Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1937 — Page 1

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I spending all of ■ Die'; Uurdv. pro I General lee Mneii lie .. i George 1.. Kertt. lai" I SphOTernoon vacated the stand plaint)jt* s counsel protetl ■ :n<o-i part of the trial to date. jPßrnss-exaininatiuii this ,i" i WM plaintiff's counsel. Attorneys and Olds, of Fort Wayne, a' t 0 Otat records which used by the defense -Afeftt' preserved while those e Wft?ly valuable to the plaintiff s l^^K Were e ' tller destroyed or voW,iiot be found. J^ 1 ' Clei ’k 0. Remy Bierly took •JHBBiid late this afternoon, after Burdg had been excuse.l from Mr. Bierly testified as aWtISUED ON PAGE TltllEE) r XtT? e o dy k-z buys and uses JLbristmcis Seeds ■i.£'-'- r ' 'AfjATOKiUM i PATIt^T . ■jryrJF.y : iLI ” 7 . f wiMfr i I Shopphiq Z Days Left

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

’ Refuses to Testify I EbZ""""'" } ' m@R» AlstE JMB- iMBi ; ■»fl hm| When Mrs. Marie Phillips, former Olympic star athlete, appeared be-1 tore a Philadelphia grand jury. ’ above, she refused to testify in j connection with the investigation ; into the slaying of Nancy Glenn, 5. for whose death Mrs. Phillips' | triend, Mary O'Connor. old co-ed. is held. Miss O'Connor allegedly confessed the slaying to I Mrs Phillips the day afterward, but the latter kept her confidence, i

SEI LESS 6IVEN INSTRUCTIONS Procedure To Obtain Corn Loans Listed At District Meet Instructions on the procedure to [ be followed in getting government-, ;ponsored corn loans in Adams county were given Thursday at j Huntington, at a district meeting for eounties in this locality. Frank I. Kirkpatrick, state representative of the corn loan program, was in ■harge of the discussion. Harve S. Ineichen of Geneva represented he local county agricultural conlervation committee at the meetIt was pointed out that the sealers who are representatives of •he state warehouse board will neasure the amount of corn being [ held for collateral and determine he eligibility of The cribs for storage of collateral corn. , County agricultural conservation | -ommittees will determine it' appli-1 •ants are to receive payment under , the 1937 agricultural conservation j program, one of the qualifications, uid will prepare forms for execution of the loan. Moisture content •o° corn to be sealed will be determined from a sample sent to; the state office at Lafayette, and] will be used in arriving at the nnoimt of corn. Loans on corn produced by, .ligible or qualified tanners may be obtained through local banks

(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) I DAMAGES GIVEN WRECK VICTIMS Young Men Hurt In Monmouth Accident Awarded Damages Robert Dowling, 19, and Joseph Fup’ner, 18. both of Fort Wayne were awarded damages yesterday in the Allen county superior court as ‘"suit of an accident in which hey figured at Monmouth on August 13. The lads, by their fathers W.l-. Ham Dowling and Joseph bnlkner Sr were suing for $1,500 and SI,OOO ■es’pectively. Dowling was awarded $875 and Falkner $349 In their suit 1 against George F. and New Koltz New Koltz was driving the auto, which suddenly veered out of con- • trol coming over the hill near Mon- , mouth and turned over. I All of the lade were brought to the local hospital where Dowling and Faulkner were found to be suffering from the most severe injuries. Dowling is a relative of sev- i eral local persons. 1

DEATHTOLLIN I COLO WEATHER . MOUNTS MILT _At Least 100 Persons Dead As Result Os Severe Weather I (Ry United Press) I A bitter cold wave from the ftozI en Canadian plains hovered over I the nation today and brought suf-' I faring and accidents which resulted In a steadily mounting toll of deaths. At least 100 persons were dead. Fourteen were burned to death at Knoxville, Tenn., and Oregon. 111., I in fires caused by overheated I stoves. Five others died in the; Niagara Falls area, hard hit by one of the worst storms in a decade. Other deaths were caused by evposure and traffic accidents on ‘ icy highways. I I'. S. weather forecaster C. A.; Donnel said there will be no relief over the week end and predict-i ed more snow in scattered sections of the midwest. The entire north-1 ern half of the country already was covered by a blanket of snow and ] ice. As the wave continued unabated in the north central states, south and east, a gale whipped the Pacific coast and forced cancellation . of ail air flights to the east and ; ; north. Ships were battling mountainous I i seas and "whole gale warnings" j were flown in San Francisco for i i the first time in history, the weather bureau said- ' Hurricane warnings were posted from Monterey to Seattle. Typhoon conditions were reported along clipper ship routes and the PanAmerican airways grounded planes at Honolulu and Mantle The southland, particularly, suffered from the abnormally low temperatures. The coldest spot in the nation was Miles City, Mont., I where it was 16 below zero. It was 40 below at Battleford, Sask., coldest recorded point on the continI ent. Only a few scattered sections of the country escaped the sub-nor-l I (i al blasts Utah, Arizona ami a ‘’part of the' New England stales. 1 The mercury held its own on the west coast but was offset by the j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) ' O MRS. NIBLICK OIESSUDDENLY Mrs. Minerva Niblick Dies Suddenly At Chicago Last Night Mrs. Minerva Waldron Niblick. 171, widow of the late Charles S. Niblick, died suddenly at her home, i 7202 Jeffrey Avenue, Chicago, at 9:30 last night. In declining , health for several years, she seeined to be better than yesterday and spent the day with her daughter, Mrs. Paul Henry. Returning in the evening, she suffered a heart attack and died in a ' few moments, before her son, Dr. I J. Stewart Niblick of Indiana HayI bor. could reach her. ' The body was taken to the Me- | Gaun funeral parlors at Indiana ’ Harbor last night and will remain lhere until Sunday afternoon, when , ’ the funeral party will come to De-j ’catur, arriving about 3 o’clock, j The remains will be taken to the J. G. Niblick residence where I friends may call during the even- , ing. The funeral will be conducted ' from St. Marys Catholic church at 9 o’clock Monday morning, Rev. Joseph Seimetz conducting the requiem high mass. Burial will be in St. Joseph cemetery here. Mrs. Niblick was a native of New York state, where she was born February 9, 1866. coming here with Iter parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Waldron, when a girl. She was married to Charles S. Niblick, well known banker and citizen, (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) — 0 Berne Fire Department ' Elects New Officers Wesley O. Neuenschwander has been elected president of the Berno Volunteer fire department. Other i officers are: Norbert Huffman vice-, president; Arley Habegger, secretary; Iris Lehman, treasurer and Menno Habegger, Tilman Bixler and Herman Bowman, directors. o * Good Fellows Club ♦- ♦ Previous total $127.27 Mrs. Chas. Veglewede 3.00 j Total $130.27

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 10, 1937.

r FROZEN EARS * I • Rev. Charles Prugh, pastor of I the Zion Reformed church, hud | his ears frozen Wednesday us- | tnrnoon while he was trying to j dig bls car out of a snow drift. Rev. Prut,h's car became stall- | ed in a snow drift near Magley. | He went to u furm house und . borrowed a shovel and started ; to dig his car out of the drift. | Finally he had to call to? help and u nearby farmer hitched a | tractor to the car and pulled it | up on the road. The cold west. ' wind blew and blew and when I Rev. Prugh reached home he | found his ears were frozen. j ALFMTaNDOF HOT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT G. O. P. Nominee In 1936 Announces He Is Not Candidate Washington. Dec. 10 — (U.R) — Former Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas. Republican standard bearer in the 1!*36 elections, announced today that he would not be a candidate for president in 1940. Landon definitely removed him- [ self from consideration as a presidential candidate as he arrived 1 here to attend the gridiron dinner 'of the national press club. He will confer at 4:30 p. m. with President Roosevelt at the White House. The plans of the fomer Kansas governor to confer with the president were revealed by Mr. Roosevelt at his semi-weekly press conference. Mr. Roosevelt did not indicate whether he would discuss any specific matters with the opponent he defeated last year. Landon removed himself from presidential consideration in 1940 during an informal meeting with a group of newspaper men who covered his campaign last year. “What about your personal poli- , lies in 194.0?" Landon was asked. > '1)0 y ou intend to another ■try for the presidency’’’ Puffing a big pipe. Landon re- ! plied: "1 will not accept the notnina- | tion in the remote contingency 'that the Republican convention ’ should offer it." I “It is always presumptuous for i a man to decline something that I has not been offered him." Landon 'said. "A, short time ago 1 would not have answered that question, but continuing developments have convinced me that my acts as a citizen and as the 1936 candidate frequently have been misconstrued. | "For that reason and because personalities generally confuse the clear cut consideration of problems. especially in politics. I am glad to answer that question without any equivocation whatever. “I have not had any idea of being a candidate in 1940 and in order that my position may be perfectly clear, I say now that 1 will not accept the nomination in the remote contingency that the Republican national convention may offer it. “I say this.” Landon explained, "with full regard and appreciation of the high honor, but I feel it incumbent on me to take this ' position in the spirit of keeping the faith with the millions who I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 REPORTS QUOTA OF SEALS SOLD Miss Wilma Andrews First To Report 100 Percent Sale Miss Wilma Andrews, teacher at district school No. 6, in Preble township, known as the' Magley school, is the first of the rural school teachers to report 100 percent in sale of Christmas seals, W. Guy 'Brown, Adams county tuber- , culosis association president, an- ; nounced today. A total of 1,000 seals were sold at the .school, which has but 35 J pupils enrolled. This is also the 1 largest number to be reported to date from the rural schools. Sale of the seals in the rural districts is in charge of the respective teachers. Seals have been mailed in the city to local residents and returns from the sales are rapidly being tabulated. No report on city sales is available. Mr. Brown again urged the use of the seals when mailing packages, letters or Christmas cards.

PREDICT FARM il BILL PASSAGE ij THIS EVENING I House Leaders Predict Measure To Pass Sometime Today Washington, Dec. 10 (U.R) House leaders threatened to hold i a night session if necessary to get ’ a filial vote on the farm bill today. Chairman Marvin Jones, 1).. Tex. of the house agriculture committee I and majority leader Sain Rayburn, jD, Tex., predicted passage of the bill by tonight. They were contl dent that revolting Democrats would forget sectional differences , and vote for the measure with i every major feature restored. I Strengthened by almost com- ! plete success in beating down par- ' ilsan and regional amendments i for two days. Jones believed that a "party vote" would remove ear i Iler floor amendments which weak . ened the bill's basic principles of I production control through soil i conservation and marketing limitation only in bumper years. The senate farm bill, however. . appeared destined to several more days of bipartisan attack on its more drastic provisions for crop i control and “parity payments.” Senate leadership also was consid- . ering night sessions if debate does I . not end aoon. I ' Senate majority leader Alben W. • Barkley. D. Ky . said a final vote . I might not be taken before Tuesday. , I The chances of the two measures . i being reconciled in conference and the compromise being enacted i i during the special session were . diminishing. Many congressmen . were certain that the bill would . | not be ready for President Roosevelt’s signature until after the first i i of the year. While majority whip Patrick J. Boland, D.. Pa., rounded up Demo- , cratic strength in the house, reprei sentatives whose pet farm plans , have been junked threatened to , J stand by all amendments to embarrass the leadership But lead- .' ers banked on their promises given ’ back home on a farm bill to bring . > them into line. Blocktng passage were thr»»e or more hours of debate to complett I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 RELIEF COSTS ARE INCREASED Ten Os 12 Townships In County Show Increase In Costs Ten of the 12 townships in Adams county show an increase in poor relief funds for the month of November over that of October, a cording to figures released today, in the offices of County Auditor John W. Tyndall. Preble township was the big exception, having no relief claims to pay in November while $75 was paid out in October. That township also paid out $58.83 in November of last year French township showed the largest gain, paying out $245 in November against but $2 in October. Kirkland was the other township to show a decrease, paying i out $2 in November against $10.47 | in October. In the following list of town- ' ships, the first figure in each instance is for November, 1937; the second for October, 1937 and the 'third. November, 1936: Union—s37.oo, $2.00. $35.13. ) Root—s49.ll, $23.00, $72.84. i Preble—None, $75 00, $58.83. Kirkland—s2.oo, $10.47, $27.36. Washington—sl,7lß.s9, $1,262.25, 'i $1,550.65. i St. Mary's, $46.38. $42.13, $250.34 Blue Creek—s2.so, None, None. Monroe—s 72.44. $66.81, $88.54. . J French—s24s.oo, $2.00, $14.11. / Hartford—s23.oo, $14.50, $2.00. ,! Wabash—s242.6B, $281.94, $118.25 Jefferson—s2l.ss, None, $4.44. T0ta15—52,460.25, $1,780.10, $2,222.49. o Buys Health Bond i > ———' — ♦ i The Decatur works of the General i Electric company has purchased • a $25 health Chrises Seals! Xrcoum rGRFEJLNGS ty tuberculog ' JcJJux is association, II W.Guyßrown, : president, announced to--1 I 1937*f ThMV 1 day - P roceef i s o f the sales . Buy and Ute Them aid victims of ■, the disease and to give milk to uni dernourlshed children of Decatur.

STRIKE CALLED AT FORD PLANT AT KANSAS CITY . 16 Pickets Arrested; General Labor Holiday Threatened Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 10 —(UP) 1 Sixteen pickets were arrested and ‘charged with disturbing the peace I today shortly after a strike was j called by United Automobile workers at the Ford Assembly fillin’ , here. The arrests occurred as a union ! official threatened to call a labor holiday involving 35,000 to 40'.000 members of committee for indusi trial organization kcals here to force closing of the plant. D. E. Reddish, city detective assigned to the strike detail, arrested i the full complement of pickets that had been thrown around the plant jand took them to a police station. ‘ "So far as I’m concerned.” Reddish said. There is no strike here.” . i Union leaders and Ford officials I disagreed as to the number of men working in the plant. Harry H. Ben nett, Ford personnel director at i Dearborn, said that 1,030 men were j • working today—lo more than were lin the iplant yesterday. Union leadi ers said that not more than 700 i 11 men were working today. Carl Stev|ens, CIO organizer, said that the I number ot automobiles bearing workmen that passed through the J gates was 100 less today than the 11 number yesterday and on that basis I he estimated that there were less • than half as many men working today compared with yesterday. There were reports the union ■ start mass picketing to offset I arrests. The pickets started paradi ing in front of the plant shortly after the strike became effective at . 9 A. M. Carl Stevens, international representative of the CIO, voiced the 1 ' threat of a sypmathy strike by oth--11 er CIO men. ■ “We are determined to win if we , ■ have to call a labor holiday in KanI sas City said. “We ate demand-! : i ing our rights. "When the Ford Plant reopened -tafrrr a sfx-weeke ehwMown, num of .' the CIO officers or committeemen ■ was rehired. In fact, men have been , (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) j Missionary Society To Present Program The missionary society of the, I Christian church will present a spe- I cial program at the church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Feature of . the program will be a iplay, "Larry's 1 Gift to India.” The cast of charac- j ters includes Mrs. J. E. Anderson, Mrs. Homer Ruhl, Mrs. Elmir Darwachter, Miss Grace Lichtensteiger ; and Miss Kathryn King. Rev. Kenneth Timmons, pastor, will speak briefly and special music will be presented by J. E. Anderson. o Dr. Harold DeVor Reports Robbery Dr. Harold V. DeVor, local dentist I today reported to police the theft of his pocketbook from his home at Adams and Eighth streets. He reported $4 to $5 in change and approximately SIOO in checks the total loot. I Dr. and Mrs. DeVor heard the in- ■ ! truder enter the house about 2:30' i this morning, but assumed it was I Glen Dickerson, who makes his I home at the DeVor residence. o BROTHERS BUY FIRST PLATES Three Heller Brothers Purchase First Auto License Plates Three brothers were the first to ' purchase new 1938 license plates at the local license bureau, Man-j ager Dee Fryback reported. The' plates went on sale for the first I time today. ■ Roy E. Heller, of route two, De- ■ i I catur, purchased the first plates. : >|No. 848,201. His brothers, C. A. I Heller and Theodore Heller, both I of route four, secured second and 1 II third pairs of plates, respectively, 11 that were issued. All thro were -; at the office when it was opened. •' A first-day rush was experienced , at the office, with a crowd lined , | at the counters nearly all day. • [ Mrs. Fryback has been added to •. the force during the rush season, i: She will assist the bureau managi: er and Miss Betty Macklin, clerk. 11 The plates this year are cream -1 and crimson, the colors of Indiana I university.

James Dalhover To Die In Chair For Officer s Murder

; i To Pay Penalty James Dalhover, last survivor of lof the murderous Al Brady gang, , will pay with his life for the murder of Paul Mlnneman, Indiana i state policeman. A federal court Jury last night passed the death | sentence against the gangster. CORN TOPIC OF CLUB MEETING County Agriculturists Speak To Decatur Rotary Club Corn, one of the nation’s leading crops, was the topic of discussion at the weekly meeting of the De- ! catur Rotary club, held Thursday | evening at the Rice hotel. Speakers on the program were L. E. Archbold, county agricultural agent. Benjamin Mazelin. presl- : dent of the Adams county crop ( fmpr.’vcment association, and Le | land Ripley, county corn king. Mr. Archbold briefly discussed ; the topic of "corn. " saying it is 'the backbone of agriculture in the I United States. The county agent | said that proof of the importance I of corn as a crop in tiiis .country , can lie found as far back as any j history is available. Mr. Archbold then introduced I Benjamin Mazelin, who told of the work of the Adams county crop improvement association and the j five-acre corn club. Stating that i lie had been a member of the fivei acre corn club for the past 15 l years, Mr. Mazelin told ot' the ! club's difficulty encountered in j inducing farmers of the county to plant hybrid corn, which has increased yields 10 to 25 percent. Leland Ripley was then introduced by Mr. Archbold. Mr. Ripley this year set an Adams county record for corn production, when his yield was 130.6 bushels per acre. Mr. Ripley stated that in his mind fertility is the most im- ' portant factor in production of high yield.’ not only for corn, but i other crops as well. The county's corn king explained , I the crop rotation he had used on I the plot of ground where he raised | fits record yield, the dates he I planted the corn and the manner in which he cultivated the corn to obtain the record production. Avon Burk, local grain dealer, was clyiirman of the program. o Returned Missionary Speaks Here Sunday The annual missionary praise service will be observed at the local Presbyterian church next Sunday i morning. Rev. W. D. Wardwell, a missionary from India who is home I on furlough for one year, will be ; the speaker. Rev. Wardwell has' been serving for seven years in I the Christian Industrial School at j ’ Saharanpur, U. P., India. The meeting will be in charge of I the missionary society. Special mu- | sic will be rendered by a men’s ■quartet ot Dr. Fred Patterson. Paul Saurer, James Hankless and Robert | Engeler. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00' a. m IO 10:00 a. m 12 Noon ■■■■■■ _.„..15 2:00 p. m 20 3:00 p. ..19 WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday; continued cold.

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u. Federal Jury Returns Death Verdict After Brief Deliberations; Last Os Gang. SENTENCE MONDAY — Hammond, Ind.. Dec. 10.-4U.P> — James Dalhover. Indiana farm boy who grew up to take a place as “trigger” man for the Al Brady gang of outlaws, must die in the electric chair for the murder ot State Policeman Paul Mlnneman. The gangster, 31, was shackled with leg irons and removed to the county jail at South Bend shortly after a jury of eight farmers and I four tradesmen returned the death verdict last night. He was guarded carefully in his cell. His execution will end the government's fight to wipe out the Brady gang. Brady, who often boasted he would outdo the depredations of gang leader John Dillinger, was shot and killed by Gmen Oct. 12 during a gunfight in Bangor, Me. Clarence Lee Schaffer, Jr-, also was killed. Dalhover was captured and returned here for trial. He heard the jury's verdict with the same stolidity he maintained through his four-day trial —even on the witness stand when he told ! an amazingly frank and detailed , story of the gang's career of murder, robbery and burglary. He appeared disinterested as Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick set Monday at 2 p. in. for formal sentencing. Then he sat down to a hearty meal of bacon and eggs before he was bundled off to jail. He will be brought back here Monday morning to await Slicks official sentence. Minneman was slain in ambush May 25 after the gang had roffbed the State Bank at Goodland, Ind. Deputy Sheriff Elmer Craig, who accompanied the policeman in pursuing the gangsters, was wounded. | They had just neared the Caley church at a crossroads near Logansport when Brady. Schaffer and Dalhover stepped from behind their cars and let loose with a blast oil machine gun fire. Minneman was felled by slugs from an army machine gun, one of two the gang stole from public war memorials in two little Ohio towns. Dalhover, self-trained gunsmith sharpshooter, reconditioned the guns and kept them in repair. He pleaded guilty to , participation in the slaying of Minneman when he was arraigned last month but Wedensday he testified that he did not fire the fatal shots. "I haven’t had a chance since I was a kid,” he said. “I was there but didn’t shoot at Minneman.” Judge Slick, who heard the plea, could not pronounce the death sentence. But he did order the slightly built hoodlum held foT a trial By jury, a proceeding provided by a new federal statute in which the jury determines the degree of gnilt and is empowered to return a death sentence. District Attorney James B. Flem- ' ing said Dalhover will die at the state prison at Michigan City. He i expressed complete satisfaction with the verdict. Dalhover's attorneys. C. B. Tink(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) M. E. CHURCH PLANS PARTY Christmas Party Will Be Held At Church Next Wednesday Final preparations are being made for a Christmas party at the First Methodist Episcopal church here Wednesday evening, December 15. The party will be open to alt members ot the church, thelfl friends and families. The program will start promptly at 7:30 o’clock. Each department of the church . will be represented. Following the program, games and entertainment will be provided for young and old. Refreshments will be served. The ladles aid society of the church in sponsoring the party. Chairmen of the various «-oinmittees: decorations, Mrs. R. A. Stucky; program, Mrs. C. L. Walters; tables, Mrs. H. L. Neil and Mrs. Jack Letgh; refreshments, Mrs. Leigh Bowen and Mrs. John Nelson; games, Mrs. Russell Owens and the Rev. R. W. Graham; iPhite gifts, Mrs, J. T, Myers.