Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1938 — Page 1

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WES IS fMEN IMAI < W CHICAGO fl M Murderer May Be J, | In Other dimes KI |< Suggestion HI bulletin KI : Tenn.. Jan. 18—U.R) Klfed'ral a«'" (s and a pr ' S ' to hr p " er of Charles S. Ross. ■K. here fcr 35 m nutes toan American Airlines then continued on to Mh.. I' S. .Lin k KT - ■ - , .|.V I iiil-'d logger, K*i ■K, . v.<:-it.liu>J ' KB ' ■ i.i killing Bjj, abduct Ross. bureau K» ■ and Ami.‘lS already K, , J ».,} l-.ii kln Chicago. H . < the «. ■•..,■!■ u 29feiXl Ross with the aid of a ... , i K|tl ■ ti.r..ugh UH Brief Statement KL' mnfession and no us kidnaper, ‘ Bb’L‘l I-'my H- Olid no d—i Kts - ■ th-- 72 yearH|ai>7 own part- • ■k« ueil as tlm kidnaped man. B&ii in ord lint neither the , g»ii--f .lid- - would re K' 1 Ibnwer ignored all Ini and went to bed - ‘■-.C" o-|‘..i-ts that HoovB tat ■?•■'! omph ted his in ■3ll homing a third man. that F : ted Ml. Aml-'is a logger in - 'I ami slain in SHK’"' ■' l! '•••’* ■BH .■ -I kidnaping Spit* I'llieago ,K* * h! of S, ‘P'- 25. 1937. His -:v.-d pioot tli.it lie was ■ tiny paid ransom. w.i> li... i: d from the E‘"'4i th,, money was deB*R I. and Ross' body was not H ' Crimes Detailed confession, me Aml-is d--tailed his '» the G-men He said he JRBhot his victim, then his Simin lie identified as AtThe bodies lie hid EHktord. 111., presumably th" state line in Wisconsin. ’ today Were seeking S|B' i 11.1112.2s of the $50,000 Was recovered by the i believed that the ■ ox page five) {SAFETY RECORD | $ RECOGNIZED Pickford Is Hon- | T‘d By Kraft-Phe n i x I | < heese Corp. /'■ Pi( ‘ ltf( »’d, truck duver for i Etv b * ! ' Mr f beameries of this M»*. Srnga « old Magnet ring as given him by the Kraft- j n heese Corporation of Chirecognition of his five-year I record. P ?r kfoM drove one ot ”»e ■and ai. 8 trudks for «ve K1,,..., d not have an accident. , EX p ‘t d more ’ban 200,000 K|o ea™ ThP Slgnet ring in rt g ° d with his initials. I ■t Center - On the sides K-nts r Award ” attil -No ■ ril m 5 y " arß "' is ■ry'mu’h P ‘ CKford ,PriZM the hwho Cl>er ' Wh ° ls now etn ‘ K<d a simn rea,nery pla,lt al «o H>'e travel V rtng Wlth hls lnl - tor th 66d m ° re than iW.OOO ■n l ;? ,ny a “d did not >4 j cl e the flve year

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FOUNDATION TO BE ORGANIZED | Infantile Paralysis Foundation Organized Like Red Cross Word received today by the Birth,day Ball for the President commiti tee, revealed that the new National Foundation for infantile paralysis, is to be organized along the tame lines as the national and inI ternational Red Cross. The foundation ie to be established by funds raised this year by the parties to be held in observance of President Roosevelt’s birthduy and will be maintained each year through proceeds of the affairs over 'he country. President Roosevelt has announced that he has given 'his birthday in prepetuity to the foundation, which is seeking to eliminate and alleviate the effects of (the disease, which once attacked the president. Under the p'an for the new fotindatlon. In cases where epidemics strike, the total resources of the national organization will be avail- j able. Under the plan in force ouring i i the last few years only funds col- ; lected In the immediate vicinity were available. The new program was set up bei cause the cost of treating victims and providing preventatives is excessive for one community, but is i generally necessary in only a few localities each year. AL 1 proceeds of the Birthday Bal! in Decatur this year an well as in other communities will be sent to I the newly organized foundation. <f an epidemic should break out in Ad- : ams county, under the new plan, . thousands of dollars would be availi able, rather than a few hundred as in the past. In addition to furnishing aid in ithe case of epidemics, the new foundation is to co-ordinate research work over the country, disseminate new knowledge to doctors and parents and provide the establishment ■of more orthopedic eentese hospitals and clinics for combatting the effects of the disease. The Birthday Ball wi'l be held in Decatur this year at the Decatur , Country Club. January 29. with Bob Dykeman’s orchestra furnietiing the tnnsic. ■ o MURDER TRIAL I IS CONTINUED Evidence Again Presented In Etta Jones Trial At Danville Danville. Ind.. Jan. 18 —<U.P.) — With the jury back in the court room after an absence of several days, Marlon county Sheriff Otto Ray was recalled to the witness stand today in the trial of Etta Jones for the “motiveless" murder : of 13-year-old Helen Schuler. The jury was withdrawn while opposing attorneys argued whether statements given by Mrs. Jones after the shooting should be admitted as evidence. The defense maintained the statements were i obtained by third degree methods and were not proper evidence. Special Judge Edgar A Rice decided not to rule on the general proposition as to whether Mrs. Jones’ statements were made under duress, deciding to consider , individual objections as they were i raised by the defense. Ruth Talley, a deputy sheriff. I presented the most sensational testimony when she said that Mrs. Jones had made improper advances to her while they were riding back in the sheriff’s car from the scene of the crime, the Beech Grove home of the child’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schuler. Both Miss Talley and Sheriff Otto Ray denied they had subjected Mrs. Jones to abuse while questioning her about the slaying. Deputy Sheriff Charles McCallister related a conversation he claimed to have had with Mrs. Jones shortly after her arrest. He : said she discussed the struggle with Mrs. Schuler, the child’s stepj mother, immediately after the body was discovered. Mrs. Schul- | er was wounded by gunshots. “She said Mrs. Schuler ran : through the dining room and picked ; up a gun off a table and threatened jto shoot her. She said in the struggle Mrs. Schuler accidentally | , shot herself," McCallister said. o Club Meeting Will Be Postponed Here Because of the death of a rela- j tive, Mrs. Robert Garard, will be unable to be hostess to the Deca- 1 tur Home Economics club, which was to have met in her home Wednesday afternoon. The meeting will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30, o’clock in Mrs. Garard’s home.

Adams County Ranks As One Os Best I Employed Areas In The State Os Indiana

Adams county has one of the . | best, if not the best, unemployment record In the state, accord Ing to the results of the unemployment census taken by the postoffice department and released today. Adams county ranks fifth in the state of Indiana on the basis of . unemployment, but of the four counties smaller than Adams, all ! have a smaller population and i fewer industrial areas. i There were 392 persons who j registered as totally unemployed

County or Total Unemployed Working at WPA, Partly Unemployed City and Wanted Work NYC, CCC or other and Wanted More Emergency Work Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female I Allen 4.875 3,627 1,248 1.788 1,597 191 2,238 1,847 27 Fort Wayne 4.528 3,357 1,171 1,633 1,449 184 1.961 1,586 375 Adams 392 325 67 85 75 10 271 244 27 Blackford .... 400 278 122 88 85 3 341 289 52 DeKalb 642 520 12’2 237 213 24 560 500 fio Grant 2.976 1.960 1,016 630 576 54 1,565 1.307 258 Huntington 672 535 137 217 203 14 778 642 137 Huntington 352 269 83 135 124 11 442 341 101 | Jay 401 302 99 104 95 9 362 309 53 : Kosciusko 661 535 126 118 102 16 672 588 84 { UGrange 253 213 40 122 113 9 259 231 28 | laike 14.666 11.0Q2 3,664 3,101 2.713 388 14.423 13,491 932 ! Marion 23.237 15,969 7.378 8,117 7.231 386 9,275 7,163 2,112 Indianapolis 22,296 15,156 7,140 7,717 6.849 868 8,692 6.649 2.043 Noble 501 417 84 114 108 6 498 460 38 I Randolph 403 315 88 105 98 7 455 407 48 St. Joseph 6.916 5,145 1.771 2.580 2.410 170 3.267 2.835 432 Steuben 345 297 48 154 141 13 327 304 23 Tipton 342 258 48 110 97 13 372 340 32 Vigo 6.405 4,755 1.650 3.979 3.555 424 3.021 2.551 470 Terre Haute *. 4.683 3.394 1.289 2.391 2.098 293 2.220 1.820 400 Wells 431 340 91 *234 213 21 373 337 36 White 288 219 69 125 102 23 268 239 29 Whitley 472 350 12258 49 9 401 325 76

WOMEN REPLACE CONVICT HELP New Move Expected To Eliminate Bookkeeping Errors At Prison Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 18 — | (UP) —Three women today had replaced convict help in the clerk’s office of the Indiana state prison and it was believed "mtaUUias” in I bookkeeping and dates of telease | for inmates had been eliminated. The new appointees to stenoi graphic positions in the prison bus- | iness office are Mrs. Mazie Woodj fin and Miss Helen McCarthy, both of Indianapolis, and Miss Helen j Richey of Milton. Under the old plan of using coni vict help, officials said, mistakes were purposely changed, necessitating repeated check-ups by outside I clerks each month. The smltch will also eliminate 1 news of the outside office reaching inmates, officials said. —o Lew Brown Will Be Arraigned In Court Lew Brown, Van Wert hotel proprietor. was expected to be arraigned this afternoon in mayor's court ; on a charge of public intoxication, tile was arrested on First street late yesterday by Officer Ed Millet. o— Berne Farmers’ Meet Thursday, January 27 The annual Berne farmer's insti- ■ tute will be held Thursday, Jan- | uary 27 in that town. Speakers will be Mrs. Richard B. Morrow- of Richimond and A. P. Brucker of MonI terey. —o — POLICE SEARCH FOR THIEVES Intensify Efforts After Robbery Here Last Night Police authorities today intensified their efforts to apprehend the thief or thieves who have been penetrating a series of petty breakins and robberies in Decatur for the past few weeks, the latest of which was discovered this morning. Sometimes during the night a brick was thrown through the front window of Bob’s Confectionery on North Second street, operated by Bob Rumschlag. After gaining entrance through the front window, the thief or thieves took $lO from the each! register, left as change. They also took several cartons of cigarettes. I Thirty cents was left in the cash register. A search this morning revealed I nothing else missing. i The theft was first discovered this morning when Noah Rich of ' the Rich and Price dairy, formerly i Staley’s, noticed the broken window ;as he came to work. Police and • Sheriff Dallas Brown were notified j

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 18, 19.18.

'ln Adams county. The four coun- ' ties which registered smaller num- ' bers of totally unemployed are: Lagrange, 253; Steuben, 345; Tipton, 342 and White, 288. Many centers of the state where there ure heavy concentration of industrial areas showed a large percentage of unemployed. Washington, D. C., Jan. 18. —ftJ.R) — Indiana's unemployment census for 1937 showed 133,136 who were totally unemployed and wanted work, of which 97,724 were men

i Initiation Will Be Held Here Wednesday I Members of the local Masonic lodge will meet here Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the lodge home. i The initiatory team of the Masonic home lodge of Fort Wayne will confer third degree work on one or more candidates at the meeting. AU members of the local lodge are urged to be present at the meeting. i Following the initiatory work a lunch will be seved in the lodge • rooms to all those present. o As" AC A II ITIAAI KtiitiNfliiun IS EXPECTED Tom Taggart May Quit Post In Favor Os Frank McHale Indianapolis. Jan. 18 — (U.R) — Thomas Taggart. Indiana’s Democratic national committeeman. is ' expected to resign and Frank McHale be chosen to succeed him when the Democratic state committee meets Friday at French Lick, the United Press was ini formed reliably today. If this transpires, the first tangible move on behalf of the 1940 presidential candidacy of former Gov. Paul V.-McNutt, present U.S commissioner to the Philippine Islands, will have been made. The state committee meeting was called late yesterday after Omer Stokes Jackson, state democratic chairman, conferred with McHale and Bowman Elder, both of whom were intimate advisors of McNutt when he was governor, and who have continued in that | capacity to a lesser extent with ‘ Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. Since the state committee held a routine meeting here last month | and no matters are pending before it other than the long-rumored national committee situation, it was regarded as a foregone conclusion that the committee definitely was called for an important matter such as the Taggart replacement. It was held unthinkable that the potent Townsend statehouse organization would call a state committee meeting without j having its program well-rounded in advance. Taggart told the United Press today that the meeting Friday was called "to talk the situation over.” He declined to either confirm or deny that ho would resign. Meeting Called Jackson said that the meeting wouiu discuss "routine matters,” but declined to amplify what they (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Mrs. Gillespie Dies At County Hospital Mrs. Emma Gillespie. 71. of Willshire, Ohio, died this morning about 10:30 o’clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. A husband and several children survive.- The body was taken to the Buchanan funeral parlors tn Willshire. Funeral arrangements i have not been completed. 1 i

and 35,412 women. The registration of unemployed, made between Nov. 16 and 20, accounted for 53,267 working at WPA. NYA. CCC or other emergency work and 86.281 partly employed and wanting more work. Os the former, 47,865 were men and 5,401 women. The partly unemployed were 75,352 men and 10,929 women. Os Indiana's 3,238,503 population (1930), 272,684 registered In the census. The statistics for counties and cities:

FRENCH CABINET BEING SELECTED Chautemps Attempts To Form Radical-Socialist Cabinet Today Paris. Jan. 18— (U.RI —Camille Chautemps will attempt tonight to form an all radical socialist cabinet on the basis of support voted him late today by the socialist party. The difficult ministry of finance will be handled in the new cabinet by Deputy Paul Marchandeau. radical socialist, who succeeds Georges Bonnet. The latter precipitated the current crisis by resigning last week. With the support of the socialists. who have the strongest representation in the chamber of deputies. Chautemps probably will go before parliament on Friday or the following Tuesday to ask a vote of confidence. The decision of the socialists was expected to preserve outward unity of the popular front. Chautemps was expected to retain most of the radical socialist ministers of the outgoing government. A notable exception is Pierre Cot, wo had been severely criticized for failure of the French -to win the Damascus air race and accused of not keeping pace with Italian and German airplane construction. In his place it was expected Lucien Bossoutrot would be appointed. He is chairman of the air committee of the chamber of deputies and a famed South At-: lantic air mail pilot. FUNERAL PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED Services For Mrs. Joel E. Schwartz To Be Held Wednesday Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday for Mrs. Joel E. Schwartz. 67. mother of Mrs. Edward Gerber, of near this city, who died yesterday morning at her home ; in Vera Cruz. Services will be conducted at the Christian Apostolic church at 1:30 after a short service at 1 o’clock at the home Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was torn March 17, 1880 in lowa, the daughler of Jacob and Anna Geisei Baumgartner. She was married to Joel E. I Schwartz, who survives. Other survivors are: six daugh- j ters and one son: Mrs. Sam Mailer, j Mrs. Joel Shaffer and Mrs. Noah ! Steffen, all of Bluffton; Mrs. Paul Gressley of Fort Wayne; M;e. Gerber of near this city; Gladys and Raymond, at home. One brother, John Baumgartner of Ossian and I three sisters, Mrs. John Amacher, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. John Yost, of Monroe and Mrs. U’rich Heiniger of Vera Cruz, also survive. One daughter and two brothers , I preceded her in death. i

JAPAN WILLING ' TO TALK PEACE Ambassador Says Japan Will Recognize New r Regime In China i -I Tokyo, Jun. 18 (U.R) Shlgeru i Kawagoe, ambassador to China, has been instructed to conclude i his business affairs and return to > Japan, Premier Fumitnaro Konoye, revealed today in a press Inter- | view at which he said Japan will foster a “new regime” in China. Prince Konoye said the “new regime" would lie the mainstay of various similar regimes which are expected to emerge in China and that meanwhile Foreign Minister Koki Hirota had recalled Ambassador Kawagoe to Japan. He intimated that the present “provisions government” at Peip- : ing might become the mainstay of ■ similar governments in Chinese I areas, and later might be altered |to a government purporting to speak for ail China, or alternatively might lie marged with elements of the present Chinese government. Konoye made his statement in an interview with Chinese newspaper men. He said first that Japan . would not deal with the present Chinese government lint that if a "new regime" grew up the Japanese would deal with it as a party to any peace talks. He 1 said that Japan would assist in J building up the “new regime" and I that the possibility of merging the | Peiping regime with elements of ! the present national government was a matter between the parties iconcerned. “Japan will keep hands off." he ; i said. ' Shanghai. Jan. 18 —<U.R)~ 6.000 I daring Chinese irregulars are 1 attacking the Japs only a few I miles from the center of Shanghai, it was disclosed today. ChinI ese sources asserted that the ir- . regulars had captured one village with a garrison of 270 Japanese : troops. ' So serious was the challenge of nthe Chinese that the Japanese tCONTINUEB ON PAGE FIVE) o Ruling given IN DIFFIC ULTY State Labor Board Has No Authority Over Government Workers Indianapolis. Jan. 18—<U.R)~The [ state labor division has no jurisdiction in disputes involving unionized governmental employes and officials. Attorney General Omer | Stokes Jackson ruled today. Thomas R. Hutson, chief of the labor division, requested the opinion in order to determine his j status in a dispute between the St. Joseph county employes union, local 135, of the American federation of state, county and municipal employes and the St. Joseph county commissioners. “In my opinion, your division has no authority or jurisdiction over employers and employes; where they are a part of any governmental agency or municipality." j Jackson said. Considering the 1937 act which I j established the state labor division :as a whole, it shows clearly the intention of the legislature was not to extend the jurisdiction of the division of labor to the extent of giving it jurisdiction over municipal employes.” Hutson described the St. Joseph county case as “a political fight instead of a labor dispute." “Some 50 Republican employes joined the organization and refused to leave their jobs when ordered to do so by the Democratic county commissioners who were recently installed in office," he said. o Loren Heller Is Trustee Candidate Loren He’ler, French township farmer, today announced his candi- : dacy for nomination to the office of trustee of French township in the May primary on the Democratic i ticket. o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 22 10:00 a. m 25 Noon 28 2:00 p. m 34 3:00' p. m 35 WEATHER Occasional snow or rain central and north and rain extreme south portion probable tonight i and Wednesday; not so cold.

Congress Approves Appropriation Bill Today’s Session

Straight Shooter Mil m • WL . k ; Mrs. Leia Hall (above) of Strasi burg, Mo., established a new world • record for women trapshooters [With an average for 1937 of .9756 Jon 1,600 registered claybirds. She has won the women's national championship for three consecuI tive years. COLLEGEFIRE i KILLS SEVERAL Twenty Are Missing In Quebec Fire Early This Morning St. Hyacinthe, Que.. Jan. 18. — (U.RJ — Fire today destroyed the Sacred Heart college here, killing several persons, most of them boy students. The body of Father Jean Bap-1 ' tiste, 64. an instructor, was the; only one immediately identified, i Five others were of boys from 10 Ito 15 years old- Twenty others were missing and 30 were taken to a hospital in serious condition. The fire had made considerable headway when discovered in the east wing of the building shortly I after 2a. ra. Students and priests in that section were trapped. Panic among the occupants hampered rescue work. Many of the boys were trapped in their beds on the fourth floor :of the dormitory. Others were injured when they leaped from windows to the ice-covered ground in i their night clothes. Long after the fire was brought under control the heat was so intense that rescue workers were (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Democratic Women Os State Plan Luncheon The annual mid-winter luncheon i of the Indiana Women’s Democratic club will 'be he’d Saturday noon, January 22 at the Riley room, of the 1 Claypool hotel in Indianapolis, it was announced today. j The business meeting will open lat 11 o'clock in the morning. Re- , servations so rthe luncheon are to I be made by January 26', with Mrs. E. Kirk McKinney, 3949 North New Jersey street. Indianapolis. o DELEGATES TO GO TO COUNCIL Decatur Will Be Represented At DeaneryWide CYO Council The Decatur CYO has been invited to send delegates from the | local organization to the meeting at Fort Wayne Thursday night, January 27, when a deanery-wide I Catholic youth organization coun- ' cil will be organized. The Decatur CYO of the St. Mary’s parish is expected to send two young men and two young ladies to represent the local organI ization at the meeting. A total of 136 delegates from the 34 parishes in the Fort Wayne deanery will attend. The Rev. Joseph J. Hennes, Fort Wayne deanery CYO director, will be In charge of the meeting, which will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall there] Under the new arrangement, a district-wide council also will be organized in this city. Selection of the local delegates is expected to be made shortly.

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Predict Peace In Court Fight Due To Change In Balance Os Power To Liberals. MORE WORK RELIEF Washington, Jan. 18.—Ill—The house passed and sent (o the seni ate today the treasury-post office supply bill, appropriating $1,515,352,826 for the 1939 fiscal year. The bill approved carried $2,300,000 more for postal employes than recommended by the appropriations sub-committee of (he two departments. However, a $2,500,000 apporiation to continue construction of government printing annexes was stricken out on ground that the language was improper. This item probably will be reinstated by the senate. The roll call vote on passage was announced by Speaker William B. Bankhead as 281 to 4. Washington. Jan. 18. — <U.R)' — President Roosevelt’s grip on congress seemed to be slipping today just as the administration won its long fight for Influence with the supreme court. Associate Justice George Sutherland's retirement, effective today, creates a vacancy which will give the so-called liberal element a working majority on the high bench. Solicitor General Stanley Reed, shortly to be confirmed to succeed Sutherland, is a new dealer although rated a moderate who is acceptable to practically all political factions. Only Associate Justices James Clark Mcßeynolds and Pierce ButI ler remain of the tight-knit conservative group which was the bulwark against which new deal i thrusts splintered in 1934-35-36. The prospect for peace on the White House-supreme court froni tier because addition of Roosevelt appointees to the court increasingly sssnres a sympathetic hearing for new deal theories of federal powers and a flexible constitution. The major governmental struggle of this session of congress and the next probably will be division of power, especially patronage and money power, between the White House and the legislative branch of government. Senate appropriation committee refusal to grant Mr. Roosevelt item veto powers over appropriation bills is symptomatic of rising legislative jealousy of the powers of congress. Mr. Roosevelt's budget message asked that such authority be granted him, either by statute or by constitutional amandment. if the latter were necessary. Given power to veto individual items of an appropriation bill, a president would be relieved of a necessity (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) | Replica Os French “La Guillotine” Is Made At School An accurate replica of the French guillotine, the very name of which struck terror to the hearts of many during the revolutionary days of that country in the L7th and 18th century, may I>e seen at the Decatur high school. Smaller, but every bit as wickedlooking and as wicked in proportion. is the deadly little instrument. built by Paul Harden, school junior. Paul, a history enthusiast, made the miniature guillotine in industrial arts period and during spare : time at home. The weapon at the school is similar In every detail to the illfamed “La Guillotine” that beheaded thousands during the "Reign of Terror” led in the French revolutionary days by Danton and Robspierre. From the weighted, keen-edged knife to the spring-trap that releases the blade, which in those days fell to the neck of an unlucky wretch, the replica is identical. A draw-rope on one side pulls the knife high above, while still another releases the trap. A long narrow board on which the victim lay for the last time, to have his head drop into the basket at the other side of the dripping blade, may be seen. The guillotine is on display at the high school and is discussed by the students tn the study ot French history. Those who inspect the curious looking little instrument are warned of its qualities similar to those of its ancestor, lest they lose a finger under its sharp blade.