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Beus block JJbmission of ■I 0t PROPOSAL BheH 'n, u War IM' ™ 1 ' 1 '"" .Hposal Killed For i I I This .session i.... ...-.mi.."i I- 1 ••• , h .. - ‘"8t'J,,.... rollllnllto . .. "i ""■ ■HX - "' l: "" ■' t1,,. i. s,>l:il uni would |||Bv, !,-..>..1. ■.’ ' Il “ ' ...l.niolK l( , th .. hulls.. :. .)•■< t.-<l a mo,i,o to - committee. .lu ing was. . session. -WKBti.■ • — v -' ! s Speak*-: Byj- Bankhead The speaker -t.-- . th" rtwß'l ’’’’" ' 31,13 l,f *’ ■* since*, in theh b.-lief it would help this country out of war. I “11.-asur. 111? words when I say the greatest question sub-1 ; mitted to congress since I became more than 20 years ago." Bai.n- >d said. Added Defense Jan. 10 — (U.R) — I'i-silnt Roosevelt will ask congress! in a special message on K: defense this week to ap- : huge air craft building proconstruction of more sniErin.' and destroyers instead of moi- battleships, it was learned Irressional leaders estimated [st of the program will add ( bn 1100,000,000 and $200,000,-1 Mr. Roosevelt’s billion dollar I le budget. The bulk of the ! g. will be spent on improv-' irgMe navy's air and undersea forces and strengthening the light j surfai fleet. KO. ROBINSON THEN BYDEATH Prßninent Retired FarmHr Dies Sunday Afternoon Otis Robinson. 70. promretired farmer, died Sunday I at 12:25 o'clock at his' SBiu Bellmont Park, of a stroke I He suffered his first 1 in 1930 and had been in fail-! since. He had been bed-' the last 10 weeks. Robinson was born in Cass count ’ November 28. 1867. the son j and Catherine Bechtol | His marriage to Nettie Sayfct took place, August 10. 1895. i ”i came here from Cassand had lived here since. a member of the K of P. f this city. are the widow, seven W"' Huri 'y s - Ml ’«. Roy JohnMary Robinson, all of, r l Mrs. Carl Bartlett, of Ned, of Muncie; Mrs. ■Bf' 1 McKean, of Decatur, and home; and five sisters, ”' l3i " Waggenseller, of DecaMrs. Earl Smith, of SB 811 ' Washington; Mrs. Ella of Kokomo; Mrs. Arilla of Culver, and Mrs. Amanof Cincinnati. Ohio, ?, 8 W : “’ brother. Harry Miller, of Kansas. One son and a John, are dead. services will be held m °rning at 10 o’clock at SSwick funeral home here. Imafter the ’funeral, the Wlll be taken to Galveston | trial. The Rev. Homer J. i Pastor of the First Baptist I Kw of this city, will officiate at here. READINGS THERMOMETER lf ifl ' a - m agb a - m 24 P- m ZZZ.'.'.'.'.'.'..27 p ' m 28 ’ sb " WEATHER snow, north and -S? or sn «w south portion toand Tuesday; not so cold portion.

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Henry Teeters Dies At Fort Wayne Today Mrs. Walter Deitach received word this morning of the death of her uncle, Henry Teeters, who died [at the Lutheran hospital In Fort ' Wayne at H> o'clock Monday morn--1 Ing following an operation. Mr. Teeters lived In Decatur , ulMiut 20 years ago. He had many ’ relatives and friends here. Funeral I arrangements will be announced | later. .— .- -1 - ~Q CHURCH HOLDS ; ANNUAL MEET Zion Lutheran Church Holds Annual Meeting Sunday The annual meeting of the Zion ‘ Lutheran congregation, with elec- ' tion of officers for the new year, was held at the church Sunday afternoon. It was reported that I the meeting was well attended and , that a happy spirit of optimism prevailed. This undoubtedly was j partly motivated by the splendid financial report submitted by the treasurer of the church. Phil Sauer. Much laudatory comment was elicited by the fact that to date, two-thirds of the total cost of the church building program of 1936 has been paid, and that commitments for the new year are very encouraging The congregation went on record in support of institutional missions and Lutheran radio broadcasts. A special collection for the Fort Wayne Concordia College devotional broadcasts, heard every morning at 7:45 over WOWO will be held by the church on the last Sunday In January. Upon recommendation by the : pastor, the Rev. Paul W. Schultz, I a committee was authorized to, | make a survey relative to the rei opening of a parochial school in I the congregation. Rev. Schultz also addressed the assembly in words of gratitude for the cooperation and aggressiveness displayed : I by the members, for extending him ! a salary increase, and for the fine i spirit of unanimity in general. The following officers were I elected: Fred Heuer, elder; Ed Bokneidit. I deacon; Henry Fritcha. trustee; Aaron Weiland, finance board; , Oscar Lankenau. chairman; Phil , Sauer, treasurer; Arnold Gerber- ! ding, secretary; Grover Bleeke and i Arnold Gerberding, auditing comi mittee; Clarence Stapleton, George ' Rentz, Edwin Bauer, nominating ‘ committee; Henry Schulte, delegate to the St. Louis Synod; Ed Bauer. Henry Krueckeberg. Paul Busse, Herman Heuer, Henry I Sauer, Henry Schulte, delegates to circuit meetings; Herman Lanke- ; nau, Clarence Stapleton Jr., Robert 1 Zwick, Hugh Engle. Carl Smith, i Harold Sautter, Richard Mailand, ! Alton Bittner, Rudolph Wietfeldt. : Adolph Bieberich, August Conrad, j Henry Sauer were elected as ushi ers for the year. . _o Dick Morningstar Parole Is Revoked Dick Morningstar, who was arj rested last week on a charge of par[ole violation, is to be taken to the I Indiana state prison soon to start serving a 2-14 year sentence, impos,ed several months ago. Judge Huber M. DeVoss revoked the suspension of sentence, which he had formerly granted at the time of the trial, because of the violation. NAME CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE Mrs. Hugh Holthouse Is Named Flower Committee Chairman Mrs. Hugh Holthouse will be chairman of the flower committee for the Birthday Ball for the President, John L. DeVoss, general chair- i man of the party announced todayFlowers are to be sold again during the dance and are to be worn as corsages or boutonnieres. The proceeds Os the sale of these flowers will also be used for the assistance of victims of infantile paralysis. Seventy percent of the funds raised here are to be retained by the community and 30 per-, cent to be sent to the national [committee to rreseatch work. Preliminary plans for the dance and party are to be made at a [ meeting of all committee chairman name dto d»te to be held In Mr. J DeVoss’ office in the DeVoss build- < ing, Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock. The Birthday Ball will be held in Decatur this year on Saturday, January 29, in recognition of Presii dent Roosevelt’s birthday, which Is 1 January 30. <

PRESIOENTMAY APPOINTWOMAN TO HIGH COURT Roosevelt Carefully Going Over Field For New Justice Washington, Jan. 10.- (U.R> —I White House visitors disclosed today that President Roosevelt is 1 considering the advisability of appointing a woman to the Supreme I court to succeed Associate Justice George Sutherland. The callers emphasized that the mere fact Mr. Roosevelt had discussed the wisdom of such a precedent shattering nomination could i not necessarily be taken as an indication that he intended to appoint a woman to the high bench after Sutherland retires Jan. 18. In fact, the president’s conversation was described as giving the impression that solicitor General Stanley Reed was the leading candidate for the post, with Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan, and Frank R. McNinch, chairman of the federal communications commission. coming in for strong consideration. Mr. Roosevelt’s discussion of the possibility of naming a woman Justice —the name of United States j Circuit Judge Florence E. Allen of Cleveland. 0., was mentioned — was cited to illustrate the way in which the president is approaching the problem of filling the vacancy soon to occur. The impression was given that Sen. Sherman Minton, D., Ind., and j Assistant Attorney General Robert ! H. Jackson, both of whom have been prominently mentioned, would probably be considered too valuable to the administration in other fields to permit the nomination of either. Furthermore, Mr Roosevelt was described as determined to give the most searching scrutiny to the background of the person nonitn(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O GIVE DEANERY MEET PROGRAM National Council Os Catholic Women Meet Here Tuesday The complete program for the deanery meeting of the national council of Catholic women, which j will be held here Tuesday evening i at 8 o'clock, was announced today. Mrs. Hugh Daniels, president of the local council, will be in charge, j with the local members acting as 1 hostesses. The meeting will be held in the i : Knights of Columbus hall with the Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz, I pastor of the local St. Mary's Cath-1 olic church, opening the meeting and giving the address of welcome. I Mrs. Louis Holthouse, of this I city, will have charge of the social program following the business session. The program will depict histor- [ | teal events of the past century, since the local church is planning to commemorate its centennial in August of this year. "The Belles of St. Mary's” is the title of the sketch to be given, with wedding gowns and period dresses of the last century to be worn by I the characters. Miss Rose Schurg'er will serve as narrator. The young women who will wear the wedding and period gowns are; | Mrs. William Gass, Mrs. Cornelius i Gelmer. Miss Patricia Fullenkamp. Miss Ethel Kleinhenz, Misses Mary , and Naomi Schultz. Mrs. John H. Brooks, Fort Wayne, president of the deanery association, will conduct the busi- [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) | 0 Perform Operation On Lew Worthman Louis Worthman, well kno .v-i Preble township farmer, underwent an operation to remove a goiter at the Adams county memorial hospital this morning. He is reported resting well. o_ Divorce Is Denied In Circuit Court — Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court today denied a divorce of Lloyd H. Oser on his complaint and to Viola S. Oser on 1 her cross complaint. Grounds for both parties were guilty of violating their marriage vows. Testimony in the case was given several days ago, but Judge DeVoss took his decision under consideration at that time. Today, exceptions were grantled to both parties.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 10, 1938.

Refugees from Teruel Bombing O ' A Fla - nwA f J fIF/I I Wil ’ x ' f 2 These Spanish women children, with their pitiful belongings, are shown leaving Teruel. Spain, where the heaviest bombardment of the Spanish civil war is laying waste to their homes. The Loyalist forces Itefore Teruel are reported to number 150.000 men.

FORMER LOCAL DRUGGIST DIES I Louis M. Rice Dies Sunday Afternoon At Fort Wayne Louis M. Rice, a pharmacist in Fort Wayne for many years and ! a former resident of Decatur, died at 1:10 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence. 1916 Alliger street after an Illness of three days. He had been a resident of Fort Wayne 17 years and last was employed at the Jefferson pharmacy. Surviving are the widow, Lillian . H. Rice; two sons. Marion J. Rice: of Fort Wayne and Louis R. Rice at home; two brothers. Charles P. I Rice of Canton, 0.. and F. E Rice of this city; a sister, Mrs. H. F. Callow of Decatur. He was a member of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church at Fort! Wayne and the Knights of Pythias lodge at Decatur. The body was taken to the Chalfant-Perry & Pock funeral home. While in high school Mr. Rice was employed at the Holthouse [ Drug company here and later became partner in the firm of Callow, Lachot and Rice Drug company. Funeral services will lie held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 ' o'clock at the home in Fort Wayne. o Simon Schwartz Is Back From Florida Simon Schwartz, associate editor of the Berne Review, who has been vacationing in Florida for the pas*, two weeks, returned horn 3 Sunday night and assumed his duties at the news desk of the Berne paper this morning. Simon reports an enjoyable time' at the Atlantic coast and a marked difference in the weather there and ’ here. Swimming, eating organges and fish, were his chief pastimes, he reported. o — Oscar H. Bucsching To Speak To Lions < < Oscar H. Buesching, vice-presi-dent of the Lincoln National bank i ; in Fort Wayne will speak to the i members of the Decatur Lions club 1 Tuesday night at the Rice Intel. He i will talk on "Counterfeit Currency i and Silver,” H. H. Krueckeberg, of i the local bank, has charge of the.l 1 program. •

Woman Arrested Here Tells i Os Being Sold To Husband

Rivalling the marriage barters of the primitive races of uncivilized tropics was the story of Eileen Fess 28-year old Ohio housewife, apprehended here Sunday. Sold by her father for S2O to her future husband, when but 13 years old, to bear four children and then | be thrown out of home by the hus!band, who hadn’t worked since the day of her marriage—that and much more was the gist of her story. She was apprehended here by Sheriff Dallas Brown upon the rerequest of Wapakoneta, Ohio authorities. Now 28 years old, she stated that her husband, 18 years her senior, had thrown her out of the house. Arrested with her was Dan Shanks, local factory employe, who Ohio authorities charged has been co-habiting with Mrs. Fess. The couple each had a room at the Julius Haugk apartments here jwhen Sheriff Brown received the

G. E. Employe Is Given SIOO Award Jack Teeple, employe of the Decatur works of the General E’ectric company, leads the list of employes who shared in the suggestion awards during the recent four-w,eek period, it has been disclosed. Mr. Teeple, who had previously shared in the awards, was given $ lob this time for his suggestion concerning the changing of feed and speed gears on an automobile shaft machine. SHOW PICTURES OF OLD SCHOOL Moving Pictures Os Razing Os Central Building Shown A preview of the "Passing of the i I Central School” and the “death knell” of th* l 52-year old ton bell i that had become a time mark to many local citizens —all in motion pictures, was shown before a select audience of school heads. Ravelings staff members and a newspaperman at the high school today. Recorded by James Ehinger, I official Ravelinps moving picture cameraman, during the razing of the old structure, the pictures, with definite clearness, show the i various steps and phases of the | work in tearing down the landmark to make way for the new ; $250,000 junior-senior high. The pictures, which are to be | preserved for posterity in future showings, will probably be public- [ ly presented at an early date. Under the guidance of W. Guy [ Brown, school principal and founder of the department of visual education at the school, the pictures will be included in a host of others concerning school activities. o Decatur Youth Charged With Reckless Driving Rex Johnson. 20, of this city, was to be arranged in Huntington city court today on a charge of reckless driving. Johnson was arrested Sunday' night in this city when he allegedly missed the corner truning into the federal viaduct at Huntington and running into the driveway of a service station, where a state policeman, John C. Morgan, was watching from the door. Morgan made the arrest.

i call from Auglaize county, Ohio au1 thorlties to arrest them. First arrested Saturday night, ■' they were released by the sheriff i when the Ohio authorities failed to ca’l for them. On Sunday the authorities arrived and they were once again found at the apartments, where both avowed they had done nothing wrong. The Ohio authorities stated that she would probably be held on a charge of desertion and that Shanks would be held probably on a violation of the Mann act. although the couple claimed that Mrs. Fees joined Shanks here, and that he did not go after her Shanks waived extradition and returned voluntarily to the Ohio city. Both seem unperturbed by the charges and avowed that they would not run away, when released the first time. True to their word, they were found at the rooms when , the Ohio police arrived.

00 PONT TELLS COMPANY PLANS FOR EXPANSION DuPont Chairman Tells Os $35,000,000 Expansion Plan Washington, Jan. 10 — (U.R) — I . lAAinmot Du Pont, chairman of E. . j I. Du Pont De Nemours Co., today ' told the senate unemployment 1 investigating committee that his ' i firm plans new construction out- . lays of $35,000,000 for 1938. At . the same time he proposed revision and clarification of the capital gains tax. labor laws and the Robi inson-Patman act. Despite business recession. Du Pont said, his company is "still looking ahead and hoping for bet- | ter business" and in line with this hope plans to spend $35,000,000 in 1 improvements to its plants. Du Pont called for a spirit of forebearance and co-operation between busineszs and government a view which was seconded by committee chairman James F. Byrnes. D., S. C. Byrnes also supported Du Pont's revision of the capital gains tax. suggesting that I the law should allow deduction of losses. Du Pont said his firm is "nlaying ball” with the government and cited the 1938 expansion program as evidence of this attitude. Du Pont said earnings of his firm, per share of common stock, would approximate $7 for 1937, compared with a slightly lower' figure in 1936. While disapproving the capital gains tax and the undivided profits tax. Du Pont declined to suggest i what changes should be made. Generally speaking, however, he ! asked for clarification and simplification of legislation, suggesting that the Robinson-Patman law and i corporation tax laws were examples of great complexity. He proopsed clarification of ' labor laws to state definitely the extent to which an employer may go in discussing union affairs with employes without being charged with unfair labor practiced. “Our company has had no labor i trouble.” he emphasized. “We have been careful to follow the law. If we had not been so cautious we might have gotten along better.” Battle Underway Washington, Jan. 10 — (U.R) — Battle without quarter is underway today on the new deal-big business front for some undisclosed degree of decentralization of control over industry and finance. President Roosevelt assumed personal direction of the effort in his Jackson Day address in which ! he said a small minority—a mere handful of the total of businessmen. bankers and industrialists—would fight to the last ditch to retain their dominant positions. Weekend speeches of the president and his aides at Jackson Day dinners went far to outline general administration objectives as congress ended a first futile week of the regular session. Mr. Roosevelt's language appeari ed almost to read out of the party i those elements in public and private life opposing "party progress.” I He said it was right and neces- j sary for the party to "slough off” i class consciousness and sectionalism and observers speculated (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O SNOW CHECKS COLD WEATHER Snowfall Sunday Night Brings Respite From Cold Snap The appearance of a medium snowfall during the night at least temporarily checked the cold snap that hit the city late Saturday. Temperatures, probably the lowest of the season, were reported throughout the city, some stating that the mercury- had dropped to! three degrees above zero. Sunday, however, saw a gradual rise in the temperatures, with the murcury going us as high as 34 | above. After falling to about 20 last night, the reading at 8 o’clock : this morning was 23 above. Accompanied by sharp gusts of wind, the snow fall started late last evening, and residents awoke this morning to find the city blanketed. Little hampering of traffic was caused by the snow although snowplows were called into action to keep the roads from becoming slippery, as cars packed snow into the hard pavement.s A possibility of more snow, but litt’e colder temperatures, was seen today by the weatherman as he i made his predictions for Tuesday.

Twenty Are Killed In Week-End Wrecks j Throughout State

SENIOR CLASS PLAY TUESDAY High School Seniors To Present Class Play Tuesday Night One of the most unusual and thrilling of home-talent plays, is *o be offered local residents Tuesday night at the Decatur high school auditorium when members of the senior class of the school present their three-act play, “The Curse of the Incas.” As the name Implies, the story centers around a curse, supposedly thrown around the possessor of a certain valuable gem. stolen from the temple of the sun god of the ! Incas. Situations that arise when a native Inca girl sails for America and arrives at a stately old mansion to search for the stolen gem, further enhances the mystery of the play. Appropriate to mystery plays is the stormy weather that whips with fury about the house, by means of special sound effects The advent of a young couple, whose engagement has only recently been broken, colored servants I terrified by ghosts and spirits of the departed Incas all go together in making what promises to be the most successful play in school history. Admission prices of 15 and 25 cents will prevail, with members of the class selling the tickets. They may also be secured at the door at 8 p. m. SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE FUNDS Adams County Schools To Receive $46,200 From State Indianapolis, Jan. 10 —Schools of Adams county will receive checks totalling $46,200.00 from the state in the current semi-annual distribution of teachers’ salary funds made available by the gross income tax, it was announced today by Floyd I. McMurray, state superintendent of public instruction. The checks are to be mailed January 15. The county’s share is part of a state-wide distribution of $6,943,300, the largest single apportionment of school funds made since! the gross income tax law was adopted, and the first distribution of state-collected school funds on the new’ basis of S7OO annually for I each teaching unit. Payments on January 15 are bej ing made to the schools at the rate of $350 for each teaching unit, as compared to $250 a unit in the distribution last July. Teaching units are based on an average daily attendance of thirty-five grade school pupils or twenty-five high school pupils. A total of 19,838 such units were allocated in making the present distribution, according to J. William Bosse, director of statistics and finance for the department of education. * A similar distribution of $350 a unit is scheduled for next July, in conformance with estimates furnished school officials last fall when local property tax rates were being fixed for 1938. In addition to school distributions, it is estimated that Adams county will receive considerably more from the state during 1938 than it received in 1937 to use for old age assista.nce, aid to depend- , ent children, and other welfare [ services provided under the public i welfare act passed by the 1936 special legislative session. o Herschel Johnson Is Fined Today Herschel Johnson, Mtfhroe resident, who Saturday plead feuilty to a charge of assault and battery, was fined $5 and costs on each of two charges when sentenced by Judge Huber M. DeVose in Adams circuit court this morning. IBoth his sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. John Killian, upon whom he admitted having committed the attacks, appeared in behalf Saturday and tearfully plead for. the leniency of the court.

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Frightful Death Toll Is Exacted In Accidents Over Weekend; Train Strikes Bus. MANY INJURED Indianapolis. Jan. 10. — (U.R) — Twenty persons were slaughtered in weekend accidents involving automobiles on slippery Indiana highways, a United Press survey revealed today. At least nine others were injured. Pennsylvania passenger train ploughed through an Anderson city bus. Five others were Injured in the accident. Four Hamilton, O„ persons, a father and mother and their two sons, were killed at Waldron when a westbound Big Four passenger train crashed into their car at a grade crossing. A collision near West Point, southwest of brought death to a mother, her three-year-old daughter and an unborn son. Doctors' efforts to save the baby by a Caesarian operation were fruitless. The dead in the Anderson crash were: Mrs. Mary Modlin, Anderson. Dora Ann Modlin, 7, her daughter. Mrs. Daisy Hoffner, 53, Anderson. Mrs. John Nagle, 56, Anderson, sister of Mrs. Hoffner. Charles E. Johnson. Pendleton, Ind., bus driver for the Indiana railways. Those killed in the Waldron crash were: George Leveline, 85, Hamilton, Ohio. Mrs. George Leveline, 75, Hamilton, O. Jacob Leveline, 55, Hamilton, O. Otto Leveline, 50. Hamilton, O. Victims of the West Point crash were: Mrs. Thelma Vaughn, 22, Attica. Jacqueline Vaughn, 3, her daughter. An infant son of Mrs. Vaughn, born by a Caesarian operation a few minutes after she died The 13th traffic fatality in Indiana was Clarence Alexander, 22, of Warsaw, a hitchhiker, struck by a passing car driven by Maurice Kuhn, 25, of Plymouth, near Columbia City. Alexander apparently stumbled and fell in front of Kuhn's car. The death toll moufited to 14 when John Colyer, 56. Indianapolis negro, was struck by a cab driven by David O'Neill, 32Injured in the Anderson crash were Fred Lytle, 53, driver of the bus; John Mclntyre, 36; George Alley, 19, and his wife, Mary Ellen. 18, and James Hacker, 19, all of Anderson. Two persons were injured critically in the West Point crash. Paul Vaughn, 25, suffered a broken back and Mrs. Ethel Boyles, 44. Frankfort, Ind., received a fractured skull. Sandra Lou Vaughn, 2. and Joseph Budreau, 43, driver of the truck into which the Vaughn car crashed, were injured slightly. Four of the Anderson victims were killed instantly and the fifth, Mrs. Modlin, died early today. Witnesses said the bus driver apparently failed to see the ap(CONTINUED ON FAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS ULMAN INFANT Daughter Os Mr. And Mrs. Fred Ulman Dies This Morning Patricia Marie Ulman, two-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ulman, of route three, Decatur, died this morning at 12:45 o’clock of influenza. The girl was born November 12. 1937. She was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic church of this city. Surviving besides the parents are two brothers, Thomas and James and a sister, Mary Ann, all at home. Funeral services will be held in the St. Mary’s Catholic church, Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock. The Rev. J. J. Seimetz. pastor of the church will officiate. Burial will j be made in the St. Joseph cemetery. The body will be removed this afternoon from the Glllig and Doan funeral parlors and may be viewed . at the home east of this city until I the time of the funeral.