Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1937 — Page 1

liesioent in Ifllll FAVOR «f J LUOS REUNION I Hope o|' peace Between ” ’U.R) ■Ki . .. lib' w < ■ ] ,!... ,| 11” in-" j said that as fat ■ ~. ■ jH be Kw l, ■ft,} iid lie plaifned to Ker MBlthe" Well. an A. F. of L. :' the near future.' <K)]| | ! in, uh. of the three-man said been K for appointment. ■ 'iA. of a hitter Kp'bgl iw .'tl the two fae■L :S t . »111111 i t tees ap- ».,... to n\- the joint ■im cent, ■ Ih san nine days Kg. It u! - Im I . ved that I hey | K rt pi tieirotiate at: me Kpirh M-. aid • lid raids upon each 1! . ’ ' Ku-nt loliition is reached. ■fbeLi"-: ''s of an a< tnal set «*:■ seriously deterred when feller Ktii’ti p■ s ' ' William Green isKged ■statement attacking an alPUBRUGE NULL J CLOSED TOW ■Crown Point Clerk OrdI ere(! To Stop Issuing I Licenses ■ Inti . Nov. 5- (UP) Crown Point'a|**G: ■ tna Green" was closed Bthe opinion by the Indiana t court today, when Lake ircuit judge T. Joseph SuliiTOn ■led a temporary injunction Schism to any females except resiany females except residentg of Lake county. The I injunction was directed Brauuth)r. George Sweigart Lake county rlerk. who has Issued an avwage pf 1,700 licenses a month since Illinois hygenic marriage law became i ffective last July. Sweitert said his office would obey Be injunction pending an appeal ■ the Indiana supreme court. As this sually takes many weeks # anfcared that the famous midWst Bn, age mart would be closed lodeflnitcly. Egan. Lake county prosector, Drought the action for terniinjunction. Judge Sullivan, starting the order, based his rul- [ 1852 Indiana marriage “*• th* constitutionality of which ne ’er before has been challenged. Lawrenceburg Is Damaged By Fire Mrenceburg, Ind., Nov. 5 —I of SIO,OOO resulted! t'r" 1 1 tile whicb destroyed the cafe last night, the ~ ®^B ,)laz e in as many nights to Lawrenceburg's downlw“|eiion. cooks, Patrick Ashford. "^S r 'Vis., and Charles Burke. I ' t>Urß ' were forced to ‘ ‘toe down a drain pipe from a n* 8 !" story window to escape , ttle flUnes. ’ n Wednesday night's fire, a, fed i J store ' a law office and the I Pm Ployment agency were I *o the extent of $25,000. ' T ttIPERATURE READINGS .3. —— ’BBicßat thermometer a- m. -L. 36 a - m 38 t SB m 38 a '* ) P- m. 38 WEATHER — wsj| lldy ' becomin g fair, some- [ »,nS colder tonight; Saturday I; fair. I,

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Murder Solved? yr *■« r W SSL Ih Solution to the mystery slaying lof Robert W. Lee on Aug. 22 was announced by Chicago police when Anthony Sapienza was brought back from New Orleans and allegedly confessed to firing the i fatal shot during a holdup scuffle.' G.O.P. HEADS MEETING TODAY Republican National Committee Opens Session In Chicago Chicago, Nov. 5.— U.R) —After sidetracking former President Herbert Hoover's proposal for an “off year" convention, Republican national committeemen today authorized chairman John D. M. Hamilton and treasurer Charles B. Goodspeed to seek loans to pay off the party's current $315,094.94 deficit resulting from unpaid bills of the 1936 campaign. Chicago. Nov. 5.--4tfcft> — lican national committee convened today to draft plans for restoring! the party to power, in an atmosphere vibrant with reports of a furious behind-the-scenes strugglei for party control. Principal order of business —the one around which the struggle appeared to revolve —was the proposal of former President Herbert Hoover for an “off-year” national . convention. There were strong indications that a decision on the "Hoover plan” will be deferred- Instead, a ' “policy’’ committee probably will be appointed, with the idea that a national meeting will be called later. Hoover made his proposal last ! August, in a magazine article emphasizing the need of fusing youth, indpenedents, bolting Democrats, and anti-new dealers into a strong' political unit. Less than two weeks the United Press surveyed committee members and found only four out of 62 definitely opposed to the plan. Then in two days immediately preceding the meeting, some of. the most influential members of the party loosed a bombardment ot statements which practlclly crush (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I CHURCH PLANS FOR BANQUET Annual Father And Son Banquet At Evangelical Monday The annual father's and Sons banquet of the men and boys ot the First Evangelical church and their friends will be held on next Monday , evening. 6:30 o’clock, in the parlors of the church. A splendid program, consisting of community singing, impromptu talks, and address and social fellowship will feature the occasion. The Rev. James A. Weber, pastor of the First United Brethren church [of Decatur will be the guest speaker. The ladies of the Loyal Daugh- ! ters Sunday School class will serve [the dinner. Tickets for the meal may be ob- ! tained from Alva Buffenbarger or any member of his committee. The banquet is 'being sponsored and promoted by the Albright Brotherhood of the church. Mr. Bus-, fenbarger is the president of the organization. It is anticipated that ■ the attendance will be large, and , [representative of all of the mens * 1 and boys organizational life of the 1 church.

DUKE DECIDES > DEFINITELY TO ! VISIT IN U.S. Windsor And Bride To Visit U. S. Despite Comments Paris, Nov. 5 (U.R) -The Duke of Windsor has decided definitely , and finally Io make his visit to the ' United States despite newspaper I comment that had caused some I I anxiety, an official spokesman said ! ; today. It was understood that the Duke reached his decision several ; telephone calls between members of his entourage and representatives in New York. The Duke and Duchess spent the morning packing the last of their trunks — she the frocks and furs which she has spent weeks in preparing for her return to her native country; he the smart haberdashi ”ry and new suits that replace the I tyrolean hats and leather shorts jto which he was partial in the, 1 early days of his honeymoon. “1 suppose it will all blow over when we are on the ship." said Lieut. Dudley Forwood, the Duke's I equerry, discussing the decision to I 1 make the visit. The duke has $2,500 worth of j tickets for ills party in the German i liner Bremen, in which he and the , duchess are to sail from Cher-1 bourg tomorrow. it was unueratood that the duke [ awaited news of American news- | paper comment and attacks on his I representative, Charles E. Bedaux. an inventor of an industrial effi■iency system, before making the final decision to leave on schedule I for New York and his study of housing for workers. Today, the duke’s big and last i official engagement was a luncheon it the British embassy, at which j his American born wife was reI ceived as his duchess—though not ias a royal one. He remains a j ‘royal highness"; she is "her (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 1 CONDITIONS IH FAR EAST TOLD j Rev. William Vincent Speaks To Decatur Rotarians Thursday A vivid word picture of conditions I in tile Orient was presented to the Decatur Rotary club Thursday even- . ing by Rev. William Vincent, pas -1 tor of the Third Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne. Rev. Vincent dwelt particularly on these conditions as they affect the present Sino-Japanese conflict, which has assumed 'proportions endangering the peace of the’entiro world. The speaker was born in the state i of lowa, but when only one year of [age, moved with his parents to the kingdom of Siam, where his father and mother were Presbyterian missionaries. He lived there until about 15 ! years old, when he returned to this [country for schooling. After receiv- I ing his education, he returned to the Orient, and for a time was 10-1 icated in Pekin, China. j China, Rev. Vincent said, is the ( oldest nation on the fare of the ' earth, and is coming to life, is wakiening out of a long sleep. Only now, | the speaker asserted, is China be-1 coming nationally minded, rather I than being confined to own pro- ! vinces. Ot all signatory countries to the League of Nations, China was the only nation which took the league seriously, the pastor said. As a reIsult, he pointed out, China did not join other nations in the race of armaments, and so was not well equipped when the conflict broke out with Japan. Although not qualifying himself [ as an expert. Rev. Vincent asserted that Japan will not conquer China, whose potential power is tremendous. Only the surface of China's wealth has been scratched, he said, and the Chinese will prevail in the conflict. Roscoe Glendening was chairman of the meeting. 0 Invite Legionnaires To Churches Sunday Rev. Charles M. Prugh. president, [of the Decatur Ministerial association, announced that an Invitation i has been extended to the members ‘ 'of the local post of the American Legion, urging them to attend their respective churches on Sunday) 1 Nov. 7. This is in view of the selection of that day as "Go To Church ! Sunday” for all members of the I American Legion.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 5, 1937.

To Give Concert i .—I Zadok Arkusli. famous pianist, will present a concert at the I Church of the Nazarene in this city [ [Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock. [ GIVE FIGURES ~ j ON TAXES PAID Treasurer Jell Liechty Announces Total Os Taxes Paid More than $50,000 or one fourth of the entire installment was collected Monday, the last day to pay fall taxes without penalty, by County Treasurer Jeff Liechty, it was revealed today. During the taxpyaing period a total of $192,325.71 was collected in fall taxes, in addition to $5,-, 258.38 paid as corporation taxes. [ The corporation taxes are collected only for the county and state. The figures issued today also I reveal that taxpayers of the county j have permitted $43,674.17 to go dei linquent. Collected this fall were: current taxes. $185,876 66: delinqueM. $6.-, "187.84; moratorium. $361.21. The ' corporation tax was $5,258.38. On ' [the last day, $50,129.78 was collect-: ' ed by the treasurer. The spring payment of taxes without penalty amounted to $248.-1 037.02. The total amount of taxes due [ j in both spring and fall installments [amounted to $461,932.15. The to-. I tai payments amounted to $418,257.98. This leaves a balance of I delinquent taxes of $43,674.17. The old practice of giving “bad" ■ I checks will result in a lowering of I fall taxes. County Treasurer Liechty said today. One check issued in payment of taxes without money in the bank lias already i been returned. In such cases the [ taxes are returned to the tax duplicate as delinquent and al penalties' are added. Since the last day for paying (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUB) o NOTED PIANIST I HERE SATURDAY Prof. Zadok Arkush To Give Concert At Nazarene Church A special musical service by Professor Zadok Arkush will be given at the Church of the Nazarene, lo- [ cated on the corner o f 7th and Mar- [ shall Streets. Service will begin at 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening ac-1 cording to an announcement made I by Rev. Paul Brandy berry. Prof. Arkush is a composer, pian- [ ist and organist of rare ability, and has arranged a special sacred musical concert for the evening, to , which the public has been invited. [ The professor has been in his chosen profession so rmore than 45 I years and before his remarkable conversion hie concerts were given in every large city of America, besides those of many foreign countries. Born in New York City of Polish parents, he started his musical career at the age of five years, and since then has graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Milan, Italy. i His life story and very unusual testimony of his own conversion are stranger than fiction itself. This . testimony of his will be giten in connection with the musical service. Prof. Arkush will play a number of his outstanding compositions, including “The Storm of the Alps,’’ j his masterpiece. He will aleo imitate a “swiss zither" by playing up(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

JAPAN LANDS NEW ARMY ON CHINA COAST Japanese Seek To Drive Chinese From Pootung Area Os Shanghai Shanghai, Nov. 5.- (U.R)I—Japan 1 —Japan is landing a new army on the coast southwest of Shanghai in an effort jto drive the Chinese from the strongly fortified Pootung area of , the city, across the Whangpoo river from . the International settlement. it was reported today. Tlie plan, according to reliable informants, was to land an overi whelming force Just north of Chaj poo. on Hangchow Bay. Advance units of this new army were ashore now. it was said, and others were ready to disembark from transports. Chapoo is about 50 miles from [ Shanghai. From there, the Jap- | anese would drive rapidly northward along the main and secondary highways and attack in the rear . the Chinese who for weeks have [ blasted the Japanese warships in the Whangpoo, and Japanese forces 1 on the other side of the river, with | strong artillery fire. Flying squads of Chinese machine gunners have been active in the Pootung area. On occasion they go down to the water front,; mount their guns in warehouses or on docks, and sweep the decks 1 of the Japanese warships. They have repulsed all Japanese landing I parties on that side of the river. ' | Only this morning, a Chinese spokesman said, a Japanese bombing plane was brought down in flames by anti-aircraft batteries in Pootung. Ousting of the Chinese from Pootung. and the expected isolation of. Chinese troops from Shanghai on; the other side of the river, would leafve the Japanese dominate [ throughout the Shanghai area, and [ particularly would give them full ' command of both banks of the river. There were 42 Japanese warships in the river today, and ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) — o GIVE RULES ON LOCAL CENSUS How To Register In Unemployment Census Is Explained How to register in the national [ unemployment census, which will be conducted here on November 1 16. was explained today by Acting : Postmaster Mrs. Lola P. Macklni. [ All persons totally unemployed or partly employed are to register when the cards are sent to each l home on that day. The cards are[ to be filled out and returned, either by dropping them in a box handling them to a mail carrier, or per-1 sonally taking them to the post office. This should be done by midnight of November 20. Those registering will be required to fill out on the form their [ name and addres and state whethler they live on a farm. Whether the person is totally unemployed, (partly employed and want more i work, or whether working on WPA, I NYA, CCC or any other emerg- : ency work, will have to be answered. The number of hours worked; last week and the number of weeks worked in the past 12 months must be answered. Age, color, ability Ito work and the occupation, if part| (time; number of other workers in the family, the number of persons [dependent upon the signer for supI port and total income are to be ( answered. Postge is not required in return-1 ing the blanks to the post office, | if mailed. Members of the local post office I force, following the return of the cards will check for duplicates and I any errors or discrepancies that might occur, to insure the sending of an acurate report of the em- [ ployment conditions in the community. Pamphlets and placards for the information of the public are now being circulated, explaining the purpose of the census and the man- [ ner in which it will be conducted. French Quinn Talks At Fort Wayne Meet “Our Constitution” was the subject of French Quinn, local historian. as he addressed the members of the Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity in the meeting last night lat the Fort Wayne Y. M. C. A. building. A. V. Minnear, of Garrett, president ot the association, introduced the speaker.

Hitler May Offer Mediation Efforts Between China And Japan; Meeting In Deadlock

SEN. MINTON SEES SUCCESS FOR DEMOCRATS Indiana Senator Predicts Victory; Assails Pettingill Indianapolis, Nov. 5. (U.R)- - United States Senator Sherman Minton stretched hack in his hotel room headquarters today, predicted sweeping successes for the Democratic party in 1938, and fired a crackling blast at Congressman Samue| B. Pettingill of South Bend, whom he said is “through politically.” Pettingill. in a speech before the , Indianapolis bar association, assailed a remark of Minton's dur ] ing the 1934 campaign that “you can’t eat any constitution" as an attempt by the senator to "willfuly tear down respect for the constitution.” Pettingill predicted new attacks in coming essions of congress of which the recent supreme I court reform fight was only the forerunner, Minton was one of the staunchest supporters of Resident RooseI velt on the court reform issue and was reputed to be the president’s second choice for the supreme | court vacancy of former Justice ‘Van Devanter. “So," said Minton, leaning back land thrusting out his jaw, "Pettingill says my statement in the campaign of 1934 that 'you can't eat [ the constitution' was made deliberately to tear down respect for the constitution. “I made that speech in South Bend, the home ot’ Pettingill. and I lie sat on tlie platform and cheer[ed the speech loudly, it it was de--1 signed to tear down the constituI tion. he wanted to be in at the I tearin’. “I don't know what Pettingill I can eat, but I do know where he did eat. He not only ate with but slept with utility lobbyists in Washington. This is borne out l>y the testimony before the lobby committee. of which I was a member, and Pettingill was afforded an opI portunity to deny it it' it wasn't [ true, but he did not appear before the committee. “Pettingill running for office is quite a different fellow from Pettingill. who is through politically.” Other than the ire he displayed toward Pettingill. Minton was in an excellent mood toward demoI ocracy. He declined to comment on whether he subscribed to the announced decision of Gov. M. ClifI ford Townsend to defeat Senator (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) FORMER LOCAL WOMAN NAMED Mrs. Marie Lhamon Named Assistant In State Department Mrs. Marie Lhamon, of Fort Wayne, who has been appointed, as [an assistant in the prison industrial division of Indiana by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, is a native I of Decatur. She was born here, the daughter ■of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Smith, and is a sister of Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger of this city. She has visited here many times recently. Since leaving Decatur, Mrs. Lhamon has been active in Allen coun[ty and state Democratic politics and has served as deputy Allen county clerk since 1927, believed J to be the longest in the state. From 1927 to 1933 she was clerk in ; charge of the office of Allen superJ ior court No. 2. In 1933 she was transferred to the county treasurer's office. In her new duties site will work under Thurman A. Gottechalk, also formerly of this county, who is director of penal and benevolent institutions in the state. Local School Head At Kokomo Meeting Superintendent Walter J. Krick, of the Decatur city schools is attending the annual two-day conference of the Northern Indiana superintendent's association in Kokomo, which opened there yesterday.

Church Speaker I ■ ■g. StoW#" Rev. R W. Mueller, Indianapolis, will lie the principal speaker at J the county Christian education conI ference, to lie held in the Decatur U. B. church Friday. November 12. BIBLE DAY TO BE OBSERVED Lutheran Churches To Hold Annual Observance Sunday The annual Bibe day celebration of the Evangelical Lutheran ’ churches of the synodical confer- ’ ence, located in this district, will be held in the Lincoln high school ’ | auditorium in Van Wert, Sunday at 3 p. m. In this celebration, the | I 400th anniversary of the Smalcald L articles will be especially comI memorated. This celebration will ’ be sponsored by the Lutheran • churches of the synodical confer- ‘ ence that are located tn and about ! Lima. Wapakoneta. Willshire. Ohio City. Convoy and Van Wert. Neigh--1 boring Lutheran congregations as ‘ well as the public are invited to attend this celebration. Dr. Francis J. Lankenau. pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran ’ church of Napoleon, Ohio, and first ■ vice-president of the Missouri ’ synod, will be the main speaker. He is a gradiitAe of Concordia Seminary, located in Springfield. Illinois. He was ordained as pas- ' tor in New Orleans. Louisiana and ’ served in the colored missions of the synodical conference in New 1 Orleans for 17 years. 1 He has served as first vice-presi- ' dent of the synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states since 1926 and re1 ceived the degree of doctor of ’ divinity from Concordia Theologi- ’ cal Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri in 1934. Dr. Lankenau is also actively engaged in the civic work ot his own community and has been a member of the public library board of Napoleon. Ohio, since 1915. He lias also served on the board of I visitors of Henry county, Ohio, for | some ten years. He is an author of some repute in Lutheran circles. Some of his . better known works are “Church and Missions" 1922; “The World is Our Field” 1928, and “Communion Counsel and Prayers" published in 1935. t At various times he has served i as editor of the following publica- ■ tions "The Lutheran Leaflet," "Tlie • Southern Lutheran" and "The Lutheran Pioneer." Dr. Lankenau is at present mak- ' ing a speaking tour of the Luther- ’ an churches situated on the Pacific • coast. He is widely recognized as ’ an outstanding theologian and pulpit of the Luthern church. The purpose of these Bible day - celebrations is to acquaint the pub- ) lie with the fact that the Luthert an church bases all its teachings 1 on the foundation of God's Word i and that the Bible, not men or coni ventions, decrees its doctrines. - These Bible day celebrations have ’ become an annual affair with the - Lutheran churches of this district and several nationally known Liith(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o Two Cars Are Damaged In Wreck Two cars were damaged at 7:30 f o'clock this morning when the one driven 'by Leo August, of this city . 'crashed into the rear of another - driven by Kenneth Roop, of Will- - shire, Ohio as Roop suddenly stopp- • ed to address a friend. The accident - occurred on Mercer avenue. Police . Chief Melchi investigated.

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Reports Insist Hitler May Offer To Mediate In Conflict If Aided By Mussolini. TAKE NO ACTION Berlin. Nov. 5 (U.R) —Fuehrer Adolf Hitler may offer to mediate between Japan and China, reliable quarters said today, but first lie wants to be sure of Italy's support In a united German-Italian front. it was understood Germany's procedure depends considerably on Italy's attitude, which is being discussed by Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Hitler's envoy who is now in Rome to obtain Italy's entry into the anti-communist agreement ot Germany and Japan. It was generally expected, therefore, that any mediation offer or any announcement would not be made before tomorrow or early l next week, after Ribbentrop returns and reports to Hitler. It was widely felt here that reports published this morning of a German overture to Japan and China constituted a trial balloon. Hitler called into conference this afternoon Baron Konstantin Von Eurath, foreign minister; Col.-Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, air minister; Marshal Werner Von Blomberg, war minister, and Gen.Admiral Erich Raeder, commander-in-chief of the navy. Official quarters, however, denied that the conference was connected with the orient. At Standstill Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 5- -(U.R) —The nine-power treaty conference on the orient came to a standstill today in its efforts to draw ! Japan into peace negotiations, with Britain. France and the United States still insistent on excluding Italy from the negotiations. The conferees tacitly agreed to postpone appaintment of a small committee to approach Japan, and adjourned until tomorrow without doing anything The delegates meanwhile were excitedly discussing word from Berlin that Fuehrer Adolf Hitler may decide to approach Japan and China ami settle the conflict himself. leaving the conference in an embarrassing position, with nothing for the delegates to do but go home. , The conferees decided to draft a message to Tokyo, answering Japan's criticisms of the conference and offering tlie "good offices” of the nations represented here. If Japan's reply is encouraging, the conference probably will appoint a mediation committee, taking into account any suggestion which Japan may make about its membership. The text of a planned communication to Tokyo will coincide with article seven of the 1922 nine-pow-er treaty, and will ask Japan for a constructive statement of her grievances against Chifta, both in connection with alleged Chinese anti-Japanese propaganda and a Chinese economic boycott of Japan. The United States, Great Britain and Fiance appeared to have formed a united front against Italy's insistence upon membership in the committee which will attempt to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FURTHER PLANS OF CONVENTION Plans For Christian Education Conference Progress Rapidly Plans for the county Christian ’ education conference, to be held at 1 the Decatur U. B. church Novem--1 her 12. are nearly complete, Earl Chase, county leader, announced today. One of the best programs ever to be presented in the interest of) Christian education at a conference, is rapidly taking form, officials ot the organization stated. Tentative plans call for registration at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Speakers for the conference . will be Miss Nellie Young and the Rev. R. W. Mueller. A highlight of the conference will be the banquet in the church basement. Tickets may be secured from the county or township leaders for 35 cents each. The ladies of the church will serve short order lunches to all persons wishing to stay at the conference hall allday.