Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1937 — Page 1

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BALE W. McMILLEN HONORED

fe-CIAL MEET KCONGRESS . ■pens TODAY Troubles, Tax Program IL background NoV ' 15—/UP) I .osevelt toda> |MK (d . extra ordinary o< congress tax modiRH^K r acietioate tp encourage " prise but linked S|Khat a challenge to mon■MU jnd , c atmg small busi be favored over big m any amendment of acts. ■ Waran-' U.R» Con■resslonviiK s at noon today in Ktrao«inary session with busund demands lor lax -..A.iitiu K t - S p- cln the background Each t.iik iti.l little achievement K forecast 1,11 tllis lneetln S■jt M ri. cal special session K ■ l; . ■;t administration. Etie fir-i met on Mandi 9. 1933, im■Sediatblv al,, ' r Roosevelt's ■jt jLnic in aiii m This session Eas *ll d ’ consider a live-point to which legislation to Ester I' n-’t- construction was Eded s an afterthought. live legislative proEcts 1 'posed by Mr. Roosevelt. Erne Os which will be delayed uninter, were as follows: ■ 1. Ep surplus control. |'lEihit: inn wages and maxi ■Bran 1 irs. K S. jsl '.‘in'll of i Ac, ut ive ■spApents. KEiiti irust legislation to proBtert s II business. BjtWm''lrion fot' better use of S&cdSmd water resources ■ wAer house is prepared to pro■eeeda. once with the major legisBatioa proposed dealing with agri■He and labor. Some legislatlors ar pessimistic of any progress Iwhater er in this special session. in the new deal-Demo-Irratld party, assurance of a fat year and a business rebecloud the legislative |fu®. Mr. Roosevelt’s leadership ms challenged and defeated on last session. I Caferessional tempers still are (liotJA conservative bloc of senl*t« l)i noerats including Sen. Pat [Harmon. I).. Miss., and Sen. Carter Gl , D.. Va„ may challenge [Mr.J<><isevoit again to seek modiiivati*n <>f the new deal, an easing °f W burdens on business and and real economy to bal"iicAhe budget. summoned by Mr. t° further the more life with key bills frambehalf of agriculture, labor ' business are faced sudtremendous pressure to Ite in behalf of business and I s, and especially to modify | eal tax laws. Skipping business, an unexpect- | #®bad treasury situation and stock market weakness hauntingly BkAhat of 1929 combine to chalclaims of agriculture and i upon congress this time, revenue has fallen consist- !■ below estimates in this fiscal Deficit estimates have risen Business protests it tlwt is hamstrung by new deal , ■ 011 capital gains and upon , income which is plac- ( reserve instead of being dis- ( as dividends. are indications as con- ( meets of willingness to go 'Mie way toward easing these ( and a coincident move- ■ in both the executive and ( ■fritive branches of government ( something about the series ( deficits under which debt already has swolW> 137,000,0000,000. apparently are agreed ‘ ■ ’ax revision must wait until [■regular session beginning in One or two of Mr. Roose■b special session bills may , •ntinued ON PAGE EIGHT) Special sections — t a second supplemental < ■etion of today's Daily Demo- i are proud to present i ■bt special pages devoted to Botoraphs and descriptive ’ concerning the activ- f 888B 88 and operations of Mr. Me- < ■Hen’s industries here. A t ■stion is also devoted to local 1 Bognition of the industry. t

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Willshire Native Dies At Hamilton David Banta Walters, 67, native of near Willshire, Ohio, died at his home in Hamilton Saturday evening. He is survived by the widow, formerly Minerva Carter, a daugh ter, Gladys, at home, and one brother, Oscar Walters, Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. EST Tuesday at the Green Briar church, Glenmore, O. Burial in the church cemetery. CONFERENCE OF NATIONS VOTES JAPAN CENSURE Despite Italy’s Negative Vote, Nations Vote Censure Brussels. Nov. 15— (U.R) —The Brussels far eastern conference censured Japan today, over the negative vote of Italy, facing the alternatives of admitting failure or applying force to end hostilities, the latter depending upon the attitude of the United States. The conference burned all bridges between Brussels and Tokyo, abandoning efforts to coax Japan into peace talks and threatened to consider further measures to bring about cessation of hos- 1 tilities. The declaration was adopted after the Chinese delegation had submitted a four point plan for concerted international action. The conference, however, will adjourn for about one week before making a decision since other conference powers want to determine whether the United States congress is still for complete Isolation before considering concerted measures against Japan. Great Britain, France and Russia say they are willing to apply such measures if the United States will participate. The general impression here, however, was that congress and United States public opinion would prevent President Roosevelt from joining a “quarantine" of Japan and that the conference will end in complete failure. Despite Italy's negative vote, Paul Spaak, chairman of the conference. said the declaration would stand as adopted. He said that explanations of the' attitude of Scandinavian powers and Italy will be added to the declaration together with the names of the nations approving it. The conference adjourned at 5:15 p. m. The powers will reconvene Nov. 22. May Offer Terms Shanghai, Nov. 15 — (U.R) —Japanese authorities may offer peace (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) CENSUS ONLY TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE Unemployment Census Cards Will Be Issued Tuesday Mrs. Lola P. Macklin, acting post-, master, stressed today the fact i that the national unemployment , census, which is to be taken here 1 tomorrow, is merely a means of gathering information for the president and congress regarding the number of partly employed and unemployed persons of the nation. The census, in no way suggests that jobs for these persons will be found by the local office, she stated. This morning, post office attaches stated, a local unemployed worked called at the post office, stating that he understood jobs were being issued there. She also urged that only those persons partly employed or totally unemployed return the blanks, | which will be distribut'd by the various city and rural mail car-, riers Tuesday morning. The cards are to be filled out by the unemployed and partly employ-' ed and returned to the mail car-, rler, dropped into a mail box or returned to the post office. A complete check of the cards will be made by the post office force to learn of any duplications or errors. The cards are to be returned by midnight November 20. No postage is required to return the cards.

FOUNDER OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES HONORED TODAY W | r; ■■HMHt % fe' *•' *' • I ILaI Dale W. McMillen National and state attention was focused on Decatur today as the community observed "McMillen Day.” proclaimed in honor of Dale W. McMillen, founder of the Central Sugar Co., the Central Soya Co., and the McMillen Feed Mills of this city. Attended by Governor M. Clifford Townsend. Lieutenant-governor Henry F. Sehricker. distinguished guests and visitors from a score ot cities the event is sponsored by Decatur Chamber of Commerce, the officers, executives and employes of the McMillen plants, in recognition ot Mr. McMillen's leadership in the development of the local industries Mr. McMillen has rendered outstanding service to this community, and his courage and vision has developed one of the largest agricultural inddustries in the country. A banquet will be held in Fort Wayne tonight honoring Mr. McMillen. Governor Townsend will be the principal speaker.

Postpone Banquet Os Scoutmasters The banquet of the scoutmasters and troop committeemen. which i was to have been held here Friday i evening has been postponed until i November 26, Sylvester Everhart, Scout commissioner, announced today. Complete plane will be an- > nounced later. ALTON RICHARDS ESCAPES INJURY !j ' Decatur Man Escapes Seri ious Injury As Auto Runs Wild 1 Alton Richards, 33, of this city, i narrowly escaped serious injury [ about 3:30 o’clock Sunday morning when he lost control of his car after crossing the Nickel Plate rail.road tracks on South Winchester street. [| The careening car ran up over the curb and sidewalk, mowed down I an ornamental lamp post, returned to the street, turned over and skid- : ded on its top for about 20 feet be- . I fore coming to a halt. I Richards was pinned underneath and had to be extricated by Officers [ Roy Chilcote and Adrian Coffee, when they arrived on the scene. He was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital but was released after treatment. Parts of the lamp post were thrown about 50 feet away. The wrecked car was towed to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) I

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 15, 1937.

DEATH CLAIMS ' MRS. REINKING ’ i 1 — Mrs. Martin Reinking Dies Sunday At Home In Alien County [ I Mrs. Martha Reinking, 42, Allen county lady, well known tn this |, county, died at 3 o’clock yesterday 11 afternoon at her home in Marion | township, Allen county. Death was caused by carcinoma. The deceased was born in Wells county and had been a resident of • Allen county for many years. Surviving are the husband, Martin Reinking; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bauermeister, of Wells county; a daughter, Mrs. Arnold ' Lampe, of Allen county; five sons, ’ Raymond, Wilbur, Donald, Vernon • and Allen, all at home. Four sisters. Mrs. Martin Conrad, ' Mrs. Harvey Bucher, and Mrs. Gall- ' meyer, all of Adams county and Mrs. Alfred Eichler, of Allen county; two brothers, Ernest Bauermeister, of Fort Wavne and Arthur ' Bauermeister, of Wells county, also • survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Frledhelm church with the Rev. Werning officiating, and burial will be made in the Friedheim cemetery. The body was brought to the Zwick and Son funeral home in this i city, and will be returned to the residence this evening, where ft i may be viewed until time for the | funeral. 1

Open November Term Os Circuit Court A large number of appearances I were filed today by attorneys as the Adams circuit court opened its November term. A number of new cases were also filed. ] The court has been in vacation since Saturday, November 6, when the September term was concluded. THREE ARRESTS MADE SATURDAY City Police Make Three Arrests Here Saturday Night City police had a fairly busy night Saturday night, making three , arrests in addition to answering several accident calls. Officer Ed P. Miller arrested Albert Golbo, Mexican, on a charge of public intoxication. Officer Miller stated that charges wou'd be filed. Saturday night, Officers Roy Chilcote and Adrian Coffee arrested Dan Death, of this city, after he allegedly started a fight in a local business house. Chargee against Death were to be filed this afternoon, the officers stated. Walter Garwood, also of this city, was arrested by Officers Chilcote and Coffee Saturday night when he allegedly ran a red traffic light and speeded through town. The officers stated that charges would be filed.

ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Mrs. Effie Johnson Dies Os Heart Attack At Noon » Saturday Mrs. Effie Johnson, 72, a native of Adams county, died suddenly shortly before noon Saturday at the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne from a heart attack. She died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. The deceased was a member of the First United Brethren church of this city. Surviving, besides the husband, Lewis, are three sons, Jesse and Hugh, of Fort Wayne, Otto, of this city; six daughters, Mrs. Nanie Shoaff and Mrs. Pearl Miller, of Lancaster, Ohio; Mrs. Sine Spender of this city; Mrs. Goldie Keller ot Calumet City; Mrs. Margaret Pettit and Mrs. Hilda Vince, both of Fort Wayne. A brother, Louis Hammond of this city and a half-sister, Mis. Mae Rice, of this city, also survive. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence, 605 Lasalle street in Fort Wayne and burial will be made in the Lindenwood cemetery there o Release Charles Hite From County Hospital Charles Hite, local young grocer, who has been confined to the local hospital for some time suffering from pneumonia, was released today | to return to his home.

Community Leader Is Honored With Unusual Program

Governor's T ribute— Governor M. Clifford Townsend paid the following tribute to Dale W. McMillen for the latter’s interest and leadership in agriculture: , “The growth and development of our modern civilization is due in part to the devotion and genius of those great men and women who have pioneered the way in new fields. 1 “Dale W. McMillen should be numbered [ among the great of Indi- ( ana for his development [ of a comparatively new I industry in this state — the processing of soya beans and the revitalizing of Indiana’s only sugar beet area.” 0 GRAND JURY TO MEET TUESDAY Adams Circuit Court Grand Jury To Meet Tomorrow The grand jury for the November term of the Adams circuit | court will meet Tuesday in its an-, nual session at the county courthouse. It is considered possible that ■, two criminal cases in the southern i part of the county will be investigated by the body before it ad- , journs. I So far as is known no other cases W’ill be considered by the jury. The annual inspection of the coun , ty institutions is expected to be . made before the session is com- , pleted. Members of the grand jury are: , Alice Bittner. Union township; Jon- j athan Rumple, Jefferson township; . Edwin F. Moser, Geneva; Joe Yod- | er, Hartford township; Otto Hoff- , stetter, Wabash township and , Reiiben R. Romey, Hartford town- ( ship. | According to law. the jury must , I meet at least once a year to dis- ( puss any criminal matters that , might occur and to inspect the , county institutions. , o , BULLETIN 'I —— | Hammond, Ind., Nov. 15 — . (UP)—James Dalhover, ‘‘trig- , ger man” of the Al Brady gang, ? pleaded guilty today when arranged in federal court for the murder of Paul Minneman, Indiana state policeman. He will be sentenced Dec. 6. i o STONEBURNER CORN SEALER Amos Stoneburner Is Api pointed Adams County Corn Sealer C Amos Stoneburner has just received word that he has been appointed corn sealer for Adams L county. The appointment was 1 made by Rollin E. Meek, chief of the state bureau of weights and f measures. ’ Applications for corn loans are available to cooperators in the 1937 1 soil conservation program and their applications will be taken at 1 the conservation office in the base- ’ ment of the post office building. ’ These loans will be made at the rate of 50 cents per bushel on corn testing 14%% moisture and propor['tionately less as the moisture increases up to 20%%. The cribs in 'which the corn Is stored should j be slatted on both sides, have good ; floors and foundation and a good ’ | roof and should be so constructed (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Employes And Business Leaders Join Notables In Paying Honor To Dale W. McMillen. GOVERNOR HERE One of the most distinguished parties of state officials and national business and agricultural leaders to visit thia city in years began arriving in Decatur this morning to pay tribute to Dale W. McMillen, founder and head of the McMillen industries of this city, for his contribution to agriculture and labor In this community. One of the highlights of the tour of the plants this afternoon was the opening of the latest of the Central Soya company's units, the Hansa-Muhle soybean extraction plant. This is the only soybean processing plant of its kind in America. The party of visitors was headed by Lieutenant-Governor Henry F. Sehricker, in his capacity as commissioner of agriculture and also as chief administrative officer of the department of commerce and industries for the state of Indiana. Others visiting Decatur today include railroad officials. New York and Chicago bankers, members of the Chicago board of trade, agricultural and industrial leaders of the United States and prominent citizens of this community. The program is sponsored by the employes and officials of the McMillen industries, acting jointly with the Decatur Chamber of Commerce to pay tribute to Mr. McMillen's services to this community. Welcome signs and posters were stretched across the street and fastened to poles along the sidewalks in the business district today by the Chamber of Commerce to welcome the visitors. Governor To Speak It was learned this morning that Governor M. Clifford Townsend %nd his secretary. Dick D. Heller, former Decatur newspaperman, would probably drive directly to Fort Wayne, where Gov. Townsend is to deliver the principal address at the banquet to be held in the Fort Wayne Catholic Community Center tonight. Gov. Townsend had a previous radio speaking engagement in Indianapolis this afternoon. If possible they will stop in Decatur a few minutes late this afternoon. Gov. Townsend visited Decatur March 18. during the Governor’s day program and inspected the city’s industries, including the McMillen plants. In addition to witnessing the opening of the newest unit of the Central Soya Company, the visitors today had an opportunity of seeing the Central Sugar Company, Indiana's only beet sugar mill, in operation. The sugar mill is just completing its 1937 processing campaign. Late this afternoon the party of visitors will reassemble in the Anthony Hotel in Fort Wayne. From there, they will proceed directly to the Community Center for the banquet at 6:30 p. m. this evening. Included among the last of the [speakers tonight are: Mayor Harry i Baals, of Fort Wayne: Mayor A. R. I Holthouse, of Decatur; Samuel Jackson. Fort Wayne attorney; Mark A. Brown, first vice-presi-dent of the Harriss Trust Bank ot Chicago; Governor Townsend, and the guest of honor, Mr. McMillen, Meet Officials State Patrolman Burl Johnson and Chief of Police Seph Melchi, met Lieutenant-governor Henry F. Sehricker at Portland and escorted him to Monroe, where a local delegation joined the party and came to Decatur. J. Ward Calland, County Agent L. E. Archbold and Mayor A. R. Holthouse went to Huntington to meet Governor Townsend and ac(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 34 10:00 a. m .......................36 Noon 36 2:00 p. m 37