Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1937 — Page 1

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SBiIECTIONS ■filed TO Jpg BONDS (In I'ropo-eil SS-hoo! House ■ ■ ijgjgK '■"■■ " *K*HgM.L til,. i. ’''' ' 1 ■ ■ 1! 1 ' |l|||l|K Imil.linu. B : ■'- ■ ■' i: • '" ' 11 '• l n 11. ill ■ ,h " si ‘'''’ iix 1 ■ ,il ' ■ xr- . ;..l b.nols "I BErfy B" ''■ ' ''- v '■'' s ' : "' ■ fte ■erinc 'bis morning was Par jjjgSurpos" " f approving tho Hlion to I>p K, » ■»'-•"■ '■• tho school board Kr the Civil < iiy in a bond issue. E n ajXpria'ion of $90,000 to be] Eisrdbt'b school city by a bond Esue was also heard. The third the Ktprajgß ion of $110,045. which donated the a 45 percent ■PWaK: ' the ■fegalWlirenunts has been timed the school city will Kireß diilieulty in complying ■with fi coveimnent's order that ■the Mfflliiiildhig be started around Hie ■cent St, be accepted. S Yost fam'll -is. the ,-out factors. ■ will razing the old Con■tnl biding about Friday, when Elite tax board is expected to ■give its l nil approval of the proJJect. it ■ Thejontracts are to be let Do |<embeß29, in sufficient time to ■ permit the moving of equipment land the technical beginning of the ■ new instruction before the last ■ day by the government. IIS) LESLIE FUNERAL TODAY Final Rites Are Held For fwnier Governor Os Indiana Kps Dec. 14. — (U.R) — services were held at 1 ay for Harry Guyer Les-; na*s 32nd governor, who t heart attack in Miami, lay night. tes were conducted in JNMMt Rite cathedral by the Rw.Ban S. Milner, pastor of the *NHlPresbyterlan church, where tile Winer governor usually worBurial was at Crown Hill Tiffilody was taken to Scottish Rltewthcdral at 10 a. m. today lay in state until 12:45. wHwtiy it lay in state at the '•"liana capitol building from 2 tin'll 4 p.lm. Htffidri'ds of persons filed past the bier, arranged under the great ntuada of the statehouse, to view tb.a bfdy of the man who served a » gßternor through the trying Jays between 1929 and 1933. I casket was banked with flowers and draped with an Amer-, ' CaO ? a " A nati onal guardsman; aud a naval militiamen stood; saart. The statehouse flag was 10 be at half mast until after the *i'viees today. • I zSj> e ryb o dy 3gp>vys and uses Christmas Seals TO/7 TYPIST Bs j§, ” c? ■ • - O Shopping Days Left

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I Fire Damages Car On Local Street Some loss resulted last night I shortly after 8 o'clock when a fire J developed in a car larked on SecI ond street, owned by Loren Farlow | of Geneva. When he and a companion went Into a local theater they , closed and locked the car. i Passersby noticed smoke issuing • from the cur and called the local 'department. The rear window was broken and chemicals used to extinguish the flames, thought to have been started by a cigarette spark. SLEET ADDS TO HAZARDS EDOM COLD WEATHER Snow, Rain And Sleet ReI ported Over Most Os Nation (By United Press) Snow, rain and sleet, moving ' eastward from the Rockies, covered three-quarters of the country with an icy coating today, render- : ed traffic hazardous and in scattered cities paralyzed business and I transportation. Rising temperatures accompanied the storm in the north central states and. although bringing respite from a bitter cold wave. ■ transformed snow into slush inches j deep. U. S. forecaster C- A. Donnel said snow and rain fell over most of the country except on the Atlantic slope and locally in the I Great Lakes region. Heavy snows were reported in the north central states. In the central middlewest, sub-freezing temperatures and rain left a glaze of ice on highways. Business was crippled seriously in Louisville. All public schools were closed, highway travel was at a standstill and public transportation systems were hours behind schedule. A $50,000 fire destroyed the Premier Paper company building and. damaged two nearby buildings in the Louisville downtown secI tion late last night. Firemen were I hampered by sleet-covered streets and slippery rooftops in bringing 1 the blaze under control. None was I reported injured. At St. Louis. 54 persons were injured slightly by falls on ice. One man died in an automobile accident attributed to an icy highway. Scores of other auto accidents 1 were reported throughout Missouri and Illinois. Six automobiles ! skidded into the ice-filled Missis- . sippi river at St. Lous. Occupants of all the machines jumped to I safetyAt East St. Louis, six passengers were injured slightly when a ; bus slid into the rear end of a I coal truck. I Air flights were cancelled and bus services were behind schedule in the area. Chicago traffic was impeded by a heavy fall of wet. sticky snow The temperature, however, held close to 25. ... Forecaster Donnel said the rain and snow would continue throughout the north central states to- ' night but that temperatures will change little. Considerable snow has fallen within the last 24 hours over Wyoming, eastern Montana. South Dakota, Nebraska, lowa and south(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) RECEIVE STATE SCHOOL RELIEF Blue Creek Township Given State School Relief Funds State school relief funds have ' been secured again this year by I Trustee David D. Habegger of Blue I Creek township, it was announced [ in the offices of C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. This is the fourth successive i year that the township has been able to meet the requirements made by the state department and secure the fund. Last vear Wabash township also secured’ the school relief fund. Monroe. Jefferson and are other townships which have made application for the fundl this year. None of these townships has received word to date. The amount received this year by Blue Creek township is $2,179.34. making a total amount of $4773.50 received in the four years. Figures in other years: 1934, 49(! 42 This amount is received in addition to the state tuition support loan, it was announced.

< O'NEAL LEADS ■ OPPOSITION TO ; SECY. WALLACE ■ Farm Bureau President Opposes Wallace Farm Program Chicago, Dec. 14 (U.R) - Presl-j dent Edward A. O'Neal of the ■ American farm bureau federation led his organization today on al course in direct opposition to sec-' I retary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace In regard to pending farm ! legislation. O'Neal aroused discussion among j the 3,000 agricultural leaders at-1 tending a three-day conference when he declared the federation had "fought with all its power to | have amended so it would be workable” the major farm bill now beI fore the senate. "The opposition," he added, "was too strong." His statement was made shortly ’ before Secretary Wallace gave an • extemporaneous speech before the Z convention. Wallace made no re-; ply to O'Neal's attack. O'Neal also assailed provisions . of other pending bills which, he 1 said, would give unlimited power to the agricultural administration. "Secretary Wallace wants a flexi ible bill while we want a measure '.with definite control written into 'I the law,” he said. "We hate to ’ disagree with our good friend, the ! secretary, but we cannot and will t not compromise on this fnndaI mental issue.” He said if power given Secretary ‘' Wallace for administration of an J ever-normal granary plan were not limited, the cost might make bal- j ' ancing of the national budget impossible. "The secretary favors big gran-, ary supplies," he said, “and we ’ cannot go along with him on that j ’ idea.” In his address, Wallace urged I support of the granary plan, by which surplus crops would be car- I ’ ried over from bountiful to lean j ’ years by government financing. ’ I He pleaded for a •“hateneed, ‘ j abundance” for the American farmer and said that capital and la- ’ bor must set their houses in order d.—— ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o NEW ADDITION : NEARS FINISH J Addition To Adams The- ’ ater May Be Completed By January 1 Possibility of the remodeling and enlarging work at the Adams theaI ter being completed by January 1, was seen today by the theater owners and managers, I. A. and Roy , | Kalver. A maze of scaffolding now sup- , ports a crew of carpenters and other workmen engaged in the work of , lining the walls and ceiling with es--11 peclally manufactured acoustical board, which softens any harshness I that the usual walls might give to sound equipment. Thirty feet additional room will ! be given the Adams in length at the completion of the work. A new ' stage, with both footlights and ■ floodlights, is also under construe- ! tion. Dressing rooms in each of the I wings will enhance the facilities for presenting stage engagements. The frame tor the silver screen [on which the (pictures are flashed i will be moved back after i night i presentation. The managers hope to make the change without inter(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I Kirkland Glee Clubs Prepare Production ! , | The combined glee clubs of the ' Kirkland high school, composed of 60 voices, will present a musical I comedy, “Pickles,” or “In Old Vien1' na,” sometime in January, school officials announced today. Mrs. Helen Ehrsam, director of music, will train the glee club tnem- , bers. I Buys Health Bond ♦ — ♦ Members of the Tri Kappa • sorority voted recently to buy , a $lO health ' Christmas Seals! “co™ty tuberculos--13 ass°clatlon‘f 5 W.Guy Brown, < president, announced toj i day. Proceeds o f the sales Buy and Uie Them aid victims of the disease and to give milk to undernourished children of Decatur.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 14, 1937.

As U. S. Weighed Panay Sinking

f- -1 . ——————— Ambassador Saito Official regrets of Japan for sinking the U. S. gunboat Panay in the Yangtze river were expressed by Ambassador Hiros) Salto, above, shown after he conferred with U. 8. state department officials at Washington. I). C. Cordell Hull, U. S. secretary of state, right, is seen entering the White House to discuss the incident with President llooseeveh.

NAME CAST FOR WLS SHOW HERE j Talent Show Opens Tonight At I). C. H. S. Auditorium The complete cast of characters for the home talent show of WLS Prairie Farmer to be given at the Catholic high school auditorium tonight, Wednesday and Thursday was announced today. The show will start each night ,at 8 o'clock. Admission prices will ' be 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children under 12. Miss Nell i Adams, of the WLS Prairie Farmer community service department, is directress of the play. Following is the cast: Master of ceremony—Jack Holden —Jimmy Harkless, Decatur. Exhibition square dancers — Decatur. Caller. Ambrose Spangler —Margaret Hoffman, Margaret Faurote, Justine Faurote, Esther Geimer, Raymond Gelmer, Edward Schultz, Elmo Faurote, Jerome Geimer. Lulu Belle, Winona Eichar, Decatur. Old Timers —Salome. Oscar and Paul Schumm. Willshire. Western cowbody—Jesse Burke, Decatur. Sunbonnet girl—Mary Catherine Fleming, Decatur. Military tap dance —Jimmy Brennen, Decatur. (Patsy School of DancingUncle Ezra—Ed Crismore, Uniondale. Decatur Hot Shots — Delores, Helen. Francis and Fred Geels, De(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Start Repair Os Burned Farm Home Workmen have started the repair of the seven room bungalow home of Clifford J. Balyeat, of Pleasant Mills, which was almost complete.l ly destroyed by fire Saturday.

1 Benefit For Good Fellows At Adams Theater Next Week

A trip to the North Pole and a visit at the workshop of Santa Claus will be offered the school children of the city next Monday ' afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, when an especially arranged program will ' be presented at the Adams theater, i Admission to the special per- ' formance will be five cents for all i kiddies, and the entire proceeds of i the benefit movie will be turned • over to the Good Fellows fund of ■ the Delta Theta Tau sorority. , Henry Neiriter, movie operator; , Mrs. Josephine Neiriter, cashier. ■ and the entire force of the theater • have donated their services to the i sorority for the presentation of i the movie. t In addition to the Santa film, an ■ unusual assortment of cartoons, novelties and short subjects will

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Local Worker Hurt In Ohio Accident Homer Ficket, 23, of Celina, Ohio, route one is in the Mercer county hospital as result ot Injuries sustained Saturday in an auto accident . near there, as he was enroute to his work in this city. The car ho I was driving crashed into 'he rear of a truck. He sustained a crushed jaw, frac- . tured right shoulder, chin laceration and the loss of several teeth. His ■<ar was almost completely demol-; | ished. PROVIDE THIRD SKATING RINK Worthman Field To Be Flooded, Used As Ice Skating Rink The city school board Monday night approved a plan to flood areas on Worthman Field to provide an ice skating rink for the children of the west part of the city. The flooding of the North and South Ward school tennis courts was announced Monday. Mayor A. R. Holthouse announced today that employes of all departments of the city government have agreed to donate their services in rushing the rinks to completion. WPA labor, under the direction of Wendel Macklin is also assisting. Yost Brothers have donated dirt for the construction ot dikes around the areas to be flooded. The city water and fire depart (CONTINUED »ON PAGE FOUR) Fine Local Man For Intoxication I ■ Morris Steele, of this city, was fined $1 and costs, amounting to sll, when he plead guilty to a charge of public intoxication before Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse in city court late yesterday.

be shown for the amusement of the little theater-goers. Miss Mary Margaret Voglewede, of the Delts, is in charge of arrangements for the show. Cooperation of city school heads in both the public and parochial systems has been pledged Children will be dismissed from classes Monday afternoon in time to attend the picture. Both I. A. Kalver and Roy Kalver, theater owners and managers, will be on hand to assist in accomodating the children. Members of the sorority and the Kalvers have urged all parents to provide their children with the •five-cent admission price so that they may go to the theater immediately after dismissal from classes.

President Roosevelt Demands Personal Apology From Japan Emperor In Attack On Gunboat

U. S. Admiral Declares United States Not To Withdraw Ships From Chinese Area. CAPTAIN DIES — (Copyright 1937 by UP.) Shanghai. Dee. 14.- -(U.R) —Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, commanding the United States fleet In China, declared emphatically today that the United States would ignore any suggestion that it remove its ships for safety, and that the navy would stay as long as is necessary to protect American life and prop- ' erty. A Japanese navy spokesman had said previously that the United States and Britain had been warned it would be advisable to withdraw their ships for safety’s sake, latter, through the Dome! news agency, correspondents were asked to withdraw the statement and kill all references to it. Admiral Yarnell then announced: "With reference to a reported statement by a Japanese naval officer that Ainttrican naval vessels I would be withdrawn from the , Yangtze river at the request of | Japanese authorities, the comtnandI er-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet dei nies any such statement was made. “It would not hava been approv'ed if it had been made. Vessels of j the United States navy now in , Chinese waters will remain there for the protection of United States nationals as long as such necessity exists. “The U. S. S. Oahu was directed to bring survivors of the U. S. SPanay to Shanghai, as no other vessel is available. She will return to her station in the Yangtze in the course of time." The warning was given as the I Japanese government delivered a ' embassy at Tokyo and as Amernote of apology to the American J ican, British and Japanese warships worked in concert to rescue survivors of a Japanese airplane attack on four United States vessels including the gunboat Panay. A Japanese navy spokesman disclosed that the warning had been given. He said it was "probable" that the United States gunboat Oahu, delegated to bring most of the survivors down river to Shanghai, was coining here in response to the warning. The Japanese navy spokesman, announcing warning, said that it had been made direct to both American and British navy authorities. American and British navy authorities were asked to comment on the warning. Both side that it would be disregarded. American authorities added that the statement that the Oahu was being withdrawn was “absolutely and unequivocally false.” The death list in the Panay-Soc-ony bombing was increased when the cruiser Augusta officially announced the death of Capt. C. H. Carlsen of Waterbury, Conn., master of the Standard Oil steamer (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o COUNTY BOARD MEETS DEC. 28 Commissioners Hold Final Meeting Os Year December 28 A special meeting ot the county commissioners will be held Tuesday morning at 10 a. m. Tuesday, December 28, to allow the claims against the county remaining from 1937. A new state law requires that all expensee incurred in one year must be allowed the same year. It is for this reason a special meeting is being held. The commissioners will also receive sea’ed bids for furnishing of crushed stone, screenings, gravel, tile, bridge plank, culvert pipe, cement, tar, asphalt, tires, automobile accessories, paint and all other material and supplies needed for the maintenance and repair of the county highways and bridges during the year 1938. The specifications for these materials are on file in the county auditor’s office. The commissioners will receive sealed bids for furnishing a sowing machine for the county infirmary and supplies for the institution for the first quarter of next year.

: CITY PROPERTY OWNERS WARNED Three Residents Agree To Abate Outside Toilet Nuisance “While the board does not wish • Ito seem vindictive, it has definltet, ly decided to terminate the prac!i tlce of permitting outside toilets in '; the city limits of Decatur to be- ’ come foul and nauseous,” Dr. It. ' E. Daniels, secretary of the city • board of health, stated in city court late yesterday. Dr. Daniels was speaking in beI half of the city board of health, ■ which filed three affidavits against • local residents for "unlawfully per- • mitting a privy to become naus--1! eous, foul and injurious to public ■ health." Under a city ordinance I it is unlawful to maintain an outside toilet which is injurious to ■ public health or offensive. A state law also makes it an offense. I "So far as has been proven, -smell is not unsanitary, even I I though offensive,” he continued. •; “However, animals and flies carryI ing the excreta, constantly form a •' menace to public health, by the • practice of carrying germs from • ’ these toilets into the homes of • Decatur, onto floors, tables and f | chairs where children are expos-j I I ed." ■ In closing the case. Mayor' 1 Arthur R. Holthouse stated that '' the prosecution would not be fol- i lowed if the orders were complied I 1 with. ■ I “Wh'le the city bears no ami- ”; mosity or ill-will against any of ■ the defendants or other owners, we ’, feel that this is a starting point. j We hope that in a year or two, ’i Decatur will have no more outside ’• j tenets.” I The defendants. Julius Haugk, ' — . (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) > I ° MAKE PLANS TO MOVE CHILDREN t Central tirade Pupils To Move To High School > Wednesday . Final plans for the moving of t the school children from the Cen- • tral building to the high school ■ building, were made at a meeting of the city school board Monday • night. t The Decatur Lumber company - has donated the use of a truck i during the day to move the desks. School children are to meet at ! the Central building as usual Wed- • nesday. By classes, they will be taken to the high school building • with their books and supplies and > under the supervision of their ’ • teachers. At the high school build- • ing, they will remain In the as- - sernbly room until the desks are r moved to the new locations and installed. No school time will be lost. High school students have already changed to their new class rooms, leaving vacant enough space to house the 297 Central puI pits. | Yost Brothers early today com(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Nappanee Pastor Chosen Moderator Rev. H. A. Melville, pastor of the r Napanee Presbyterian church was ' elected moderator of the Fort • Wayne Presbytery at the an- ■ nual winter meeting Monday In i .Fort Wayne. He succeeds Dr. George William Allison, pastor of 1 the First Presibyteirian church of C Fort Wayne. i' Rev. George O. Walton, pastor of • the Decatur Presbyterian church, was appointed a member of a com- - mittee to work with the committee f on ministerial relations. , o , TEMPERATURE READINGS 1 DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 1 f 8:00 a. m 19 3 10:00 a. m 23 Noon —.26 2:00 p. m 27 - 3:00 p. m 28 WEATHER 3 Rain or snow probable In 5 south portion tonight and Wedt nesday and posaibly north porr tion tonight or by Wedneftday; little change in temperature,

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President Makes Direct I’rotest To Emperor Hirohito In Attack Against Gunboat. APOLOGY NOTE Washington. Dec. 14 (U.R) — The United States, awaiting a reply to President Roosevelt's direct protest to Emperor Hirohito ot Japan, today lodged new formal representations with the Japanese foreign office over the destruction of the U. S. 8. Panay. Reciting facts surrounding the bom big of the U. S. gunboat, the new protest Demanded a formal apology, "complete and comprehensive indemnifications." and adequate assurance against similar attacks In the future on American nationals and their interests in China by the Japanese military U. S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew at Tokyo was instructed to present the new protest while the state department awaited receipt of Japan’s reply to President Roosevelt's direct representations to Emperor Hirohito. High administration officials indicated that the president would be satisfied only with an apology from the emperor personally for the destruction of the gunboat by Japanese military airplanes. President Roosevelt was keeping in closest contact with the situation — most serious International ■; development since the beginning of the Sino-Japanese hostilities He conferred again with secretary I of state Cordell Hull at 11 a. m. Grew's new representations were phrased in stiff, formal language, ' reflecting this government's impatience and anger over the re- . peated incidents involving neutrals , tn the Chinese war theater. President Roosevelt, taking personal charge of the grave crisis in American-Japanese relations producted by the sinking of the I American gunboat and the destruction of three Standard Oil company steamers i»y Japanese filers, made sure that his demands I would go over the heads of the Japanese civilian government and the war lords who run it l>y instructing that his views on the incident bo communicated to the emperor. Secretary of State Cordell Hull was instructed to inform Japanese ambassador Hirosi Saito that the president had taken personal charge of the crisis. Ho was instructed to hand Saito a memorandum stating: “That the president is deeply shocked and concerned by the news of the indiscriminate bombing of American and other non- . Chinese vessels on the Yangtze, and that he requests that the emperor be so advised.” Photostatic copies of the president's memorandum of instructions to Hull were given out, on White House instructions. These revealed that the typewritten text of the first paragraph originally had read that the president “suggests that the emperor be so advised,” of Mr. Roosevelt's attitude. The word “suggests" was crossed out and in the president's own handwriting was written in the word “requests" that the emperor . be so advised Publication of the photostatic copies of the memorandum, bear(CONTINUED <>N PAGE FIVE) 0 G. REMY BIERLY HEADS SOCIETY I County Clerk Elected President Os Holy Name Society G. Remwjßierly, county clerk of I Adams was elected presid- , ent of Name society at - the meetiiflKd in the Knights of > Columbus hj/jLl.ist night. Mr. Ble’■rtC'irceeds Charles Miller, local drfl. employe, who served during term. Herbert 4tas named vice-presi-dent. succeeding John Heimann. Leonard Mjets was re-elected sec-retary-treasurer of Ute organization. The Rev< Father Joseph J. Seimetz, pastoriof the St. Maty’a Catholic church- ; conducted a memorial service in reference to the members who had died during the year. Fathr Joseph Munoz, of Flint, Michigan, a Mexican priest, also spake to the members regarding the present conditions existing in Mexico.