Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1937 — Page 1

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IAPS ATTACK AMERICAN SHIPS

211 ES START Swaying open <THIS EVENING 8 tx Os Business ■ To Be Open For ' ,I[ W (li tmas Buyers Klfa®" business houses, 8, ht K |>. . i. tn lining ..p ii " w »iim Christmas to ■ Hepuw ’" ' '' I"' 1 ' 1 •''' cimsimas Wik E.-jcßne r- io r than average Kes. Goeil selections of liter —a,-,. 7 Kist •'•-’ ’~ 3 '^BSSBc > >' ,i •' liristnias lights. in the business districts. iKigho d ea. h evening dur ■’* Kg the holidays. 1! ? 11 CoMlfr ■ program for leligious I hsK-ogranis to be held next week '')*K»= qKyd I announced. dances and parties ’““Kill be leld during the holidays in Kehr M (dlege students and otli—Eh W s l )e| id vacations in I, || | viijKrs of the B. P. O. Elks It Kill tKi" assist the Delta Theta —Ktu soibrity in distributing toys. and gifts to the tinfamilies purchased each year Kt* iotltributions made to the clubs, which is sponIch year by the sorority. r indigent members of Bihitrchei and other organizations will be remembered this Bpw 11 the organizatior .iili ■TbriStSas baskets and gifts Christ--I Three Escape Injury 8 htit Autos Collide escaped serious injury ■last ewrmig about 4 o'clock when j gi^collided at an intersection »t<o mD< vest of the Coppess fill-' ■ ing staHjon near Monroe. I Dan janupbell. of Marion and his ■ father■eiv in the one auto, which [ ■ upset Soilowing the crash. Both yißwen Anned with minor bruises. t®&rl Bfcnmt. of this city, driver of ■the otter j ar. also was unhut t. Both I ■ '' badly damaged. ■HANAN RITES ARE HEID TODAY jAMpTaude E. Buchanan 'lMßuried At Willshire | Today ‘■Mp’tttee: 1 services were held this aftentoon at 2 o'clock at the Wille. church for Mrs. Clar-' indsfe. Buchanan. 61. wife of' Claude E. Buchanan, Willshire. (>.. "tidertaker. Mrs. Buchanan died Saturday ntoradng at 5 o’clock of acute car diacKailure after an illness of about four years. - v ' 13 1,0111 111 Tipton county. September 1, 1876, and was married to Sanford Browning at Wind- ’»'! fe '395. He preceded her in She wds married to Mr. Buelaim a i n 1927 and moved to from Windfall in 1927. Surviving are the husband, four children by the first husband. Ipames, of Gooselake; Walter, of WlUehi : Mrs. Nettie Wade, of Chicago, and Mrs. Cecil Farrel, of fcdlanm i s and an uncle. John -Malstoi of Blue Creek township The Rev. Samuel Brunner, pasIgt of the Willshire M. E. church. sOfficlMed at the services this atternooi Burial was made in the I W®^ lre cemetery. SWeginald Clifton To Speak To Club BBkald Clifton, of Wren. Ohio, known in this city, will speak to the members of the Decatur k'-ons: club Tuesday night at 6:15 0 clock at the Rice jiotel in the i meeting. Illitton, who is blind, will ' the members on educating d and various other blind connection with the Dions >rts in this field, the Swoveland Sis’ers, an Mita! trio, he will also apa series of musical ,presen-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

I "Miss Alaska”

Here is the pretty co-ed at Ur.i- --> versify of Washington. Miss Sigrid Seppala. 21, who was chosen .'"Miss Alaska" at the recent Alas-Jka-Yukon Pioneersexposition. She is the daughter of one of the most I famous dog team drivers and ' I breeders in Alaska.

CITY PROVIDES 1 SKATING RINKS City Departments Preparing Two Ice Skating Rinks Decatur will have a couple of ice rinks by the middle of the week, if the weather permits, I Ralph Roop, civil works commisI sioner, informed Mayor Holthouse I this afternoon. Skating rinks will be establishI ed on the South ward tennis courts 1 and at the North Ward tennis | court. The places will be flooded ' tonight or Tuesday and if freezing weather continues, will be ready I for skating by the middle of the i wppk All city departments, including the civil works department, the light and water departments and the firemen have offered their services in constructing the skating fields. m „ The WPA. through Wendali Macklin, is also cooperating. Yost Brothers, contractors and sand pit operators, are donating ground for dikeing the spaces to be flooded. Sentiment has existed here sot several years in favor of providing safe places for the children and grown ups to skate. Two years ago the weather turned so cold that skating was impossible. Last year the temperature did not ! drop much below freezing. The Civic section of the U<>(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) William Bovine Is Reported Improved The condition of William Bovine, local young man. injured lasi week In an auto accident neai Fort Wayne, was described as much improved today. After becoming critically ill Friday night, he rallied and was able , to converse with visitors. He is sut-1 sering from a skull fracture, sus-1 tained when the truck he was driving left the road and crashed into a utility pole. Everybody Qbuys and uses Christmas Seals. - - ■...11.TCT C7/U : CRE H^ CS DOCTOR j fgjgs ! I 'i 1937 r if*' t PM. 0 1 —ZZS2 Shopping I Q Days Left

90 MILLIONS CAST VOTES IN SOVIET RUSSIA I Dictator Joseph Stalin Unopposed In Strange Election Moscow, Dec. 13 -(U.R) Dictator Joseph Stalin had the support of j approximately 90,000.000 persons today in one of the strangest elections in history. There was no . opposition. Preliminary reports showed that | about 95 per cent of the electorate | voted. In Leningrad. K. Golubev was sentenced to seven years in prison and deprived of his voting rights , for five years for distributing pre--1 election counter revolutionary pro-1 paganda. He was accused of making noise and swearing at candidates proposed by the government. The nation elected a new “supreme soviet” in the first direct election by secret balloting ever held in Russia. The electorate — j largest in the world —named 569 members to the council of the < union and 574 members to the , council of nationalities. 1 The political position of Stalin and his aides never was in doubt. Voters, except in a few districts,! had no choice between candidates , and the only issue involved was 1 that of loyalty to the distator and L his administration. Overwhelming confidence in the , Stalin regime was reflected in the huge vote that was a tribute to the organizing ability of the communist party which was handi- , capped Uy a maze of ualiouajities. races and languages among Russia's milions who never before knew the meaning of an election The total vote will not be known (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LICENSE PLATE SALE IS HEAVY Local Bureau Reports Heaviest Early Buying In History The busiest opening rush in the history of the branch was experienced at the local license bureau Friday and Saturday, Miss Betty Macklin, bureau clerk, reported today. Approximately 400 pairs of plates were purchased in the first two days, she reported. As a rule no more than 50 pairs are issued in the same length of time. The rush abated somewhat to day. with several autoists calling at the bureau for the new plates. No Arrests No arrests will be made in Adams county for motorists displaying new 1938 plates before the first of January, is the concensus of opinion. Chief of Police Sephus Melchi, acting under the instructions of Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse, stated that no arrests will be made by city officers. State Patrolman Burl Johnson 1 notified this office that the state police have been instructed to ! make no arrests. He also warned, however, that in some localities, justices of the [ peace and town constables had been known to take avantage of a technicality in the law prhoibiting the display of the plates before (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) # ♦ Good Fellows Club * The Good Fellows came out in numbers today, their donations swelling the fund to $223.84. A total of $82.27 was received over I the week-end- “A Friend”, donated $25 and the Tri Kappa sorority' $25; the Psi lota Xi. sls and the, Eastern Star. $lO. | Previous total $141.57 A friend | A friend 25.00 Carpe Diem club 2.00 Eastern Star 10.00 H. L. Conter ... 6 00 I Tri Kappa - 25.00. Psi lota Xi 15.00 Total $223.841

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 13, 1937.

1 Barber Kit Taken, Is Returned Later Police believe that they ran across a thief who in a conscientious moment tried to right a wrong. Saturday night Loren I Worthman, local barber, reported | that a kit containing his barber tools had been taken from his car. Sunday night the kit. complete I with contents, was found on the running hoard of the city police car with a note snying that the tools were found in his ,car, but that he lived in Kenton, Ohio, and had to hurry on his way. Police are a bit skeptic of the story. POSTMASTER TO BE NAMED SOON Civil Service Representatives Interview Applicants The appointment of a permanent postmaster in Decatur is expected shortly, it was believed today, in view of the investigations being made by representatives of the Civil Service Department from Washington. Four applications are being considered, it was understood. These applicants filed the required civil service applications last fail. Under the new civil service regulations, the department recommends one person out of the group of applicants. The recommendation is not made by the congressional representative, as heretofore. The persons who took the required teet are, Mrs. Lola Macklin, widow of Postmaster Phil L. Macklin, who died last July. Mrs. Macklin was named to the vacancy as acting postmaster. The utlier applicants are, Dipk Hock, former county surveyor; E. Coy Martz, local barter and one of the Democratic candidates for county recorder in the 1936 primary; Mrs. Grace Weiland, bookkeeper and office assistant in the Schafer company office. Two men from the civil service (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Hubert Rumschlag Funeral Tuesday Funeral services for Hubert Rumsch'ag. who died Saturday at the Irene Byron Sanatorium. Fort Wayne, will be held Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock from St. Mary's Catholic church. The body was brought by the Gillig and Doan ambulance to the home of the young man's mother, mother, Mrs. Agnes Rumschlag. 419 Mercer avenue, where It may be viewed until time of the funeral. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. WLS SHOW WILL OPEN TUESDAY Legion Auxiliary Home Talent Show To Be Given Three Nights One of the outstanding events of the season, the Prairie Farmer WLS I home talent show is te be presented I Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday ■ evenings of this week at 8 o’clock at the Catholic high school auditor- ■ ium. I The stage of the auditorium has I been transformed into a hayloft with the use of baled hay, seed corn and farm lanterns, to provide a rural and artistic setting for the shows. Many original and colotrul costumes will be seen. A cast of one hundred, representing Decatur, Berne, Willshire, Jonesboro and Uniondale has been selected and coached by Nell Adams, of Prairie Farmer WLS community service department. The final re{hearsal will be held in the auditorium tonight1 Original script and songs of the j Prairie Farmer WLS barn dance | broadcast will be used. Songs and J dances of the gay nineties will be j featured throughout the shows. All the main characters of the barn dance will be impersonated by local talent. Special free tickets are in circulation for the opening night and preparations are being made to accom--1 modate the large audience expected on Tuesday night. The show is being sponsored iby [the American Legion auxiliary.

HARRY LESHE ' RITESTUESDAY — 1 W. A. Klepper One Os Pallbehrers For Former Governor ' Indianapolis, Dec. 13. —KU.R>~The ■ body of Harry G. Leslie, Indiana's ■ 32nd governor, was to arrive here I at 10:10 a. in. today and will lie i in state at the Indiana capitol from 2 to 4 p. mThe statehouse flag was at half mast in honor of the man who served as Indiana’s governor from 1929 to 1933. He died suddenly i Friday night in Miami, Fla., from i a heart attack. II Leslie's body also will lie in state from 10 a. m. to 12:45 p. m , tomorrow in Scottish Rite cathed- ' ral. where funeral services will be held at 1 p. in. Burial will be in 1 Crown Hill. Mrs. Leslie, who was at the bed- ' side where her husband died, is 1 accompanying the body to Indianapolis. . Active pallbearers arq to be Floyd E. Williamson, Indianapolis. 1 former state auditor and official of the Standard Life Insurance company of which Leslie was president; C. B. Huff. Martinsville: ' Gaylord Leslie, Fort Wayne; Wil- ' liam M. Winterrowd. Chicago; B. ' W. Shook. Indianapolis; Fred Cunningham. Martinsville and William ' A. Klepper, Decatur. —o — Anna Schamerloh Injured In Fall Miss Anna Schamerloh. of near Decatur, was admitted to the Adams i county memorial hospital Sunday ; for treatment in injuries received when she fell down the cellar steps I at her hqme. She sustained a fracture and dls- ' location of the right wrist, lacera- ■ lions on the head and lip and an eye injury, he is reported testing ' well. DEATH CLAIMS HENRY SEEKING I * Native Os Adams County Dies Sunday In Fort Wayne 1 Henry Selking, 76, a member of a prominent, pioneer Adams county , family, a native and for many years a'resident of Root township, died 1 Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at his - home on 1309 Home avenue, in Fort ■ Wayne. Death was due to complications. He was born in Adams county, April 9, 1861, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Selking, of Root township. He was married to Miss Louise Werling. who preceded him I in death 39 years ago. Three child- | ren were born to this union. He was later married to Mise Margaret Reidel, of Fort Wayne, and five children were born to this union. Two preceded him in death. He was a member of the Emmaus Lutheran church in Fort Wayne, where he had lived since t moving from Root townehip 11 1 years ago. I Surviving are the widow and six r chilldren, Martin, of Adams county; t Christ and Gustav, Mrs. Johanna - Wyss, Mrs. Margaret Wesling and Miss Malfnda Selking, all of Fort ? Wayne; four brothers, Christ and t Louis of Adams county, John of i Hoagland and William of New Ila- - ven, and eight grandchildren. . Funeral services will be held at - 1:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the home and at 2 o'clock at the - Emmaus Lutheran church, in Fort - Wayne. Rev. Wambsganns will offf- - elate at the services. Burial will be , made in the Greenlawn cemetery. r The body will be removed from - the' Wellman funeral home in Fort - Wayne this afternoon. TEMPERATURE READINGS s I DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER i 1 8:00 a. m . 22 i 10:00 a. m 19 1 Noon 20 2:00 p. m.. 24 3:00 p. m 24 WEATHER 1 Rain or snow tonight and Tuesr day, not quite so cold extreme northeast tonight.

United States[Demands Full Satisfaction Forfßombings; TotaljOf Deaths Uncertain

U. S. Gunboat And Three Standard Oil Boats Are Sunk By Japanese Airplanes. TOLL UNCERTAIN (Copyright 1937 by United Press) Shanghai, Dec. 13—(U.R)—Survivors of the United States gunboat Panay, sunk almost without a trace in the Yangtze river by Japanese air bombers near Nanking, huddled on the river banks tonight, awaiting rescue by the British gunboat Bee. The Bee. racing to the rescue, found only a launch stuck In the mud to tell of the Panay's fate. In addition to the Panay. three Standard Oil boats were sunk or wrecked, and four British gunboats and two tugs were attacked. A British seaman was killed on the gunboat Ladybird. How many were killed or wounded on the Panay and the Standard Oil boats could not be determined. It was officially announced that one seaman was killed on the Panay. Lt. Comdr. J. J. Hughes, the master, received a broken leg. Lt. A. F. Anders, executive officer, was wounded, as was E. P. Gassie, I clerk in the United States embassy at Nanking. In addition to a crew of about 50, at least 15 civilians including 10 or more Americans, were on the Panay. It was believed the Panay went down fighting. Since mid-August. both British and American war-j ships have been ordered to fire on any airplane coming too close, so it was assumed that the Panay used its anti-aircraft guns when the Japanese airplanes dived at it repeatedly, dropping bombs. The British gunboats which were attacked also fought back The Panay and the Standard Oil boats, anchored alongside. were times.: Three planes in each attack plunged down in power dives from about 7,500 to l. feet. The fourth attack, it was asserted, came nearly three hours after the first, when the stricken ships were either sunk or beached, one of them in flames. No details of the attacks were received until today, but disaster was feared when the Panay's radio, sending to her sister ship Luzon, suddenly ceased at 1:25 p. m. yesterday, when it was first attacked. The Bee, its own decks scarred by the Japanese attack, raced down the river to file village of Hohsien, where most of the sur(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PRISON TERM IS SUSPENDED Richard Gauvey Given 110 Year Sentence, Suspended Richard Gauvey, 26, former am-' ploye of the local A. & I’, grocery store, was given a suspended sen j tence of 1-10 years by. Judge Huber M. DeVoss in Adams Circuit court Saturday afternoon on a confessed charge of grand larceny. Gauvey was placed on probation to Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, county j probation officer. In view of the fact that Gauvey had three years of dental study experience he was ordered either to jeturn to college or work, or go to prison, by the court. Gauvey was indicted by Rhe Adams county grand jury November 18 on a charge of stealing s4l from the trouser pocket of John Barkley, who had a room in the same home. The Indictment against him was the only one returned by the grand jury during its session. He was arrested the follow ing day and plead guilty to the charge when arraigned. Since that time he had been confined in the Adams county jail. His parents, who live in Van Wert, Ohio, stated that the young man had a position available upon release.

New Ambassador I | ; ji 7i ■■

New' ambassador to Great Britain from United States is Joseph Kennedy, now head of the maritime commission, who succeeds Robert Bingham whose resignation was tendered because of ill health.

CENTRAL PUPILS i TO HIGH SCHOOL Central School Pupils I o Move To High School Wednesday Moving of the coal and properties of the 52 year-old Central building began today preparatory! to the actual commencing of the demolishing of Decatur's oldest | school house, the last of this week. Yost Brothers have the contract for the razing of the building. Walter J. Krick, superintendent of the Decatur public schools, announced late this afternoon that the 297 pupils of the old Central building will be housed in the public high school. The move will be made Wednesday. All Central pupils will report as usual to the Central building Wednesday. The last formality in the prelim- | inary preparations for the con-1 struction of Decatur's new quarter | of a million dollar school building | will lie consummated Tuesday | morning at 10 o'clock when a rep-1 resentative of the state tax board J will conduct a hearing on the proposed expenditures of the money raised by the bonds. As no objections have been filed, the hearing is expected to be brief. Bonds To Be Sold Bonds for the new building will be sold Wednesday afternoon, December 29, at 2 o’clock in Mr. Krick's office. The bids for the general contract will be opened Thursday morning at 10 o’clock in the superintendent’s office. It is expected that all of the coal will be removed today and Tuesday from the Central building. Approximately 125 tons of coal were stored in the basement this fall and 25 tons have been burned. About 50 tons will be stored in the South Ward building and 25 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Buys Health Bond ♦— ♦ Members of the Loyal Order of Moose voted recently to buy a $5 health Christmas Seals! “ CoSBtikicc ty tuberculosis association, ; W.Guyßrown, ; president, announced to--311937 I UeWYJ*I a y- Proceeds o f the sales Buy and Use Them aid victims of the disease and to give milk to undernourished children of Decatur.

Price Two Cents.

Secretary Hull Demands Complete Satisfaction From Jap Ambassador After Incident. F. D. R. SHOCKED Washington. Dec. 13 — (U.R) The United States today demanded of Japan that full satisfaction and compensation for the Panay bombing be given by the Japanese government. Secretary of State Cordell Hull presented the demand personally to the Japanese ambassador, Hierosl Saito. He informed Saito that President Roosevelt is deeply shocked I and concerned at the news of the I Indiscriminate bombing of Amerii can and other non-Chlnese vessels on the Yangtse. Hui conveyed the president's request that the Japanese emperor. Hirohito, be personally informed of the president’s feeling. While accepting sor w the time being the profuse apology and expression of regret for the Panay incident. Hull informed Saito of the president's request that his feeling of shocks and concern over the Panay incident be conveyed to Emperor Hirohito. The strong United States demands were presented after chairman Key Pittman, D.. Nevada, of the senate foreign relations committee. said that the series of incidents besetting neutrals in China is “becoming intolerable.” In conI gress, meanwhile, strong demands 1 were developing for withdrawal of j all American vessels from the ' Orient. Hull also informed Saito that all facts concerning the incident are being assembled by American officials and shortly will be presented to the Japanese government. In the meantime it is hoped that the Japanese government will consider definitely for presentation to ! this government two things, Hull I said. These are: 1. Full expression of regret and < a proffer of full compensation. 2. Message guaranteeing there will be no repetition of any slmL lar attack In the future. Hoosier On Board Washington, Dec. 13 — (U.R) — The navy department today released a list of officers and men of the U. S. S. Panay as of Oct. 31, the latest date for which the informs- [ tion was available. The list in- | eluded: Kenneth J. Rice, electrician mate third class. Next of kin. mother, Anna Gertrude Rice, 111 North Inj diana Avenue, Mishawaka, Ind. 6 Unaccounted For Washington. Dec. 13 — (U.R) —• ; Admiral H. E. Yarnell, commander of the U. S. Asiatic fleet, reported' to the navy department today that (CONTINUED on PAGE FJVE) PEHY THIEVES BUSY IN CITY Filling Station Is Entered Late Saturday Night 9 Petty thiseves in the city gave local police a fairly busy week-end. At the Hi-way filling station on • North Second street, thieves enter, ed the station late Saturday night or early Sunday morning and escaped with approximately $4 or $5 In cash and a quantity of cigarettes. ■ Entrance to the station was galn- • ed by tearing out a beaver board ■ partition between the building proi per and the ladies rest room. The money was hidden under- ■ neath a counter of the station. An auto belonging to Al D. Sch- , mitt, of this city, was reported tak- , en Saturday night from a parked ■ position on Second street. The car ■ was recovered at noon Sunday at i Sunset Park. i A resident also reported to police • that a camera had been taken from • his car while parked downtown Saturday night.