Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1938 — Page 1

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■RLESTAFT ' MGES STATES i I . direct relief ij| Te l senate Committee | State- Should Conduct Relief "al Trailing'""- 1:1 ” 11 T'.h* uMMK T? 2 “•" lH ’“T ft Kf*U" d !«>">•• s ' a,es - „. v KlLi a sh-'iiiH appt"- ] funds* to carry i.E® work relief. ■X a-- Hi' apio-'pri.i’i'i! by the u ,a..,-nTo->" should a >le—*„.A.iv.r II be matched by the .JuLW in ■ -1 proportions, -a. h state to apamin’ies upon ■k 1 , ,:i needs." *■ T *, 9al ,j <aat it should lie "prlthe : .-sponsibllity of the FEtWi a l ' ; ■ aiimi'y" <!••■ !j[ t( ,rXL ... ■ 'heiaeter *|stwo k s ' ! ‘" se eli ‘’ illle for dtha- ' VgKhould set up staadrids of -KSistration and of relief "witha.' limits." "15<- S- i: da' ds should require each state and city a unified . E.,at ia l eetdma'.'d ad’.ninistra»lon mder an adequate and inclusystem of appointment, assistance and general ,JE|3progranis to which the federal a >'«» b " realiz■cd Ay gradually, especially during ■thet*-"’ . grill ;." lie added. ■“A fcgi- unified program to deal whole situation is imperaneeded. .i "t policy will make possible genuine both in local and in fed-TEAdmin.s'-a-. withou; lowerof relief." said that the WPA was "a Spiral rogram but it costs just twice Ki tirh as is necessary." he waa | Kt Iked ' > elaborate on his state-1 a nat'onal commission Be Ake a "‘careful and unbiased ■tret igation and review" required ■> allies and the exinvolved in relief, security, welfare programs, and confusion in the pubauout them." many of the welfare ac■Ms are permanent, but lequire revision, a commission of \J could be id' great assistdrafting a long term pro- ' Ktn for the consideration of the ;:■■■ and ’lie President, Taft a program divorced from cannot fail to produce protoward the result we al! earnMM desire." Taft said, "Humane , sassitance of those TIXTCTI ON PAGE THREE) gIM - o Hlht Improvement I Bln Cardozo Condition Jan. 13. <U.R;--Jus-.v t'ardoo showed improvement" this morn|B' r - J. I’ Earnest. Jr., reported bulletin was the first enword from Cardozo's i~is sime they announced that he had suffered from of severe heart attacks the last week. ~ said a rally began late ,l. rd “ y He bad reported, prior s morning's announcement, a weakening in the justice's I ■ST AUCTION IjlS HELD HERE "rt Auction School ' »oses Fridav; Comi Wiencement Tonight ‘ ° f ‘he auction sales con- i i hlX>l of Auctioneering . Klris't n n J ght in the 10tal Ya ‘ r ° 8 - building. e “ ati “ n ,_ esercispß for the 49 i iHhe h!ia l h SPmi -annual class thlS evenin s at «:15 K in the K»Ws of Pythias Kkencem Gartin w!U deliver th ® 1 WIP oT at * dreea . Col. Guy Ran SS toastmasfcr and ? pert ’ BC bool founder 3ch °°> will be dis- ! >^BotthespL da < ' ,r>on witil tucm- . In the as? roturnln 8 t 0 th6ir : I V ine a 'ternoon.

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Township Trustees Seek Re-Nomination ■ Two incumbent trustees anI nouneed today that they would be I candidates for re notnlnatiou in the May primary, both on the Democratic ticket. The two candidates are Edwin H. UlUlom, trustee of Monro township and Jesse Mann, trustee of Wa- 1 bash township. TWO ANNOUNCE AS CANDIDATES Dent Baltzeli For Sheriff, Ben McCullough For Trustee Dent Baltzeli. of St. Mary's township, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Adams county. He made the race four years ago and has been urged by many friends to be a candidate again this . year. Mr. Baltzeli is 38 years old and a native of this county. He is married and has two children. He is a graduate tree surgeon from the Davies Institute and besides looking after his farm, devotes considerable time to this work. While attending high school here, Dent decided to enlist in the army during the world war and served nineteen months, returning to complete high school work and graduate. He is a son of Thomas Baltzeli. one of the county’s best known citizens and has always been an ardent Democrat. For Trustee Ben McCullough, trustee of St. Mary's township, today announced that he will be a candidate for reelection and will run as a candidte in the Republican primary May 3. Mr. MgCullough was elected assessor of his township in 1930 and trustee in 1934. He was born in St Mary’s township and has resisded there his entire life. He is married and has three children. Mr. McCullough is the first to announce for the office. FARMERS WORK IN INDUSTRIES Report . Shows Nearly One-Fourth Os Farmers Work In City (Special to the Democrat) Washington. Jan. 13. — Nearly one-fourth of the farmers in Adams county, Indiana, operate their farms only as a part time proposition and work on the side in local industry, the census bureau report-, ed today. The report said 557 farm operI ators, 25.9% of the county total, do outside work, 71 of them hiring I out to other farmers and 453 gett-i ing into trade or industry. The 243 farm owners included in this total put in about 31,000 days per year at outside work, while the i 228 tenants put in only 22,000 days, the report showed. Census officials said farmers with big families worked more outside than those with stnal families. That, they said, was because the big family man needs extra income and has more children to take care of the farm while he is off to the city. For Indiana as a whple, 30,7% of the farmers are listed as part timers and 50% of these own their own farms. And the owners put in more outside work than the tenants, contributing 4.200.000 days as compared with 2.000,000 by the tenants. Nearly 30% of the nation s farmers, the report showed, have “one foot on the land and one in industry.” o Escapes Injury As Train Hits Auto Robert Habegger cf this city, escaped serious injury last evening when the car he was driving was struck by a train at the Line street crossing of the Erie and Nickel P'ate tracks. Mr. 'Habegger had reportedly stopped at the double crossing to permit one train to go past. When he pulled onto the track, he was struck by a train from the opposite direction. He was unhurt except for bruises and scratches, 'but the car was badly damaged. o • Sponsor Dance After C. C. Game Tonight The Seniors of D. C. H. S. will sponsor a dance this evening after the Commodore —C. C., Fort Wayne game. The dance will be held in the high school auditorium with admission for couples 35 cents, singles at 20 cents. The public is cordially in-; | vited.

Find Wreckage of Giant Clipper in Pacific (’apt. E. C. Musick jfc .. ■' The 21-ton Pan-American ClipperL

Radio advices to the Navy department were to the effect that wreckage of the missing Samoan clipper, giant flying boat linking Australia and the United ' States, had been found near Pago Pago. Tutuila.

FRENCH CABINET LIKELY TO FALL Chautemps Cabinet’s Resignation Is Believed Likely Paris, Jan. 13.—XU.Rz —Fall of the Camille Chautemps cabinet was threatened today in a sudden crisis revolving round Finance Minister Georges Bonnet. Dissatisfied with the financial situation and the failure of the government to effect good relation, between capital and labor, Bonnet was understood to have offered his resignation. It was taken for granted in political quarters that if he insisted on acceptance the entire cabinet must resign. The cabinet met in emergency session at the Matignon palace this moerning(4 a. m. CST) to seek a way out. . Ministers were glum But Premier Chautemps held hope ithat he could dissuade Bonnet a from resigning, at least pending completion of negotiations begun : yesterday for a labor code that would end a costly succession of strikes. It was feared, however, that there could not be a real liquidai tion of the cVisis for several days (even if Bonnet withheld his resignation. and leaders of the 16ft I wing popular front cabinet prepared for a fall. Edouard Herrit, president of the cahmber, former premier, and veteran leader of the radical socialist party, was mentioned as a possible i successor to Chautemps in a reformed popular front cabinet. (Despite its name the “radical socialist”. party is at the conservative end of the government coalition). It was believed possible either that communists might be invited ito participate in a new cabinet or that leaders would look to the central party groups for support. Paul Reynaud. of the centrist demdcratic alliance, was mentioned as a possible finance minister. Georges Bonnet, a respected finance master, came back to Paris from Washington, where he was (CON'TINUKD ON PAGE THREE) | 0 K. OF 0. PLAN MUSIC PROGRAM Special Program To Be Presented Following Meeting Monday i — I A special musical .program will be presented following the regular meeting of the Decatur council of the Knights of Columbus, to be held at the K. of C. hall Monday night at 8 o’clock. The music will be presented by Joe Geels and his Coonskin band and the Brlte family's Sage Brush ramblers. This complete program follows: Patsy Montana—by Helen Geels. Decatur Hot Schota (string quartet)—by Fred, Francis, Helen and Dolores Geels. The Neighbor Girls—by Dolores and Celeste Geels. Girls of the Golden West— by Mariann and Justine Bright. Mountain Song—by Justine Brite. At the conclusion of the program, chili, oyster soup and other refreshments will be served at a nominal price. The ommittee in charge of the program is as follow’s: Herman Miller, Edward Gelmer, Joe Lose, Herman Knapke, Cornelius Geimer, Arthur Meyers, Francis Wertziberger, James Lose, Clarence Heiman, Mark Braden, Clem | Kortenber and H. R. McClenahan.

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Approves Petition For Sale Os Assets fudge 'Huber M. De Voss of the Adams circuit court has approved a petition file<l by James W. Barr, acting receiver o fthe Farmers & Merchants State Banl of Geneva, i to salvage the remaining assets of I the closed bank by public auction. The administrator in his petition 'listed by number only 67 not»-s ranging in amounts from $9,325 to $2,997 which he stated could not he collected ‘“without incurring expenses which would be unprofitable to the trust estate.” His petition asked for permission to advertise the notes for sale by number only. He asked that notice be given as to the date of the sale and of the address of the receiver. MORNINGSTAR TO MICHIGAN CITY Paroled Forger Taken To State Prison At Michigan Ciity Dick Morningstar, alias Dick Harry Benjamin Morningstar, convicted Geneva forger, today started serv- ' ing his first full day in the Indiana state prison at Michigan City. .Morningstar was taken to the prison yesterday by Sheriff Dallas Brown, after he had been appre- ’ bended on a parole violation charge. He was found guilty of the charge several months ago, but when the jury recommended leniency, Judge Huber M. DeVoss suspended the 2 to 14 year sentence. Testifying that he “got scared, because Jay county authorities were trying to pin a case on him.” he 'eft the state, going to Michigan and failed to make his regular parole reports. He was also reported to have been in other trouble. Mrs. Brown, Marshall Dave Dubach of Berne and Mrs. Dubach made the trip with the sheriff and his prisoner. —o Ball Brothers Co. Asks Tax Revision Washington, Jan. 13 — (U.R) — Contending that a section of the 1932 revenue act, which imposes a surtax on accumulation of surplus is unconstitutional Ball Brothers Co.. Muncie. Ind., today asked , the board of tax appeals for redetermination of an income tax deficiency assessment of $1,036,295 for 1933. The company held the treasury erred in claiming that the company was subject to taxation under section 104 of the 1932 revenue act, which imposes a surtax of 50 percent on the net income of any corporation formed or availed of i to evade imposition of a surtax on ; its shareholders by permitting gains and profits to accumulate instead of being distributed.

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and "identification was satisfactory." The Navy’s base ship Avocet reported the discovery and recovl ery of parts of the wrecked plane, which is pictured above with the captain. Edwin C. Musick. _

COP'S SLAYER DIES TONIGHT I Killer Os Terre Haute Policeman To Be Executed Tonight Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 13 —. (UPj, _ Willis Fuller, condemned slayer of a Terre Haute policeman, is scheduled to die in the electric chair at the state prison shortly after midnight tonight, all legal steps to save his life having failed. At Indianapolis. Dick Haller, secretary to Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, announced that the governor ‘ had rejected a petition for execuI tive clemency in a telephone con-' I versation from Florida where he | is taking a vacation. At Terre Haute, the clerk of ' the circuit court reported that | Judge John W. Gerdink planned I to take no action on a writ of coram nobis filed by Fuller s attorneys in a last minute attempt tJ prevent his electrocution. , Fuller is to be moved into an individual cell in death row this afternoon Previously he had . been in an upper tier in the death ho ise where he was permitted to play checkers with five other con- [ victs scheduled to die. Today, however, Fuller appear-1 , ed disinterested in the checker game and refused to join it before being moved to his new cell to i prepare for his death. The death sentence will be executed shortly after midnight. Mayor Os Bluffton Seeks Re-Nomination Bluffton, Jan. 13.—The first announcement in the city primary here was made Wednesday when Mayor Franklin Buckner announced that he will seek re-nomination on the Democratic ticket. He is ( now serving the last year of his first term. Chancy Wilson, county clerk, also authorized announcement that he will be a candidate for renomination for that office on the Democratic ticket. He is serving his first term in that office. PETTY THIEVES GET $25 HERE Thievery Artists W ork Game To Rob Local Service Station | A pair of petty thievery artists worked their game with marked success last evening at the Fogle service station on North Second street, getting away with approximately $25. Early last evening a man walked into the station, owned and operated by Lamoille Fogle, and asked Mr. Fogle for some pennies to use on a penny cigarette board. .Meanwhile a car drove in to the station driveway, and the autoist asked for oil, air and have the windshield cleaned, among other things. While Mr. Fogle was waiting on the pseudo-customer, the man in the station rifled the drawer of about S2O or $25. Walking out while Mr. Fogle was still waiting on the customer, he stated that he owed him two cents, paid the money and left. It was noticed that the man got into the car shortly after it pulled away from the station. The money was not missed until several hours later, when he started to check the cash drawer, Mr. Fogle stated. He then called Policeman Adrian Coffee and Roy Chilcote, but it was too late to trace the thieves. i

EXPLOSION ON PLANE CAUSED FATAL PLUNGEi Wreckage Os Clipper Indicates Plane Blown To Pieces (Copyright 1938 by UP ) | Pago Pago, Tutuila Island, American Samoa, Jan. 13. —<U.R> —The Samoan Clipper went down in 1,- ! 000 fathons of water after an explosion so terrific that it strewed the ocean with liny bits of debris from the sheltered interior of the fuselage, searchers reported today. The old U. S. minesweeper Avocet, only available boat at this remote south sea island, returned late last night from an oily splotch I of the sea 14 miles from the island where Capt. Edwin G. Musick and his six companions of the Clipper crew were lost Tuesday morning. It was the men of the Ovocet | who found the Clipper’s watery i grave 16 hours after the Pan American Airways sky boat disappeared on a flight from here to Auckland, New Zealand. The wreckage that was left, 1 chief boatswain H. S. Bogan of the Avocet said, indicated that the Clipper was blown to pieces. “Bits of wood and paper coverled the sea- They seemed to be fragments from the interior of the plane. All the pieces were from one to six inches square. We found nothing larger than that. “We found one bent in tie clasp which we believed belonged to Brooks" (engineering officer). They also found a coat, Bogan said, bearing the Pan American insignia. The coat had been burned I full of holes. A small piece of’the ■ chart board was identified and the 'book of navigation tablee was pick-' I ed up. Bogan was placed in command I of the Avocet when Lieut. T. B. Williamson went aboard the ship s (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O LIST MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE Decoration Committee For Birthday Ball Is Announced ■ Kenneth Beard, chairman of the decorations committee forth e (rdthday Ball for the Persident, today announced the other members of his committee, who will decoate the Decatur Country Club for the affair, which will be held here Saturday, January 29. Other members of the committee are: Walter Bockman, Walter Brunegraff, Clarence Beavers, Mar- ! cellus Miller, Tom Haubold. Dor- i ' othy Young, Charlotte Elzey, Vivian Lynch, Mildred Acker, Harold Strickler, Guy Tester, Vaufan : Snedeker and Lloyd Baker. The Country Club has been completely remodelled and a new heating plant installed. Other rooms in addition to the ball room will be available if the crowd is sufficient. Tables will be used at the dance ’ I this year again. ' Tickets for the affair are being ; distributed over the county by the co-chairman, Don Wait and Dr. E. P. Fields. They are selling this! year for $1 a couple and may be purchased from any member of the ticket committee. As in the past, all proceeds Tor' > the affair will be used in the drive against infantile paralysis. Sev- : enty percent will be retained in this community and 30 percent sent to the national committee for research work. oMarriage Annulment Granted By Judge Judge Huber M. DeVoss today granted an annulment of a marriage in a suit brought by Pauline Habegger vs. Daniel Habegger in the Adams circuit court. The case was uncontested. The custody of the one child was given the mother and support of $2.50 a week was ordered from the husband. o— I Hull Is Irritated At Russian Attitude Washington. Jan. 13 — (U.R) — Secretary of State Cordell Hull, irritated at failure of Soviet officials to answer official Inquiries on the whereabouts of the mysterious “Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Robinson," today called Russian Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky to the state department for a | conference.

Pastor Critical After Auto Crash Tuesday The Rev. Verlln Radcliffe, 58, pastor of the Springhill church, east of Berne, Is still reported In a seri ious condition at the Fort Wayne , Methodist hospital. The Rev. Radcliffe is suffering from a fractured skull and fractured | pelvis sustained Tuesday when the car he was driving collided with ■ another near the Adams-Allen coun-1 jty line. The car was almost comipletely demolished. Allen county authorities are investigating the crush, NEW SEMESTER OPENS JAN. 24 Second Semester Os Public Schools To Start January 24 The second semester of the Decatur public schools will begin Monday, January 24, Walter J. Krick, j superintendent ot schools, stated today. Semester evams and tests will be held next week There will not be any mid-year promotions :n the high school this year, this practice being abandoned several years ago. I The close of the school year will take place some time during the week of May 23. The exact commencement date has not yet been dtermined but it is likely that the exercises will be held May 25, 26 and 27. Superintendent Krick stated that it was planned to have 178 days of school for the 1936-37 term and in order to do this it will be necessary to continue Classes until the last week in May. The graduating class lias about 58 members. Superintendent Krick announced. o Verner L. Bowers Is Named By Gottschalk Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 13—(UP) Verner L. Bowen, former sheriff of Montgomery county, today was apI pointed assistant superintendent ot jthe Indiana state fanm at Putnamville to succeed Baxter Plew, who ! died several days ago. The appolnt- • ment was announced by Thurman l A. Gottschalk, sunwintenAent ot state instructions. Firemen Make Run When Auto Ignites Firemen made a run to South I Fifth street this morning at 6:50 I o’clock when an auto belonging to 'Mel Ladd, of this city, caught fire i in front of the Ladd residence. In Local Hospital For More Than Year DeVonna Howard, young DecaItur girl, who sustained a fractured I leg in an auto accident heie October 30, 1936 is still confined in the Adams county memorial hospital, i where she was taken the day of the I !crash. By a queer quirk of fate, Glen Neuensehwander of Berne, hurt in tne same accident, has recovered and was dismissed several weeks, ago, despite the fact that he sustained a fractured skull, brain concussion, fractured leg and other injuries, which led physicians to believe for a time that he was fatally hurt. Miss 'Howard, a local five-and ten I clerk is reported resting well but | still suffering from the fractured ; member. Two other passenges in the car escaped injury when it collided with a second auto south or the city. o McCLENEHANIS OUT FOR JUDGE Decatur Attorney Announces Candidacy For Nomination Hubert R. McClenehar., well known Decatur attorney, announced today that he will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for judge of the Adams circuit court in the approaching May primaiy. Mr. McClenehan was reared in Huntington county, where he acquired his e'ementary and high school training. Later he complet- . ed the study of law and was gradi uated with an L. L. B. degree. He moved to this city 11 years ago with his family. He was admltt'ed to Hie Adame county and supreme court bars and Is engaged in the general ipractlce of law here. He is 38 years of age, is married and has two children, now attending local grade and high school. He is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party and has assured his efforts to elect all Democratic candidates in the fall election. Mr. McClenehan Is the first to announce his candidacy for nomination to the office of judge.

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GEN. KAI-SHEK ORDERS FINAL DEFENSE LINE Chinese General Orders Last Ditch Defense Os Front Shanghai, Jan. 13 (U.R)—GenerI alissitno Chiang Kai-Shek has ordered a last ditch defense of the Soochow front in central China, ' Chinese sources said today. Chiang, as commander in chief of the army, flew over the entire front in an army airplane, informants said, and after an inspection of the Japanese as well as the I Chinese lines ordered a defense at I all costs. Four scout and four ■ pursuit planes escorted Generalissimo i Chiang on his dangerous flight, informants said. Despite danger from Japanese airplane attacks, it was asserted, he flew over the actual fighting lines In the Tsining 'ector. Chinese sources here quoted unconfirmed reports that as the result of the generalissimo’s visit Jen. Han Fu-Chu. military goverior of Shantung province, was arrested, charged with failure to make adequate resistance in the ' area. A battle in which 1,000,000 j Chinese troops may lock with 500,000 Japanese was expected to center at Soochow, junction of the north-to-south Tientsin-Nan-king railroad and the east-to-west Lunghal railroad, which extends westward across China from Hal- ' chow on the coast. Japanese are moving from north and south along the TientsinNanking line, and a Japanese army spokesman said here today that there is still a gap of 150 miles between the northern and southern columns. An official statement issued at Canton, commercial capital of South China, asserted today that 100 Japanese, apparently bluejackets. had landed in the Chungshan district, 10 miles west of Macao at the mouth of the Canton river. Presumably the landing party UUs atlOt'ner of ranort. I “d to have landed in recent days, j establishing landing bases from which a drive could be made on I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 700SFANIADDS DIE IN BLAST Munitions Explosion In Maa/id Subway Takes Heavy Toll London, Jan. 13—(UP) —A munitions explosion in a Madrid subway ' station Monday was one of the greatest tragedies of the Spanish civil war. information from a trusti worthy source indicated todaj’ It was estimated that 700 persons were killed and reports said that an area nearly 1100 yards long and 220 yards wide was wrecked. Reports which leaked from loyalist Spain were that munitions stored in a subway station in the Ven--1 tas district of Madrid exploded at 7 a. m. Monday. It was reported first that 100 persons were killed and eight blocks of buildings damaged. This | report was that one subway train was entering the station as the exi plosion occurred. Next it was reported that 500 [ were killed. Today’s information I that 700 ipereons died was supple- ; mented by the statement that two i trains were overturned. o School Reads To Meet At Fort Wayne The northern Indiana school adJminfetrator's association will meet al l day Tuesday, January 19. at Fort Wayne, it has been announced by Merle J. Abbott, school superintendent ot that city. School superintendent? and : school boards of Adams county will be Invited to attend the sessions of the meeting. ■ o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 20 10:00 a. m 23 Noon 26 2:00 p. m 32 3:00 p. m >....32 WEATHER Increasing cloudiness followed by snow turning to rain central and north and rain sxtreme south beginning late tonight or Friday; rising temperature tonight and east portion Friday.