but (“ condition wfs still very ’ (■Bet A more thorough examdisclosed that he is also Brine from a punctured lung. ribs and a possred back. ■htbj occupants of the Neuenschautomobile were Mrs. Glen and Daniel Gett- ’ .Wiitisßfr.p9- a private at Ft. Benjam- ■ ■trison. Both received only old ;y-a. ..s. h«under automobile 1,11 Bb* struck by one driven by Earl r ° ute tw °' Deca,ur - i,e a iacera,ed and w * ench ‘ • and Other minor injunes. ■h*sdl^^B ri ’ a,! " ll vathered by Deput# Leo Giilig. who investigated :s indicated that the automobile was being drivE Ml a county highway east onfederal highway, to come ti Sm-Eto catur over Winchester The Neuenschwander autowas being driven north —the intersection. told Deputy Giilig that. E titering the through highway, observed a dar driven by re-Ki Bubach approaching from the the extension of Thirstreet. When he found that K * .Id not collide with the DuEach . immobile he entered the inBfeNC on. failing to see the Neuen- ’ automobile coming from direction. „ impact of the crash spun Jbj.a Botbtof the cars into the Schnepp Rerice station lot. one coming to Kest lack and on each side of the fcisoiue pumps. ■BE; mgers in the NeuonschEandt’ automobile were rushed to it ?.>« idams county memorial hostreatment. Mrs. NeuenschMkß«au. and Mr. Oettinger being Itat-el immediately. Mr. MardiHMßfiti was taken to a Decatur physienalßclaa'- office for treatment and ■then removed home. ■■ o — Pt’l Ada s Countv Ditch I Work To Be Sold are advised that trustees have been into sell as rapidly as posall work not completed on Erich alb ted for regular clean■Wt : nd mowing. Any person who WWs t nt c leaned or mowed his porBpwt t ud wishes to do the work hint‘Relf, ihould get in touch with his at once. A considerable aof work remains to be comin some sections of the and anyone wishing to buy Worli is asltdd to contact the o — I Fire Department | Makes Two Runs || The local fj re department made ■ s run to the William Barber residlO® shortly before noon today I *he barn roof there caught p T,le fire resulted in" but a 1 .loss. It was thought tc have I tenited from a nearby bon-fire. I JS 0 fire truck made its second ‘ |jB ot ’ the day this afternoon at ' I liUtl o'clock when it was callI flelmont park where it was ' J that a ihon-fire of leaves and I was setting out of control. was poured around the ' I to hold it in check. j f |B r - s am Funeral \ Service Tuesday < i 1 1!le ral services for Mrs. Jose-! Ehrsam, 83, who died Satur- ] “B morning at the home of her! i ’■in Fort Wayne, will be held at : home of her daughter, Mrs I Melchi in this city on Tues- ; ■ afternoon at 1:30 o’clock andi ■ o'clock at the Bobo United r ■thren church. Burial will belt ■! e in the Mt. Tabor cemetery, js

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Directs Choir 1 I Jr • ■ / i OKBk WWBpft w BBjmgjßL - ' I Rev. Paul Brandyberry, pastor ’ of the Church of the NaZarenc, will lead a newly-formed choir at the church in revival services 1 starting this evening. I ■ — ———l ■ - .11 — 6 PERSONS DIE VIOLENT DEATHS Auto Crashes Leading Cause Os Indiana Violence Toll Indianapolis, Nov. I.— (U.R) —Six persons met violent death in Indiana over the weekend, four of them in automobile crashes. Another was struck by a train and the sixth was caught in a combine. The dead: Freddie Joseph Hulse, 11. Indianapolis, who rode his bicycle into the path of a car driven by Fred B. Akin. Oscar Ellis. 71, well-known Mitchell timber buyer, struck near Bedford by a car driven by William Clark. 24, Bedford. Dr. R. E. Wynne, coroner, held cfark blameless. , Mrs. Anna Snyder, 78, Evansville, run dowm in front of hethome by a car operated by Felix Kunkel, as she started for church. Are! Adams, 33. Terre Haute, fatally injured when his automobile collided with an Indianapolis bound interurban at the Terre Haute <dty limits. His brother. Morris. 28, driver of the car, was injured critically. Ora Shelton. 58, inmate of the Marion county infirmary, hit by a Big Four train near the infirmary. He was decapitated. Wafe Lugar, 41, Grant county farmer, who received fatal injuries when he was caught in a combine. His right leg had been amputated in an effort to save his life. Judge De Voss Orders j Election At Dunkirk Huber M. DeVoss, judge of the Adams circuit court, sitting as special judge at Portland in injunction proceedings against a special city election at Dunkirk, refused the restraining order and ordered the election held tomorrow. o Suit Against City To Be Tried Here Tuesday The damage suit of Chalmer Walters against the city of Decatur as result of injuries allegedly sustained when he fell on a local sidewalk, is scheduled to be heard by a circtflt court jury Tuesday. o————— ANNUAL GIVEN HONOR RATING “Ravelings” Is Given First Class Honor Rating By Association The ‘‘Ravelings", annua’ year- ; book publication of the Decatur I high school, has been given a first class honor rating by the national scholastic press association, Principal W. Guy Brown announced today. Word of the rating was sent to Sigurtf Anderson, faculty advisor of the publication, from the University of Wisconsin, where the judg- < ing was done. The Ravelings received a total I of 803 points, higher rating than I has been received in former years. In summarizing the edition of the | publication the association com- I mented, "the 1937 Raveling? is an i interesting, well-produced yearbook. It is much improved over last year.” ' Several departments of the book ' were given added honorable men-, i tion in the yearbook scorebook, as j: sent to the local school. | ’

RODSEVELTTO ENTERTAIN DUKE Windsor And Wife To Be Entertained At White House Luncheon New York. Nov. 1— (U.R) —The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who will arrive in this country Nov. 11, will be entertained by President Roosevelt at the White House ome time in the course of their visit, it was learned today. De'll’ have not yet been completed Their plans otherwise remained vague so far as the public was -ncerned. and even British diplo ats professed to have no definite dvanee knowledge of their pros'ectlve itinerary in this country. Charles Redaux, American industrial engineer who will conduct the former British king and his American wife on their transcontinental tour; will arrive here late i today on the liner Europa. Sir Ronald Lindsay, British am lias sad or to the United States, came in this morning on the Queen Mary, saying he had "<. \ ■ vague indications" of what the duke’s , plans were. Also on the Queen Mary was Ernest A. Simpson, the duchess’ second husband He refused to discuss her forthcoming visit. The London Daily Express said the visit to the United States would be a prelude to organization of a world wide foundation for the furtherance of human welfare. The newspaper said the Duke and Duchess would devote nearly all of their time and much of their money to work of the foundation in bringing about proper living standards and working conditions. The Duke will present the plan, s.o which industrialists will be asked to contribute’ money, in a ■fireside" radio chat to the people of the United States, the newspaper added. Sir Ron&ld, asked on his arrival if British diplomatic officials would cooperate with Bedaux in ; outlining the duke’s activities. I said: “We haven't any policy at all. He (the duke) may want a certain (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS MRS. SEEKING Mrs. Sophia Selking Dies Sunday At Home In This City Mrs. Sophia Selking, 72, of 122 South Eighth street, died at her home Sunday morning at 3 o'clock of a stroke of paralysis. She had been ill two weeks and bedfast nine : days. Mrs. Selking was born in Root I township, September 30, 1855, the daughter -of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bulmahn. She was married November 25, 1886 to August Sel'king, who preceded her in death, January 1, 1935. Mrs. Selking moved to Decatur, February 7, 1934, from Preble township. She was a member of the St. Paul's Lutheran church of Preble township. Surviving are one son, Louis, at home, two daughters, Mrs. Martin Bieberich, Preble township, and Mrs. Henry Bieberich, of Decatur; one brother, William Bulmahn, of Root township; three sisters, Mrs. Christ Macke, of Preble township, Mrs. Henry Berning, of Root township, and Mrs. Christ Selling, of Root township, and nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the St. Paul’s Lutheran church. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. The Rev. W. H. Moeller, pasI tor of the St. Paul's Lutheran church, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Pau' W. Schultz, pastor of | the Zion Lutheran church of this city. The body was removed from the Zwick funeral home thib afternoon and may be viewed at the home until the time of the funeral. 0 Little Halloween Vandalism Reported Although the Halloween celebration here for the greater part was conducted without any serious damage resulting, Policemen Roy Chilcote and Adrian Coffee discovered two places where vandals created some damage last night. A water hose at the Knapp service station on North Second street was cut. permitting she water to flow over the sidewalk into the street. The officers shut off the water. It was also discovered that the vandals had picked the red reflectors out of the stop sign oft Nuttman avenue and Fifth I street. I

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 1, 1937.

Drafting New Farm Relief Bill - # -I HL ' raj z , * MUL' iyw.r 1(1 I ’ \ f \ x La \ Committee in ■<" ■ - a A Meeting in Washington, D. C., to draft a now farm relief program, members of the house agricultural committee discussed the ever-normal granary plan advocated by Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace, i Members of the committee meeting included, left to right. Congressmen I John Flannagan, Virginia; Anthony J. Dimond. delegate from Alaska; ’ Harry B. Coffee. Nebraska; Harold D. Cooley. North Carolina, and Marvin C. Jones. Texas, seated, chairman of the committee.

FORTY HOURS IS CLOSED SUNDAY Solemn Closing Os Forty Hours Devotion Is Held Sunday Solemn closing of the Forty Hours Devotion took place at St. i Mary's Catholic church last evening with a large number attending and 14 out of-town priests assisting. The services consisted of reciting the Litany of the Sacred Heart a sermon by Rev. Father John Tracey, O. M. 1., procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Father Tracey spoke on “Christ the King". Sunday being the feast of Christ the King. Practical'}' every member of the [ congregation received Holy ComI munion during the Forty Hours and Father Joseph Selmetz, paste, stated the attendance at the services I was the largest ever. Today the feas*t of All Saints, a holy day of obligation was celebrated. Three masses were said. It was announced Sunday that due to a funeral to be held Tuesday morning in the church that the annua' field mass on All Souls' day would not be held in St. Joseph's cemetery. The visiting priests here for the closing of Forty Hours were: Rev. Joseph Hennes, celebrant; Rev. Thomas Durkin, deacon; Rev. A. Phillips, sub-deacon, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas Conroy, rector of the Cathedral, Fort Wayne. Rev. John Bapst, Rev. Charles Girardot, Fort Wayne. Rev. Joseph Hession, Besrancon: (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) INDIANA MINERS GAIN PAY BOOST Indiana’s Coal Miners At Woflc Under New Wage Scale Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. I.—(U.R) —lndiana's coal miners today went to work under a new wage scale which will increase their annual income by $90,000. After eight months of negotiations, which at one time brought the threat of a strike, the United Mine Workers district 11 (Indiana) j and the Indiana Coal Operators Association agreed on a wage increase which the miners had been demanding. The new agreement, lasting for two years, was signed yesterday by the operators and the full scale committee of the union. The nwe basic wage is $5.65 for a seven hour day. Increases were granted also to skilled and mechanical workers, and all raises were retroactive to March 1, when the previous contract expired. The union had been demanding $6 a day basic wage, but agreed to a i compromise. The old contract which expired last March fixed a daily wage scale of $5.07%. Nnder the new contract blacksmiths will receive $6 for a seven, hour day instead of $5 for an eight hour day;' electricians and repairmen were increased from $5.52% to $6.22; motormen from $614 to I (CONTINUED ON PAGE &IX)

Tw o Minor Accidents Are Reported Here Two minor accidents were listed on the police record this morning, having happened over the weekend. I No serious damage resultedTwo cars were only slightly damaged Saturday night at 10 o'clock when the vehicles, driven by Carl Fegley, of Ohio City, Ohio, and Dale Augsburger, of Geneva, collided at Jackson and Second streets. Fegley was about to make a left turn on Jackson street when the accident occurred. A car belonging to Robert Freeby of this city was but slightly damaged when hit by an auto driven by Richard Meyer, also ol this city, while parked on Second street. o RUSHING PLANS FOR BUILDING City School Board Rushes Plans For New High School Building The city school board is rushing nlans for the nroposed new Decatur PWA school house in order that everything may be in readiness to comply with the government's 14 week's time limit for beginning work. A legal delay is made necessary by the time given for filing of remonstrances against the bond issues. This will expirg about November 15, when all specificaions will be ready. To comply with the government's order it will be necessary to demolish the present Central grade building by the first of the year in order that construction on j the new building, which will be on the same site, may be started im-1 ' mediately. Unless an unforeseen obstacle is < raised, construction on the new ; building will begin about the first . week in January. ' A decision as to where the school children, now in the Central building, will be located dur- ! ing the construction of the new i building and after Central building is razed will be made about , the middle of this month by the school board. Several plans are | being considered. The architect employed by the J school board, A. M. Strauss, of Fort Wayne, is rushing the plans and specifications for the new i building. Several consultations • with the school board for recommendations as to the exact nature , of the building have already been held since Mr. Strauss began work on the final plans. The committee named to set minimum wages for labor on the new building has not yet made its final report. > " —o — Girl Is Slightly Burned Saturday < Eileen Thieme. 9, daughter of Ed Thieme of Union township, received first and second degree burns about her waist, hands and legs Saturday afternoon when her cloth- | ing caught fire while playing near a bon fire at her home. Relatives rushed to her assistance and beat out the flames before serious injuries were inflicted. She is recov-j j ering at her home.

Responsibility For Solution Os Sino-Japanese Conflict Is Put Squarely Up To The U. S.

NEW YORK CITY ELECTION HOLDS CHIEF INTEREST LaGuardia-Mahoney Contest For Mayoralty At Polls Tuesday Washington, Nov. 1— (U.R) — Significant municipal, county and state elections tomorrow will preview political developments since one year ago this week when President Roosevelt was re-elected Iby an extraordinary margin over I Gov. Alf M. Landon. New York City is making the most off-year political racket. Mayi or Fiorello H. LaGuardia, hitherto before the electorate as a successful Republican and Socialist candidate for congress, is seeking re- . election on the Fusion ticket. LaGuardia is attempting to do what no reform mayor ever has accomplished—lick Tammany Hall twice in succession. His DeinoI cratic opponent is Jeremiah T. Mahoney. who won the nomination against Tammany’s choice, Sen. Royal S. Copeland. Mahoney, however, was accepted by the wigwam . and is backed by the state and city Democratic organization. The LaGuardia Mahoney contest has divided the new deal organization. National and state Democratic chairman James A. Farley spoke for Mahoney in New York City .although he avoided any condemnation of LaGuardia who is regarded as more or less of a new dealer. President Roosevelt has taken no known part in the campaign Secretary of Interior liarI old L. Ickes on two occasions has I boosted LaGuardia’s candidacy, once in a public works administration speech in New York City, and. | ! again, in posing for a March of Time news reel which made something of a hero of New York's ; mayor. Farley has been reported anxious to run for governor of New York next year. Election of Mai honey would give him power in a . reawakened Tammany Hall and a I backlog of down-state city votes if his candidacy materializes. LaGuardia's election would bring Tammany close to destruction and possibly permit Farley to take it over by default, if he so desired, although its political potency would be debatable. Teamed with La Guardia is Thomas F. Dewey, in his mid-thir-ties, who is candidate for district attorney of New York county. Tammany's own bailiwick. Dewey won coast-to-coast fame as a spe-, cial rackets prosecutor in New York City. He obtained indictments in 73 cases and convicted 72 defendants on charges of business and vice racketeering. Harold W. Hastings. Democrat, opposes Dewey for a job as vital to Tammany as the mayoralty. 1 Control of the New York county I district attorney’s office is rated the minimum which Tammany must have to survive as a political force. John L. Lewis has endorsel La Guardia in New York but labor is a comparatively minor factor in New York City compared to Detroit where the American Federation of Labor and Lewis’ committee for industrial organization support rival mayoralty candidates. The CIO is backing Patrick O’Brien, former Michigan attorney general. The A. F. of L. supports city clerk Richard W. Reading. Some bolting A. F. of L. support has shifted to O’Brien, but the issue is fairly clearly drawn in a contest between the two disputing wings of organized labor. A victory for O’Brien would raise Lewis to first rank political influence in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Church Os Nazarene Revival Opens Tonight The Rev. Richard Fry of Hammond. will be the principal speaker in a series of revival meetings beginning tonight at the Church of the Nazarene, located at Seventh and Marshall streets. The Rev. Fry is an interesting and helpful evangelist. His messages are wellrounded and they will benefit all who are interested in a personal salvation. The song services will be under the direction of the Rev. i Paul Brandyberry. The public is, invited to attend these services.

WOMAN SLAYS FIVE CHILDREN — lowa Woman Commits Suicide After Killing Children Norwalk, la., Nov. I—(U.R)1 —(U.R) - Mrs. Elma McAninch, 35, and the five children she killed will be buried as she requested, without an inquest, Coroner C. 11. Mitchell said today. “There is no doubt that the five children were murdered aud the mother committed suicide," Mitchell explained. Ray McAninch, 15. and Gail, 11, spared the fate of their brothers and sisters because, as their mother wrote, there were "no more shells.” promised investigators “we will make men of ourselves." The husband. Gurnis R. McAninch, 41. who was in jail at the time of the tragedy, was too dazed to speak of the future. Without comment, he listened to the phrase in his wife's note, "1 sure want him to go straight." Mrs. McAninch, a comely woman. killed her youngest children and herself with a shotgun while Gagil and Ray attended a hallowe’en party. The dead: Mrs. McAninch. Cora Belle, 14. Geraldine. 8. Morris, 7. Max. 4. Richard, 2. Only reason Mrs. McAninch gave was: "I have stood all I can take and best to take the kids along.” Police said McAninch was a good provider. He had been jailed for questioning about the invasion of a Norwalk building. Mrs. McAninch put her children (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — ■ FORMER BERNE RESIDENT DIES Smith Shoemaker Dies At Home Os Son In Hartford Township Smith Shoemaker, 76, well known Adams county resident and former Berne business man, died Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock at the home of his son. C. O. Shoemaker in Hartford township. He had been ill for five days with heart trouble. Until six years ago he had been in the feed and seed business at Berne. At that I time he retired and moved to the home of his hon. The deceased was born in Hart- ; ford township March 22, 1861, the son of Joseph and Sarah Shoemaker. His wife, Martha Brown-Shoe-maker, preceded him in death six years ago. Surviving besides the son, are two grandchildren, Mrs. Clara Baumgartner of this city and Carl Shoemaker of Hartford township. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at I:3o.o’clock at the residence and at 2 o’clock at the Hartford township Union Chapel church. Burial will be made in the Alberson cemetery. —o —————■ Today Is Final Day To Pay Fall Taxes Hundreds of (persons jammed into the county treasurer’s office to pay their taxes today. This was the last day on which the fall installment might be paid without penalty County Treasurer Jeff Liechty announced today that his office will remain open until 5 o'clock this afternoon. It is probable it will require until the last of the week to check all of the tax receipts and money turned in this afternoon and Saturday in addition to those received by mail. As usual the office will be closed for the next day or so until a balance is attained. 0 TEMPERATURE 'READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 40 10:00 a. m. — 50 Noon ' 62 2:00 p. m. 70 3:00 p. m. — 72 WEATHER Showers probable late tonight and Tuesday; somewhat warmer tonight, colder Tuesday exI cept extreme southeast.

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Eden Puts Responsibility On United States; Jap Troops Invade Territory Defended By Marines. DEMAND ACTION London. Nov. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —The responsibility for taking the initiative iq solving the Sino-Japanesi* conflict was placed squarely up to the United States today by AnIster, during debate in commons, thony Eden, British foreign min"Any action taken must depend upon the co-operation of the United States," Eden said. “To secure that 1 would travel not only from Geneva to Brussels, but from Melbourne to Alaska. "In fact the initiative for the Brussels conference came not from the kingdom but from the United States." Eden challenged Italy’s right to intervene in the Anglo-German colonial dispute. "Recently a country, which gained considerable possessions as the outcome of war. has championed Germany’s claim to African possession,” he said. "As between Germany and this country I desire to say nothing, but I deny the right of any government to call on us to make contribution when there is no evidence it is prepared to do likewise." Rebutting the charge of the labor party that the foreign policy of the government is weak and vacillating, Eden said the British government “has observed every treaty to which it set hand." Eden told a questioner in commons that the British ambassador at Hendaye has made a strong protest to the Spanish insurgents against the airplane sinking of the British steamer Jean Weems. The insurgents. Eden said, have promised to make an immediate inquiry. Invade Settlement Shanghai, Nov. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) —JapanI ese troops invaded a part of the international settlement defended ! by United States marines today. ’ creating an incident the marines considered unsettled though the Japanese high command apologized at once. The incident, following hard behind a series of incidents that had strained relations between the British and the Japanese, came while a bitter battle raged between the Chinese and Japanese on the western border of the settlement, on the south side of Soochow creek which was held by the Chin- | ese. Along the creek and to the east of the battle scene, where U. S. marines have defense lines facing lapanese troops in the Chapel native section which they captured after hard fighting last week, today’s incident occurred. A Japanese sentry in Chapei fired acress the creek into the settlement enj dangering the lives of marines and of civilians. A Chinese junk was unloading rice on the south side of the creek, and the sentry was firing at the junk. The creek was jai %-ed with Sampans and Japanese marines crossed from one to the other, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 ACTIVITIES AT CLUB AT PEAK Local G. E. Employes Take Advantage Os Recreation Building Activities at the new G. E. Cluib recreation building are reaching a % new height, Hubert Cochran, mem- . ber in charge, stated today. More and more of the employes of the local General Electric factory are taking advantage of the recreation offered at the recently built building, he reported. Committee heads have been named by the c’ub directors to supervise the various phases of recreation and form tournament plans. Mr. Cochran, Dewey Gallogly and Chester Mclntosh have been named by the board to act as an arbitrary committee for bowling activities. Mr. Mclntosh has also been named head of the softball committee. Carl Smith is chainman of the ping pong commiteee. Miss Mildred Acker has been named to head the girls’ bowling activities,