Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1937 — Page 1

101. XXXV. No. 273.

JOCiL PEOPLE ‘IHEIR ADDRESS 1 BI FIRST LADY ''■rs. Rr’'‘ , ' ell ( ’ tvcs ' (, ‘ IdreJxt Fort Wayne inip , upon ilmnoi peoK wJKllo '! s ’" 1 ""' w. - h !'■ >■ 1, tin I'.'lino hiiinuii ■ hi ■ \ I ■ ’ - - jjSjLW til’ l ! thi- ’ u ’" ' I s '' ”"' I> " •Ear Ho' ! ~ ■ llill ' l '"" ' 1 E «gr*' i” l, "‘ I’watlir delega tile EJKr Psi lota Xi sorority EgtolßiiMl their escorts. She Eid ste '• ,l l" ' 1 sll, ‘ nli « ht b, ‘ i' l ' l " EvWitDoci’H’ 1 i" •' l '"”' when she engagements. Jah in^t.’ '"l' *‘•'<l been extended Ers. Roe tevelt to visit Decatur lb .inest liliW 1 Arthur R. Holthouse, On In, .i persona' note T be! II very < lose sehed Ke.’’ Sb’ milled a line saying: "If I* K»re sly Id be time to drive over. Ewill •»> you." ■ The Her 1- h economics ■hib flmvc-s to Mrs. Roosevelt Kith MiSnvitation to visit the ad■ition h®< which captivated ■he crowd was best exemplified in ■he foSl which followed the lec■gre. wßn du- answered questions by the audience. One Bras: “Win is your favorite polit‘■cal w(fl>r"' The first she named Mas Dtgbtliy Thompson, who has E any Sß tl es criticised the New ■teal. Wir- Roosevelt explained ■feat Op id not always agree with ■■ewriiei s conclusions. In a later ■MtMI on whether newspapers ■rere fail in their criticism of the' ■Hew Deal, she further expanded Wer views with the statement that bii ism is not unfair. ism is when facts are ■aisrqHlented or no honest at■tempt Bs been made to learn the said. members of the Decatur ' ■ehaptWot the Psio lota Xi sororBlty, WBBe Fort Wayne chapter of ■# meßers sponsored the lecture. S w *8 a ®)iig l, "‘ reception commit|’w s'ution in Fort Wayne 1 14 > i' was reported that 1 ".IS "just OH'' of ||.”O interested in the ■ ll! r. if possible I'HB 1 ‘ ' slll ‘ cl ■ - : "d :>•: ' "'-i Xi sorority mem I Wlr who attend ' " reception in ' l " 1 ' "i BSMM a K ain ahe was just being. a living exanipl - [■■bwiil Rtu ' " la(l " , "‘ r she felt no barrier be-P.^^Brs-and other peopb- be was a president's wife. sa ""‘ way that she made fitr any of her handi had no sympathy with I com hide their exercise of , j! iz, llship Oil elec She told the aiidience jBE bad representative sits in body in a detnoclh,‘ citizens of bis dis disinterested. because MHMf a democracy comes from | above. was an answer to a of a club gill interested 'QHlii out how to improve her Mrs. Roosevelt called study of housing Hfcitation in the community intereßt in atate and and iternation’■■TlNUED ON PAGE SIX) KnJross R e P or ts $49.24 At Berne Assort from Berne shows that ■I ! ° in the Red Cross roll call Boy Scouts under the wHoti of Ernest Stengel. Borne are making the drive in readings ; MdcRAT THERMOMETER Ma. nt 25 1(>: W a. m 29 N ’°l 31 P- m 30 M® P- m 29 WEATHER O»o«dy. snow tonight and proFriday morning, some*P*t colder west portion Fri<*«y.

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Speaks Tonight • .«"■ I L - ||||gi|r\ j i Paul V. Barrett, personnel titrec- ■ I tor of the Ohio Oil .Co . Findlay. I Ohio, will be the principal speaker 11 at the district meeting of Rotary clubs of group two. which will be held this evening at the Masonic ’ temple in this city. BUSINESS AID i IS DEMANDED IN CONGRESS I Immediate Aid For Business Is Demanded By Congressmen ' Washington, Nov. 18 — (UP) — Congressional demands for Immediate aid to business broke through a senate filibuster against the antilynching bill again today coincident wtih claims that a senate majority favored immediate repeal of the undistributed profits tax. Sen. William E. Borah, R., Ida., ' Sen. Pat Harison, D.. Miss., chairman of the finance committee, and Sen. Josiah W. Bailey, D., N. C., joined in debate on the necessity for encouragement of business expansion as Pailey resumed the obi structionist oratory directed at the j anti-lynching measure , Bailey declared that the exigencies of the situation were such that I he favored immediate repeal of the i profits tax even if it meant acceptance of a sales tax on manufactured goods or a broadening of the inI come tax base. At the same time, he emphasized he did not agree that .jsuch measures would be necessary. Harrison, emphasizing that he was not in favor of a sales tax, pointed out that additional revenue I would be necessary if the profits ■ tax were hastily revised or repeal-' I ed. “Our goal should be to try to bal- . i ance the budget at the first oppor-1 ; tunity," Harrison said. “The first and best way to do that is to curtail i ' emergency expenditures." The debate, initiated by Borah’s announcement of opposition to a I sales tax, coincided with these dei velopments along the congressional front. 1. Prospects for at least tempor- > ary success of the anti-lynching bill filibuster mounted when chairman i Ellison D. Smith, D„ fe. C., of the agrictulture committee, announced , that he expected to report a farm I bill on Monday, meantime seeking a senate recess until that day. 2. Sen. Bennett C. Clark, D., Mo., claimed there "clear major- ' ity” of the senate in favor of repeal of the profits tax and overwhelming sentiment for action at this session | to modify it. Sen. Royal S. Copeland. D„ N. Y., and Sen. Edward R. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o SEASON’S FIRST GENERAL SNOW Winter’s General Snow Falls Over Large Region Os Nation Chicago, Nov. 18 —(UP) — The winter’s first general snow fell i from the Rocky Mountains to Mich- ' igan today and forecaster J. R. Lloyd said subnormal temperatures , ' prevailed over almost all of the ( United States. , Snowfalls as heavy as five inches were recorded in the wheat grow- , ing states and growers hailed them ] as a boon to winter wheat. , Sheyenne. Wyo., reported 5 1 j inches of snow and the low temperature early today wae 4 degrees above zero. Below freezing temperatures were recorded throughout the middlewest and even Thomasville, Ga., on the Florida-Georgia Line, had a t 32 degree reading. ( Des Moines, la., reported 2 inches ] of snow and snow ranging from X f to 2 inches fell in Charles City, la., t (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1

MINNEAPOLIS LABOR LEADER ASSASSINATED Patrick J. Corcoran Killed Late Last Night Near His Home Minneapolis, Nov. 18. <(J.R)- Pat-' rick J. Corcoran, 45, prominent northwest labor leader, was assassinated late last night near his home in the fashionable Bryn Mawr section of Minneapolis. The body, one bullet lodged in the hea'd, was found early today by Mrs. W. S. Mclntosh, a neighbor. Police said Corcoran apparently had been ambushed as he was returning to his home. The body, sprawled across a sidewalk at the rear of a home two doors from his | own. gave evidence that he had seen his assailants and had sought to escape. The fatal bullet tore through the brim of his hat and intered his i head, just behind the right ear. Police discounted possibility of a robbery motive in the slaying, i Corcoran’s bill fold, containing j S4OO, was undisturbed in his pocket • Patrick Corcoran. Jr., the slain . man’s son, was quoted by police jas saying his father revealed he i was slugged last Saturday night and that a shot had been fired at l him. Cedric Adams, columnist for the, Minneapolis Star, who carried an I item Nov. 9, concerning a tip which came to him forecasting assassination of “a prominent Minneapolis labor leader." supplied police with | the source of his information. Adams turned the information over to police officials shortly after he published it in his column. He was called to police headquarters for questioning concerning his item which read: “I met a very close friend of mine in the loop last night (Nov. 8). He’s given me scores of items in the past; some of them have been little scoops, too. And he’s never been wrong. Here’s one he (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) NO WORD FROM STATE BOARD State Tax Board Has Not Reported Action On Tax Rates No word has yet been received ■ from the state tax board on the | results of the hearing conducted ! here October 25 on the proposed |1938 tax rates for several of the units in the county. The State tax board gives final approval to the tax rates when objections or remonstrances are filed, or when rates exceed the new tax limitation law. One remonstrance was filed. This was submitted by the Adams coun-. ty welfare board, which objected to the reduction of its rate from 12, cents to 10 cents on the grounds that this caused a greater reduction than made on the budget by i the county council. The board pointed out that it received a large ' share of the cost of the operation of the welfare department from the state and federal governments. No objections were filed by taxpayers. Three incorporated towns and cities had rates exceeding the $2 limit which applies, exclusive of the welfare and bond fund appropriations. These were Decatur, i Berne and Geneva. Three town-' ships, Wabash. St. Mary’s and Hartford had rates exceeding the $1.25 tax limitation rate for total rates not including bond and welfare expenditures. Other tax rates were studied by representatives of the state tax board, where they were included in total budgets of units exceeding the tax limitation law. The state’s report on its action on the tax rate is necessary before County Auditor John W. Tyndall can begin figuring taxes for 1938. Paul Weber, of Huntington, district representative of the state tax board, visited in Decatur Wednesday and stted he would seek to learn the action of the state board. Berne Public Library Location Is Changed The Berne public library will be moved from the bank building there to the building formerly occupied by the Eichenbergef grocery. Some remodeling will be done to increase the efficiency of the new building . before the library is moved.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 18, 1937.

Mayors Demand Federal Relief I? JwHWHrla Mayors Mendieta. Rossi and La Guardia V. ........ | —Z ■ . ■ ,■ . I—- » I Reports from all sections of the country, as given by those attending the annual conference of mayors in Washington, above, indicate that i municipalities are fast approaching another crisis in relief problems I and are sorely in need of additional federal subsidies. Three of those present at the parley are. left to right. Mayors Antonio Mendieta of Havana. Angelo Rossi of San Francisco and Fiorello La Guardia of New York. '

$50,000 SUIT IS FILED HERE Damage Suit Is Venued Here From Allen Superior Court A suit seeking $50,000 damages has been filed by Vincent Westfall against Richard and Dorothy | Fleischman of 3113 Monroe street. Fort Wayne, has been venued to i the Adams circuit court from the] Allen superior court. The accident is alleged to have ’ ocpurred at the intersection of ] John Street and McKee street in l , Fort Wayne, September 30, 1936. [lt is further alleged that the plaintiff had driven approximately twothirds of the way through the intersection when his car was struck by one driven by Dorothy Fleischman and owned by her husband. I Richard Fleischman. I He claimed that the accident was due to the negligence of the defendant. Dorothy Fleischman, in ; that she failed to apply her brakes, or turn her automobile out of the ' way. It is also claimed that the accident happened about 4:30 i o'clock when a heavy rain was fall- ■ ing and that although it was dark the defendant had no lights burn- ' ; ing. As the result of the accident the plaintiff alleged he was thrown from his car which he states rollled <*ver on him. He alleged he sustained the following injuries: a fractured skull, a ruptured kidney, internal injuries, cuts and bruises , over his entire body, a deep scalp laceration. He claims that his face is permanently disfigured, and that ;he required considerable hospital and medical expense. i This is one of the largest damJ age .suits filed in the Adams circuit court in recent years. TRYOUT DATES ARE ANNOUNCED Legion Auxiliary To Present WLS Show Here Next Month Try-outs for the Pararie Farmer WLS community talent show, which wi’l be presented here on December 14. 15 and 16 by the American Legion auxiliary at the Decatur Catholic high school, will be held December 7 and 8, members of the organization stated today. The tryouts will be held at the American Legion home on Madison streets. Parts to be filled by local talent include such well known stars of the radio and stage as Lulu Bel’e, Uncle Ezra, the Arkansas woodchopper and a host of others. Each of these parts, orchestra. ] square dance groups and others will be filled by local characters, selected at the tryouts. The show, heralded as one of the largest home talent presentations ever to be given in the city, is rapidly taking form, with committees pushing plans for the affair. The show has been presented in several nearby communities and was reported received with much enthusiasm. All persons wishing to tryout for the presentation are ask- | ed to be at the Legion home on , I the tryout date. '

Hold Ross Funeral Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for James C. i Ross. 75, Fort Wayne grocer, who died Wednesday at his home after an extended illness, will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:45 o’clock lat the residence. 2323 Florida Drive, and at 2 o’clock at the For-1 I est Park M. E. church. Burial will , be made at New Haven. The deceased was well known here and had several relatives | living in this city. Surviving are I : the widow, four daughters and a son. ROTARY GROUP MEETING HERE Rotarians Os Group Two To Meet At Masonic Temple Tonight Rotarians of clubs in group two will gather in Decatur this eve-: ning for a district meeting, with a registration of 150 or more Rotarians expected. The group meeting will open at, the Masonic temple at 4:30 o'clock, I with Paul Chalfant, Columbia City, group representative, meeting with presidents and secretaries of tne various clubs. The principal address will be delivered by Paul V. Barrett, personnel director of the Ohio Oil Co., at Findlay, Ohio. Mr. Chalfant will speak briefly and the address of welcome will be delivered by Ar-1 thur R. Holthouse, mayor of De-j catur. Rotarians will register at 6:15| o’clock, and a turkey dinner will, be served at 6:30. Special music will be provided by Miss Helen Haubold and Paul Saurer, accompanied by Miss Louise Haubold. Clubs to be represented are Decatur. Fort Wayne. Angola, Bluffton, Auburn, Columbia City, Hart-: ford City and Kendallville. Following the program at the' Masonic temple, the Rotarians will be taken to the new recretation building of the General Electric: company, where all recreational j facilities will be made available. Prizes will be awarded in bowling,: pool, billards and ping pong. —o Grand Larceny Charge Filed This Afternoon A charge of grand larceny was filed in Circuit court .’ate this afternoon against Richard Gauvey. of Van Wert, 0., who has been held in the Adams county jail on charges of stealing a sum of money from j John Barkley. It is alleged that Gauvey etole approximately S6O from Barkleiy Tues- j day night or Wednesday morning at a rooming house where both stayed. Sheriff Dallas Brown and night Policeman Roy Chilcote vVere called when the owner of the home noticed that all doors and windows were locked. An investigation revealed ssl hidden under a rug in Gauv.ey’’ room. The pocketbook which had contained tlie money was a. 1 so discovered. - Grand Jury Back In Session Today After adjourning Tuesday, following a short session, the Adams county grand jury convened this morning in the consultation room of the circuit court room. [

THINK McNUTT LIKELY TO BE PREXY OF I. U, Democratic Leaders Os State Feel Appointment Certain Indianapolis. Nov. 18 — (U.R) Opinion is virtually solid among' Democratic party leaders at the state capital today that within the next few months former Gov. Paul V. McNutt will be offered, and will accept, an invitation of the board of trustees to become president of Indiana University. McNutt, who le at present United States high commissioner to the Philippine Islands, is scheduled to return next February to report on Philippine conditions to President Roosevelt and probably will confer with Indiana political leaders at that time also. The former governor, always a storm center in Indiana politics, is no less so now because of his reputed desire to be a candidate ’ for the presidency in 1940. McNutt, according to speculation among his former Democratic associates, will not be content to | remain in the Philippines definite-' Ily with a presidential campaign I impending, but will seek a position l of prominence in the United States: i from which he can make his views I on public questions known. The Indiana University board of trustees, according to best informed opinion here, is divided three ways: 1. Those who want McNutt as ! university president as Indiana's most illustrious son at the moment. former university law school dean, former governor and terri- ‘ torial commissioner representative of outstanding intellectual accomplishment, a brilliant son of Indiana. 2. Those who would agree that McNutt is an outstanding citizen, but who want it stipulated that McNutt would not use his position j as university president as a soundI ing board for his political utteri unees with a view toward the I presidency. They want McNutt to ' settle down to an important eduI cational position and comport himself accordingly. 3. Those who are willing to give McNutt a free hand irrespective of his alleged political arnbi- j tions, believing that if McNutt is nominated or even is a serious candidate for the presidency it can- : not reflect anything but credit I upon the state and its university. Speculation over McNutt as the probable Indiana University president has become rampant ever i since Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, acknowledged as one of the most potent leaders the Indiana DemoI cratic party has produced, urged I the trustees tp select a new presi-’ dent to take office by September, 1937. Despite this admonition by the governor, two months have passed since the university's fall semester started and still there is no new president to succeed Dr. : William Lowe Bryan, who resigned l June 30. Strangely enough, this has not disconcerted Democratic leaders as being a rebuff to Governor Townsend, and members of the board strenuously deny that the office is “being held open” for (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SOIL PROGRAM MEETING HELD First Educational Meeting Is Held Wednesday Evening The first educational meeting on the 1938 Soli Conservation program was held Wednesday evening at Kirkland high school. County Agent L. E. Archbold was in charge of the meeting. The officers elected for 1938 to serve as community committeemen are: Homer W. Arnold, chairman; Lester R. Adler, vice- chairman; : Otto D. Bieberich, third member; and Milton Girod and Franklin H. Fruchte, a’ternates. Other meetings scheduled are: Thursday, Nov. 18, 7:30 P. M. — Blue Creek Twp.—Jacobs School. Union Twp.- Schnepp School Friday, Nov. 19. 7.30 P. M. —-Washington Twp.—Central St hool, Decatur; Monroe Twp.—Monroe high school; French Twp—Election School Monday, Nov. 22, 1:30 P. M.—Root twp.—Monmouth high school; Jefferson Twp—Jefferson high school; Hartford Twp. — Hartford High School; Wabash Twp. — Geneva High Schol. Tuesday. Nov. 23, 7:30 P. M. —Preble Twp.—Preble School St. Marys Twp. — Pleasant Mills High School.

Foreigners Flee From Nanking As ■ Japanese Advance

SCHOOL BOARD TAKES ACTION Pass Resolutions To Make New School House Possible Resolutions for the raising and I j the appropriation of funds for the erection of the new Decatur school building, were passed at a special meeting of the Decatur school board Wednesday night. Three of the resolutions were for the raising of $90,000 in a bond issue by the school board, for its share of the cost of the building. Other resolutions were tor the additional appropriations of the funds | to be obtained by the bond issue, the $50,000 donation by the civil city and the $110,045 donation of the government in the form of a PWA grant. It was reported at the meeting that A. M. Strauss, the architect 1 employed by the board, is completi ing the final p'ans for the building. It is expected that thse will be submitted for final recommendations of the school board during the first . 1 of next week. The school board is still working -an the plan to house the school children during the time that the : Central building will be down and before the new building is ready for occupancy. Before the Central building can ,! be razed, approval muet be obtain- . ed from the state tax board. It is estimated that this will require about three weeks. <j Berne Juniors To Give Class Play "Huckleberry Finn," is the title . of the class play to be presented by ( the juniors of the Berne high seliooi there on December 14. DEATH CLAIMS | WM. FORSYTHE Blue Creek Township Farmer Dies This Morning Os Carcinoma William H. Forsythe, 67, Blue I Creek township farmer, died at his home 11 miles southeast of I Decatur this morning at 10:45 I o’clock. Death was due to carciI noma. Mr. Forsythe was born in Stout. Ohio, April 11, 1870, the son of James H. and Susan J. FurnierForsythe. For many years he was engaged as a drainage engineer in Illinois. During the last several years he had been farming in Adams county. He was a member of the Presbyterian church of Stout, Ohio. He was married to Maud McKee, ' who survives. There are no children. Two sisters surviving are ! Mrs. Stella Simson. Buffalo, New I York, and Mrs. John Flannigan. ' Monongahela. Pa. Funeral services will be held | Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Black funeral home. The Rev. Alva Barr, pastor of the Salem M. E. church, will officiate. , The body will be removed to Stout, Ohio, Sunday, where services will be held at 2 o’clock at I the Presbyterian church. Burial will be made in the Sandy Spring' cemetery, three miles east of Stout. o Make Inspection Os McMillen Industries : Approximately 30 consumers of i northwestern Ohio made a tour of the McMillen industries, including 'the Central Sugar and Soya companies and the feed mills this morning. The tour was sponsored by the McMillen feed mills. Following the tours the men attended a luncheon at the Rice hotel. Bud Seaman, Ohio represenative of the firm, was in charge of the tour and luncheon. o Farm Bureau Asks Special Session Indianapolis, Nov. 18 —(UP) — The 19th annual farm bureau convention today unanimously passed . a resolution asking Gov. Townsend ' to call a special session of the j state legislature to remove from i i property the cost of the social welI far program.

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Japanese Preparing To Lay Siege To Nanking; Americans And Other Foreigners Flee. CITY IS DOOMED Shanghai, Nov. 18 (U.R)—American citizens and other foreigners I fled today from Nanking us Japanese armies spread over the Yangtze river valley and prepared to lay siege to the encient capital of the Mings. Os the Americans, only United States embassy officials and a small group of "die hard Nankingers,” including doctors and missionaries, remained behind. The American gunboats Luzon. Guam and Oahu were en route to Nanking to remove Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson and all but two of his staff as soon as the nationalist government formally announced removal of its ministries. Americans were boarding crowded river boats in defiance of the refusal to sell even deck passage. They carried blankets and meager personal effects. leaving most of their possessions with the few who elected to remain. Despite the imminent departure of the embassy staff for Hankow the embassy was calm and Ambassador Johnson gave assurance that routine business was proceeding as usual. George Acheson. Jr., and J. Hall Paxton, secretaries will remain in Nanking. The first Japanese assault was expected to come from the river. The Japanese army west of Shanghai resumed its advance and foreign military experts believed that Nanking was doomed. Reaching the southeast shores of Great Lake Taihu, the Japanese mobilized a fleet of hundreds of launches, scows and rafts and prepared for an advance to the big promontory that extends down into the lake from the northeast This meant an attack in the rear 1 against the Chinese defending f Soochow. At the same time the I Japanese prepared to move from ‘ the promontory to the west side lof the lake, cut the HangchowI Nanking railroad and make retention of the new Chinese defense line impossible. Chinese sources said that as soon as it was learned that the Japanese intended to cross the lake, several small Chinese gunboats were lushed from the west shore to attack them. On the north a fleet of 70 warships massed in the Yangtze for an advance up the river against Nanking. The sole barrier was the big constructive boom, composed of junks and other ships, which the Chinese had built to prevent movement of warships up the river. It was reported without confirmation that this boom, built at Kiangyin, north of Soochow, already had been smashed. It was learned that the Japanese had seized small craft of every sort between Shanghai and Lake Taihu for their drive, taking them through the rivers, creeks and canals which intersect. Thirty (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL CHURCH GIVES PROGRAM Program At Zion Reformed Church Sunday Announced The complete program for the ,: Thank offering service to be held ’[Sunday night at the Zion Reformed church was announced today by , the members of the women’s mis--1 sionary society, in charge of the | event. The program will start at 7:30 o'clock. No admission charge will be made and the public has been invited. The committee in charge of the program is Mrs. C. M. Prugh, Mrs. O. L. Kirsch and Mrs. A. WeldJer. "The Lost Church,” a pageant ' drama in four scenes will be presented as part of the program. Following is the complet program: Largo, Handel —Lulu Gerber and [ Mrs. Edgar Gerber. Prelude, Whiting—Lulu Gerber. Scripture Reading. Prayer. The Lost Church, a pageant drama in four scenes —Dorothy C. ] Wilson. Caet of characters: Man of the world—T. L. Becker. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE).